From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 239: Put on your posture, just waiting for you to come

Are stealth drones like the RQ220 'Observer' rare?

Of course it's not unusual. Whether in the Federation or the Empire, the technology of this thing is no longer a secret. A slightly larger drone manufacturer can produce it.

But why didn’t any company think of bringing two of them for use?
Are they stupid and don't know how useful this thing is?

In Amber's opinion, of course they were stupid.

But this does not mean that these private military companies and defense contractors who make a living by 'combat' will not know the advantages of stealth drones.

They didn't expect that the main reason for bringing two fighters was still to fight a 'security war' and got themselves confused.

For them, in previous combat missions, ordinary high-altitude long-endurance drones were completely sufficient for monitoring mission areas.

No matter how powerful the mob is, they possess a variety of individual weapons, anti-armor weapons, and even simple electromagnetic guns. They appear and disappear in street battles, causing everyone a headache.

But there is no way to bring down a drone at an altitude of 20,000 meters.

Although mankind's industrial manufacturing capabilities have developed to this day, the price of even stealth drones has long been reduced. To say the least, the price is not too high.

Especially after the popularity of directed energy weapons, many tactics and tactics have changed.

After the liaison officers left happily, Amber continued to hold the operational staff under his command and studied the investigation intelligence compiled in the past few days.

But the problem is that ordinary high-altitude long-endurance drones have also become cheaper, and the price is only one-tenth of that of stealth drones.

After all, they fight for profit.

For example, the tactical air forces stationed on various planets were dismantled on a large scale, leaving only some attack aircraft responsible for ground support to attack rebels and rebels who lacked air defense weapons.

Another example is that the thermonuclear weapons deployed on the ground have been almost completely reduced. Whether they are launch silos or TIE vehicles, they have been basically eliminated.

Their common characteristic is that in addition to being as familiar with basic ground combat as everyone else, their minds are relatively more flexible, and they can also comprehend macro-level combat commands faster.

At least in terms of the 'wars' that the Federation and the Empire had encountered in the past few decades, they faced the so-called rebels, mobs and insurgents with average equipment, average morale, and average fighting qualities.

For reasons including but not limited to the above, the Federation, the Empire, and even distant commercial alliances, with the exception of naval fleets, have experienced a relatively deformed development trend in their combat units.

If this kind of battle, which resembles a "security war", lasts a little longer, it will have a great impact on both the morale of the troops and the technical and tactical level of the troops.

Often only the HCPs in the synthetic troops are needed to launch a charge in a group, and then use heavy particle cannons to destroy those units that may pose a threat.

The matter of stealth drones is just a microcosm of the current development status of human military theory and military technology. There are many similar things.

The reason is very simple. The entire planet is under control. I don't know who I am trying to deter by keeping these 'big treasures'.
Moreover, if there is an enemy attack, those immovable 'wind turbines' are pure targets for the orbital attack ship, and the TIE vehicle's survivability is not as great as expected, and it will be easily countered.

The troops that follow up usually do the work of cleaning the battlefield and collecting prisoners.

Among these staff officers, there were the motorized infantrymen who fought with him from the Robert IV, people selected from the original Yaoguang Defense personnel, and finally a few Roma who were tall and powerful but had big heads and big heads.

The morale of these enemies, which are almost composed of pure infantry + a small number of armored units, will basically collapse.

Since nothing can threaten high-altitude long-endurance drones, this thing is enough.

Since for these private military companies and defense contractors, the two drones have the same effect, they must choose the cheaper one without even thinking about it.

And whether it is the Federation or the Empire, many operations are surprisingly consistent.

And compared to these enemies who dare to confront the regular army head-on, whether they are federal or imperial ground troops, what they are more afraid of are actually the enemies hiding in the city, mixed with civilians.

Especially those who worked in Yaoguang Defense before, their original position was tactical staff.

Therefore, in addition to assisting Amber in tactical planning, they also have to take time to teach others.

Especially those Roma people.

After all, these human combat units in Atlas Private Military Company basically all have service experience, and they are more or less familiar with tactical command.

But the Roma are different.

Before coming to Atlas, these furballs may have been thinking more about food, bartending, singing and dancing, various etiquette, elf culture, totem poles, and reproduction of offspring.

So for them, tactical command is truly starting from scratch.

Even the few Roma who followed Amber were selected from nearly 2000 people, and they were "relatively easy to use".

But when it comes to learning tactical command, the progress is still far behind others.

However, Amber was gratified that these furballs were still quite interested in 'marching and fighting'.

And interest is precisely the best teacher.

Therefore, he would often see these furballs who were transferred to the headquarters, bringing some Roma 'specialties' to consult other staff officers in their free time. It is precisely because of the honest character of these "hairballs" that other operational staff officers in the headquarters also take good care of them.

Amber, in particular, would always ask questions about these Roma people first.

"This is the general deployment of the enemy based on the close reconnaissance of the 'observers' in the past few days."

Amber released an electronic sand table on the holographic projection platform, which roughly marked the distribution of the remaining imperial soldiers, the estimated direction of the screen guards, and the areas that the stealth drones had not entered.

"Everyone, please take a good look. Let's speak in order. Starting with you two, Hogg and Gruumsh."

The two Roma people who were called by Amber, just like the students who were called by the teacher in class, trembled nervously, and then immediately began to browse quickly on the electronic sandbox.

From time to time, I would also zoom in on certain highlighted areas.

The advantage of the electronic sandbox is that it covers all scales and levels of combat maps in one picture.

When Hogg and Gruumsh zoomed into a certain town, they could also see 'many arrows', 'many ovals', 'various small flags', and 'various strange abbreviations'.

This is the command terminal's AI, which automatically generates a draft battalion and company-level tactical plan based on existing information.

After staring at the sand table for a while, the 'wolf-headed man' named Hogg scratched his head and spoke first:
"Boss, if we look at the current situation, the Imperial Army should have completed its defense deployment in these three cities and surrounding areas in the direction of the coalition's attack.

Judging from their posture, they probably wanted to fight us head-on, so they assembled all five brigade-level combat teams. "

As Hogg spoke, he operated on the electronic sand table, marking the 'key points' detected in the past few days and accompanying them with relevant pictures.

For example, the ruts of heavily armored troops marching in the wild.

There are suddenly many fortifications built with foamed metal and quick-drying cement around the city.

There are also some small-scale troop assembly points, self-propelled artillery preset positions, etc. that were not hidden in time.
Much of this information was not discovered by combat staff, but by command-assisted decision-making AI.

After being 'Buffed' by Lilith, Atlas' command-assisted decision-making AI is no longer a veteran of ten years, but a veteran of hundreds of battles.

Therefore, it can identify details that are easily overlooked in optical pictures and radar imaging faster than other AIs.

"I speculate that the imperial army's material reserves should be almost at the red line, otherwise they can break them into parts and play 'hide and seek' with us to delay time."

"There is another possibility that they want to defeat us with one punch."

Amber said something in a very calm tone that made the combat staff shudder.

Following Amber, these staff officers have learned a lot about the regular army of the empire, and they are also very clear about the real situation on the coalition side.

So they quickly realized that this situation seemed possible.

But Amber did not continue this topic, but looked at the other Roma man next to Hogg.

"Gruush, what do you think?"

"Boss, I think the coalition forces must be cautious."

Gruumsh scaled the electronic sandbox to the original proportions, and then continued:

"At present, we can say that 70% of the deployment of the five brigade combat teams in the empire is guesswork, especially the infantry brigade combat team behind them.

Because we are in a city, there are too many interferences, so the detection effect is not good. We only speculated based on the assembly of some infantry units near the city.

In the specific situation, I think it may be necessary to conduct penetration investigation from the ground in order to be more credible. "

Gruumsh paused, then set several lines to 'highlight'.

"But one thing that is certain is that there are several high-grade roads between these three cities that can be used by heavy troops, and the internal terrain of this huge 'basin' is relatively simple.

Therefore, this combat area is more convenient for the opponent, whether it is to conduct tactical maneuvers or to retreat after being pressured.

Moreover, the existence of three cities requires extremely high precision for orbital strikes. Based on my observations of combatants from other companies, I am very worried about whether they can achieve high-precision strike guidance on the front line.

In this case, if the opposing commander is particularly good at mobile defense, it may not be good news for us."

After Gruumsh finished speaking, other combat staff officers also expressed their opinions one after another, and they were all relatively consistent in the general direction.

That is, if the imperial army really puts on a 'fight to the death' posture here, then the coalition forces might really hit the south wall.

Early the next morning, a combat order came from the coalition command center, requiring the troops of each company to start maneuvering as planned.

The coalition attack would begin two days later in the early morning, with Atlas's combat troops deployed on the right flank to conduct a feint attack.

(End of this chapter)