Usaka E. Creed, the commander of the 8th Kadian Regiment, and General Quermo Shamari from the 861st Krieger, as well as numerous adjutants, political commissars and senior officers, stood together on the soft muddy ground, facing the northeast in the pouring rain.
The air was filled with a strong smell of moisture and the smell of wet soil, and the lines of the horizon were intermittently illuminated by the flashes of explosions in the distance, which were the only battleships on the orbit bombing the enemy's core areas.
As the new commander of the 8th Kadian Regiment, Creed has a hard face, a square head and the unique purple eyes of the Kadians. After taking a deep breath of wet air, he asked the adjutant and bodyguard Jalan Kyle to cover the rain with an umbrella, and then pointed to a huge and dark shape and said:
"Gentlemen, she is there, Hacksaw Mountain, at an altitude of 1971 meters, and on the top of her are the stronghold of the heresy of the gangsters, the Viagra Fortress."
General Querermo Shamari, wearing a gas mask, had no rain gear, and the same was true for the other Krieg officers around him. They stood straight in the rain, letting the acid rain wash away their black coats, dull breastplate and masks, looking into the distance.
In the heavy rain, the mountain is black and deterrent under the low and thunderous sky, yet natural storms account for only a small part of the flickering and roaring near the top.
"The enemy deployed a large number of heavy artillery and direct fire."
A dull sound then came under Quellermo's mask, almost disappearing into the rain.
Creed nodded.
"From that height, their long-range artillery could torture all of us, and heresy also deployed high-power Void Shield generators on it, which had not been destroyed by the orbital bombing of the previous two days, but instead caused the mountain to become steeper. In addition, the heretic fleet began to cruise around the galaxy, and the navy could not stay in orbit for too long until three days ago, when the Emperor personally gave us this rain, nothing we placed on the other side of the river was safe, even if the infantry could now be allowed to cross the trickle, any attempt to transfer the armored forces to the other side of the distance would cause a punitive barrage attack, and our own artillery could not even be approached."
"Air bombing raid, or excavation of tunnels?"
Creed shook his head.
"Neither is feasible. The mountain is pure rocky and has a very high metal content. It is too difficult to excavate. As for air strikes, unless we can do something to their damn air defense positions, anything we fly in will be torn apart in the distance. Whatever you think of the heretics of these bastards, but they have already controlled the basin tightly. If we don't break through this line of defense in the next five days, then the offensive of the Rayves War Zone Commander Plan will have to be delayed. Who knows how long the war will last if this happens?"
After saying that, a deep brow frowned on Creed's face.
"According to the plan set by the war zone, we will knock out all the Red Pirates' strongholds on this planet within two weeks and use this as a base to attract enemy reinforcements around the galaxy. But if the enemy reinforcements have arrived at the world of damn pirates, we will have to fight with the enemy without even getting the damn pirates."
Although the other party didn't say anything, Cried knew that General Krieg was already weighing the sacrifices that needed to be paid in his mind.
In fact, Cried didn't like the Kriegers very much because they did not hide the idea of using the lives of soldiers for victory. The contempt for others and their own lives almost flowed in his bloodline. The Cadians were not afraid of death, but regarded their comrades as brothers and brothers. Even officers were the same. They would never throw any Cadian lives lightly.
Because only living people can enjoy victory, and there will be no winners in the corpses everywhere.
More importantly, Creed values everyone in the Eighth Regiment, not only because he is their chief, but also their own family.
As early as a child, Usaka E. Cried had an indissoluble bond with the elite army of the 8th Regiment of Kadian. When a chaos attack destroyed the Galan Castle, the soldiers of the 8th Regiment of Kadian discovered the orphans of the fortress city. At that time, he had only a standard pistol and a broken page of the copy of the "Macarius Directory". To this day, Cried refused to talk about what atrocities he witnessed in that city, but considering the actions of the evil gods, it was understandable.
But the traitor's atrocities did not shake the boy's belief in the Empire and the Emperor, but instead made him a resolute and courageous warrior. He was accepted as a member of the 8th Regiment and began to receive military training like other Cadia children.
Soon, he joined the young reserve force of the Cadian White Shield Force, as an outstanding soldier.
The talented White Shield quickly proved that he was an excellent soldier and tactician, and was soon promoted to a non-commissioned officer and had an infantry squad for his own dispatch, which was when he met Jalan Kyle.
As the short and strong soldier developed the talents and qualities required by a leader and tactician, he quickly mastered all tactical command skills, from commanding a single infantry squad to coordinating different astral legions to cooperate with combat. His more than ten years of military career has created a young boy an excellent officer who is proficient in offensive, ambush and defense. Although Creed is only twenty-six years old, he is already the best young commander in Cadia. If it weren't for the harsh hierarchy of this militarized planet and the complicated management system of the Military Affairs Department, his career would have risen even further. However, when he became the commander of the 8th Regiment of the Cardian a year ago, he was already the fastest-promoted officer of Cadian.
But youth did not make those veterans of warfare despise him at all, because Creed always stood on the front line, fighting side by side with the soldiers, and his personal life was also very simple, he was a typical "soldier general". More importantly, he would pay great attention to the life of every soldier when commanding and would never adopt meaningless war of attrition.
So whether glorious or not, Cried doesn't like Krieg's tactical style, even if it can sometimes lead to victory.
"Without the support of orbital bombing, the only opportunity at present is that the heavy rain is a good cover, and we should launch a full-scale attack."
As soon as the other party opened his mouth, Creed had a premonition that something was wrong.
He looked at the mountain, and the slope was full of threats due to the unsuccessful bombing, which was very steep and ups and downs like serrated teeth on cruel blades, hence the name Hacksaw Mountain.
It stood alone, tall and cold, completely controlling the vast, open area around it, and he heard that the soldiers gave it a nickname called Steel Teeth, because it chewed off every person who tried to climb it and swallowed their lives whole.
Now, between the constant shelling and heavy rain, it was a blood-sucking mud, and the bodies covering it were mostly loyal soldiers.