Chapter 30 The Unlucky 'Mongoose'
"Captain, we still can't contact the command ship, and the satellite navigation is also a little inaccurate."
"I know, keep trying, contact Tell me as soon as you get there!”
Looking at the communication soldiers in the team looking for a location with a better signal in the distance.
Captain Lawrence sighed quietly, then lifted up his combat visor and wiped his sweat.
He had turned off the adaptive temperature control and air filtration built into the exoskeleton.
After continuous high-intensity fighting and ‘temporarily’ losing the agreed airdrop supplies.
He must reasonably manage the reserve energy of his exoskeleton to cope with possible subsequent battles.
As a direct subordinate of the Empire’s Central Intelligence Department, he is the commander of the ‘Mongoose’ special operations platoon.
He and his team received a top-secret mission from the Imperial Defense Intelligence and Security Division (DRSD). (There are 17 intelligence agencies, large and small, in the setting, and the federation is almost the same. We generally refer to the current intelligence systems of various countries)
[Secret Investigation of Federal Research Institute 31027 on Robert IV]
The effective information provided by the DRSD intelligence team during the operational communication meeting was only a rough coordinate range, and the fact that the research institute had been established twenty years ago Abandoned message.
But despite this, Captain Lawrence is still full of confidence in this mission.
Because of the large-scale raid on Robert IV through the Eighth Expeditionary Strike Group.
The federal military power on Robert IV will suffer a devastating blow.
And the surviving remnant soldiers would hardly pose a threat to their elite team.
What's more, because there are enough attack ships in orbit.
He and his 'mongoose' platoon were also able to receive unprecedented support.
Whether it is fire strikes or friendly support.
The leaders of the intelligence team of DRSD in charge of this operation all patted their chests and said, "Don't worry, we have enough control!"
"I **** (imperial expletive) has enough control!"
Thinking of this, Captain Lawrence, who was leading his surviving subordinates forward cautiously, couldn't help but greet the families of everyone in the intelligence team again.
After they landed in the airdrop, it actually went smoothly at first.
Under the early orbital strike and the attack of a large number of orbital paratroopers.
The surrounding federal troops have too much to take care of themselves, let alone cause trouble for them.
Therefore, in the first two or three hours, the 'mongoose' platoon's advance encountered no obstacles.
Until a certain Federation battleship fell into the atmosphere, the fusion furnace it carried exploded, causing strong interference.
The Mongoose lost contact with the headquarters, and there were also problems with navigation and satellite warning.
In this case, this special operations team ran into a breakout federal force.
According to common sense, a pure infantry infiltration team like the 'Mongoose' should not confront the enemy head-on.
But when the communication and navigation between both parties were in chaos, something very outrageous happened.
This federal breakout force has a lot of mechanized equipment such as armored vehicles, main battle tanks, and multi-legged tanks.
Although it was only a small force responsible for the flanks of the opponent that was eyeing the 'Mongoose'.
However, its firepower and maneuverability still caused the 'Mongoose' to suffer a big loss.
Had it not been an emergency, we had contacted a nearby orbital paratrooper with two HCPs and withdrew from the battle under their cover.
Maybe the Mongoose combat platoon will be wiped out before they can find the target.
As the main force of the empire pursued the federal breakout force, it attacked.
The federal force, which almost crushed the 'mongoose', also fled in the other direction.
Lawrence recalled that he saw the unit logo on the equipment of the federal unit through the zoom of the optical lens.
"Yasin Base Garrison. How did they meet here?"
"Are we so unlucky this time?" Thinking of this, the imperial officer felt a headache.
Although luck is an elusive thing, he still hopes that it will be on his side.
After all, the background of this mission is completely different from before.
Although Lawrence and his 'Mongoose' platoon have rich combat experience.
But those 'actual combat experiences' were gained in some small-scale counter-insurgency battles.
This time is completely different. The Federation is not one of those rebel planets.
Although the imperial decision-makers’ analysis of the Federation said that they are ‘a house that will collapse with just one kick’.
But no matter what, the Federation can completely compete with the Empire in terms of national size.
Even on Robert IV, a border agricultural planet, its garrison is "weak".
In terms of equipment and combat effectiveness, they far exceeded the rebels Lawrence had encountered before.
"Dragon God above, bless our operation smoothly"
Although he is a citizen of the Star Dragon Empire, Lawrence is also a rare unbeliever, unlike most people in the empire. Believe in the imperial state religion.
But under the current circumstances, he had to improvise.
‘We can’t always be so unlucky.’
Captain Lawrence thought to himself as he moved forward carefully.
The next second, the communications soldier’s exclamation sounded in the communication channel.
"Fuck! I've been hacked!"
"Everyone, disconnect the team data link! Be careful of electronic warfare disease"
The signal soldier hasn't finished speaking yet, Lawrence The captain had already urgently disconnected the data link and team communication channel.
Unfortunately, it's still a step too late.
As the HUD on the visor flashed abnormally for a few times, functions such as the small weapon firing line for aiming assistance and the display of remaining ammunition disappeared.
Lawrence's exoskeleton fire control system went offline due to an attack by an unknown electronic warfare virus.
Followed by the communication module, energy management module, and detection module.
Looking at the wildly rotating compass on the HUD, Captain Lawrence felt bad.
He lifted up his tactical visor, roared, and used the most primitive method to notify the surrounding soldiers to take cover and be alert.
But then, a scream came from the air, and his expression suddenly changed.
"Boom!"
There was no time to tell others to lie down, and a 120mm high-explosive bomb exploded in the open space near Lawrence.
The commander of the 'Mongoose' special operations platoon was blown over by the shock wave on the spot.
"Very good, the center is blooming! Ten points added to Group A."
"Group B, you fucking hit it wrong, recalibrate the landing point!"
Amber, who turned on optical invisibility, At this time, he was hiding in a big tree.
Through the magnified picture of the tactical eyepiece, he was directing the firing of two 120mm mortars from behind.
“Have the two infantry squads arrived at the attack departure line I designated? Yes, the action was quite fast.”
Amber glanced at the tactical map zoomed in the lower left corner, and then said:
"Fire team, three rapid fire rounds of high-explosive bombs! The infantry squad immediately started attacking after the artillery hit the ground!"
" I'm on the big tree with orange coordinates, pay attention to the identification of friend and foe!"
"Don't be stingy with ammunition for the fallen enemies. Give me a few more rounds to ensure death!"
(This chapter) End)