Chapter 1351 - 439: Did You Eat My Sorghum for Free?

Chapter 1351: Chapter 439: Did You Eat My Sorghum for Free?

Although the European fleet has split into two, it’s not about dividing the army into two groups, then throwing them on Cuba and pushing from both ends.

Cuba is just one of the larger islands in Latin America, with the tsunami-devastated Haiti to the right, the Bahamas and Florida to the north, Jamaica to the south, and Mexico and other Latin American countries such as Guatemala to the left, surrounded by numerous smaller islands like the Cayman Islands and New Gerona.

However, these islands have become deserted zones due to the cut-off of oceanic exchanges.

But these islands are now being used by Horizon Corporation for training recruits or as transit stations for material transport, becoming crucial nodes in this offensive.

Especially in this round, Horizon Corporation’s counteroffensive pierced through Cuba, slicing local warlords into east and west sides, connecting the north-south lifeline, allowing military technology to support Horizon Corporation directly from Florida, saving a significant portion of the journey.

The fleet divided this time precisely to remove these nodes and transport routes while serving as remote strike platforms for parachuting, bombing, reconnaissance, and raiding to support the front lines.

Why not engage in large-scale army operations with a steel torrent push?

Simple, because it’s not feasible.

No company can maintain a steel torrent of a million troops; handling this would bankrupt Military Science, and business needs cost control, you know?

Therefore, as early as seventy years ago, large-scale army operations fell out of favor, and special operations became popular, emphasizing small and refined, surgical strikes, decapitation actions.

Moreover, with our space-based weapons and near-Earth orbit fleet, dealing with these insignificant ground troops would be pure money waste.

So in 2077, the only entity possibly capable of executing this tactic is Tokyo University under information lockdown, as for Soviet Petrochemical’s hundred thousand defense forces, forget about it, they’d lose their way if thrown into Siberia.

But undeniably, these strikes are highly effective against opponents far less powerful than oneself.

In just the first two rounds of missile + airstrike attacks, ground facilities were obliterated completely.

Highways, airports, drones, docks, cafeterias, gathering points, and even newly occupied train stations and railroads were all bombed.

The entire transportation network got paralyzed; if the command hadn’t foresightedly built underground cities and revival points under Pig Bay to prevent nuclear attacks, with electricity maintained by container-type thorium molten salt reactors and underground cables, this round of strikes would have wiped players out completely with no resistance left.

And in return, Military Science and Huang Ban also bombed the six remaining airports, power stations, and air defense systems of Cuban drug traffickers.

In today’s Cuban skies, warplanes from Military Science, the European Community, Huang Ban, and even Horizon Corporation are fiercely contesting air supremacy, with warplanes or missiles frequently roaring past, forming an aerial corridor.

In just two days, both sides have lost 211 aircraft, 176 tanks, 307 armored vehicles, countless helicopters, military trucks, and drones, with fields strewn with burned-out steel wreckages, a tragic sight indeed.

To avoid being detected by enemy planes, David’s troops are maneuvering around hills in plain areas.

The convoy includes Dragon Field soldiers, multinational prisoners of war, and even a small group of civilian recruits being transferred to southern Florida for military training and rearmament.

"Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!"

Mann looks anxiously at the slowly moving convoy, unable to take major roads, with railways destroyed, the unit’s progress is painfully slow, making it hard to reach the northern temporary airport by the planned time.

As a veteran who survived the Latin American war, he knows well that every second of delay increases the risk of exposure.

Back then, Mann’s group often caught local armed forces’ moving units and hit them hard, and this war’s intensity far exceeds what he experienced back then.

Although Clint and his men guard the strategic point on the flank, a strong attack cannot be ruled out.

And in this world, whatever you worry about is bound to happen.

This relocation unit was detected by the European Community’s satellite two minutes ago.

"A satellite detected an enemy unit, approximately two thousand strong, moving towards Varadero, likely intending to transfer via port airport to Florida."

Morrison examines the satellite image brought by the staff officer, zooms in and confirms it’s not a combat unit before asking,

"What about our air force?"

"They’re resting, having been in continuous combat for 36 hours, and have sustained heavy losses."

The staff officer hesitates before saying,

"Besides, it’s within enemy air force range; a forced breakthrough could trigger a fiercely destructive air battle, and I’m worried they won’t hold up."

He’s not concerned about the pilots; it’s the high-intensity combat taking a heavy toll on their energy and combat morale, making a forced sortie to bomb a seemingly low-value target unwise.

Using space-based weapons or missiles would be even more wasteful.

"Then send ground forces, which unit is closest to there?"

"It’s Soviet Petrochemical’s Klyosa Special Forces, along with a Cuban regiment, but there’s enemy activity in the hills ahead."

"Notify the artillery units, prepare to assist with combat, fire upon them, then wipe out this northerly moving enemy unit."