Chapter 640 - 401: The Battle of Ironsun
Asou Ichirō’s eyes reflected the sky filled with explosions, as if flames were burning within him, his whole being boiling with hot blood.
After the outbreak of the Black Tide War, to counter the comprehensive threat brought by the Wolf Assault, major corporations spared no expense, integrating various elite forces under their jurisdiction with the original World Government Army, forming powerful group armies.
Asou Ichirō is the overall commander of the joint forces of the World Government’s third, fifth, ninth, eleventh, and twelfth group armies, currently leading a force of 800,000, including the army headquarters, mobilized troops from various regions, and Wolf Assault Defector Army, in the "Iron Sun Battle."
Iron Sun City is one of the five major industrial cities within the World Government Territory, occupying an area three times the size of New Moon City, with extremely rich industrial reserves and a complete military industrial system, with mineral veins and extraction chains needed for military raw materials both in surrounding areas and underground, independent of external transportation.
Iron Sun is an undeniable manufacturing city; everything within the city is born for industry, and it is also the logistics heart of the entire World Government Territory.
As long as Iron Sun remains, regardless of the state of the frontline, no matter how much equipment is damaged, this logistics heart can fully power industrial forces, continuously supplying various military equipment.
From advanced prosthetic bodies to the most basic rifles, there is nothing Iron Sun cannot produce, capable of arming one army after another at any time.
Because of this, Iron Sun has always been one of the primary targets of the Wolf Assault Rebel Army.
The Wolf Assault Rebel Army’s base is in the Land of No Master; although they have mastered many technical relics through relics from the old era, due to physical limitations, they have not yet built a complete military industry chain.
The Wolf Assault Rebel Army’s military equipment mainly comes from their annexed warlords and things seized after winning battles, making it very diverse and unsystematic.
This is also why the Wolf Assault showed fierce momentum in the early stages of the war, piercing through the frontline patrol stations, but subsequent offensives stalled.
Because their war potential is limited by industry, it can only be exerted to that extent.
The Wolf Assault targets Iron Sun, on the one hand, to cut off the logistics supply of the World Government Army, and on the other, to turn this industrial heart into their own.
A month ago, the Wolf Assault Rebel Army launched another large-scale offensive, with Wolf King Fenrir personally leading troops from the north, bringing the flames of war near the Capital City, tying down a massive amount of World Government troops.
At the same time, she deployed her trusted aide, Red Wolf Hibell, to lead another main force to attack Iron Sun, intending to occupy this logistical center.
Hibell’s attack was very smooth; through several siege and annihilation battles, she swallowed up defensive strongholds around Iron Sun, enclosing this industrial city into an iron barrel, trapping government troops inside.
However, because Iron Sun was originally designed to meet high-intensity wartime needs, it has very complete fortress works and ample supplies, allowing the defending troops to sustain for up to five years without any external assistance.
For the non-native Wolf Assault, this is obviously unacceptable.
If they cannot quickly take Iron Sun, they would face scenarios like those encountered several times in the past year—winning battles, but failing to hold territory, having to give back as much as they had swallowed in a counterattack.
Therefore, this siege on Iron Sun, the Wolf Assault is determined to win, aiming to completely seize it.
From the Wolf Assault’s side, the commander Hibell and her advisory team conducted a full analysis of the battlefield, deciding to deploy main troops for a strong assault and ordered other Wolf Assault units in surrounding areas to temporarily cancel current tasks to cover the main force’s rear on the Iron Sun battlefield.
With forces at the front and rear wing securing, this was originally a very standard strong attack tactic.
But Hibell did not know, those "friendly units" she called over from surrounding areas were already bought off by the World Government, becoming the Defector Army.
When Hibell led the main force to launch a full-scale assault on Iron Sun, the Defector Army at the rear immediately cooperated with Iron Sun’s defending troops to encircle, sandwiching them in between like a hamburger.
The original encirclement turned into being encircled, the troops under Hibell’s command unable to advance or retreat, immediately trapped in this machine named Iron Sun.
And the mastermind behind all these tactics was indeed Asou Ichirō.
Among many generals of the World Government, Asou Ichirō is a legend. He is not the stereotypical image of a fat-bellied, greasy general perceived by outsiders; not only is he large and imposing, he is also a powerful prosthetic implanter.
Asou Ichirō’s entire body is replaced with "High-risk Level 1" prosthetic bodies and can skillfully handle "Tier Four Overload," making him a top-tier expert even on a global scale.
Simultaneously, Asou Ichirō is also a top student from the military academy, having devoted several decades to military service with rich experience in commanding large troop battles. From the arrangement of Iron Sun Battle, it is clear his command art is no inferior to any top commander.
It can be said this way:
Among warriors, he holds the highest rank.
Among generals, he is the strongest in combat.
Such is the perfect combination of battle strength and command art he represents, dominating the entire Iron Sun battlefield.
At this moment, Asou Ichirō stands at a high place, overlooking the entire battlefield.
The sky is shrouded in endless gloom, almost black in color; it is not clouds but smoke rising through the sky, amassed like black mountains pressing near the ground.
The air is filled with the scent of various items burning, and as far as the eye can see, there are dense gun flames, pillars of fire rising, and mountains of piled corpses.