"News came from Dehloran Station that the last batch of supplies has been escorted by the No. 2 armored train and is being transported to the Baidra front line via road and air."
A correspondent sitting in the corner of the command room picked up the tactical tablet in front of him, jogged all the way to Ramsey, and immediately handed the information delivered by the station leader into his hands.
"Very good, everyone should stay vigilant! We are no better than Cairo this time. The guys from the Renaissance Front have a lot of good things left over from the last century!"
After a brief period of silence, the major general looked down at the sand table and said nothing. The silent command room became busy again. Dozens of officers with a rank of no less than second lieutenant controlled the situation on the entire battlefield in this spacious ground command post. .
Unlike many officers who need to worry about the details, Ramsay no longer needs to use his few troops as stingily as he did in Cairo.
At that time, he was just a lieutenant colonel. The more than 2,000 troops under his command were mostly humans, with robots accounting for only one-fifth. The battle lasted less than a day, and Ramsay was worried about the young man's condition all the time.
He did not hesitate to slow down the pace of the attack and let the friendly troops of the North African Alliance stand in front to absorb the firepower because he was worried that the rebels' persistence would cause unnecessary casualties.
Who told them to have tanks? If they don’t fight in the front, who will?
But this time, there is no one in front of the Legion of Stars. It is said that there is only one synthetic armor brigade of Armadanai Company. But their offensive goals are different from their own, and it is obviously unrealistic to count on them.
"Um......"
Looking at the blue edges and key marks representing lakes and reservoirs on the sand table, Ramsay fell into deep thought.
On the way from Dehloran to Baidra, there is a large reservoir converted from a lake. The current front line of the Legion of Stars is not far south of the reservoir, and is still quite far away from the small northern city of Baidra.
In order to minimize the impact of the war, the group's investment this time was not much more than that of Armadanai.
Two mechanized brigades, consisting of a total of 10,000 rangers and more than 4,000 human soldiers, were deployed on both sides of the southern side of Baidela in a pincer offensive posture. As long as Ramsey gives the order, they will attack the city at an extremely fast speed and capture Baidela. Star Hub predicts that the whole process will not take more than a week, and two days will still be spent on the road.
Although the Air Force will cooperate with the Army in launching the offensive, considering the large number of civilians and the purpose of this operation, the Air Force's presence is destined to not be too high. In addition to completing some fixed-point strikes and battlefield support tasks, large-scale bombings and super-standard weapons are definitely out of the question.
Because of the remarkable effectiveness of the secrecy work, the Renaissance Front probably did not know at this time that it was about to face attacks from two directions. But if the troops advance north of the reservoir, the risk of exposure increases with each additional step.
Especially after learning that the reservoir had been abandoned for a long time due to the drop in lake water levels, Ramsey's worries became even more serious.
The reconnaissance of the spy drone is not enough to detect the entire situation of the reservoir. He must ensure that the reservoir and the surrounding areas are all under his control, and he must not allow such ambiguous situations to appear on the battlefield.
"Call in the SWAT team, I need a real-time situation report on the entire reservoir area."
Without hesitation, Ramsay issued an order to the Star Hub to dispatch a special force. The hundred-man special force teams assigned to each of the two mechanized brigades were quickly assembled and ready to go.
...
"Max, Max, it's your big day, don't screw it up!"
Just as the war in the Middle East Alliance was about to break out, Max da Costa, who had not been seen in New York for a long time, had a shy smile on his face. He would grin in the mirror from time to time to check whether his teeth had been brushed clean, or use his hands to Hold on to your straight tie and judge whether it matches the suit you are wearing.
"Maybe it shouldn't be so formal? Fleur would be scared of me!"
Max, who hadn't scared Fleur yet, startled himself first. He quickly took off the expensive suit jacket he bought with his salary, leaving only his vest and shirt. After a few glances, he took off the vest. He took it off and then pulled off his tie to make himself look as casual as possible in the mirror.
Just as Max touched his shaved chin and checked his teeth for the last time with satisfaction, the phone he placed on the sofa rang, and Julio's voice came from it.
"Hey, man, are you going? If you don't go, you'll miss lunch!"
"Oh my God, don't rush me! I've booked the whole restaurant!"
Max held his forehead while answering the phone. This was a tense moment that he had never experienced in his more than twenty years of life. The beautiful figure deep in his memory once again made him confused.
When Julio saw Max in the first-floor lobby of a high-rise apartment, he almost didn't recognize this good brother who had been fooling around with him for several years.
Look at the shiny hair, the crisp shirt and trousers, the handmade leather shoes on the feet and the famous watch on the wrist!
My poor Max, the stars are above! Please protect him from being hurt by love today!
"Dude, today is the first day of December, right?"
Julio looked at Max with helpless eyes and issued his own soul torture.
"Yeah, what's wrong?" Max's completely short-circuited brain couldn't tell what emotion was mixed in Julio's tone, so he just answered the question mechanically.
"Then can you explain to me why you are wearing only a shirt in this freezing weather?"
"Don't worry about these useless things. Where's the car? We're going to leave immediately!"
"Okay, okay, with her, my brother has become your driver!" After complaining, Julio took out the car key from his pocket and turned it around his fingertips twice in front of Max.
"This is!"
Seeing the car key spinning on Julio's fingertips, Max's eyes regained clarity for a moment.
"Yes, this is the car key to the Benz C1000 that you have been thinking about for a long time. Come with me."
After walking out of the hall with his good brother, Max was defeated by the cold air. After sneezing loudly, he ran to the passenger seat of the luxury car and asked Julio to turn on the air conditioner.
As Julio pressed the cool-looking car key into a groove, the roar of the engine mixed with the warm air made Max feel a lot warmer. He released his hands tightly holding his arms and touched the car. Luxurious interior.
"Like it! Let me drive with you for two days?"
Julio joked with a smile as he turned the steering wheel and drove into traffic. The vehicles behind them that originally planned to continue moving forward slowed down to let them go first when they saw that it was a luxury car that they could not afford to offend.
Seeing Max tilting his head towards the window as if he didn't hear his words, as if preparing for the upcoming encounter, Julio couldn't help but comfort him: "Look, Max, I have dated several girlfriends. So I can definitely teach you both ways in this regard.”
"Calm down, be calm, be cool, don't act like an idiot, I guarantee that you will be able to hold a beautiful woman tonight."
Max waved his hand to show that no one understood this, but a tattoo on his left hand caught Julio's attention.
An F+M monogram and a circle.
As Max's old brother, Julio certainly understands the meaning of this tattoo - Max and Fleur, go to the Elysian Space.
After getting an official job at the Star Group, Max washed off all the tattoos on his body except this one.
"Okay, I take back what I said before, you two will be unreasonable and intolerable."
Max looked out the window. The bustling crowd on the sidewalk reminded him of his past self. What seems like a fulfilling life is actually numbness and panic day after day, and we are living in the shadow of where we don't know where to start.
He took out the pendant that the nun gave him when he was a child. On the front was a satellite photo of half of the earth, and on the back was the group's star logo made of pure gold.
As the hand holding the pendant gradually loosened, Max looked at the approaching restaurant door and took a deep breath.
"Frey, I'm coming."
