Chapter 302: Can’t afford it? !
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Hong Xin Bu
Chapter 302: Can’t afford it? !
Although they said they wanted to fight faster, the alliance's war on the Western Front still continued for half a year.
When the war was going on for almost a month, the 70 Astra Militarum troops behind them had already arrived at the front line.
The coalition has a total of 130 million troops. It will be considered unstoppable in the next five months. However, in some battle situations, it will be temporarily suppressed by Blackbird Heavy Industries' mechanical army.
This also reflects from the side how nonsense Cai Minjin’s original idea of producing results in three weeks, ending the battle in six weeks, and rushing back to the Falches Galaxy to celebrate the New Year was ridiculous.
If Yan Fangxu was asked to say what the root cause was, he thought it was that the Astral Army of the 3rd Dragon Eagle Legion was not as effective as expected.
Strictly speaking, according to the most standard requirements of the empire, the combat effectiveness of the Astra Militarum should be very strong.In terms of the quality of the soldiers, they should be one of the best.
The Alliance's army, under the training of the Governor's magical recruit camp, can barely meet the Astra Militarum's minimum requirements for recruits.
However, this is not the case.
From what Yan Fangxu could see, the 3rd Dragon Eagle Legion was a serious Astral Army formation. Although it was not a well-known army, it should not be worse than the Alliance's army, right?
But in fact, it's down a notch.
Just take a so-called large-organized division as an example. Generally, there are nine reinforced regiments. Only about two of them can reach the level of alliance soldiers. The remaining few...can't be said to be just making up the numbers. They are better than ordinary soldiers. It's definitely strong.For example, the Luman Kingdom soldiers encountered on Black Arrow Star were far inferior to them.
However, compared to the level of Alliance soldiers, it is still a bit lower.
This was just a matter of the quality of the soldiers. Their equipment... Yan Fangxu still looked down upon them.
This group of Astra Militarum troops don't even have enough troop transport vehicles.
If the Alliance had not had sufficient logistical support and mobilized a large number of civilian vehicles and newly built trains to help with transportation, these Astra Militarum troops would have had to travel three to four thousand kilometers on two legs to reach the battlefield on the Western Front. Go to war.
Then the battle is about to be over, and even these people may not be able to leave.
The alliance's army, even the third-line garrison division, is a combination of infantry and heavy artillery, but the number is just a little smaller.However, these so-called large-organized divisions of the Astra Militarum do not have the term "combined troops". An infantry regiment is an infantry regiment, an artillery regiment is an artillery regiment, and an armored regiment is an armored regiment.
Yan Fangxu didn't comment much on this. It might just be that the military concepts were different. Maybe these people from the 3rd Dragon Eagle Legion felt that heavy firepower and armor should be concentrated and used. This in itself was not wrong.
With such an army organized in this way, perhaps it can exert greater power in some decisive battle scenarios?
But... regardless of whether you are focusing on concentrated firepower and armor, or whether you are a multi-arms combined force like the Alliance Army, and you can mass firepower and armor when necessary, the total number of various types of firepower and technical equipment must be sufficient. ?
They have a large division with a total strength of more than 4, which is equivalent to the alliance's four divisions and brigades.But there is only one armored regiment in it, with a total of more than 100 armored vehicles and [-] tanks.
Compare the Xifeng Brigade, which has only over 9000 people, 200 tanks, and over [-] armored vehicles.
The armored vehicles and tanks of one Xifeng Brigade are comparable to two large divisions of the Dragon Eagle Legion.
This is not a gap. What is a gap?
Even if we look at pure infantry, whether it is the infantry company in the combined brigade or the troops under the infantry division, all are motorized and have exclusive military vehicles at the squad level; each squad has two to three Rocket launchers, each platoon has one or two mortars; each company has a heavy bolter as a fire support point.
The infantry regiments of the Astra Militarum also have these things, but they are all concentrated at the regiment level, and they are not as numerous as they are.
Differences in the quality of soldiers and weapons and equipment caused differences in the actual performance of the two sides during the six months of fighting.
Often, at the same time, the offensive efficiency of one large Astra Militarum division of 4 people is about the same as that of two Alliance divisions and brigades of 2 people.
The Alliance can achieve the same results as these Dragon Eagle Legion soldiers with half its strength.
During the six months of fighting on the Raging Owl Star, Cai Minjin never did anything else. He just acted as the second-in-command in the coalition and took care of his own territory.
On the one hand, it was the legitimacy and status that were suppressed by Martins; on the other hand, it was also the combat capabilities shown by the alliance army in actual combat that really left him speechless.However, in the last stage of the war, a conflict still occurred between the two sides.
That was when all the enemies had been wiped out, leaving only the last strategic target - Blackbird City.
Martins formulated an attack plan, and the spearhead was the Alliance army.
However, Cai Minjin raised a rare objection here.
This hasn't happened in the past six months.
And Martins and Yan Fangxu also understood what General Cai was thinking.
He may have come with a mission.
Of course Faches is not the master of the 3rd Dragon Eagle Legion, but they have a strong influence on this army whose soldiers and supplies basically come from the three worlds of the Faches galaxy.It was normal for Cai Minjin to receive any special orders when he set out.
And this order must be related to Blackbird Heavy Industries.
There is still no trace of the manager of Blackbird Heavy Industries, Yiron Farches.
In previous battles, they had repeatedly discovered a spider-shaped mechanical monster with the face of Yiron Farches. Its combat ability was second to none. The most important thing was that she always seemed to be responsible for the information and command of the mechanical army. key nodes.Eliminating them will greatly damage the strategic coordination ability of the mechanical army.
But obviously, these are not the real Yiron Farches himself.
Its true body must still be in the center of Blackbird City.
Cai Minjin's mission is probably to destroy all evidence of the connection between Blackbird and the Faches family.
Although the existence of Yirong Farches and the Farches family's investment in Blackbird Heavy Industries have made the relationship between them unclear.But they are already working hard to cut it, and with a positive attitude, it will be much more comfortable to destroy the evidence again.
In this case, Cai Minjin really does not want the alliance to take the lead.
Even if his legion would lose many men in the final attack, he would still accept this mission.
Martins thought for a moment and did not intend to have a direct dispute with this imperial major general who rarely straightened his back.
The war had calmed down after half a year, and this general's cooperation was indispensable.Then in this final battle, I should give him some face.
He made the decision to let two troops, one from the south and one from the north, launch a pincer offensive to jointly attack Blackbird City.
Fair competition, whoever enters the city first wins, right?
Cai Minjin knew that this was the best result that could be achieved.
He went back and began to prepare his troops, secretly summoning many officers to discuss the battle plan.
Although the alliance's army had given him a great shock before, he did not dare to underestimate these forces that bore the name of the Planetary Defense Force but were stronger than the regular Astra Militarum. But at the moment , in such an important strategy, he still made up his mind to win once.
Then, he heard a message:
After the military meeting, Chapter Commander Martins personally led about thirty fully armed Phoenixes and headed north.
Judging from what he meant, it was obvious that he was going to leave in person and join the alliance's battle order.
In the command post of the 3rd Dragon Eagle Army, the strategic discussion that had been in full swing just now suddenly stopped.
In the silence, Cai Minjin slammed the document in his hand and cursed:
"Can't afford it?!"
(End of this chapter)
Although they said they wanted to fight faster, the alliance's war on the Western Front still continued for half a year.
When the war was going on for almost a month, the 70 Astra Militarum troops behind them had already arrived at the front line.
The coalition has a total of 130 million troops. It will be considered unstoppable in the next five months. However, in some battle situations, it will be temporarily suppressed by Blackbird Heavy Industries' mechanical army.
This also reflects from the side how nonsense Cai Minjin’s original idea of producing results in three weeks, ending the battle in six weeks, and rushing back to the Falches Galaxy to celebrate the New Year was ridiculous.
If Yan Fangxu was asked to say what the root cause was, he thought it was that the Astral Army of the 3rd Dragon Eagle Legion was not as effective as expected.
Strictly speaking, according to the most standard requirements of the empire, the combat effectiveness of the Astra Militarum should be very strong.In terms of the quality of the soldiers, they should be one of the best.
The Alliance's army, under the training of the Governor's magical recruit camp, can barely meet the Astra Militarum's minimum requirements for recruits.
However, this is not the case.
From what Yan Fangxu could see, the 3rd Dragon Eagle Legion was a serious Astral Army formation. Although it was not a well-known army, it should not be worse than the Alliance's army, right?
But in fact, it's down a notch.
Just take a so-called large-organized division as an example. Generally, there are nine reinforced regiments. Only about two of them can reach the level of alliance soldiers. The remaining few...can't be said to be just making up the numbers. They are better than ordinary soldiers. It's definitely strong.For example, the Luman Kingdom soldiers encountered on Black Arrow Star were far inferior to them.
However, compared to the level of Alliance soldiers, it is still a bit lower.
This was just a matter of the quality of the soldiers. Their equipment... Yan Fangxu still looked down upon them.
This group of Astra Militarum troops don't even have enough troop transport vehicles.
If the Alliance had not had sufficient logistical support and mobilized a large number of civilian vehicles and newly built trains to help with transportation, these Astra Militarum troops would have had to travel three to four thousand kilometers on two legs to reach the battlefield on the Western Front. Go to war.
Then the battle is about to be over, and even these people may not be able to leave.
The alliance's army, even the third-line garrison division, is a combination of infantry and heavy artillery, but the number is just a little smaller.However, these so-called large-organized divisions of the Astra Militarum do not have the term "combined troops". An infantry regiment is an infantry regiment, an artillery regiment is an artillery regiment, and an armored regiment is an armored regiment.
Yan Fangxu didn't comment much on this. It might just be that the military concepts were different. Maybe these people from the 3rd Dragon Eagle Legion felt that heavy firepower and armor should be concentrated and used. This in itself was not wrong.
With such an army organized in this way, perhaps it can exert greater power in some decisive battle scenarios?
But... regardless of whether you are focusing on concentrated firepower and armor, or whether you are a multi-arms combined force like the Alliance Army, and you can mass firepower and armor when necessary, the total number of various types of firepower and technical equipment must be sufficient. ?
They have a large division with a total strength of more than 4, which is equivalent to the alliance's four divisions and brigades.But there is only one armored regiment in it, with a total of more than 100 armored vehicles and [-] tanks.
Compare the Xifeng Brigade, which has only over 9000 people, 200 tanks, and over [-] armored vehicles.
The armored vehicles and tanks of one Xifeng Brigade are comparable to two large divisions of the Dragon Eagle Legion.
This is not a gap. What is a gap?
Even if we look at pure infantry, whether it is the infantry company in the combined brigade or the troops under the infantry division, all are motorized and have exclusive military vehicles at the squad level; each squad has two to three Rocket launchers, each platoon has one or two mortars; each company has a heavy bolter as a fire support point.
The infantry regiments of the Astra Militarum also have these things, but they are all concentrated at the regiment level, and they are not as numerous as they are.
Differences in the quality of soldiers and weapons and equipment caused differences in the actual performance of the two sides during the six months of fighting.
Often, at the same time, the offensive efficiency of one large Astra Militarum division of 4 people is about the same as that of two Alliance divisions and brigades of 2 people.
The Alliance can achieve the same results as these Dragon Eagle Legion soldiers with half its strength.
During the six months of fighting on the Raging Owl Star, Cai Minjin never did anything else. He just acted as the second-in-command in the coalition and took care of his own territory.
On the one hand, it was the legitimacy and status that were suppressed by Martins; on the other hand, it was also the combat capabilities shown by the alliance army in actual combat that really left him speechless.However, in the last stage of the war, a conflict still occurred between the two sides.
That was when all the enemies had been wiped out, leaving only the last strategic target - Blackbird City.
Martins formulated an attack plan, and the spearhead was the Alliance army.
However, Cai Minjin raised a rare objection here.
This hasn't happened in the past six months.
And Martins and Yan Fangxu also understood what General Cai was thinking.
He may have come with a mission.
Of course Faches is not the master of the 3rd Dragon Eagle Legion, but they have a strong influence on this army whose soldiers and supplies basically come from the three worlds of the Faches galaxy.It was normal for Cai Minjin to receive any special orders when he set out.
And this order must be related to Blackbird Heavy Industries.
There is still no trace of the manager of Blackbird Heavy Industries, Yiron Farches.
In previous battles, they had repeatedly discovered a spider-shaped mechanical monster with the face of Yiron Farches. Its combat ability was second to none. The most important thing was that she always seemed to be responsible for the information and command of the mechanical army. key nodes.Eliminating them will greatly damage the strategic coordination ability of the mechanical army.
But obviously, these are not the real Yiron Farches himself.
Its true body must still be in the center of Blackbird City.
Cai Minjin's mission is probably to destroy all evidence of the connection between Blackbird and the Faches family.
Although the existence of Yirong Farches and the Farches family's investment in Blackbird Heavy Industries have made the relationship between them unclear.But they are already working hard to cut it, and with a positive attitude, it will be much more comfortable to destroy the evidence again.
In this case, Cai Minjin really does not want the alliance to take the lead.
Even if his legion would lose many men in the final attack, he would still accept this mission.
Martins thought for a moment and did not intend to have a direct dispute with this imperial major general who rarely straightened his back.
The war had calmed down after half a year, and this general's cooperation was indispensable.Then in this final battle, I should give him some face.
He made the decision to let two troops, one from the south and one from the north, launch a pincer offensive to jointly attack Blackbird City.
Fair competition, whoever enters the city first wins, right?
Cai Minjin knew that this was the best result that could be achieved.
He went back and began to prepare his troops, secretly summoning many officers to discuss the battle plan.
Although the alliance's army had given him a great shock before, he did not dare to underestimate these forces that bore the name of the Planetary Defense Force but were stronger than the regular Astra Militarum. But at the moment , in such an important strategy, he still made up his mind to win once.
Then, he heard a message:
After the military meeting, Chapter Commander Martins personally led about thirty fully armed Phoenixes and headed north.
Judging from what he meant, it was obvious that he was going to leave in person and join the alliance's battle order.
In the command post of the 3rd Dragon Eagle Army, the strategic discussion that had been in full swing just now suddenly stopped.
In the silence, Cai Minjin slammed the document in his hand and cursed:
"Can't afford it?!"
(End of this chapter)
