Chapter 327 05.0326: "Leave professional matters to professionals"

"Your Excellency, Brigadier General." The two Astra Militarum officers stopped and turned around to stay where they were, using the "Your Excellency" (Lord) address used only for nobles.

"This is Captain Horatio Cochrane, who will be with our brigade. Now, we need to arrange the march of the First Brigade.

First, the reconnaissance battalion led by me will definitely take the lead, and then there will be a 3-kilometer safe maneuvering range. What's next?"

“I will send an armored company from the 2nd Cavalry Squadron to cooperate with your two mechanized platoons and advance along the line of communication at the head of the marching column.

Following your motorized line infantry company at an interval of 1 km are the armored company of the rd Cavalry Squadron and the heavy dragoon company of the th Cavalry Squadron.

The rest of my troops will march in conjunction with Lieutenant Colonel John Moore's line infantry and grenadiers."

"Lieutenant Colonel John Moore, your line infantry will be in charge of the supply battalion. Protect our supply lines and forward operating bases (FOBs) along the way, and establish a good disembarkation point for the reserve battalion troops."

"It has been arranged, Brigadier General. Trucks will deliver our reserve troops 2 kilometers behind the front line. They will then board Leman Russ tanks or Chimera infantry fighting vehicles and head to the front of the front to replenish the company," said another lieutenant colonel.

Lord Wellesley nodded.

Horatio was seen staring at the enlarged battle line of the First Brigade on the sand table in a trance.

Horatio watched and thought.

"So, Captain Cochrane, you know about land warfare?" Sir Wellesley looked at the naval officer in surprise.

"I know a little bit, but I'm still learning."

"To be honest, when I heard that you were the one who captured these landing points, I didn't want to believe it at first. However, you must be an outstanding talent to be promoted to captain at such a young age."

"Our naval special warfare forces are good at performing special missions in small-scale confrontations, but when it comes to frontal battlefields and large-scale armored conflicts, it will depend on you, the Imperial Guard." Horatio smiled and said humbly.

"Then you have come to the right place this time." The knight smiled, pointed the telescopic staff in his hand at the direction of the First Brigade's advance on the sand table and said: "The three battalions you see now are all the elite of Britain.

The 79th Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment has the most autonomous scouts in Britain.

Although they are generally hunters, mountain dwellers, and farmers, before the complete industrialization of Britain turned them into unemployed hooligans, we made them into the best reconnaissance troops. "

Sir Wellesley then pointed to Lieutenant Colonel John Moore of the 88th Line Infantry and his chess piece on the sand table.

"The 88th British Line Infantry, we nicknamed them the Connaught Rangers.

These Hibernian Britons, from the same place as me (Irish), were called 'a bunch of top-notch drunken thugs'.

But we have trained them to be lions of the battlefield, the invincible battering rams of Britain.

There is no fortress that their grenadiers and line soldiers cannot destroy; if there is, it must not have been built yet, or it has been demolished by their heavy artillery."

He then pointed to the miniature model of the 1st Royal British Armoured Regiment and their commander, Lieutenant Colonel Cotton.

"The best and newest in all of Britain, the armored vehicles that have just come off the smoking molten iron production line in the Pandex Foundry World are all here, the pride of Her Majesty the Queen, the reward for loyalty in exchange for 150 years of triple excess tithes.

A battalion of up to 15 Macharius heavy tanks and 172 Leman Russ tanks will completely crush the shameful traitors who stand in their way."

"Fighting side by side with three of the most elite forces on the entire planet, I think I can learn a lot." After listening to the introduction, Horatio nodded in approval.

Compared to the other Astra Militarum configurations in the entire campaign, the British were quite generous.

Almost all the elite troops on the planet Britain appeared here. No wonder the general came up and asked the navy to appoint a fleet liaison officer to strengthen the deployment.

These assets are worthy of the resources invested by the Imperial Navy.

"When do we leave?" asked Horatio.

"Now is the time. We are in a hurry. We have to advance as far as possible before the enemy reacts and lays mines and checkpoints on the road."

"Reconnaissance phase," Horatio said.

"That's right. The reconnaissance phase will determine the battle line during the encounter phase. We must make good use of our mobility advantage to penetrate and encircle the enemy. The enemy has been operating here for hundreds of years. We don't know whether the size of the rebels is in the millions or tens of millions.

But I know that they definitely have more people than us. Our advantage is that we have more and better heavy equipment and well-trained soldiers. The flesh and blood of the rebels can't stop the armored tracks and wheels rolling forward. "

"Push forward, open up a 100-kilometer buffer zone, and I will choose a place to order the construction of a frontline airport.

The Valkyrie field support airport can be quickly built as the battle line advances. I will have the engineers build it 50 kilometers away from the front line.

As for the Valkyrie forward arming and refueling points (FARP), they will be deployed closer to the battle line, 18 to 25 kilometers away, to provide rapid fire support.

"Thank you very much. Having a decisive and capable fleet liaison officer like you, in cooperation with the sharp spearhead of Britain, is really a great help." Seeing Horatio taking the initiative, the knight couldn't help but say with some gratitude. Soon, the staff officers of the 79st Battalion of the th Armored Reconnaissance Regiment gathered around the knight.

Among them were the regimental astropath, artillery liaison officer, operations staff officer, personnel officer, logistics officer of the Military Affairs Department, regimental military inspector, state church chaplain, camp mechanical priest, and Horatio who was the fleet liaison officer.

Among so many staff advisers, Horatio, an officer of the Imperial Navy, ranked highest.

Not only because he was from the Imperial Navy, but also because he was a strategic-level advisory officer, responsible for assessing the entire southern front.

This time, he will not go to the front line in person with a gun to kill the enemy. The precious time will be used to command aviation dispatch and orbital bombardment.

As long as he lightly touches his fingertips, the enemy will be brought to overwhelming death.

Soon, the British 1st Brigade's formation was ready and the vanguard had set off.

"Captain Sharp," cried Lord Wellesley.

A rough man in a rifleman's uniform came over. He had an unshaven beard and his uniform was a little loose, which did not look decent compared to other British redcoats.

"Sir," the man responded.

"This is Captain Horatio Cochrane. If your reconnaissance company needs air strike support, please communicate with him."

"Yes, sir!"

The man saluted and hesitated: "But... our people are not well educated and don't know how to communicate in this area."

Horatio knew from Lieutenant Colonel Wellesley's introduction that although these people were good at combat, due to their background, they had a low level of education and were unable to adapt to the aviation coordination and dispatch that required advanced professional knowledge.

This inappropriate answer made the lieutenant colonel very embarrassed, but it was indeed a common problem in the Astra Militarum - they were good soldiers, but their cultural level was generally not high.

Just as Sir Wellesley was at a loss for words, Horatio spoke.

"That's nothing to worry about."

Horatio, riding on the black horse, looked at the Hell's Vanguards who had joined the company and said:
"My men have been deployed. Every company of the vanguard will be stationed with our Imperial Navy's Hell Snipers.

These elites wearing power armor are all graduates of the Naval Academy.

They will go to the frontline battlefield with you. As long as the reconnaissance company needs it, just tell them what support they need, and they will quickly send me an application using our Navy's professional dispatch application form." Horatio said proudly.

This is the professional confidence that the high professionalism of the Imperial Navy officers brings him.

Becoming a support beacon for frontline troops was also an important battlefield positioning that he had considered after receiving Hell's Vanguard training.

In Ancient Terra before he traveled through time, tactical aviation coordination was an operation with a very high threshold, and only a few major countries in the world had relatively complete systems.

During his time as deputy chief officer of the Special Warfare Department in the Navy Department, he studied specialized knowledge in this area at the Naval Academy and first used it in actual combat during the Battle of Far Star.

He established a communication and coordination system:
Each company of the Astra Militarum vanguard breakthrough force will be assigned a four-man Hell Vanguard squad.

These Hell Vanguards, who come from professional schools and have received excellent special training, work in groups of two. When the Astra Militarum needs tactical air support, a two-person team of Hell Vanguards will arrive at the front line.

All the Astra Militarum soldiers had to do was tell them what they wanted to blow up, and the Hell Soldier would visually confirm the target and quickly fill out an airstrike support request form using the data pad on his arm.

This is necessary because without the application form, when the pilot arrives at the battlefield, he may not be able to find the air strike target among the vast number of ground buildings and areas, not to mention accuracy and efficiency.

Without ground guidance, the aircraft would not be able to obtain a safe entry and departure angle, and would most likely be shot down by enemy anti-aircraft fire.

When one person finishes writing and the other confirms it, the two will check each other's work. After confirming that it is correct, the support application form will be transmitted to the secretary Louise through a dedicated line, and Louise will arrange the priorities based on risk assessment.

Horatio will, as the Chief Officer of the Aviation Department, send air raid support parameters to the Imperial Naval Aviation Force based on Louise's priorities.

As the intensity of the fighting increases, more requests for air strike support are received.

Then while Horatio deals with '1', Collingwood, as a commissioned officer, will deal with '2'.

Collaboration between two teams ensures the timeliness of air strike support, shortens the response time of the micro-time combat system, and improves the resource allocation efficiency of the macro-time combat system.

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