27: Advance troops landed

The next morning, Xia Quan and Trang successively delivered their carefully drafted lists to Captain Li Yang's office. Captain Li Yang took the two lists, his expression serious, and meticulously compared them with focused eyes, then fell into deep thought.

"Didn't I say to submit only one list? Why did you two give me two lists?"

Captain Li Yang frowned, staring sternly at the two, his sharp gaze seemingly able to pierce through their hearts.

Although Captain Li Yang looked young, Xia Quan and Trang were so intimidated by his gaze that they quickly lowered their heads, not daring to meet his eyes, and beads of sweat broke out on their foreheads.

"Uh, it's like this. After repeated deliberation and careful consideration by our Blue Star Management Department, we believe that both lists have their excellent points, so we presumptuously decided to submit both, hoping to hear your valuable opinions and suggestions."

Xia Quan pondered for several seconds before finally answering unhurriedly.

Trang, standing nearby, heard Xia Quan's words and forced a wry smile, thinking to himself,

"It has to be you people from the Rabbit region; you can so skillfully smooth over a situation like this."

Hearing Xia Quan's explanation, Captain Li Yang shook his head helplessly and sighed softly, saying,

"Alright, don't think I don't know your little schemes and intentions. Integrate half the personnel from each of these two lists, organize it, and report it back to me."

"Yes!"

Finally, Xia Quan and Trang dared not be negligent in the slightest. They promptly integrated the personnel from the two lists, carefully selecting the most elite and suitable 5,000 individuals for the advance mission, and reported them to Captain Li Yang.

After the specific list was finalized, the Blue Star Management Department immediately summoned all the Soldiers on the list with the fastest speed.

Given the extreme importance of this mission, the Soldiers were specifically chosen from personnel with Imperial Citizen status. After all, Soldiers equipped with a smart brain are more convenient and efficient in command and coordinated combat than ordinary Soldiers.

A full 5,000 people were quickly assembled on an enormous open space, standing tall with solemn expressions, quietly awaiting further instructions. Beside them, more than ten tanks, armored vehicles, and armed helicopters, among other things, were neatly parked.

As for Imperial Fighter Jets, they were not brought here. After all, the mission location was an alien planet, and there were no ready-made airports for them to take off from. Comparatively, helicopters were undoubtedly a more sensible and practical choice.

In the skies above Blue Star, Captain Li Yang looked at the troops clearly displayed on the light screen and began to systematically direct the fleet for teleportation and transport.

One dazzling beam of light after another poured down from above, and the entire troop began to be orderly teleported onto the starship.

With the silent disappearance of the last beam of light, the entire advance troop had been teleported, leaving only the empty open space.

Seeing that the troop had been loaded, Captain Li Yang immediately began to command the fleet to perform a spatial jump.

"Target celestial body coordinates confirmed... All departments, please pay attention... Preparing to initiate hyperspace jump... 3... 2... 1... Initiating jump!"

As the starship's engine roared to life, the entire fleet flickered and instantly vanished into the vast space of Blue Star... Approximately half an hour later, Captain Li Yang's fleet successfully arrived in the skies above the target celestial body.

"Captain Li Yang, the target celestial body has been reached. Please instruct the next course of action."

Captain Li Yang did not respond to Pal's greeting immediately, but instead focused intently on observing the various complex environments displayed on the light screen of the celestial body.

"Pal, first send our Imperial Fighter Jets to clear out this location to make ample preparations for the landing of the Blue Star advance troop."

Captain Li Yang pointed to the lush green forest on the light screen, his tone firm, intending to make it the advance troop's landing spot.

"Yes!"

As Pal's order was relayed, the main starship's massive hatch slowly opened, and an Imperial planetary-class combat aircraft, like an arrow shot from a bow, began its action, whistling towards the target location.

The Imperial planetary-class combat aircraft charged towards the target forest like lightning, its powerful engine roar instantly breaking the celestial body's original tranquility.

Wherever the Imperial Fighter Jets passed, the airflow surged violently, and trees and plants fell over. Before long, the combat aircraft accurately reached the designated location.

"Command Center, this is One. I have reached the target location. Please instruct."

"One, this is Command Center. Your mission is to clear out all living creatures and any obstructions within the target area. Over!"

"Understood!"

No sooner had he spoken than the experienced pilot skillfully operated the weapon system, powerful energy beams spraying out, wantonly sweeping the target location. Thick trees were cut down at the waist, and the creatures in the forest began to flee in panic.

Immediately, the entire forest began to blaze with raging fires, thick smoke billowing up and obscuring the sky.

Not long after, the once dense and flourishing forest was quickly cleared into a large open space, sufficient in area for the advance troop to land.

"Report, target location cleared. Request to return to base!"

"Received, permission to return to base!"

The Imperial Fighter Jets moved like the wind, coming and going in a hurry, leaving behind only a devastated forest.

"Very good, prepare for the advance troop's landing."

Seeing that the target location had been successfully cleared, Captain Li Yang immediately began to direct the landing arrangements for the advance troop.

At this time, the advance troop in the fleet was already fully prepared and ready for action.

As Captain Li Yang's order was given, the starship's massive hatch slowly opened, and landing craft, loaded with the Blue Star advance troop, flew swiftly towards the open space like birds released from a cage.

Because this celestial body lacked the assistance of a Star Controller, using teleportation devices to send them down one by one would not only consume a lot of time but also greatly deplete the fleet's energy.

Inside the transport ships, the Soldiers of the advance troop had solemn and serious expressions, gripping their weapons tightly, their gazes fixed forward with unwavering determination.

As the landing craft approached the ground, they sprayed powerful buffering airflows, landing smoothly on the newly cleared open space.

"Attention, all units, prepare to move! Carefully observe the surrounding environment, and always pay attention to safety!"

As the orders from the squad leaders were given, the Soldiers quickly poured out of the landing craft like a tide, rapidly deploying into a tight and orderly combat formation, vigilantly observing the surroundings.

tanks and armored vehicles also rumbled with engine noise, slowly driving out of the transport ships, and armed helicopters immediately flew into the sky.

However, after the Imperial Fighter Jets' bombardment, the entire area was quiet, with only the crackling sound of burning trees and the roaring engines of tanks and armored vehicles.

"Attention all units, set up camp on the spot. armored vehicle and helicopter detachments, conduct a detailed reconnaissance of the surroundings."

"Yes!"

The full name of the entire advance troop was the Blue Star Special Operations Advance Regiment, and the one who had just given the orders was the commander of this regimental-sized force.