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Chapter 306, look at the situation

Ruggie Leekosi was one of the very few people whose rank was not lowered in the process of transferring from the Alliance Army to the Astra Militarum and becoming the Raging Bear Legion.

For example, Yan Fangxu was originally promised to be the first in command of the legion, at least with the rank of brigadier general, but in the end he was tricked by Gallardo and became the second in command, with only the rank of colonel.Compared with his official rank of major general under the alliance system, his rank has dropped by two levels.

And Li Kexi is much better.He was originally an Alliance colonel. When he was transferred to the Astra Militarum, he should have been moved down one level to lieutenant colonel, just like other division and brigade leaders.However, Gu Hang, as the commander of the regiment, soon pulled him back to the rank of colonel under his own authority - as the commander of the regiment and the rank of brigadier general, he had the authority to do so.

It's nothing more than nominating, reporting, and waiting for approval.

Gu Hangren was on Koroga 3, and there were representatives of the Astra Militarum and the Ministry of Military Affairs in each investigation team, so the process went by quite quickly.

The reason why Li Kexi's military rank was raised one level was so that he could legitimately command half of the Raging Bear Army that came to Koruga No. 3.

According to Gallardo's request, the Ministry of Military Affairs issued a transfer order asking the Raging Bear Legion to come to Koruga 3 to participate in the war.

7.7 Raging Bear warriors left home for half a year to fight in this foreign country.

The seven division and brigade-level units are all commanded by Colonel Li Kexi.In terms of numbers, it is equivalent to two large divisions of the Astra Militarum.

The commander-in-chief of the Koroga Theater, Lieutenant General Jayden Hansen, did not take them seriously at the beginning.

There are only more than 7 people, which is nothing at all in the army of tens of millions of people participating in the battle of the occupied hive city of Fino.This matter was completely unnecessary. He only regarded it as a means by Gallardo's War Apostle to mess with people.

Of course, he was not familiar with Gallardo and had no interest entanglements. Not to mention that the life and death of the war apostle was unknown. He had no need to please a dead man. Business was business as usual.

The Raging Bear Legion is not his direct army, and he will not give special preferential treatment; Gu Hang is the commander of this legion, and he has just demonstrated the strength of an A-level psyker. Even if the situation is popular, he will not deliberately use the Raging Bear Legion as cannon fodder.

The 7.7 members of the Raging Bear Legion received the normal treatment of the Astra Militarum and assumed some normal military tasks.

However, Lieutenant General Hansen soon noticed something was wrong.

This Raging Bear Legion... wasn't it agreed that half a year ago it was just a planetary defense force?Just transformed into the Astra Militarum.

But why so fierce?

He assigned tasks to them according to the normal work that two large organizers should undertake.But this group of people was able to complete the work relatively easily every time, and even under the command of Colonel Li Kexi, they were always able to provide some extra help to the friendly forces next to them.

Two months ago, during a large-scale plague demon uprising, a defense force composed of tens of thousands of local soldiers was defeated at an exit of the lower area.Tens of thousands of plague zombies, mixed with a large number of mid- to high-level plague demons, rushed into the quarantine area.

There are at least 30 uninfected people in this quarantine area who are in the process of being screened and estranged.

Lieutenant General Hansen did not want to give up easily. He mobilized two large divisions to fight for the place again.

However, the number of enemies was unexpected, almost endless.

His troops quickly fell into a bitter battle, and the tens of thousands of local troops who supported him in the past were like water poured into the desert. They had no effect and quickly evaporated.

Within a week, the area turned into a quagmire and a meat grinder.40 human troops were trapped, which was already more than the number of people in the area waiting for rescue.

Moreover, when Lieutenant General Hansen began to consider abandoning the area, withdrawing troops, blowing up the entrances and exits to avoid further expansion of losses, he painfully discovered that it would be very difficult to retreat.

A large number of troops, intertwined with the plague demons, were trapped in the complex area of ​​​​buildings, biting and fighting hand-to-hand. How could it be said that they could be withdrawn just by withdrawing?

Otherwise, the retreat will turn into a rout, and the safety of 40 troops, including two divisions of the Astra Militarum, is no longer a small number.Even in the worst case scenario, those demons may take advantage of the chaos to kill in the next block, thus forming a chain reaction of domino collapse along the entire blockade of Fino City.

This is not just a random thought, there is a big organizer of the Dragon Eagle Legion who is suffering from disaster right now.

And at this moment, a strange force descended from the sky came out.

It was a combined battalion of the 35th Brigade of the Angry Bear Legion.

The mixed assault of tanks and armored vehicles came with great determination, and the timing and location were chosen very cunningly. It was the critical moment when the enemy was about to encircle the more than 3 Dragon Eagle Legion soldiers and block the evacuation route.

When it comes to tanks and armored vehicles, it's not like the Dragon Eagle Legion doesn't have them.Everyone uses the same Lion and Rambler, and no one is better than the other.

But the difference is that their combined battalion has far closer infantry-tank coordination capabilities than the Dragon Eagle Legion.The infantry squads and motorized infantry company squads put down by the armored vehicles of the mechanical infantry company can very quickly keep up with the advance of the armored troops. They can firmly stand on the gap opened by the armored troops. On the one hand, they can open the wounds on the enemy's formation. 'Unable to recover, on the other hand, it also avoids being surrounded by a massive enemy force during an armored assault.

Then, the artillery support company will immediately follow up.

In the hive environment, the power of artillery is greatly weakened.

The entire hive city is not so much a huge building complex as it is like a giant structure itself.Although it is quite open in some places, in general, the existence of various obstacles makes it basically impossible for artillery to accurately support artillery fire to where it is needed from a distance of [-] kilometers.

However, this does not mean that artillery is useless.

It's hard to fight when it's far away, but not when it's close?

Faced with the enemy's threat, with the help of the armored brothers and infantry brothers in front, they were able to forcibly build firepower points and project firepower in a nearly direct manner to wherever they could take care of it.Their fire coverage has changed from being able to reach a distance of [-] kilometers in a normal field environment to only covering a distance of two kilometers, and they are often easily blocked.

But heavy artillery is heavy artillery, and they can still destroy the targets they hit!

The combined battalion's extremely skilled and smooth coordination of multiple arms stunned many Astra Militarum officers who witnessed this scene with their own eyes.

The smooth offensive, like mercury pouring down the ground, not only refreshed the understanding of many of them, but also truly saved the division's lifeline.

Nor did they leave the brothers of the Raging Bear Legion to fight alone.Soon, multiple companies came to support and assisted the soldiers of the Angry Bear Legion to hold on to this retreat. Then the entire division began to follow the order and gradually retreated, exiting this hopeless neighborhood.

In this battle, there is no doubt that the combined battalion of the Raging Bear Legion made great contributions.

Their appearance not only saved an entire division, but also prevented the area from being completely destroyed.

Although it was not a complete reversal of the situation and victory, it could be considered as a way to save the building from collapse.

The key is that this is just a battalion-level battle group with less than a thousand people.

This incident alerted Lieutenant General Hansen.

On the one hand, it solved a big crisis and allowed him to finally sleep well.

On the other hand, they were surprised that the members of the Angry Bear Legion suddenly appeared there and had such strong fighting power.

There was no need for him to explore this answer himself.

Many staff members under his command gave him the answer.

The large staff team quickly sent the report to the lieutenant general's desk.

A unit of the Raging Bear Legion will appear on the battlefield, and the reason for this is nothing special.

They had been sent to a nearby area to conduct a routine cleanup mission, and when they successfully completed their mission, they were several days ahead of schedule.While the troops were stationed in the area, waiting for the local defense forces to come and take over, they noticed that the situation nearby had changed, so Colonel Lee Kexi sent a battalion over to 'take a look at the situation'.

This look solved the 'situation'.

And another thing is worthy of Lieutenant General Hansen's careful study.

Why are the Raging Bear Legion so powerful with the same equipment and a small number of people?

According to the reports of the staff officers, first of all, in terms of individual soldier quality, every soldier of the Raging Bear Legion has met the standard requirements of the Astra Militarum.

It's interesting to say, but there are more than 3 million troops in the 2000rd Dragon Eagle Legion. Of course, there are many who reach this level, and there are many, but in terms of the overall proportion, it is only about half; of this half, half of them came to the Astra Militarum. Then train to this level.

This shouldn't be the case, but it is a helpless move due to the actual situation.

The soldiers of the Astra Militarum mainly come from the soldiers paid by various planets when paying imperial taxes, and the Astra Militarum may also directly transfer the planetary defense forces to the Astra Militarum.

However, the standard level requirements of the Astra Militarum require soldiers to undergo at least five years of military training under the training of experienced instructors before they can be universally met.On many planets, the total service time of conscripts and volunteers is not this long.

Of course, logically speaking, this is not a problem of the Astra Militarum. According to regulations, the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Astra Militarum Command should not be involved in these matters. If they fail to provide qualified soldiers, they will not be counted as taxes.But there are also some political factors, economic factors considerations, plus some corruption factors...

No way.

Hansen is just a lieutenant general, he can't change these things.All he can do is that when the soldiers come to his army, they can at least be trained into qualified warriors through his hands.

But even this is difficult.

When there is no war, the budget of the Astra Militarum is not enough. Where is the opportunity for soldiers to practice military skills?Without bullets, there will be no sharpshooter.

The same goes for artillery, tank troops, and the like.

But if it were just a difference in the quality of the soldiers, it would not be so concrete. To put it bluntly, Longying's soldiers were not weak.

Here is the third factor mentioned by the staff: tactical concept.

The synthetic force plan adopted by the Raging Bear Legion is actually not particularly new. Don't you think that the Astra Militarum has many talented people?

nonexistent.

To put it bluntly, the advantages of a synthetic force lie in its flexible modular structure, more officers for the same force, intensive technical equipment, and the coordinated operation of multiple arms under one command system.

This all sounds good, but every advantage comes in exchange for money.

If you want to have a small establishment and flat command, you will need more officers, which costs money.Whether it is training officers or providing higher treatment after training, it is not a small amount.

Technical equipment is intensive and it is direct money.

Collaboration between multiple arms requires a lot of training and money.

The Ministry of Military Affairs and the Astra Militarum are of course rich, but they have much more to spend.

These advantages are all inferior to the advantages of saving money and raising more soldiers under the current large-scale division regulations.And in a decisive frontal battle, a large army has the advantages of a large army.

Synthetic troops, within the entire Astra Militarum system, can only be used to build elite troops on a small scale.

To be honest, Lieutenant General Hansen didn't understand at all how Governor Gu Hang was willing to use such an army to pay imperial taxes.

Too uneconomical, too honest... Routine operations should not be to randomly recruit tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of soldiers who have been trained for a year or two, bring appropriate light equipment, and then work hard to build a good relationship, and then the job is done. ?

In that case, after paying 100 million tax coins, the actual cost will only be 70.

What you do now is equivalent to a cost of 130 million, which is offset by a tax of 100 million.

It's a shame.

But no matter what, this is a good thing for Hansen.

He suddenly discovered that he had [-] more elite troops in his hands.

Although the real armored composite division is only one brigade, the several infantry divisions of Furious Bear are all motorized, and heavy bolter firepower is equipped to the company, and the firepower of various team weapons is also higher than that of the same number of people. The Astra Militarum is fierce.

It's better than his own troops anyway.

In a complicated mood, he was not polite and began to frequently let this army from the Raging Owl Star take on more important tasks.

That's not the same as being cannon fodder.

Supplies and logistics are all of the highest priority; a sharp knife must also be equipped with a handle, and there are also a considerable number of support troops and coordination troops behind it.He was even generous enough to hand over command to Colonel Li Kexi instead of a senior officer of the Dragon Eagle Corps during a joint attack.

In addition, even when he wins a battle, he does not skimp on rewards.From the combat allowances of soldiers and officers to the reporting of meritorious service by the entire unit to the Ministry of Military Affairs, he did not miss anything.

When Gu Hang came to Fino City this time, when he saw Li Kexi, Lieutenant General Hansen, who heard the news, also rushed over and met with him.

While he sincerely thanked Gu Hang, he also expressed some apologies.

After all, no matter how you ensure logistics and report your achievements, when undertaking more important military tasks, more casualties are inevitable.

Gu Hang also expressed his understanding of this.

Although he was also very sad about the casualties of his soldiers, the warriors of Angry Bear fighting here also brought a lot of benefits and benefits.

When the Astra Militarum fight, it's not in vain.

Otherwise, he would not have given instructions to allow Li Kexi to perform normally during the battle.Otherwise, even if it is fishing, the command of the Dragon Eagle Legion will not be able to detect it.

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Make up for yesterday

There is another chapter in the second half of the night, but it will be very late...

(End of this chapter)