As the airdrop pod entered the atmosphere and shook violently, Lal closed his eyes and silently felt this feeling that was unique to the Marines. For them, this feeling is wonderful and precious, and it is one of the few in the army.

Something exclusive to them. They call it "massage", although many recruits will have stars in their eyes after the first "massage".

"Squad leader, when are you going to review the mission briefing?" Four Eyes' question rang through the communicator.

"...Waiting for the landing cabin massage to be completed."

The massage time was a rare silent time in the communication channel, and few people were willing to break the silence of enjoying the massage. In this silence, they rushed from the orbital altitude to the surface of Seal.

As the violent shaking began to gradually subside, Lal also opened his eyes, glanced at the other people standing in the airdrop cabin, and nodded: "Now let's start the last mission briefing."

"Our mission is to cooperate with the 14th squad to occupy the hills of the 'Umoyan' point, and establish a blocking position as soon as possible to delay the Tal'darin quick reaction force. The earliest evacuation time is expected to be 24 hours after landing. Our only tactical support is deployed in'

There are two 81mm mortars at Point Morian, but the earliest deployment is expected to be four hours after landing."

"...Another standard suicide landing?"

"This is what we do, stop complaining Miles." Four Eyes directly scolded Lal one step ahead, "You might as well think carefully about how to rescue a few more people during the battle while you have this time."

"Myers, after the occupation of Umoyan Point, our squad and the 14th squad have to rely on you and the medic in their squad." Lal's expression was very serious, "We don't have any medical support. The company commander's men

The only medical team assigned Korhal to Platoon B."

"Gan, squad leader, won't you put so much pressure on me at this time that I will be overly nervous and have a nervous breakdown?"

"You are the least likely person in the class to have a mental breakdown." Siyan rolled his eyes, "You have the most samples in the ship's laboratory, pervert!"

"Who is a pervert? I'm just interested in collecting specimens..."

"Okay, shut up. Now calm down and maintain your strength. We don't have time to rotate until the second batch of reinforcements are received in the landing area. You can wait until you have endured 24 hours of continuous high-intensity combat before discussing who is the pervert."

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent.

Of course Lal is trying to scare people, let alone humans. It is impossible for the 24 people in the two intensive classes of Taldarin to withstand 24 hours of high-intensity combat. That will not only test the psychological endurance, but also the issue of casualties.

If we don't fight for 12 hours, all 24 people will be killed. It is estimated that Lal will probably withstand the fierce attack from Tal'darin within a few hours. Most of the time, they will only face the yellow sand in the sky of Sil.

.

"Class 14, how are you doing?"

"The situation is good, we will meet at the b2 meeting point."

"learn."

But things fell into a bad situation from the beginning. The drop bay of the two mortar squads under the fire platoon of the 17th Independent Company, which was responsible for the first batch of landings, was hit by Taldarin's ground orbital defense system, and the bones were

None, resulting in the 17th Independent Company losing tactical support before landing.

Captain Douglas of the Independent Company determined that he had lost contact after several unsuccessful attempts to contact him, and had no choice but to inform the entire company of the news. This obviously caused a serious blow to morale.

After losing the mortar, the fire platoon was left with only two machine gun squads carrying two large-caliber machine guns. These two machine gun squads were deployed to Kehal Point to cooperate with Platoon A's defense.

In view of the loss of contact with the mortar squad, the tactical significance of Morian Point was no longer significant. Therefore, Douglas asked C Platoon, which was originally responsible for capturing the point, to separate two squads to support the defense of Umoyan Point. The remaining squad and the platoon command squad

Responsible for clearing Morian Point of possible Tal'darim forces.

In this way, the troops guarding Yumoyan Point had 6 squads, including 3 infantry squads and command squads of platoon b, and two squads of platoon c. Therefore, the platoon commander of platoon b informed Lal of the change in the original defense strategy, and c

Two squads of the platoon were responsible for capturing Umoyan Point and establishing defensive positions. His 76th Squadron and the coordinated 14th Squadron moved forward to establish a secondary position at Umoyan Point facing the Tal'darin Base and lay mines and obstacles.

At the same time, they are responsible for reconnaissance and early warning work. The tasks of the remaining infantry squad and command squad of B Platoon remain unchanged. They still serve as a reserve team and establish a backup retreat position behind Umoyan Point, forming a three-stage stepped defense configuration.

The main task of the secondary positions they are responsible for is not to resist the Tal'darin army, but to roam and delay. When the Tal'darin army arrives, they continuously launch attacks on the Tal'darin army, attriting the enemy troops, delaying the enemy's speed, and ensuring that the tower's

The Dalin army has always been within sight and has figured out the movements and intentions of the Tal'darin army. When necessary, they will withdraw to the two flanks of Umoyan Point to establish defenses, cover the defenders of Umoyan Point, and provide friendly forces if necessary.

Provide necessary support for counterattack.

"...It's really troublesome, so the guys in Platoon C just have to sit on the mountain and watch us struggle?"

"It's good to be recognized." Lal was not so negative. "At least we have reinforcements and don't need to stick to that mountain. Speaking of which, it's a blessing that the protoss doesn't even have artillery. Otherwise, we can't say no.

That hilltop must have been flattened by Tal'darin's artillery before the war started. You will have to thank the platoon leader for not arranging us in that position."

This kind of work is usually done by reconnaissance troops, which are generally elite units in the army. Being assigned to this kind of work can be regarded as the approval of the platoon leader. Of course, these are actually basic combat qualities.

They have all learned to do these things in the military camp. To say it is recognition, it is better to say that they just give themselves some psychological comfort, otherwise they will always feel uncomfortable looking at the group of guys lying in the trenches on the top of the mountain.

"Estimated landing in one minute." Lal's power armor AI reminded.

"We're about to land in one minute, everyone is conducting final inspections!" Lal opened the C-14's safety and shouted loudly in the team channel, "Immediately exit the cabin after landing, maintain the battle formation, and follow the original plan

Advance to the b2 assembly point to meet up with Class 14, remember not to fall behind!"

"yes!"

While the Marines were nervously inspecting it, the airdrop pods roared in the sky, opened their spoilers and began to slow down, and then hit the surface of Schier hard at a relatively low speed. This

The first phase of the operation codenamed "Excavator" officially began.


Chapter completed!