Of course, even an unconventional rebel organization like the "People's Integration Front" could not possibly have professional gunners. The reason Deng Zhengqing had revoked the firing permissions for the outer ring of Sector D was simply that it was a move better than nothing.
Sector D was outside his control anyway, so letting a rebel organization have it made no difference. Even if they harbored ulterior motives, they could not stir up much trouble.
As for the Imperial reinforcements, whether they could land successfully would not actually affect the overall situation.
However, these Imperial reinforcement fleets that had come from afar launched an immediate attack on Fortress No. 1 without taking any time to rest. In terms of morale, that was indeed admirable.
The Imperial forces naturally knew that before the Ghost, even a battlecruiser's defenses were as fragile as paper. Their light cruisers, destroyers, and landing craft were even more vulnerable.
They still had no idea how this bombardment worked. They only knew that once they encountered the Ghost's artillery fire, the lives of every officer and soldier present would be placed upon the altar of fate.
Even so, they still threw themselves at the "rear" of the oval fortress with an utterly resolute attitude.
When the landing craft entered the fortress's gravitational capture range under the destroyers' cover, the Imperial soldiers all breathed sighs of relief. Some soldiers aboard the landing craft even let out faint cheers.
They all knew that at such close range, even if the "Ghost" turned its bow toward them and opened fire, it could no longer stop them from landing.
Some more quick-witted officers had even begun to wonder: could they also use this kind of saturation boarding assault, regardless of cost or casualties, to deal with the Ghost ship itself?
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