In this Twin-Headed Bull capture operation.

The task of coordinating with Yan Shaohua's armored regiment for the main assault was assigned to two elite heavy armored brigades from the Central Region.

The remaining infantry brigade will be responsible for capturing the fleeing beasts to the south of Xiaolianzi Mountain after the main assault.

With an involvement of as many as 25,000 personnel, this can no longer be considered a small battle.

This number is roughly one-third of an A-type army and almost half of a B-type army.

In non-sensitive periods, even the largest annual exercises see total combat forces hovering around this figure.

It's really not a small number.

Each composite brigade is configured as follows: (Hypothetical setup, if I write the actual organization chart, I'd get in trouble. This is no filler, it took me half an hour to come up with this configuration)

Consists of four composite battalions, as well as an artillery battalion, air defense battalion, combat support battalion, and service support battalion.

1. Composite battalion includes:

1. Battalion HQ: Battalion command vehicle, battalion commander infantry fighting vehicle, chief of staff armored personnel carrier.

2. Battalion HQ company: Command vehicle X1, reconnaissance platoon, supply platoon, medical platoon

3. Mechanized infantry company X3, 14 infantry fighting vehicles

4. Tank company/assault vehicle company X2, 14 tanks/assault vehicles

5. Firepower company:

(1) Command vehicle X1, reconnaissance vehicle X1, fire artillery vehicle X1

(2) 120mm mortar howitzer X6 vehicles, ammunition vehicle X3

(3) 120 anti-tank teams X6 (3 armored transports)

(4) Portable anti-aircraft teams X6 (3 armored transports)

6. Support and logistics company: Repair platoon, transport platoon, engineering platoon

2. Artillery battalion includes:

1. 122mm self-propelled howitzer company X3

2. 122mm rocket company X1

3. Anti-tank company X1

3. Air defense battalion includes:

1. HQ-17 air defense company X2

2. Anti-aircraft artillery company X3 (anti-aircraft + portable air defense)

4. Combat support battalion:

Communication company, reconnaissance company, NBC defense company, engineering company, electronic warfare company.

5. Service support battalion:

Security and service company, transport company, repair company one, repair company two, health company, supply support company.

Given the mountain warfare nature of this operation, the rabbits also brought in a batch of Type 15 light tanks.

Compared to the 99a main battle tank, they are more suitable for this battlefield, and the two will coordinate during the battle to achieve maximum effect.

Including Yan Shaohua's armored infantry regiment.

The rabbits have deployed as many as 427 infantry fighting vehicles in the entire operation, with a total of 164 main and light tanks.

Additionally, eight sets of Land Shield 2000 combat modules were deployed, totaling fifty-six vehicles, including command vehicles, and forty-eight combat units.

Considering the confidentiality of personnel deployment.

The rabbits organized a military exercise in the west, even at the risk of exposing two trump cards—new style equipment.

What, you ask how many trump cards the rabbits have?

After this reveal, there's just a little left, really not much.

As for the remaining infantry brigade, it was urgently reorganized from a mixed brigade under a certain army group.

Each is equipped with a Type 95 automatic rifle and standard individual combat modules, along with some seal launchers.

Considering the infantry brigade will handle close combat capture tasks, the rabbits specially equipped each warrior with a Tier One Body Protection Talisman.

Frankly speaking.

If any casualties occur in this operation, they will likely come from the infantry ranks.

Besides the rabbits' standardized mechanized and infantry units.

There are also twenty-three cultivators from Chixian City accompanying this mission.

Twenty-two are from the Wei Mansion, and one is from the Cheng Family of Chixian City—a family left by one of the transmigrators, the literature teacher Cheng Shiqing.

Among these twenty-three, the one with the highest cultivation is the one-armed Patriarch Wei, at Foundation Establishment Fourth Layer, and the lowest is the head of the third branch of Wei Mansion at Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer.

These cultivators will be the primary force using mid-to-high tier talismans in this battle, combining with various machinery to form human-machine combat modules.

Additionally, besides inviting local cultivators to assist, the rabbits also organized a prospective cultivator special forces team.

This special forces team is led personally by Colonel Lin Ziming—don't forget this guy was formerly the captain of the special forces unit, besides being a courier.

This special forces team consists of seventy-seven people, all successful in spirit activation and becoming prospective cultivators.

The biggest difference between them and ordinary warriors is, apart from being slightly stronger in physical ability and mobility, they can use some relatively low-tier talismans.

Based on the combat skills these warriors already possess, this special forces team should achieve some noticeable effects.

At this moment.

The formation of over 20,000 personnel is neatly gathering above the valley, orderly conducting the last mobilization before moving out.

The force of more than 20,000 elite warriors combined with a variety of weapons is truly astonishing.

The refugees on the other side within the construction site of the Life Experiment Base were also startled.

They stared in astonishment at these steel beasts slowly moving, incredibly shocked.

Their work became somewhat inattentive, significantly reducing work efficiency.

The warriors overseeing the site did not reprimand or stop them, having received early notification from their superiors that it was a perfect opportunity to showcase their hard power.

Even if the work damage rate increased by a few points, it was entirely unimportant.

At the assembly point.

Colonel Longxing River from a heavy armored composite brigade of the Central Theater Command was looking quite excited as the troops slowly gathered.

The composite brigade under Longxing River was not ordinary, being one of Huaxia's only four elite brigades and coming from a legendary pre-renaming force.

The combat power of this composite brigade was essentially on par with the American ABCT, formerly the first Stryker Brigade Combat Team of the First Armored Division, which has since been renamed the Armored Brigade Combat Team.

Longxing River looked at the assembled warriors, feeling rather emotional.

Unexpectedly, the first true external battle of his composite brigade would ignite on foreign territory.

Previously, the hypothetical adversaries were despicable in nature, but at least they were human in race.

Amidst his drifting thoughts, the communicator on his chest suddenly transmitted the voice of the general commander, a voice familiar to Longxing River, as they had once 'perished together':

"0303, this is 01, this is 01, please reply if you hear this, please reply if you hear this."

Longxing River immediately took on a serious expression and responded:

"03 received, 03 received, please instruct, please instruct."

"Please note that the lead tractor will launch an integrated towing signal flare in three minutes, and once the flare is visible, your troop's infantry fighting vehicle sequence is to move right within two minutes to follow. Follow previous arrangements for other marching batches, repeating once again....."

Three minutes later.

A blue flame shot skyward, extremely dazzling in the dark night.

Seeing this, Longxing River exchanged a glance with Political Commissar Fang Ping, took a deep breath, and said:

"Everyone, set out!!"

At the same time, nearby Yan Shaohua also shouted:

"Everyone standby, module marching in seven minutes!!"

Rumbling——

Numerous vehicles of the heavy armored composite brigade instantly roared, with hundreds of cold-toned barrels slowly turning, and the tracks and wheels weaving complex patterns on the ground.

Moments later.

An armored dragon snaked out of the valley exit, surging southward!

The journey from the valley to Xiaolianzi Mountain spanned over three hundred kilometers, primarily consisting of shaded roads suitable for vehicle passage.

This distance posed almost no pressure for a main battle tank like the 99A, which has a mobility range of five hundred kilometers.

Marching at night was relatively challenging, as the bunnies were cautious not to use too conspicuous bright lights.

Thus, the entire troop moved at a speed of about thirty kilometers per hour.

Meanwhile, during the march, the Information Engineering Squad conducted real-time reconnaissance of the surroundings using drones.

Assisted by infrared sensing equipment, they could essentially guarantee that no non-military personnel were present within five kilometers—a key reason for the general command's night march arrangement, given the rarity of nightly outdoor activities in the Damo Realm.

This way, the entire troop advanced and rested for about twenty hours before the seventh daylight following the rabbits' arrival in the Damo Realm descended.

Three hours after dawn.

The forces finally reached the dense forest north of Xiaolianzi Mountain, approximately three kilometers away from the mountain.

The infantry fighting brigade separated thirty minutes prior from the main forces with some firepower vehicles, setting off southwards in two directions.

There, a large-scale retreat of beasts was destined to occur; the infantry brigade needed to establish a blockade line ahead of time.

After temporarily settling, numerous battle tanks quickly organized a defensive line to prevent a beast tide from rushing out of the mountains.

About ten minutes later, Longxing River's scouts swiftly reported back:

"Report, our unit has observed the main body of Xiaolianzi Mountain through the Celestron 8SE telescope.

We discovered the beasts within the mountain had begun to move and assemble, but were not showing aggression, seeming to be organizing a defensive line!"

Longxing River looked up at a certain bird-like beast flying in the sky, resembling an eagle, evidently the mountain's eyes and ears.

Such eagle-like beasts appeared roughly every three hundred meters, with any situation at any location causing vibrations throughout the entire scout chain, akin to ancient signal fire communication.

Therefore, the troops initially refrained from exposing firepower to strike them down.

Anyway, let them discover, with the rabbits' reaction speed, they could organize a defense even if attacked suddenly.

Thus, the main forces ignored these eagles,

but now they were in position, everything could be accomplished.

Having gained authorization from the general commander, Longxing River raised an eyebrow at Fang Ping:

"Old Fang, let me show you my shooting skills. Damn, I've long been annoyed by those flies."

He then took the Type 95 automatic rifle handed by the guard, aimed, and pulled the trigger.

"Take this!"

Tat-tat-tat——

Three 5.8mm bullets burst out at an initial speed of 930 meters per second, accurately blowing the head off the eagle flying overhead.

Meanwhile, all commanders and fighters' communicators conveyed Major General Man's orders:

"Deploy air defense weapons, helicopters to conduct 'seeding' tactic!"

If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible.