Chapter 236: When the battle commander is a little genius
140 kilometers away from the space elevator is the No. 13 temporary camp of the first battle group in the "Freedom Recovery" combat operation.
Due to the deterrence of orbital strikes, the remaining imperial soldiers have retreated to the vicinity of the city, and some have even hidden directly in the city.
The nearest imperial force detected so far is also near the city 110 kilometers away.
The 155 self-propelled artillery equipped in the armored brigade combat team, as well as the 155 mm straight and curved electrothermal chemical cannon equipped on some heavy multi-legged combat vehicles, do not pose any threat at this distance.
Long-range strike methods such as loitering missiles have continued to harass the camp in the past few days.
But they were basically intercepted by high-energy laser anti-aircraft vehicles and HCP.
As for the only long-range rockets and long-range tactical missiles that can truly pose a threat, because they are not included in the armored brigade combat team's establishment, their deployment priority is relatively low.
So at that time, the imperial expedition fleet did not even have time to deploy.
And since supplies have been cut off, the remaining imperial soldiers do not intend to continue wasting ammunition, so the intensity of attacks has been significantly reduced in the past few days.
This is why these temporary camps of the First Battle Group dare to be laid out in open areas using the 'quick wall building technology'.
The so-called 'First Battle Group' actually refers to the coalition of seven private military companies and local garrison troops deployed to the ground through the 'Pillar of Heaven II'.
According to the campaign plan made by an unknown 'little genius', the 15 winning companies were divided into 4/7/4 groups and deployed to three blocks of Rubian 5 through three orbital elevators. On the mainland.
Among them, the seven companies where Amber works form the first battle group, which is also the strongest among the three battle groups in terms of overall strength.
According to this 'genius'-like campaign planning concept, the First Battle Group will serve as the main attack force and fight the main force of the Imperial Army on the continent where it is located.
Because the transport capacity of the 'Pillar of Heaven II' is the strongest among the three space elevators, the number of troops delivered through it is also the largest on the three continents.
After completing the 'clearance' of the other two continents, the second and third battle groups will quickly move in and form an encirclement with the first battle group.
"Baninger, who the idiot came up with this plan? I really want to slap him in the face with this plan."
Amber, walking in the temporary camp No. 14, looked at the terminal This macro-plan for the 'Freedom Recovery' campaign made everyone's face turn black with anger.
“Boss, I heard that this plan was formulated by Major General Benjamin, the commander-in-chief of the campaign and also the commander-in-chief of the First Battle Group. Before you arrived, Boss, I went to the Joint Operations Command for a meeting and met with him. This person.”
Baninger said as he walked beside Amber wearing a combat exoskeleton and fully armed.
He and the veterans of his training team were actually worried after witnessing the fighting qualities of friendly forces in the past two days.
"Benjamin? Is he the commander of Rubion's No. 5 garrison? The idiot who asked his synthetic brigades to go up one by one to 'refuel', and finally lost half of the troops?"
"Yes, Boss."
"Oh, I'm so fucked."
After walking into a board room that served as a temporary headquarters, Amber flopped down on a chair that had been strengthened to allow soldiers wearing exoskeletons to sit and rest.
"Who gave him the courage to think that the troops of these private military companies can go head-to-head with the empire's expeditionary forces?"
Amber looked at the temporary command headquarters speechlessly. ceiling.
“Yes, maybe these private military companies are quite advanced in terms of weapons and equipment, and they look very combat effective.
But the federal army itself has not fought seriously in many years. Even the regular army has very little actual combat experience, let alone these private military companies or defense contractors.
Aren't the troops of these private military companies just like these planetary defense forces, obsessed with security warfare and unable to extricate themselves? "
Baninger listened to Amber's words and nodded in agreement.
He was the first batch of combatants deployed by Atlas, so during this period he also He is familiar with the situation on Rubion 5.
And he has also faced the Imperial troops on Robert 5, so he naturally knows the combat capabilities of the Imperial troops.
Even if Amber doesn't say it. He could also see that the Rubian Galaxy Autonomous Government's "cobbled together" force was simply unable to fight against the remnants of the empire
"The only good news I've heard since I arrived is that the empire didn't have time to deploy long-range fire support troops, otherwise we might have been bombed long ago."
Listening to Baninger's words, Amber He also smiled out of joy.
"The bad news is, neither do we."
"Hahahahaha!"
Two 'veterans' who have experienced the Battle of Robert IV, under temporary command The Ministry couldn't help laughing.
The two Roma marines standing guard outside were a little confused when they heard the laughter in the headquarters.
These two officers obviously went in with dark faces, why are they laughing like this now?
However, the training in the past six months has made them put away this unnecessary curiosity.
"Forget it, stop laughing. Let's get down to business."
Amber opened the holographic projection platform of the command center and projected the map of Rubion 5.
"What we need to face now on this continent is the most powerful force among the empire's remnants."
He pointed to the largest continent of Lubion 5, which is also the Atlas force. After finding his location, he continued:
"According to intelligence, there is only one armored brigade-level combat team and one infantry brigade-level combat team on the other two continents. So what we have to face here is There are four armored brigade-level combat teams and one infantry brigade-level combat team.
Although they suffered some casualties after the orbital strike, I guess there were no injuries. In addition to the previous battle casualties, the loss was less than 15%.”
As he spoke, the holographically projected map also appeared on the map representing the enemy troops, as well as the corresponding organization information.
"Based on the 15% loss just mentioned, our so-called 'First Battle Group' will also have to face a force with more than 80 HCPs, more than 200 heavy multi-legged tanks or Main battle tanks, more than 500 infantry fighting vehicles or armored personnel carriers, plus more than 5,500 imperial "remnants" of motorized infantry. I don't include their other combatants, self-propelled artillery, combat engineers and various support troops. ”
The military establishment of the Federation and the Empire is not a secret. You can get general information by just going to any military forum.
Not to mention that Amber also has Lilith to collect data, so he has a clearer understanding of the preparation of the main forces of both sides.
“Boss, so you are saying that this battle will be difficult, or that there will be a risk of failure?”
Baninger's voice was serious. After seeing the soldier cards and the densely packed troop establishment list, he also realized that the problem he was facing might be more serious than he thought.
"It won't be a failure, but it will definitely be a difficult fight."
Amber operated again on the holographic projection platform, and then placed an icon of a fleet above the planet model , and near the 'Pillar of Heaven II', the soldier card of the 'First Battle Group' was displayed.
“We are not completely without advantages. At least on paper, we seem to have much more troops than the empire, and there is a fleet above us that can carry out orbital strike support. Forget it, let’s combine the training team and the two battalions. Call the entire command team over and have a quick meeting to go over the situation.”
“Understood, Boss!”
The impromptu meeting did not last long and ended in less than twenty minutes.
The command of the Atlas combat force finally understood what the situation was now.
The combined forces of the company and the garrison have an absolute advantage in terms of numbers on paper, as well as the firepower and intelligence support of the fleet in orbit.
After taking down three space elevators, there is no need to worry about supply problems for the time being.
Although the Empire's 'remnants' on Rubbian 5 are at a numerical disadvantage, their combat effectiveness is much higher than that of the coalition forces.
Amber felt that under normal circumstances, the brigade combat teams on the opposite side could defeat the coalition forces in minutes, and the battle loss ratio would definitely be very exciting.
Unfortunately, these are not ‘normal circumstances’.
The biggest problem facing the remaining soldiers of the empire now is that they do not have any high-level fire support and battlefield intelligence support, and there is no follow-up supplies.
Food and drinking water are okay, there is always a way to replenish them on the spot.
Various batteries can also be slowly charged using HCP and subcritical reactors on mobile energy vehicles.
But there is really no place to resupply ammunition and fuel.
Especially for all kinds of ammunition, it is really a waste of one shot.
“Anyway, the situation is like this. Although it is not very serious, it is not something that can be easily overcome.
I hope that everyone can be a good subordinate fighter when they return. Do your ideological work and be mentally prepared for a tough battle in the first large-scale battle.
But you don’t have to be too burdened. I have followed you to the front line, so there is nothing to be afraid of. Wrong? ”
After the meeting, everyone including Baninger quickly dispersed, leaving Amber alone in the temporary headquarters.
Randall did not follow this time, but stayed at the asteroid base, coordinating the construction of the asteroid base with George.
Isabel was also asked by Amber to stay in orbit. She and her intelligence analysis team were basically useless in the ground battle.
So at this moment, Amber was rarely left alone.
However, he did not pay attention to this, but continued to look at the information about the remaining soldiers of the empire.
To be honest, the only imperial troops we faced this time were armored brigade combat teams and infantry brigade combat teams, which were actually quite easy to deal with.
There is neither a more mobile mobile brigade combat team, which is coming and going on the battlefield to contain and harass.
The Royal Army Expeditionary Division of the Star Dragon Empire, which has not yet had time to complete its military reform, has not been equipped with the division's extended-range artillery and tactical missile units, which are long-range firepower that can pose a threat to the coalition forces.
There are no orbital attack ships overhead that may 'lay eggs' at any time.
Although Amber has always been a little worried, the empire's expeditionary fleet may not give up the three expeditionary divisions aboard Rubion 5 so easily, and they may come back at any time.
But Amber feels that her luck should not be so bad.
What's more, the federal navy has already formed a local strength advantage. Even if it cannot defeat the imperial expedition fleet, it can still hold them back.
In this case, as long as the coalition command does not think about going up and attacking, and honestly 'fortify the stronghold and fight the war', it will always be able to kill these remaining imperial soldiers who have been cut off from supplies.
“These people shouldn’t be that cerebral palsy, right?”
(End of this chapter)