Chapter 65: The Freezing Point (Part II)
"The chief of the general staff of the three services of the ACA, Char Pierre, said in public yesterday that he would intensify the crackdown on guerrillas, privy monastery and other illegal organizations in various theaters, hoping that citizens would not panic. It was also promised that rewards would be given to citizens who took the initiative to report the guerrillas...... News link: ACA's Caribbean Theater of Operations wiped out the pirate group 'Black Flag' in one fell swoop and killed the bandit leader. ”
-- Evolution Daily
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"I don't want to be rude, but this is a war, and it's a war that we rush to the front," Han Fei pushed his glasses and walked to the table, his fingers tapping lightly on the table, "Not to mention the attack, the difficulty of evacuating a base with a partial power outage and evacuating a base with a complete power supply is not the same at all." ”
"If you really think that this is war, you should understand that war is a continuation of politics." A voice came from the direction of the curtain, and a rebel soldier who had taken off his mask but not his helmet opened the curtain and walked in, Ling Yu judged from this characteristic cold voice that it was the captain of the 'lone wolf' team who didn't like to talk, Camilo.
"Winning the war and losing the government is equivalent to losing the whole game." Camilo added coldly.
"A power plant will not rise to the height of politics," Han Fei also retorted in an almost freezing voice, "Your righteous spiritual cleanliness has nothing to do with us, our life and death are more important." ”
"Han Fei, be careful with your words." Jesse frowned, her piercing gaze locked on the pupil behind the glasses of the man across the table - if there was anyone at this table who would always think about the survival of non-combatants, it was the knight princess.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to," the two made eye contact for a few seconds, Han Fei looked away, and then apologized, this action made Ling Yu stunned for a moment - Han Fei's character is unyielding, even if what he just said was too much, but he would not apologize so quickly.
"Camilo, are you still going to protect those nasty guys?"
A new voice sounded in the tent, and the meeting seemed to be getting more and more lively - walking into the tent was the deputy captain of the guerrillas, the red-haired Captain Marca Secosta, and unlike the cold Camilo, Marca put a look of disgust on his face as soon as he came up, "Those brutes in Milan died early and overlived, a group of bastards who have forgotten their ancestors, licking ACA's ass and licking addiction, I don't admit that they are innocent." ”
"It's not about justice," Camillo was still like snow outside his tent in the face of the fiery Maca, who was almost on fire, "I just obeyed orders, and you heard the captain's orders." ”
"Captain!" Marca glared at Camilo, who had moved out of the commander as a shield, and turned his head to look at Colonel Chino, "I'm still advising, let's act according to Plan C." ”
"Shut up!" Finally, Colonel Chino, who couldn't bear it anymore, slapped the map table fiercely, and the old electronic map table shook and almost fell apart, "What do you two want to do?" Did I let you in? ”
"I'm sorry." Camilo didn't seem to see Colonel Chino's anger at all, and his expression was still unfazed, but he reacted faster than Maca, gave a military salute and turned and walked out of the tent.
"I'm sorry, sir......" Maca gritted his teeth, but in the end he didn't continue, he just gave a military salute, but before turning around, he dropped a sentence.
"I hope that Your Excellency the Commander has not forgotten the thirteen souls of the 'Flying Bat' team."
With that, Maka walked out of the tent without looking back.
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"It seems that everyone has their own special opinions on the next plan."
The atmosphere in the tent was a little awkward, Ling Yu winked at Logan, who had an amazing talent for communication, and Logan, who had an amazing talent for communication, willingly chose to come to the rescue, "Since we have come to cooperate with the commander this time, then we must respect your opinion." ”
"I'm sorry to make you laugh." Colonel Chino quickly returned to normal, sighed softly, and smiled bitterly, "Fighting behind enemy lines, the soldiers are under a lot of mental pressure, and some of them have mental illnesses, and we can't have a psychiatrist...... That's all I have to do. ”
"Simply put, if I'm not mistaken, our plan of action is this." Ling Yu nodded, seeing the helplessness in the colonel's eyes, and took the initiative to divert the topic, "The four of us will enter the base, and then connect this super bomb in the main engine room...... Or the computer, whatever, and then this device will blow up the main computer and forge a fire signal, and then your people and I will work together to block the two power generation facilities and shut down the power plant in the city of Milan, so that you can create a window of time for the satellite to strike, right? ”
"Exactly."
"What time is that?"
"40 minutes to an hour, that's the maximum, and it takes at least 35 minutes for the satellite to start changing orbit and enter the targeting program, which means that we may only have more than ten minutes."
"The plan is feasible, at least on a tactical level." Linya, who had been silently holding the water glass, pondered for a moment and nodded at Ling Yu.
"But the casualties will be significant." Ling Yu shook his head slightly, "And it will inevitably lead to a large-scale retaliation from the ACA." ”
"It's purely voluntary." Colonel Chino closed his eyes, "You can also see our situation, as soon as spring begins, the ACA will definitely launch a crackdown, this is our last chance." ”
"I noticed one detail." Han Fei pushed his glasses, glanced at Jiesi who lowered her head and pondered, and spoke again, "You didn't answer a single question, when Ling Yu asked if you could support us with satellite weapons, you said, 'If you are fast enough', can you explain?" ”
"That's right, as I just said, the orbital strike defense systems here are all three-level configurations, and Novara is only the first-level, the highest one," Lieutenant Colonel Chino nodded and gave a supplementary explanation, "Although I don't know what your goal is, most of the ACA's large-scale military facilities are equipped with terminal interceptor missiles as the second stage and ultra-low-altitude laser interception systems as the third stage, if you can launch a strike before they can react, you can catch them off guard, Otherwise, it will only be possible to destroy these secondary interception systems, and then attack. ”
"Understood," Han Fei nodded and turned to Ling Yu, "In short, you can't rely on satellite weapons, attacking Novara is more about containing Zuò." ”
"If I could count on the people who threw garbage in the sky, they wouldn't have come here in person," Ling Yu shook his head with a wry smile and turned to Colonel Chino, "Okay, I'll have to make conditions here." ”
"Please."
"Our target is an ACA military facility, which should be functionally related to orbital weapons," Ling Yu clasped his hands in front of his chest and rubbed his chin with his right hand, "Of course, this base can't have a signboard that says 'I am a rocket base', and it may not even be a military facility on the surface, so I need your information, including the specific location of the base, and preferably other information." ”
"Of course, we also want the information on the Novara base, the more detailed the better." Ling Yu added.
"No problem, that's as it should be. But we've been in the mountains and forests all day, and we don't have much information, so I'll arrange for you to meet with our biggest sponsor in Milan. ”
As soon as the words fell, Ling Yu and the others all had incredible expressions on their faces!
Because this sentence reveals two pieces of information - first, they have a way to enter Milan, and second, the status of this Milanese 'sponsor' is high enough to know the location of the ACA's highly secret rocket factory.
It was almost a bombshell, and Colonel Chino threw it without hesitation, apparently choosing to believe the crowd - if the crowd had been sent by the ACA, the guerrillas would have been wiped out in the truest sense of the word.
Ling Yu stared at Colonel Chino's pupils, and also read a hint of gambling.
It seemed that this plan was too important for Colonel Chino, and he had been waiting for his group for too long.
However, more importantly, Ling Yu's strategy had obviously worked, and if he had refused to help Colonel Chino in the first place, it would probably not have been such a good thing.
"That's the best, and we'll agree on the tactical details based on Novara's details." Ling Yu finally smiled and stretched out his hand to Colonel Chino, "We're happy to give the ACA a little more trouble, and save the struggling Alliance soldiers on the front line." ”
"That's great." Colonel Chino also stretched out his hand, and the two hands were clasped tightly together.
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As night fell, the lights were controlled early in the camp without incident, and the special tents minimized infrared radiation, but even so, a third of the soldiers in the camp were still on duty all night.
It's not a day or two, these soldiers struggling in the snowy mountains have been under high mental pressure for several years, which is probably one of the reasons why Ling Yu admires them and is willing to help them.
"Ling Yu, I think it's necessary for us to sort out what happened during the day."
Jiesi, who had taken off her alliance combat uniform and revealed her silver tights, sat on the sleeping bag opposite Ling Yu and whispered to break the silence that had been in place since the night.
"I think too," Linya nodded slightly, "I still think it's so confusing, so now we're going to help the Alliance fight Novara's missile center?" ”
"That's not the point," Jess shook her head and turned her head to look at Linya, "I think the same thing as Ling Yu does, what I'm most worried about is that this group of guerrillas won't be able to get in and won't have anything to help us with, so it will be difficult for us to make a request." They will not cooperate with each other, which will make it more difficult for us to attack the rocket factory. ”
Ling Yu nodded, Han Fei and Luo Gen had obviously been persuaded in the afternoon, so they didn't raise any objections.
"But is it true that all of us are going to Milan? If you find out, you'll be caught all of them. Logan lay flat in his sleeping bag with his hands on his head.
"I don't understand why you trust this guerrilla commander so lightly," Han Fei continued to maintain his role as a questioner, commonly known as a black face, "Did you know each other before?" ”
"Think about it, what value do we have?" Ling Yu turned his head to look at Han Fei, "If this guerrilla group is all mutinied, then it is entirely possible to choose a larger target, such as an entire allied TF team, and we, a combination of mercenaries and exiled knights, are not worthless, but they are not enough to expose this entire guerrilla force - if they defect. ”
"So, I'm very relieved about our trip to Milan." Ling Yu stretched and put an end to Han Fei's problem simply and clearly.
"Actually, that's not what I'm trying to say," Jesse shook her head slightly, "What I care about is the attitude of Marca and Camillo. ”
"And that 'C' plan, which sounds ominous." Logan, who was lying on the ground staring blankly at the top of the tent, interjected again.
"Strictly speaking, I mean, purely rationally, doesn't mean I'm going to do it, just analyze it."
Suddenly, Han Fei spoke, he hesitated, glanced at Jiesi from time to time, and struggled for a moment before giving an explanation, "I mean, from a purely rational point of view, paralyzing Milan is not a wrong choice. ”
"After all, Milan is the ruling area of the ACA, and the paralysis of Milan will involve a lot of energy of the ACA, not to mention, the rumors of the leakage of light nuclear radiation and the panic caused by the power outage are enough for the ACA to send a large number of troops to Milan to maintain order...... Reduce stress on all sides. ”
"Han Fei, not everything in this world is rational." Ling Yu sighed and raised his hand to stop Jiesi, who was about to speak, and also stopped a possible quarrel, "Unscrupulous people tend to pay more for it. ”
"......" Han Fei didn't speak, glanced up at Jiesi, sighed heavily, and then nodded.
He was still unconvinced, Ling Yu shook his head helplessly, he knew Han Fei's temper too well, every qiē was as formulaic as in the books, and every qiē action was based on the best interests......
It seems that this operation will be a complicated test.