Galactic Empire in New World

Part 8 Chapter 19

Leifor, 160 km north of Leiforia.
Mu Empire Combined Division 9

Mu Empire Combined Division 9 was one of the divisions deployed in Operation 'Tsunami'. This division was an army division and did not have amphibious landing capabilities, therefore, it had to be manually lowered from the ship after the emergency dock at Lendam Beach was created. Combined Division 9 consists of 1 armored brigade, 2 motorized infantry brigades, 1 artillery brigade, 1 support brigade, and 1 AA battalion.

Mu Empire Combined Division 9 was assembled after traveling saperated from Lendam Beach to an airbase captured from Gra Valkas. The leader of Combined Division 9 was General Lunterm. Combined Division 9 was one of the divisions under Field Army D tasked with capturing Leiforia. Currently, Mu Empire Combined Division 9 is 80 km from Leiforia and is moving quickly towards Leiforia.

General Lunterm was in an IFV IF-1 modified to serve as a command center. The IFV IF-1 had only a 12.7mm gun, not a 20mm turret.

"At this speed, we will reach Laiforia in one day if there is no battle. But the Gra Valkas troops are starting to resist, they have already made contact with the leading elements of our troops, armored battalion 11 and recon company 81," said Major Kartana, a command staff member of General Lunterm.

"Where are they coming from?" asked General Lunterm while looking at the map in front of them that had been marked with the location of the troops from Combined Division 9.

"They seem to be based in this small town, Akra City." Major Kartana said.

"Hmm, they were able to impede the movement of armored battalion 11, it's likely that their strength is quite large." General Lunterm said.

"That's right, general. Recon Company 73 informed us that they found more than one division in the city. There seem to be tank elements there as well." Major Kartana said.

"This implies that we are facing at least two divisions, given the size of the enemy forces confronting armored battalion 11, and the presence of more than one division in the city of Akra." General Lunterm said.

"Right, we must attack Akra immediately, we can't bypass it because we don't have enough forces to defend the rear of our formation if we bypass Akra. The enemy will encircle us." Major Kartana said.

"Now, direct the armored battalions 12, 14, and the motorized infantry battalions 76 and 81 to attack Akra. Order the artillery brigade to prepare on this hill after infantry battalion 60 can secure it. From the hill they can fire in almost any direction, including Akra. Also order the armored battalion to wait for motorized infantry battalion 77 to back them up. The rest of the troops make a general advance around Akra. Maintain speed so as not to leave our troops who are capturing Akra. Our troops that will move to capture Akra will move last after the other troops move so I hope their troops in Akra will be reduced to help the troops in other places we attack." General Lunterm ordered.

"Yes, general," Major Kartana said.

"Can the air force help our attack?" asked General Lunterm.

"They are preparing two F1 squadrons that will take turns attacking our designated targets. ETA of the first squadron is 20 minutes," said Major Kartana.

"Does the squadron that is here now still have enough fuel to cover our attack?" asked General Lunterm.

"I'll ask the general in a moment." Major Kartana said this while opening a channel to the squadron leader and asking about their status.

"They still have 50 percent of their fuel. Enough for 30 minutes." Major Kartana said.

"Very good. Order them to attack. Prioritize so that we can take the hill that will be used for artillery placement." General Lunterm orders