As Hayes and the rest of the company ran through the fast lane quickly, it was obviously worse than they expected.
The entire boarding area was in chaos, and the eyes were full of people. The officers and the officers shouted conflicting orders, and the messengers rushed around in all directions. The soldiers ran around like headless flies.
It was so sudden that their regiment was suddenly stuffed into the ship, and then suddenly was told that the first wave was going to land on the ground. At this time, the fleet had just set off for less than an hour.
The news had been passed to them, but the troops' reaction was obviously not so fast. Hayes watched the two squad leaders fight to argue which squad should carry two more boxes of mortar shells, and the soldiers gathered around them to cheer for their respective squad leaders rolling on the ground. Political Commissar Ai fired a gun into the air with his pistol, desperately trying to separate them, but this did not work.
"A bunch of idiots."
Olanios muttered, who saw the fight.
"We are about to jump into hell, but there are still people in the mood to fight in the middle."
The company commander rushed through the cheering soldiers towards the fighter, kicking a struggling squad leader in the groin and punching another in the face.
After attracting their attention, he quickly warned them a few words before turning to the group of soldiers.
"Most of them will die in a while."
He said that despite his light speech, his voice was still clear.
"If you can try to be the lucky few, check your equipment again."
He stared at the soldiers and let them digest their words.
"Hurry back to your position."
The soldiers were so scared that they hurried back to their posts. The injured squad leader followed behind in shame, and Olanios turned around with satisfaction.
Hashett was also walking over with his laser gun and Cabri carrying a logging gun.
"For the sake of the Emperor, what happened? How did it be our cannon fodder group in the first place? Isn't it the work of Alicia's airborne troops and the Cardians? Are they willing to give this kind of 'honor' to us?"
"Don't you know? I heard that our regiment commander got angry with the war zone commander."
"No, there is such a thing. Why don't you choose to pin the head of that person on the spear to atone for sin, but let us suffer with it."
"You think beautifully, stop talking. We have more important work to do. Everyone quickly find the landing craft."
When Arni led the guards and officers to the boarding area with a gloomy face, order was finally completely restored. After standing on the high platform where two ammunition boxes were piled up, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then loudly said to the soldiers around him who were confused, frightened and panicked:
"Everyone knows that our regiment will soon participate in the first batch of airborne operations. Some people have probably heard some rumors. So now I can tell you that I, Alni Morales, have taken the initiative to lead you! The 310th Infantry Regiment of Abubakari! My father told me when I set off that he could give me a fully equipped and well-trained strengthening regiment, but I said I don't want it! Why! Because what I want is my regiment! I want my soldiers and brothers to say proudly when they mention Alni Morales.
He is my regiment commander! I! When I mentioned my soldiers and brothers in front of others, I could proudly say that they were my regiment! Finally, they gave me a cannon fodder regiment. No, they called the 310th Infantry Regiment of Abubakari the cannon fodder regiment, because most of you did not volunteer to join the army, you have the shortest training time and the worst equipment to take over! I said yes! I will have the cannon fodder regiment, because I believe I can lead everyone to show our pride and the title of Alni Morales!"
Even the soldier like Hayes, who had never read books and recognized a few words, couldn't help but feel excited after hearing these words. Haschet sighed lightly and shook his head, while Olanios had no expression on his face and could not tell anything about it.
"This time, let everyone see if we are cannon fodder groups!!"
"As for orders!!!"
Amid the roar of the soldiers, the landing fleet in the Sixth War Zone approached Lamptan 4, and the main strike fleet had been fighting with the Red Pirates fleet cruising nearby for several hours and successfully drove away the opponent.
The twenty-three giant transport ships were loaded with nearly 5.7 million troops, and six cruisers and a destroyer formation escorted the landing troops. They had basically destroyed the planet's orbital defense system and were currently suppressing ground defense fire. As a key industrial planet of the Red Pirates, powerful defensive forces were stationed here, and Alash must seize it relatively intact to use the facilities above to provide power for the huge army.
There are eleven places for the first batch of landings, located in different areas of the planet. After opening the landing field, the landing forces need to expand the defense zone on site to buy time for subsequent troops to land. This is a task of huge casualties, because the defenders know that once the endless army pours down from the void, their destruction is a matter of time, so they will launch an attack on the defenders near the landing field at all costs.
The 310th Infantry Regiment of Abubakari will land in an area near the planet's equator, which is a large weapon assembly plant near the planet. It is also the only large weapon assembly plant for the Red Pirates. The landing field number is 5.
The escort fleet began to bomb the enemy facilities near the landing site. The mechanical priests checked the landing craft's engines. After confirming that, the huge robotic arms pushed the landing craft towards the launching ramp. In the cabin, the soldiers sat in their own positions and tied their bodies tightly, some were talking in a low voice, some were praying, and some were writing letters.
Soon, the thunderous engine roar broke the atmosphere in the cabin.
Then everyone felt the change of gravity, and with the trembling from the stool down on their butts, they knew they had left the transport ship.
The cabin became dim, with only a little brighter green emergency light. Although it was not the first time Hayes went to the battlefield, he was still nervous and sweating profusely, which made him want to take off his hat, but soon gave up this move. He was afraid that his hand would slip and let the hat fall off. They could not remove the belt by themselves, which means that he would most likely not be able to pick it up.
The turbid air and the tense atmosphere caused some people to retching or even vomiting, but no one would help them, and they could only vomit themselves.
The 310th Infantry Regiment of Abubakari added a group of new recruits half a year ago. They had almost never been on any battlefield, let alone such fierce battles.
Chapter completed!