Chapter 36 Changes in the World Line
Major Randall, a senior officer of the Federation Navy.
The first impression Amber had was that of a middle-aged old-timer who was elegant but full of nonsense.
Especially the navy uniform on him, which was stained with blood and oil, but still managed to keep straight.
This further deepened Amber's stereotype.
In addition, the romantic affairs of the Federation Navy officers were circulated in many galaxies.
And the widespread spread of the jingle "The Navy is foreign, the Army is local, and the Air Force is all idiots."
Amber has always had a bad impression of these "Navy stallions."
But in this situation, he can only temporarily believe the words of Major Randall.
"If the space elevator cannot be used in a short period of time.
Then the speed of the Imperial Army's troop delivery will be greatly reduced, and it may even disrupt their original deployment."
Amber opened the ground battlefield situation map of the entire Robert IV on the screen of the vehicle command terminal.
The battlefield situation of the Federation Army and the Imperial Army was displayed in red and blue.
However, due to the current communication obstruction, it is impossible to connect to the brigade-level backbone network.
As a result, the update time of this situation map has been delayed by more than 6 hours.
"Warrant Officer Amber, you mean that the situation on the surface of the planet may not be as bad as shown in this map?"
Hearing Amber's words, Major Randall also came to the screen.
Coming from the Navy, he is not very familiar with the situation map of the ground battlefield.
But this does not affect it. He can see from the map that the Empire's airborne troops are "blooming in multiple places" on Robert IV.
"No, the situation is still very bad"
Amber shook her head and continued:
"At least the initial orbital nuclear strikes still wiped out a large number of our living forces in an organized manner."
"But the suspension of the space elevator at least gives us a glimmer of hope."
"Major, you should know how huge the space elevator's transportation capacity is."
Hearing Amber's question, Randall nodded.
Lansford Military Port, as the last part of the space elevator (except for the counterweight area), is also the last stop of this high-speed transportation track.
The command center of Lansford Military Port also has the highest control authority over the space elevator.
That is why Major Randall was able to "lock" the space elevator.
Therefore, Major Randall is still very clear about the carrying capacity of this "heaven-earth artery".
There are a total of 12 cabins on the space elevator, and the carrying capacity of each cabin has reached 480 tons.
In other words, theoretically, a full-load ascent or descent can transport 5,760 tons of materials, personnel, and equipment.
Under normal circumstances, the cabin of the space elevator on Robert IV can run at a speed of one round trip per hour.
In other words, just transporting materials from the spaceport to the ground can achieve a daily material transfer of 138,240 tons.
Of course, this is just a theoretical number.
In fact, the time for material loading and unloading and equipment maintenance needs to be calculated.
But in any case, a daily carrying capacity of 100,000 tons is completely achievable.
"I understand what you mean. If the space elevator cannot be used, the Imperial Army will not be able to quickly deploy heavy troops to the ground."
"That's right~" Amber snapped her fingers.
"Many heavy equipment cannot be dropped through the airdrop chamber, and the aerospace strategic transport aircraft cannot compare with the space elevator in terms of carrying capacity or attendance rate."
"So as long as the lock of the space elevator is not cracked, the imperial forces we face in a short period of time should be composed of a large number of infantry + a small number of HCPs and a smaller number of other armored units."
Thinking of this, Amber herself couldn't help but sigh in her heart that the world line has really changed.
If she hadn't sent a rescue message through the terminal of the penetrating communication device in the core communication room.
In Lansford Port, the exhausted Major Randall would have forgotten to lock the space elevator, just like the plot in his previous life.
As a result, the Imperial Army can quickly deploy heavy troops through this "highway" that goes directly to the ground.
And now, Amber at least doesn't have to worry about encountering a large number of land battle troops on the way to escape.
"Right!"
Major Randall suddenly thought of something.
"Since you sent out a distress signal, then at least other planets in the galaxy and the deep space cruise fleet should have known about this situation, right?"
"I know what you want to say."
Amber shook her head.
"But according to the information obtained by the combat intelligence center, I can only tell you with regret"
"This invasion of the empire is aimed at the entire galaxy, which means that the other three immigrant planets in the galaxy are also being attacked by other fleets of the empire."
"As for the deep space cruise fleet, it should be temporarily evacuated to the edge of the galaxy."
This information was of course not obtained by the combat intelligence center, but the detailed information that Amber saw in the war history museum in her previous life.
With the level of the federal intelligence department, it is thankful to be able to figure out that it was the Star Dragon Empire that attacked them.
But Randall obviously didn't know this, and he secretly thought to himself, 'The information collection ability of the combat intelligence center is quite strong. '
"But anyway, the distress message has been sent out. As long as we hold on, can we wait for the support of the main fleet?"
The major continued to ask, after all, this matter concerns life and death.
"Major Randall, are you too optimistic about the efficiency of the federal high-level officials?"
"Warrant Officer Amber, you are too bullshit."
In the following rapid maneuver, Amber and his team were lucky not to encounter other imperial troops.
After all, the surface of the planet is so large, and the imperial orbital paratroopers are mainly attacking key military bases.
So from a macro perspective, their distribution is not dense, and there are a lot of gaps in the battle line.
With the help of ultra-short wave reconnaissance jammers and drones, Amber and his team avoided several imperial troops they encountered.
In one of the teams, there were even two HCPs dropped from the air.
This is also one of the characteristics of light synthetic forces.
Although the frontal combat effectiveness of these wheeled armored vehicles is not very strong.
But the characteristics of flexibility and concealment make them absolutely good at running.
Through the path analysis of these bypassed imperial troops.
Amber estimated that these guys should be going to "encircle and intercept" the breakout force led by Lieutenant Colonel Dallas.
After a brief connection to the edge network and backbone network, the updated battlefield situation map also confirmed Amber's inference.
They are now about 150 kilometers away from the main force of the breakout.
They are already at the edge of the reception range of the military Internet.
This is why they have not been able to connect to the military network before.
In addition to the signal interference in the atmosphere, the physical distance is also one of the reasons.
After updating the latest situation map, Amber originally planned to discuss the future arrangements with Randall.
After all, this guy's rank is here. Although he is not in the same military branch, he still has to ask politely.
Who knows, the major just spread his hands.
"Warrant Officer Amber, you should decide this matter."
The smile on Randall's face made Amber see a sense of "playing bad".
"Professional people should be allowed to do professional things. The command authority on the battlefield is not simply determined by the rank."