"Company Commander, Squad Leader Mark's convoy did not return on time!" Carrying an assault rifle and unable to find his subordinates, the platoon leader walked to his company headquarters with some worry and reported to his superiors.
The company commander is sorting out the maps and other documents in his hands. In half an hour, they will leave here and head to areas further east.
The organization of the troops of the Airanhir Empire is actually a bit confusing. Because the troops were established at different times and have different purposes, the organization of the troops is also very different.
Originally, when the Army was established, it only had infantry, cavalry, and artillery. As time went by, various weapons began to be incorporated, and in order to deal with these weapons, various arms were incorporated.
At this moment, the army troops are divided into "light infantry divisions", "cavalry divisions", "motorized divisions", "mechanized divisions", "tank divisions", "heavy armored infantry divisions" and "armored divisions" according to their organization.
At the same time, among these divisions, there are also combat units divided by race such as "mixed divisions", "elf divisions", and "dwarf divisions".
In addition, there are some non-frontline combat units, including "Dragon Knight Division", "Magician", "Giant Horse Cavalry Division" and so on.
A light infantry division is a light-armed division that only consists of traditional infantry. It has low combat effectiveness and is responsible for rear security and other tasks. Its heavy equipment only consists of light artillery and anti-aircraft weapons.
The cavalry division is basically facing elimination. These troops with a large number of military horses are basically rarely seen now. However, such troops still exist in many edge areas of the Magic Continent.
Motorized divisions are also in the phase of being eliminated. This type of unit has basic mechanized mobilization capabilities and is equipped with a large number of motorcycles and trucks. It is just because there are too many new equipments in the Airanhill Empire, so this kind of light division,
Increasingly unpopular with superior commanders.
Mechanized divisions are obviously more popular, because these mechanized infantry divisions are equipped with a large number of armored vehicles, have certain attack capabilities, and can march quickly and can keep up with armored units, so they are more popular.
Tank divisions are actually the "armored divisions" of the past, but now tank troops are also facing the problem of being eliminated. This kind of less flexible combat unit is now becoming less and less in the army establishment of the Eilanhir Empire.
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Nowadays, the latest types of troops, with an increasing number of troops, are actually "heavy armored infantry divisions" and new "armored divisions".
To put it bluntly, they are a heavy armored grenadier unit based on powered exoskeleton equipment, and a heavy armored unit based on ultimate individual powered armor.
The number of these two new types of troops is not large yet. Most of them are the main force among the main forces. They are responsible for breaking through the enemy's defense lines in important directions and perform the most intense combat missions.
Obviously, on the northern battlefield of the Demon Realm, the troops that accept the surrender of the demon troops will definitely not be able to use the main elite.
The unit in front of us is the most orthodox motorized infantry unit. The unit relies on trucks and jeeps to maneuver, carry light infantry, and perform some garrison or cover tasks.
"Mark is not the kind of person who doesn't follow the rules...he didn't contact us on time, so he must have encountered some problem." The company commander frowned, feeling that this matter would definitely not be that simple.
Although it is common to lose a few soldiers on the battlefield, in most cases, these missing soldiers will return to the team at some point, or they will be proved to be killed or wounded.
As their commander, he is usually not too nervous. He only needs to wait a few hours or a few days to figure it out.
"We have more than an hour to leave here...Mark and the others are responsible for transporting some supplies to the surrendered demons, so there shouldn't be any problems." The company commander pondered for a moment, and then spoke to comfort his platoon leader.
: "I guess they will be back after a while."
"Then I'll wait when I go back?" The platoon leader also felt that such a small matter would probably come to light soon. If nothing else happens, Mark and his party will be back soon, and the rest of the matter will be left to the rearguard.
Just pack it up.
"Well! Let the troops prepare... We have to leave here at any time..." After saying that, the company commander lowered his head and continued to pack up the documents and maps in front of him: "If they come back, you can tell me directly through the intercom.
A sound..."
"Understood!" The platoon leader nodded, saluted with a military salute, then turned and left.
Just when he was about to pack up his things, the platoon leader of Mark's squad returned to the company headquarters again.
As soon as he entered the door, he said anxiously: "Sir! Something went wrong! Mark's communication device was turned on and then turned off again... This is not a reasonable operation..."
"What do you mean?" The company commander paused while packing up the map, then raised his head and looked at the other party.
"Our people have been trying to contact Mark and have been calling Mark and others on our battalion's exclusive communication channel." The platoon leader said seriously.
He explained the cause, and then talked about what his platoon's communicator had just discovered: "Mark's communicator had been turned off before, but just a few minutes ago, his communicator was turned on... but no one spoke.
, it was shut down again soon!”
"It's a bit strange." The company commander also realized the seriousness of the problem and confirmed: "Is this correct?"
"There's no mistake! And it's really weird. Turning on the communicator means it's not a malfunction... And since he turned on the communicator, he shouldn't miss the timely communication confirmation..." the platoon leader replied anxiously.
Grabbing the phone in front of him, the company commander considered his words for a moment, and then after hearing that the communication was connected, he immediately said: "Batalion Commander, something happened here!"
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"Sir, this thing just rang. He didn't know what to do, so he pressed it a few times..." A demon held a device found from the dead leader of human soldiers in his hand, with a puzzled expression on his face.
The commander who asked him said: "You can't just kill him, right?"
Next to his feet, there was a demon soldier lying with his eyes open. Just now, the dead demon soldier pressed his hands twice, which resulted in a fatal disaster.
"I said, you can't touch the corpses of these human soldiers, and you can't touch the things on the corpses!" The one who started killing people was the commander of all the demons in the forest, the cunning demon who pretended to surrender.
Originally, he wanted to buy some time and lead his men as much as possible to make more adequate preparations for the battle.
But with a guilty conscience, he could no longer confirm whether those humans had discovered his little trick of pretending to surrender.
Since he didn't know whether the other party was aware of it, he became suspicious. Two human bombers just passed over his head, which made him restless for a long time.
"Let the soldiers cheer up... get ready to fight!" He gave an order irritably, then said nothing more and walked back to the depths of the forest alone. What he didn't know was that on the human side,
, has begun investigating the entire incident.
In less than half an hour, the report that Mark's combat team disappeared during the mission of transporting supplies to the demonic surrender troops had been uploaded to the corps's first-level combat unit headquarters.
Mark's army directly reported this issue to the high command of the northern region combat forces.
Subsequently, the high command immediately arranged a special operations team to specifically direct the combat operations to search for Mark and others.
Moreover, in order to ensure that there would be no danger, this operation was directly handed over to the heavy armored grenadiers of the Elanshir Empire instead of to those traditional troops to perform the task.
About 2 hours later, after repeatedly confirming that Mark and his team could not be contacted, the operation officially started.
550 soldiers from the 1st Battalion of the 601st Division marched toward the mission destination before Mark disappeared. This unit was not an ordinary grenadier, but a heavily armored grenadier equipped with a powered exoskeleton.
There were even more troops providing cover for this force. Mark's corps, corps and division artillery were all allocated to this search force.
Moreover, armed helicopters have been specially arranged to provide air cover for this force. To this end, the Air Force also dispatches fighter jets to protect airspace security to perform escort missions.
If necessary, the heavy armored grenadiers can directly call for higher-level missile attack support - in comparison, Mark's motorized infantry division is significantly inferior in terms of communications and firepower.
Before the main force set off, a soldier stuffed the magazine into the slot on his chest and asked disapprovingly: "Do you think it was the man named Mark who had an accident?"
"Accident? Fallen to sleep by a succubus? Hahaha!" A soldier who was sorting out his magic crystal reserves smiled: "Will such an accident happen to you?"
"So, it's probably the devil's fault." said the soldier who first asked the question.
"Be confident! It's those demons who did it!" Putting the magic crystal into his spare waist bag, another soldier fixed the rifle on the tactical stand beside him and walked out.
Huge heavy armored personnel carriers were ready next to each other, and the helicopter in the distance lowered its nose and was flying away into the distance.
"Pedal! Gentlemen!" Seeing that his soldiers were ready for battle, the leading battalion commander buckled on his visor and ordered loudly.
Behind him, there was the sound of collision and friction of powered exoskeleton armor, and then the sound of engine roaring.