Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!

Chapter 327 05.0326: ‘Leave professional matters to professionals’

“Brigadier General.” The two Astra Militarum officers stopped, turned around and stayed where they were, using the “Lord” address only for nobles.

“This is Captain Horatio Cochrane, who will move with our brigade next. Now, we need to arrange the marching plan for the First Brigade.

First, the reconnaissance battalion led by me will definitely take the lead, and then there will be a 3-kilometer safe maneuvering range. What’s next?”

“I will send an armored company of the Second Cavalry Squadron to cooperate with your two mechanized platoons to advance along the traffic line at the forefront of the marching column.

At an interval of 1 kilometer, the armored company of the Third Cavalry Squadron and the heavy dragoon company of the Fourth Cavalry Squadron will follow your motorized line of infantry. Company.

The rest of my troops will march in coordination with Lieutenant Colonel John Moore's line infantry and grenadiers. "

"Lieutenant Colonel John Moore, your line infantry will be in charge of the supply battalion. Protect our supply lines and forward operating bases (FOBs) along the way, and establish the disembarkation points for the reserve battalion troops."

"It has been arranged, Brigadier General. Trucks will deliver our reserve troops 2 kilometers behind the front line, and then they will take Leman Russ tanks or Chimera infantry fighting vehicles to the front of the front line to replenish the company." Another lieutenant colonel said.

Sir Wellesley nodded.

Seeing Horatio staring at the enlarged battle line of the First Brigade on the sand table in a trance.

Horatio thought as he watched.

"So, Captain Cochrane, you understand land warfare?" Sir Wellesley looked at the naval officer in surprise.

"I know a little bit, but I'm still learning."

"To be honest, when I heard that you led the team to capture these landing points, I didn't want to believe it at first. However, you are so young and have been awarded the rank of captain in the navy, you must be an outstanding talent."

"Our naval special warfare is good at performing special missions in small-scale confrontations, but when it comes to frontal battlefields and large-scale armored conflicts, it depends on your Imperial Guard." Horatio smiled and said modestly.

"Then you have come to the right place this time." The knight smiled and pointed to the advancing direction of the first brigade on the sand table with the telescopic scepter in his hand and said: "The three battalions you see now are the elite of Britain.

The 79th Armored Reconnaissance Regiment has the most autonomous scouts in Britain.

Although they are generally from hunters, mountain people, and farmers, before the complete industrialization of the British star turned them into unemployed hooligans, we made them into the best reconnaissance troops."

Sir Wellesley pointed to Lieutenant Colonel John Moore of the 88th Line Infantry Regiment and his reference chess piece on the sand table.

"The 88th British Line Infantry, we nicknamed them the 'Connaught Raiders'. These Hibernian Britons (Irish) from the same place as me were called 'a bunch of top-notch drunken thugs'. But we trained them into lions on the battlefield, Britain's indestructible battering ram. There is no fortress that their grenadiers and line infantry can't take down. If there is, it must not have been built yet, or it has been demolished by their heavy artillery." He then pointed to the miniature model of the 1st British Royal Armored Regiment and their commander, Lieutenant Colonel Cotton. "The best and newest in all of Britain, all the armored vehicles that just came off the smoking molten iron production line of the Pandex Forge World are here, the pride of Her Majesty the Queen, the reward for loyalty in exchange for 150 years of triple excess tithes.

A battalion has up to 15 Macharius heavy tanks and 172 Leman Russ tanks, which will completely crush the shameful traitors who stand in the way."

"Fighting side by side with the three most elite troops on the entire planet, I think I can learn a lot." After listening to the introduction, Horatio nodded in approval.

Compared with the configuration of other Star Corps in the entire battle, the British were generous.

Almost all the elites of the planet Britain appeared here, no wonder the general came up and asked the navy to assign a fleet liaison officer to strengthen the configuration.

These assets are worthy of the resources invested by the Imperial Navy.

"When do we set off?" Horatio asked.

"Now. We are in a hurry. We have to advance as far as possible before the enemy reacts and lays mines and checkpoints on the road."

"Reconnaissance phase." Horatio said.

"That's right. The reconnaissance phase will determine the battle line in the encounter phase. We must make good use of our mobility advantage to penetrate and encircle. The enemy has been operating here for hundreds of years. We don't know whether the size of the rebels is millions or tens of millions.

But I know that they must have more people than us. Our advantage is more and better heavy equipment and well-trained soldiers. The flesh and blood of the rebels can't stop the rolling forward armored tracks and wheels."

"Move forward and open a 100-kilometer buffer zone. I will choose a place to order the construction of a front-line airport.

The Valkyrie field support airport can be quickly built as the battle line advances. I will let the engineers build it 50 kilometers away from the front line.

As for the Valkyrie forward armed and refueling point (FARP), it will be arranged closer to the battle line, 18 to 25 kilometers away, as a rapid fire support."

"Thank you very much. Having such a decisive and capable fleet liaison officer like you, in cooperation with the sharp spearhead of Britain, is really a great help." Seeing Horatio taking the initiative, the knight couldn't help but say with some gratitude in his tone.

Soon, the staff of the 1st Battalion of the 79th Armored Reconnaissance Regiment gathered around the knight.

Among them were the regiment's astropath, artillery liaison officer, combat staff officer, personnel officer, logistics officer of the Military Affairs Department, regiment's military supervisor, state church priest, mechanical priest accompanying the camp, and Horatio, the fleet liaison officer.

Among so many staff advisors, Horatio, an officer of the Imperial Navy, ranked the highest.

Not only because he came from the Imperial Navy, but also because he was a strategic-level advisory officer, responsible for the overall assessment of the entire southern front.

This time, he would not go to the front line in person to kill the enemy with a gun, and the precious time would be reserved for commanding aviation dispatch and orbital bombardment.

As long as his fingertips lightly passed, the enemy would be brought to overwhelming death.

Soon, the British First Brigade was ready, and the vanguard had set off.

"Captain Sharp." Sir Wellesley called.

A rough man in a rifleman's uniform came over. He had a scruffy beard and a slightly loose uniform, which was not decent compared to other British redcoats.

"Sir." The man replied.

"This is Captain Horatio Cochrane. If your reconnaissance company needs air strike support, please communicate with him."

"Yes, sir!"

The man saluted and hesitated: "But... our people are not well educated and don't know much about communication in this regard."

Horatio knew from Lieutenant Colonel Wellesley's introduction that although these people are good at fighting, they are also due to their background, so they are not well educated and cannot adapt to the aviation coordination and dispatching that only advanced professional knowledge can be competent for.

This unpretentious answer made the lord lieutenant colonel very embarrassed, but it is indeed a common problem in the Star Army - they are good soldiers, but their cultural level is generally not high.

Just when Sir Wellesley was at a loss for words, Horatio spoke up.

"Don't worry about that."

Riding on a black horse, Horatio looked at the Hell Vanguards who had joined the company and said:

"My people have been deployed. Every company of the vanguard will have our Imperial Navy's Hell Vanguards stationed there.

These elites wearing power armor are all graduates of the Naval Academy.

They will go to the front battlefield with you. As long as the reconnaissance company needs it, just tell them what support they need, and they will quickly send me an application using our Navy's professional dispatch application form." Horatio said proudly.

This is the professional confidence that the high professionalism of the Imperial Navy officers brings him.

Becoming a support beacon for the front-line troops is also an important battlefield positioning that he has thought about after receiving the Hell Vanguard training.

In ancient Terra before he crossed over, tactical aviation coordination was a very high-threshold operation, and only a few major countries in the world had a relatively complete system.

During his years as the deputy chief officer of the Special Warfare Department of the Navy Department, he studied this professional knowledge in the Naval Academy and used it in actual combat for the first time in the Battle of Far Star.

He built a communication and coordination system:

Each company of the Astra Militarum's vanguard breakthrough force will be assigned a four-man Hell Vanguard squad.

These Hell Vanguards, who are professionally trained and have excellent special training, work in pairs. When the Astra Militarum needs tactical air support, a two-man team of Hell Vanguards will arrive at the front line.

The Astra Militarum only needs to say what they want to blow up, and the Hell Vanguards will use the data pad on their arms to quickly fill out the air strike support application form after visually confirming the target.

This is necessary because without the application form, when the pilots arrive at the battlefield, they may not be able to find the air strike target from the vast number of ground buildings and areas, not to mention accuracy and efficiency.

Without ground guidance, the aircraft cannot get a safe entry and departure angle, and may eventually be shot down by enemy anti-aircraft fire.

When one person writes it and the other confirms it, the two check each other and confirm that it is correct, the support application form will be transmitted to Secretary Louise through a dedicated line, and Louise will prioritize it based on risk assessment.

Horatio will send air strike support parameters to the Imperial Navy Air Force as the chief officer of the Aviation Department according to the priority arranged by Louise.

When the intensity of the battle increases, the number of air strike support requests received increases.

Then when Horatio handles ‘1’, Collingwood, as a commissioned officer, will handle ‘2’.

Collaborate in pairs to ensure the timeliness of air strike support, shorten the response time of the micro-time combat system, and improve the resource allocation efficiency of the macro-time combat system.

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