Chapter 224 & 225 (1 & 2)
In the battle inside the Barbarian King, my marines have an absolute advantage in terms of strength, but whether such an advantage can be transformed into a long-term victory. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Info: Having had many broadside battles, I didn't expect much.
It's not that I don't have the conviction of victory, but I don't have the conviction of victory with very few casualties.
By the time the battle began, the purpose and form had become completely different from before.
The Marine Corps is no longer a mobile, elusive force. Instead, it has a fixed defensive area, which is as obvious as a lighthouse.
With the experience of fighting in the Titans, I know very well what kind of threat the devil who still has control over the facilities on the ship will pose to the soldiers.
While the escort ship group and the reinforcement detachment were playing hide-and-seek in the meteorite area, I replanned the combat guidelines of the six marine regiments in my hands and the way to deal with emergencies.
I found 6 regimental commanders, 4 of them lieutenant colonels and 2 colonels, all of whom were older than me. But because of my reputation, there is no one in this group who has attempted to challenge my authority.
I have learned that among the senior officers, there are only two colonels with actual combat experience, and they are still involved in local counterinsurgency operations, which means that there are no people in my team who have real experience in big wars.
If these people are allowed to play, this battle will definitely be in suspense. They must be given a wake-up call and find a way to tell them how to deal with it.
As for how much of a role it can make, and how many more people will be able to leave here in the end, only God knows.
About gravity flipping, vacuuming, super-maneuverable overload forces without acceleration fluid, and endless attacks from all directions of the starship, as well as sudden strikes that could come from the ship's defenses. I listed all the information that could be considered for the overboard battle to the regimental commanders, and told them the relevant countermeasures as quickly as possible.
Looking at their confused and disapproving eyes, I knew that all these efforts had been in vain. These guys didn't understand my caution and didn't intend to apply my tactics that had been proven to work.
"The 7th Marine Regiment is still following me, and we need to take control of the Barbarian King as quickly as possible. This is the most important prerequisite for gaining an advantage in battle. Other marine regiments should guard various important places according to the pre-arrangement, and must not appear to be in groups. As for discovering that the Barbarian King is going to perform a super-maneuvering maneuver, don't panic, even if you contact me, I can temporarily organize such an order to be issued in a pinch. ”
Even I felt that it was a bit of a mother-in-law to repeatedly emphasize some things like this, and although the leaders did not dare to be disrespectful to me, the attentive look at the meeting was long gone.
I sighed again in my heart, many times, even with advance preparation, something that must happen is unavoidable.
My people still know too little about the dangers of broadside warfare. When they do encounter the enemy's powerful countermeasures and gain experience, how many of these people have a chance to start over? It is estimated that a large number of people will never be able to leave again.
With a great sense of loss and luck, I led the 7th regiment to set off.
Our target is the bridge and power room of the Barbarian. Therefore, the troops were divided into two parts.
I led one battalion and one company to attack the bridge, while the regimental commander led the rest of the men to the engine room of the Barbarian.
The Barbarian King is 16 kilometers long, and its width and height are more than 10 kilometers, and in the interior of such a huge battleship, it does not look crowded at all when my 10,000-strong marines are sprinkled into it.
The battle against the Devil Bridge started earlier than I expected. Among the Devil's carrier-based marines, there are experts in this field, and the large and small paths that they pass through, as well as various node paths, not only arrange small strongholds with handles, but also have endless tricks and traps.
From the first thunderous explosion in my ears, there have been various attacks from various Yangs. Fixed traps, condescending firing positions, and harassing attacks that appear in the auxiliary passage at any time.
Although I have my ability to perceive the area and find the elusive devil guerrillas, so many attacks not only slowed down the pace of the overall attack, but also killed dozens of wounded soldiers early.
I watched the soldiers of the 7th Regiment go from high morale and a strong desire to fight, to suspicious and frightened, to then no one in the large army who wants to go to the outpost.
In just over an hour, the devil's tactics successfully slowed down the overall attack plan.
Signal Corps: "The regimental commander called, the operation of the attack on the power room was blocked, and the enemy used the form of constant harassment and fixed positions, making it difficult to carry out the offensive intention. ”
Five minutes later. Signal Corps: "The 11th Regiment reported that it had visually engaged the enemy and was ready to withstand enemy strikes at any time. ”
Two minutes later, the rest of the combat regiments reported contact with the enemy.
With a loud rumbling sound coming from the middle of the ship, the battle of the Barbarian King was in full swing.
In order to speed up the advance and reduce the casualties of the scouts, I moved my headquarters forward, almost at the forefront of the attack with the guards.
Brain domain perception can detect the hidden ghost soldiers and heavy machine gun positions hundreds of meters away. At the same time, the ghost soldiers who surrounded my flank from the auxiliary passage could not escape the capture of perception.
The enemy's position was identified by me into a tactical network shared between the units. Snipers and riflemen began to destroy enemy resistance with accurate strikes, and morale was restored.
Just completed a round of frontline reconnaissance. Finally, the battle improved somewhat, and the scouts of the 7th Regiment began to make progress after becoming familiar with the enemy's routines. I was finally able to take a break. I thought that as the deputy commander of the Marine Corps of the Grand Fleet, I was still busy running around the front line of the battle like a small soldier. Doesn't it mean that when the official is big, he can call the wind and the rain, and hug the front and the back? There are people who are hugging back and forth, but they are all guys who hide behind me and let me block bullets, when will I be able to decide the course of the battlefield as long as I stay at the headquarters like a real commander?
Signal Soldier: "Sir...... The communication in the direction of the 6th regiment was very vague, and I could not contact them except for hearing hissing. ”
Me: "Can't get in touch?" In addition to communications, was the tactical network disrupted? ”
Communications: "Yes sir, the tactical network was cut off five minutes ago. ”
"Why didn't you say it earlier! Such an important thing. ”
I jumped to my feet under the frightened gaze of the communications soldiers. Ignoring the appearance of a colonel, he pounced on the tactical terminal of the temporary headquarters. Sure enough, the entire 6 regiment was offline.
This does not bode well.
The battalion commander of the 6th Battalion of the 2nd Regiment was recruited and two staff officers of the regimental headquarters assisted him in continuing the offensive on the bridge. I returned with the guard squad to the way I came, preparing to go to the position of the 6th regiment, which was located on the port side of the hull.
The alarm in my heart was highlighted, and I activated the jetpack before I lost my balance, and after just two rolls, I was able to stabilize my body less than 3 meters away from the original floor that had become the ceiling.
"Open the jetpack, keep your balance, and find a place to shelter temporarily."
While ordering the guard squad to respond in an emergency, he found a place to stay in what used to be a cable hanger, and turned off the jetpack to save fuel. We were in the open space inside the ship. At this time, I felt as if I was deep above the mountains, overlooking the vast world to the west. That uncomfortable feeling of going up and down takes a while to get back to normal.
The fourteen members of the guard squad had already opened their jetpacks and floated in the air at this time, and according to the reactions of different people, they were distributed in the airspace of a total of two hundred meters downward.
"Don't panic, find a fixed facility that you can live in, if you can't find it for the time being, come to me, this kind of cable hanger is the best fixed facility."
"Ahhh Sir, I'm running out of jet fuel? ”
I noticed that a soldier of the same clan who I had been calling Xiao Wang was staggering in my direction. He must have panicked too much, and he actually turned to the place below, and at this time, where to open the jetpack behind his back, and the bright white spout flame dragged on for a long time.
"Don't start with all your might, quickly open the throttle valve, keep it rising slowly, it's okay to stay still, I'll save you!"
Just as I was flying down, Xiao Wang's jetpack lost power after intermittently spraying intermittent tail flames, and Xiao Wang fell like a stone.
I tried to save him, but we both fell at a speed without the Jetpack acceleration, and it was impossible to catch up, and using the Jetpack would consume a lot of fuel, and I couldn't guarantee that I would be able to return safely after receiving someone.
Seeing that 30 meters away, Xiao Wang was dancing, I could only open the jet backpack again, and saw him get farther and farther away from me with despair, and screams came from the headphones.
Returning to the previous pylon, someone from the guard squad had already found a place to stay. Xiao Wang's screaming stopped after half a minute, and he saw an abyss-like underneath a tiny black dot tumbling between the protruding ship's facilities.
The screams were heard again, this time by a large man less than five meters from the pylon. Without hesitation, I activated the backpack, grabbed him, and struggled back to the pylon.
Liaise with the guard squad leader, and after the roll call, it was found that there were 3 fewer people plus Xiao Wang, and everyone else could find a foothold in time.
Squad leader: "What should I do next, do you want to rub it against the bulkhead and slide down?" ”
Me: "No, the gravity flip won't last forever, we'll be prepared for another flip in a while." ”
As soon as the words fell, the feeling of being upside down came again.
"Be careful to secure yourself, the small one will be hit by the falling solid!"
As the gravity flip continued, the air whistled unnaturally in the open area, and after a while, with the thud of a heavy object falling to the ground, everything returned to the way it had been.
"Signal Corps, can you get in touch with other troops? On my behalf, let the troops confirm the losses. ”
"Yes, sir."
.......
Next to the huge metal isolation door, we found the remnants of the 6th Regiment of fighters.
Soldier A: "Sir, it's terrible, the bulkhead suddenly broke, and the powerful air currents couldn't even hold the heavy infantry, and I couldn't save the brothers as I watched them being sucked out!" ”
Me: "Didn't I order that you should not be allowed to go near the bulkhead?" Why not listen?! ”
Regiment Staff Officer B: "The regimental commander said that the bulkhead is very thick, and it is protected by starship armor plates, so it will be fine." Let's do it here, without worrying about the enemy behind us, and being able to condescend and control the situation of the entire position. ”
Me: "Oops! If you don't respect military orders, what about your regimental commander? ”
Staff Officer B: "At the time of the rupture, he was inspecting the position, relatively close to the bulkhead. ”
I didn't have the strength to cry, and I told them that I must not do anything, but I didn't listen. If you have any doubts, you can ask them in person, and I will explain them, but they are unstable. A regiment of 2,000 people lost most of it at once, and even the regiment commander got in. How can this battle be fought?
At this time, the signal corps brought reports of casualties from the regiments. The 3rd, 8th, 11th, and 7th regiments suffered very little losses due to their position in relatively low ducts, or in complex passages that were not open arrivals, and at most casualties from this section of the neck, which did not affect their combat effectiveness as a whole.
Only the 5th regiment, ignoring my orders, actually moved the troops to an open area to station, when the gravity flip occurred, most of the soldiers did not survive, including the regiment commander, the entire regimental headquarters did not have a single person wearing a jetpack, as a result, the inverted 5th regiment command layer was completely annihilated.
I expected that some of the enemy's tactics would not apply in the docket battle, but I did not expect that even though the warning was given in advance, there would still be such a large number of casualties.
Two combat regiments were eliminated in formation.
The 6 regiment was thrown into space in its entirety, and less than two hundred people survived. The 5th Regiment was even more outrageous, all the officers of the regimental headquarters fell to their deaths in the initial flip, and then a large number of soldiers died in the second flip because of problems with experience and practice. When I led the survivors of the 6th Regiment to the 5th Regiment position, there were less than 100 people left. The ground was littered with human remains, blood, flesh, broken bones, and corpses scattered everywhere.
"Can you get in touch with the mothership?"
"I'm sorry sir, communication with the frigate group has been cut off since more than two hours ago.
"I see."
Even if you try to pretend to win, you have reached the limit at this time.
I found that nothing went smoothly after becoming a Marine Corps commander, and although there were more people to help me, and there were soldiers who I couldn't imagine before becoming my subordinates, but the trouble continued. And each one of them is the kind of existence that makes people feel unexpected and very wretched.
I would love to be a good commander, not only brave enough to repel enemy attacks, but also an ideal commander who is compassionate to his subordinates and has a reputation for his soldiers. But the reality is that I am getting farther and farther away from my goal.
It shows that the fighters must be put to the death to drag the enemy cruiser detachment in the footsteps, and then the tragedy that has long been proved by experience to be completely avoidable when the battle in the enemy ships is expected but completely avoided.
Can I become a commander of the number? Contrary to what I imagined, the effort to accomplish my vision is not just about being a good person or being a brave person.
It's a command, strategy, and experience job. If it had been Verelli or Maxim, it would have been more productive.
Immediately, I stopped the frustrated thoughts that were rolling through my mind.
"You can't lose confidence, the commander can't password, the soldiers are watching! To maintain morale, to appear victorious, even if there are setbacks, it is only a small thing. ”
I cheered myself up and pulled myself back together.
"Signal soldiers, connect all the regimental commanders outside the 7th regiment, I want to rearrange the defensive boundary."