Chapter 64: The Freezing Point (I)
“…… Many cities, such as Milan, once the capital of culture, have been swept away by the decadence, extravagance and waste of the League under our rule, and the people live and work in peace and order. For your personal safety and for the prosperity of Italy. ”
- A letter to Italian citizens, ACA leaflet.
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When Ling Yu and this small team of more than 20 people arrived, the camp was already half set up.
These extremely lightweight tents were originally designed for mountain patrol troops, this kind of tent can fit into a soldier's backpack, the unfolded area is more than 20 square meters, nanomaterials can ensure the temperature inside the tent can be excellent, the tent has a built-in heating stove that can use batteries or oil, although the smoke from oil combustion may expose the target, but for this guerrilla team, it is too luxurious to use batteries to keep warm.
In the camp of only two hundred people in total, about three-quarters of the tents had been arranged, and after passing through several light and dark posts, Ling Yu and Jiesi finally entered the periphery of the base.
The guerrillas did not have much mechanical equipment, there were about seven or eight electric all-terrain vehicles, and the electromagnetic guns and six-barreled machine guns with obvious ACA weapon style on the roofs were obviously trophies of the partisans - and they were also big eaters of batteries, and the largest 40-millimeter electromagnetic cannon consumed a battery tray composed of three fusion batteries in a single shot.
There were also several half-track transport trucks on the other side, these vehicles were also electric tigers, especially in the mountains in winter, in addition, Ling Yu also saw some heavy power armor, as well as some exoskeletons worn by heavy armor.
"Boss, how strong do you think these people are?" Jess looked at the equipment in the base like Ling Yu, but she obviously paid more attention to light weapons, anti-tank weapons, in addition to some small kinetic anti-tank missiles, were large-caliber chemical-charge anti-materiel rifles - to use this thing to paralyze the ACA's tank, it would take a certain amount of technology.
"There's nothing wrong with ending that base in South Africa," Ling Yu gave his own evaluation, his eyes fell on a soldier who was directing the reversing of the car, this young man's upper body is still the alliance's cold-proof clothing, and the lower body is just ordinary civilian polar equipment, and the cold-proof effect is very different. "There is a generational gap between the European battlefield and the South African battlefield, and I just don't know why these soldiers can maintain such high morale under such difficult conditions."
"I think it's the other way around," Jiesi clasped her hands in front of her chest and turned her head to look at Ling Yu, "It's better to say that it's the high morale that makes this commando team stronger." ”
"Yo, Ling Yu."
At this time, Logan's shout made Ling Yu, who was looking around, turn his head and look in the direction of the sound, Logan with his left hand hanging on his chest was running in this direction, while Linya, who had taken off her winter suit, was only wearing the thin military uniform of the alliance and followed behind.
"How did you do this?"
Ling Yu's gaze fell on Logan's arm, his face suspicious.
"Accidents always happen," Logan shrugged, brushed his hair up, and turned to look at Linya, "especially when you're always accompanied by a lady." ”
"Just say it when you play cool and get off, and it's 'accidental......'" Ling Yu shook his head, he could probably guess what was going on, but it didn't look like Logan was seriously injured, so he didn't ask too much.
"Speaking of which, where's your winter suit?" Jesse stepped forward and grabbed Linya's hand, then took off her winter suit and put it on the girl with short flaxen hair, "I'm mechanical, more frost-resistant than you." ”
"Well, it's nothing, it's just that someone needs it more." Linya lightly rejected the dress that Jesse had handed her, but had to take it under Jesse's furrowed brow.
"I said, you guys, what are you doing outside outside when you don't come to the tent?"
Han Fei's voice came from a distance, and the panting man with glasses who ran in his coat searched for most of the camp and finally found these four guys.
"Han Fei, you kid is still alive," Ling Yu greeted him and patted Han Fei on the shoulder, "When did you arrive?" ”
"I arrived two days ago," Han Fei nodded, obviously he didn't have a combat TF physique, he was very intolerant of this kind of cold, and after snorting twice in a row, he couldn't wait to speak.
"Colonel Chino is in the headquarters over there, go over there."
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"What to drink in shabby conditions, just instant coffee and compressed hot chocolate?"
"Ice water will do fine."
Ling Yu took a step forward and raised his hand to stop Colonel Chino who was walking towards his luggage, while Linya quickly grabbed a few empty cups on the table into her arms, and then walked to the water purifier.
Obviously, it was impossible for the four TFs to snatch the precious drink from this group of guerrillas who were struggling behind enemy lines, and Lieutenant Colonel Chino could only smile in embarrassment, the cold winter had not yet passed, and now was not the time to fill the head.
"Let's get straight to the point," Ling Yu smiled with satisfaction at Linya, who was scrambling with four cups, and while Jesse took the initiative to help, the black-clothed young man who was the captain walked around Logan, who was taller than himself in front of him, and walked to the electronic map table.
"First of all, I want to clear up a misunderstanding," Colonel Chino scratched his pale blonde hair, "I know you are here on a special mission, but I still used you for propaganda, and I need to raise my morale." ”
"No need to apologize, we already know," Ling Yu propped his hands on the map table and shook his head to indicate that it didn't matter, "However, I hope there are some things that you can confess to us." ”
"Are you also on a special mission?" Ling Yu turned his head and glanced at Han Fei, who was habitually standing on the edge of the tent, who nodded, indicating that this was indeed the case.
"That's right, I was about to explain," Colonel Chino didn't mean to hide it, but raised his hand and drew a few symbols on the map table, I don't know if it was because of the cold weather or the old equipment, the map table was stuck for a while before the image appeared, "Did the Kuroshio base tell you?" ”
"No," Ling Yu shook his head, "It's just that I noticed the numbers of the accompanying ammunition boxes, these numbers are generally used to carry high-precision equipment, with all due respect, I don't think that with the level of equipment of your army, it is necessary to replenish this kind of precision equipment." ”
"Indeed, this is a covert operation that we are planning with the Confederate Secret Service," Chino shook his head helplessly, then zoomed on the map and pointed to a point on it, "This is Pavia, one of several large integrated supply bases in the southern Alpine theater of operations. ”
Ling Yu raised his eyebrows: "This guy doesn't want us to break into here, right?" Not to mention four TFs, with the capabilities of the Italian theater of operations, forty may not be enough.
"You don't want us to attack here," Logan said half-jokingly, "we're not superheroes." ”
However, Ling Yu didn't speak, because it was obvious that the commander of the Italian Free Army in front of him was not crazy.
"Of course not." Colonel Chino shrugged, not angry at Logan's faux pas, instead taking the joke, "Although I really want you to do that." ”
"In short, this is a joint operation between us and the Alliance, we use the facilities of the Alliance to paralyze the anti-satellite system in the Milan area, and then upload the attack command so that the attack sub-satellite of 'Icarus' can bombard Pavia, this action will paralyze the ACA infiltration attack on the entire southern Alpine front, and thousands of League soldiers will be saved as a result."
Chino was a very good talker, I don't know whether it was deliberate or unintentional, he did not emphasize the importance of the attack in terms of the lethal effect, but in terms of saving lives - this must be very much to the taste of the two knight ladies, Ling Yu thought silently.
"I want to know the architecture of the ACA's anti-satellite system in this theater, as well as the location of the base, and the intelligence of the base."
Ling Yu was silent for a moment, and made three requests, Linya and Jiesi looked at each other and smiled, because this request represented Ling Yu's intention to accept this difficult task, while Han Fei in the corner frowned.
"Char knows that we are coming, it is not wise to attack the rocket base directly," Ling Yu remembered the drone in Rio that killed Sanchez, shook his head, turned his head, and explained to the two men standing on his left, "If we can successfully attack Pavia, then there will be a lot fewer ACA soldiers on our target road, which is worth it tactically, and if possible, we may be able to directly apply for an orbital attack to destroy the factory, and then infiltrate the remaining part of the reconnaissance and destruction, no matter what, Two bangs from the sky are only good for us, and there is no harm in them. ”
In addition, there is another reason, for the people who do not even know where the rocket base is, if they want to get the full cooperation of the guerrillas, at least in terms of intelligence, then they must first be generous, and if the guerrillas are paddling and fishing, then they will be unlucky in the end.
"There shouldn't be any problem, if you're fast enough."
Chino nodded, swiping his finger across the map a few times, bringing up the information he had prepared earlier.
"The anti-satellite system in the Italian theater is relatively the most complete, second only to Chile, the industrial center of the ACA, and is roughly divided into three layers, the first is the anti-satellite missile center based in Novara, west of Milan, which is responsible for anti-satellite missions in almost the entire European region, and the attack satellites of the alliance are destroyed before they enter orbit."
"How are you going to paralyze it?" Ling Yu stretched out his hand and turned the three-dimensional model of the Novara base - of course, there were only surface maps drawn by the scouts, and there were more than a dozen regular silos alone, and it was not known how many hidden ones were in the surrounding buildings and farmland, let alone mobile launch units.
"Take advantage of this EMP bomb provided by the Alliance." Colonel Chino raised his hand, and a device more than one person tall appeared on the holographic screen, before giving a normal explanation. "The entire base is anti-EMP structured, and if you can't enter the base, even if it's just above the base, the attack will be ineffective, and you can't destroy the core control computer."
"Where's the backup?"
"There are at least 4 backup systems," Colonel Chino frowned, obviously as a theater-level anti-missile center, it is impossible to be destroyed casually, "there may be more, and there may even be mobile backup master control computers, so it is impossible to destroy them by ordinary means, we do not have the ability to destroy so many spare computers at the same time, even this bomb cannot do it." ”
"It seems that you have a special method," it really deserves to be a serious base, and the anti-TF does not leak, even if his party blows up the main engine room, the backup equipment can be connected within 3 minutes, "What are you going to do?" ”
"This bomb is not only a bomb, but also an attack computer, and when we connect this bomb to the main unit at work, it will first send a wide area fire warning signal." Chino went on to explain, "Most of these signals will be filtered by the firewall, but if we send someone to turn off the firewall of the standby power control system and the main power control system at the same time, and reduce the response speed of these two places to a minimum, then based on the computer's 'priority judgment', the two power facilities that 'have a fire' will be forced to shut down, and this is our window time." ”
"Is there only two power sources?" Logan interjected, "Seems to be a little less, are you sure?" ”
"There is one place that will be overhauled for a month and a half, and in addition, the base can also directly use the civil power grid in the city of Milan," Colonel Chino explained, but he was not worried, "The backup power generation facilities under maintenance are not enough to supply the entire base, and in the face of the maneuvering orbit change of the alliance satellite, the success rate of interception will be greatly reduced, and the power grid in Milan, our people will turn it off at that time." ”
"Shut down, not destroy?" Han Fei, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke, and he shrank in the corner like a poisonous snake coiled up, pointing out the most important question as soon as he opened his mouth, "I don't want to have any hidden dangers, maybe we should blow it up." ”
"Blowing up the power plant would have disastrous consequences for the city of Milan," Colonel Chino shook his head, "and it was possible to lead to the defeat of the reputation of the League." ”