Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 291

291. Chapter 290, Operation Flash Tail Victory

“Who are you? Which unit are you from?”

“Gorky Dimitra, sergeant, from the 3rd Company of the 2nd Regiment of the 3rd Brigade.”

“Shouldn’t this be the position of the 9th Company? Where are the other people in your 3rd Company?”

“All of them are from the 9th Company… Our 3rd Company died over there.”

“…I’m sorry, we’re late, but we will avenge you.”

“If you can, please take me with you.”

…

Faced with the request of the comrade in front of him, Major Rawl Deliu felt a little embarrassed.

He is the commander of the 5th Combined Battalion of the 47th Brigade. The troops he leads are carrying out the encirclement mission.

Compared with the troops that participated in the battle before, the intelligence he has now is relatively complete.

They broke through from the south, bypassed the defense line of the 47th Brigade, and attacked the mechanical corps of the Union Army that was advancing along the West Desert Avenue. The total number may be around 15,000.

They are fully equipped with various types of equipment, with abundant armored forces, and a large number of mechanical self-propelled artillery accompanying the attack.

Their attack caused considerable losses to the Union troops advancing along the avenue.

But the alliance’s army also responded quickly. Not only did they launch a counterattack, but they also planned to deploy troops and fight a siege.

If you dare to attack, then no one will be able to escape.

The troops of the Wind-Extinguishing Brigade and the Beast-Slaughtering Brigade implemented the first wave of strategies. Heavy artillery and armored units were deployed to the front-line battles. The 2nd Infantry Regiment of the Beast-Slaughtering Brigade split up many companies and copied to the south of the mechanical legion, intending to completely surround them.

However, the situation soon became wrong.

The companies of the 2nd Regiment should establish many point-like defensive positions, and the distance between them should not be too far. The orders received by the various troops were generally to reach the predetermined target within 2 hours and start building positions. Outside of these 2 hours, the Alliance Staff estimated that they would have at least half a day to a day to reinforce their positions.

Major Deliu’s army came to participate in the encirclement.

If the encirclement plan goes well, they will launch a fierce attack on the mechanical army from the south, and form a two-sided attack on the enemy with the Wind-extinguishing Brigade in the north; if the encirclement plan does not go well, they can also help the 2nd Regiment of the Beast-Slaughtering Brigade to block the escape route of the mechanical army to the south.

But this elite mechanical army reacted much faster than expected.

Those iron men realized that something was wrong, and they quickly sent

out the vanguard to ensure that the road to retreat to the south was safe. This is normal, but what is abnormal is that the number of the vanguard they sent out far exceeds the initial estimate of the General Staff. Even a considerable part of the heavy artillery that originally supported the front battlefield was transferred to attack the infantry company that was encircling the rear.

Now, the troops of the 2nd Regiment of the Beast-Slaughtering Brigade suffered a lot.

The experience of the 3rd and 9th companies is a microcosm of this problem.

They are not the only ones who have problems. There are also many companies whose positions have been attacked fiercely, and they have suffered varying degrees of losses.

However, the 3rd and 9th companies are the two worst companies, and they are almost wiped out.

Major Deliu felt ashamed.

When his troops arrived here, those mechanical monsters were launching their last wave of offensive. They had already scouted the battle situation here in advance. The artillery company in the combined battalion launched artillery fire and fired at the enemy. The two fastest mechanized infantry companies drove over the desert,

but they were still a step slower. By the time their artillery fire was unleashed, the enemy was already carrying out the last wave of attacks. By the time the Wanderer armored vehicles arrived, the enemies who realized that they could not successfully break through retreated like a tide.

In the position, they only found one survivor – a sergeant from the 3rd Company of the 2nd Regiment of the Killing Brigade, who was fighting on the position of the 9th Company.

Faced with the sergeant’s request to act with them, Major Deliu was embarrassed again and again, but still chose to refuse.

He said that it was against the rules. Sergeant Dimitrao should report to his own troops and report what happened here to his superiors.

But… in fact, the more important reason was…

guilt.

In addition to feeling guilty for coming late, there was another core element: the 47th Brigade, which was supposed to stay in the south and block the enemy from the south, let in such a large wave of mechanical corps. They obviously made a big mistake.

Whether it was a mistake or a problem of ability, it was because they did not do it well, which led to the sudden attack of the brother unit in the middle and the need to defend the position with such a large number gap.

The unit that Deliu belonged to went north to participate in the encirclement, which was a way to make up for the loss.

Perhaps, for the overall situation of the battle, their action to the north was not too late; but for the 3rd and 9th companies, it was too late.

In this case, how could he let Dimitrao follow?

What if the only remaining seedlings in these two companies also died in the subsequent battle, he would feel guilty to death.

After seeing the situation of the 9th company’s position, the mentality of the entire 475th Battalion was similar to that of their chief officer.

They were ashamed and ignited with anger.

The only way to wash away the shame is to use the remains of the enemy!

After bidding farewell to Dimitrao, the 900 soldiers of the 475th Battalion continued to head north.

Three hours later, they received an order from the headquarters, asking them to attack the enemy.

So, the Lion tanks, the Walker tanks, and the 155 towed artillery poured the soldiers’ anger on the heads of those mechanical monsters. They had to use this method to wash away the shame.

On the flat battlefield, the armored forces were deployed in a huge manner. The artillery had stopped far away, and 12 heavy artillery began to project firepower in the direction of the armored forces’ attack. Almost one hundred shells were fired every two minutes, and the artillery reserves of the 475th Battalion were enough to fight like this for twenty minutes.

After the artillery fire, the Lion tanks were at the forefront, the tank guns kept firing, and the equipped parallel machine guns fired crazily.

Along with the tanks, there were infantry fighting vehicles charging. The machine guns on them could not penetrate the tank armor of the opposite side, but they were fatal to other units. The machine guns equipped on it can raise their elevation angles to attack flying drones. Not to mention, there are also several anti-aircraft vehicles mixed in, with special anti-aircraft machine guns and equipped with fire control systems, which have a more outstanding effect on attacking drones.

The enemy’s defense in the south was obviously not deep. The troops holding the line seemed to be the mechanized troops that attacked the 9th Company’s position, but lost more than one-third of their troops and most of their Challenger tanks.

They had no ability to resist the retaliatory counterattack of the 475th Battalion. After being bombed by artillery and then charged by the armored troops, the entire defense line was penetrated. Then the infantry on the top cleared out the remaining enemies, and the entire battle situation was completely tilted to Major Deliu’s side without any resistance.

Afterwards, the troops continued to move forward and found the enemy’s main artillery position.

There were at least hundreds of self-propelled artillery, with the muzzles facing the north.

This artillery position was stabbed in the ass by the armored troops, so what was the outcome?

The entire unmanned self-propelled artillery position was completely dismantled within half an hour, and no self-propelled artillery escaped.

…

More than a dozen officers gathered at the Alliance Field Command Post.

They just got the latest intelligence. The battle in front has basically ended. The alliance army has won the final victory. The mechanical army that broke through the southern front and attacked the West Desert Avenue has been destroyed.

Fifteen thousand mechanical units of various types were all annihilated here.

The overall situation has been determined.

This “overall situation” does not only refer to the current battle, but also includes the entire “Flash Tail Operation”.

According to the alliance’s reconnaissance intelligence, the last mobile force that Blackbird Heavy Industry can assemble and call on the entire defense line is already here.

This certainly does not mean that the loss of more than 15,000 mechanical units is a major setback for Blackbird Heavy Industry. However, the 400,000 units of troops equipped by Blackbird on the front line are also scattered on a front of thousands of kilometers and are spread out quite thinly.

When the alliance grasped a place and carried out the “Flash Tail” operation, after hitting a huge salient 300 kilometers away in three days, the number of troops that Blackbird could mobilize in the surrounding area in a short time was only this much.

Of course, there are other troops, whether they are in other places on the front line or in the rear. But they can’t fly over here, there are no more here.

These 15,000 enemies are gone, and the Blackbirds no longer have the ability to dispatch troops in a short time. This means that the huge salient of nearly 300 kilometers, created by the Wind-Quening Brigade, the Beast-Slaughtering Brigade, the 47th Brigade, and the 48th Brigade, has been stabilized and there is no other threat.

Under their front, their target, that is, the enemy’s logistics distribution base with the “Scorpion Oasis” as the core, has been completely exposed.

It is estimated that in no more than three days, they will achieve the expected combat goal: completely destroy the enemy’s logistics support base.

Ammunition, batteries, fuel… these have been destroyed, and the enemy’s army composed of purely mechanical units will face a greater and more unsolvable dilemma than the human army.

The human army has no vehicles and no food, but they can run on two legs. With guns and cannons, they can always hold on for another two or three days with their dry food and water bottles. Although it would be a test of morale and the tenacity of the soldiers, there is always a way.

But the mechanical troops are different. Without batteries and fuel, they are gone. They can’t move at all.

At the end of the Flash Tail Operation, after they have dealt with the enemy’s logistics center, they will have some more actions. Block the enemy’s retreat and sweep the enemy’s supply routes from the rear areas. Other brother troops on the entire front will launch an attack, not to destroy the enemy, but to bite and consume.

According to estimates, if they spend another three days, all the mechanical troops that have not been able to withdraw in time will never be able to withdraw. The human troops will then be able to capture countless immobile mechanical units on the road without any effort and destroy them.

From this perspective, the significance of this Flash Tail Operation is very significant. Now that the dawn of victory has come, it stands to reason that the atmosphere in this front-line command should be very good.

But the fact is just the opposite.

The dozen officers in the command post are all from the four brigades participating in the operation. Either the brigade commander, the brigade chief of staff, or the brigade political commissar.   They are all school-level officers, the lowest of whom is a major, and most of whom are lieutenant colonels.

Under normal circumstances, there will be many combat staff officers here. They gather here, under the eyes of the senior officers of the four brigades, to work together and coordinate the joint actions of the four brigades.   Before, this place was busy and meticulous, with intelligence being passed up one by one. After simple and efficient communication, there would be orders passed down one by one.   Now, victory has come, but those ordinary staff officers have all been driven out, leaving only the senior officers of each brigade.   The highest commander of the entire operation is undoubtedly the head of the Western Theater Command, Major General Yan Fangxu. But he himself is not here, but sitting in the rear. After all, although the “Flash Tail Operation” is important, he still has to shoulder the command of more than 20 division-level units in the entire Western Theater Command and cannot go directly to the front line.   So, under him, the highest commander, a front-line commander was set up in each of the four brigades.   This person in charge is the highest-ranking officer in the current command post: Colonel Ruggie Likoshi.   There are actually two colonels here, and the other one is Colonel Danny DeVillis of the Wind-Extinguishing Brigade. He succeeded to this position after Perbov was promoted to the group commander of the Black Arrow Expeditionary Force,   and his qualifications are still relatively young. Relatively speaking, Colonel Likoshi’s qualifications are much higher. He used to be a mercenary in Garbage Town and founded the “Beast Slaughter Group”. When the Alliance took control of Garbage Town, he was the first batch of people to invest, which was considered “bringing capital into the shares”.   Later, the Alliance’s 3rd Independent Regiment, which was established based on the past “Beast Slaughter Group”, produced many heroes based on its solid combat records, the most famous of which was the “King of Soldiers” Lakrosa. The Independent Regiment also relied on its combat exploits to regain the special number “Beast Slaughter” and was upgraded to the Alliance’s 3rd Beast Slaughter Brigade.   During this process, Likoshi’s own rank was upgraded three times, from major to colonel. But his position has always been the head of the Beast-Slaughtering Brigade. And in this battle, he was appointed by General Yan Fangxu as the front-line commander, responsible for coordinating the cooperation of four brigade-level units. The other three brigades should respect his opinions and accept his dispatch.   In the previous collaboration, Li Kexi always maintained a calm attitude. He didn’t say much, and every time he made a decisive decision during a dispute.   And now that the battle is won, some of his emotions can no longer be held back.   After driving out the ordinary staff officers, he sat in the most core position and sprayed for more than ten minutes.   Everyone silently endured the anger of this senior colonel.   In this battle, the Beast-Slaughtering Brigade suffered the heaviest casualties.   And the ones he sprayed the most fiercely were the three colonels of the 47th Brigade.   ————   4k words, it’s not dawn yet, it can be considered night (guilty   (end of this chapter)