At midnight the next day, Augustus and a group of soldiers got up from the sheets and blankets spread on the ground and gathered at the designated location in the town of Valinor.
The assembly area of the fifth battalion is an open space in the center of the town, which was once used as a market by the locals. The first squad of Augustus lined up in three rows and four rows, and the second and third squads stood in the third row.
in the middle.
The searchlights in front of the breastplates of all the marines have been turned on, and the entire Valinor is being shrouded in bright light. There is only one company of Warfield in this wide area, and the other large open spaces are still empty.
Half an hour later, a marine regiment with neat steps and formation as if participating in a military parade walked into the open field, stopped opposite Augustus and stood facing him.
Those Marines also belong to the 33rd Ground Assault Division. The power armor is painted in the iconic silver gray, but there are no insignias or numbers on the armor to indicate which unit they belong to.
This sudden appearance of the troops was equivalent to a battalion in number. From the moment they entered the field to the time they stood in formation, there was only the sound of footsteps on the muddy ground with power boots, showing an astonishing degree of discipline.
At first, no one in Augustus' army thought anything was wrong with this army. It was not until 0:45 in the morning that a commander walked up to these soldiers and shouted his name and rank, asking the soldiers to
They took the oath before the war.
As soon as the last word of the order was spoken, all the soldiers stood at attention at the same time, put down their Gauss rifles on their shoulders, lowered their helmets and began to take the oath. Their movements were uniform and surprisingly consistent, as if they were one unit.
“We hereby swear that we have the responsibility to protect the planets and colonies of the Terran Federation and regard it as our inherent mission. We will fight against all enemies of the Federation, whether they come from within or from outside.”
“We obey all orders from our superiors as if we obey God’s arrangements. We are Marines, and we are forever loyal. We will send all enemies of the Terran Confederacy to hell until it is filled with wailing souls.”
“We will all die, but this is our pursuit. Our sacrifice is for the eternal survival of the Terran Federation.”
After the oath was taken, all the soldiers closed their helmets at the same time and put their rifles back on their shoulders. There was no verbal communication between them from beginning to end.
“What a bunch of pathetic people.” A platoon leader suddenly said in the channel of commanders above the first company squad level.
“Resocialized soldiers?” the second platoon leader said, “So I remembered, I’ve heard of them. These people used to be deserters, political prisoners, murderers or other social dregs.”
“These people don’t look like criminals. They are more obedient than a bunch of chickens.” The commander of the fourth platoon had a loud voice.
"Resocial transformation." The third platoon leader Reagan seemed to know better: "In layman's terms, it is what you call brainwashing. There are many ways, such as stuffing criminals into a container filled with chemicals, or directly
They cut open the brain, remove some unnecessary parts of the lobes, and then add some extra memories to you."
“Then these resocialized soldiers will become walking zombies who are absolutely obedient to federal orders. Even if the officer asks these people to jump into the lava lake and take a bath, they will not hesitate at all.”
“Oh God, this is a crime against humanity.” A squad leader exclaimed.
Although Augustus did not speak, he had been listening attentively.
Since entering the recruit training camp, Augustus has also gradually learned some information about resocialized soldiers. The fourth brigade has the smallest proportion of resocialized soldiers in the entire 33rd Ground Assault Division, so the officers there
Things are not very familiar.
In other units, such as the 1st and 2nd brigades, the proportion of reintegrated soldiers has reached one-fifth of the total number of soldiers. These soldiers are either organized into independent units or scattered into various squads.
among.
To win this war, the Federation had already sent brainwashed soldiers into the battlefield at this time, and was systematically preparing to replace ordinary, independent-minded soldiers with resocialized soldiers.
These resocialized soldiers are brave and fearless. The will and skills to fight are engraved in their bodies like instinct. It only takes one operation to transform an ordinary person into a killing machine for the federal government.
However, these resocialized soldiers also have a fatal flaw, that is, this transformation actually damages their brains.
While they were deprived of their independent personality, they also lost the ability to think and judge independently. Only when orders were given directly by officers who had not been socialized would they know what they were going to do.
In general, apart from this flaw, social soldiers are absolutely perfect warriors, able to carry out all orders given by their commanders to the maximum extent possible, and never make mistakes, never fear, and never retreat.
Augustus also knew that after the Union War ended, the proportion of these resocialized soldiers would continue to increase. By the time of the first full-scale war between humans and alien races, most of the soldiers in the federal army had received
This transformation.
At one o'clock in the morning, Warfield's company set off on time, marching towards the eastern city of Pork Pride in the silent night, accompanied by four brother companies and two battalions of resocialized soldiers.
On the HUD display screen of Augustus, that city area was named Dunlin District. Before the fall of Dunlin District, Dunlin District had the largest maglev car and IAA holographic projector assembly factory on Turasis II.
The factory was previously the property of House Terra, the founding family of Tarsonis.
According to the offensive plan, Warfield's 1st Company will be one of the first troops in the center to advance into the city. The other two troops will attack from the left and right wings. Before setting off, the Marines turned off the searchlights on their breastplates as ordered.
, switch the mask display to night vision and thermal imaging modes.
When they were approaching the city of Bok's Pride, only 2 miles away from the outermost building, two arc-light tanks and a team of twelve Goliath armed robots joined Warfield's troops. One of them
The Arc Light Tank is right in front of the Augustus Squad, and two huge Goliath robots are walking heavily on the right.
Since there are two moons in the sky of Turasis II at all times, the night of this planet is not very dark when the weather is clear. But today's night, the sky of Pork Pride is covered with dark clouds.
With all the federal troops extinguishing their light sources, this army was advancing in darkness where they could not see even their fingers.
At 4 o'clock in the morning, when Augustus was able to see the Goddess Lighthouse, the iconic building in Dunlin City, the Pride of Pork, with his naked eyes instead of the focusing camera on his helmet, the Camorian garrison in the city fired the first illumination bomb.
.
Since the Kemorians' space stations and satellites in geosynchronous orbit have been destroyed by the Federation fleet, even if the Kemorians know that a large number of Federation troops are approaching from the rear, they cannot determine the specific time of their attack.
But these Kemorians had obviously been up all night. When dozens of illumination bombs lit up the sky, the dense fire from mortars and electromagnetic gun positions had completely covered the first resocialization platoon to rush up.