However, Li Xin's good days were over.
On the 20th day, the training ended.
An alarm sounded inside the base, and all soldiers and officers were preparing as quickly as possible.
The battle is coming.
Inside the fifth group's hangar, Li Xin stood beside Jiang Lou.
Three people wearing mecha suits formed a team and headed to the base's command center under the leadership of Jiang Lou.
Jiang Lou, Feng Dai, and Li Xin.
Feng Dai returned to the base on the fourth day of Li Xin's training. He was also injured in the last battle and was given a few days of leave to recuperate.
Li Xin's palms were sweating on the way to the command center.
There was no way around it, he had to be nervous, even though he had already gone through several years of basic training and had also learned to fly a mecha during this time.
But when the war really came, Li Xin was still a little uneasy.
Feng Dai seemed to sense Li Xin's nervousness. He patted Li Xin on the shoulder and comforted him, "Don't be nervous, it's no big deal!"
"We drive mechas, and the battle is just bang bang bang!"
"It's all good!"
Li Xin nodded repeatedly: "Okay, Brother Feng!"
Jiang Lou glanced at Li Xin, but ultimately said nothing. His furrowed brows revealed his thoughts.
After entering the command building, they came to a conference room.
There are already a few people sitting here, and the number is slowly increasing.
In the end, in Li Xin's eyes, the number of people here stopped at twenty-three, including Li Xin's own number.
Footsteps were heard outside the door, and M3D15 Defense Director: Lu Quan entered the meeting room.
"director!"
Almost everyone stood up and saluted at the same time.
Lu Quan also returned the greeting, and then he said: "After twenty days of rest, everyone's spirits have recovered well."
"This time, we have a new mission!"
Lu Quan's gaze swept across everyone present and lingered on Li Xin for a moment longer.
A projection appeared on the screen behind Lu Quan, and a map appeared on it.
"This is our target. Next, I will authorize you to obtain information about this target!"
Li Xin's chip received the authorization for this information at the same time.
While downloading, he listened to Lu Quan continue to introduce the target.
"Behemoth Steel Works!"
"This time, our mission is to take down this stronghold again!"
As soon as Lu Quan's voice fell, someone murmured quietly: "Why is it here again? How did Heng'an Defense lose this stronghold again!"
"How Heng'an Defense lost this stronghold is not something we need to worry about!"
"Our current mission is to capture this stronghold again!"
"This time, Heng'an Defense will cooperate with us in launching an offensive. On the front battlefield, they will deploy an infantry combat unit of a motorized mixed brigade. They will serve as the main force of the attack, and we will be responsible for coordinating them!"
"Heng'an Defense is also responsible for the two wings of the Beshimo Steel Plant. Each wing has an infantry regiment unit and a battalion-level armored unit responsible for containing and blocking the enemy's reinforcements!"
"Our mission is to completely capture this stronghold before the reinforcements from the Milda Knights and the Acolytes break through the Heng'an Defense's blocking line!"
“Do you have confidence?”
Lu Quanhu looked at everyone below.
"Yes!" The mecha master below also responded loudly.
"Very good, now let's assign tasks! Team leaders, please come up."
Lu Quan took out a thin computer and began to divide the tasks on it.
Jiang Lou and some other team leaders surrounded Lu Quan.
There are eight team leaders in total, representing eight mecha support teams, but there are only twenty-three people in this room.
Sure enough, it was not just the fifth group in Jianglou, all other groups were also understaffed.
Li Xin sighed imperceptibly
Without time to think about it, Li Xin began to check the downloaded information.
This document includes a topographic map of the Behemoth Steel Plant and its historical background story.
This steel plant was a large steel plant built decades ago. After the war broke out, it was quickly abandoned.
But even if there are no employees in the factory, the huge steel and concrete buildings and complex underground structures make it an excellent combat stronghold.
This was not the first battle at the Behemoth Steel Plant. Including this time, it was the third time that a fierce battle had broken out here.
The previous two times, Heng'an Defense and the Blueprint Dispatched Force cleared out the enemy forces here and occupied it.
But this stronghold was of great importance. After losing it, the Knights of Milda did not give up the idea of regaining it.
Every time, after the Blueprint Army withdrew, the enemy would use superior force to recapture the stronghold.
The Knights of Milda are also a large force on this planet. Although not as powerful as Blueprint, it is also a formidable opponent.
However, neither side has any intention of launching a full-scale battle now, and is only engaged in small-scale probing and friction.
The previous two battles have shown that the Behemoth Steel Plant is a meat grinder for the soldiers.
It's not just the infantry that will die in large numbers here; armored units and even mechas will suffer high casualty rates if they fall under siege.
This steel plant has a high-strength structure and is equipped with various metal equipment, so its defensive effect is no less than that of some fortresses.
Li Xin couldn't help but be amazed when he saw the current situation of the Beshimo Steel Plant in the information.
Many buildings have collapsed into ruins in previous battles, but even the ruins are solid ruins. Once you enter here, you will probably have to engage in difficult street fighting.
No one can tell where the enemy ambushes may lie beneath the ruins.
The Beshimo Steel Plant will become the meat grinder for Heng'an Defense and the Blueprint Expeditionary Force for the third time.
Li Xin frowned, then slowly relaxed his brows. It's okay!
Fortunately, he is not an infantryman, but a mecha driver.
Mechas are still a little better, but if infantry enters here to fight, it would be really miserable.
In the first two battles for the Behemoth Steel Plant, the casualty rates of the infantry and armored troops were high.
If Li Xin was an infantryman, once the battle started, he might really be killed in battle within two weeks or even a month as Gao Bingyan had predicted.
In the previous two records, it took one and a half months to capture the Behemoth Steel Plant for the first time.
The second time took even longer, lasting two and a half months.
Both sides discovered the importance of this stronghold. Every time they took it, they would carry out more transformations and repairs and build more and more complex defense lines.
The casualties in the second attack on the Behemoth Steel Works were 26 percent higher than the first.
And now, the third battle is about to begin!
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