Starting from the Planetary Governor

Chapter 1370: Chapter 780: Total Annihilation

What was the tactical style of the original Yellow Springs Seagull?

Unknown.

In the fragmented records, it seemed to be some kind of splendid three-dimensional offensive?

Unclear.

The current Yellow Springs Seagull doesn’t aim to reproduce the style of those ancestors they barely relate to.

They have their own tactics.

Very similar to Phoenix.

They take a straightforward and resilient approach.

After quickly analyzing the situation on the ground, as a Commander, Marshan made a tactical decision swiftly.

Among the hundred Yellow Springs Seagull warriors, one-third served as the main attackers, one-third for flank restraint, and the remaining third as fire support teams.

As for Xie Hong’s Blood Shark Soldiers, they served as the spearhead. For Marshan, they were of great use.

After consulting, Xie Hong also agreed with Marshan’s tactical plan.

Not only because the two had a relatively close relationship, but more importantly, Marshan’s outstanding tactical capabilities, which Xie Hong had witnessed firsthand, were quite trustworthy.

And Marshan did not disappoint.

Under his command, the troops advanced steadily.

The main attacking team went first, utilizing various types of firepower weapons openly and skillfully.

The shield guards moved forward, withstanding firepower and gradually advancing; heavy artillerymen used Heavy Bombs and multi-barrel Thermic Sprayers to ferociously suppress the opponents. With cover, they took advantage of it; without cover, they relied on the shield guards to push forward, adopting a methodical approach, creating a significant sense of pressure for the defending forces.

The fire support team was equipped with several sniper Blast Bomb Guns, along with a half-fixed rapid-fire Heavy Bomb Machine Gun for suppressive fire. It wasn’t easy for the defenders to poke their heads up. Let alone the fact that they had shoulder-mounted missile pods operated by several Terminators.

The last third of the tactical support team, with more balanced firepower and armor, wouldn’t advance as resolutely as the main attack team. Still, once the enemy was suppressed or attracted by the main attack team, they would quickly advance over a certain distance. The threat they posed would also increase with the closing of engagement distance.

All members participating in the Yellow Springs Seagull battle were veteran-level or above. That alone was remarkable, not to mention some of them even exceeded and reached the Sergeant Major level in ordinary Battle Groups. At this level, they could be part of the regular Battle Group’s Glory Guard, often the most elite force accompanying the Battle Group Leader into battle.

Additionally, there were 10 Company Champions, making them even more heavyweight contenders.

In fact, the Blood Shark side had a similar configuration and proportion.

If it weren’t for their individual qualities significantly surpassing the opponent Battle Group, how could they achieve the previous roughly 1:6 casualty ratio?

They were all Interstellar Warriors!

And at present, although the Yellow Springs Seagull wasn’t as aggressive or as adept at assaults and close-quarters combat as the Blood Shark, with their own offensive, the warriors, who were far superior to their opponents, could also gain a clear advantage in long-range confrontations.

Their bullets were more accurate, and conversely, they could even dodge bullets.

This wasn’t to say the Interstellar Warriors were fast enough to outrun a bullet, but the more skilled super warriors could always sense early or judge from experience where the bullets would hit, thus evading beforehand, or using weapons, shields, or even the thickest parts of their Power Armor to block them.

In fact, the opposing Interstellar Warriors could also do this— if their opponents were ordinary Mortal Soldiers.

But facing the generally superior Yellow Springs Seagull, that wasn’t possible. The Yellow Springs Seagull’s shooting had a deceptive quality, or combined firepower lockdown made it unavoidable, or even a single warrior’s firepower could gradually force them into a position where evasion was impossible…

Overall, it’s about pressure.

When the pressure is low, many technical maneuvers can be performed superbly; when the pressure is high, even the top experts might appear like clowns to others.

Now, the hundred or so Interstellar Warriors on the other side looked a bit like such clowns.

In the firepower exchange, they were astonished to find their casualty numbers were significantly higher than expected.

They initially intended to execute elastic defense, avoiding close combat and decisive battles that were hard to disengage from, to delay as much as possible. However, in the firefight, before the Yellow Springs Seagull warriors had even advanced to their front lines, they had already suffered over thirty casualties.

In contrast, their achievements in causing casualties only accounted for nine Yellow Springs Seagull warriors.

At this rate, even just the long-range fire exchange would lead to their complete annihilation.

They had to abandon the current position and retreat to another defensive point, attempting to regroup.

At this moment, Xie Hong’s Blood Shark Soldiers took action.

They had already moved silently during the earlier advancement of the Yellow Springs Seagull, remaining hidden in the dark areas of the battlefield, keeping silent, and drawing closer to the battlefield. Once the enemy began retreating, they quickly attacked with full power, their jetpacks loaded to maximum capacity, but instead of flying off the ground, they coordinated with their legs to act as boosters, significantly increasing their speed.

They quickly surpassed the Yellow Springs Seagull’s main attack team, the shield guards, and the attackers advancing with the shield guards couldn’t keep up with their speed.

The rear guard was easily defeated by a charge from the Blood Sharks, and they soon caught up with those mixed Interstellar Warrior formations retreating.

Thus began a massacre!

Even with twice the numbers, these mixed Interstellar Warriors were still getting overwhelmed in their response.

They couldn’t even leave behind a force for a sacrificial retreat, with structured teams attempting to retreat often being watched and then intercepted by several Blood Sharks.

Subsequently, their Commander made the most helpless, worst, but possibly their best bet at keeping someone alive—scatter and flee.

But this decision came somewhat late.

Because the Yellow Springs Seagull warriors also caught up.

They didn’t hurry to engage in close combat, the support team locked down the surrounding area, eliminating enemies trying to escape dispersedly.

Once the fire support arrived, they could conduct precise close-range fire-point kills. Even a bit of minor cooperation with the Blood Shark Soldiers significantly helped.

The loss rate of those Interstellar Warriors accelerated.

When the slower main attack team arrived, the shield guards and attackers pulled out Power Swords and poleaxes.

These main attackers, though not as fierce as the Blood Sharks, were simply of a different style. They were, after all, heavy armor soldiers specialized in close combat in the company. Their close-combat skills were no less than the Blood Sharks.

The difference between the two was that one was a combination of Berserker and Assassin, the other a combination of Swordsman and Heavy Knight.

Ultimately, the roughly one hundred remaining mixed Interstellar Warriors didn’t leave a single person alive.

At this point, the two hundred Interstellar Warrior guards Yinbasim managed to summon were wiped out completely.

And the cost they paid was the combined force of Blood Shark and Yellow Springs Seagull with forty warriors’ casualties. Among them, about ten were seriously wounded but could be saved.