In fact, the atmosphere in the "upper" command of the Gwangju operation at this moment was far less relaxed than the grassroots guards usually imagined.

And it's not just that the atmosphere is heavy, it's almost like a quarrel with each other.

For what?

The reason is very simple, "everyone" will face a "retreat operation" this time.

For example, the United Nations forces withdrew to other bases in East Asia, some units of the Mi Army directly withdrew to the mainland, sent troops to the main island of Yamato, and the United China Front withdrew to Taiwan.

However, the South Korean army had nowhere to "withdraw".

The Korean Peninsula is the homeland of South Koreans, and if this operation is successfully completed, there will be no North Korea and South Korea in the future, only tens of thousands of refugees who don't know how many refugees there are - of course, if everyone is pushed together by BETA, there will be no South Korea in the future.

Therefore, the South Korean army is reluctant to withdraw from the bottom of its heart, and even if the army is willing to withdraw, those South Korean people who have lived on this peninsula for generations are not willing to withdraw......

Who will solve this problem? How to fix it?

……

Another example, since you want to retreat, you have to have ships.

The United Nations army has ships, the United States has ships, the sending army has ships, China has ships, and the Koreans have no ships.

After all, the sticks have also fought for so many years, and it is not uncommon for front-line countries to have resources stretched thin. And they are, after all, a peninsular country, and not an island nation like Yamato.

So what kind of ship did the previous countries "have"?

Even if everyone is willing to lend the boat to South Korea, the South Korean soldiers can barely sit on it, and those ordinary people who have left their homeland and ruined their families can adapt to it? Who has the time to renovate their boats so they can get used to it?

So I have to rip it off again, and I have to pull it well.

……

The most critical and difficult issues, even if the "chiefs" of these parties are unwilling to deal with them, will eventually be put on the table to discuss:

Who will break the queen?

The troops who stayed behind and broke off basically belonged to the level of ten deaths, but even if the selected soldiers had this awareness, whether they had the corresponding ability had to be said separately.

For example, the South Korean army, which was the first to collapse in the Cheorwon blockade, must not be counted on, and Huaxia, which has been cooperating with the South Korean army for a long time and has strong combat effectiveness, does it have certain conditions, but what does the whole thing have to do with them directly? Transporting a few more boatloads of Koreans to Taiwan Island is just an extra mouthful of dry food.

Relatively speaking, the Mi army is much more active, after all, they were originally going to withdraw by themselves, and if they can't guarantee the safety behind them, they are not at ease. But as mentioned earlier, the next thing the Mi army will face is likely to be a long journey across the entire Pacific Ocean, and it will not be good if the pots and pots that are demolished die halfway, so everyone knows that they are just fake positive.

So we have to talk about it again, study and study it again, discuss it again, weigh it again, compare and compare it again, consider it again, observe and observe it again, look at it again, think about it again, and so on...... And so on and so forth......

……

It's a pity that people can wait, but BETA can't.

Since the completion of Cheorwon HIVE, the East Asian coalition forces on the Korean Peninsula have had to carry out further tapering operations with much more frequency than before, in addition to setting up blocking positions.

The so-called tapering operation, simply put, is to prevent the accumulation of too many BETA produced in HIVE, and human beings take the initiative and other means to carry out piecemeal tactical behavior.

This kind of combat is relatively suitable for newcomers, after all, if you come up and let the recruits participate in the HIVE strategy battle or the beta group blocking battle, it is undoubtedly a blatant murder.

The scale of the battle is small, the number of enemy betas is relatively small, and the combat environment is relatively familiar and free......

On the second day after landing on the Korean Peninsula, the Senotome squadron took the initiative to apply for the relevant mission, and of course it was quickly approved.

Therefore, a few hours after the order for this gradual reduction operation was issued, all 12 units of the squadron flew over the Gwangju defense line in a vertical formation and headed straight for the predetermined position of the operation.

Suitable for three veterans, nine recruits for the first time, usually a team-sized BETA. As far as the tactical unit is concerned, the actual combat target of the Iyu squadron is only a few dozen rays hidden in the BETA cluster - the number of BETA in the wing size is multiplied by two percent, and the upper limit of the number of rays is about sixty - if you add that the battlefield is selected near the human defense line, the difficulty of this mission is medium at best.

This is for Isumiman.

For the two reincarnators, although the analogy of destroying thousands of betas with bare hands cannot be compared, the team level is still a piece of cake for them. Even if you don't count the ability of the DG modified body, isn't it the same as playing with the two of them to torture and kill dozens of light species?

But for the nine newcomers, including Hasase Mizuki and Haruka Suzumiya, it is difficult to say. Those who have excellent results in training may not be able to give full play to them in actual combat, at least the most critical first battle is the most likely to make people nervous.

"Fortunately, there are only pre-stored moving images on the screen, who knows if those big ladies will be as out of shape as in the first history class when they see the actual battlefield of flesh and blood with their own eyes......" Roger sneered as he flew in front of the team.

"Retina, projection." At such an unnecessary moment, I don't know what DG is coming out again.

“…… You deliberately jumped out just to correct such a small detail? "If Roger had a way to do it directly against DG, I believe he would have used the Type 87 assault gun a long time ago.

"No, by the way." As if sensing the validity of his words, DG fell silent again.

So after Roger himself circled and crossed in his head for an unknown amount of time, Lieutenant Izu's voice finally came from the communication channel:

"Senotome 01 called all the planes, and it was already close to the BETA battle group, and the formation changed to a wedge three type, and 02 rushed forward."

"02 understood." Immediately following the speech on the channel is Mizuki Hasase, who also serves as the leader of the avant-garde A team.

Immediately behind Hasase Mizugetsu was, of course, Roger, and to his left and right were the other two planes of Team A. After those two planes, there were two shock planes of Team B tailing laterally. "Wedge three, deliberately advanced the position of the guard C squad in the formation, and the strategy of the captain of the Iyu squadron is quite cautious."

Of course, this sentence was not said directly, and although Chen Yi, who is also a veteran at the moment, couldn't hear it, he obviously had similar feelings. On the surface, the formation chosen by Izumi is not very suitable for pure penetration and combat itself, but if it is premised on protecting the newcomers, it becomes a safe option.

"I'm about to enter the heavy metal cloud diffusion area, pay attention to the jump flight height, all planes cheer me up!"

Isumiman's voice raised a little, and the order issued was nothing special, and the twelve shocks of the entire squadron were all maintaining a flight altitude of less than thirty meters at the moment, (of course, it was based on the top of the tactical aircraft, if the feet were thirty meters above the ground, it was self-inflicted light, right?) ), in an almost creeping posture, penetrates into the metal dust.

"02 report, there is an assault level in the direction of 10 o'clock ahead, and the number is about 200." At the very end of the queue, Mizuki Ase sent back the first report of an encounter.

"01 calls the machines, turns to the direction of one o'clock, and detours."

It's boring.

While faithfully carrying out the squadron leader's instructions, Roger, who was rather idle, continued to mumble. Even if you don't want to startle the snake, you can't make a 90-degree vertical circle, right?

However, there is no way, tactical aircraft are never used to attack head-on attacks, such as the temporary encounter in the first battle of Tieyuan, even if it is a subsequent refugee rescue mission, theoretically the tactical aircraft should use the standard backward shooting tactics at the first time when encountering the enemy. Like Roger and Chen Yi, who get off the plane and drive Wushuang directly, it is purely a foul.

And in this tapering operation, if the Otome squadron directly attacks the assault level, it will be no problem to completely destroy the more than 200 in front of them, but the residual ammunition of the next aircraft may not be able to support the vicinity of the light species in the hinterland of the BETA cluster. If you add in the details such as fuel......

Isn't it true that you shouldn't be fighting in such a bulky mech?

At the same time that Roger, who adopts an inhuman perspective, made the above conclusion, the Senotome squadron had already bypassed two more key attack classes one after another, and was now continuing to sneak in the direction of a dense and large tank class.

It shouldn't be far from the light species.

"Seven o'clock direction, I found a small number of striking-level and fighter-level." Hasase Mizuki's report came again.

Hey? Did you get around your head?

The Light Species are a relatively vulnerable class of the Beta population, and have little other means of combat other than ranged attacks, so they are often protected by a large number of small species, as well as several large Species Beta. If this habit is reversed, human tactical aircraft units can determine the location of hunting targets relatively easily when the radar function is drastically reduced due to heavy metal dust.

The present is the best example of this.

After receiving Hasase's report, Squadron Leader Isumi gave the order to attack almost without pause.

Team A's four engines were fully open, and they rushed straight to hit the level.

During the charge, these four shocks did not open fire easily. The presence of the light type mark on the radar also means that the tactical aircraft will be locked by the light type at any time. At this time, it is necessary to make full use of the habit of the beta to never accidentally damage its own kind, and use the large species of the hit level as a cover to avoid the direct line of the light level.

In the same way, the BC team can't immediately launch a support artillery attack at this time, otherwise unless the light level is completely extinguished, it will only clear the illumination barrier for the opponent.

"02 calls 01, light level confirmation, the number is about 30." Almost at the same time as the Type 87 assault gun in his hand was fired, Ase Mizuki reported to Isumi again.

The number is wrong, this is Roger's first reaction after hearing Hasase's voice in the channel.

Of course, the 36MM machine gun in his hand did not stop firing, but the number of light types in front of him was obviously a little small, and it was not even enough for the avant-garde A team to fight. This situation is not normal, he even urgently consulted DG to determine that there are indeed no other light species within a certain distance of the surrounding area, so-

"01 called all the planes, the intelligence was wrong, and today's enemy is not only at the wing level." Isuma's judgment was not much slower than Roger's. "So now ask for the opinions of all machines, do you want to continue the mission?"

"Go on!" "Go on."

As usual, the fastest answers were Hasase and Roger. At this moment, all the small species near the Strike Level and Light Level have been swept away.

After that, Chen Yi lazily continued the option, and Zong Xiang Meixian was about half a second slower than him.

Further behind are Haruka Suzumiya, Hanko Kazama, and the rest of the squadron members.

All passed, and the task continued.

In the process of democratic voting, the light species have all gone to heaven.

"Aircraft report on the status of ammunition and fuel."

"02 replied, about 85% of ammunition, 80% of fuel...... "This is Ase Mizuki, and by the standards of a newcomer, this consumption is quite good.

"03 replied, ammunition 96%, fuel 89%." This is Chen Yi, needless to say, he basically didn't fire a few shots.

"04 replied, ammunition 92%, fuel 91%." This is Roger, he doesn't fire too much, and it's obvious that he's also lazy and cunning when it comes to tactical machine movements, oh no, it should be said that as a veteran, he's quite thrifty.

"06 replied, ammunition 98%, fuel 87%." This is Haruka Ryukiya, huh......

So Lieutenant Izu's orders came one after another: "The whole team turned to the direction of five o'clock, continued to march at a low altitude, and launched an artillery bombardment by 03 as soon as the next time we met the enemy." 02,04 Make sure to lower the coordinates. ”

"03 understood." Chen Yi is the leader of the C team in the middle of the squadron formation at this moment, and Yi Yu's order just now is obviously not just to let him only shoot the artillery, but to let the entire C team (which focuses on artillery fire) use long-range attacks to attract BETA.

Due to previous intelligence errors, the current Senotome squadron cannot accurately count the number of betas on the opposite side, so of course the only way to take the initiative in this situation is to take the initiative to test the way. Ordering the artillery squad to fire alone is a common feint tactic, and Lieutenant Isumi's judgment is still calm and objective, which is a good thing.

"Of course it's a good thing, if the situation deteriorates to the point where me and that guy Chen Yi get off the plane to fight again, are you sure that you can block the senses of the ten people in the team before?" Although the situation has been good so far, Roger's side has to prepare for the worst first. After all, the number of BETA is still "unknown", and it would be better to say that there was only one more wing, but if there was one more brigade directly, it would be too late to regret it.

But DG's side obviously ignored it, "In each tactical aircraft, theoretical reserves, tranquilizers, quantity three, anesthetics, quantity zero." ”

"I'm asking you to prepare to save people, not letting you take medicine to kill them."

"Tsk......"

"Hey, your intentions are too obvious!"

“……”

DG fell silent again, and at the same time, a group of Beta appeared in front of the Otome squadron.

Assault level, three hundred.

Sure enough, the information was wrong, and it seemed that the two batches of beta formations were mixed together for unknown reasons.

However, the number was still within the allowable range, and the C team led by Chen Yi easily handled this group of assault levels. Immediately afterwards, the whole team feinted to the side and rear under the command of Izu, attracting nearly a thousand Betas nearby - based on this number, the Beta group in front of them has indeed not reached the scale of the brigade level.

"02 calls 01, the direction of the source of the second batch of BETA has been determined."

"Senotome squadron, straight line assault!"

After that, the battle process was much smoother, and after nearly 100 rays of light were completely extinguished under the fire of the whole squadron, Lieutenant Izumi immediately provided the artillery strike coordinates to the rear.

The next tapering operation entered the sweeping stage, and although there were a large number of remaining BETA, the normal heavy artillery bombardment after losing the light seed was enough to deal with them, so the mission of the Senotome squadron came to an end.

All 12 planes returned home.

"Tranquilizer, quantity three ......"

"Are you still unwilling?!"

……

……

After the operational report of this operation was uploaded to the coalition command, the already dull atmosphere among the top brass fluctuated again.

The reason is simple, the number of offenses coming from this BETA is higher than expected. Root. Only. No. It's a simple intelligence blunder!

The increase in the number of "scattered" betas in front of the Gwangju defense line means that the production of Cheorwon HIVE may exceed expectations, and it is likely that the Beta side is preparing to launch a large-scale attack on the Gwangju side.

And the current plan for the withdrawal of the United Nations forces has not even been discussed......

"Ladies and gentlemen, you don't really want to bury everyone in Gwangju here, do you?" The United States has no idea how many times Lu Dao has issued a similar warning.

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency, the evacuation of our civilians is still quite difficult, and nearly sixty percent of them do not plan to get on the ship, even though they know that the beta will soon be submerged." ”

"Then the UN forces will have to retreat on their own!" Maybe it's because you can't waste any more time in the face of life and death, or maybe there is something else hidden on the side of the Mi Army, in short, the representative of the United Nations Army seems to be extremely determined at the moment.

The South Korean side was silent, but apparently not for the sake of compromise.

The officer on the side of the Huaxia United Front seemed to be about to say something, but before he could speak, a deep voice sounded in the conference room.

"If the UN forces retreat alone, our side will switch to assisting the East Asian Combined Forces in view of the humanitarian position!"

By the way, the speaker this time is the commander of the Yamato Dispatch Army, Lieutenant General Saimine.

There was a rare moment of utter silence in the conference room for a few seconds.

"You are responsible for all the consequences arising from this!!"

After dropping this sentence, the Mi Guoren grabbed the military hat by the door and left the conference room without looking back.

Ten minutes later, Lieutenant Naoza of Sand Mist, who had been on standby, received an order to increase his combat readiness level.

At this time, it was not even half an hour before the time for the first victory of the Otome squadron to return.