Volume 3: Xilin's Journey Chapter 202: North by Northeast (2)

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It's autumn season, and the dense and even somewhat crowded primeval forests are full of golden colors, and the squirrels who are speeding through the branches are busy with the pine towers in the heat to prepare the last and most abundant dinner. The edge of the forest is covered with snow, and from here to the north, the majestic snow-capped mountains and the pale blue glacial layers in the distance of Taniguchi are clearly visible.

The temporary camp of the headquarters of the new 17th Division was in a circular base at the edge of the forest. The base that the Imperials had been running for decades had been battered by the Federal Army's counter-offensive, but many of its building blocks were still intact.

In a room on the third floor of the base, more than a dozen federal officers stared at the communication station that suddenly lost all sound, their faces stiffened slightly, and then they collectively turned their heads to look at the division commander who was looking at the wide electronic map in a daze.

They knew very well that no one could control the young technical director at the deputy division level, but after all, this was the federal army, and Lieutenant Colonel Xu Le actually took the initiative to cut off the communication of the division headquarters like this, which was really unusual, and more importantly, the officers guessed what the mecha test team in the far north was preparing to do at this time, so their expressions became more and more heavy, and they wanted to know how the division commander would react.

The commander of the new 17th Division, Major General Yu Chenghai, a well-known good old man in the federal military, was silent for a moment surrounded by the eyes of many subordinates, and then laughed unexpectedly to everyone, there was no self-deprecation in his smile: "Lieutenant Colonel Xu Le even dared to pinch the passage of the Charter Bureau, so I am not surprised." ”

Seeing the reaction of the division commander, the officers of the division headquarters felt a slight surprise, and immediately thought about it, and lowered their heads a little unnaturally, thinking that they should have guessed a long time ago that this slightly chubby and gentle division commander could not have enough courage to do something.

However, at this moment, Division Commander Yu Chenghai surprised everyone, and said with a gentle smile: "Inform Regiment Commander Helei to let his regiment enter the combat state, and prepare to maneuver to the north within four hours." Staff boys, ask for a green dragon before a geomagnetic storm from space...... The orientation of the troops of the Special First Army, the Second Regiment and the Third Regiment, slowly approached from the direction of Polingji to the northwest, pay attention, stay away from the guys of the Seventh Iron Division, if you encounter Dongfang Pei's regiment, don't pay attention. ”

The officers in the room looked at the division commander in a daze, unable to digest the words they heard in a short time, the division commander ...... Is this preparing the whole division to attack and support? This is still the one who only knows how to eat and drink in the end, and who speaks softly to his superiors and subordinates, and smirks again and again, and has no courage...... Didn't you use the division commander?

Division Commander Yu Chenghai, who was already over half a hundred years old, scratched the gray hair on his head, looked at his subordinates who looked at each other, and said with a gentle smile: "What are you doing here? Don't you really treat me as a division commander?"

The officers woke up at this time, with a hint of excitement, three points of puzzlement, six points of doubt and a collective salute, ready to start carrying out the division commander's military orders, but their movements still seemed a little hesitant.

Deputy Chief of Staff Ning He couldn't understand what Division Commander Yu was suddenly crazy about today, and reminded him in a low voice beside him: "The situation has been reported to space, but there has been no response from the headquarters about the trapping of a certain unit of the Special First Army, and the geomagnetic storm and snowstorm over there are still continuing, and the situation is unknown......

Division Commander Yu Chenghai waved his hand, interrupting Ning He's words, a smile of understanding flashed on his slightly chubby face, and he looked at the subordinates in the room and said, "Actually, we all know that I am the commander of the new 17th Division, and it does look a little weird. You must know that my greatest job in the army is actually nothing more than cooking for the teacher. ”

The division commander is interested in telling jokes, and the officers who are subordinates naturally have to laugh at the situation, but the smile has no emotion, because the division commander Yu is telling the truth, although the army god is only willing to eat the food he cooks, it seems to be some kind of honor, but in the army, it is definitely not a good qualification. On the battlefield of iron and blood, the good man is equivalent to a synonym for wreckage.

In fact, there are many high-ranking generals in the federal military who look down on Yu Chenghai, and they have great opinions on his appointment as the commander of the new 17th Division, which is very symbolic, and about the post of commander of the new 17th Division, I don't know how many commanders of the strong field army and even the chief of staff of the military region are willing to surrender themselves to a few sequences to take up the post, but as a result, they are fighting for it, and in the end this position actually fell to the head of a chef, who can be convinced?

All the middle- and high-ranking officers of the new 17th Division are the objects of the Federation's key training, and it is difficult to say that they are not disappointed and angry in their hearts when such a "good old man" becomes a division commander.

"But who's to say chefs can't fight?"

Yu Chenghai's eyes narrowed, but the officers in the room felt some kind of toughness from him for the first time.

"At that time, the teacher grew up in Xilin, in the empire itself, and in countless battles, he used to make the most important decisions during meals, and it was an honor that I stood by his side at that time. That is to say, I have watched countless tactical deductions of the Federation War God. The entire Union Army, no one can compare with me on this point. ”

Master Yu Chenghai's face suddenly flashed with a touch of self-satisfaction, and said: "The federal proverb says that if you are familiar with 10,000 books, you will naturally become an excellent writer. I have seen and memorized countless examples of the teacher, and even if I am incompetent, I can still remember some things that the commander needs to remember. ”

"At the end of World War II, my teacher once taught me a war example. If there is a variable on the battlefield that is beyond the control of both sides of the enemy, then what we need to do is to actively respond to the changes that this variable may bring...... Whether the change is good or bad. ”

"No one knows if Lieutenant Colonel Xu Le can fix the command system of those guys in the Special First Army, damn, Qinglong Mountain, but there is always this possibility, as long as it is possible, the brigade that the Imperial people put into ambush will be pinned down for one more day, and we just need this time, waiting for Helei's regiment to maneuver in place. ”

"Don't pay attention to those guys in the Seventh Division, Dongfang Pei will definitely be scolded afterwards, such a big piece of fat is not eaten in front of him, what kind of anger will the Shaoqing Division Commander who has been hungry for so many days become?"

"It's better to eat braised pork, there is a plate of braised pork waiting for us right now, if we still have to wait for the command to give an order, this is certainly in line with the etiquette of the guests, but it is also stupid. ”

"The Imperials don't have reserves, it's a magnetic storm zone, and with a little brainstorming, you can figure out what the reason for this ambush started. ”

"Helei's regiment is the farthest away from the proposed war zone, but he is a student of Lieutenant Colonel Xu Le, and he should know very well what Xu Le will do and how long it will take, so he must give the regiment full autonomy and let it maneuver and chase up. ”

"The second regiment and the third regiment are advancing in two fronts, and they go along the broken Lingji, the sky here is full of the eyes and fighters of the Federation, there is no problem with safety, and it takes the shortest time to directly insert into the magnetic storm area, so they have to suppress the speed. ”

"Once you enter the magnetic storm area, immediately break away and go further north along the glacier line, everyone, don't care about the battle between us and the enemy, don't care how many Imperials there are, this must be a chaotic war. ”

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Commander Yu Chenghai pointed to the electronic map and calmly narrated, as if he was talking about how a dish should be cooked.

The officers of the 17th Division listened quietly to the division commander's lecture, their expressions were very serious and serious, and their eyes gradually showed admiration.

Yu Chenghai smiled gently, ended his tactical arrangement, looked at his subordinates and said: "Just like the battle arrangement of the Seventh Division chasing north in the Huangshan Ridge last year, it will be reduced to zero when it enters the magnetic storm area. Later, the most severe military orders were issued to the company-level combat units, and as soon as they found that they could not defeat the Imperialists, they hurried to run, and as for where to run, they thought for themselves. Don't forget, our 17th Division is an integrated mechanic, a fully motorized unit, and now the Ministry of Defense has stuffed so many mechs that make me dizzy, who can be faster than us than running?"

"With the additional system designed by Lieutenant Colonel Xu Le, I believe that these mechs will not fall into the pit again. Division Commander Yu Chenghai raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "As a division commander, I shouldn't have explained these tactical arrangements to you. But there are not many real old people in the division, and my biggest responsibility as the commander of this division is to pass on the fighting style of the teacher when he led the 17th division. ”

"Of course, if Admiral Myers himself came to be the commander of this division, he might have done a more competent job, you must know that he was the most insidious and ruthless on the battlefield back then. But His Excellency the President will probably not agree. ”

Division Commander Yu Chenghai opened his hands and said with a serious face: "Children, you must remember that the great and undefeated Seventeenth Division has only one fighting style. ”

That is: to eat all the meat that can be eaten, to feel sorry for every piece of meat on our body, for this purpose, there is no shamelessness in our eyes. ”

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Xu Le didn't know what was happening in the division, and he didn't know that the seventeenth division brought out by the old man in Philadelphia was definitely not as upright and disciplined as the people of the Federation thought they were. In fact, although he used all his spare time to study military command, and also commanded seven groups to fight some small battles, but after all, he was not an excellent commander, and did not discuss the personal heroism that made the blood of young people boil, and he was still accustomed to using his super combat ability to solve the problems he faced in the mecha.

The snow-white MXT mech twin engines hummed, and the tiny turbines in the T section didn't make any sound, but silently provided more power. The mecha mechanical foot poked out ultra-fine alloy thorns, like fine hairs on the edge of a cat's claw pad, vigorously rubbing the smooth ice surface, making the two mechas turn into two white lines, although it was difficult to be silent, but it was extremely high-speed forward.

The blizzard is getting bigger and bigger, and the two mechs in the synchronization mode at the same time show the warning sound of strong geomagnetic interference, with the naked eye, they have not been separated, but they are still blurred between the wind, snow, glacier and black clouds, like two flies who don't know how long they have collided.

Then he crashed headlong into the battlefield.

Two white mechs were above the glacier, looking at the tracked armored vehicles emitting black smoke below, the corpses of the soldiers lying on the ground, listening to the sporadic gunshots, motionless, as if looking for a way to penetrate into the center of the battlefield.

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(To be continued)