Legion Commander Malcolm's order was entirely correct, and the Emperor raised no objection.
This had always been a campaign combining pacification and annihilation. Given the Star Fortress's unique environment and the command headquarters' strategic requirements, air support had lost most of its wartime functions. Even long-range artillery support could not be fully utilized; only close-range artillery could achieve results. With artillery support, this army slowly compressed the enemy's operational space under covering fire while steadily advancing. Though it was the most cumbersome tactic, it was also the most reliable.
NATO infantry combat cases provided considerable experience. Every patch of rubble from a collapsed building was hit with at least one thermobaric bomb. Mines, barbed wire, and Machine Gun Turrets were immediately laid around the ruins of every building destroyed by Assault Tank cannons, main battle tank cannons, and Armored Personnel Carrier autocannons. Breach teams carrying shields also moved in groups, covering City of Immortals technicians as they firmly drove the ground anchors of prefabricated shelters into the floor while enduring the occasional artillery barrage from the Mutant army.
Reports from the front continuously flowed back to the command department.
Facing the holographic projection of the command chain, Master Hamir selected the identification number of a breacher in the chain. The holographic command table immediately displayed the battlefield environment faced by that Gene-modded Warrior, his organizational number, squad number, physical condition, ammunition reserves, movement trajectory along the timeline, and combat footage recorded by his helmet's electronic eye. Master Hamir "personally" watched as the soldier's helmet-mounted electronic eye was struck by a precise electromagnetic shot. Enduring pain sufficient to knock an ordinary human unconscious, he nevertheless maintained his steady advancing formation until he forced the sniper's range of movement into the ruins, then blasted it into fragments with an Explosive Rounds Gun.