At 14:31 on July 21, the 1st Armored Brigade and the 6th Infantry Brigade of the Moro Kingdom entered the Surigao area, and the Crescent Island Command took over the command and began to board the ship; at 16:00, Star Circle Trade News The spokesman announced to the media that he would intervene as mercenaries in Moro's self-defense counterattack against the Philippines; at 17:30, the landing fleet carrying two brigades set off from Surigao Port, bypassing the Philippines' deployment in the strait The self-propelled coastal defense artillery formation deployed on the opposite shore is advancing towards the Leyte Gulf area.
While the land forces were operating, relying on the powerful computing power of quantum computers, Starlink Trading launched a comprehensive cyber attack on the Philippines. A large number of data packets marked with the word "Nazi" suddenly flooded to the Philippine government website, not only replacing all characters in the database, but also completely paralyzing the network server within ten minutes.
The photo of President Aquino IV was replaced with Hitler, and the Philippine flag was replaced with a swastika. Including the media, communications and transportation systems, 80% of the websites in the Philippines have been paralyzed by the Starlink Trade Network Force, which has had a great impact on the Philippines' military operations and directly affected the Philippines' war mobilization and support capabilities. .
At 17:32, ten Aurora-20 fighter jets arrived over the target area first and started a battle for air supremacy with twenty F22 fighter jets from the Philippines that were scrambled to take off.
Since the Philippine Army, with the assistance of the Rothschild family, updated its ground air defense facilities, including Patriot 3, the air battle was extremely fierce. After paying the price of 4 Aurora-20s, the Star Ring Trade Air Force shot down 15 F22 fighters with an astonishing exchange ratio and successfully seized air superiority over Leyte Island.
At 20:19, a platoon of Sea Lion special forces parachuted into the mountainous area of central Leyte Island and launched a night battle with the Philippine 4th Air Defense Battalion deployed here. They destroyed eight Patriot 3 anti-aircraft missiles deployed in the foothills and were deployed in unmanned air defenses. With the cooperation of aircraft, a total of 211 Philippine soldiers were killed.
After discovering the airborne landing of the Sea Lion special forces, the Philippines urgently dispatched a mountain division from the southern defense line and rushed to the delivery site to support it.
At 20:32, the Moro landing force, which had completed its formation in Leyte Gulf, began to attack. Under the suppression of Aurora-20 air strikes and the electromagnetic naval guns of the Guardian-class frigates, the 6th Infantry Brigade took landing craft and began to attack the beaches south of Tacloban City...
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A thunder exploded in the night sky, and the Aurora-20 dropped an EM aerial bomb over Tacloban City.
After a brief air raid siren, the entire city fell into a deathly silence. The entire city was shrouded in electromagnetic pulses, the scattered lights were extinguished, and the east coast of Leyte Island was completely plunged into darkness.
The Philippine 2nd Mechanized Division was responsible for defending this area. After receiving the naval invasion alert, it immediately rushed to the front line. The EM strike came as scheduled, but after conducting anti-EM treatment on communication equipment and armored units, this time they were not simply disorganized.
What awaits Star Ring Trade and the Moro Kingdom is destined to be a fierce battle.
Accompanied by the roar of the motors and the roar of the roaring waves, the first echelon of landing craft began to rush towards the Philippine position. The Philippines has built concrete fortresses here, and the beaches are covered with anti-personnel mines and conical concrete piles that hinder armored forces.
Although the Air Force and Navy conducted successive bombings in this area, it was obviously impossible for the Philippine Army to be stupid enough to stuff all its troops into the trenches at once. Soldiers continued to die under Aurora-20 cannons and aerial bombs, but soon soldiers came to reinforce the defense line.
Due to the loose formation, the landing operations were not as easy as during the Singapore-Malaysia joint military exercises.
But it’s not that difficult…
The sea was eerily quiet. Zhang Feng could not hear any sound except the roar of the engine.
As the 11th Battalion of the Star Ring Marine Corps, he and his team were organized into the first echelon, and attacked the Philippine defense line with the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Battalions of the Moro 6th Infantry Brigade.
This time is not an exercise, and he is no longer an ordinary team member, but participating in this war as a captain.
A dazzling fire exploded in the sky, and the orange-red illumination lighted up the Philippines' position.
Immediately afterwards, Starlink Trading's transport plane dropped dozens of coffin-like black boxes towards the Philippine position. When these black boxes hit the Philippine position heavily, before the Filipinos could react, the window on the side of the black box suddenly popped open.
Accompanied by the buzz of death, hundreds of Hummingbirds sprang out from the drone hive and attacked the position of the Philippine 2nd Mechanized Division in the form of a swarm of drones.
"Shet! I can't hit these birds!" The machine gunner squeezed the trigger tightly and fired at the drone on the beach a hundred meters away. However, no one knew whether he had reached it or not.
Not far away, those drones were flying across the first line of defense, like the god of death wielding a scythe, harvesting the Filipino soldiers hiding behind the bunkers. At such a close distance, facing these drones that can't hit them at all, the gun butt is actually more effective than bullets.
"The enemy's drone has landed on the beach, and we won't be able to withstand it here!"
The soldier lying behind the sandbag pressed his helmet on his head and shouted into the intercom.
"What are the idiots on the first line of defense doing! Turn on the anti-drone system! Quick!"
"It's already on! Damn it! This thing doesn't even work!"
"What?!"
In the distance, firelight flickered on the beach.
The incoming firepower dropped sharply, and the sudden airborne drone swarm caught the Philippine soldiers by surprise. In particular, the anti-drone system ordered by the Philippine Army from the United States had no effect at all when faced with the scurrying Hummingbird drone!
The soldiers crawling on the landing craft have opened the safety, tightened the nylon buckle of the helmet, and are ready for war!
"50 meters left, release the drone!"
Zhang Feng roared and at the same time, he slammed his arm to his chest.
The drones popped out of the grooves in the exoskeleton's chest and spread out on all sides of the landing craft.
"Jump ship! Prepare to fight!"
"yes-"
A howitzer exploded five meters in front of the landing craft, almost overturning the small craft. Already approaching the beach, the soldiers quickly untied their safety belts and rolled over the side of the landing craft into the sea. Adjust the power of the mechanical exoskeleton to the maximum and rush towards the beach.
The Moro army has taken the lead in rushing to the beach, and with the support of a swarm of drones, it has started a battle for the defense line with Philippine soldiers.
At this time, the two frigates of Star Ring Trading also started a new round of naval gun salvos.
The mass bomb carried an orange-yellow trajectory, raising patches of dust on the position of the Philippine 2nd Mechanized Division.
Just when Zhang Feng led his team to the beach, the battle on the beach was basically over.
After activating optical stealth, the Sea Lion Special Forces successfully got rid of the pursuit and interception of the Philippine Mountain Division after dealing with the Patriot 3 anti-aircraft missiles. After seizing the vehicle, they crossed a distance of 12 kilometers and raided the Philippine 2nd Army from behind. The mechanized division's position guided air strikes and destroyed 12 concealed infantry vehicles and 4 M1A1 main battle tanks.
The armored units suffered heavy losses and more than half of the soldiers were killed or injured. The Philippine soldiers began to retreat towards Tacloban City.
"No, don't kill me! I surrender!"
"Ah! Mom—"
The real battlefield was far more cruel than the drill. When Zhang Feng led his team into the trenches behind the beach, the inside was a bloody mess. Broken limbs and arms were mixed with the wreckage of the drone, lying on the ground like rags with the eyesless corpse.
The Filipino soldiers who had lost their fighting spirit fell to the ground and raised their hands in surrender. There are also tenacious people who hide among the piles of corpses, waiting for people to approach, then pull out grenades and die together.
After killing a Filipino who rushed towards him with his rifle butt in rotation, Zhang Feng separated one person from the team to stay here to guard the prisoner, and then led the remaining team members to continue chasing the retreating enemy troops.
After the beach was under control and engineers dismantled the tank traps and anti-tank mines deployed on the beach, the Moro 1st Armored Brigade began landing. The follow-up Moro 5th Mechanized Division has also boarded the transport ship and is advancing towards the defense line of Leyte Island.
At the same time, the Star Ring Trade Command issued a new combat order.
It is necessary to capture Tacloban City and the cross-sea highway connecting the northern part to Samar Island before dawn the next day, and completely cut off the supplies of the Philippine Army deployed in northern Leyte Island.