Chapter 239: Set up your stance, just waiting for you to come
Are stealth drones like the RQ220 ‘Observer’ rare?
Of course it’s not unusual. Whether in the Federation or the Empire, the technology of this thing is no longer a secret. A slightly larger drone manufacturer can produce it.
But why didn’t any company think of bringing two of them for use?
Are they stupid and don’t know how useful this thing is?
In Amber's opinion, of course they were stupid.
But this does not mean that these private military companies and defense contractors who make a living by 'combat' will not know the advantages of stealth drones.
The main reason why they did not expect to bring two aircraft was that they were still confused by the 'security war'.
For them, in previous combat missions, ordinary high-altitude long-endurance drones were completely sufficient for monitoring mission areas.
No matter how powerful the mob is, they possess a variety of individual weapons, anti-armor weapons, and even simple electromagnetic guns. They appear and disappear in street battles, causing everyone a headache.
But there is no way to bring down a drone at an altitude of 20,000 meters.
Since nothing can threaten high-altitude long-endurance drones, this thing is enough.
Although mankind's industrial manufacturing capabilities have developed to this day, even the price of stealth drones has long been reduced. To say that the cabbage price is not excessive.
But the problem is that ordinary high-altitude long-endurance drones have also become cheaper, and the price is only one-tenth of that of stealth drones.
Since for these private military companies and defense contractors, the two drones have the same effect, they must choose the cheaper one without even thinking about it.
After all, they fight for profit.
The matter of stealth drones is just a microcosm of the current development status of human military theory and military technology. There are many similar things.
And whether it is the Federation or the Empire, many operations are surprisingly consistent.
For example, the tactical air force in the garrisons of various planets has been abolished on a large scale, and only some attack aircraft responsible for ground support have been retained to attack rebels and insurgents who lack air defense weapons.
Another example is the almost complete reduction of thermonuclear weapons deployed on the ground. Whether they are launch silos or TIE vehicles, they are basically completely eliminated.
The reason is very simple. The entire planet is under control. I don’t know who I am trying to deter by keeping these 'big treasures'
And there is really an enemy attack. For orbital attack ships, those that cannot move The 'wind turbine' is a pure target, and the TIE car's survivability is not as great as expected, and it can be easily countered.
Based on reasons including but not limited to the above, the Federation, the Empire, and even distant commercial alliances, with the exception of naval fleets, have experienced a relatively deformed development trend in combat units.
Especially after the popularity of directed energy weapons, many tactics and tactics have changed.
At least in the 'wars' that the Federation and the Empire encountered in the past few decades, they faced the so-called rebels, mobs and insurgents with average equipment, average morale, and average fighting qualities.
Often only the HCPs in the synthetic troops are needed to launch a charge in a group, and then use heavy particle cannons to destroy those units that may pose a threat.
The morale of these enemies, which are almost composed of pure infantry + a small number of armored units, will basically collapse.
The troops that follow up usually do the work of cleaning the battlefield and collecting prisoners.
And compared to these enemies who dare to confront the regular army head-on, whether they are federal or imperial ground troops, what they are more afraid of are actually the enemies hiding in the city, mixed with civilians.
If this kind of battle, which resembles a 'security war', lasts a little longer, it will have a great impact on both the morale of the troops and the technical and tactical level of the troops.
After the liaison officers left happily, Amber continued to hold the operational staff under his command and studied the investigation intelligence compiled in the past few days.
Among these staff officers, there were the mobile infantrymen who fought with him from the Robert IV, some were selected from the original Yaoguang Defense personnel, and finally there were a few arrogant and powerful people. Roma people.
Their common characteristic is that in addition to being as familiar with basic ground combat as everyone else, their minds are relatively more flexible, and they can also comprehend macro-level combat commands faster.
Especially those who worked at Yaoguang Defense before, their original position was tactical staff.
So in addition to assisting Amber in tactical planning, they also have to take time to teach others.
Especially those Roma people.
After all, these human combat units in Atlas Private Military Company basically have service experience, and they are more or less familiar with tactical command.
But the Roma are different.
Before coming to Atlas, these furballs may have been thinking more about food, bartending, singing and dancing, various etiquette, elf culture, totem poles, and reproduction of offspring.
So for them, tactical command is truly starting from scratch.
Even the few Roma people following Amber were selected from nearly 2,000 people, and they were "relatively smart" ones.
But when it comes to learning tactical command, my progress is still far behind others.
However, what makes Amber happy is that these furballs are still very interested in the matter of 'marching and fighting'.
Interest is the best teacher.
So he often sees these furballs who have been transferred to the headquarters, taking some Roma 'specialties' to consult other staff officers in their free time. It is precisely because of the honest character of these "hairballs" that other combat staff officers in the headquarters also take good care of them.
Especially Amber, she always asks questions about these Roma people first.
"This is the approximate deployment of the enemy based on the close reconnaissance of the 'Observer' in the past few days."
Amber released an electron on the holographic projection platform The sand table roughly marked the distribution of the remaining imperial soldiers, the estimated direction of the screen guards, and the areas that the stealth drones had not entered.
“Everyone, take a good look. Let’s speak in order. Let’s start with Hog and Gruumsh.”
The two Roma people who were called by Amber, just like the students who were called by the teacher in class, trembled nervously, and then immediately began to browse quickly on the electronic sandbox.
From time to time, I would also zoom in on certain highlighted areas.
The advantage of the electronic sandbox is that one picture covers all scales and levels of combat maps.
When Hogg and Gruumsh zoomed into a certain town, they could also see 'many arrows', 'many ovals', 'various small flags', 'various strange abbreviation'.
This is the command terminal's AI, which automatically generates a draft battalion and company-level tactical plan based on existing information.
After staring at the sand table for a while, the 'wolf-headed man' named Hogg scratched his head and took the lead in saying:
"Boss, if we look at the current detection situation, in the In the three cities and surrounding areas in the direction of the coalition's attack, the Imperial Army should have completed their defense deployment.
Judging from their posture, they probably want to fight us head-on, so they have deployed five brigades. The combat team has assembled."
As he spoke, Hogg operated on the electronic sand table, marking out the 'key points' detected in the past few days and adding relevant information. picture.
For example, the ruts of heavily armed troops marching in the wild.
Fortifications built with foamed metal and quick-drying cement suddenly appeared around the city.
There are also some small-scale troop assembly points, self-propelled artillery preset positions, etc. that were not hidden in time.
A lot of this information was not discovered by the combat staff, but was used by the commander to assist decision-making. Discovered by AI.
After being ‘Buffed’ by Lilith, Atlas’ command-assisted decision-making AI is no longer a veteran of ten years, but a veteran of hundreds of battles.
So it can identify details that are easily overlooked in optical pictures and radar imaging faster than other AIs.
"I speculate that the imperial army's material reserves should be approaching the red line, otherwise they can break them into parts and play 'hide and seek' with us to delay time."
"There is another possibility. They want to defeat us with one punch."
Amber said something in a very calm tone that made the combat staff shudder.
These staff officers have followed Amber and have learned a lot about the regular army of the empire, and they are also very clear about the real situation on the coalition side.
So they quickly realized that this situation seemed to be possible.
But Amber did not continue this topic, but looked at the other Roma man next to Hogg.
"Gruush, what do you think?"
"Boss, I think the coalition must be cautious."
Gruush zoomed the electronic sandbox to the beginning proportion, and then continued:
“At present, we can say that 70% of the deployment of the five brigade combat teams in the empire is guesswork, especially the infantry brigade combat team behind them.
Because we are in a city, there are too many interferences, so the detection effect is not good. We only speculated based on the assembly of some infantry units near the city.
For the specific situation, I think it may be necessary to conduct penetration reconnaissance from the ground in order to be more credible. "
Gruush paused for a moment, and then set several lines to 'highlight'.
"But one thing is certain, there are differences between these three cities. There are several high-grade roads that are sufficient for heavy troops to use, and the internal terrain of this huge 'basin' is relatively simple.
So this fighting area is more convenient for the opponent, whether it is to conduct tactical maneuvers or to retreat after being pressured.
Moreover, the existence of three cities requires extremely high precision for orbital strikes. Based on my observations of combatants from other companies, I am very worried about whether they can achieve high-precision strike guidance on the front line.
In this case, if the opposing commander is particularly good at mobile defense, it may not be good news for us.”
After Gruumsh finished speaking, other operations The staff officers also expressed their opinions one after another, and they were relatively consistent in the general direction.
That is, if the Imperial Army really puts on a 'fight to the death' posture here, then the coalition forces may not be able to fight back. He would really hit the south wall.
Early the next morning, the combat order came from the coalition command center, requiring the troops of each company to start maneuvering according to the plan.
The coalition attack would begin two days later in the early morning, with Atlas's combat troops deployed on the right flank to serve as a feint.
(End of this chapter)