"We can't wait any longer. If the Federation has another internal mishap, these people will lose their lives here," Tian Xingjian commanded [Antenna] to contact Rashid imdiately after he realized this. They needed his assistance for the next step of their plan.
Very soon, Rashid sent over detailed information about the Imperial Logistics Base and agreed with Tian Xingjian's route of advance, providing advisories on areas requiring special attention.
Halfway through a journey of a hundred miles is the hardest part. If the final stretch falls flat, all previous efforts would be wasted. Tian Xingjian replied to Rashid, asking him to contact the Supre Military Commander at the front line, Admiral Bernadotte, to minimize any interdiaries in the intelligence chain.
Even if Tian Xingjian hadn't ntioned it, Rashid would have done so. Ever since the forged order incident, the front-line command was almost completely on lockdown, with everyone's files scrutinized from top to bottom. Due to the Supre Command Departnt and the President's Office's involvent, the rescue operation for the escape unit had been elevated to the highest level of execution. Two Air Brigades, three Special Forces Camps, an Aviation Marine Corps cha Division, and a transport squadron had been assembled. To maintain dostic morale, shape international opinion, and give an explanation to the frontline soldiers, this unit had to be rescued at any cost. The greatest pressure was on Admiral Bernadotte, all intelligence regarding the escape unit was classified as top-secret, and orders for the rescue operation had to be personally signed by him. Anyone obstructing the rescue or neglecting their duties, regardless of rank, would be arrested for treason.
This news brought relief to Tian Xingjian, and he couldn't help but feel a bit proud for causing such a commotion, taking pride in the involvent of the Supre Command Departnt and the President's Office, and gloating over the urgency it caused Bernadotte, who had sent him to the frontline.
At three in the morning, Tian Xingjian and Rashid finalized the action plan. Admiral Bernadotte personally approved it and ordered his subordinate units to execute it imdiately.
Since this operation received full support from the frontline command, Tian Xingjian abandoned his original idea of attacking the logistics base for mobility and supplies. The new plan still included attacking the logistics base, but the objective had changed. Since the area was flat and had an airport capable of landing dium-sized transport ships, they could completely evacuate everyone within six minutes. Thus, the base remained an attack target.
If they didn't attack here, the dium-sized transport ships couldn't land in the mountainous regions and would have to use lift systems to bring people up slowly, making them easy targets during prolonged hover ti. Missiles and enemy aircraft would make it impossible to protect the transport ships.
With propulsion systems, chas evacuating from behind enemy lines was still a challenge for the Special Forces, not to ntion infantry who couldn't jump more than a ter off the ground. Moreover, the anti-gravity devices of dium-sized transport ships hovering at low altitudes could turn infantry without chas beneath them into minced at.
Before ten o'clock the next day, two Federation Air Brigades would open a corridor from east to west in the air, connecting directly to the enemy Logistics Base at coordinates 1201.2210. Enemy bases with a fifty-kiloter radius around the coordinates would be within the airstrike range. Suspicious targets along the corridor sides would be cleared through missile forces' covering fire. Three Special Forces Camps would airdrop into the base after the air corridor was ford, occupy the base, and ensure they could withstand an attack from a chanical Division for longer than half an hour.
The escaping team would set out at dawn, moving east and reaching the predetermined location before ten in the morning. Tian Xingjian would lead five [Demon Tigers] and a chanical Armor Team to infiltrate the base, sabotaging anti-air weaponry and detection interference devices to support the Special Forces Camp's assault.
The operation's early phase would be covered by another Federation air raid and rear enemy disturbances, opening the air corridor and clearing ground threats. The mid-phase would focus on controlling enemy forces within fifty kiloters around the base and occupying the target. In the final phase, everyone would retreat within half an hour. The total mid- to late-phase action ti would be less than two hours, making this a full-force lightning-fast rescue.
There was only one chance. If they failed, the Federation wouldn't be able to organize such an operation again in the short term, and the exposed escaping team wouldn't have another chance to flee.
At three twenty in the morning, Tian Xingjian led the entire cha team into action. During these few hours, the escaping team wouldn't have cha protection, but luckily, this area had already been marked as searched by the enemy's SkyNet System. As long as the signal deception lasted, they could remain hidden.
Five [Demon Tigers] were assigned to five Special Reconnaissance Soldiers. Operating different types of chas was a basic part of Special Forces training. Even though they hadn't seen these Mythical Army chas before, their control systems weren't too different from other beast-shaped chas. Within half an hour, the [Demon Tigers] moved with complete proficiency. The spare five Warrior Pioneers were assigned to the five best chanical Technology soldiers selected from the team. They would participate in the sneak attack.
Heading east out of the canyon, the cha team traveled fifteen kiloters and finally entered a hilly area. The terrain gradually transitioned to a plain, and in five more kiloters, they would reach the enemy logistics base. After ordering the team to activate cha stealth mode, Tian Xingjian turned on [Logic]'s holographic radar. Based on the nurous anti-detection interference devices, it was clear the logistics base had been rebuilt. The previously hoped-for open space was now a fantasy; they could only hope the base wasn't heavily garrisoned.
Holographic radar results showed the base's defenses weren't very tight, bringing a slight relief to Tian Xingjian. Using gathered heavy particles, they cleared the hidden sentries around the base and, led by Tian Xingjian, the cha team reached the base smoothly.
This logistics base was located within a mountain range, at a convergence of high-grade transport roads connected by nurous tunnels and bridges. Traffic between four dium-sized cities and a large city passed through here. Two of these cities had already fallen, while three were still heavily surrounded by Imperial Army forces.
Geographically, this place was naturally a logistics hub. Besides having mountains on all sides providing barriers, transportation was convenient, also allowing dium and larger transport ships to take off and land. No wonder the enemy had rebuilt it after it was destroyed.
Tian Xingjian left the Federation chas in the forest, deciding to only take five stealth-capable [Demon Tigers] to destroy the detection interference devices. Before ten o'clock, he had to find all the detection interference devices and install tid bombs on them. Otherwise, the air combat planes couldn't strike the area, and the dium transport ships couldn't land here, forcing Special Forces to airdrop outside the ten-kiloter detection range.
Transforming [Logic] again, the six [Demon Tigers] used stealth mode to place tid bombs on all interference devices around the base periter and reached the base's south gate. In the brightly lit searchlights, they swaggered past the gate.
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