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Chapter 993: Chapter 535, The True Fortress World

In the year 235 of the tenth millennium, November, the Alliance had largely reclaimed the northern part of the Menghe Star Domain and began an attack on the last world, which also served as the critical planet connecting North Meng River and the Proudclaw Cosmos—Shangdong Star.

No one likes to gnaw on a fortress-like hard bone.

But sometimes, you have no choice but to gnaw.

The Shangdong Star System is the only passageway from the Menghe Star Domain to the Proudclaw Cosmos, there’s just this one path, no other route to take.

At the same time, the fortification of this planet had reached a very exaggerated extent.

Orbiting the planet were eight large Star Fortresses. Each Star Fortress’s armor thickness surpassed that of a battleship—after all, it only needed to orbit the planet, requiring very minimal propulsion, at most adjusting its angle or speed. These Star Fortresses needed only to be sturdy enough and filled with cannons inside.

These eight Star Fortresses circle the planet’s orbit, coupled with a large fortified Starport and thousands of Armed Space Stations… any attack on the planet’s surface or towards the Starport must break through this dense orbital defense.

This defense system of space stations and Star Fortresses is like a stationary fleet parked in orbit.

Saying it doesn’t move is an exaggeration; they orbit along with the planet and have minimal propulsion to adjust orbital velocity and angle.

The key point is, though their flexibility is nearly zero, their firepower is not false, and their sturdiness is even better than conventional fleets.

On the surface, there are more than six thousand fortress groups situated across the planet.

The surface cannon groups are not only zero in flexibility, they could almost be termed negative. After all, the orbital Star Fortresses can still rely on changing orbit velocity and switching orbital paths to simulate movement and concentration effects. The surface cannon groups don’t have this ability; the space area they can cover is minimal.

However, in terms of sturdiness, the surface cannon groups surpass the Star Fortresses and Armed Space Stations.

On the seas, on the lands, among the mountains, and in the valleys… human military architects, utilizing the planet’s terrain, cleverly designed fortress groups. Multiple orbit cannons hidden within can easily shoot projectiles into space; yet when facing bombardment, they can use terrain cover, visual camouflage, and interference equipment to make the Starship’s firepower harder to hit directly.

Even if they hit, the super thick reinforced concrete structures are formidable defenses.

If the Starship’s heavy guns, subject to layer upon layer of interception, were to hit the orbit cannon’s location directly, then it goes without saying—you’re formidable;

But even with the slightest deviation, the fortress defense capabilities can minimize the threat of bombardment to the orbit cannon and its operators.

This is what a genuinely fortified planet’s comprehensive defense capability looks like.

A prickly shell that seems impossible to attack.

However, this is not even its ultimate form.

The Shangdong Star has been under Iron Anger Stone’s control for only about twenty years. Although, as a crucial transport hub, its defenses were strong initially, it’s not Iron Anger Stone’s core territory.

The opposing Guangfeng Star, that’s the more terrifying place. Aside from even more layered surface cannon and orbital Star Fortress firepower points, Guangfeng Star also possesses another top-tier defensive device: planet-grade Void Shields.

As the name implies, this thing is essentially the same as the Void Shield equipped on Starships, just much larger in scale.

Multiple Void Shield Generators are deployed worldwide, each as large as a city. Once activated, though the energy cost is astronomical, the effect is also solid.

With the Void Shield active, a fortress world with integrated defense facilities presents as an immobile planet-class battleship in a space battle. Its firepower is invincibly fierce, against which no human-made fleet can contend; its defense is impenetrable, even extinction-level weapons are ineffective. Not to mention interception issues, nothing can penetrate the Void Shield.

Moreover, the defenders aren’t entirely devoid of naval power. Two battleships can also hide within the orbit, enjoying firepower cover while capable of maneuverable and proactive strikes.

Compared to Shangdong Star and Guangfeng Star, these two fortress worlds armed to the teeth, the defensive strength of any single planet from the defense ring previously constructed by Perbov in the northern Menghe Star Domain falls far short.

Even the latter could provide significant assistance to the defending side in war, let alone the former.

To take down Shangdong Star and Guangfeng Star, these fortress worlds armed to the teeth, the cost to be paid would be incredibly dreadful.

Under these circumstances, the Alliance, after a few probing attacks on Shangdong Star, did not invest any more forces.

Clearly, the Alliance did not want to pay such a price just to take these two planets.

No matter how strategically important their locations and value were.

As Gu Hang said to his generals:

“Do not forcefully attack these two places; I know you can take them down. I have immense faith in my generals, my warriors; you would conquer even hell for the Alliance.”

“However, we must be rational. Even Adler Politos knows when to retreat if something can’t be done; do we not know?”

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