The war never stops, the war continues.

To apply this most famous saying in the world of Warhammer, in the next week, the Empire and Chaos took the 100-square-kilometer battlefield in the capital of Ophelia as the core, and staged a desperate battle between offense and defense.

The attacking party of the war came from the Alpha Legion.

In the early stages of the war, this treacherous gang, accidentally destroyed the Empire's fleet in the galaxy, and firmly occupied the dominance of the war and its absolute firepower advantage;

But they failed to make the most of this advantage.

Whether you are confident or afraid or you are afraid of being afraid of being a mouse.

After obtaining the power of the Alpha Legion, it failed to completely destroy the Holy City's air defense firepower in a short period of time.

They just rely on the advantage of military scheduling on the track, constantly pulling the defense on the ground, trying to find the loopholes.

This is very consistent with the characteristics of the Alpha Legion. It attaches too much importance to intelligence theft. The advantage of infiltration combat is that it is invincible in small-scale combat;

The disadvantage is just like this. When encountering a fortress defended by the enemy with heavy troops, no commander dares to bear the losses of forced advancement.

On the other hand, the Imperial Team, which is defending the side, is completely different. As a recognized defense master, the Imperial Fist's concept and inheritance of defensive operations have not been lost in the battle group era.

Hornthorne bet that the other party dared not burn the Holy City, so that the holy objects would be completely lost.

So he relied on the fire barrier above the Holy City, while maintaining the defensive deployment of the shrinking troops, he used two Astart companies as mobile forces to resist the infiltration of the ground in the Alphas while moving and turning.

This is undoubtedly a good deal for the Empire, because the Ophelia defenders lack the most now is time.

Being able to delay for every extra second in the context of losing air supremacy is to strive for the victory of the war.

But this kind of delay is a completely unacceptable result for Alphas.

With such a favorable battlefield situation, after a week of pulling, he could only reap the lives of some mortals.

What a shame this is!

A fierce debate broke out in the fleet in space, and as the Alpha front commander was executed for incompetence, the Chaos side's offensive completely changed in the following days.

Hornthorne did not know the change of rights in the enemy's camp, nor did he know the series of consequences;

But only from the fact that they felt the increasingly fierce and violent offensive from the Alpha Legion, Hornthorne knew that the most difficult time was coming.

After the commander changed, the Alpha Legion changed its previous style and no longer tried to find loopholes in mobile warfare, nor tried to use infiltration operations as a constant criterion.

Relying on the number of Astats, the empire, they began to advance the Holy City defensive position head-on under tactical strikes above the orbit and the continuous bombardment of civil warplanes in the atmosphere.

A bloody battle started in the hilly area 30 kilometers north of the City of Gods:

The fighter jet group from the above orbit used a saturated bombing on the 22nd Infantry Regiment of the Defense Forces and a raid of a whole Astart Company carried by a total of 30 death claws as the first shot that began the battle.

This was undoubtedly a powerful blow, especially in terms of the fire preparation and strength of the enemy commander;

Not to mention the goal he chose was just an ordinary defensive army infantry regiment.

But the fog of war is so charming, and information isolation always inadvertently brings surprises to both sides of the war:

The enemy's choice was not a problem, but on the eve of the war, the city defense command just happened to transfer the 22nd Infantry Regiment, which was originally stationed here due to logistics problems;

The one who replaced them occupying this defense zone was the 31st Motor Infantry Regiment of the Defense Army.

Infantry Regiment, Motor Infantry Regiment. The regiment-level units in the two defense armies are theoretically different, but they cannot be as formal as in terms of strength.

Compared with the astral army;

For Astart, at the company level, there is no difference.

But this Motor Infantry Regiment is an exception. Because its predecessor happened to be the Star Army.

The reason why the City Defense Command drew it here is because it combined with the 32nd and 33rd Motor Infantry Regiment garrison behind it, and the 91st and 92nd Mobile Armored Corps that supported this position in the end, was exactly the complete organization they had before retreating from the Star Army to the second line - the Imperial Armored Corps.

Regardless of how this active heavy-duty regiment was classified as the Imperial National Church world and included in the second line, how many magical operations did the military command that was bought by the National Church do?

Just talking about this battle, theirs did give Alphas a great surprise...

At 0:00, the first group of aircraft on the orbit left the fleet and broke through the atmosphere 15 minutes later and appeared on the head of the 31st Moraine Infantry Regiment on time.

The fleet in orbit began to lower its height, and used the planet's own angle to bypass the concentrated fire of anti-ship weapons, and cleared the air defense array here at a certain point.

Groups of space fighter planes, carrying hundreds of bombs, were released to ground troops thousands of meters.

The ground detection array discovered the abnormalities here as soon as possible and launched reinforcements here in time.

All the remaining aviation troops in the Holy City were dispatched, but despite the desperate interception, regardless of casualties, they still could not stop the dive strafing of the space fighter jets with an absolute advantage in divesting on the ground.

The smoke and flames filled the depth of the position 3 kilometers in front and behind the 31st Mora Infantry Regiment. After the post-effect observation was completed, the enemy above the track believed that the ground troops had lost their resistance and began the first wave of airborne strikes.

However, they miscalculated. When this group of betrayed Astart Company appeared above the 31st Motor Infantry Regiment in an airdrop compartment, the regiment-owned armored air defense forces on the ground suddenly launched a counterattack.

Alphas, who were facing the ground air defense firepower, had no choice but to adjust the landing point of the airdrop cabin to the periphery of the position of the Motorcycle Infantry Regiment.

Even though the bombing on the orbit came later, the regiment air defense company was instantly destroyed in the following artillery fire. But it is undeniable that these Astartes who fell from the sky had lost the best tactical opportunity to enter.

The enemy whose tactical purpose was not achieved immediately changed their playing style. They no longer tried to directly break through the position of the 31 Mofan Regiment, but instead began to build defenses on the spot with the help of the troops lurking in the past to create opportunities for the transportation of the ground-sky.

This is undoubtedly a test for the 31 Mo Infantry Regiment:

Chimera personnel carriers can also be used as fixed firepower points when covered by fortifications;

But if we take the initiative, the weak armor of the personnel carrier will not be able to withstand Astarte's heavy weapons at all.

But they had no choice, because if they waited, the enemy's firepower would only become stronger and stronger.

In the next 20 minutes, the 31st Motor Infantry Regiment, under the personal organization of the regiment commander, launched at least three waves of attacks on the enemy's positions.

However, under the precise attacks of Astats, all these offensives failed.

The war continued to delay, and the weak empire could only watch the enemy's transport boats descending from the track.

Even though the Empire Fist and the Extreme Warrior finally arrived at the front battlefield, under the resistance of the Alpha Legion, which received heavy armor support, could only sit and watch the enemy landing site complete.

A large number of mortal rebels began to airborne under the cover of rail artillery fire. Although soldiers from one side of the empire continued, they could not stop the enemy's pace.

Frontal combat began to develop towards a fierce development, and behind the enemy's positions, armored troops could be seen as gathering.

At this point, the battle between the enemy and us has entered the situation that Hornthorne most reluctant to see.
Chapter completed!