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.
