Chapter 38: Gambling
Qin Hao may be a hard worker, a good life can not accompany him for too long, on the thirty-second day of his boarding of the flagship, Pang Meng's research group made a technical breakthrough, they invented a new tactical helmet, this helmet can effectively isolate low-frequency sound waves and part of the brain waves, if this kind of helmet is equipped with the troops, then there is no need to be afraid of the hypnosis of the Zerg.
In fact, the Coles Valley incident was just an accident, although the Zerg had the ability to hypnotize animals, but they never applied this ability to the war, those warriors in Coles Valley just happened to encounter the herdsman feeding the high-level giant beetle, so the death was very unjust, if the command did not set the forward base so close to the Zerg nest, this kind of tragedy would never have happened.
Of course, in future wars, if the Zerg realize that hypnosis can effectively fight against humans, with their intelligence, this power will definitely be used in large-scale warfare, killing human soldiers! But because of the advent of new helmets, the soldiers of the Union Army have put an end to this possibility in advance.
During the period when the new helmets were mass-produced and equipped with troops, the Seventh Fleet of the Federation was also reintegrating the motorized infantry under its command, in the previous battles, the battle loss rate of the motorized infantry was too high, resulting in an extreme shortage of ground troops, although the rear has begun large-scale conscription, but the recruits who should be conscripted need to be trained, and they cannot be replenished to the front line in time, so Rear Admiral Rice is facing an extreme shortage of ground troops at this time.
"General, I think we should abandon the plan of multi-point operations and instead concentrate on landing."
"I don't think so, until now, we haven't found the core of the hive, only by flowering more can we find it as soon as possible, and then eliminate it in one fell swoop, otherwise these bugs will never be killed!"
"But we simply don't have that many troops to fight more!"
"But there's no way to go on like this...... Is it procrastinating all the time? Now that the progress of the war has stagnated, the pressure on the high command is increasing, and if there is no more results, General Rice will probably be removed from his post! ”
"But we can't help it if we don't have enough troops!"
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Several operational staff officers were arguing, and because of the heavy casualties on the front line, the pressure on Rice's body was also very great, and if he could not prove himself with a brilliant victory, then he would probably become a scapegoat for the disadvantage of the war.
Because of the large number of casualties among the soldiers, the pressure of the federal government is also very strong, and there have been many waves of anti-war among the civilian population, if there is no victory to make everyone forget the pain of death, then under the pressure of the people, the fighting on Alpha Star has to stop.
However, the federal government is very clear that the development of the federation has reached a bottleneck period, a large number of scarce resources are becoming scarce, the federal economy is stagnant, and the people want welfare, resources, and a better life, but with the current situation of the federation, it is impossible to solve these problems from the inside, so expansion is an inevitable path.
But expansion means war, but now because of casualties, the people have begun to oppose the war again, and this two-headed behavior is also a headache for the federal government.
The people holding the ballots are the existence that the federal government cannot afford to offend, the people want welfare, they want resources, the federal government has to solve it, otherwise the government has to step down, and the war that can be extended is not smooth, then the only thing the federal government can do is to find a scapegoat to attract the anger of the people, and at this time the commander of the Seventh Fleet, Rice, has become the best candidate.
So Rice, who is on the front line at this time, is under even more pressure, if he becomes the scapegoat of the government, then his future will be completely ruined, and he will always be burdened with the charge of incompetence and engraved on the pillar of shame in history.
"Command!" Just as several combat staff officers were arguing, Rice took a deep breath and began to give orders.
"Yes!" The adjutant immediately took out a pen and began to take notes.
"Order: Starlight, Dawn, Moonlight three cruisers to intensively bombard the Kola area of Alpha!" Rice said slowly.
"Yes!" The adjutant recorded at a rapid pace.
"Order: The carrier-based aircraft formations of the Seventh Fleet are ready for airdrops and for air supremacy."
"Order: The marine units of the Seventh Fleet are ready for battle, and the landing operation will begin after the bombing is over!"
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Rice's orders were issued in a steady stream, and then copied by the adjutant and conveyed to the command departments at all levels, and for a time all the functional departments of the entire Seventh Fleet were running at high speed, and Rice gambled on the entire Marine units of the Seventh Fleet for his own future.
"Ding! Private Qin Hao, you have been promoted to corporal of the Federal Navy for meritorious service! ”
"Ding! Corporal Qin Hao, please report to your unit immediately! ”
Qin Hao, who was resting, suddenly received two pieces of information on his battlefield recorder, the first one was not bad, it was a promotion order, which marked Qin Hao's promotion to three levels in a row, past the second-class private, the first-class private, and directly became a corporal.
But the second order made people more depressed, and Qin Hao, who had just passed a few days of moisturizing days, had to go back to the barracks full of foot smell.
"Hey! Let's take a comfortable bath at last......" Qin Hao sighed, when he reached the ground, taking a bath might become a luxury, and he was really fed up with the days of hiding in the damp and muddy trenches all day.
After cleaning himself up, Qin Hao carried a small bag, and then came to the tarmac of the transport boat.
"I'm going to the destroyer Uranus." Qin Hao showed his appointment to the administrator.
"Okay, let's go first, the transport boat at the second parking stand is headed for Uranus, and the flight will take off in an hour." Said the administrator here.
Qin Hao soon came to the second tarmac, and then entered the transport boat, and after a while, several soldiers boarded the transport boat one after another, most of these people are logistics maintenance personnel, they should be going to the Uranus to guard the post, after all, Qin Hao has almost no chance to travel between several warships.
After another few dozen minutes, the transport boat took off from the Federation Glory, and soon came to the Uranus behind, and Qin Hao also stepped off the transport boat, and then took a hovercar to his unit.
More than half an hour later, Qin Hao came to the camp of the 106th Division, and a tragic atmosphere was permeated in a large area of the camp, obviously after experiencing an Alpha Battle, the soldiers of these second-line troops had been completely demoralized, and now let them go to Alpha Star again, so that they all had a feeling that they were sending to death.