The truth was no longer important. Li Ruiang knew very well that if the Imperial Navy could not arrive within a week, the rebels would win the final victory.
Li Ruiang walked along the trenches and entered a temporary underground frontline command post.
The electronic lights dispelled the darkness in the underground command room, allowing everything to be seen clearly.
Under the light, a map was hung on the wall. It was a drawing of the front line outside the city of Rosage.
Some of the communicators were fiddling with the radio in front of them, listening to the news from various defense zones.
On a long table, there was a mess of documents and a data board.
"Sir, you should take a look at this…"
Alcott walked over. He was Li Ruiang's adjutant, and Li Ruiang was a colonel of the Planetary Defense Force, the frontline commander.
He picked up a data board from the messy table and handed it to Li Ruiang.
Li Ruiang took the data board from the adjutant and clicked on it. He checked the information recorded inside.
Alcott said,"" The casualties have been roughly calculated. On the last front line, there are still 170,000 soldiers of the Planetary Defense Force, of which only 20 are full regiments. The rest are scattered troops that have withdrawn from the front line. In total, nearly half of them have died. About 150,000 people have died on the front line. This is only an estimate. It may be more or less. There is no way to calculate the detailed data of the casualties of each regiment at the moment, but one thing is right. The situation we are facing is very bad. Very bad."
At this point, Alcott paused and continued,"" In the battle last night, in order to defend against the rebel armored units and defend the defense line, we had to send out more than 70 Riemanrus tanks. Only less than 30 of them were able to return. Three artillery positions were also destroyed, and now there are only two artillery positions left. There are only 29 towed Petrifying Lizard Earth-Shaker Cannons in total. Sir, perhaps we should retreat and defend the city walls.”
Li Ruiang threw away the data board in his hand and shook his head."" Alcott, I'm just the commander of the frontline. There are some things that I can't make the decision for. Besides, I don't recommend withdrawing the troops back to the city. This is the last line of defense. Once the enemy attacks, the Longsong Cannons on the city walls will be able to protect us. Without this line of defense, the weapons on the city walls will be destroyed very quickly.”
" Let's not talk about this anymore." Li Ruiang waved his hand slightly and said," How are the combat nuns?"”
About a week ago, a Cobra destroyer arrived in Candiari. It was a combat nun who had received a distress signal and came to support her.
They belonged to Thorn Forest's Battle Nun and took two Valkyrie transport planes to Rosage City to join the battle.
" They've returned to their encampment in the city," Olcot replied." They're indeed very powerful. I don't know how many rebel soldiers they killed last night. Wherever they appear, the rebel army's attack will be quickly defeated.”
Speaking of this, Alcott smiled bitterly."" They're too fanatical. Although they can defeat the rebels, our soldiers are also easily inspired by their fanaticism to rush out of the trenches and launch a counterattack against the rebels. Although it's effective, the casualties are too heavy. If only they could listen to the orders of their superiors, the battle would be much easier.”
Li Ruiang said indifferently to the adjutant,""Don't even think about it. It's already good enough that they don't raise their guns to your head to supervise the battle. Instead of thinking about the unrealistic idea of having them cooperate with us in battle, it's better to think about how to cooperate with them in battle. By the way, is there any movement from the unknown fleet in orbit?”
" I've asked the ornithologist in the governor's office," Olcot said, shaking his head." The fleet has been hovering in orbit and has not been within the firing range of the orbital defense system of Rosech.”
Just as the rebellion on the Candia Rising was like a wildfire that was wreaking havoc on the entire planet, a fleet quietly appeared on the screen of the ornithology array.
Candyaris was just an agricultural world and did not have its own space fleet. The firepower of the orbital defense system was also extremely limited. Although there were only three unknown warships, it was enough to speed up the destruction of Rosage City.
The only thing that Li Ruiang was glad about was that it seemed that the fleet did not intend to test the orbital defense firepower of the city.
"Boom…"
Suddenly, the ground shook and a rumbling explosion sounded outside.
The tremors were so intense that dust fell from all directions of the underground command center.
Li Ruiang's expression changed slightly, and he said loudly,"" Prepare for battle. Inform the artillery positions in the rear to get into battle mode immediately. Quick…"
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Ruiang picked up the military cap on the table and put it on his head. He bent down and pressed his head against his head, and hurriedly left the underground command room.
A soldier with a radio on his back followed behind him and was responsible for transmitting his orders to all the combat troops.
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