From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 494 It's Like Coming Home

On the surface of Rubion V, near an outer defense position of General Lampard's forces.

After eliminating the enemies who were returning for defense and reconnaissance, Baninger and his men, with the reconnaissance terminal opening the way, quickly moved from the vicinity of the airdrop area and moved towards the depth of the enemy's defense.

The reconnaissance terminals nicknamed "swarms of flies" quickly found out the general information of the enemy's defensive positions.

This is the flank of the main defensive position of General Lampard's forces. This position has just repelled an attack from the Renaissance Alliance, who temporarily retreated after leaving behind the wreckage of several armored units and the bodies of their soldiers.

Baninger and his team looked at the information sent back by the reconnaissance terminal and felt that the structure of this position was very familiar. It was basically a replica of the standard position of the Atlas ground combat forces.

But after carefully looking at the layout, Memphis still made a sharp comment: "They just learned the appearance and have no idea how to adapt."

"Indeed, it looks intimidating at first glance, but in reality, this arrangement doesn't treat the other side as human beings." Baninger nodded in agreement.

The enemy's position structure was temporarily drawn on the miniature electronic sand table in front of everyone. The width of the entire line was about 15 kilometers, which was obviously too wide for the number of deployed troops currently detected. However, the mobility of the HCP troops deployed there made up for this shortcoming.

Structurally, there are three tactical nodes, arranged in a 'two in front and one in the back' format, like an inverted triangle.

The two tactical nodes in the front connected the entire front line and were also the assembly and standby areas for the forward command and HCP troops. At the same time, a small number of long-range artillery were also deployed in hidden points near the tactical nodes.

Don’t ask why the long-range artillery in the hiding place was discovered. Banninger and his men were actually very surprised.

At that time, they just followed the pattern of position deployment and sent the reconnaissance terminal to wander around the positions where long-range artillery might be deployed. As a result, they were discovered. Moreover, General Lampard's men were very careless and did not do much disguise.

It can be seen that the main focus is on bullying.
Although if they fight against a mixed military and police force, it can be considered as "bullying the weak ones".

As for the last tactical node deployed in the rear, it undertakes the functions of logistics, material storage and transportation. Moreover, based on some characteristics discovered by the reconnaissance terminal, Baninger and his team judged that the other party probably deployed a fusion furnace here as the main energy output core.

Using fusion reactors as the core of energy output, establishing front-line substations, and then using them as the center to build tactical support factories and other facilities in the surrounding areas is a common battlefield logistics node construction plan currently used by Atlas combat forces.

This construction plan was also taught to the garrison troops of the Rubion system during Atlas' training. However, the instructor who taught the staff officers at the time actually made it very clear that the combination of tactical nodes must be adjusted according to the situation, rather than blindly copying and pasting.

The instructor even went so far as to explain several more variations based on the case. However, Banninger and his team still had no idea why the staff officers under General Lampard had directly reproduced the basic position structure used as a teaching case.

Maybe they looked down on the Renaissance Alliance? Maybe they didn't think about how to expand theoretical knowledge in actual combat?

Perhaps it was the mutual support of several tactical nodes, and the HCP as a 'flexible defense' system with high-mobility support, that was indeed effective in facing an attack by the Renaissance Alliance that relied on its superior military strength.

But none of this matters now. What matters is that the positions they have set up now actually facilitate the actions of Banninger and his men.

Because these members of the original teaching team were so familiar with the layout of this position, the other party copied it exactly, which even made Baninger and his team feel like they were back at the Tower of Babel actual combat training ground.

"If nothing unexpected happens, if we launch an attack from this direction, we will be able to directly reach the logistics tactical node. As long as we destroy the fusion reactor in the substation, even if they still have emergency measures, the entire front will definitely be in chaos, and our goal will be achieved." Baninger said as he drew a line on the miniature electronic sand table. The end point of the line was exactly their goal this time - the substation in the logistics node.

"No problem. I remember we used this attack route before in the training ground. If a small force attacks from this direction, it is difficult to attract the attention of the defenders on the position. At that time, the heavy synthetic battalion that was conducting the exercise with us was stunned. It seems that it was the troops of the two unlucky men, Monton and Telak, again."

Memphis recalled his experiences in his previous life and continued:
"I remember that they later optimized the position arrangement and filled this 'loophole'. It seems that these troops in the Rubion galaxy don't seem to have an updated version?"

Baninger sneered after hearing this: "Eighty percent of them are right. The exercises were all done after we withdrew from the Rubion system. The cooperation has ended. Do you still expect us to 'patch' them?"

"So what do we do?" Andes, who is usually responsible for long-range fire support and a man of few words, asked.

"Yes, let's do it according to this plan, and cut the Gordian knot!"

Baninger quickly edited the battle plan and shared it with the other three members of the combat team. It was very easy for the digital life to do this while controlling the Dreadnaught, just like opening another process on the terminal.

"The task assignment has been shared. It's the same as before. Memphis and I will be responsible for the feint attack to attract firepower. Andes, you will wait for an opportunity to destroy the substation. Grace will be responsible for electronic warfare suppression and prepare for support."

With the sounds of the circuits being reconnected and the mechanical parts running, the Dreadnought's large power armor that was originally in standby mode stood up again, and a red light flashed in the omnidirectional viewfinder on its head.

"Let's get started. Andes, Grace, each of you give me and Memphis three combat bodies."

"Received, Commander!"

Randall's defensive position and logistical tactical node.

Since the sun set yesterday, the two tactical nodes on the enemy surface have been attacked by multiple waves of the Renaissance Alliance troops, and the unidentified airdrop pod that fell from orbit in the second half of the night made the entire position tense.

Especially after the reconnaissance troops sent out lost contact, the alert level was directly raised to the highest level as the most vulnerable logistics node among the three tactical nodes.

But as the frontline repeatedly repelled the attacks of the Renaissance Alliance, and the mysterious troops in the airdrop capsule disappeared, the only gain of the defenders throughout the night was shooting down some small insect-like unmanned reconnaissance units.

This also made them realize that the enemy had never left, but had been lurking and waiting for the opportunity to launch an attack.

It was around three or four in the morning when the soldiers and officers, who had been relying on energy drinks and stimulants to stay awake, finally couldn't hold on any longer.

After all, they are human beings, they will feel thirsty, hungry and tired. The consequence of staying awake for a long time is that as time goes by, the person's spirit and reaction begin to decline rapidly.

Just when the node commander was considering letting some troops end their alert status and rest to restore their mental and physical strength, the attack they had been waiting for all night finally came.

(End of this chapter)