From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 251 Psyker Centralized Management Center

Major General Benjamin was taken away by the military police.

Ralph, the commander-in-chief of Thunder Defense, was also handed over to the custody of the military police by the special operations team of the Atlas Training Team.

After the Galaxy Autonomous Government authorized Atlas to take over command, Amber asked Lilith to "openly" invade the intranets of all coalition forces currently on the battlefield.

At this time, he had already taken down the second Imperial HCP that was going to be used to launch tactical nuclear bombs, and was waiting for the HCP platoon to recover the nuclear bombs to arrive.

While waiting, he opened the battlefield situation map. Under the condition of 'forced deep networking', the movements of the entire coalition forces had become clearer.

The two brigade-level units on the west side have basically lost their combat effectiveness and are disintegrating towards the rear.

Although the two brigades of Thunder Defense located in the middle of the front were in chaos when they lost their overall command at the beginning, they quickly stabilized under the guidance of middle- and lower-level officers.

After a brief discussion, these officers also agreed to accept the temporary command of Atlas Private Military Company.

After all, it is impossible for Thunder Defense to airdrop a commander to them now, and it is obvious that the command level at Atlas is more professional than them.

"Reconnaissance units from multiple armies reported that the enemy has stopped advancing, and has begun to stabilize the front and begin to establish air defense zones. Coupled with the unknown HCP's hunting of our nuclear attack team, the tactical nuclear weapons have been prepared before the war. All forward launch sites established have been disabled.”

After the armored command vehicle where their brigade commander was located was melted by Murat with a 'prize shot' from a long distance, the imperial soldiers who had lost the will to fight surrendered one after another.

The offensive nature of this unit was so strong that the Black Front defense units easily followed them and became the 'spearhead of the attack' without encountering many battles.

As for the eastern front on the right side of the tactical map, the Black Frontier Defense Task Force, which had withdrawn in advance under Atlas's warning, has now begun to cooperate with Atlas's combat units.

In this case, the 54th Armored Brigade Combat Team, which was originally going to relieve the friendly forces and open up a breakout channel, ran into the Atlas mixed brigade, which had already adjusted its attack direction.
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"Lord Viscount, we lost contact with the 54th Brigade after they exchanged fire with the enemy. The other party should have launched a large-scale electronic suppression operation."

The main force on the front remained stationary for the time being, and set up all anti-aircraft weapons and field radars, and began to enter the Tumu Lao's favorite part of 'building a stronghold and fighting a stupid war'.

The ground commander of Black Frontier Defense also had an enlightenment now, because he found that as long as he followed the Atlas combat troops, he could get some meat.

And compared to other fronts, which have been passively defensive, the right-wing front displayed an atmosphere of "high morale" due to the performance of the Atlas troops.

A professional commander can undoubtedly better ensure the survival rate of his subordinate units.

Otherwise, when the imperial troops attack from the front, no one will be able to escape.

Therefore, at the request of Atlas Command, the two brigade-level units of Thunder Defense have allocated some mobile forces to conduct reconnaissance on the west side of the battle line, and cooperate with the garrison forces at the rear to collect the remaining soldiers.

The reports of the combat staff continued to sound in the command vehicle, and the electronic sand table continued to refresh the signs of the current battle situation along with their reports.

The Atlas troops, marked with the 'Unknown' logo and the 'High Threat Mark', were like a sharp knife inserted into the defense line of the remaining imperial soldiers.

As long as we can find a way to intercept the incoming tactical nuclear bombs and stabilize the front line under the attack of the imperial troops, it will be considered a great victory.

Viscount Drake, the commander-in-chief of the remaining empire, fell silent as he looked at the enemy and enemy situation map on the electronic sandbox.

Not only does it have strong support from orbit, the command level has clear operational goals and determination, and the battalion-level units below also have strong combat execution capabilities.

The enemy brigade-level combat unit in front of them was completely different from all the enemies they had faced before, including the planet's ground defense forces.

After handing these prisoners over to other coalition forces that followed up, Atlas formed a mixed brigade and continued the attack with the Black Blade Defense Task Force.

The surrounded 49th Brigade had lost its two battalion-level units with the strongest combat capabilities, so it had no ability to break out of the blockade.

"At present, we have lost the monitoring of three tactical nuclear bomb launch boxes. They are likely to be captured by the enemy. The remaining nuclear attack teams on the front have begun to retreat!"

What's more, we are on the battlefield now. Those middle and lower-level officers who need to face the battle on the front line know that they must not mess up or fail to cooperate at this time.

Moreover, according to reports from the frontline troops, the enemy's infantry units were not human beings, but some "orcs" who were strong and fierce in combat.

"Roma? This is really a different armed force."

Viscount Drake secretly thought in his heart that he knew very well that the campaign goals he had set before could no longer be achieved.

Because this large-scale counterattack was originally based on the enemy's forces underestimating the enemy and advancing rashly.

Once the opponent stops advancing aggressively and starts to engage in positional warfare, our own side, which is at an absolute disadvantage in terms of military strength, will fall into a passive position.

Let the 54th Brigade withdraw first? Save strength to drag into street fighting?

This thought flashed through Viscount Drake's mind.

Although if the naval fleet does not come to support, these abandoned troops on the ground will only have two options: to die together or to surrender.

But if you can get one more federal person to back you up, it's still worth it.

Just when he was about to raise his head and give an order, a familiar loud noise came, followed by the armored command vehicle shaking.

A red dot was immediately marked on the electronic sand table - that was a position in the attack direction of the 54th Brigade.

"Sir! The enemy has just launched another round of orbital strikes, and the impact point is expected to be on the offensive surface of the 54th Brigade!"

A combat staff officer said in a panic. The expression on his face clearly showed how he felt at this time.

Fear and fear.

Viscount Drake sighed. He knew that the counterattack of the 'Broken Blade' could no longer go on. Several blades of the sword had been cut off, so how could he 'Break the Blade'?

Moreover, the opposing commander was obviously a ruthless person. Knowing that his troops on the west side must have been defeated, he simply gave up on rescue and turned around to attack the enemies on the east side. Judging from the opponent's strategy of 'encirclement and annihilation', this commander obviously also intended to annihilate the effective strength of the Imperial Army.

"Find a way to contact the 54th Brigade and ask them to retreat! If the long-distance communication cannot be reached, fire a flare or send a few HCPs to their position. In short, let them retreat immediately!

There are troops on other fronts, stop attacking! Take alternate cover and retreat toward the city! "

He paused and glanced at the staff in the armored command vehicle.

"Gentlemen, be prepared for street fighting."
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"Boss, all fronts are reporting that the enemy has begun to retreat!"

"Copy that, let all troops stabilize the front and remain vigilant, and send more observation posts forward to prevent the imperial troops from counterattacking again!"

Amber, who had retreated to the vicinity of the main force, was about to jump off the HCP and take a rest after giving the order when he heard a call from the forward infiltration team on the communication channel.

"Boss, this is the infiltration team of the teaching team. We found a strange facility 5 kilometers away from the front line. It seems to be related to psykers. Do you want to come and take a look?"

Upon hearing this, Amber immediately gave up her plan to get off the plane.

After asking the ground staff to throw up a bottle of energy drink and energy bar, he quickly swallowed it in a few mouthfuls, then closed the cockpit again and rushed towards the newly marked position on the map.

For some reason, Amber remembered an ancient game she had played.

In that game, the player will play the role of a commander in a certain information, but the people under his command are all useless, and they have to do everything themselves.

There's even the outrageous task of 'clearing the toilet'
A few minutes later, Amber drove the HCP to the location of the infiltration force.

This is a hemispherical building hidden in the mountains and forests on the outskirts of the city, like a huge pot lid upside down on the ground.

The gates of the building and many walls have collapsed under the attack of weapons. It is obvious that this place has also been affected by the war.

Amber sets the HCP into alert mode - a new feature coming soon to the Atlas HCP force and currently being tested on Amber's landline.

After Lilith upgrades the combat auxiliary AI, the HCP can enter autonomous alert mode after the pilot leaves, and carry out basic defensive counterattacks after being attacked.

Immediately afterwards, he took off his 'quick-release' heavy-duty hydraulic anti-gravity suit. This is also a new thing that will be equipped with HCP troops, which can greatly improve the speed of pilots taking off this thing in an emergency. .

By the way, the current Atlas HCP combat force has introduced the automatic wearing workstation developed by Atlas Industries based on the exoskeleton auxiliary wearing device used by mobile infantry.

As long as the pilots stand on the platform of the workstation, they can quickly put on heavy-duty hydraulic anti-gravity suits like their 50-yuan brothers, which greatly improves the efficiency of sorties.

After doing all this, Amber jumped down from the HCP, and after saying hello to the surrounding infiltration force members, he walked to the door of the building.

Although the building's nameplate was damaged, Amber could still make out the words on it.

"Rubyon Five Psyker Centralized Management Center?"

He immediately realized that this was the containment center for psykers on this planet.

When the Federation discovers that young psychics who have experienced "out of control" among the people, they will usually be sent to such a holding center for centralized management.

When they reach the age of 18, those children with excellent grades and outstanding psychic talents will be sent to military schools and trained as psychic agents like Amber.

As for the other kids?

Their whereabouts are not stated in the game plot.

But one thing that is certain is that players have sneaked into many such facilities, but they will always only see underage psykers, and never find traces of adult psykers.

"Boss, we have searched and there is no one else around here."

A member of the penetration team came over and reported to Amber:
"The Imperial Army has evacuated. As for the people in this building, they are all in the hall."

Amber nodded, followed the team member in, and quickly understood what state 'all in the hall' was referring to.

More than twenty corpses lay scattered in a pool of blood in the hall. They were wearing researcher's white coats and looked like staff of this psyker asylum.

Some of the female staff were half-clothed, and the white coats on their bodies had obviously been covered by members of the infiltration team.

"Boss, we have also searched the building and found no survivors.

We suspect that Imperial troops 'disposed' of the staff and took away the psykers before leaving. "

The player handed Amber a roster and then said:

"We checked the list. The staff are all here. The list shows that there should be 13 underage psykers here, but we didn't find any."

"It shouldn't be. Why do the imperial forces need these underage psykers? They have no fighting ability."

Amber shook her head and activated her psychic vision.

Soon, a different world appeared before his eyes, and at the same time, he also sensed a faint psychic reaction.

He slowly lowered his head along the direction where this trace of spiritual energy appeared, and looked at his feet.

Then it was discovered that 13 psychic reactions occurred deep underground in this building.

(End of this chapter)