September 10, Federal Time

At five o'clock in the morning, when the students of the military academy had just gotten up, the Nanning, a Haoyue-class cruiser belonging to the GX fleet of country Z, set sail from the Centauri Beta military base with five Meteorite-class destroyers and two transports, carrying 2,500 marines to carry out a top-secret military operation.

By the time Nanning opened the wormhole and the fleet sailed to the target galaxy, it was already eight o'clock in the morning, and the location was an extremely remote galaxy 2,112 light-years away from the solar system.

The fleet slowed down and slowly sailed into the low-Earth orbit of Planet Three, and as far as the eye could see, the planet was full of barren land without any signs of life.

"Colonel Keitel, we have arrived at the target location, please leave the ship after deploying the operation, we will take care of your air cover."

"Roger, thanks for the escort."

After the two sides exchanged lanterns, the Nanning and the two Meteorite-class destroyers accelerated to the synchronous orbit of the planet, they needed to leave the main fleet for some distance to warn or even delay the possible arrival of the enemy fleet, and the remaining three destroyers were equipped with 150 mm electromagnetic railguns, responsible for providing air fire support for the ground forces that were about to land.

"Did everyone understand our mission?" Keitel stayed in a small room with the five squadron leaders, and the three-dimensional planet map in front of him drew a few red lines, each line was a route of travel, all the arrows pointing straight to a point in the center, and there was nothing else to spare.

"I understand, the goal of this mission is still very clear, and there is nothing messy."

"Ha, don't you think that the old chief is loved by us because of his simple and clear actions, unlike the one who just transferred away, who made a plan and did a lot of nonsense."

There was a burst of laughter in the small room, and Keitel sat aside and didn't stop it, after all, a relaxed spirit is also a guarantee of success.

"Alright, everyone get ready, and the action will start in five minutes."

"Yes!"

As soon as the five majors walked out of the small room, Keitel lit a cigarette, and the white smoke was immediately blown away by the exhaust fan, which he lit before every battle, a habit he had developed since joining the army.

To say nervous, he was indeed a little uneasy this time, after all, the level of the operation this time can be described as quite high, it is a task authorized by the speaker himself, even if most of these people present are only lieutenant colonels, but they are already considered senior commanders of this operation, even they only know their destination at the moment when the fleet leaves the port.

This is also the reason why the headquarters removed the original captain and replaced him, an old captain who has retired and taught at the university, to take charge of the operation, not only because the original captain was not popular in the Xuanwu detachment, but also because Keitel's combat experience is much higher than that of ordinary commanders and fighters, even if he is asked to command a special operations division, it is more than enough.

"Captain Keitel, please go to boarding platform 1, the landing ship will be detached in a minute."

The voice of the microbrain came from the microphone, and Keitel snuffed out the cigarette butt in the ashbox.

By the time they reached the first boarding platform, the soldiers were already lined up in two columns waiting for his orders.

"Let's go, guys." Keitel smiled ugly and put his helmet on his head. The first walked into the landing ship.

The soldiers stepped neatly into the landing ship, and for those of them who were on the line of life and death, a smile from the chief could reassure them.

"Everyone, the Quyanghu reminds you, please fasten your seat belts and grasp the handrails. The front has been cleared, and the kings are prosperous. ”

"Huh."

Twenty-five landing ships flowed out, five of which belonged to the 5th Operational Detachment, which remained near the transport ships and were used as the general reserve of the operation. The remaining landing ships increased their horsepower and flew to the predetermined area in four teams.

The effect of the planet's thin layers of air on the soldiers is not as high as imagined, at least much better than training on Earth. The soldiers of the Xuanwu detachment are all carefully selected, and their physical fitness is far from being comparable to that of normal recruits, and the impact on them is almost negligible in this stressful environment.

The landing ship slowed down rapidly as four jet engines spun out from underneath the hull, jetting down like a ferocious jet of white air.

The landing ship at the top was Keitel's ship, and the other landing ships under his command quickly formed a ring of defense, the rear hatch slowly opened, and the heavily armed soldiers quickly rushed out, building a defensive line nearby.

"Captain, we're in place, and we're ready to go." One of the five lieutenant colonels in the small room walked up to Keitel.

"Okay, Captain of the First Squadron, you and the third squad stay on standby, and I'll take the remaining two squads over."

"But, captain, I can't let you put yourself in danger, you let me ...... with you"

"Needless to say, I'll go and come back. If I come back and find that the landing ship has been destroyed, I will ask you. ”

Keitel didn't give the captain of the first squadron a chance to answer, and immediately set out with the soldiers on the journey.

The planet beneath his feet was so barren that it was shivering, and as far as the eye could see, there was nothing that could attract attention except for the occasional blowing of sand, and even the terrain was surprisingly flat, and you could clearly see the situation more than a dozen kilometers away at a glance.

On this kind of terrain that cannot be seen at a glance, it is quite advantageous for the captain of a squadron to stick to the landing site, and there is no need to worry about any ambush troops on the surface, but for Keitel's operational detachment, it is quite unfavorable, even if Keitel's soldiers are wearing special individual armor and have a certain camouflage ability, who can guarantee that this camouflage is foolproof.

"Brothers, our target location is sixty kilometers directly ahead of us. You should use autonomous driving as much as possible to save energy. Keitel's hands changed in various gestures, conveying his orders to the warriors. Now they are in a position where they have to keep the radio silent, not even light communication, and the other party has definitely installed a light sensor alarm nearby.

The soles of individual armor are gradually replaced by rollers, and soldiers only need to keep themselves relaxed inside the armor, and the armor can rely on its own computer to achieve automatic driving, and the speed can even be maintained at 60 yards per hour, if there is no emergency on the road, it will definitely be able to reach the target location in an hour.

However, according to the limited information given by the intelligence department, the place where they are going now is defended to a considerable extent, just from the fact that the landing ship can only be docked 60 kilometers away, you can see how large the opponent's defense radius is, and it is said that there are alarms everywhere in this defensive circle of the rebels, and the federal troops will set off the alarm if they are careless, as long as one of them sounds the alarm, the surrounding patrols will swarm, even if the federal troops here are all elite, they can't resist the tide of rebels.

The soldiers were already nervous, their attention was basically on the infrared warning given by the computer that came with the armor, and all kinds of weapons had been uninsured, and they had to pay attention not only to the rebel patrols that might appear at any time, but also to the location of the opponent's alarm.

However, as the minutes passed, the beads of sweat from the nervousness rolled down his forehead one by one, but the expected enemy did not appear for a long time, let alone patrols, and not even a single early warning facility could be seen. Everything around is very quiet and horribly quiet.

"Captain, there can't be a mistake in the information, right? Could it be that the enemy has fled? ”

Finally, a soldier couldn't help it and took the initiative to approach Keitel and ask in sign language.

Keitel pondered for a moment, and casually pointed to the two people beside him: "You two, speed up and reconnoiter ahead, and if you find the enemy, come back and report it immediately, and don't entangle with the enemy." ”

"Yes!"

"For the rest, keep moving at the same speed." Keitel himself didn't know if the intelligence was correct, but one thing was for sure, it was difficult for the current troops to be ambushed on the surface, after all, the line of sight was quite open.

However, they also did not have the equipment to detect movement underground, and only the individual armor came with a simple vibration sensor, but the range of this sensor was only five kilometers, and it was almost useless. Originally, Keitel didn't think that the other party had prepared an ambush in advance, you must know that the secrecy of this mission is unique, but the current situation is too abnormal, for the sake of insurance, it is better to do a little early warning work, so that at least there is a situation, and the troops still have a little time to react.

Thankfully, there weren't any enemies popping out of the ground for the rest of the journey, and the target's iconic sight was already at the end of the horizon.

A huge crater, which looks like the traces of a large meteorite, stands out against the endless plains.

More than 300 soldiers quickly dispersed into an arc from the two marching columns, and cautiously touched the bottom of the hillside, according to intelligence, the target they wanted to destroy was inside the crater, but the crater was surrounded by thick dark clouds all the year round, so it was impossible to observe the specific situation in the crater from the air, so it was necessary for the army to launch an attack from the ground, and after finding out the direction, the destroyer would launch an air strike.

"It's strange, didn't the other three squadrons make an appointment to meet around here? What about them? Keitel glanced back at the communications staff behind him, who took out the medium-sized communication system behind him (which has better anti-jamming ability than the communicator that comes with individual armor), and shook his head solemnly.

"Hell." Keitel slammed his right hand into the ground and smashed a hole ten centimeters deep.

"What about the sir, do you want to withdraw from the operation for the time being?" A squad leader leaned over to him and asked in a low voice.

"No, wait where you are for five minutes, and if you can't wait for them in five minutes, we will have to rely on ourselves."