Chapter 385 No One Sleeps Tonight (End)
“What’s going on with the 66th Brigade now? How come we can only contact so few troops?!”
Passing through the disguised command cabin, Fan Fleet stared nervously at the electronic sand table and yelled. The bloodshot eyes and flushed cheeks were a good indication of his current state.
This man is good at mobilizing troops using 'ghost-like' means, gathering superior forces in exercises and counter-insurgency battles, and overwhelming the enemy with a wave of ferocious firepower. He has always been known as a 'smart general' within the federal army. Lieutenant General of the Army basically has nothing to do with the word 'wisdom' at this moment.
"General, large-scale electronic interference has never stopped, and military networks have been under attack from electronic warfare viruses. Many units have already had to switch to quantum encrypted communications, so we can only contact units that are relatively close together, and the communication efficiency is not high.”
The communications staff officer said nervously. Including him, everyone in the command cabin already knew that they were being targeted.
After all, the situation arrow on the electronic sandbox points very clearly, and the enemy that suddenly appeared is making a crazy breakthrough in this direction.
According to the news sent by the Thirteenth Fleet before the communication was interrupted, a new HCP from Atlas came to the surface by breaking through the atmosphere alone.
Immediately afterwards, the two combined battalions of the 1st, 1st and 1st Heavy Battalions, which were attacking the gap on Highway 56, reported that they were under an "unstoppable" attack. Before Van Fleet could mobilize other troops for support, a large-scale Electronic interference and attacks on military networks began, and the general headquarters also lost contact with the two combined battalions.
To be honest, Van Fleet didn’t quite believe that these two battalions had been devastated at first.
Because of its relationship as a direct unit of Van Fleet, both equipment and personnel are given priority to be replenished, and based on the original battalion-level unit of 4 heavy, 1 firepower, 1 air defense, 1 reconnaissance, 1 support, and 1 support, additional Two medium-sized combined battalions were strengthened to increase tactical penetration capabilities.
However, as the defense force of the general headquarters, the 66th Brigade has never participated in any offensive operations at the request of Van Fleet, so the troops The establishment is still relatively intact, and morale is maintained relatively well.
In this context, a heavy-duty synthetic battalion with more than 600 people, 20 main battle tanks, 8 HCPs, plus armored infantry fighting vehicles and other vehicles, and a heavy-duty synthetic battalion with more than 600 people, A medium-sized combined battalion of 14 wheeled or multi-legged combat vehicles, 46 wheeled armored vehicles, 6 self-propelled mortars, and 2 electronic jamming vehicles
Such a force was crippled by an HCP?
Normally, Van Fleet would not hesitate to go up and talk loudly to make the other party wake up.
But when the drone photographed a large number of HCPs and vehicle wreckage near Route 56, as well as the red body in the center of the battlefield that was charging at high speed with anti-human speed and attitude, the federal army lieutenant general had no choice but to believe it. .
Immediately afterwards, including this drone, the reconnaissance drones and communication relay drones flying over the war zone were clicked one by one.
Except for the long-endurance drone hiding at high altitude that escaped due to its high altitude, the drones released by the 66th Brigade in previous battles were basically cleared.
At this time, Van Fleet also realized that he had encountered a difficult situation, so he immediately issued an order to have the 66th Brigade's originally encircling troops shrink back, intending to use a sea of people and firepower to overwhelm the target.
“If two battalions can’t handle you, can I really not handle you with one brigade?”
Then Van Fleet discovered that he seemed to be a little unsure.
Because at the scale of a brigade-level unit, no matter how highly mechanized it is, it will still be a bit bulky.
At the same time, the opponent has no intention of entangled with these combat units, but relies on high mobility and high firepower to continuously break through.
The HCP troops of the 166th Heavy Combined Battalion even tried the tactic of concentrating all HCPs at once to intercept, but this red body with blue light under the armor showed a combat power beyond the understanding of these pilots.
The incomprehensible prediction, the terrifying reaction ability, the instantaneous reverse maneuver that normal people cannot control, and the two 'light blades' that can cut through steel.
Eight HCPs were cut down by the flailing lightsabers in just one encounter. The last scene these pilots saw was the red phantom sending the 'light blade' into the driver's seat after avoiding all attacks. cabin scene.
What is "integration of faith and fire" and "armor and bomb confrontation"? Those are concepts that are only useful against other conventional forces.
When you face a psyker like Amber who is driving a cutting-edge HCP, the best way is to find your own 'ACE' to fight, or else to suppress it with saturation firepower or even tactical nuclear bombs .
Van Fleet, or the Federation Army, does not have the psyker ace pilot available at this time - according to Amber's memory, the Federation and the Empire did not use all of them until the middle and late stages of the war. Psykers are used for special operations, but part of them is divided into HCP driving
This is why Amber can be so confident in charging into the battle alone, because he knows that Van Fleet has nothing to suppress him. 's pilot.
The only remaining solution at this time is to rely on saturation fire coverage or directly drop tactical nuclear bombs.
But what Van Fleet can think of, Amber will naturally think of.
Why he keeps breaking through the 66th Brigade's defense line is to find Van Fleet while preventing the opponent's long-range fire and self-propelled artillery units from launching effective attacks.
No matter how urgent the situation is, Amber also knows that it is impossible for the federal army to launch fire strikes at the area where its own troops are deployed
And such a rush all the way is also a test for Amber and the machine. .
At this moment, almost no part of the outer armor of the 'Colossus' was in good condition, and it was covered with various bullet marks and ablation marks.
Although Amber's prediction and reaction abilities are far beyond ordinary people, this does not mean that he can "clear the level without injury" when facing enemies of this magnitude.
Maybe with a higher spiritual strength level and stronger body performance, it can indeed be done. But at least not now.
Ammunition and weapons supplies can be air-dropped through the 'Icarus' support component, but Amber herself can only rely on potions and willpower to persevere.
Fortunately, after this series of battles, the scene of single-player breaking the formation has come to an end.
As Lilith completed her secret intrusion into the federal military network, the command cabin vehicle where Van Fleet was located was finally locked.
When the 'Red Devil' reappeared, the only thing that could stand between it and the command cabin vehicle was the troops of the guard company.
Although these federal soldiers still bravely opened fire on Amber in this situation, it was a pity that most of their attacks were in vain.
Just when the last three HCPs were about to rush forward and die together by melting their cores and self-destructing, the hatch of the command cabin vehicle was opened.
Van Fleet, who had taken off his military cap, got out of the car expressionlessly, and then said in the public channel:
"Stop, we surrender."
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'Real Eye' live broadcast, when the cat lady anchor said "The current battle on Para 4 and the planet's orbit has come to an end. "It ended not long after this passage.
The uninterrupted live broadcast that lasts almost a day can only be achieved by a race like Roma whose physique is beyond human beings as anchors.
Although I don’t know what happened on the ground in the final stage that caused the ground battle to end suddenly, but for the viewers who were lucky enough to watch the live broadcast, especially the climax of the second half of the live broadcast, they only felt that this The live broadcast is really worth watching.
There were fortified positions, land battles, single planes entering the atmosphere, and exciting fleet battles. These first-hand battles, which ordinary people rarely have access to, spread throughout the Federation and the Empire in an unprecedented way.
Especially for those viewers who are in the night hemisphere of their planet, tonight is destined to be a sleepless night. People gather together in high spirits to discuss the live broadcast, whether it is in a bar, night market, or in the local area. In the forum, the topic of 'Atlas vs. Federation' must be the most discussed one.
Similarly, on the federal capital planet, there are also a large number of people who will not be able to sleep tonight.
Federal President Brandon, who was in the conference room of the Ministry of National Defense Building, looked at the corporate video that was played again on the screen after the live broadcast of 'Eye of Reality' ended. He was stunned for a few seconds, and then laughed suddenly. Made a sound.
“Hahahahaha”
In the originally silent conference room, everyone's eyes were drawn to Brandon's laughter.
Although the senior officials of the federal government, military, and CIA in the conference room have been here for almost a day, not only have they not rested, but they have only eaten a lot of fast food delivered from takeaways. food, but no one dared to complain at this juncture.
"The dignified federal regular army was violently beaten by a private company, and the whole process was broadcast live. Do you have any clues here?"
Brandon's tone gradually became colder, and his face The smile on the president also slowly disappeared. Everyone knew that this was a sign that the president was about to explode, and no one dared to continue at this moment. "When I signed the general mobilization order, you said that the Star Dragon Empire was on the verge of collapse and would collapse if the federal army stepped forward and kicked it. As a result, not long after each fleet entered the other's territory, they could no longer continue to advance. Every day We are constantly 'burning money' on the front lines.
When we started cooperating with Atlas in the communication business, I asked you whether companies and technologies like yours can be completely controlled by us. You all said that? It is just a private enterprise, so there is nothing to fear. As long as the federation takes a little action, it can be completely controlled
When you persuaded me to agree to build more unmanned fleets, you said that this technology is absolutely safe, the combat effectiveness of the fleet is definitely worth the investment, and it can reduce precious casualties."
< br>As Brandon spoke, he slowly stood up and looked around at everyone in the conference room.
“Who can tell me how you make everything go towards the best. Development in a bad direction? "
Seeing that no one said anything in the conference room, Brandon shook his head and continued:
"I know that many of you don't take me seriously and think that I am just a 'meat horn' of the military-industrial complex, a 'human stamp' responsible for signing and sealing various bills and resolutions. But I want to What he said is that as long as I am in office, I have the right to hold these things accountable.”
“Your Excellency,” CIA Director Bernard spoke first, because he knew that this person who was standing Brandon in front of the main seat is indeed the kind of person who will pull everyone to die together.
“Don’t believe all the live broadcasts of the Eye of Truth, it is very likely that it is from Atlas. Some kind of public opinion control method. We have invested quite a lot of troops in Para IV. I believe that under the command of General Van Fleet, the situation should not be that bad."
"Thank you for your speech. , Director Bernard.”
Brandon sat down again, his face regained its calm expression.
"I hope you can get the information about Para 4 as soon as possible, and then tell me what happened there?"
"I'll do it right away."
Bob Nader stood up and nodded to Brandon, and then led the CIA people to leave first. After all, what happened next had nothing to do with them.
After Bernard left with the people, Brandon looked at Defense Secretary Miller, who was sitting on his left.
"Minister Miller, do you have anything to say about the unmanned fleet? I saw it clearly in the live broadcast just now. The three unmanned fleets stopped in place after completing the jump. There was no maneuver and no support for the Thirteenth Fleet’s operations.”
Hearing Brandon's question, Defense Secretary Miller didn't know how to answer for a while. After all, he didn't expect such a situation to happen, so in the end he had to resort to procrastination first.
"I will investigate immediately, Mr. President"
Miller stood up and nodded.
"Go ahead, I hope you can find out~" Brandon waved his hand, obviously not wanting to say anything more to the Minister of Defense.
Although he was unhappy looking at Brandon's current posture, Miller knew that it was difficult for him to say anything now. The federal ground forces, navy, and even the unmanned fleet had just made a big mistake. '.
If we really want to pursue the case, he, the Minister of Defense, will have to step down as soon as possible.
Defense Secretary Miller quickly left the conference room. After he left, the remaining people in the conference room did not dare to say anything when facing President Brandon.
But Brandon was obviously not ready to let them go, and quickly found the next target to 'fire'.
"Finn, as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, do you have any clue about the Thousand Star Empire's weapons appearing on the battlefield and opening fire on our army?"
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"So the three unmanned fleets of the Federation are really out of control?"
A few days later, in the fiefdom of the regent in the Star Dragon Empire, he was sitting in the study listening to Astral's report Norton II was rarely excited after hearing the news from the latter.
“It is not certain that it is out of control at the moment, but according to the news from our informant, it seems that the Federation cannot contact these three fleets for the time being, and cannot recall them.”
Aspen. Traal shook his head, his tone a little uncertain.
“No matter what, this is really surprising. I originally thought that Mr. Amber and his Atlas would bring a little trouble to the Federation at most, but I never expected him. It’s actually possible to do this.”
"So you still think that Atlas did something that caused the Federation to be unable to control these three unmanned fleets?"
"Otherwise?" Norton II raised his eyebrows,
"Do you want me to believe that Amber is the child of destiny, so he is so lucky that he happened to encounter the unmanned fleet out of control at the critical moment?"
"This"
Hearing what the regent said , the expression on Astral's face also became a little wonderful, because he really didn't want to believe that the reason for all this was Amber's good luck.
However, he quickly adjusted his expression, and then continued to ask:
"As for the unmanned fleet, do we need to find ways to obtain relevant information while the federation's hidden activities continue?"< br>
"No need." The Prince Regent waved his hand, and then continued:
"The Federation will definitely strictly control the information recently. Don't touch the hidden line at this time, save it for later. There are even greater uses. As for the relevant information, I have other ways to find out the truth."
A few days later, the imperial fleets on all fronts began to maneuver and quickly launched a campaign. A massive counterattack.
Norton II's method is also very simple, because the Federation often uses unmanned fleets as mobile forces to fill gaps in the battle line, and the loss of the three unmanned fleets will allow them to penetrate deep into the Star Dragon Empire's territory. Becoming a little nervous.
So at the Regent's 'suggestion', the Imperial Royal Navy launched a fierce attack on several key nodes on the front, wanting to see if the Federation would still use these unmanned fleets to 'put out fires' as usual.
You won’t know the result until you try it, but you will be shocked once you try it.
Not only the three lost unmanned fleets, but also the original unmanned fleets on the front line were withdrawn by the federal navy. The entire front line was now maintained by conventional fleets.
After receiving the news, Norton II was so excited that he didn't sleep all night, and at the same time he laughed and thanked Amber for this 'big gift'.
Immediately afterwards, the Imperial Royal Navy, which had figured out the situation, finally put aside the haze of the long tug of war and began to continuously create advantages somewhere on the battle line, connect these 'advantage points' into a line, and begin to push back the entire battle line.
The Federation also seemed to know that they might be at a disadvantage at this time. Under the command of Marshal Trafalgar, they began to move forward flexibly. Finally, after converging with the two mobile fortresses that had arrived at the front line, they regained stability. Stayed at the front.
But even so, the federal navy's results in the past few months have basically been wiped out.
In addition, after the news suddenly broke out at this time, as the commanders of the federal ground forces and fleet of Para 4, the two federal lieutenant generals had been controlled by Atlas. Driven by thoughtful people, public opinion can no longer be controlled.
The autonomous governments of various galaxies, especially those controlled by the opposition party, have also begun a new round of attacks against the federal government.
A series of chain reactions took place, and the situation began to develop in a direction that various political commentators could not understand at all.
But Amber and Atlas, who were in the center of the vortex, suddenly became 'low-key', as if all this had nothing to do with them.
(End of this chapter)