The Mexican 1st Mixed Division, led by Major General Brenita, arrived in Merida by sea, stayed on the outskirts of the city for three days to receive supplies, and then headed to the real front line to join the battle sequence.
However, because the Yucatan Peninsula is too wide, the area that a division of only 8,000 men can control is very limited. However, after accepting the order of Governor Alfonso, the division commander Brenita launched an attack on the enemy with the determination to serve the country with blood.
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In fact, the population will drop significantly in the last days. The Yucatan Peninsula is too big. This peninsula is more than 300 kilometers wide from east to west and nearly 500 kilometers south. The total population on the peninsula is only one million. There is a large no-man's land on the peninsula, with a population of 8,000.
Even controlling all cities is difficult.
However, due to the Enclave's sea and air blockade, the landing efficiency of the Aurora Legion troops was extremely low. Lieutenant Colonel Isho, who fled to Merida, flew out for reconnaissance every day, and the result was that the Aurora Legion troops were in a location south of Cancun.
Landing at the small port called 'Playa del Carmen'.
The key is...it has been several days since they landed, and their total strength is less than a thousand.
There were so few enemies, which greatly increased Major General Brenita's confidence. He immediately led an armored battalion directly under the division headquarters and the elite first mechanized regiment to kill, aiming directly at the small town of 'Playa del Carmen'. Follow
Also setting off was a team of reporters accompanying the army, led by Rubin.
As a member of the Governor's Mansion, Rubin originally ran errands for the old butler Martin. This time he was sent on a mission to report on the heroic achievements of the 1st Mixed Division. And he encountered an enemy on the first day he set out with the division headquarters.
Big news.
"Damn it!" A platoon-level officer walked out of the medical team tent on the roadside, cursing all the time. There were constant howls from the tent behind him, as well as the busy shouts of medical staff.
The location of this regiment's medical team is Highway 180 east of Merida City. The combat troops of the first mixed division currently move along this road. Because the troops have many vehicles and advance very quickly, they can move in one day.
After traveling hundreds of kilometers, we arrived at Valladolid in the center of the peninsula.
Only when approaching Valladolid, the forward troops were attacked.
"It should be a guerrilla force." The cursing platoon-level officer accepted Rubin's interview and said bitterly: "We are a regiment-affiliated reconnaissance company, specifically responsible for armed reconnaissance. My platoon has five 'Big Lynx' armored vehicles
The reconnaissance vehicle advanced in a fan pattern and was suddenly attacked when it reached the outskirts of the city."
Although the recorder was on, Rubin still took out a small notebook and kept recording. While listening to the description of the platoon officer, he recorded in the notebook: "Our reconnaissance force discovered the enemy on the outskirts of Valladolid, um
..., the second regiment of the Aurora Legion’s main guard was discovered.”
The platoon officer continued: "The enemy set up roadblocks on the road, and we had to leave the road to make a detour. When our formation dispersed, the enemy took advantage of our team's inability to take care of each other and launched an attack."
Rubin scratched his head and worried for a while, then continued to write in the notebook: "Our elite investigators took the lead in discovering the enemy's position. Through various confirmations..." He raised his head and asked, "Second Lieutenant, what is your name?"
name?"
"Rodman."
"After careful judgment, Second Lieutenant Rodman, who led the team, discovered the loopholes in the enemy's defense, so he decided to launch a surprise attack. The five 'Big Lynx' armored reconnaissance vehicles under his command had powerful firepower and had an overwhelming advantage in equipment." wrote this,
Rubin felt very satisfied.
The second lieutenant officer continued: "Our company commander made a mistake at that time. He should have arranged for the infantry to get off the vehicle and enter the grass on the roadside for fire deterrence, while the armored vehicles provided fire support from the rear. But he was too impatient."
But Rubin wrote, "Facing the surprise attack, the enemy commander made a mistake in his panic."
The officer said, "The enemy only had one machine gun fire point shooting at us from three hundred meters away. I divided my men into two parts. One part advanced directly, and the other part surrounded us from the left wing."
Rubin wrote, "In this first battle, Second Lieutenant Rodman made a simple but exquisite tactical decision. He ordered three 'Bobcats' to attack from the front, and the other two 'Bobcats' to outflank the enemy."
The second lieutenant officer said, "But when my men launched an attack, the opponent suddenly launched an anti-tank missile from behind us. We knew nothing about it at the time. We didn't realize it was an anti-tank missile until the missile destroyed a vehicle.
trap."
Second Lieutenant Rodman said this with great frustration, "We were all confused at the time. The leading armored vehicle kept calling for support on the radio, but we couldn't even determine where the enemy was."
But this statement changed completely when it came to Rubin's notebook...
"The enemy was stunned by our surprise attack, and its commander failed to provide effective command. We destroyed an armored vehicle on the opponent's position on the spot and pursued the fleeing enemy." Rubin scratched his head and continued.
Asked: "Second Lieutenant, how many enemies have you encountered?"
"There are about ten people. The guerrillas are not large in number, but they are very flexible in their actions and are very familiar with the battlefield environment." The second lieutenant officer said, "The battle ended hastily. We lost one vehicle and killed and injured several brothers.
But he didn't even see what the enemy looked like.
Our company commander did not dare to pursue easily, so he led us back. This battle was a failure, and we are all very sad about it. The morale of the entire platoon is very low."
Rubin wrote, "The enemy consisted of about one company, and their tactical coordination was quite poor. Their quality was not high, their fighting will was not strong, and judging from the corpses, they were extremely weak. The victory in the first battle gave the officers and soldiers on the front line full confidence in this war."
The preliminary material was like this. Rubin also took a group photo with Second Lieutenant Rodman who retreated from the front line, and found several corpses of dead officers and soldiers to take pictures. Before taking pictures, he asked to change his military uniform to that of the Aurora Legion. Don’t have a suitable uniform? Just look for it.
Let’s make do with some blood clothes or something!
That night, Rubin polished the manuscript again and imagined many scenes of Lieutenant Rodman's bravery and wit. The battle of less than five minutes was expanded into 2,000 words, with pictures and photos, and then used the radio
Sent back to the city of Merida.
In the same result, within five minutes, the Governor's Mansion replied: "His Excellency the Governor is very dissatisfied with the manuscript. The text is not realistic enough and the description of the battle scenes is not detailed enough. It wants readers to feel that the battle is very fierce, but the enemy's stubborn resistance is extremely futile."
There is zero description of our senior officers in the battle, it fails to highlight the strong fighting enthusiasm of our officers and soldiers, and there is no description of the importance of the battle. And how can there be no prisoners in such a battle? There should be interviews about the prisoners."
This was the first time Rubin wrote this kind of manuscript, and the description he was originally very satisfied with was actually criticized. He scratched his head in distress, and added some descriptions about the battle and the command of our senior officers. But what about the prisoners...
"Boss, there are really no prisoners in this battle. I can't cover it." Rubin had to complain on the radio.
"If you don't have one, just make one. Do you want me to teach you?" A guy in the Governor's Mansion who looked like he was in pain quickly replied.
Rubin let out a long sigh at this. "Once you become a reporter, you tell a lot of lies, but from now on your moral integrity will be lost."