On 19 July, the landing force of Leilong was ready to attack. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Fighting a war is the soldier's business, but Barrett also asked all units to hold a plenary meeting to convey the spirit of the document, which is simply a malicious disturbance to the people. I haven't been through the gates of the Intelligence Bureau for almost a month, and it feels fresh when I get in. When those old officers of Leilundo saw me and Chen Qi walking in intimately in lovers' shirts, they couldn't stop biting their ears.

Han Han, who presided over the meeting, couldn't help but be stunned when he saw me so disregarding the social impact, and beckoned me to the front and whispered: "For the formal meeting, you should be serious even if you don't wear a uniform." I threatened: "You haven't come to show me the store this month, and the dividends will have to be deducted." Han Han immediately turned his back to everyone and said with a low smile: "Forget it, boss, let me go." When this official has a lot of entertainment, I am not as careless as you were at that time, and I urgently need money......"

While it is customary for the GDI's non-military bodies to be half an hour late, the military departments are always on time. The Intelligence Bureau, as a unit that has both, delayed for no more than twenty minutes and finally gathered its men for a meeting. Han Han is a cheerful person, unlike when Chen Qi and I were officials, we often used to delay the meeting time and torture the people below. She began by saying that there would be a short meeting so as not to waste everyone's precious time, and then conveyed to everyone present the document that the National Space Administration had just issued.

At the heart of the document is that the GDI Global Federation will convene a special war intelligence research meeting shortly after Operation Alpha, with the main topics being the Phantom War and the Samsung Defense Front. At present, although there is no doubt about retaking Alpha, there are many ignorant, confused, and ill-intentioned eyes on the ground staring at this side, and the general environment is not good. In order to take the initiative at the War Situation Study Conference and to gain a favorable position in the allocation of the global GDI budget for the next fiscal year, which will be held at the same time, it is necessary not only to win the war, but also to look good.

"What does it mean to be good-looking?" I raised my hand and asked.

"Judging from the data report, it should be less dead." Han Han raised his head and replied: "Like the air battle the day before yesterday, although the result of the total annihilation of the enemy was achieved, the losses of our own pilots were too large, and the meritorious service reported by the Overmars fleet was returned. The bureaucrats who read the reports on the ground and the journalists who are accustomed to agitating the people with appalling news do not matter whether you fight well in the military sense or not. They preach that 'the most precious thing in man is life,' and that's all. ”

After listening to Han Han's explanation, we had a small meeting with each other. To capture Alpha, and to have fewer dead people and better not to die people, how can this dilemma be thrown on the head of the Samsung system? Han Han cleared his throat and said, "Everyone, be quiet for a while. The Governor asked the Intelligence Bureau to send someone from the Alpha Orbit to observe the battle at close range, who would want to go? ”

For some reason, all eyes turned to me.

"Why do you all look at me like this, are you so handsome?" I asked stubbornly.

"I think it's better for you to go." Han Han said with a smile on it. The following echoed one after another, and even Chen Qi secretly raised his hand behind me while I was not paying attention. I suppressed her with my eyes in time, turned back and resisted, "Why? ”

They summarized a lot for me, such as running fast, HP length, etc., in short, they decided that I was the superman of the times, who would go if you didn't go, etc......

On 20 July, a large number of landing aircraft of the Overmars fleet arrived in Leilondo to meet the ground forces. They had swept the Alpha airspace clean and established a front-line command on a helicarrier in Alpha orbit, with Zhang Ning and Barrett personally in charge. Han Han sat in the intelligence analysis center and was very busy. She is indeed very capable, although she has not been in this position for a long time, and she has done a good job. I was caught here by a strong man, and I was very dissatisfied. It was my turn to be on duty to monitor the situation other than to stand at the porthole of the corridor in a daze.

One time Hanhan saw that I was bored, and took the initiative to ask me, "Why are you so unhappy?" ”

I rolled my eyes and said, "I want to have a spring supper with Xinma every night, but I ended up bringing you here to be a monk, how can I be happy?" ”

Since then, the cold has left me alone.

The combat spirit conveyed by the Space Administration caused great trouble for the landing force. According to the estimate, Lei Longduo dispatched 10,000 infantry and corresponding mechanized troops, and the estimated loss of 1 to 2,000 men captured the Alpha. If there is resistance from strong fortifications, this number will have to be increased accordingly. If these people still can't take it, there are still 10,000 reserves on Leilondo, and even if the number of casualties reaches 6,000 to 8,000, it can be bearable, at least from a military point of view. Two days ago, a reconnaissance spacecraft was shot down, and the loss of three pilots caused a stir up, and it seemed that if these three people died, they should at least be beheaded by a major and lieutenant colonel to calm the people's hearts.

In this case, the pre-formulated battle plan must be changed. If it doesn't change, the best effect is achieved according to that plan (1,000 dead and wounded), and it is estimated that the saliva over there can travel through time and space 95 light-years to knock Leirondo off the planet's orbit.

On the 22nd, Zhang Ning and Barrett convened a pre-war discussion meeting for officers at the middle level and above, and arrested me to take minutes of the meeting, so I was fortunate enough to be able to sit in on it. After Zhang Ning introduced the public opinion situation on the main star and the latest instructions of the Space Administration, the people below all started to talk about it. In particular, several officers of the infantry battalion who were eager to make meritorious contributions almost scolded on the spot. Simba's words are quite vicious:

"How can you fight a war without dying? Unless it's a massacre like a machine-gun encirclement and suppression of the broadsword squad! The enemy's combat capability is still stronger than ours, and we can only besiege with numerical superiority. Most of the dead are incompetent, and living is only a waste of food. Paying a greater price for the lives of these people, the people above are crazy, right? ”

"Xin, pay attention to your personal words." Barrett reminded him, and Simba sat back in his seat. Barrett turned to Xu Haoran, the commander of the Leilondo Mechanized Battalion: "You have to rely on your troops to take the lead, are you confident?" ”

Xu Haoran is the biggest winner of the recent expansion. They were given soldiers and weapons, which had to be painstakingly and time-consumingly drilled, and he directly got more than a thousand MK-3, and the mechanized troops were tripled. But he still had a bitter look on his face, slowly raised his head and said, "Governor, this is not how the MK-3 is used. We had to use infantry as a spearhead to prevent the enemy from rushing in front of the MK-3, and there was also a lack of self-propelled guns with heavy firepower! Yanagihara Heavy Industries said that it had not received the money, and that the 100 artillery pieces that had been built would not be handed over, and I had been running for this for a month. If there is heavy fire support, or air support, I will be more confident. ”

"You know very well that there is no way to have that." Barrett interrupted.

Yes, the main forces of the Overmars fleet are frigates and cruisers, and all of them are in an air superiority configuration, without the configuration of effective ground firepower, and even the possibility of modification is not great, it is impossible to expect them to launch an attack on the ground. The defense of the Phantom machine is weak, and it is not at all an opponent of the Alpha ground anti-aircraft fire, not to mention.

I noticed this very strange imbalance a long time ago, and according to the consensus of several officers I asked, this should have been thought of when the GDI first established the three-star fleet, so as to avoid the fleet from deterring the three-star after the fleet is large, or even rebelling against the main star after the rebellion. Decades later, there is no point in trying to find the guy who did this back then, and even if we now demand that the Overmars fleet be equipped with better and larger ships and modified ground weapons as much as possible, it will not be completed in time for this operation.

"Governor, I can't afford this!" Xu Haoran stood up and said almost in tears: "The price of an MK-3 is 1.3 million, and I am in charge of close to 2 billion of this mechanical weapon. However, the disadvantages of this weapon are also very obvious, it is not suitable for scattered combat and urban street fighting, and is only suitable for skirmishing in open areas. In fact, it should not be used as a land main battle weapon at all, but as an auxiliary force for air defense of the land combat forces. Using them as the main force to fight this landing battle, I am afraid that we will lose all our hard-won equipment! Governor, you must think clearly! Even if you lose all of Lerondo's infantry, you'll only have to pay a billion as compensation......"

The last two sentences he said were so unbelievable that all the officers of the infantry department shouted angrily: "If you are paralyzed, the infantry is not a person!" Barrett waved his hand to stop their shouting, and said to Xu Haoran: "The main star can accept that we lose your troops and lose two billion, but we can't accept the death of 20,000 people and use one billion to pay compensation." Get ready, that's all for today. ”

On the 23rd, Xu Haoran led 1,600 MK-3 combat robots to land in batches in Alpha, and after sending 500 to Alpha's strategic locations to clear up the scattered Feria soldiers stationed there, he gathered 1,100 MK-3s to launch an attack on the Alpha center area guarded by Feria's main force.

The enemy's defenses were more stubborn than expected, and a new class of troops was discovered at the defenders of Feria in various strategic locations: a mechanical chariot in the shape of a large worm in golden armor, about fifteen meters long. This gold-armored chariot can launch an ultra-long-range attack with orbit-changing shells from a distance of 1,400 meters, and the aftermath of the shell explosion can be splashed up to 20 meters away. Whenever they encountered such a fortress guarded by a gold-armored chariot, the MK-3 team paid an extremely heavy price. Many of them broke their legs before they could shoot at a distance where they could fire, and they fell to the ground and were destroyed by the dragon keelmen who came out of the assault.

Even the fortress, which was defended only by the keel corps, did not go well with the attack of the MK-3. I was speechless as I watched on the surveillance screen as the quick keels used their speed and terrain to get out of the encirclement of the three MK-3s and go around behind them and destroy them one by one. In less than three days, almost all of the 500 MK-3s sent by Xu Haoran to the outer line were wiped out, but there were still two or three small strongholds that had not been taken. At this point, it was impossible to draw troops from the main front, and Barrett was forced to send Simba's 1st Infantry Battalion to sweep those strongholds.

Those of us who analyze intelligence are really surprised by the weakness of our own weapons when we see such a comparison of strengths. At noon on the 27th, I took my turn to be on duty, looked through the shift records, and found that Xu Haoran's main force of MK-3 had only 800 planes left, and it had just reached the outer streets of the central area. In this kind of street fighting, the MK-3 was restrained to the death by the keel soldiers, and it was simply difficult to move an inch. Xu Haoran made an average of 20 phone calls a day to ask Zhang Ning for air force support, and asked Barrett for infantry reinforcements, but they were both afraid that the losses would be too great to explain to the higher-ups, so they would rather die than be moved. I looked at the poor performance of the MK-3 in the surveillance footage, and couldn't help but whimper: "With your own shortcomings, how can you attack the enemy's strengths?" ”

Suddenly, there was a voice at the door, "What are you bluffing?" ”。 I turned my head to see that Han Han, Barrett, and Zhang Ning had just come in, so they stood up and saluted three times. Zhang Ning asked me: "What do you think of the MK-3 combat record?" ”

After seeing the bad results of the MK-3 in the past two days, there was a lot of scolding in the army, but it was often just scolding, and the scolding could not come for a reason. Xu Haoran lost so many precious belongings in vain and was scolded, which shows that his fierce reaction when he was ordered to take the lead was predictable. I replied casually: "As Xu Haoran said, the MK-3 is indeed just an auxiliary weapon for the army. It's just that because the defense is slightly higher, it played a certain role in dealing with the dragon bone soldiers in the two resistance raids, and its role was overestimated......" At this time, he saw Barrett's face getting worse and worse, but he still said: "This kind of thing cannot be used as a main battle weapon, and a new type of main battle weapon must be developed in a targeted manner." ”

"Tell me what you think, the specifications of this effective new weapon?" Barrett asked in a deep voice.

Since he asked me, I began to puff out my cheeks and blow wildly: "Well, the height is about twenty meters, and the whole body is equipped with a vector jet engine." It surpasses the Feria in absolute speed and can be slightly lower than the Spectre, but the agility to turn and dodge in mid-air is much higher than any weapon available. Manned or unmanned operation, can be sea, land, air and space amphibious operations. Equipped with 220 caliber main guns and multiple 80 caliber rapid guns, the main gun firepower can achieve a direct hit to kill the Yanagihara-class frigate with one shot. The armor refers to the Type 55 self-propelled gun, using composite flow reactive armor. It's a tank that can fly everywhere. With a total weight of less than 140 tons, it can be carried on heavy transport aircraft or large starships. ”

The three of them made me dizzy, and I was just short of the chicks spun around my head. Zhang Ning said in a sullen voice: "If you really want this kind of thing, the interstellar combat method will have to change." But you're really good, although it's rumored that you're a fool, but it seems that you're still very familiar with the military. ”

Han Han hurriedly helped: "Huang was a military enthusiast when he was in school, and he liked to study guns and cannons. ”

The two of them were about to make a sudden realization, and I replied, "It's not original, it's in twentieth-century science fiction, it's called mobilesuit." Seeing that several of them were at a loss, he added: "It's Mobile Suit Gundam, which has produced a lot of series." ”

But they still hadn't heard of it. Probably feeling that there was too much ignorance in front of me, Zhang Ning and Barrett pretended to cough one after another, ready to leave. I added: "The year before last, I read a report in an internal publication that Honda Heavy Industries of Heguo has been secretly developing this type of weapon, and the specifications are almost the same as what I just said, so you can pay more attention to it." ”

"With the current economic situation of Samsung's system, it may be possible for our next generation to use these." Zhang Ning smiled bitterly and took the lead to leave the monitoring center.

Xu Haoran's attack was greatly hindered, and the keels hid in all kinds of mysterious corners such as abandoned buildings and sewer manhole covers, and launched a surprise attack when they passed. Almost to the point where one MK-3 would fall every meter of advance, the losses were very large. Four streets from the former Alpha Governor's Palace, only about 400 of his MK-3 troops remained, and at the same time, they were damaged. Due to mechanical failures and other reasons, the combat effectiveness has been greatly reduced.

So he made the hundredth call to Barrett for help. Lao Xu almost knelt down on the phone and begged Barrett: "Governor, although the MK-3 will not collapse due to morale, the remote commander of this team can't hold on anymore and is about to have a nervous breakdown." Moreover, you can't help but leave us a little spark, who knows if there will be a counter-large-scale air raid after this battle? You have in your hands only such a unit as the MK-3 that can cope with it! ”

After answering his call, Barrett pondered in his fingers before the battle. He thought about it for a long time and asked Hanhan: "What is the casualty situation now?" Han Han immediately reported: "The mechanized troops lost 1,220 MK-3s and fifteen combat commanders, and the 1st Infantry Battalion lost sixty-seven people. So far, the Alpha perimeter has been swept away, and a total of 203 enemy units have been destroyed. The 1st Infantry Battalion should be able to assemble and reach the central area of operations within five days. ”

"Do you need another five days?" Barrett muttered to herself, slowly turning the ring on her finger.

"Governor, the situation should be planned sooner." Han Han said: "Either completely withdraw the mechanized troops, so as not to further expand the losses; Either send reinforcements immediately and fight quickly, in short, it can't be delayed any longer. ”

"Captain Naito. As a member of the staff, you have a clear mind, but you should also know that I am fully aware of this. Winning is sure to win, the key is how to win. The political factors of this battle far outweigh the military ones, and now my concern is not how to fight, but how to deal with the reproach from the main planet. Barrett continued to play with his ring as he spoke, "The losses of the 1st Infantry Battalion are already on the heavy side. The 2nd Infantry Battalion has not received full training, and it is afraid that it will be ...... to rush into battle like this."

Suddenly, there was a "What are you doing?" from the guards at the door. A loud and angry curse, and then several stout figures pushed through the guards' barriers and rushed into the front fingers. Breaking in were the commander of the 2nd Infantry Battalion, Zhao Xiong, and the deputy battalion commander, Basque Bing, both of whom were draped in and looked like porcupines. The two of them hurriedly rushed to Barrett, and Zhao Xiong shouted, "Governor, give orders." None of the people in our camp are bad seeds! Why, did you have a crush on Simba's villain and his men? ”

Barrett was unfazed, and replied nonchalantly: "Most of you in your camp are natives of Leirondo, and the Basque family is even related to me by marriage. In any case, I can't favor one over the other. However, it is an indisputable fact that the combat effectiveness of the 2nd Infantry Battalion is indeed inferior to that of the 1st Infantry Battalion in military competitions. After a few months of conscription, I have also seen your training. Sheen has been out for a few months, but his recruits are doing better than yours. I won't let you go up for your own good. You have to think about it too, the big guys on the ground will not allow mass casualties. ”

"Governor, I admit that our recruits have not been trained yet. But who told you to allocate all the training funds to Simba's side, we only have half a training ......" Zhao Xiong saw that he began to pull other skins, and hurriedly asked him to get to the point. Basque Bing muttered a few sentences and exclaimed, "But the people we brought to the front line this time are all veterans, all elite soldiers who have experienced battles. If we go to the battlefield, what Simba can do, we will definitely be able to do. Governor, give orders! ”

"How many defenders are there in Feria?" Barrett turned to Han Han and asked.

"There are about four hundred keel soldiers, and the number of ground air defense installations and gold-armored combat vehicles is difficult to estimate." Han Han replied immediately.

Barrett closed his eyes and thought for a while, then opened his eyes suddenly, stared at Basque Bing and said, "In this way, you bring your direct second company over." Your second company is full of veterans, and it is heavily firepowered, and more than 400 people should be able to make a difference, go and support Xu Haoran. Remember, as soon as the casualties exceed one hundred and fifty people, withdraw immediately! ”

The input of the heavy firepower company of the Second Infantry Battalion temporarily relieved Xu Haoran. With the support of the strong infantry led by Basque Bing, the MK-3 team regained its disadvantage slightly, slowly approaching the center of the alpha area meter by meter. However, the enemy's resistance was still very stubborn, and there were often scenes of keelmen rushing into the infantry formation and hand-to-hand combat with hoplites carrying fire axes.

Twenty hours passed, Basque Bing had lost seventy-eight people, and Xu Haoran's MK-3 was on the verge of collapse, and only one hundred and eighty were left in good condition. Although they successfully attacked the last stronghold of the Feria army, in front of the former Alpha Governor's Palace, the defense in the Governor's Palace was quite complete, and it was difficult for the troops without long-range heavy artillery support to move forward. Basque Bing and Xu Haoran had a small meeting there, and decided to stay in place and rest for five hours before making plans to attack.

At this time, the front finger had been running continuously for thirty-two hours, and the personnel on duty were seriously overworking and exhausted. I took turns to rest for a while, and then I was left alone for three hours, so that everyone else could take a break and then go to work when the Basque ice side was also rested and engaged in another attack. I protested that it would be too much of a delay to call them in case of an emergency. As a result, Barrett directly threw the official seal and the order to me, saying:

"You've been a mid-level officer anyway and know what to do. When something happens, report it while dealing with it. ”

So, they left me alone in the monitoring center and ran to rest. I took my notebook and sat on the edge of the monitor ******* passed the time, hoping that the three hours would pass quickly so that it would be my turn to sleep. I haven't rested for forty hours in a row, I'm sleepy, I just want to take a comfortable bath, and Chen Qi massages me while enjoying and falling asleep. Thinking of Chen Qi, he grabbed the military phone and connected to the Leilongdo command center, and went to the Internet café one by one to call and play with her. It's a pity that Chen Qi, this woman, is very interesting to meet in person, but the communication on the phone is not cute at all. I bragged to her while watching the *******, hoping that time would pass quickly.

It's a pity, it's a pity, my wishes are always difficult to come true. When I was on duty for two hours and twenty minutes, I suddenly had a very bad premonition. After talking to Chen Qi, she confirmed with great certainty that I had developed a sense of fear due to the long hours on duty, and quoted some psychiatric terms. But I know this very well, and it has always been very accurate. Raised his head and looked at the situation in the Basque Bing and Xu Haoran camps on the monitoring wall, and there was no problem, everything was calm......

Suddenly, several short blue figures appeared in the night. A sentry in the Basque ice camp noticed the situation and opened fire while shouting and shooting. Although one was immediately knocked down, the others were already in their positions, their hands raised in the air and shaking. In less than a second, a dense chain of lightning appeared over the Basque ice camp, and a terrible cry was heard from several nearby tents, and then a jet of blood mist appeared on the tarpaulin. Even a few MK-3s parked on the side that were affected immediately emitted fireball smoke, and after a while, an explosion occurred. A blue shadow beckoned to the dozen or so infantry who had just rushed to the front from the barracks, and a lightning chain network immediately appeared in the sky above them, and blood and flesh flew everywhere on the spot. Dumbfounded, I grabbed the phone and called out to Basque Bing: "How's it going?" Answer quickly! ”

An anxious voice came from the Basque Bing side: "Grandma's, you've been attacked!" It's not good, I'll have to do it myself. I'll talk to you later! ”

He hung up the phone, and I saw him on the screen. This guy is heavily equipped and a whole circle thicker than the others. As soon as he came out, he organized the soldiers to fight back, and quickly suppressed the panic of the soldiers. The blue shadows turned and retreated, but they were too slow, and only one ran away, and the others were killed on the spot.

The whole battle lasted only five minutes, and I saw that my forehead was full of cold sweat, and I shouted: "Fatty, report the loss!" It was a long time before he replied: "Twenty-one dead and thirty-three seriously wounded." The MK-3 lost five units. I said in a deep voice: "Fatty, you are almost at the limit of attrition set by the Governor, and the defense facilities in the courtyard of the Governor's Mansion have not been moved at all, do you consider withdrawing?" ”

"Damn, Huang Er, you won't withdraw here!" Basque Bing shouted wildly: "None of my companies will retreat, and the revenge of our comrades can only be avenged by our own hands!" ”

"I will report to the Governor and force you to come back. Your losses are big enough, and you should wait for the 1st Infantry Battalion to attack the storm. I tried to persuade him.

"Huang Er, are you my friend?" Basque Bing asked rhetorically.

"Nonsense, do you want to deny it?"

"Then you don't talk nonsense, let's see how we do it!"

But I know very well that the situation is very bad in the Basque Ice. Since he insisted on going his own way, I couldn't wait to just watch from the track. As for going down to rest, don't even think about it. At this time, Chen Qi, who was left aside by me, shouted on the phone, I picked it up and fed it, saying, "Let's do this first, I'll go down to support the fat man." ”

"Hey!" Chen Qi screamed, almost breaking my eardrums: "You threw my phone aside and chirped crookedly for a long time, and now you catch it and tell me that you are going to die, do you have me in your heart?" ”

Time is pressing, and this woman is still struggling with these inexplicable questions, which really gives me a headache. I had to ring the alarm bell to summon the others, and at the same time I bothered to explain to her: "Crow's mouth, how do you say that I am going to die?" Uncle, I am the one who went to make contributions. If the fat man didn't have my help, I would have to pay for him to buy a coffin in the end! ”

I felt that I was speaking eloquently, but Chen Qi's voice on the other side of the phone was already trembling: "I'm scared." This is no ordinary head-to-head combat, this is a regular urban war. I know very well at the Doge's Palace that it is definitely easy to defend and difficult to attack. I'm so scared, I'm so scared that you'll just go and won't come back! ”

I cursed her a little upset, and said fiercely: "Crow-mouthed woman, can you still say something auspicious?" ”

"Promise me that I will come back safe and sound. I will always wait for you to come back and report my safety, I will always wait for you. You must come back safe and sound! ”

I paused for a moment to breathe, and after a while, I couldn't speak, "Do you remember what we agreed to?" You seem to have gone too far. ”

"I don't care! You're about to be on the verge of life and death, can't you even say two words to me?! Chen Qi roared over there.

An angry woman can't be provoked, let alone someone like Chen Qi. It took me two minutes to finish all the sweet words in my stomach and coax her down. By this time Han Han and a few sleepy attendants had arrived, and I briefed her on the situation, saying, "I'll go back to the bedroom and get my own equipment, so that I can go down and help the fat man." When he finished speaking, he ran out in a hurry. Han Han grabbed me: "What are you talking nonsense? Here's the work of the infantry, and you'll leave me here. ”

I stared into cold eyes and said, "I can't let the fat man die there." ”

She replied without flinching, "Can I let you die there?!" ”

I rolled my eyes slightly, and said loudly: "Alpha is where my Uncle Huang became famous, and it is naturally best for heroes to bury their bones here." But I don't have this plan for the time being, I still have decades of life to experience, how can I die here? Look at me! ”

After finishing speaking, he pushed away the cold and walked away. (To be continued.) )