NEC Chapter 67: East Xia Tactical War Gaming

Chief of General Staff Gu Liyang wore a crisp East Xia military uniform, the stars on his shoulder boards glinting slightly under the lights.

To stand out among various competing factions and reach such an important position, whether in terms of background, character, or ability, he could be called an outstanding figure among the middle generation of East Xia's military.

After quickly reviewing the materials provided by the old marshal, he cleared his throat and stood up.

"Everyone, let me share my understanding!"

"I suggest we make a perspective shift. The so-called super soldier can be viewed as a heavy tank with extremely strong defense but lacking equivalent long-range attack capabilities. Then, for the offensive we need to launch in our camp, this becomes a small-scale, high-intensity infantry-tank coordination."

You had to admit, with this shift in perspective, that awkward feeling from earlier improved considerably.

Gu Liyang walked to the large screen, his laser pointer drawing a circle, "For the opposing side, confirmed information includes, possession of large numbers of infantry, a confirmed number of armored vehicles, meaning the 'squad leader' level in the intelligence, and uncertain, suspected heavy tanks, meaning the 'super soldier' level."

"Combined with what the supreme commander just said, the battlefield environment is extremely harsh, with no satellites, no base stations, no communication support. This means our most relied-upon precision-guided weapon systems are completely ineffective. We can only use inertial guidance, image recognition, or manual control."

"Finally, the battlefield terrain greatly limits tactical choices, no flanking maneuvers, no penetration, only frontal assault! Our only advantage is," Chief of Staff Gu pointed at the screen, "the enemy has no awareness of our presence or attack intentions, still maintaining routine, small-scale lookout alert status."

"Requesting the commander's confirmation, are there any errors or deviations in the above battlefield environment settings?"

Longxiang Zhenyue nodded satisfactorily.

Good execution level meant being able to break down and convert the leadership's various strange strategic intentions, long-term plans, and sudden inspirations into specific action plans that subordinates could understand and execute.

After this conversion, the problem became much simpler.

How to eliminate enemy infantry? How to eliminate enemy armored vehicles? How to eliminate the enemy's possibly existing tanks?

Just as the staff officers were quickly putting together various battle plans, a young staff officer raised his hand, "Chief of Staff, may I ask whether the weapons our side uses are constrained by international conventions? Can biochemical weapons and specific conventional weapons be used?"

Chief of Staff Gu Liyang immediately looked toward the leader sitting at the head.

The old man pondered for a few seconds, then gave a firm answer, "To ensure the safety of our rear personnel, all weapons may be used."

The chief of staff shuddered. This statement had to be understood in reverse.

All weapons may be used meant lifting the constraints of the Chemical Weapons Convention, Biological Weapons Convention, Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, and even the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

And ensuring rear personnel safety meant front-line combat personnel were allowed to be "unsafe"!

The chief of staff almost instantly connected this to one possibility, spare no cost to clear the way for rear personnel.

With tactical analysis reaching this point, the difficulty was already extremely low. The biggest challenge was that these staff officers couldn't accurately assess the weight of many weapons. As a last resort, the logistics department called in two technical personnel.

Several sets of plans were prepared. Finally, selecting the best among the best, they produced a plan that all parties felt had the highest compatibility.

Longxiang reviewed the final plan once more, waved his hand to adjourn the meeting, then brought Gu Liyang to another office at the rear of the base. A major general officer was already standing at attention waiting. Seeing the old marshal arrive, he quickly stood and saluted.

"Little Gu, this is a comrade from the Equipment Department. You're more familiar with the plan. Immediately have the equipment department prepare a complete set of matching weapons according to these requirements. They will unconditionally cooperate with your demands. The faster, the better!"

Stormy waves rolled back and forth in the chief of staff's heart, but ultimately he didn't dare ask a single question.

"Yes, I will resolutely complete the mission!"

The efficiency of the "Industrial Cthulhu" was naturally trustworthy.

After enduring a period of agonizing waiting, Chen Mo on the Starry Continent finally received feedback from the "Industrial Cthulhu God."

No bone dragon. Lady Frost's face was written with undisguised disappointment.

Of course, she would be even more disappointed later, because the "study aid artifact" Chen Mo had promised her would have to wait for at least the next summoning.

This time, the largest weight allocation went to three specially-made Eagle loitering munitions.

Chen Mo looked at the instruction manual in silent speechlessness. This big fellow, weighing twenty-three kilograms per unit, required no launcher and could ascend to 2,500 meters altitude with a maximum loitering time of about twenty-five minutes.

Once it locked onto a target and launched an attack, its terminal dive speed could reach 180 meters per second.

To ensure the Eagle's killing efficiency, East Xia Equipment Department's war engineers were truly "utterly insane", they had stuffed three layers of greetings into the weight-limited warhead of this loitering munition.

High-explosive thermobaric warhead, white phosphorus incendiary warhead, nerve gas warhead!

If this thing dropped, even the elves' Everchant Essence plus a healer's Life's Benediction probably couldn't bring anyone back.

To ensure this thing could hit accurately, East Xia Equipment Department sent a medium-sized intelligent gimbal mount. The gimbal carried four micro reconnaissance drones, each weighing 1.8 kilograms, plus three handheld terminals.

The reconnaissance drones, loitering munitions, gimbal, and handheld terminals had been pre-configured into a local network. Relying on the forward guidance of reconnaissance drones, they could provide precise positioning for the loitering munitions and designate attack targets.

If all reconnaissance drones were destroyed or failed, they could still operate through visual screens plus handheld terminal remote control to direct the loitering munitions to attack.

This complete long-range violent strike system consumed eighty percent of the transmission weight.

Then came two rifles, one heavy and one light. The heavy one was an anti-materiel rifle, intended for use against the enemy's possible "tank-type" warriors, equipped with tungsten-core armor-piercing rounds.

The light one was a lightweight sniper rifle, for long-distance elimination of enemy sentries or deserters.

Finally, various types of hand grenades were added in batches, plus two gas masks, completely filling the remaining carrying capacity.

The weapon style emphasized high power, easy operation, one-shot completion, and no logistical dependence.

Just from looking at the weapons once, Chen Mo had already completed the full attack tactics in his mind. Of course, East Xia provided an execution plan with maxed-out details.

After simple communication and rehearsal, they chose a dark and windy night for the Cloudmist Domain team to launch their assault.

A breeze swept across the mountainside, swaying the trees with rustling sounds that masked the slight movements in the forest. On the watchtower, the sentries from Lookout Mountain City were still dutifully maintaining their vigil, but they couldn't detect that eye suspended high in the sky above their heads.

A series of slight air-piercing sounds arose. Two Eagle loitering munitions dove straight down from 2,000 meters altitude. The central targets were selected as two positioning points among the clustered tents, ensuring the explosion range could completely cover the entire military camp.

Just in case, the last loitering munition also circled in the air on standby.

"BOOM——!!!"

Accompanied by this muffled thunderous roar that could stop hearts, centered on the impact points, two orange-red fireballs expanded almost simultaneously, instantly devouring the tents within the camp.

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