The Steel Legion retaliates with long-ranged Railgun bombardments, tearing through armor like a bullet through a balloon. Missiles are fired from artillery platforms, and STEEL RAINs, flying at 20000 feet above, begin dropping napalm and thermite bombs, as well as conventional "explode stuff" bombs. Tanks and LRW-990s also shell the enemy, explosions resounding all the way inside of Lyos.
The casualty count is now at 900,000 civilians, 1,500,000 soldiers, and over 2,300,000 vehicles and mechs have been destroyed.