Starting from the Planetary Governor-Chapter 1636 - 926: Blotting Out the Sky and Sun

Just as Martins had anticipated, when the Chaos Army launched its attack, even though his troops were prepared for defense, they were immediately plunged into a bitter struggle.

The human forces had almost no time to rest after the previous wave of battle ended. Although as biological entities, individual humans inevitably need rest, at the level of the army, rest is not necessarily mandatory, at least it can be alternated.

In the past dozen hours, the human troops adopted a rotation method, ensuring those who needed rest could take it, while those who could endure quickly revamped the defensive lines to prepare for the next wave of attacks.

Many soldiers were sent to their designated positions while they napped in military vehicles.

Amidst the rush, the humans recovered and redeployed the nearly destroyed army defensive lines in the outer regions of the Savinier Cathedral. They even salvaged some surviving heavy artillery from some artillery positions that were overrun or destroyed before being dismantled.

Meanwhile, with a more ample number of Interstellar Warriors, Martins ordered a significant number to be placed directly in the key areas of the outer defenses.

Although the available forces were limited, the space within the Savinier Church was even more so. Deploying all available troops inside the church was an unwise choice. The flexibility of outer spaces is the lifeline. If all surrounding positions were lost, only having the church area left means the battle could not be fought effectively. Huddling inside to take a beating passively would eventually lead to being overrun.

Deploying the Interstellar Warriors directly to the frontline could significantly enhance the defenses of the forward lines.

Overall, the Alliance side has made every effort to reinforce the defenses during the battle preparations.

But as the battle commenced, red alerts were sent from all lines to the command post.

"This is Northwest Line 0104 Hilltop, we are under heavy artillery bombardment, requesting counteraction!"

"This is North Line 0332 Position, a Corrupted Titan has appeared in front of us, it’s been destroyed but we lost seventeen Phoenix Warriors, our forces are critically low, need reinforcements!"

"This is Northeast Line 0746 Position, the enemy number assaulting us far exceeds expectations, we can hold out for at most 20 more minutes!"

Everywhere was under pressure, everywhere was calling for reinforcements, everywhere was reporting that they couldn’t last much longer...

However, the one who should be listening to these reports, the supreme commander Martins, was no longer in the command center.

Fully armed, he and his assault squad had already boarded an aircraft and set off with a roar.

Accompanying them was the massive fleet of Alliance aircraft!

If there was any aspect in which the Alliance could barely match the opponent at this moment, it would be their air power.

The numerous aircraft mobilized during the last wave of airborne operations near the church had not yet returned.

From the Wind Falcon to the Dragon Elephant, and various modified versions, they are equipped with vertical take-off and landing capabilities, making them less demanding on the takeoff environment. Temporarily established airstrips could fully meet their needs.

The current situation was somewhat anticipated by Martins. Just a while ago, a batch of new transport aircraft, escorted by another wave of aircraft, arrived. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

They not only brought an elite Army Guard Division—officially designated by the Alliance Army as an S-class division.

This is a force more powerful than an A-class division, restructured from the former Glory Guard Corps into the Army sequence. The S-class division not only has powerful artillery, armor, and Titan units, but all infantry are equipped with Feedback-Type Power Armor.

The establishment standard of the Guard Division is ’to parallel an Interstellar Warrior Battle Group with a regiment’s strength’.

A Guard Regiment consists of about three thousand, including four infantry battalions and two armor battalions, totaling approximately two thousand frontline combat troops; the remaining one thousand are support units, including five self-propelled artillery support companies, and also including logistics, reconnaissance, battlefield medical battalion, staff, guard battalion, and other assorted units.

While they benchmark against an Interstellar Warrior Battle Group, in reality, they might still struggle in direct confrontation. Despite being three times the size numerically as a typical battle group, can three elite army soldiers in Feedback-Type Power Armor defeat one Interstellar Warrior?

It’s difficult.

If possible, Martins would of course prefer to use their valuable transportation capacity to send over another three thousand Interstellar Warriors.

But unfortunately, he simply doesn’t have that many left at his disposal.

On the Southern Line front where he is positioned, there are a total of forty-three battle groups, with the Interstellar Warriors numbering theoretically over forty thousand. However, such a formidable force would not be perpetually gathered all at one place. In reality, most of the time, Interstellar Warriors would operate in the scale of companies scattered across the Army’s fronts’ objectives, active in thousands to tens of thousands of worlds in one or two Cosmos Domains, executing operations according to strategic goals.

Of course, the largest contingent would naturally be with the main fleet of the front army, which is with Martins.

In total, there were five battle groups.

This contingent, which is controlled as a reserve by the Headquarters, partly follows the main fleet for campaigns, and partly is ready to assist other detachments whenever needed.

Yet even among the main fleet, five thousand Interstellar Warriors would not be all gathered together. Actually, within the multiple star sectors in the Papalier area totaling thirteen worlds, all are targets of this offensive. The other four thousand warriors are currently scattered throughout the multi-star sectors, coordinated with other main fleet ships.

They have received the message and are hurrying with all speed, but the soonest completion of assembly would take three to four days.

That is to say, the Interstellar Warrior forces Martins could command now on the surface are all there are.

If he wants to up the ante, the highest-level troops he could call upon are indeed the S-class divisions, namely the Army Guard Division.

One Guard Regiment may not equal an Interstellar Warrior Battle Group, but in a real encounter, they are not entirely helpless, at least they could put up a fight.

This Guard Regiment was also assigned to the frontline positions for combat.

And accompanying this Guard Regiment came a vast supply of aviation energy crystals, used to replenish the aircraft’s energy needs.

This supported a full-scale launch of the Alliance aircraft now.

The sky-darkening aircraft launched full force at the Anti-Air firepower of the Chaos Army, fiercely bombing the simultaneously ascending Chaos Air Force.

While perhaps not achieving total air superiority, they could at least accomplish some strategic air operations.

Such as bombing runs, or transporting Martins and his assault squad to their desired location.