After the briefing, only officers above the battalion level were left in the briefing room, including division commander Ye Han, chief of staff Bian Ge, first battalion commander Xiao Yuan, second battalion commander Ouyang Ping, and third battalion commander Wu Qingbo.
In addition, there is also the guard company commander Luo Qi.
That's right, it's the security company.
After the downsizing, the total number of members of the 1st Airborne Division was no more than one regiment. The teaching battalion under Ouyang Ping was directly disbanded, and Luo Qi's guard battalion was turned into a guard company.
However, the military establishment has changed, but everyone's positions have not changed. Some people's military ranks have been promoted because of the Battle of Jupiter. Luo Qi's situation of high-ranking and low-ranking personnel is not an exception.
Not only Luo Qi, but also Xiao Yuan was promoted, but his position remained unchanged and there was no change at all.
This situation does not only happen in the 1st Airborne Division. After so many years of fighting, there are countless officers who have been promoted due to meritorious service. The military simply does not have so many positions to arrange for these people. Therefore, the phenomenon of high-ranking and low-ranking officers is very common in the military.
Anyone familiar with the military knows that positions are much more important than military ranks. In order to prevent too many senior officers, the military has to suppress the promotion of senior officers. Otherwise, Ye Han will not be promoted to major general this time.
Yue still has no explanation.
The soldiers still didn't know that Ye Han voluntarily gave up the opportunity for promotion in exchange for the opportunity to move to Beiyuezhou for his wife and children.
But the exchange is just an opportunity. It must be arranged whenever there is an opportunity without affecting the military arrangements. Therefore, Bai Xiaoting and her child are still in Qiongzhou.
All of this was done secretly by Ye Han through his connections. It was not considered abusing power for personal gain. However, most of the officers and soldiers had their families on Earth. Of course, it was not easy to make this matter public, so many people privately complained about Ye Han.
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Ye Han didn't know how to explain it at all, so he could only smile bitterly.
Everyone who had to leave had left, and Ye Han immediately pulled up the map of Marida Port: "This is Marida Port. Here -" he drew a circle on the map, "is the storage area of the port, where the extracted uranium ore
It exists here, and so far, no aliens have been found to be interested in the storage area, Wu Qingbo!"
"arrive!"
"This is target No. 1. The first mission of the Third Battalion is to take charge of this place."
"yes!"
Ye Han drew on the other two locations: "Here and targets No. 2 and No. 3 are both industrial areas for uranium smelting, Ouyang Ping?"
"arrive!"
"Do you know how to smelt uranium ore?"
"Report, I don't know!"
"I'm not sure. I just found some information and took a quick look. This thing doesn't use a blast furnace, but uses chemical melting and extraction. So don't think that equipment that looks like a blast furnace is important. No matter how inconspicuous the equipment is,
You can’t let it go, understand?”
"Understand!"
"You can look for information on this after the meeting. Sit down."
"yes!"
Ye Han finally drew a circle on the beach: "This is target No. 4, Malida Pier. The distance from the terminal to the storage area is 1.2 kilometers. It is not far away, but there is a residential area in the middle. I believe there are many local residents."
Hiding here with the miners... The reason is because this is one of the places with the highest concentration of insect swarms. Other than hunting, I can't think of any reason for the insect swarms to gather here."
Having said this, Ye Han drew a line on the road between the dock and the storage area: "This is the only way to transport ore to the dock. We must ensure the smooth flow of this road... Xiao Yuan!"
"Here we go!" The two people stood up together.
"You are following the First Battalion. Your mission is to land at the dock and hold on to it, move forward from the dock to the storage area, and open up this passage. Do you understand?"
"clear."
"Wu Qingbo?"
"arrive!"
"The second mission of the Third Battalion is to occupy the storage area, advance from the storage area to the dock, and attack from both sides with the First Battalion to open up this passage."
"yes!"
"Who has any more questions?"
"Report!" Xiao Yuan stood up first.
"speak!"
"Commander, the dock is also one of the areas where insect swarms gather. If they are airborne to other areas, it will not be a problem to attack the dock after gathering. It will be more difficult to airborne directly to the dock, and the casualties will be relatively high."
Ye Han nodded: "You can choose an airdrop point near the dock. Also, the navy will assist you during the airdrop. Pay attention to coordination and communication."
"yes!"
"Sit down, who else?"
"Report!" Wu Qingbo also stood up.
"speak!"
"Commander, the aliens haven't noticed the storage area yet. If we parachute directly into the storage area, will it attract the attention of the aliens?"
"What do you mean?"
"Our mission is to create conditions for our brother troops, so I have an immature idea. Can we gather near the storage area and deliberately make some noise to lure out all the bugs in the storage area?"
Ye Han smiled: "Lead the snake out of its hole? You can, but you must first ensure the safety of the storage area. If you lure the bugs out here, and the storage area over there is undefended, it will be meaningless to lure the snake out of its hole."
"Yes!" Wu Qingbo was a little excited. "Commander, my idea is to put the main force in residential areas. Firstly, it can speed up the opening of the passage. Secondly, it can also attract insects in the storage area."
"Okay." Ye Han nodded, "The storage area is full of warehouses, which are not suitable for airborne landings. Do you have any ideas?"
Wu Qingbo did not answer and asked instead: "Commander, how will we airborne this time?"
"There is nothing else but this landing craft." Ye Han said.
The assault ship came back with the assault fleet. The problem was that Gao Kai also took the assault ship to Europa, so the drop pod was useless.
And Ye Han really, really, really hated the airborne pod. He always felt that it was just leaving his life to God and was far less safe than a landing craft.
Ye Han was not the only one who felt this way, most of the airborne soldiers had similar thoughts.
Of course, this is not actually the case at all. If a landing craft is fully loaded with a platoon, if it is hit, the whole army may be wiped out. However, the airborne capsule has one person per cabin, is small and fast, and the probability of being hit by anti-aircraft fire is far away.
Much lower than a landing craft.
But why do people think the airborne capsule is unsafe?
The reason for this illusion is that the airborne capsule is in free fall, and people can't do anything in it. This kind of uncontrolled waiting gives people a feeling of resignation and involuntary, in other words, they are out of control.
, so the soldiers felt that the airborne capsule was unsafe.
If the paratroopers in the airborne pod can control the landing direction, the situation will take a 180-degree turn. At that time, the vast majority of paratroopers will reject the landing craft and become loyal fans of the airborne pod.
But for some unknown reason, the military refused to modify the airborne capsule.
Wu Qingbo said: "Then my suggestion is to use a flight bag to land after flying over the target. This will help gather troops."
