From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 236: Being a battle commander is a little genius
The location 140 kilometers away from the space elevator is the No. 13 temporary camp of the First Battle Group during the "Freedom Recovery" combat operation.

Due to the deterrence of orbital strikes, the remaining imperial soldiers have retreated to the vicinity of the city, and some have even hid directly in the city.

The nearest imperial force detected so far is also near the city 110 kilometers away.

The 155 self-propelled artillery equipped in the armored brigade combat team, as well as the 155 mm straight and curved electrothermal chemical cannon equipped on some heavy multi-legged combat vehicles, do not pose any threat at this distance.

Long-range strike methods such as loitering missiles have continued to harass the camp in the past few days.

But they were basically intercepted by high-energy laser anti-aircraft vehicles and HCP.

As for the only long-range rockets and long-range tactical missiles that can really pose a threat, because they are not included in the armored brigade combat team's establishment, their deployment priority is relatively low.

Therefore, the imperial expedition fleet did not even have time to deploy.

And since supplies have been cut off, the remaining imperial soldiers do not intend to continue wasting ammunition, so the intensity of attacks has been significantly reduced in the past few days.

This is why these temporary camps of the First Battle Group dare to use the 'rapid wall building technology' to arrange them in open areas.

After walking into a board room that served as a temporary headquarters, Amber flopped down on a chair that had been strengthened to allow soldiers wearing exoskeletons to sit and rest.

Aren't the troops of these private military companies just like these planetary defense forces, obsessed with security warfare and unable to extricate themselves? "

The so-called 'First Battle Group' actually refers to the coalition of seven private military companies and local garrison troops deployed to the ground through the 'Pillar of Heaven II'.

"Benjamin? Is he the commander of Rubion's No. 5 garrison? The idiot who asked his synthetic brigades to go up one by one to 'refuel', and finally lost half of the troops?"

He was one of the first combatants to be deployed from Atlas, so he was also familiar with the situation on Lubion 5 during this period.

Amber looked at the ceiling of the temporary headquarters speechlessly.

"Boss, I heard that this plan was formulated by Major General Benjamin, the commander-in-chief of the campaign and the commander-in-chief of the First Battle Group. Before you arrived, Boss, I went to the Joint Operations Command for a meeting and met this man."

"Who gave him the courage to think that the troops of these private military companies can go head-to-head with the empire's expeditionary forces?"

Because the 'Pillar of Heaven II' has the strongest transport capacity among the three space elevators, the number of troops delivered through it is also the largest on the three continents.

According to this 'genius' battle plan, the First Battle Group will serve as the main attack force and fight the main force of the Imperial Army on the continent.

He and the veterans of his training team were actually worried after witnessing the fighting qualities of friendly forces in the past two days.

"Oh, I'm so fucked."

"Yes, maybe these private military companies are quite advanced in terms of weapons and equipment, and they look very combat-effective.

The second and third battle groups, after completing the 'clearance' of the other two continents, will quickly move in and form an encirclement with the first battle group.
"Barninger, who the hell came up with this plan? I really want to slap him in the face with this plan."

Amber, who was walking in the temporary camp on No. 14, looked at the "Freedom Resurgence" campaign macro plan on the terminal, and her whole face turned black with anger.

"Yes, Boss."

Baninger listened to Amber's words and nodded in agreement.

Baninger said as he walked beside Amber wearing a combat exoskeleton and fully armed.

According to the campaign plan made by an unknown 'little genius', the 15 winning companies were divided into 4/7/4 groups and deployed to the three continents of Rubian through three orbital elevators.

But the Federal Army itself hasn’t fought a serious war in how many years? Even the regular army has very little actual combat experience, let alone these private military companies or defense contractors.

Among them, the seven companies where Amber works form the first battle group, which is also the strongest among the three battle groups in terms of comprehensive strength.

Moreover, he has also faced the Imperial Army on Robert No. 5, so he naturally knows the combat capabilities of the Imperial Army.

Even if Amber didn't say anything, he could still see that the Rubian System Autonomous Government's "cobbled together" force was simply unable to fight against the remnants of the empire.

"The only good news I've heard since I arrived is that the empire didn't have time to deploy long-range fire support troops, otherwise we might have been bombed long ago."

After listening to Baninger's words, Amber also smiled happily.

"The bad news is, neither do we."

"Hahahahaha!"

The two 'veterans' who had experienced the Battle of Robert IV couldn't help laughing in the temporary headquarters.

The two Roma marines standing guard outside were a little confused when they heard the laughter in the headquarters.

These two officers obviously went in with dark faces, so why are they laughing like this inside now?
However, the training in the past six months has still made them put away this unnecessary curiosity.

"Forget it, stop laughing. Let's get down to business."

Amber opened the holographic projection platform of the command center and projected the map of Rubion 5.

"What we need to face now on this continent is the most powerful force among the remaining soldiers of the empire."

After pointing to the largest continent of Lubion 5 and where the Atlas troops were located, he continued:

"According to intelligence, there is only one armored brigade combat team and one infantry brigade combat team on the other two continents. So what we have to face here is four armored brigade combat teams and one infantry brigade combat team. Team.

Although they still suffered some casualties after the previous orbital strike, I estimate that they were not injured. Adding the previous battle casualties, the loss was less than 15%. "

As he spoke, the holographically projected map also appeared on the map representing the enemy troops, as well as the corresponding organization information.

"Based on the 15% loss just mentioned, our so-called 'First Battle Group' will also have to face a force with more than 80 HCPs, more than 200 heavy multi-legged combat vehicles or main battle tanks, and more than 500 Infantry fighting vehicles or armored personnel carriers, plus the imperial 'remnants' of more than 5500 motorized infantry, I don't include their other combatants, self-propelled artillery, combat engineers and various support troops."

The military establishment of the Federation and the Empire is not a secret. You can get general information by just going to any military forum.

Not to mention that Amber also has Lilith to collect data, so he has a clearer understanding of the preparation of the main forces of both sides.

"Boss, are you saying that this battle will be difficult, or that there will be a risk of failure?"

Baninger's voice was serious. After seeing the soldier cards and the densely packed troop establishment list, he realized that the problem he was facing might be more serious than he thought.

"It won't be a defeat but it will definitely be a tough fight."

Amber operated again on the holographic projection platform, then placed an icon of a fleet above the planet model, and displayed the 'First Battle Group' soldier card near the 'Pillar of Heaven II'.

"We are not completely without advantages. At least on paper, we seem to have much more troops than the empire, and there is a fleet above us that can provide orbital strike support. Forget it, call the teaching team and the command levels of the two battalions over. Let’s have a short meeting to go over the situation quickly.”

"Understood, Boss!"

The impromptu meeting did not last long and ended in less than twenty minutes.

And the command level of the Atlas combat force finally understood what the situation was now.

The combined forces of the company and the garrison had an absolute numerical advantage on paper, as well as the firepower and intelligence support of the fleet in orbit.

After taking down three space elevators, there is no need to worry about supply issues for the time being.

As for the Empire's 'remnants' on Rubbian 5, although they were at a numerical disadvantage, their combat effectiveness was infinitely higher than that of the coalition forces.

Amber felt that under normal circumstances, the brigade combat teams on the opposite side could defeat the coalition forces in minutes, and the battle loss ratio would definitely be very exciting.

Unfortunately, these are not 'normal' times.

The biggest problem facing the remaining soldiers of the empire now is that they do not have any high-level fire support and battlefield intelligence support, and they also have no follow-up supplies.

Food and drinking water are okay, there are always ways to replenish them on the spot.

Various batteries can also be slowly charged using HCP and subcritical reactors on mobile energy vehicles.

But there is really no place to resupply ammunition and fuel.

Especially for all kinds of ammunition, one shot is really missing.

"Anyway, the situation is like this. Although it is not very serious, it is not something that can be easily overcome.

I hope that when you go back, you can do a good job in the ideological work of your subordinate combatants and be mentally prepared for a tough battle in the first large-scale battle.

But you don’t have to be too burdened. I’ve followed you to the front line, so there’s nothing to be afraid of, right? "

After the meeting, everyone including Baninger quickly dispersed, leaving Amber alone in the temporary headquarters.

Randall did not follow this time, but stayed at the asteroid base to coordinate the construction of the asteroid base with George.

Isabel was also asked by Amber to stay in orbit. She and her intelligence analysis team were basically useless in the ground battle.

So at this moment, Amber was rarely left alone.

But he didn't pay attention to this, and continued to look at the information about the remaining soldiers of the empire.

To be honest, the only imperial troops we faced this time were armored brigade combat teams and infantry brigade combat teams, which were actually quite easy to deal with.

There is no more mobile brigade-level combat team, which can come and go on the battlefield to contain and harass them.

The Royal Army Expeditionary Division of the Star Dragon Empire, which has not had time to complete its military reform, has not yet been equipped with the division's extended-range artillery and tactical missile units, which are long-range firepower that can pose a threat to the coalition forces.

There are no orbital attack ships that are ready to lay eggs at any time.

Although Amber has always been a little worried, the empire's expeditionary fleet may not give up the three expeditionary divisions aboard Rubion 5 so easily, and may come back at some point.

But Amber feels that her luck should not be so bad.

What's more, the federal navy has formed a local strength advantage. Even if it cannot defeat the imperial expedition fleet, it can still hold them back.

Under such circumstances, as long as the coalition command headquarters does not think about going up and attacking, and honestly "strengthen the stronghold and fight the war", it will always be able to kill these remaining imperial soldiers who have been cut off from supplies.

"These people shouldn't be so cerebral, right?"

(End of this chapter)