Yes, the battle between Xia Jin and the Sea Race had turned both sides into enemies.
The Dawn Empire's fleet, clearly composed of loathsome land creatures, found itself under a frantic and inexplicable siege.
The entire fleet was overwhelmed by underwater threats. The most troublesome part was that some Sea Race members had actually gone ashore from the Dawn Empire's side.
Even the area where the main force was encircled was attacked by the landing Sea Race.
But...
The current Empire was no longer what it once was. While they couldn't handle the Sea Race on the water, the pathetic Sea Race was still driven back once they reached land and faced the combined fire of hundreds of machine guns and cannons.
They stubbornly refused to accept the grim reality and went ashore several times, ultimately leaving behind over 200,000 corpses before finally recognizing the terror.
Sharkmen and other powerful races were smart enough to only send shrimp soldiers and crab generals ashore, keeping their losses within a controllable range.
But facing the Swimmers and Floating Hive Bugs that the Zerg steadily deployed into the water, these Sea Race members did not have such an easy time.
Even some groups from the outer seas were stirred.
But those groups seemed to be too far away and were too lazy to come over. They did not realize the gravity of the situation, and their negligence gave the Zerg time to develop underwater.
...
West Line, front lines.
“You’ve done well.”
Xia Jin’s projection arrived here this time.
The Dawn Empire had dispatched 500,000 main troops from the Central Line, but it would take at least two days for them to arrive. What Xia Jin needed to do was completely end this battle within those two days.
Killing them all might be too late, but she had to find a way to make the majority of the enemies surrender.
If these 500,000 were not dealt with, it would be extremely troublesome to face even more Imperial main forces later. Therefore, this battle truly concentrated too much of the Zerg's strength.
“It really is incredible. Without realizing it, my total force has reached over a million.”
Xia Jin recalled the time before the war began; she only had three or four hundred thousand back then.
When fighting the Orc Empire, she could deploy even fewer.
One could only say that the Zerg develop very fast.
The longer the battle is dragged out, the stronger the Zerg become.
But at this stage, if the front-line battle went poorly, Xia Jin still wouldn't be able to survive. Therefore, despite having such a large army, she could not afford to be reckless.
In the two days of fighting on the West Line, the 400,000 Zerg on the Central and East Lines lost half their numbers. Xia Jin later sent 100,000 more as reinforcements, but their role was just to desperately stall the millions of Imperial troops and their overwhelming fire.
With the extreme compression of the defense lines, the rate of casualties was accelerating.
Once the Gexilu United Kingdom fell, the terrifying Imperial army could split into two paths—one to the east to attack the city states, and the other directly into Mia and Novien to crush the Zerg forces engaged in the encirclement here.
Moreover, after Gexilu fell, the Empire's massive pool of manpower could head north directly into the Kingdom of Clear.
If Clear fell, Xia Jin’s small forest would likely not be safe either.
She couldn’t exactly go beg the magic beasts for help, could she?
At that time, instead of successfully getting reinforcements, she might be... ahem, by some mythic king.
“I absolutely cannot lose.”
Thinking of these things, she climbed onto an armored heavy cannon vehicle.
At this moment, rockets flew through the sky from time to time, and the enemy also fired shells in retaliation.
But judging from the density in the sky, the fire intensity of the Dawn Empire's defenders on the West Line was already less than a third of its original strength.
Although the falling shells were still numerous and explosions occurred everywhere, overall, the Zerg's advance was unstoppable.
“300 kilometers from the coastline.”
The encirclement was fully formed, and Xia Jin’s consciousness entered map mode, revealing the entire Zerg offensive trajectory.
The Armored Heavy Cannon Bug beneath her was also advancing rapidly.
Every hour, the Zerg could advance twenty to thirty kilometers.
Conflicts occurred continuously along the way. The Dawn Empire set up layers of resistance, and while they lacked powerful fortifications, they still prepared trenches and spikes to hinder the bugs' progress.
The fire network formed by the rattling of machine guns often caused the bugs to suffer heavy losses.
Fortunately, those charging at the very front were essentially countless locusts.
In this encirclement battle, two million locusts made the enemy weary of killing, and if they weren't careful, the Imperial soldiers could also be picked off by the locusts.
After all, no matter how weak they were, their base strength was at least Tier 3.
“Over thirty tanks and twenty light armored vehicles detected at the front.”
The brain bugs summarized the new intelligence in a timely manner, and the elf bugs immediately informed the human soldiers accompanying the main force.
“Prepare for battle!”
Inside a captured tank, several soldiers from Clear had all entered the cabin.
Yes, this battle utilized some armored vehicles seized from the Dawn Empire.
The total number was small, only fifteen, but they were still a significant help to their side.
Here, forty Armored Heavy Cannon Bugs and four tanks faced off against the Imperial armored force approaching from the other side.
Both sides soon met, and a clash had already begun.
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