Starting from the Planetary Governor

Chapter 982: Chapter 530: Kick Their Asses

Xiong Lei stood in a tower within the fortress, holding a telescope, watching through a small window the battle encircling those two Fury Flame Interstellar Warriors, with his palms sweating in tension.

That battle, although small in scale, was almost critically important to the success or failure of the hundreds of thousands he led.

On planet Yuehe VII.3, the option of ‘losing the land while keeping the people’ hardly exists. Each situation needs specific analysis, but the survival of this planet fundamentally depends on orbital defense. Otherwise, when the enemy’s superior navy unleashes ground bombardment without restraint, it would be nearly impossible to defend from the front, forcing a shift to guerrilla warfare by breaking into small units.

That might have some effect, but in a broader sense of the battlefield, it means the entire planet falls.

And to defend the planet, one must hold the many orbital cannon fortresses on the ground, ensuring there are means from the ground to directly threaten space, making the enemy’s navy not dare to bombard recklessly.

The fortresses on the ground, like the one guarded by the 311th Division, are each vital life nodes. Losing one or two may not pose a big problem; losing ten or eight will cause major issues in a whole area, allowing the enemy to deploy ground forces and supplies here more freely, making reclaiming the area difficult, as the enemy navy can come to the corresponding orbital area after the reduced threat, with firepower landing here smoothly without easy interception.