Chapter 342 05.0341: "My Iron Hand has a skill that can be shared"

On the top of the mountain, the headquarters of the 1st British Brigade.

"God Emperor! Your Imperial Navy also has this kind of highly advanced sand table projection?!"

Lieutenant Colonel Cotton stared in disbelief at the sand table in front of him, which was so lifelike. No, it should be said that it was exactly the same as the scene on the front line, and the changes in the battle situation were almost without any delay.

"It seems that our Mr. Cochrane established the landing point with such good things?" Sir Wellesley raised his eyebrows and said.

"That's right." Horatio said it naturally without changing his expression, as if he was not lying, but just stating a 'fact' naturally:
"The source of this technology is the Imperial Navy's latest fleet command sand table projection. We asked the Mechanical Priest to divide it up, improve it, and customize it specifically for the Aviation Department to command the Imperial Navy's air force to use an air-to-ground integrated sand table."

"Then, can I give direct orders to the frontline troops like you do?"

Sir Arthur Wellesley rubbed his thumbs, and although his tone remained steady, he was already eager to try it out.

"Please, sir," Horatio invited, keeping his calm smile.

Soon, a report came from the corresponding unit: "Sir, we saw a beacon with a double-headed eagle mark on it! Is this an order from the brigade headquarters?"

"Yes, this is an order from me. Please execute it immediately and destroy that bunker. According to the direction of the firing range, it may threaten the flank safety of vehicle No. 434!"

"Yes! Royal Engineers, follow us!"

On the frontal battlefield.

A gun barrel was silently extended from a camouflaged bunker at the bottom of the mountain.

As soon as the gun barrel was extended, it was discovered by Sir Wellesley, who had been observing the attack on the pass.

To be precise, it was the commander of the Leman Russ who discovered the enemy through the periscope and lit it up on the sand table.

But the turret rotated slowly, and the enemy's artillery had already aimed at the fragile side armor of the Leman Russ tank.

"Hurry! Sm, you fucked me so hard with that thing under my crotch last night, hurry up and reload!"

"Bah, stop yelling, you bastards, be quiet, I'm aiming!"

"We only have one chance, shoot accurately and blow up the Corpse King's tank!"

In the bunker, the rebel artillery crew members were swearing at all kinds of foul language, but they were very skilled in the operating procedures and were obviously a group of veterans.

An adamantium cannonball was thrust into the barrel of the Grand Cannon.

The Macrosound Cannon is a common close-range support artillery of the Astra Militarum, which can be fired both projectile-like and flat-firing.

Although its anti-armor capability is not as good as that of a towed laser cannon, it is still not a problem to penetrate the side armor of a Leman Russ tank.

After the commander discovered the enemy, the Leman Russ tank immediately stopped, switched to reverse gear and began to move backwards.

At the same time, it turned its direction and tried to use the front armor to face the protruding gun barrel, hoping to use the strongest front structural steel in the entire vehicle to take this life-and-death shell.

The heavy explosive shells on the side of the vehicle also began to fire at the bunker. The heavy explosive arrows hit the sandbag shelter and splashed sand and gravel. The laser cannon mounted on the front of the vehicle also fired at the mountain at the maximum rate of fire.

However, the firing holes of the bunker have been carefully arranged. The square opening inside is only large enough for the gun barrel and the observation and aiming system to stick out, while the tapered U-shaped design with a trapezoidal cross-section allows the gun barrel to have a very good firing range without having to worry about shells hitting the inside of the bunker.

"Aiming complete!"

"Let go...Ah! Ah! Ah! Damn it! It's fire! It's fire!"

Before the order to open fire was given, burning promethium sprayed onto the bunker.

The narrow entrance of the quick-concrete bunker can indeed block most weapons, but it cannot block the burning promethium.

The rebel Macro Cannon operating team inside the bunker stared in amazement at the flames of thousands of degrees flowing in front of them.

The slippery burning promethium sprayed through the gaps onto the bodies of all the operating team members. No matter how they screamed and rolled over, they couldn't put it out. It burned through their skin and flesh and even burned their bones.

Amid their screams, the gun barrels gradually became red with flames.

The Royal Engineer Demolition Team continued to spray flames at the muzzle of the gun, while the demolition experts took the opportunity to deploy the hot-melt explosive packs in front of the bunker, and immediately ran back after putting them down.

boom!
The timing of the explosion left him enough time to retreat, and the heavy armor on his body also blocked the attenuated aftermath of the blast, while a huge gap was blown out in the bunker in front.

The Sentinel Mech came with its big iron feet, stepped on the afterglow, and fired a rapid-fire attack at the gap created by the explosion. The Grenadier Assault Team standing by also poured grenades into the gap under the cover of laser fire.

After the grenade exploded, the heavy dragoons armed with broad-bladed sabers followed the waypoint markers on the war sand table, rushed in through the gap in the collapsed bunker, and frantically hacked at the rebel soldiers who followed.

Such close coordination among the various forces is possible only thanks to the delay-free real-time command capability provided by Horatio's war sandbox.

Horatio is well aware of the most critical use of the war sand table:
It can make up for the lack of understanding of the situation around the troops by front-line commanders and fighters. With clear goals, the battlefield analysis and risk warning capabilities of front-line commanders and fighters will be further improved.

In the true sense, the front-line units only need to rely on their subjective initiative to complete the advancement and attack tasks assigned by the beacon, but our rear brigade headquarters have a lot to consider.

However, this happens to be the ideal staff command environment.

It’s a pity that these officers don’t know that after leaving this naval liaison officer from the Gothic Fleet in the future, they will never see such a useful sand table command system again.

"Yes! Sir, we see it! Fire!"

Under the guidance of the brigade headquarters, the Leman Russ tank that escaped the disaster slightly turned the laser gun barrel on the front of the vehicle and aimed it at the rebel homemade armored vehicle approaching on the road ahead.

boom!
A beam of strong light shot towards the armored vehicle, which was a rather stupid, big, black and rough type and had been modified based on agricultural machinery, and burned a bright red, smoking hole on the vehicle body.

The pieced-together car body was instantly pierced through by the high-energy beam of the laser cannon. The front engine stopped struggling after two twitches and emitted thick black smoke.

Those who survived jumped out of the car in a hurry and fled. The last person even jumped on top of the first person, and both of them fell down on the hard road.

Before the abandoned members could get up, the short battle cannons were aimed at the shabby and modified chassis of the vehicle.

boom!
A shower of gravel flew up the road, and some of the debris that flew backwards carried conspicuous scarlet flesh and blood.

Senior officers at the brigade headquarters rely on the no-delay war sandbox to quickly help soldiers mark those high-threat yet undetected enemy firepower points from the perspective of a god looking down on the world.

With the help of cooperation between multiple troops, seamless collaboration was achieved, and the many troops acted as one in stillness or movement.

At first, the advancing soldiers were indeed somewhat overwhelmed by the firepower points at the pass, but they found that the outlines of the enemy units had turned into eye-catching red highlights.

As communication between lower-level officers and their superiors became more frequent, units on the front line began to coordinate closely, and the battle situation has so far been progressing more smoothly compared to the previous chaotic situation.

Many arms opened fire at high-threat targets within their firing range. Each squad and group performed their duties like interlocking gears, and each squad and group became an inseparable link in the breakthrough front.

Even the infantry squad that was blocked from attacking the mountain from the front through the snow began to cooperate with the infantry squad next to it.

This was not the result of the squad leaders and platoon leaders thinking quickly, but the staff officers who were observing the battlefield from a high position used their invisible hands to separately and clearly define the goals of each squad and platoon unit and fully mobilized the troops.

Wayfinding points suddenly appeared in front of those teams who were originally on the battlefield, suppressed in the trenches by firepower and didn't know how to break out.

Then, they quickly received orders from the platoon leaders: move according to the waypoints and attack the highlighted targets with red outlines in front of them.

Although these soldiers are essentially still fighting independently, everyone now has clear tactical mission objectives rather than the general mission objectives that were originally issued due to intelligence blind spots and delays.

The Astra Militarum troops across the battlefield rushed towards the end of the beam marked by the wayfinding point assigned to their units, and annihilated all enemies marked in red or encountered along the way.

"The most taboo thing on the battlefield is confusion and being at a loss. Grassroots frontline officers and soldiers may be as confused as headless flies under the enemy's fire suppression. They only know the big goal set at the beginning of the battle, but don't know how to split a big goal into several small goals to complete it.

However, on a large battlefield, it is impossible to observe the situation of each unit in a timely manner. Many times, they can only rely on the real-time combat strategies of grassroots officers and soldiers. The levels of commanders of squads and platoons are different, which will lead to different situations on the front line.

Once the soldiers have clear and concrete mission objectives, they are the most outstanding soldiers and will accomplish these objectives at all costs.”

Sir Wellesley analyzed the reasons for the current situation from the perspective of command psychology, and admired the magical sand table command system in front of him.

Then he looked at Horatio and smiled, "So, where did you customize this system? We in Britain also want to popularize this highly advanced command sandbox."

"what?"

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