Chapter 178: Chapter 142, New Troops_3
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Can we make do with just the 2nd Infantry Division?
It’s a bit difficult. The combat environment in the urban ruins can easily pull you into engagements within dozens of meters, even face-to-face. Even for T5 regular soldiers, they are at a complete disadvantage against Green Skin Orcs.
The Green Skins on the other side might number nearly ten thousand. If it’s an offensive operation, even if we were to expend the entire 2nd Division, I’m afraid it wouldn’t be enough.
In such a situation, Gu Hang had two strategies in mind.
The problem lies in firepower and troop numbers, right? Then, we simply have to address these two issues.
In terms of firepower, the 155 howitzer’s firepower is indeed the strongest Gu Hang can offer under conventional forces. It’s more than enough for defensive operations but indeed not effective enough to completely annihilate the Green Skins hiding in the ruins during an offensive.
But besides the firepower at his own disposal, Gu Hang could also ask for external support.
If the 155 howitzer isn’t sufficient, what about the Colossal Cannon, whose caliber is beyond description? An orbital strike from space can provide considerable firepower support.
And the second problem, that of troop strength.
The regular army under Gu Hang’s command indeed isn’t enough to cope with this war, at most sufficient to maintain the front but incapable of advancing. However, those adventurers active on the battlefield are a good pool of manpower.
Right now, they might look pathetic, with shoddy equipment, lousy discipline, disorganized, uneven training levels, and low morale…
But under the baptism of the “Dog Tag” system, issues of discipline, organization, and training level can be resolved.
The morale problem… that’s somewhat troublesome. But fortunately, Tadeusz had prepared in advance by nurturing some candidates for unit political commissars, reserved for enhanced troop recruitment.
Before the Loyal Heir Academy was established, the temporary political commissars pulled together weren’t very reliable. Even though they had a bit more training time than the ones allocated to the Old Alliance Legion right after the conquest of Revival City, these armies composed of adventurers could be ideologically even worse than the Old Alliance Army.
The former at least used to be regular troops, while the latter are just too varied.
We can only hope that the training effectiveness of the “Dog Tag” panel and the methods of allocating political commissars can raise their standards as much as possible.
As for the level of equipment, there is a preliminary solution.
Gu Hang certainly anticipated the situation in Rubbish Town.
The supply trucks from the logistics department, aside from carrying enough logistics supplies, including ammunition, shells, and rations, also brought five thousand sets of individual soldier equipment, along with associated company and platoon-level weapons such as machine guns, mortars, and rocket launchers.
Gu Hang planned to first conscript five thousand people from this group of adventurers to form an enhanced group.
This force’s source of troops was also already targeted by Gu Hang.
Beast Slaughter Group.
There were two reasons. Among the adventurer teams in Rubbish Town, if he had to say which team he could somewhat approve of, it would be the one called the Beast Slaughter Group.
This statement originated from Perbov’s report.
The other reason he set his sights on this group was because he saw a slight flicker in the [Events] interface on the system screen.
After opening it, Gu Hang saw an activatable event.
[Event Activated: Green Skin Threat]
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[The Green Skin Orcs that mysteriously appeared on the planet have grown into a threat that cannot be ignored in just a few years. Just as they were about to destroy Rubbish Town, your troops arrived at the scene. Yet the danger was not eliminated, as the Green Skins’ attack continued.]
[Phase 1 Objective: Defend Rubbish Town, ensuring that it remains under your control until the Green Skin Orcs retreat.]
[Event Reward: T5-level Additional Troop Training Option – Beast Slaughter Group]
[Beast Slaughter Group: A specifically trained infantry unit, for soldiers who have completed T5-level training and can undergo further specialized training against the Green Skin Orcs to become the Beast Slaughter Group. Troops of the Beast Slaughter Group have mastered combat experience and techniques against enemies like the Green Skins, and under a mysterious blessing, have a slight enhancement in physical condition when fighting the Green Skins.]
[Training Price: every 1 point of grace per 100 people]
[Note: There is a special force that, despite a severe lack of equipment, has learned some unique skills from long-term confrontations with the Green Skin Orcs, possessing the potential to become a ‘Beast Slaughter Group.’ Once they are trained into a T5-level or higher force, they will automatically gain the characteristic of the additional troop type ‘Beast Slaughter Group.’]
This message sparked a strong interest in Gu Hang for the Beast Slaughter Group.
Firstly, the event itself. The activation of an event by fighting the Green Skins was somewhat unexpected to him, but it was definitely a good thing.
It was different from the ‘Phoenix Will Die’ event. The chain of events for the Phoenix Battle Group could have been irrelevant to him, but it ended up being directed towards him. However, events like that one require spending points of grace to activate.
But now, his actions triggered the event, which meant there was no need to spend additional points of grace.
Activating an event was certainly good news.
The defense of Rubbish Town was a battle that had to be fought; having an ‘Event’ accompany it effectively meant additional rewards.
Moreover, the objective of the event largely aligned with Gu Hang’s plan—defending before considering attacking.
The preparations for a counterattack were far from ready, and since there were advantages to defending, it made sense to focus on defense first. The Green Skins colliding with a prepared defense line, suffering heavy losses, was ideal. Gu Hang wanted to turn this defensive line into a meat grinder, depleting as much of the Green Skins’ forces as possible.
As for the reward for the event, it was a pleasant surprise to Gu Hang.
An additional troop type…this was a new mechanism.
Did it mean that after T1-T5 level training of troops, additional grace points could be spent on special training to create special troop types?
The characteristic of the ‘Beast Slaughter Group’ was closely related to the current war.
If every soldier gained the ‘Beast Slaughter Group’ characteristic, the advantage against the Green Skin Orcs, a monstrous enemy, could be further amplified.
Not to mention the details mentioned in the event note.
A special force with the potential to become ‘Beast Slaughter Group,’ if not the Beast Slaughter Group itself, then what?
According to the notes, as long as the force at the front lines calling themselves the Beast Slaughter Group was trained to T5 level, they would automatically possess the Beast Slaughter characteristic.
That adventurous group had about six thousand people, which equated to Gu Hang saving sixty points of grace that would have been spent on additional training.
And conveniently, Gu Hang had an extra five thousand sets of individual equipment, which he could first allocate to arm them. Forming the first group from adventurers, and reorganizing them into a team, was also quite fitting.
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