There's a slogan in warfare.

And it goes:

In times of scarcity, use tactical maneuvers; in times of wealth, employ carpet bombing. Caliber is justice, range is truth, volley fire is romantic, and explosions are art.

Pursue truth, choose justice, love nuking peace, display romance, create art, and inherit civilization.

Well, this slogan hits the mark.

Although with the current strength of our nation, we are capable of executing affluent moves like carpet bombing.

But considering the primary task of this battle is to capture the two-headed cattle alive, the command still chose the standard tactical maneuver strategy.

Of course.

Although the tactical maneuver sounds a bit cliché and outdated.

In reality, it continuously evolves and innovates in almost every era.

To be frankly honest.

No matter how the tactical maneuver is modified, its risk is definitely much higher than carpet bombing.

There's no choice.

Because capturing these two-headed cattle alive is a must.

Some might ask, is it really necessary to go through such a battle just for a meal?

Actually, no.

The so-called deliciousness is just a facade; the crucial part is the impact on the import meat market behind these high-quality beef cattle.

There's a rather frustrating issue on the international meat trade now — obviously we are the party A, yet we don't have the international pricing power.

The reasons are many and complex.

But one unavoidable cause is that we lack special breeds of export meat.

Just like how Neon has Wagyu, Australia has Brisbane Valley-fed beef, Gaul has Oblak and Charolais beef, and the eagle has an enhanced version of Angus pulled from Sugala.

We do have quite good beef at home, like Kangding's yak meat, Xiangxi's cattle beef, etc....

The phrase 'our own beef is not enough' is, in fact, a kind of self-consolation, just like Zhuzhou cotton, every year the domestic demand is overwhelming, even exceeding supply, but high-quality Zhuzhou cotton has always been in the export supply chain—before those trouble-making dogs interrupted.

Because exporting generates foreign currency, and the profit it brings is incomparable to domestic sales.

Without export meat, this means it's impossible to become upstream in the supply chain, and discussing meat pricing power is out of the question.

To a certain extent.

In the realm of meat pricing power, the importance of exportable beef cattle is even slightly greater than international status.

The two are progressive in relation. You must first have exportable beef cattle, then you can discuss international status.

Actually, since 2004, our country has been cultivating export beef cattle as an important project.

But by 2022, there is still little progress in this area, and hybridization still relies only on Wagyu genetics.

Once the export meat market is opened, it's like having a trump card that can be played in and out.

Others will then find it difficult to choke your throat.

Like when Zhuzhou cotton was cut off—it seemed like the foreign parties proactively stopped procurement, but recently, those high-end brands making statements were doing alright, mid-low-end enterprises were not faring well at all. At least six have already announced management changes due to soaring costs in April and May.

June is about their new cotton listing feedback month, and now they are waiting eagerly, munching on sunflower seeds to see the jokes on July's interim report.

Although our domestic sales suffered some losses, we're doing much better compared to those companies.

The meat market works similarly.

Some countries simply think you've become reliant on their meat, therefore continuously intensify their actions.

So it's imperative to capture the two-headed cattle alive, it covers far too broad an area.

Returning focus to the command meeting room.

Major General Man continued to speak eloquently:

"In short, the guideline set by the command for us this time is to seize the weak point of Xiaolianzi Mountain's strategic depth.

Circumvent to the high ground, and under the cooperation of technological weapons and cultivation talismans, launch the main offensive to the north.

As long as we hold the advantage, those monsters will either hide in the central hinterland and await death or flee to the low southern forests to scatter.

Once they run into open terrain, we will proceed to the next step of the capture plan."

Yan Shaohua's armored regiment was assigned the main offensive task this time, so he was more concerned about situations that may arise during the assault. Hearing this, he raised his hand and asked:

"Major General Man, does the command have specific arrangements for potential air strikes?"

Major General Man nodded at him and explained:

"In modern war concepts, air forces mainly focus on gaining air superiority and controlling firepower.

Regarding air superiority, since our J10 is not yet fully tuned, we can still only rely on Z-10 helicopters for primary aerial strength.

However, this time the trade group purchased a considerable number of mid-high-level single-point talismans, and the command also invited several cultivators from Wei Mansion to assist.

These cultivators form two-person teams in conjunction with Z-10 helicopters, creating a human-machine combat module, so there should be no issues with air superiority.

As for controlling firepower, it's based on the Land Shield 2000, augmented with the S-300PMU2 anti-aircraft system introduced from Russia and the HQ-17 missile defense and the Type 09 twin 35mm self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery forming the standard combat configuration."

After listening to Major General Man's arrangement, Yan Shaohua nodded thoughtfully.

The combat configurations Major General Man mentioned with the HQ-17 missile defense and Type 09 twin 35mm self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery are now the standard equipment for our army's composite brigades.

Besides the infantry brigade, almost every brigade is equipped this way.

The HQ-17 missile defense in offensive operations mainly ensures the safety of the gathered attack forces within the region or acts in the rear as part of the second-echelon and support echelon.

While the Type 09 twin 35mm self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery closely follows behind the attack echelon's vanguard, providing air defense cover and ensuring tight connection between the vanguard and subsequent forces, ensuring smooth offensive operations.

As for the Land Shield 2000, needless to say, it's the lethal weapon specifically prepared for flying monster units.

Having been in Damo Realm for quite a long time, various research studies have also been going on for some time.

Although the strong combat carrier J10 hasn't been successfully optimized yet, the military engineering group has achieved some research results.

For example, the optimization of the fire control computer, which is now fully accomplished with no issues during combat testing.

It's crucial to know, the fire control system is the core of the Land Shield.

The importance level of the fire control system was vividly demonstrated in a previous battle.

There was a video on the internet where a Cub fighter jet, without any weapons, flew boldly in front of Pakistani positions for five to six minutes, flaunting disturbance bombs, yet the Pakistani's seven to eight anti-aircraft batteries couldn't even brush its clothes.

This was blatantly bullying an opponent with a still second-gen fire control technology, and deliberately coming over to humiliate them, sans missiles, just flying right before them, making it impossible for them to hit you.

Back then, the helpless cries of Pakistani warriors watching made one feel truly suffocated and powerless.

It's the sorrow of weakness, becoming a pushover without any means to counter.

Now compared to Pakistan's outdated second-gen fire control system.

Currently, our Land Shield 2000 uses the mainstream fourth-gen fire control system.

That implies a command-mode fire control system controlling two stabilization system-centric fire control technologies.

Command-mode fire control systems for tanks or anti-aircraft artillery can capture and measure firing parameters for targets without rotating the turret, adjust the main cannon swiftly for shooting based on measurements, hence also known as 'Hunter-Killer' fire control system.

Not to boast, but that Cub fighter dare appear before us, it won't survive for even 15 seconds—including aiming and firing time.

How strong is our fire control system?

In 2016, the other side accidentally launched a Bear-3 missile, and once the missile fired, our fire control radar was active in one second.

Goodness.

At that moment, the third battalion commander was so excited that he dropped his hat, and military industrial stocks hit the ceiling the next day.

Unfortunately, the Bear-3 wasn't robust enough and hit friendly forces.

Reportedly, within that second, the interceptor network personnel's mindset roughly transitioned from "I'm gonna get credited hahahaha—＞Damn it, why'd you stop?!"

Although it was eventually proven to be a misfire from the other side, this was sufficient proof of our fire control's reaction speed.

At that time, virtually all the pro-US people went silent for half a month, because under normal circumstances, a fire control system takes at least four seconds from detecting a target to locking on.

And with the core wide-band tracking radar now thoroughly corrected, our Land Shield 2000 in Damo Realm can utilize maximum combat power.

After finishing explaining the air defense arrangements, Major General Man then introduced several other tactical plans.

Subsequently, the meeting adjourned.

...

Nine days later, still more than twenty hours until the next sunrise.

The troops officially began assembling.

Meanwhile, over three hundred miles away in Xiaolianzi Mountain.

A two-headed cattle of the second stage rear suddenly had an uneasy feeling, but upon finding no anomaly around, it shook its tail and the two heads continued chatting about which female cow was prettier.

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