Chapter 1479 - Torrent of Steel (1/2)

Translator: _Min_  Editor: Rainystars

In late February.

A week had passed since those twelve Trident missiles lifted off.

The term Sugar Cube Diplomacy seemed to become a very distant vocabulary. The twelve Trident missiles that people often discussed had become unerasable stains associated with President Mike Pence.

Although he served as the commander of the armed forces, the President himself did not have the right to declare war. The power belonged to Congress, granted to Congress by Article 1, Section 8, Item 11 of the Constitution, even though it was never abided by.

From the Korean War in the 1950s to the intervention in Lebanon in 1958, to the two presidents in the 1960s that sent troops to Vietnam, armed intervention in Dominica in 1965, and the bombing of Cambodia in 1970… After World War II, except for the Iran-Iraq War and the Gulf War, which were immediately approved by Congress, almost all of the wars were carried out without the prior approval of Congress, and Congress was forced to accept it and provide accommodating facts afterward.

These wars were won and lost, but it was the first time a war was pushed back onto UA soil.

If someone had to take responsibility for this disaster, then it would no doubt be on the person hiding inside the Cheyenne Mountain Complex and issuing orders.

Even if they defended the motherland with complex emotions, even the citizens of the UA had to admit, they were the aggressors in the war, and Celestial Trade was on the defending side.

Although the defending party obviously pushed the boundary too far.

4

Let the story return back to the warzone.

The line of defense at P City had been breached by Celestial Trade’s Second Armored Brigade, and there was a fierce exchange of fire in the wilderness with the reinforcing UA First Armored Division. A tank battle was instantly unleashed.

Just as it was during the Iraq War, but this time it was the UA who was at the disadvantage in this asymmetric war.

The pride of M1A2 was torn to pieces by the shells of Tiger II. Whether it was a depleted uranium armor-piercing bullet or a depleted uranium armor, in front of the weapon that was more technologically advanced, it was as fragile as a stick in front of a sword.

The battle exchange ratio of more than twenty to one made the UA Army fear whenever Celestial Trade’s tank was mentioned.

Tiger II was not the tank that caused the most issues. Despite the thick armor, the maneuverability was poor. With the support of ground firepower, the UA Army certainly had a fighting chance.

However, in front of the Wanderer, any attempt was powerless.

From infantry anti-tank weapons to long-range support artilleries, they had used all the methods they could think of. The soldiers on the frontline witnessed with their own eyes that the tank was hit directly by a Javelin missile, and the Wanderer in the center of the explosion was unmoved. It rolled out from the smoke and continued to fire its particle cannon and coaxial electromagnetic rapid-fire cannon. It continued to harvest the tanks on their side, as well as the soldiers that crawled near the tanks…

Even if it was a dark technology, it was unnecessary to make the top cover as thick as the front armor, right?

Even Tiger II could not use its forehead to defend against the Javelin missile…

The armor of the Wanderer tank, which utilized the Meissner effect for defense, had surpassed the understanding of the UA Army. The M1A2s forced to retreat in front of the particle cannons were like the Sherman M4s that were chased around by the Tiger Kings on the European battlefield. The only difference was that they could rely on the air force and their numbers to regain their advantage, but this time, they did not even have the chance to fight back.

Under the alternate airstrikes of the Aurora-20s and Wings of Freedoms, the ground support firepower of the UA military was weakened to the extreme. On the contrary, on Celestial Trade’s side, with the support of the Fireball-1 Artillery Battalion, with a strategic depth of more than 50 kilometers, the armored force pushed the UA First Armored Division from the suburbs of P City to O State.

It was worth mentioning that during the Battle of P City, the “Sea Beast” power armor developed by the Advanced Projects Agency of the Department of Defense was finally equipped to the first brigade in the UA Army. A brand-new power armor brigade was deployed to the very front of P City…

Although this “novice” brigade was mercilessly beaten by Celestial Trade’s T-3s and T-4s, compared to the disastrous defeat in front of the Lincoln Memorial, this battle caused at least limited casualties to Celestial Trade.

It was indeed true that war is a catalyst for civilization. If the UA Army did not see the powerful combat power of the Celestial Trade Power Armor Brigade in urban warfare, the UA military that had been bullying enemies overseas would not have thought of equipping power armors to its force.

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Celestial Trade’s armored units continued to spearhead northwest, deep into the heart of O State.

In order to protect the Great Lakes industrial area, the UA had pushed almost all its forces to O State and left only a small number of standing troops to defend C State, which was located deep in the hinterland.

As the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, the President of the UA was the supreme commander of the armed forces. Except for the Marine Corps, the position of commander did not exist in Army, Navy, and Air Force. The military officers of the Army and Air Force were the Chief of Staff of the Army and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force. In addition, there were also positions such as the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Air Force, and the Secretary of the Navy.

And now these officers and officials were all in Cheyenne Mountain.