We will learn and study from our mistakes that are the over reliance on technology, namely AI, and the utilization of a central command. We will now transition to what we consider an "unconventional" way to take out these guerrilla forces once and for all. The hunting mindset of the AI in the drones is shut down and instead, they will just become "scouts" recording data they find once the guerrillas jam them which I doubt they actually have the equipment to jam these things since they "live off the land" and are NOT near any high tech facilities or are funded by any regional powers. This is to avoid civilian casualties that may be somehow in the swampy territory we currently hold and in case they accidentally fire on our troops. Next, we abandon the centralized model we have used throughout the conflict. Dixieland forces will be broken down into small, highly mobile squad pickets placed directly within the communities and terrain of both districts 1 and 2. Backup will no longer be far away, our forces will be like the guerrillas essentially; feeding off of the land. To make these small cells lethal to guerrilla forces, our drones will take on a new purpose. Instead of looking for patterns, our SM-Drones, now locked to the squad's GPS coordinates, moving when they move, will now be keeping track at all the immediate avenues of approach towards the squad. If guerrilla units are trying to set up an ambush somewhere, say, 300 meters ahead in some blind or trying to sneak up from behind a row of houses or whatever, the SM-Drone will spot the sudden, unnatural movement of men positioning weapons and will silently alert the squad before the fight begins to turn these ambushes into counter-ambushes. Once the guerrillas begin retreating, the SM-Drones will be sent out to track them, taking note on their exact path, looking for which trails they take, structures they enter, and/or tunnel entrances they drop into to hide from our troops so we can then mark it. Outside of this, the SM-Drones are deployed in pairs to quietly hover over local villages, boat docks, and trails from a distance where they are pretty much invisible and silent to the human senses. These drones will not be looking for weapons; Instead, they will look for activities. If boats are consistently dropping off heavy crates at specific areas, or if specific houses are active in nightly activity, the drones will flag it. This is in the hope that we can begin mapping the guerrillas' logistical networks without the need of any attacks, allowing us to build a map of safe houses and supply lines. Lastly, if the SM-Drone's AI detects what it believes is a camp for guerrillas or a weapons storage, it will send the live info to a human intelligence officer at the closest combat post. Once a human looks at the footage and verifies there are no children or innocents present, ANNNNDD cross-reference it with local informant data, a late-night infantry raid is sent in to capture supplies and take prisoners for interrogation. Now back to the small squads and how they'll deal with guerrillas: DP-Drones will be used by these squads as transportable assets packed in backpacks or whatever by Dixie squads. Once a guerrilla cell launches/triggers an ambush, the squad will hit the dirt. Instead of blindly aiming into the dense forests and other terrain, designated operators will instantly launch a few DP-Drones into the air. The drones will then fly above the immediate small-arms fire. Once in the air, the DP-Drones will use the latest data presented by the SM-Drones on where the guerrillas are (because they are literally attacking us), the drones will hover directly over or will flank the guerrilla firing line. This makes it a vertical firing line instead of horizontal, meaning the guerrillas can't just use the foliage to hide again because that won't cover them from the sky. Once that happens, our squads will use that quick amount of time to either retreat to a defensible position or begin a rapid flanking maneuver. Of course, the drones will not have full autonomy to conduct these attacks, once they are in position, they will briefly wait until the operator 'gives the green light' for the drones to begin their attacks.
I think this is an "unconventional" way to take out the guerrilla forces. If this isn't... I don't know.
