Chapter 1420 - Expedition: Panama (1/2)
Jiang Chen did not have time to chat with Zhuo Guoping. There was still a lot of things he had to review.
After the USS Obama sunk, the radio communication between Pan-Asia and the West Coast of North America had returned to normal.
After he arrived in the command post, he immediately held a combat meeting. All officers above the rank of the expeditionary battalion commander appeared in the meeting room. Even Han Junhua, who was far away at the General Staff Headquarters, attended the meeting through holographic imaging.
“Based on the intelligence that Governor Zhou brought back, our people were sent to Panama as slaves. Although our enemies have been destroyed by the weather weapon, our compatriots are still waiting for us to take them home!” Jiang Chen’s right hand clenched into a tight fist as he smashed down hard against the table. In an authoritative and fierce voice, he ordered, “Li Wang, on my order.”
“YES, GENERAL!” Li Wang stood up; his eyes gazed straight forward.
“Bring our compatriots home with two thousand expeditionary troops!”
“ROGER!”
A sonorous and powerful answer responded to Jiang Chen’s call.
“Lu Hai.”
“YES, GENERAL!” A burly man stood up straight.
“The Third Battalion of the Hunter Corps to set off immediately to assist Captain Li to complete the mission!”
“ROGER!”
“You have to formulate the specific military operation plan, I will not interfere,” Jiang Chen looked around the officers present, then continued. “I’ll only provide you with the direction, you can follow this direction to create the plan.”
The commander of the Expeditionary Force, Li Wang, stood up first to express his thoughts. He said respectfully.
“General, please give us your command.”
“Infiltrate from the inside and then destroy from the outside. The execution must be fast! And it must be steady!” Jiang Chen stared at Li Wang, then looked at the holographic image of Han Junhua next to him, “We must ensure that our colonists can return home safely.”
The meeting lasted for the entire afternoon.
With the help of Han Junhua, every small detail of the military operation plan was carefully drafted. Everything was done to achieve one purpose, that was, the key objective Jiang Chen stated at the start of the meeting – bring back every detained NAC citizen from the USN concentration camp.
Early the next morning, Li Wang bid farewell to Jiang Chen with two thousand soldiers, then boarded the AS Order.
In the next two days, AS Order would head south along the California peninsula towards Panama. This time Jiang Chen did not make the trip, but instead delegated the task of rescuing the captured colonists to Li Wang.
From the intelligence given by Zhou Guoping, only a small number of USN soldiers were stationed in Panama. Although the force had been expanded several times, the size was less than a brigade, and many of the soldiers were new recruits.
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In the laboratory, Lilith used a cutter and fumbled with the wreckage of F-79.
When the weather strike arrived, many F-79s that did not have time to take off were all parked in the hangar. And these wreckages in front of Lilith were all salvaged by Beluga Station from the waters where USS Obama sunk.