Chapter 125: Volume 3, - 32: The Next Mission, Behind Enemy Lines!_2
Seeing Liebgoet silent, Stephen analyzed, "Since they’re bold enough to conduct landings in the east, there are only two possibilities: either they’ve underestimated our forces, or they’ve found a place sturdy enough to establish a stable defense line and accommodate follow-up troops." He wondered aloud, "But according to the battle reports from the front line, our army has discovered landing troops in six different locations and engaged in firefights. Four of them actively attacked us, but none were the main force, all were regiment-level units causing disturbances. Is Russell trying to muddy the waters?"
Liebgoet looked up, smiling at Stephen and said, "So, what should we do?" Stephen punched his right fist into his left palm and said, "Respond to all changes by remaining unchanged! The six most important strategic cities and the three key strategic areas are all in our hands, and the surrounding areas are heavily guarded. No matter how they stir up trouble, they can’t shake us. As long as we find their real landing point, we can trap them on the spot!"
****************
On the map of Lucerne Planet, the entire Eastern Hemisphere was in chaos with over twenty landing points attacked by Federation Teams in all directions. Fatty furrowed his brow deeper and deeper, knowing that now the Galileo Star System was not exclusively Federated territory. If the Imperial Fleet turned around, they could deploy all their carriers, and then these over twenty unsupported landing points could be individually wiped out by the enemy.
Fatty marked several key strategic cities and strategic points one by one, but the confusing landing patterns unrelated to these positions puzzled him.
His gaze naturally moved to the position of the Sixteenth Armored Division.
***********
The 16th Armored Division had been fighting day and night. Since the Fourth Group ambushed the enemy’s logistics base and returned, pursuing forces continuously attacked the defensive lines E707 and E710 held by the Special Reconnaissance Group. The Special Reconnaissance Group collaborated with the Fourth Group, which leapt forward once again, and ambushed twice fiercely, completely annihilating two regiments of Imperial Armored Forces. Then it was a continuous retreat; the several groups forming a fan-shaped defensive line also faced increasing attacks from the Imperial Army, and the retreating 16th Division groups established blocking points in phases according to division commander Zhou Zhisen’s coordinates.