The battle to defend the stars lasted for ten years, but the key was the first year.
When the military fleet and legion arrived, Yu Qingyu was ready to face the battle, and through the early effective counterattack actions, it effectively disrupted the enemy's offensive deployment and bought precious time for the defense forces. When the enemy finally got a firm foothold on Yanxing, the defenders had all retreated to the fortress, and several solid lines of defense had been built. The enemy will face a fierce battle.
Regarding this war, the Human Federation has detailed records.
Generally speaking, after discovering that the Human Legion had been stationed at Yanxing and had established a strong fortress, the Bingyu Clan revised its offensive plan and did not launch an attack immediately, but prepared to wait until the subsequent troops arrived before attacking the fortress. Unfortunately, the enemy faced Yu Qingyu. After discovering that the enemy had begun to adjust the offensive deployment, Yu Qingyu immediately organized a reserve team and launched a counterattack when the enemy was unprepared. Although it did not achieve the goal of destroying the enemy's life in large numbers, through this counterattack, Yu Qingyu once again disrupted the enemy's offensive deployment. Simply put, it means that the enemy has to spend more time to understand the human army guarding Yanxing.
Yu Qingyu did gain more time, and using this time, the human legion guarding Yanxing strengthened the defensive deployment of the fortress. However, compared to another consequence of this counterattack, the time gained can be said to be more than worthwhile.
After suffering two tragic failures in a row, the enemy had a deeper understanding of Yan Xing and realized that more troops were needed.
As a result, in the next three months, the Bingyu Clan sent thousands of legions.
Although during this period, the Human Army did its best to strengthen the defense deployment of several fortresses, and mobilized a large number of refugees to participate in the construction of the project, but the problem of insufficient strength and lack of materials has not been essentially solved. Especially after the arrival of the military fleet, the transport spacecraft of the Human Federation could no longer get close to Yanxing, and could not send combat supplies for the defenders. Yu Qingyu must rely on limited forces and limited materials to resist a thousand military region clan legions. Obviously, just relying on a solid fortress will not last long. More importantly, the fortress has already been built, so three months of preparation time have been added, and there are still loopholes in the defense deployment of the fortress.
At that time, the biggest problem was military strength and materials, especially military materials such as weapons and ammunition.
Although the federal authorities and the military have relaxed the restrictions on the Yanxing defender, that is, Yu Qingyu, allowing him to form a legion according to the needs of the battle, it also provided necessary support, such as acknowledging the grassroots officers appointed by Yu Qingyu. When the territorial army came over, Yu Qingyu had only ten legions with basic weapons and equipment to form combat effectiveness. Other temporarily formed legions did not have combat capabilities due to various problems. In other words, Yu Qingyu would use the strength of ten legions to resist a thousand legions. Even if there are enough refugees in Yanxing, and most of them have received military training, they can take up arms to fight the enemy. The problem is that these refugees who can only be regarded as reserve forces are not the main force at all, and it is impossible for them to become very brave immediately after entering the battlefield.
Relatively speaking, the material problem is more serious.
If there are enough weapons, even light weapons used to arm infantrymen, Yu Qingyu can arm more officers and soldiers and form more corps before the battle begins. It is precisely because there are not enough weapons that Yu Qingyu is helpless, and can only enlist those refugees who have received training into the reserve team. Prior to this, Yu Qingyu was still counting on the Human Federation, hoping that the military could send more weapons and equipment in time. It's a pity that after the Bingyu fleet arrived, the route was cut off. Not only the military department, but even the Yu family dared not let the transport spacecraft venture to Yanxing. To put it bluntly, as long as the Bingyu fleet is near Yanxing, the transport spacecraft of the Human Federation will not be able to reach Yanxing smoothly.
In fact, this was also the key to Yu Qingyu's initiative to launch a counterattack at the beginning of the war.
Of course, it is not only to gain more time to strengthen the defensive deployment, but also to obtain more weapons and equipment to arm more fighters.
Simply put, it is to use the captured weapons and equipment to arm the officers and soldiers of the reserve team.
There is no alternative, and the effect is not very satisfactory.
In the first two stages of counterattack battles, the defenders under Commander Yu Qingyu annihilated and defeated dozens of military regiments, and also seized a lot of weapons and equipment, but not many of them could be used by the defenders. According to relevant records, only five reserve regiments were armed at that time.
The key is that the weapons and equipment of the military domain clan, especially the weapons and equipment provided to the infantry, are not much the same as those of the human federation.
In fact, this is also understandable. After all, Bingyu and human beings are two completely different races, and there is a huge difference in physical form. Of course, these seized weapons are not useless. Some of them can be used by human fighters with minor modifications, and more can be used to arm fighters of other civilizations. Don't forget, most of the refugees in Yanxing come from other civilizations. This is also true. Almost all of the reserve army formed by Yu Qingyu are dominated by alien races, and almost all human fighters are organized into the main army. It is a pity that, compared to the 1,000 legions of the military domain tribe, the five armed reserve legions are also a drop in the bucket.
When a thousand military regiments came to Yan Xing aggressively, Yu Qingyu had only fifteen regiments with relatively complete combat effectiveness. Although there are hundreds of reserve corps, none of them have formed combat effectiveness, let alone the weapons and equipment used to arm these reserve officers and soldiers.
Obviously, the force gap of more than sixty times is really too great.
This is also true. From the very beginning, the federal authorities, especially the high-level military officials, were not optimistic about Yu Qingyu, thinking that Yu Qingyu was only working as a car in Yanxing. If the human army commanded by Yu Qingyu had any value, it was just buying some time for adjusting the defense deployment. As for how much time can be won, it is still unknown, and the military department still did not have a thousand military corps in its eyes. To put it simply, even if the star is captured by the enemy, there are still thousands of light-years away from the home galaxy, and at most a thousand legions of the army can seize some strongholds on this route. At that time, the Kunyang clan and the mad beast clan's legions will still have to attack the homeland galaxy. In other words, as long as the Kunyang clan and the wild beast clan have not sent troops, the threat is not very serious. Even if the Kunyang clan and the wild beasts sent troops to the star, it would take a lot of time to attack the star before marching towards the homeland galaxy.
This shows that the military department did not expect Yu Qingyu to block the enemy's advance at Yanxing.
As for supporting Yu Qingyu to guard Yanxing, it was naturally impossible. Judging from the situation at the time, even if the route is not cut off, the transport spacecraft can still reach Yanxing smoothly, and the military will not send precious troops to Yanxing, but will use it to establish a new line of defense in the rear.
However, Yu Qingyu didn't think so, at least never thought of giving up Yanxing.
With the arrival of the enemy's main army, Yu Qingyu changed his previous active tactics and withdrew all the army back, assuming a posture of relying on the fortress. Of course, judging from the situation at the time, when faced with a military regiment that was sixty times more than one's own, only the fortress could only stand firmly.
You know, the human army has always been known for being good at defense.
As early as thousands of years ago, the Human Legion, under the command of Marshal Xiao Wentian, fought an arduous defensive battle on the Beacon Star, smashing the Silicon Charm Alliance’s attempt to quickly destroy the Human Federation and fighting for other civilizations in the Galactic Alliance. It is time to complete the war mobilization. It can be said that as long as a strong defense line is built, the human legion can make the enemy pay ten times, or even a hundred times, the price in battle.
Obviously, the commander of the Bingyu clan also made a similar judgment, that is, the Yanxing garrison retreated to the fortress, indicating that they had abandoned the place outside the fortress and would rely on the fortress for the final battle. For the Bingyu Clan Corps, the next thing to do is to lay down these fortresses. For this reason, the Bingyu Army did not immediately launch an offensive, but began orderly preparations for attacking the fortress.
In fact, this is what Yu Qingyu wants to achieve.
Quite simply, if the enemy wants to occupy Yanxing, it is obviously not enough to occupy the place outside the fortress. The fortress guarded by the human legion must be laid down. As long as there is a fortress under the control of the human legion, there will be no peaceful days for the military region clan legion stationed in Yanxing. More importantly, the Bingyu clan attacked Yanxing not only to occupy Yanxing, but also to make Yanxing a bridgehead to enter the homeland galaxy. Therefore, after the occupation of Yan Xing, construction will be carried out, and even to transform Yan Xing into a fortress, it is necessary to completely control Yan Xing, that is, to eliminate all enemies on Yan Xing. The problem is that Yanxing is a planet, which previously contained tens of millions of refugees, and had enough space for the defenders to hide. Obviously, it is not enough to just lay down the fortress. You have to destroy the defenders in the fortress.
For this reason, the Bingyu Clan Corps surrounded four fortresses at the same time and was also preparing to attack four fortresses at the same time.
From the perspective of strength, it is not a problem to attack four fortresses at the same time. Even if they are evenly distributed, 250 legions can be used to attack one fortress. Even if some troops need to be reserved as a reserve team, one hundred and fifty to two hundred can be used. The legion attacked a fortress.
The problem is that to organize so many corps to launch attacks at four locations at the same time, it must be coordinated, which is obviously a big trouble. Don't forget, the advantage of the Bingyu is the fleet, not the legion. Even if the Bingyu Clan possesses the most advanced technology, it cannot make up for the lack of experience. In fact, the commander of the Bingyu family made a mistake in deciding to attack four fortresses at the same time. It was still a big mistake. Quite simply, this not only adds trouble to yourself, but also provides an opportunity for the opponent to counterattack, so that the opponent can avoid the heavyweights, and allow the opponents to concentrate their forces on a certain battlefield, thereby gaining a military advantage at a certain critical moment.
Obviously, Yu Qingyu had anticipated this a long time ago.