Chapter 494 It’s like going home
The surface of Rubian 5, near the outer defensive position of General Lampard’s force.
After taking care of the enemies who returned to defense + reconnaissance, Baninger and the others quickly moved from the vicinity of the airdrop area and moved toward the depth of the enemy's defense with the help of the reconnaissance terminal.
The released reconnaissance terminals, nicknamed the ‘Swarm of Flies’, quickly revealed the general information about the enemy’s defensive positions.
This is the flank of the main defensive position of General Lampard's forces. The front of this position has just repelled an attack by the Renaissance Alliance. The latter left the wreckage of several armored units and the corpses of soldiers. He retreated temporarily.
Baninger and the others looked at the information transmitted back from the reconnaissance terminal and felt that the structure of this position was very familiar. It was basically a replica of the standard position of the Atlas ground combat force.
But after looking at the layout carefully, Memphis still commented sharply: "I just learned one way, and I don't know how to adapt it at all."
"Indeed, it seems quite bluffing at first glance. People, but in fact such an arrangement does not treat the other person as a person." Baninger also nodded in agreement.
The enemy's position structure was temporarily drawn on the miniature electronic sand table in front of everyone. The width of the entire front was about 15 kilometers. It was obviously too wide for the number of deployed troops currently detected, but its configuration The mobility of the HCP troops makes up for this shortcoming.
Structurally speaking, there are three tactical nodes, arranged in the form of 'two in front and one in back', like an inverted triangle.
The two tactical nodes at the front connect the entire front, and are also the gathering and standby areas for the forward and HCP troops. At the same time, a small amount of long-range artillery is also deployed in hidden spots near the tactical nodes.
Don’t ask why the long-range artillery in the hidden spot was discovered. Baninger and the others were actually surprised.
At that time, they just followed the rules of position layout and asked the reconnaissance terminal to wander around where long-range artillery might be deployed. In the end, they were discovered, and the people under General Lampard were also very ambitious. He didn't do much disguise.
It can be seen that the main mentality is to abuse the food.
Although they are fighting with the mixed military and police force, they are indeed considered to be "the abuse of food".
As for the last tactical node arranged in the rear, it assumes the functions of logistics, material storage and transfer, and based on some characteristics discovered by the reconnaissance terminal, Baninger and the others judged that the other party probably deployed a fusion furnace here as the main energy output. core.
Using the fusion furnace as the core of energy output, establishing a frontline substation, and then using it as a point to build tactical support factories and other facilities in the surrounding area is a common battlefield logistics node construction plan currently used by Atlas combat forces.
This set of construction plans was also taught to the garrison troops of the Rubin system in Atlas during the training, but the instructors who taught the staff at the time actually made it very clear that the matching of tactical nodes must be Adjust according to the situation, rather than just apply it mechanically.
The instructor even mentioned several more variations directly based on the case, but Baninger and the others still don’t know what the reasons are for General Lampard’s staff. The basic position structure used as a teaching example is directly reproduced.
Maybe they look down on the opposing Renaissance Alliance? Maybe they didn't think about how to expand on theoretical knowledge in actual combat?
Perhaps several tactical nodes support each other, and the "elastic defense" system supported by HCP as a highly mobile force is indeed effective in facing the Renaissance Alliance's offensive based on force superiority.
But these are not important now. What is important is that the position they have set up now facilitates Baninger's movements.
Because these members of the former training team are so familiar with the layout of this position, the opponent's copying it intact even made Baninger and the others feel like they had returned to the actual training ground at the Tower of Babel. .
"If nothing unexpected happens, if we launch an attack from this direction, we can directly penetrate into the logistics and tactical nodes. As long as the fusion furnace in that substation is destroyed, even if they have emergency means, the entire front will definitely When chaos occurs, our goal will be achieved." Baninger said as he drew a line on the miniature electronic sand table. The end of the line was the goal of their trip—the substation in the logistics node.
"Nothing wrong. I remember we used this offensive line before at the training ground. If a small group of troops attacked from this direction, it would be difficult to attract the attention of the defenders on the position. At that time, the heavy-duty combined battalion that was training with us was stunned. It seems to be the troops of the two unlucky men Mengton and Telak again."
Memphis recalled his 'life' experience in his mind, and then continued:
"I remember. Later, they optimized the position layout and filled in this 'loophole'. It seems that these troops in the Lubion system do not have updated versions?"
After hearing this, Baninger sneered: "That's eighty percent correct. The exercises happened after we withdrew from the Lubion system. Since the cooperation has been terminated, do they still expect us to 'patch' them?"
"Then let's do this?" Andes, who is usually responsible for long-range fire support and rarely talks, asked.
"Yes, just follow this plan and cut the mess quickly!"
Baninger quickly edited the combat plan and shared it with the other three people in the combat team. For digital life, it is in control Doing this in Dauntless is very simple, just like asking the terminal to open an extra process.
"The task distribution has been shared, it is still the same. Memphis and I are responsible for feint attacks to attract firepower, Andes, you are waiting for opportunities to destroy the substation, and Grace is responsible for electronic warfare suppression and preparation for response."
In the circuit Amidst the sound of reconnection and the operation of mechanical parts, the large power armor of the Dreadnought, which was originally in standby mode, stood up again, and a red light flashed in the omnidirectional viewfinder on its head.
“Let’s start taking action, Andes and Grace, each of you will coordinate three combat bodies to me and Memphis.”
"Roger, legion commander!"
Randall's force defensive position, logistics and tactical node.
Since the sun set yesterday, the two tactical nodes on the enemy side have been attacked by the Renaissance Alliance forces in multiple waves. In the middle of the night, the unknown airdrop capsule that fell from the orbit was even more disturbing. The entire position became tense.
Especially after the dispatched reconnaissance force lost contact, as the most vulnerable logistics node among the three tactical nodes, the alert level was directly raised to the highest level.
But as the frontline repelled the Renaissance Alliance's attacks many times, and the mysterious troops in the airdrop pods disappeared, the only gain for the defenders throughout the night was to shoot down some small bug-like Unmanned reconnaissance unit.
This also made them realize that the enemy never left, but was always lurking, waiting for the opportunity to attack.
At three or four in the morning, the soldiers and officers who relied on energy drinks and stimulants to stay refreshed finally couldn't stand it anymore.
After all, they are human beings. They will be thirsty, hungry and tired. The consequence of staying awake for a long time is that as time goes by, the whole person's spirit and reaction begin to decline rapidly.
Just when the node commander was considering letting some of the troops end their alert state and rest to restore their mental and physical strength, the attack they had been waiting for all night finally came.
(End of this chapter)