Chapter 228, Leave it to us
"Hello, all employees and residents of Polar Industrial City. I am the president of the group, Jerome Pierre."
"It is with a heavy heart that I announce to you: Polar Industrial City has been severely eroded by a cult organization, and the situation is beyond the control of the group."
"We requested assistance from the Alliance Headquarters, and the Alliance did not forget that Polar Industries is also a member of the Alliance. They generously responded to our request for assistance and sent a support force."
"But there is a small group of heretics in the city who are hindering our joint actions with the Alliance and misleading the public, which led to a firefight in the city."
"Please pay attention to all employees and residents. In the name of the group's president, I ask you to return to your homes and dormitories. When you see the alliance troops, lay down your weapons and do not resist. The alliance soldiers will ensure your safety."
"Please all group guards, lay down your weapons, return to your station, and guard the doors and windows. No matter what happens, you are not allowed to engage in a firefight with the Alliance soldiers."
"I repeat, all group employees, guards, and residents, stop resisting, return home, and await further instructions."
"I repeat, all group employees, guards, and residents, stop resisting, return home, and await further instructions."
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Pierre's voice echoed over and over throughout the Polar Industrial City. The city's broadcasting system faithfully broadcast his orders.
This is effective.
The guards, armed employees and residents inside the Polar Industrial City were at a loss. First, they were not prepared for the battle and had no idea that the army would enter the city. Second, after the battle began, they never received any news from the upper echelons of the group. No one gave them unified command, and no one told them what to do next.
In this situation, the first unified order and information that most of them received from the top of the group was what President Pierre said.
Pierre's status is high enough, and his words... although quite a number of people don't quite believe them, but since they can choose not to risk their lives, and it's the boss who has spoken, what else is there to say?
Wouldn’t it be nice to pack up your things, go back home or to the dormitory and lie down?
At most I'll just grab my gun and lock my door. As long as they don't kick my door, I don't care what happens outside.
There were also those who were already fighting outside and it was inconvenient for them to "go home". The Alliance army also considerately gave them an option: just lay down your weapons and stay in a centralized place. That would be all.
Of course, there were also people who completely ignored Pierre's announcement, continued to be stubborn and continued to fight against the Allied forces.
And these guys, first of all, are a minority.
Among them, there may indeed be a very small number of people who are confused and young. They may feel that Pierre was coerced, or that the group cannot just kowtow to those people in the south.
The soldiers of the airborne division will not tolerate such brain-damaged guys, they will just eliminate them all.
And there is another part...that is the part that is completely organized, determined, and has a unified will.
The place these guys are guarding is also quite sensitive.
But their problems did not need to be solved by the 31st Airborne Division.
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"I understand. Just seal off the area and don't try to attack again."
Brigadier General Taddius, whose command post was located sixty kilometers away, gave this reply after hearing the report from the commander of the 31st Airborne Division.
But the lieutenant colonel commander on the other side was clearly unwilling to give up: "We can still try again! We have reorganized a new team, and we just need the comrades in the Air Force to help fight again..."
"No need." Thadius interrupted him. "Comrade Derek, you have already completed your mission very well. Don't make any more trouble. Next, what you need to do is to control the situation in the Polar Industrial City and implement martial law. If there is still resistance in the city, try to quell it. If it cannot be quelled, there is no need to waste the lives of soldiers. You just need to ensure that when our main army arrives later, we don't fight another siege battle."
"Yes! I promise to complete the task!"
After hanging up the call, Thaddeus clenched his fist.
He has never been a person who likes to adopt particularly risky and radical combat strategies. But since this action is a fait accompli, it is quite appropriate for him, a steady man, to take on the role of commander-in-chief.
After all, there are not many people in the alliance who can do this job.
Brigadier General Yan Fangxu was still in the Eastern Province with his Central Army Group, and was working on reorganizing the Eastern Province's militia forces on the spot to form the Eastern Army Group to garrison there. He could not be freed for the time being.
After Yan Fangxu returns, he will be promoted to the rank of major general.
As experienced military commanders, the brigade commander and political commissar of the 1st Quiet Wind Brigade, Perbov and Jordan Leroy, have been urgently transferred from the 1st Brigade to serve as commanders and political commissars of the interstellar expeditionary force and have already gone to space.
Thadius himself was not a frontline military commander, but in terms of qualifications, he was the only one who could serve as the commander-in-chief of this joint operation involving multiple newly established division-level and brigade-level units, multiple military services, and even other forces from non-alliance military departments.
During the course of action, he always maintained a calm attitude.
But in reality, how could there not be any tension in my heart?
After all, after being promoted by the Governor from an ordinary company political commissar and awarded the Quiet Wind Medal, his position was instantly promoted, but he had been mainly engaged in military and political work.
Recruiting soldiers, logistical supplies for the entire army, building the army's system, management of military positions and ranks... these military and political tasks are his main work.
In fact, he rarely participated in real frontline battles.
Right now, it is the first time that I am conducting the overall command work on the front line, and I want to do something big right from the start.
The newly-built 31st Airborne Division would perform disguised infiltration and airborne assaults; multiple infantry divisions and armored divisions would rush over a thousand kilometers across the northern border within a few days, and after the airborne troops completed their mission, they would smoothly take over the captured cities.
There are too many unexpected possibilities. Will the airborne troops fail? Will the main ground attack force be late? Can the road conditions in the north support the advance of motorized and mechanized troops?
But fortunately, none of these worries came true.
The results of the 31st Airborne Division and the joint air force were even more surprising!
Now, there is actually no need to worry about conventional military operations.
His routine tasks have been completed.
The rest will be handed over to another group of non-military people.
He dialed the communication of another commander-in-chief.
"Comrade Martins Salas, we have been able to confirm the situation. The underground space marked as Area C7 should be the place we are looking for. The rest is up to you."
"Okay, leave it to us."
(End of this chapter)
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