Chapter 13: Chapter 13: With Valor and Pride
The person in charge from the troops is surnamed Yan, full name Yan Shaohua.
His specific duty is the legitimate captain of an armored infantry regiment, with the military rank of two bars and three stars.
Yan Shaohua exuded an aura of efficiency, and upon entering, he saluted Qin Zhendong: "Hello, Boss Qin."
"Hello, Captain Yan." Qin Zhendong stood up and shook hands with Yan Shaohua.
Although there’s a significant difference in administrative level between the two, military and government are, after all, two systems, so Qin Zhendong naturally behaved formally: "Captain Yan, how is the troop assembly going?"
Yan Shaohua, standing tall and straight as a pine, responded cleanly and neatly,
"Boss Qin, according to the core command, my regiment headquarters is staffed with 2,300 warriors, all of whom have assembled, and the vehicles are currently in transport. It’s expected that the troop can set off within two hours!"
A short time ago.
Upon learning that there was a high probability that a war would break out in another dimension—especially since the war might involve extraordinary powers—the bunnies immediately decided to send an elite unit into the other dimension as a precaution.
Heaven takes pity.
Upon learning of the core decision from the core layer,
several gun-bearing bunnies were so excited that their ears stood up with a ’pop’—goodness, the first unit to set foot in another dimension in an organized manner, this is an honor enough to be recorded in history!
In modern terms, it is called taking the first step into another dimension; in ancient terms, it was called expanding territories!
As soldiers, how could one not strive for such an honor?
Thus, some of them claimed that certain army rapid response units were well-equipped, while others said that the other dimension had many mountains and therefore the motorized special operations brigade of XX division should be sent, and there were those clamoring for the elite composite brigade of XX army corps.
In short, the competition was very lively.
Finally, a certain big bunny couldn’t stand it anymore and slapped the table on the spot: "Stop arguing, I think the armored infantry regiment near Shencheng is not bad, well-equipped and strong in combat, and close to Shencheng, so let’s choose them." (Note: After the military reform, field armies generally no longer have regimental-level structures, but there are regimental-level formations, such as border defense regiments, army aviation regiments, etc. In reality, the regiment responsible for garrisoning Shencheng is indeed an armored regiment, so don’t say there are no regimental structures now, structure and formation are not the same thing.)
With the final word of the big leader, others naturally had no more objections.
Thus, Yan Shaohua’s armored infantry regiment ultimately stood out and became the lucky one that many envied.
As a modern elite force, Yan Shaohua’s armored infantry regiment has three combat modules in total:
An armored vehicle module, an infantry module, and a main battle tank module.
These three modules are divided into three armored infantry battalions, a tank battalion, an air defense company, and three directly subordinate companies based on their formation.
The regiment has nearly a hundred armored vehicles, which can not only supplement large-caliber machine firepower but also have troop transport functions, capable of carrying a large number of warriors for long-distance raids.
The tank battalion possesses 40 main battle tanks—don’t look at this number as if it’s small, in the regiment-level unit among the bunnies, even globally, apart from the fourth mechanized division’s armored regiment under the eagles and the long-dissipated Bear regiment, there’s hardly an armored regiment that can reach such configuration.
If it weren’t for guarding Shencheng, Yan Shaohua’s men wouldn’t possibly have been equipped with so much tank power.
More crucially, all of the tanks in Yan Shaohua’s tank battalion are equipped with Type 99A main battle tanks.
The Type 99A main battle tank is the most cutting-edge tank model domestically.
In terms of configuration alone, the 99A is much stronger than the modified Type 59 and has not yet been deployed throughout the entire army.
The 99A is equipped with advanced electronic track positioning technology, and within a range of 2,000 meters, it is as accurate as a god in "PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds," nicknamed the Asian Land War Cheater... uh, no, the King of Land Warfare.
With all three combat modules fully powered, Yan Shaohua’s armored infantry regiment can raid over 400 kilometers a day.
Among the domestic troops with the same structure, the regiment’s comprehensive combat power is conservatively said to be stable in the top five, but in reality... second to one, aiming for first place.
At the same time.
Every soldier qualified to join this armored infantry regiment is a loyal warrior of all aspects, each as capable as a dragon.
High mobility, strong combat capability, and strong faith in the team.
This is the reason why this armored infantry regiment was selected.
However, due to the limited assembly time and conditions, not all equipment of the regiment can be brought into the other dimension.
Whether it’s those tanks or armored vehicles,
only about one-third of them can be successfully transported to the outside of the light gate—these combat vehicles cannot blatantly drive over from the road, and must be loaded in containers, transferred through trucks of 13 meters or more, and ’unloaded’ on site is also a trouble.
Due to time constraints, a total of 37 armored vehicles and 16 main battle tanks were finally assembled.
In addition, alongside Yan Shaohua’s armored infantry regiment heading to the other world, there are also two search and rescue helicopters, model AC311A—yes, one of the prestigious four gentlemen of AC.
The headquarters chose the dual-use AC311A, instead of military transport helicopters like the Z-8 or Z-20 with better performance.
One reason is that the AC311A is easier to mobilize, as there are several in the Hu Fei Group’s airport, which makes the process much simpler than mobilizing military aircraft.
The second reason is... whether it’s the Z-8 or Z-20, their blades are almost ten meters long—don’t forget, the light gate’s width is just eight meters.
Compared to the military transport helicopter’s big brothers, which start at ten tons, the AC311A little brother weighs just over two tons, with a blade length of just over seven meters, just enough to pass through the eight-meter-wide light gate.
Yan Shaohua had no objections to this—after all, these two helicopters weren’t going to be used for deploying soldiers or conducting airstrikes, whoever can be used is fine.
That’s right.
Compared to the armored infantry regiment with certain combat deployment, the primary mission of these two AC311A helicopters is not to provide aerial fire support, but to conduct deeper exploration of the other world’s territory.
Previously, the Fire Squad had already used military drones to survey the surrounding terrain and collect samples, even discovering some quite important information.
But due to its limitations, even with the military label in its name, these drones could hardly reach more than 20 kilometers around the perimeter.
In the early stages of the other world exploration, this range was naturally sufficient.
Because at that time, the bunnies knew nothing about the other world and couldn’t possibly send helicopters directly over at the start—they didn’t even know if there was gravity in the other world.
But with the successful completion of the first two missions, especially after the discovery of human cities, the 20-kilometer exploration radius no longer met the bunnies’ needs.
In addition, satellite communication means have yet to be implemented (after all, there are three suns in the sky), so dispatching helicopters to expand the exploration area has become a necessary move.
The AC311A in areas of 3,200 meters altitude can fly a range of 640 kilometers—that is, roughly the distance across a standard province, and its information-gathering ability far exceeds that of drones.
As a big bunny put it, "At the very least, we need to figure out the source of the refugees. When the other world’s families are preparing for battle, we don’t even know what their opponents look like. That’s absolutely not acceptable."
Outside the tent of the Shencheng headquarters, Yan Shaohua’s armored infantry regiment had entirely assembled, forming a dense crowd gathered in front of the ruins of Wu Fan’s milk tea shop...
Yes, ruins.
A short time ago, to facilitate the transportation of combat vehicles and helicopters, the Shencheng headquarters decisively demolished Wu Fan’s milk tea shop, leaving only a big, clean light gate.
Of course, Wu Fan would naturally not receive a small amount of compensation.
Yan Shaohua stood at the front of his troops, looking at his soldiers.
These young men had an average age of 23, with an average service time of 4.2 years.
Compared to their peers, they led lives with far less leisure; as elites among elites, happiness, Suchoy Fortress memes are almost alienated from their lives.
The main theme of their daily lives is training, training, training!
Look at these excellent young men, whose eyes don’t shine with purity and the beauty of the wild?
The blazing sun has tanned their skin and tempered their blood.
All impurities have been completely removed, and their pure and spotless love is only for this country!
Yan Shaohua took a deep breath and gazed at these military elites with resolute expressions and eyes flickering with fire.
He firmly believed in his heart.
One day, this flame would rise to the heavens and transform into the fire of national rejuvenation, sweeping across the globe!
"Everyone, set off!"
At 8:30 in the morning, the first organized unit of the bunnies officially set off.
To march in valor and pride.
To cross through the light gate and descend into another world!