Chapter 39 (2/2)

“Li, send my word to gather all the division forces. We are rolling out!” James instructed the combat staff beside him.

“Yes, Sir!” Li spun around and carried out the order.

“Go to the material officer to get your equipment, Qin Hao. We are going, too!”

“Yes, Sir!” Qin Hao got to his feet and left the division headquarters office to go to the material officer to get his equipment.

Very quickly, Qin Hao returned, fully armed with a new powered-exoskeleton, new-type combat helmet, electromagnetic rifle, pistol, energy grenades, and his private alloy sword.

“Let’s roll!” James brought him to board a transport ship.

All soldiers of the 106th Division had gathered and boarded their transport ships, respectively. After the first airdrop experience, they were no longer as nervous. But they were now more aware of the risk of airdropping.

Transport ships left the battleship heading toward Alpha at the hiss of the steam catapults.

The transport ships were shaking violently as they entered the atmosphere. But the soldiers were not as panic as the first time.

The orbital bombardment had stopped, but the aerial bombing was still ongoing.

The transport ship which Qin Hao was in successfully landed. The hatch opened.

The heavy bombing from the orbital bombardment had cleared Kola of insectoids together with underground tunnels. That was why there were no plasmaworms threatening their landing. This had reduced human casualty to the minimum during landing.

“Regroup! Regroup!” James shouted. There was no attack from the insectoids, but he needed to gather his forces to set up a perimeter. The carrier-based aircraft could not carry out bombing indefinitely. Once they left for the battleship, the insectoids would launch their offensive.

The 106th Mechanized Infantry Division had quickly regrouped. They were only a second-line force, but after the terrible experience at High Ground Z3, these soldiers were more mature. The 106th Division appeared to have fewer soldiers now, but their combined combat strength surpassed that of the first airdrop.

“We will move at speed. Target is Azland Uplands!” James gave his order. Azland Uplands was the 106th Division’s garrison where they were going to defend the east side of the entire human forces here.

“Yes, Sir!” All soldiers replied in unison, then quickly moved toward Azland Uplands.

Not long ago, these soldiers of the 106th Division were still demoralized. But they were now in high spirits after landing on the battlefield. A wounded tiger is a dangerous beast. After the prior hard battle and everyone expected to die at the beginning of the war and, these soldiers became fearless. If they had to die, they would bring more insectoids along with them.

So the 106th Division soldiers were coming to Azland Uplands with the mindset of killing or getting killed.

“Combat units, get into defensive position! Engineering units, built the base!” James ordered.

The 106th Division soldiers quickly swung into action. The combat units cleared out the surroundings for potential dangers, while the engineering units quickly dug trenches and built a fortification to prepare for the insectoids’ counterattack.