Chapter 209: Opening up a new position
The chubby General Estrada pretended to look down at the map, to be honest, he really didn't know much about this kind of professional military map, and he might be able to understand it better if it were replaced by a tourist map. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½
He knows best how he got the position of general, he has never been to a military school for a day, he was born in a wealthy family in the capital Manila, is a standard gentleman, all day long knowing to take a group of bodyguards out to do power, and then was severely taught by his parents and then thrown into the family farm as an idle field leader. Originally, he himself thought that this life had passed like this, but he didn't expect things to turn around, his brother Joseph, who had the best relationship with him when he was a child, suddenly became the president, and in line with the idea of fighting his own brothers, his brother transferred him to the army to help him keep an eye on the wind and grass in the army, after all, what kind of military coup d'Γ©tat happened in Southeast Asia is also the norm.
Estrada was also self-aware after his crazy youth, and in the army he was only the eyes and ears of his brother, and he never asked about specific matters. This time, it happened that the U.S. government asked for help, and his brother sent him over on a whim, and the president also understood that no matter what kind of commander the Philippines sent, the troops in the United States were commanded by the Americans, so Estrada was simply here to gild, and the instructions of the president's brother before leaving were still lingering in his ears: "When you come to the United States, everything is up to the Americans, you can do whatever they say, don't have any questions or refuse, it's okay if these troops are all dead, The Americans promised to keep me re-elected for at least three terms, and you just had to make sure you came back alive. β
Thinking of this, Mr. General pretended to read the entire map, raised his head and nodded, and said to Colonel Johnson, "Mr. Colonel, you give the order, we promise to complete the task." β
Johnson nodded with satisfaction, although the quality of the Filipino soldiers was not very good, but the officers who led the team were still very familiar. He pointed to the map and said, "Your Excellency, I propose to send your three regiments with the strongest combat effectiveness to make a detour from the south bank of the Sarado River to Nanshan, where they will build positions to threaten the enemy's flank, and then send reconnaissance troops to find out the enemy's movements. From the eastern end of the South Mountain to the north, is home to the Phoenix Zoo and Botanical Garden, where there are plenty of woods and water nets for your troops to hide, and if you can, hopefully you will be able to move there, wedge a nail in the enemy's flank and rear, and expose them to the enemy's belly, and there is a large open area where I can send your air force to give you strong support. β
General Estrada touched his chin and thought for a while, to be honest, he almost didn't remember any of these place names, although he had just finished reading the map, but it didn't matter, at least he knew that he didn't have to be there in person, so just send some big soldiers, no problem, "Okay, Colonel Johnson, that's no problem, my soldiers will complete the mission successfully, but given that our people are not very familiar with the surrounding geography, I still hope that your army will command this battle." β
"That's for sure, thank you very much for the general's cooperation." Johnson happily shook the fat general's hand, and then immediately began to select the commander to lead the team and assign tasks. And General Estrada also went down to pick the right troops.
The troops participating in the battle were selected quickly, which is not difficult, because in fact, these troops are all the same, they are all rotten, and it doesn't matter which one is strong and which one is weak, but the general still deliberately chose those troops with a strong will to fight, especially those who participated in the battle last night as the main body, after all, they have some psychological advantages against the demons. In the afternoon, all the American officers sent by Colonel Johnson were in place, and after a brief introduction, they went down to their regimental headquarters and began to familiarize themselves with the combat effectiveness of the troops they were to command.
After a night of repairs, the next morning the three regiments of Filipino soldiers assembled from the defensive line with high morale and set off along the Aguafria River to the south.
A regiment of 1,500 people attacked a bandit camp without any natural danger, after a day of fierce fighting, killed and wounded 12 bandits, the rest fled due to the running out of bullets, after interrogation, the entire camp was only 50 bandits, so the regiment also paid the price of 4 dead and 20 wounded, after learning about this brilliant victory, the American officers were stupid, how did such a force repel the fierce demon army, it is estimated that if those bandits have enough ammunition, in the end it may not be who wins. They really wanted to ask Colonel Johnson what was going on in the news about Phoenix's victory. Johnson was also to blame for this, he had never been embarrassed to tell the truth about the battle, and even in the case of a head-on encounter, except for the five sheep-headed demons who were killed on the spot, in fact they had no other results, because our Colonel had always regarded it as a disgrace, so he was ashamed to mention it.
With the mood of sacrificing their lives for righteousness, these American officers embarked on the journey, fortunately, except for the non-combat attrition such as broken feet and accidentally bitten by a rattlesnake, the whole unit still successfully reached the pre-planned position - Phoenix South Mountain, as for the fact that it was 3 hours late because of the quality of the Philippine army, they selectively ignored it, it is good to be alive, and they can't ask for more.
Several commanders arranged for the soldiers to start building a defensive line and climbed to the top of the hill, and began to look at the city of Phoenix below with binoculars, except for the billowing smoke from some gas stations or cars, there was no sign of life, but the Americans were not careless, and it was the same before, no matter how good the special forces they sent, they would eventually be as dead as the whole city, and from the last voices of these troops, they only knew that those demons seemed to be rushing out from all directions, Killed them all in an instant.
"How's it going, will you be able to accomplish your goals?" One of the captains asked worriedly, the silence of the city made people shudder, and the feeling was even stronger when he learned the real situation of the troops under his command.
The major who led the team lowered the binoculars, and after seeing the lazy attitude of the Filipino soldiers halfway up the mountain without supervision, he shook his head and said: "I have to try it anyway, are we here to visit, but don't worry, the colonel has chosen all the empty battlefields for us, so as to maximize our air power, I think, it can help somewhat." β
In fact, if it weren't for the fact that Azazle's hell passage happened to appear in the Phoenix City, there would have been an air base here that would be the least likely to be attacked, but unfortunately, the fact often develops by the will of people, on the contrary, due to the flow of refugees, this is the first city to be captured, and now these American officers only hope that their air force can really play as they imagined, otherwise, I am afraid that they can only die for their country.
All the officers sighed in their hearts, intending to go back and write a will to keep it first, and no one had any hope for the future.