Girls und War

She looked at the map in silence for a moment, then asked the others, "If our goal is to completely capture the Eagle Zone, how many troops will we need?"

After hearing Xia Shu's words, several captains fell silent.

The entire polar ice sheet has a valuable ice control area of ​​at least 40,000 square kilometers.

After deducting the controlled area of ​​the snow zone and the radiation range of the first island chain, there are still tens of thousands of square kilometers left.

A combat area of ​​this magnitude is not something that a small special forces unit like theirs can handle.

It would take several days just to cross the entire Eagle Zone controlled area, not to mention marching and fighting in the polar regions.

To be honest, it was a bit scary when Natsuki said this.

Originally, several captains thought that Xia Shu’s goal was to destroy the Eagle Zone’s controlled area, and then cooperate with other polar forces to take over part of the Eagle Zone’s occupied area.

But Xia Shu didn't expect that what he was thinking about was the entire control area of ​​the Eagle District in the polar region.

The combat zone is tens of thousands of square kilometers. If you really want it, you must plan carefully.

At this time, it was Qingxian who spoke first, "This goal is too big. We obviously can't achieve it alone. I estimate that we need the help of at least two mixed corps to achieve it."

Xia Shu nodded and continued, "I have discussed this matter with the young commander. When the time comes, one corps each from the Snow District and the Flower District will come to assist us in advancing the battle. We will take the lead."

After hearing what Xia Shu said, several captains were excited.

But when they thought about the difficult combat tasks they were about to face, they felt a little worried.

They had never received a task of this magnitude before.

When several captains were carrying out combat missions in the past, the control area of ​​a company was only a dozen square kilometers.

This expanded their vision hundreds of times, and they all felt a little unfamiliar.

I even became less confident.

Seeing this, Xia Shu laughed and said, "You just told me that no matter how many come, they will die. Why are you scared now? What's wrong with you guys?"

Several captains smiled awkwardly.

Xia Shu continued, "Don't worry. Although we are the first attackers, the main attack will be handed over to other core forces. We are only responsible for the vanguard outpost reduction and decapitation attack. Do you understand me?"

The captains nodded, and Viper continued, "In that case, the targets of the attack should be the two signal shielding towers. As long as we clear these two things first, the pressure on the main communication will be greatly reduced."

Xia Shu nodded in agreement.

Qingxian added, "After we remove their communication blocking methods, they should react quickly. So, while their main force hasn't arrived yet, we should quickly expand our victory and eliminate as many of their communication outposts as possible."

Everyone agreed, and White Gloves asked again, "Where is the enemy's main force? Where should they target first?"

Xia Shu glanced at Lark upon hearing this, and Lark pointed to the southeast side of the map and said, "The Eagle District's main armored forces should still be in the First Island Chain. It might take one to two hours to reach the Polar Combat Zone from the First Island Chain. However, the Snow District has contacted us saying there's a medium-sized rapid-action force in the Polar Region, probably at the regimental level, but no one knows their exact location."

After hearing this, Xiaobai held up his chin and said, "A regimental-level unit? They should all be armored units. They should react quickly, which makes it difficult to deal with..."

"We won't engage the armored forces head-on." Xia Shu pointed at the red outpost on the map. "Our primary objective is to eliminate the communications outpost. Each team will disperse and take charge of their own combat area."

Several team leaders nodded when they heard this.

After setting the initial mission objectives, Xia Shu discussed the tactical details with them in detail.

At the same time, several follow-up plans were prepared for the entire action plan, taking into account all possible situations.

Afterwards, Xia Shu assigned combat tasks to each team, thus completing the formulation of the entire plan.

The operation, codenamed "Operation Penguin," aims to achieve complete control of the polar region by the Huaxue Alliance.

The goal of the first phase is to clear the preliminary obstacles set up by the Eagle District in the polar region and guide the Huaxue Coalition to launch an attack on the Eagle District's polar control area.

Subsequent targets are tentative.

Before the final mission objectives are achieved, the formulation of objectives for each stage must await the results of discussions with other military departments.

Yours sincerely.

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After the plan for "Operation Penguin" was completed, Xia Shu copied the plan into text, sealed it in a top-secret file bag, and sent it to the office of the Army Headquarters.

At the same time, she also informed all members participating in the meeting: the discussion meeting must be kept confidential and no team member must be notified half an hour before the task begins.

Upon receiving the order, the team leaders and members of the communications department exchanged military salutes with Xia Shu to confirm the validity of the meeting.

Xia Shu then announced the end of the meeting and went to the office where he was taking a nap to inform him of the issuance of the action plan.

Originally, the formulation of this combat plan needed to be led by the direct superior and implemented by the general staff.

But now the management of the special forces is a bit chaotic, and the general staff has not even been established. Xia Shu found it troublesome and simply skipped these procedural issues.

It can also be seen here that the combat vision of the officers leading the special forces has begun to develop strategic thinking.

If it were a regular standing army, or a weakling like Doragon, this plan would definitely not be possible.

Jiamei didn't say much about this, just asked about the feasibility of the plan, and then waited for orders from above with Xia Shu.

It was already late at night, but after receiving Xia Shu's plan, the young commander still implemented it vigorously.

The Hua District Army Command quickly took the lead and contacted the four departments of the North Ocean Island Chain Front, namely the Hua District Command, the Xue District Command, the Hua District War Control Department and the Xue District War Control Department, and held a remote meeting.

Although the combat control departments of the two war zones still had some doubts about the feasibility of the operation.

But the young commander was eager to let the special forces enter the actual combat stage, so he ignored the objections and suppressed all the opposing voices.

Lieutenant General Bella is also leading the snow area and is willing to take responsibility for this operation.

So "Operation Penguin" went straight into the execution phase.

Soon, the receipt order was delivered to Xia Shu.

902. Task Preparation Before Starting

As the saying goes, soldiers are more valuable than speed.

In order to prevent the combat operation from being leaked due to human factors, the young commander implemented it almost immediately after receiving the plan.

The overall plan returned to Xia Shu's hands with almost no modifications.

So she went straight back to the camp and asked Fafna to blow the assembly whistle.

At this time, the girls in the camp were not sleeping soundly, because before they went to bed, the captains of each team had already informed them that there might be action tonight.

So within two minutes, all the team members had gathered.

After the assembly was completed, Xia Shu didn't waste any time and directly announced the combat orders.

Afterwards, all members of the five combat teams and logistics support forces, led by their respective commanders, went directly to the special forces' virtual infiltration center.

Their infiltration center was built directly behind the dormitory building.

The purpose of building them so close is to save some precious time when an emergency infiltration is needed.

So a few minutes later, all the regular combat members of the special forces had entered the imaginary battlefield and gathered in front of Xia Shu.

Their assembly speed is more than one level faster than when they were in the front-line combat troops.

If we were still at the original temporary base, it might take another five or six minutes to gather all the team members.

The place where the team members landed on the imaginary battlefield this time was no longer the borrowed logistics base like last time.

After Xia Shu talked to the young commander last time, she actually opened a new military base for the special forces.

The base was located next to the original special warfare training ground. In addition to building warehouses and administrative buildings for them, the engineering department also built a one-kilometer-long airport runway specifically for them.

The regular troops stationed here are still responsible for guarding the base.

When their company commander saw the special forces suddenly landed, he quickly got up from the bed and prepared to say hello to Xia Shu.

But Xia Shu and the others were very busy and ran to the warehouse immediately, apparently to carry out a mission.

Seeing this, the captain did not disturb them, but called the runway manager and asked her to prepare for the transport plane to take off.

By the time the transport plane came out of the warehouse, the members of each team had already finished dressing.

A full set of snow suits, resistant to low temperatures and snow, the most expensive polar combat equipment.

Each of them was wearing the same equipment as that used by the nameless team in the last polar battle.

The price of combat equipment was quoted at 20 million. In addition to the 10 million that Xia Shu himself contributed, Qimingxing also allocated another 10 million.

And this is just combat equipment for snowy environments.

After this operation, Xia Shu could not assign any new tasks.

Because there is no equipment used in other environments.

Want to send special forces on a mission? Sure.

Need to pay more.

After the transport plane's engine was preheated, the special forces quickly entered the transport plane under Xia Shu's instructions.

Then the transport plane took off very quickly and flew towards the far north.

Seeing the plane begin to climb steadily and enter a stable flight state, Xia Shu immediately stood up from his seat and found the random personnel of the plane.

On standby at their base was a captain from the Air Force.

Seeing Xia Shu walking towards her, she didn't say anything nonsense and asked directly, "Is there any problem? Captain Xia Shu?"

Xia Shu took out a map and asked her, "What's the route? How long will it take?"

Upon hearing this, the captain drew a curved line on the map and then said, "Here we are, about an hour and a half to the North Pole."

Xia Shu nodded and looked down at the map again.

Indeed, now that the new military base has been built, all military operations have become more than a level faster.

But military operations like this still require long-distance flights to reach the target location.

This is too slow and too inefficient.

Natsuki thought it would be nice if they also had a military base in the polar regions.

Or establish military bases on every continent and every ocean?

Then the current military base will be used as the special operations headquarters, and other bases will be used as branches to quickly deploy special operations forces into the battlefield.

But the funds required for this would be an astronomical figure, or should they just charter an aircraft carrier?

Thinking further down the line, it's getting further and further away. In short, it's not something that can be solved right now.

The special forces haven’t even gathered all their equipment yet.

Shaking off these random thoughts, Xia Shu turned around and looked at the team members in the cabin.

Seeing that several captains were waiting for her orders, she switched to the team channel and said, "Captains of each team, inform your team members of the mission objectives of this operation."

After receiving Xia Shu's instructions, the captains who had been holding back all night finally had the opportunity to talk about the polar operation.

So they asked the members of each team to adjust the channel to their own team's channel, and then began to inform them of the specific mission requirements of "Operation Penguin".

An hour later, when the plane reached the polar circle, Xia Shu saw the dawn that was about to rise gradually disappear on the horizon.

Because at this point in time, the polar regions have just entered a period of eternal night.

The night is twenty-four hours long and there is no daytime, which is perfect for covert operations.

This is also one of the very important reasons why Xia Shu decided to arrange the polar mission at this time.

When the transport plane landed, the personnel of each team quickly got off the transport plane under Xia Shu's command and lined up on the roadside of the airport.

At this time, the snow base was a busy scene. The huge searchlights illuminated the surroundings. Vehicles came and went, seemingly transporting large amounts of combat supplies.

Xia Shu knew that the Snow District was also under the command of the Integration Department and had begun preparing for the subsequent "Penguin Operation".

I just don't know how efficient their actions are, and whether they can keep up after the special forces complete their mission objectives.

The person in charge of receiving Xia Shu in the snow district was a lieutenant colonel.

After the two saluted each other, she took Xia Shu directly to the command center, where they met the commanding officer of the snow district.

There were many people coming in and out of the command center. Xia Shu saw Anna waiting for action and nodded to her.

Anna also entered the battlefield from the special forces' infiltration center. Xia Shu had seen her go online with his own eyes.

In this battle, she should occupy a very important position in the snow area.