Although the earthquake came suddenly, Hank reacted immediately.
Under his organization, the Fourth Army under his command completed the assembly as quickly as possible. Although many soldiers were injured in the earthquake, the officers were all safe and sound, and most of the soldiers were only slightly injured and were still able to fight and their combat effectiveness was not affected.
Of course, the trouble is not without it.
The spacecraft transporting the Fourth Army were all damaged in the earthquake, and two of them were seriously damaged, and they were two spacecraft carrying heavy equipment and combat supplies. In fact, it was precisely because the equipment and materials on the two spaceships could not be unloaded before the earthquake occurred, so when the earthquake occurred, the two spaceships were thrown over. Although there were no casualties, heavy equipment and combat supplies are indispensable for the Legion's operations. As a result, Hank had to spend a lot of time and energy to organize his officers and soldiers to move the materials in the spacecraft and try to unload the heavy equipment. It is also true that Hank is temporarily unable to put the organized officers and soldiers into battle.
In fact, Hank did not know the situation in the barracks.
When organizing officers and soldiers to grab supplies and equipment, Hanke also sent some officers to contact other corps and sent his lieutenant to the barracks command center.
At this time, Hank still thought it was just an earthquake.
Soon, the officers sent by Hank contacted the other corps.
Similar to the situation of the Fourth Corps, the other regiments did not suffer much casualties, but some equipment and supplies were lost in the earthquake. Of course, the problem is the same, that is, several legions are all in chaos, and many officers and soldiers have not recovered from the earthquake.
Relatively speaking, the situation of the Fourth Army is the most ideal.
This is not surprising. Among the commanders of the legions, Hank is the best.
Although Hank is a "new generation" soldier, that is, a soldier who was born after the Fifth Greenwich War and entered the army, but in terms of personal ability, Hanke is definitely no better than Som who participated in the Fifth Greenwich War, and The officers who were reused for credit after the war. Strictly speaking, Hank is better. This is, Hank was not affected by the Fifth Greenwich War.
Whether anyone admits it or not, the impact of the Fifth Greenwich War is extremely far-reaching.
At this point, the human federation, especially the senior commander of the human legion, has the clearest understanding. Simply put, if the disastrous defeat at the beginning of the Fifth Greenwich War occurs again, even if a commander like Xiao Wentian comes forward, the Human Federation will not have the last laugh. At that time, it is certainly not only the human federation that will suffer the disaster, but all the civilizations in the galactic alliance.
The reason is simple, the enemy will not make the same mistake twice.
Just like this, after the end of the Fifth Greenwich War, commanders like Zhan Ruilin successively retreated behind the scenes and handed over the construction of the army to the new generation. Although this is related to the natural lifespan of human beings, after all, no one can survive in the natural state for more than a thousand years, but it is also related to long-term considerations, that is, those soldiers who participated in the Fifth Greenwich War, especially the senior commanders, were too affected. If it is too old, it will infer the next war based on the experience of the Fifth Greenwich War, and it is possible to fall into a misunderstanding. In contrast, those soldiers who were born after the war and did not participate in the Fifth Greenwich War have a clearer understanding.
The problem is that there is only a human federation that can have such a clear understanding.
In other civilizations, including the Lei Ling clan, after the Fifth Greenwich War, the senior commander of the army not only did not take the initiative to let the virtuous, but also made great efforts and rewards to win over his men. As a result, a large number of officers and soldiers who participated in the Fifth Greenwich War, and outstanding performance in the war were reused, and in the following thousand years, they climbed up to high positions and became the core backbone of the army.
This situation is extremely common in the Lei Ling tribe and other top civilized armies.
The reason is simple. Top civilizations like the Lei Ling clan, even ordinary individuals have a long lifespan. For example, the hidden spirits who have not passed the adult trial can survive for thousands of years, and are recognized as having a high status. An individual has an almost unlimited life span.
However, the peaceful and prosperous age that has lasted for a thousand years has concealed these fatal problems to a large extent, especially for the top civilization.
You must know that in the past thousand years, even if there was no war with the Silicon Magic Alliance, the Human Federation had to face threats from the north in the direction of Greenwich and deal with the harassment of wild silicon beasts. Some other weak civilizations have to fight for survival and development, and they will inevitably conflict with other civilizations. But for the top civilization, none of these threats and contradictions exist.
The problem that arises is that in the past thousand years, the military culture of the seven top civilizations, including the Lei Ling tribe, has not gained much development. It can be said to be static and still follow the Fifth Greenwich War. The model of the era, and the classic battles during the Fifth Greenwich War as a model, and the commander in charge of the high-level army also believes that the next war will be the same.
This point is very prominent in the selection of the legion commander.
In peacetime, the Lei Ling tribe has a total of 150 standing legions, of which 50 legions are stationed in the field, and 100 legions remain on the mainland. Among the commanders of this one hundred and fifty corps, 132 are veterans who participated in the Fifth Greenwich War, while there are only 18 in the new generation. In addition, almost all the senior commanders in the Lei Ling army were veterans in the Fifth Greenwich War.
Not only are there few new generation army commanders like Hank, but they have never been reused.
Of course, this is not to say that the ability of a new generation of army commanders like Hank is not good.
In fact, the opposite is true.
For the new generation of soldiers, because they have no qualifications, the only thing they can rely on in order to climb to a high position in the army is ability.
It can be said that Hanke is the leader of the new-generation legion commanders of the Lei Ling tribe, and he is the only new-generation soldier who has taken the position of commander of the main legion. The Fourth Army under his command is not only the main force of the Leiling clan, but also one of the oldest legions of the Leiling clan. It has existed for thousands of years. Not only has it participated in five Greenwich wars, it has also served five thousand years ago. The Lei Ling tribe opened up territory.
Being able to become the commander of the Fourth Army is itself the best proof of ability.
At this time, the performance of the Fourth Army was sufficient to prove Hank's ability.
While the other legions were still in chaos, Hank’s Fourth Legion had already assembled and had limited combat effectiveness.
It's just that Hank doesn't know the situation, or even knows that the battle has already begun.
After contacting several other legions, Hanke still asked his officers and soldiers to continue to grab the equipment and supplies on the spacecraft, and did not immediately take the troops to the barracks command center.
Of course, Hank is understandable for doing so.
Without heavy equipment and insufficient combat materials, even if the Fourth Army immediately goes into battle, it will not be able to fully display its combat effectiveness.
You should know that in large-scale battles with regiments as units, individual combat effectiveness is extremely small. A strong army must have enough heavy equipment and the materials needed to fight. Without these, even if the troops are sufficient, they are vulnerable on the battlefield.
In addition, it takes enough time to rectify the army and organize the officers and soldiers.
As more and more heavy equipment was rushed out, and more and more officers and soldiers found their own troops, the formation of the Fourth Army became more and more complete.
After most of the troops received heavy equipment and most of the supplies were stolen, Hanke thought that the officers he sent to the barracks command center never came back and did not contact him. It wasn't until this time that Hank realized that something was wrong.
At this moment, Hank did not hesitate or hesitate at all.
After sending officers to contact other corps and let them organize their troops as soon as possible, and then drove to the barracks command center, Hank set off with the Fourth Corps.
To be precise, it was only part of the Fourth Army.
Because there are some seriously injured soldiers who need to take care of them, there are still a lot of equipment and materials that have not been rushed out, and the situation is not clear, but they think that there is a problem with the barracks command center, maybe it was damaged in the earthquake, so Hanke Some officers and soldiers were left behind, and only about half of their troops went to the barracks command center. Even so, there are 5,000 officers and soldiers, and there are enough heavy equipment.
Of course, as an excellent army commander, Hank did not take it lightly.
He sent out scouts before the large army was pulled out. Although this is a military camp, not a battlefield, Hank meticulously implemented the Lei Ling Clan Corps' basic operational rules, that is, when the legion is opened, scouts must be sent out to avoid being ambushed.
Until this time, Hank didn't know that there was a human legion in the barracks, but he had strengthened his guard.
Of course, every move of the Fourth Army is under Yang Yi's surveillance.
The strength of half of the legion is actually not much. The problem is that Yang Yi can only use the staff of the headquarters and the female warriors with Otti's ribbon. If it was just a pure battle, Yang Yi wouldn't worry about it. Even if they can't beat the 5,000 Leiling Clan officers and soldiers, they can still escape, or use their absolute advantage in personal combat power to fight with the enemy and consume the enemy's combat power. The problem is that this is not an ordinary battle, because Yang Yi and the others cannot abandon the barracks command center, so they must fight the enemy face to face here. The nearly twenty-fold difference in military strength made Yang Yi's personal advantage in combat power trivial.
"Are you sure?"
Otis was taken aback for a moment, only to realize that Yang Yi was asking her. "If you only deal with those enemies, the problem is not big, but it is probably impossible to defend the legion command center."
Yang Yi smiled reluctantly, without saying much.
Those five thousand Leiling Clan officers and soldiers were nothing, the key was the heavy equipment they brought.