"By the way, Lieutenant General Han, is it possible for the other side to seize air supremacy with us?" Defense Minister Zhao Jun raised his hand and asked.

"At present, according to our observations, it can be said that there is no such possibility, although there are some bird creatures in the demon beasts, but they have not been found to have the ability to strike in the air."

"Unless some birds crash into it suicidally, but we deliberately equipped the bomber with a large ultrasonic bird repeller, which will make the birds subconsciously avoid it."

"And in order to shoot them down, we mobilized 20 Ludun 2000 air defense systems, as well as Type 09 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and HQ-17 short-range anti-aircraft missiles."

"In addition, some Type 08 infantry combat vehicles are also equipped with cannons with anti-aircraft capabilities, so there is absolutely no problem in air defense."

"The first echelon responsible for carrying out the offensive mission this time is the 117th Armored Division from the Eastern Military Region, and the follow-up echelon is composed of the 117th Armored Division and the 124th Mechanized Infantry Division, plus the 47th Aviation Brigade from the Air Force, who will be responsible for carrying out air supremacy and bombing missions."

Many people were taken aback when they heard this, the 117th Armored Division mentioned by Han Dalong just now is not ordinary, they are one of the most elite heavy armored divisions of the Eastern Coalition Army.

It can be described as well-equipped and well-trained, with a high degree of mechanization and digitization, no less than the first-class troops of Cohen on the other side.

In addition to the three hundred latest Type 99A and Type 15 light tanks, they are equipped with hundreds of vehicles of various types of infantry fighting vehicles, large unmanned aerial vehicles, self-propelled artillery and helicopters, as well as well-developed air defense systems and operational information chains. [Note]

And most importantly, the 117th Panzer Division is one of the few units in the Eastern Coalition Army that has recently participated in actual combat, in the war a few months ago.

That is, in the war known to the West as "Operation Iceberg in the 21st Century", this unit cooperated with the Marine Corps and completely annihilated a total of seven divisions of the opposing side with a loss of less than 50 men.

In fact, it is not very accurate to say that it is completely annihilated, after all, some time before the land war, the opponent's combat system had already been defeated by the air force and navy of the Eastern Union, and the collapse of morale made the opposing army defeat like a mountain.

At that time, after reading the relevant combat report, the speaker of the Fuso Assembly, who was in Gotham City, prepared to form a government-in-exile overnight.

It can be said that if it weren't for the peace talks between the Eastern Union and Fuso, the 117th Armored Division planned to fight all the way to Kyoto and go to Akihabara to take some photos of the domestic otaku.

"On the 117th and 124th divisions to deal with them?" Someone couldn't help but question: "The 124th Division is understandable, after all, they have participated in the Hutou Mountain military exercise and encirclement and suppression missions, and they have rich experience in the annihilation of demon beasts."

But you must know that the 117th Armored Division is to deal with Cohen's elite digital troops, similar to the aces of the Eastern Union, do you need them to deal with low-level demon beasts? ”

Unlike the 117th Armored Division, the 124th Mechanized Infantry Division was formed not long ago because Hutou Mountain was in urgent need of manpower, and its task was to deal with demon beasts and some lawless folk cultivators.

For example, the long-haired man who made a big fuss in the hot pot restaurant before was caught by the old buddies of the 124 machine step master in Hutou Mountain, and was also educated by the people of the 124 machine step master.

So everyone has no question about using the 124th Mechanized Infantry Division, but is it really necessary to go to the 117th Armored Division? …

"Yes, this is agreed by the Supreme Council and the head of the Zhao army, and letting the 117th Armored Division participate in the battle first can greatly reduce our casualties."

"And with the 117th Armored Division in charge, we can capture as many monsters alive as possible, I don't think the importance of catching monsters alive needs not be mentioned." Han Dalong said firmly.

"That's right, capturing monsters alive and reducing casualties are two hard indicators, and you can't give up either of them in order to save money." Zhou Xinming also nodded.

"And in addition to the traditional regular army, we also applied for the transfer of the 115 commando team, and equipped them with special large-caliber weapons and talisman weapons."

"They are also in the first echelon of operations, and they will carry out monster capture operations under the cover of the 117th Armored Division."

"This rapid reaction force has a total of 150 people, all of whom are cultivators who have opened the pulse, and they are also equipped with a fully integrated Type 25 individual soldier system, which acts as a commando to carry out roundabout tactics between monsters, and is responsible for protecting ordinary soldiers from engaging in ultra-close combat with monsters."

Speaking of this, Zhou Xinming remembered that he had seen the Type 25 individual soldier system at the Weapons Research Institute before, when Han Dalong mentioned to him the idea of complementing the cultivators and the regular army to form a combat module.

Unfortunately, due to the limited conditions at that time, coupled with the lack of relevant practical needs, this idea has always been in theory rather than practice, and now it is the first time that the Eastern Union has tried to let the cultivators and the regular army cooperate in combat.

After Han Dalong explained the arrangements for this operation, everyone went to prepare for related things, such as gathering troops and other items, and soon a heavily armed army was ready to set off.

……..

Three days later, near the city of Falling Moon

After several days of clearing, the surrounding area was evacuated and the area was set up as a no-fly zone, patrolled by a large number of sentinels and drones.

The regular army participating in the encirclement and suppression operation this time has a total of two full divisions, of which the 117th Heavy Armored Division mentioned at the meeting is responsible for the main attack and capture tasks, if there is no accident, they will complete all the work, just as smoothly as in Uryu.

In addition to them, there is also a 124th Mechanized Infantry Division that also participated in the actual combat as a reserve, and they are responsible for supplementing loopholes in case any fish escapes through the net, plus the special forces of the cultivators, the 47th Aviation Brigade and logistics units of the Air Force will also provide some support.

To be honest, there are already a lot of people mobilized this time, and the two full-strength divisions that have been put into the frontal battlefield alone have added up to nearly 60,000 people.

Not to mention the personnel prepared for it in the rear and the 47th Aviation Brigade, the number went directly to 100,000, and even ordinary large-scale military exercises rarely used so many people.

According to the calculations of Zhou Xinming himself and the General Staff, even if it was an ordinary late-stage 6th-order demon beast, as long as it was not the speed type of El's leopard, they would not dare to fight these two divisions head-on.

What's more, there are not even 4th-order cultivated demon beasts in this mountainous area, and they are lambs to be slaughtered in front of the mechanized troops, which shows that the Eastern Union attaches great importance to the action of capturing demon beasts.

Just like the previous bombing of Hutou Mountain with the H-6, the excuse for this time is also a large-scale military exercise, simulating how to quickly take down the mountain controlled by the enemy through precision strikes.

However, this is just an excuse, and it has no practical significance, after all, it is on its own territory, even if the Eastern Coalition Army is simulating a nuclear war, it has nothing to do with other countries.

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Note: Although the Eastern Union does not have a synthetic brigade, it also has the concept of synthetic operations, not to mention that a division definitely has helicopters and artillery, because there is no establishment in the world that kills with a single pole.