Chapter 790: Manhattan (2)
"Communication connection?"
"Most of the communication equipment has been damaged by a powerful electromagnetic attack! We’ll need to replace the entire system or rebuild the network!"
"...Nothing’s going right. Damn Slavic bastards."
Hudson Regional Hospital, Newark.
The New Jersey National Guard's 2nd Battalion, A Company of the 113th Infantry Regiment, stationed at Hudson Regional Hospital, was experiencing something akin to blindness in real-time. Despite being only about 9 kilometers away from Central Park HQ, their situation was dire.
It’s often joked that modern humans become helpless when communication is cut off, but the real problem was that this happened during a full-scale war.
Despite being stationed on home soil, the U.S. military was experiencing extreme manpower shortages, and with urban warfare becoming inevitable, it was essential to rely even more on electronic equipment to prevent casualties.
The city was a complex forest of buildings, with allied forces scattered across it. As a result, U.S. forces stationed in Newark, Jersey City, and Staten Island couldn’t even deploy their troops without detailed coordination from the Central Park TOC.
It wasn’t due to incompetence; it was simply because the vast forest of buildings made operations difficult.
Back at A Company, things were still grim. A disaster had occurred, and they were unable to get in touch with their deployed troops as per TOC’s orders.
"We can’t get a hold of Teterboro Airport. But considering that we can still hear gunfire from here..."
"Don’t worry about that. If the units at the airport need to, they can retreat. It’s about 8 kilometers away, but if they don’t miss the chance to withdraw, they should make it back here safely. What about the LNG plant?"