Somewhere in the eastern region of Haipuai Island.
Whoosh—
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—
Rockets flew from the launchers ahead, tracing streaks of blinding light across the night sky.
The pitch-black earth was illuminated. A squad of soldiers in the rear waved toward the sky, and a massive airship slowly descended.
“Ten tons of bombs dropped. Launch complete. Tell the follow-up units to accelerate and occupy the enemy's final stronghold.”
A sergeant shouted, ordering the troops behind him to speed up their advance.
To increase mobility, some legions were equipped with vehicles carrying weapons.
Sitting atop these vehicles not only saved the soldiers' strength but also allowed them to reach the battlefield quickly, accelerating the pace of the war.
Watching the vehicles pass by one after another, the commander walked over to a nearby crate, took out a pen and paper, and jotted down some notes.
Once finished, he handed the paper to a soldier beside him.
The man immediately boarded a magic airship and left the scene.
“General, the effects of all twenty types of weapons have been tested. Regarding tactics, the capital still requires your input.”
An administrative officer asked the general before him with a very serious expression.
“My opinion? I think the new equipment is too scarce. Using it in a scattered manner yields poor results. It’s better to form specialized units for concentrated use. Ideally, the firepower density of all units should be as high as this,” he said, pointing to the rocket launchers ahead.
The administrative officer was momentarily speechless.
“Such a high requirement... even if I submit it, it won't be achievable. Currently, only individual soldiers have been issued personal combat gear. As for long-range heavy firepower, it will likely only be distributed down to the battalion level at most—meaning twenty rocket launcher vehicles and about thirty pieces of artillery for every thousand men. Perhaps I can suggest they equip the legions with even more powerful gear.”
“That works. I’m counting on you.” The general patted the administrative officer on the shoulder and handed him a cigar.
After seeing the man off, the general sighed to himself and turned back to look at the civil official beside him.
“Haipuai Island has effectively served its purpose as a weapon testing ground. Fortunately, we’ve roughly determined the performance of all the equipment. Next, we should pivot our focus and prepare for war with the demons, shouldn’t we?”
“There’s no need to worry about the demons anymore. The frontline only used five hundred thousand men to beat them to a pulp. The new equipment is incredibly powerful. I estimate that within two months, that species which has plagued our Empire for countless years will vanish for good.”
“Haha. You think after we finish off the Zerg, we’ll continue north and flatten the Border Forest in one go? Forget it... that’s for the people at the top to worry about. I just need to fight the wars.”
...
The Empire was already slowly mobilizing its army to move north.
Current intelligence indicated that approximately four hundred thousand troops had arrived in the nations of Mia and Novien, currently situated in their southern regions.
Through her scouting mosquitoes, Xia Jin had also observed news that gave her a bit of a headache.
Truckloads of obsolete equipment were being sent to these two countries and rapidly distributed to units at all levels. This allowed these nations, which previously relied on swords and blades, to trade their bows for rifles and leap straight into the modern era.
This included nearly five thousand pieces of various artillery.
Years ago, magic-irrigated plants had led to a massive increase in grain production. In terms of population, the two countries combined had reached thirty million people.
By clearing out its inventory on a large scale and handing it over to its subordinate nations—while also sending a batch of new weapons—the Empire was essentially making the enemies the Zerg were about to face much harder to defeat.
Most troublesome was that these two nations had already begun widespread conscription.
Meanwhile, the pace in Kelu was slightly slower, likely because it was further from Clear. However, the city states were Zerg territory after all, so that country had also mobilized over three hundred thousand troops to its northern regions. Various units were gradually re-equipping with nearly a thousand pieces of artillery, and at least a hundred thousand individual soldiers were equipped with firearms, a proportion that continued to rise.
Finally, there was the Gexilu United Kingdom on the southern shore of Clearwillow Lake.
This country had the closest ties to the Dawn Empire. Not only did they accept the Empire's cast-offs, but under the guidance of Imperial military experts, they rapidly re-equipped with a large amount of the Empire's previous-generation weaponry. Furthermore, their most advanced light infantry legions, paired with small-caliber artillery units, had already been established.
After learning of this, Xia Jin initially wanted to strike first, but after weighing her own strength, she decided against it.
She had already reduced the production of underwater creatures and begun to focus on the land army.
After all, the underwater front in the Great West Sea was stable. The constant stream of resources being plundered daily could compensate for the shortage of land-based bugs.
“Brain Bug No. 1, take note. Have the queens spread the creep toward the rear as much as possible, and dispatch more queens toward the Orc Empire.”
“Understood.”
New bugs were being born by the tens of thousands.
Countless rocket bugs were also being allocated and sent directly to the human soldiers to train the Kingdom of Clear’s artillery units.
Tensions on both sides of the border were at a breaking point.
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