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Chapter 1744: Chapter 990: Landing on Terra

The allied forces’ support for the ground far outpaced their progress in controlling the planetary orbit.

In the first week after Galaraldo’s death, even though orbit control had barely advanced, several landing ships departed from the allied carriers towards the ground.

The allied fleet provided escort for them, but there were some treacherous forces that intercepted them through ship interception, orbital defense fire, and ground orbital cannon strikes.

Approximately thirty percent of the landing ships did not make it to the ground.

This meant that over thirty thousand soldiers were sacrificed in the landing process.

The seventy thousand soldiers who managed to land did not significantly aid the defense of the Terra Imperial Palace.

No matter how small the inner circle, or how inadequate Marshal Yan Xinzhen’s forces were, there were still in the millions.

The arrival of seventy thousand troops merely provided a bit of rotation space for the frontline Imperial Palace Guard units engaged in bloody combat.

However, while the actual significance might be limited, the symbolic significance was substantial.

The Imperial Palace Guard is indeed elite, well-trained, and high in morale, capable of holding their ground in a desperate environment, especially with the Forbidden Army providing leadership.

But ultimately, no human army is entirely immune to drops in morale. Even with a mindset ready to face death, the profound despair could still shake their resolve.

With nowhere to retreat and being backed into a corner, even rational choices like surrender offered no escape, as the opposing forces are primarily Nagor zombies or Terror Demon Berserkers.

Yet when true despair sets in, rationality tends to collapse.

Moreover, this despair isn’t just psychological but also influenced by supernatural factors.

Nagor’s core, contrary to Jian Qi, is about stagnation, decay, and despair... all of which were blown into the inner circle of the Terra Imperial Palace by those yellow-green winds. The madness-inducing mental plague spread by Terror Demon is also not negligible.

Even though the palace’s inner circle is heavily guarded to minimize and prevent such influences, the mere presence of these elements exacerbates the battlefield’s conditions, leading to problems.

Troops might commit suicide, suffer mass disorganization unconsciously, surrender to Nagor, or launch suicidal assaults on Terror Demon forces and perish easily...

Of course, such instances are exceedingly rare among the elite ranks of the Imperial Palace Guard. Even if they occur, they are isolated incidents.

However, these isolated incidents are tending to increase under the current circumstances.

In reality, the defense forces could hold out for a long time. However, these problems continue to spread amidst the despair, inevitably posing a threat and visibly growing into a major issue in the future.

But the arrival of reinforcements provided significant relief for this issue.

Ultimately, it’s a psychological matter.

No matter how much the Forbidden Army publicized that reinforcements were coming and the Son of God was on the way to support the ground, all of the Imperial Palace Guard believed it.

However, true reassurance comes not just from belief but from witnessing the event unfold before their eyes.

The seventy thousand troops that descended from orbit achieved this effect.

The reinforcements were real and had arrived.

The hope brought by this reality effectively countered the despair and significantly slowed the pervasive spiritual corruption from Chaos.

And the reinforcements weren’t just a fleeting hope.

These seventy thousand were merely the first wave of troops.

The next batch arrived three days later.

This time, numbering 210,000.

The chances of landing ships being intercepted also dropped from thirty percent to twenty percent.

The third wave of landing forces numbered 500,000.

Together, these waves significantly changed the situation within the inner circle.

And a month after Galaraldo’s downfall, when the outer orbit of Holy Terra was fully controlled, a large-scale landing operation commenced.

The enemy wasn’t devoid of anti-orbital capabilities. They controlled some ground-based Anti-Orbital Cannon Fortresses, heavily concentrated on Holy Terra.

However, with the allied navy freed up, and bolstered by elements of the Solar Fleet, their strength increased considerably.

The entire allied fleet dominated the outer orbit, aggressively suppressing the ground. The Orbital Cannon Fortresses, when bombarded, had to divert considerable resources to intercept bombs and missiles and attack outer orbital ships.

After all, they couldn’t just sit and take hits. Otherwise, continued bombardment by the allied warships would eventually destroy even the strongest Orbital Cannon Fortress defenses.

This reduced the threat they posed to landing ships.

Of course, there were also some colossal Chaos Cannons that accompanied the Chaos forces besieging Terra, capable of engaging in anti-orbital and anti-landing ship activities.

But here, the palace played a major role.

The inner ring palace boasted significant firepower, deployable in two parts.

One portion targeted exposed enemy heavy artillery positions, launching ground-to-ground missiles and large-caliber indirect fire at enemy strongholds.

After all, those Chaos Demon Army firepoints lacked heavy fortification protection.

And another set of intercept rapid-fire guns intercepted enemy missiles.

In summary, under naval and Terra Imperial Palace cover, the allied forces’ massive landing operation succeeded.

Over ten million ground troops reached the surface, assembling within the inner circle palace.

Mainly composed of soldiers from Robert’s Expeditionary Force from the Infinite Starfield. These troops from the Infinite Starfield were selected, having survived a long Subspace voyage and the bloody battle of Comoros.

The presence of Interstellar Warriors was also significant. This wave of descent saw over 15,000 Interstellar Warriors land, almost all of whom were Robert’s genetic descendants.

And Robert, the Father of Genetics, was among them!

Inside the inner palace, a historic meeting took place between the Son of God and the Forbidden Army Marshal.

At first glance, Marshal Yan Xinzhen confirmed this was indeed the Son of God, without a doubt.

His last bit of worry faded away, willingly handing over strategic command of the entire inner palace.

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