"This should be the job of the Marine Corps. It would be too unorthodox for us to do it." Li Ying, a member of the Dragon Breath Team, smacked his lips and complained. He has been in the Dragon's Breath Team for more than a year, and he has been promoted from a soldier to a sergeant. Although he has gone up in rank, his feisty temperament has not changed.
Captain Su Tian slapped him hard on the shoulder, which made Li Ying grin. The captain said: "What's the matter, do you still want to achieve such a great feat of recovering Taiwan?"
Fireman Niu Jian laughed and said: "When we conquered Taiwan, not to mention medals and so on, we at least got a 'Liberation of Taiwan Commemorative Medal. This is a treasure that can be passed down for several generations."
As Qi Yiming¡¯s involvement in the military became deeper and greater, he introduced more of his own personal military merit system. A commemorative medal will be made for each battle to commend the soldiers for their bloody battles. Several wars that did not originally exist, such as South Korea's counterinsurgency, the Sino-Soviet border war, the Malayan War to Protect Overseas Chinese, and the recovery of the South China Sea, all have their own medals. Then there is the National Defense Service Medal issued to every retired soldier. The first, second and third class military medals have also been redesigned and renamed the first class Gold Heart Medal, the second class Silver Heart Medal, and the third class Bronze Heart Medal. In addition, an Iron Heart Medal was added, mainly because according to the previous merit recording system, after being equipped and trained, first and second-class merit appeared explosively, so the reward standard was raised. The Iron Heart Medal does not count as first, second or third class merit, it can be obtained only by achieving victory results.
In addition, the National Hero Medal (originally called the Hero Model Medal), which originally appeared in 210, has also appeared in the military to commend soldiers who have made significant contributions to the country. Then there is the August 1st Army Flag Badge proposed by Qi Yiming, which is used to reward soldiers who have outstanding service during their service, or who have made outstanding contributions to society and the people. In fact, this chapter is mainly awarded to non-military deeds such as rescuing children who fell into the water, saving money and helping poor students.
Each military branch also has its own unique medals, such as the Army's Sword Guard Medal, the Navy's Border Guard Medal, the Air Force's Blue Sky Guard Medal, and the Second Artillery's Great Wall Guard Medal.
A richer military merit and award system will naturally help to inspire and motivate soldiers to work harder in combat. So when Niu Jian mentioned the medal at this time, Li Ying became very proud and wanted to win a few more medals.
But teammate Baima Ajia is very realistic. He said: "Li Ying has a narrow chest to begin with. If he wins a few more medals, he will probably hang on his belly."
Li Ying was very helpless towards this man from western Sichuan. He was naturally stupid when he complained, but this effect made everyone burst into laughter every time.
At this time, a voice came from the broadcast in the cabin of several people: "Attention everyone, there are still 15 minutes to start the landing operation. Please check the equipment and prepare for landing."
Demoman Guan Xi, who was leaning on his seat and taking a nap, was a little dazed and said: "It's impossible to arrive so soon."
Su Tian smiled and said: "Why is it impossible? This is the latest large-scale fast landing hovercraft successfully developed by our navy. It can reach a maximum speed of 2 knots and a cruising speed of 6 knots. It is the largest and fastest air cushion landing craft currently in service in the world. , Oh no, the tonnage of this thing has reached 80 tons, so it is more suitable to become an air cushion landing ship. "
The landing ship that everyone is riding on is naturally not the European Bison-class landing ship that later generations of China bought from Ukraine, but the Riptide A from Red Alert. This huge hovercraft is slightly larger than the European bison with a full load displacement of 556 tons, reaching a full load of 80 tons. Its appearance is more sci-fi than the European bison. It has three large turbines and two very special auxiliary equipment. The jet engine gives this maritime transport vehicle extremely strong movement capabilities.
When fully loaded, she can carry 6 Grizzly tanks or 6 Type 99 tanks, or 15 Type 09 infantry fighting vehicles or NIP multifunctional infantry vehicles (including landing soldiers), and can reach as many as 700 when only delivering troops. . It is also equipped with a six-barreled 3mm close-in defense gun and two 2. M heavy machine guns, and even two quadruple close-in missile launchers, which can also launch anti-ship light torpedoes, carry a relatively portable sonar system, and have certain anti-submarine capabilities.
After knowing the powerful carrying capacity and combat effectiveness of Riptide A, Qi Yiming didn't even think about the bison. The Bison itself is an oversized hovercraft and cannot fit into the 076 amphibious landing ship or the 071 dock landing ship. These large landing warships can only use 26-level hovercraft. In this case, it is better to use the Riptide A, which has stronger self-defense capabilities and stronger carrying capacity, and the price of the Riptide A is not much more expensive than the Bison.
For this landing operation, Qi Yiming mobilized up to 40 Riptide A ships built last month to participate in the battle, plus the Navy's 71 dock landing ship, Hainan modified amphibious ship and Shangri-La modified amphibious ship, to form an assault landing force. It can reach the size of a reinforced brigade.
These are naturally just the first wave of troops to land on the beach. After occupying the port and controlling the situation, more soldiers and equipment on military ships and civilian ships will land on Taiwan.
Sit at the base campCommander Li Zhisheng, who directed this landing operation, deployed: "A beach landing and helicopter vertical landing are synchronized. Please confirm once again that the Air Force and Hainan Airlines have cleared the landing area of ??the enemy's defense forces."
The landing area was chosen at the beachhead off the coast of Taoyuan County. Not only was it the closest to the target that Qi Yiming was bound to capture, the Nuclear Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Taiwan, but Taoyuan Airport was also nearby. The landing troops could enter Taoyuan in just ten minutes. The airport thus obtains a fulcrum for air force operations and prepares for subsequent transport aircraft units to transport more soldiers and supplies here.
At this time, Su Tian gave his final instructions to his teammates: "Our team rarely fights such tough battles, but this time it is necessary for us. We must not only rush to the front, but also rush fast. We are still far away from landing. There is a nuclear warhead with an equivalent of about 10,000 tons developed by the Taiwan military at the Yuanshulin Nuclear Research Institute 2 kilometers away. Our mission is to seize this nuclear warhead at all costs and safely send it to the country to lift the threat to our southeastern coast. In addition, we cannot let this nuclear bomb explode in Taiwan like this.
Demolitionist Guan Xi likes to work on these things. He added: "I will explain to you the principle of nuclear bomb detonation. Although it is not clear whether the nuclear warhead developed by Taiwan is a plutonium bomb or a uranium bomb, the principles are similar. Among nuclear warheads, The warhead charge is divided into several parts, each part is close to the critical mass, and its outer layer is wrapped with ordinary explosives. When detonating, the ordinary explosives in the outer layer must first be detonated to destroy the barriers between the various parts of the nuclear charges. The unblocked nuclear charges will be quickly squeezed together, causing the mass of the nuclear charges to exceed the critical mass, and an uncontrollable chain reaction will occur, which is what we usually call a chain reaction, leading to a real nuclear explosion. Appear."
Su Tian continued: "If we were not careful, the vicious enemy would detonate a nuclear bomb, which would very likely result in the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives in Taoyuan County and Taipei County. The radioactive pollution caused by the nuclear explosion would drift to our southeastern coast, which would be harmful to us. The mainland residents will also suffer irreversible radiation damage. Not to mention, our own lives will be at risk, and most importantly, we will fail the mission. "For the special service force, the mission is naturally more important than our own lives. .
Li Ying shuddered a little, "There are probably all nerds in the Nuclear Research Institute. They wouldn't have the guts to die with us using nuclear bombs."
"Who knows, maybe the scientific staff don't have the guts, but the KNT agents guarding there will do this." Baima Ajia said, everyone has seen many old movies about guarding against enemy agents, in which they tell the difference between traitors and KNT agents. They all have lingering fears, who knows what unscrupulous things they can't do.
Su Tian once again encouraged everyone: "No matter what, we must keep our spirits up and deal with all possible difficulties."
Li Ying added: "We are going to make a hovercraft. After we get off the boat, we have to get on the chariot and rush there for at least half an hour. I'm afraid there are other arrangements above."
Su Tian was very satisfied with Li Ying's acumen. He said: "Yes, we are not the only team tasked with ensuring the safety of the mission target and transferring the mission. As far as I know, there are at least four members of our Dragon Breath Commando Team alone. A small team received this mission, and the Marine Corps' Evil Jiao Commando also participated, and even the Snow Leopards and Falcons of the Armed Police were involved. The first to arrive should be the Marine special forces who performed vertical landings, but they were worried about the enemy. They will be surrounded, so we at Longxi will support them with the ground forces. The early search missions are mainly for the Marine Corps and the armed police. We are mainly engaged in response and attack to ensure that everything is safe."
Baima Ajia said: "Our job is quite light. The first batch sent by helicopters really went deep behind enemy lines. It seems that our Dragon Breaths are not as valued by the superiors as the Evil Jiaos."
Niu Jian said cheerfully: "You can't say that. After all, our Dragon Breath is still an army, and the number is relatively large, which can easily form a relatively powerful offensive. However, the evil dragon, falcon, and snow leopard each have only a hundred or so teams. Someone who can really fight, and they play all those high-and-high things, and really calm down and fight tough battles, I don¡¯t think they can do it.¡±
"No matter what, our bounden duty is to obey orders." Su Tian said solemnly, holding the Type 95-2 automatic rifle in his hand, and walked into an infantry fighting vehicle expressionlessly. The Type 09 Infantry Fighting Vehicle has good maneuverability and the ability to float without preparation. It is just too heavy to be airborne, otherwise it is not inferior to the NIP in its versatility.
In addition to their own soldiers, their team also has another infantry team to cooperate with them in combat. Coupled with a Type 99 main battle tank to clear the way for them, they formed their assault team.