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Chapter 1401 1398. Middle-Earth Demon Shadow: Locust Edge
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A violent explosion occurred at the predetermined landing point. With the continuous bombardment of more than thirty heavy artillery pieces, the insect nest in the front battle zone was quickly enveloped in a burning flame.

While the bombardment was going on, the fully armed Plantagenet Knights held high their banners and led their elite musketeers to quickly approach the insect nest. After the bombardment was completed, they would go deep into the insect nest under the leadership of their respective commanders to eliminate the dangerous monsters hiding in it.

From the emblems on the breastplates of these knights, we can tell that they are from the Greene Legion, the most elite force under King Louis and the symbol of bravery of the Plantagenet Kingdom. Facts have proved that the soldiers of the Old Guards have lived up to this glorious title.

In the past few days, they have destroyed two small insect nests, and the one in front of them is the largest and last monster nest in the Anjou region.

Although they could not compare with Transia's group of hangers-on in terms of armaments, the gold-burning flamethrowers that the Plantagenet Kingdom got from the Halflings were just as useful for hunting insects, and they also had armed airships to provide fire support. Most importantly, the convenient railway network in the Anjou region allowed the Old Guard to be deployed quickly.

They will not have any logistical pressure in their own territory. The soldiers only need to muster up the courage to attack those damn bugs that suddenly appear with the blessings of the people.

But the front-line general of the Old Guard, Sir Fleming, could not be happy at all at this moment.

It wasn't just because the soldiers under his command had suffered heavy casualties in the battles over the past few days, but more importantly, he discovered with the keenness that a commander should have that these insects in front of him were becoming more and more difficult to deal with.

When attacking the first small insect nest, the warriors were able to suppress the cannon fodder insects with sharp blades and muskets, but when it came to the second insect nest, those ferocious soldier insects learned to use simple tactics, and their underground ambushes caused him to lose two regiments of knights in one battle.

This time it's even more outrageous!

Despite the constant artillery suppression, the observer told him that the bugs were adopting evasive tactics.

They dug tunnels near the hive and hid in them like trenches, which meant that the lethality of the gold-burning shells was partially offset.

"These shelled creatures are much smarter than we thought!"

The general narrowed his eyes and stared at the insect nest in front of him that seemed to be engulfed by flames.

It used to be a border village, but after the Zerg crossed the Dark Mountains, it lost contact with the nearby cities. The Zerg did not actively attack the city, but the Anjou region would not allow such a threat to continue to exist.

It turned out that their proactive attack was correct.

Fortunately, two small insect nests were destroyed before the sea of ​​insects formed in this edge insect nest, otherwise, when the three insects merged together, the surrounding small towns would probably be doomed.

"We must report what happened in Anjou to the king! We have not found any signs of insect activity in other places, but since they have come, they will definitely not stop here. We must prepare for it immediately."

General Fleming said this to his adjutant, who nodded and thought the general's thinking was absolutely correct.

Especially after what happened in East Prussia, it is no exaggeration to say that there is panic in the kingdom now. I heard that Greeny Island has already begun a cleanup operation against those vampire scums in the shadow zone.

Obviously, the king has been consciously eliminating other unstable factors in the country, but the appearance of such dangerous insects at this critical juncture is definitely not a good thing.

"General Fleming! General Buck Soros, the commander of the Dorod Fortress, has sent a messenger. He wants to see you immediately and says he has important information about this group of 'locusts'."

A knight on a warhorse came running to deliver the message, which made General Fleming raise an eyebrow immediately. He handed over the battlefield command to his adjutant and other officers, and took a four-wheeled military vehicle obtained from the halflings back to the camp a few kilometers away from the front line to meet the messenger.

"Ron? It's you boy!"

When General Fleming opened the car door, he saw a familiar guy leaning against the medical tent next to the barracks harassing the female medical officer. Looking at the guy's familiar combat leather jacket and stylish hairstyle, Fleming knew who this guy was.

He is Ron's elder.

When Ron was still studying at the Bourbon Military Academy, he had briefly served as Ron's artillery instructor, so he was impressed by this boy.

Because this guy had superb card skills, he once lost a month's instructor allowance overnight.

"Instructor Fleming! Salute to you!"

Seeing the general coming, Ron, who was sent as a messenger by his brother, immediately put away his playboy air and saluted his former mentor in a serious manner.

Fleming looked him up and down. He sensed the aura of a veteran from Ron, and nodded with satisfaction. The general had also heard about the bad things this guy had experienced in the Pioneer Corps, but now was not the time to reminisce, so he asked:
"What news did Buck bring you?"

"It's very important news. Actually, it wasn't sent by my brother. The hive in the Cato region was wiped out by the vampires of the Wolfsbane clan the day after it appeared. The information in my hand came from Transia."

Ron handed a computing orb that stored information to General Fleming, who took it and opened it skillfully. After reading the battle reports and information on the optical projection, the general, who was in his prime, frowned even more.

他 说:

"We have also noticed the rapid growth of locusts. Now the Transian people's accurate intelligence has announced the difficulty and danger of the insects. Fortunately, there are no more insect nests in the Anjou region, otherwise I can't imagine what will happen next."

"Your intelligence is outdated, General! On my way here, I got information shared by the Shadow Intelligence Agency. There are already bugs nesting in the direction of the Verdant Forest in the Antani region."

Ron shook his head and said:
"There are also traces of insect activities in East Prussia, but the good news is that the Knights of Torrent will be responsible for handling that crisis. My father is also eager to use this battle to rebuild the morale of the pioneering army, so you don't have to worry about the situation in the Duchy of Capet. After the battle in Anjou, we will probably go to Antani immediately.

I heard that edge insect nests have also appeared in the forests of the Castilian Peninsula, not to mention the Songhai Empire.

That sea of ​​sand is filled with scarabs, and these dangerous locusts are said to be related to the scarabs, so the Songhai Empire will definitely suffer a more serious threat from the sea of ​​insects than we do.

Judging from the current situation, there is no truly safe zone in the face of a flying swarm of insects. No matter how fast you act, the expansion of the hive is only a matter of time. The result of being so passive and taking a beating will lead to the day when the whole world will be overrun by insects.

The problem must be solved from the source!
This is also what my father and brother are worried about. They hope that you can make suggestions to King Louis and actively cooperate with the Transians in their upcoming Gray Desert Expedition.

The 'Hive Zero' hidden in the gray desert must be destroyed.

That's where the bugs come from!

If it is not destroyed, there will be no peace in the whole continent."

"Let me take the lead?"

General Fleming blinked in confusion and said:

"General Soros, no, Marshal Soros has more experience and connections than me, why wouldn't he..."

"Alas, as a qualified soldier, you should not care about these political issues. You are more suitable to take the lead than others. The ruling Grand Duke of Capet will follow up after your advice."

Ron waved his hands and said:

“Although it may not be respectful to the royal authority to say this, my father and brother do want to give our Majesty a way out instead of waiting for him to be forced to join in.

Don't look so sad, General. Let me tell you some good news that is worth being happy about.

Compared to the smooth handling of the Zerg on our side, the situation over there was extremely bad. Four Zerg nests appeared in succession in the area north of the Black Mist Mountains, and two of the Yankee's regular legions were defeated overnight.

If the Great Wilderness Legion had not stepped up at the critical moment, the Yankee border area would have been completely lost by now.

I heard that even the Winter Wolf Legion guarding the North was forced to mobilize several troops to provide support."

"Ha, isn't that inevitable?" General Fleming said, curling his lips:

"The army under the command of the Wolf Girl is still adhering to the backward concept of numerical advantage. Except for a few elite legions, their soldiers can't even guarantee basic firepower. Facing an attack of this scale by the insects, they can only take the beating."

Before the general could finish his words, he heard a cry of surprise from the observation tower high above the military camp. He quickly climbed up the platform to avoid the psychic telescope in the sentry's hand. A glance towards the battlefield made the general's blood run cold.

In his sight, two combat airships of the Greene Legion had crashed above the hive.

The burning flames fluttered in the sky like blood-stained flags, and dense swarms of flying insects reoccupied the sky and were flying towards the defense line of the military camp in an attitude that covered the sky and the sun. The soldiers on the front battlefield had already broken into the insect nest tunnel.

General Fleming believed that his soldiers could definitely kill the nest master insects, but the problem now was whether the military camp could withstand the ravages of these flying insects.

If they can't stop these flying bastards, then the cities behind them will be in trouble.
The Old Guards were indeed elite troops, and when the alarm sounded, soldiers immediately rushed out of the barracks and rushed to the battlefield under the leadership of their respective lieutenants. However, it was too difficult to hit the flying insects with the weapons in their hands.

"Ahem, General, besides being General Buck's messenger, I also have another identity."

Ron said quietly at this time:

"The Halfling's 'Hellfire' trading company has entrusted our Black Flame Mercenary Group to act as their weapons agent. This time I brought ten simple anti-aircraft guns specifically for air defense. Do you want to see the power of these new weapons?
But let me make it clear in advance that if you use these weapons here, you will have to buy them."

"Halfling weapons?"

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Fleming curled his lips and said:

"It's the military technology provided by the foreigners in Transia, right? So, Governor Murphy plans to spread the weapons in his arsenal to all parts of the continent? He's even going to generously give them to his enemies?"

"Well, I think you should stop pretending. Everyone knows that we Plantagenets are no match for the Transians, let alone their enemies. So don't flatter yourself."

Watching his mercenaries push out anti-aircraft wheeled guns from the cargo hold of the airship for assembly, Ron said unceremoniously:
"Governor Murphy has never considered us as enemies. His only enemy has always been the Chaos elements. King Louis probably understands this, so he accepts the existence of the Capetian Principality. Besides, it is not a good thing for the Transians to let the bugs eat us all.

Therefore, this wave is not so much about technology diffusion as it is about military assistance provided by advanced forces to backward forces.

The final battle between Order and Chaos is about to begin, and whether we like it or not, we must accept the arms of the Transians and join them on the battlefield."

"What if we don't want to?"

General Fleming asked quietly, and Ron shrugged and said:

"Then wait until you die, and then Hades will order you to be resurrected as loyal undead and then go to the battlefield! You see, he always has a way to make you obedient, but meaningless death means unnecessary loss, and the living will have one more chance to fight for themselves and their families.

Even if we take a step back, can't the Transians and the army of Hades deal with this locust plague?
Do not!
They can sweep through these bugs on their own!
But they are still willing to give us a chance to participate and be heroes, not because they really need us, but simply because they don't want to give up on us.

So stop struggling, Mr. Fleming.

Life is shit like this. Since you can't resist it, you might as well obey and enjoy it. At least Transia's weapons are really powerful.

Oh, right.

I have a production blueprint for the 'Iron Bear Armor' here, would you like it?"

"Yes! Why not?"

General Fleming shrugged his shoulders and sighed:
"Actually, I also think that it's pointless for humans to fight a civil war against each other. There are already enough dangerous things in this world. We don't need to treat each other as enemies anymore. So during the Ten Years' War, I hid in the military academy and let that idiot Loren take all the limelight.

Ugh.
The story of Loren and the Pioneer Corps is enough to warn all of us."
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"They stopped here and didn't move forward. It seems that the cold climate can still curb the locusts' progress. The fact that no insect nests have appeared in the frozen land area north of the Great Wilderness has proven this."

Marshal Baldwin was riding in his "Alpha Wolf" class heavy armed airship specially made in the Halfling Factory, overlooking the battle line below. He put down the telescope in his hand and said to the Winter Wolf Bishop beside him:
"With the protection of Su Shen, our country will not suffer from more attacks from locusts for the time being, but if the situation worsens, once other areas of the continent become nests of insects, then Nordtov will certainly not be immune.

What do you think? "

"My God has sent down an oracle, Marshal."

The Winter Wolf Bishop next to him said expressionlessly:
"All members of the Winter Wolf Church will participate in the suppression of the locusts, and the attack on Hive Zero is also a battlefield for us to display the power of faith. You don't have to test it. The church has no objection to this. The only question now is whether Your Majesty will temporarily put aside his dignity as a monarch and obey and unite under the banner of the Order Camp?

After all, the Kavhoka region had just been seized from her, so I think Your Majesty must have some grudges in his heart."

"That's not a problem."

Marshal Winter Wolf waved his hand and said:
“Her Majesty has always been rational, especially when it comes to national affairs, she will not bring in too much personal emotion.

Moreover, you know that the decision to seize Kavkhok at the end of the ten-year war was not made by Your Majesty, but was the result of a game between the court and Your Majesty. Although the Kavkhok incident is now over, it is not decent, but the kingdom does not have to pay more meaningless bloodshed and sacrifice for the territory that never belonged to us.

Eradicating these insect nests is the top priority right now!

Facts have proven that the poor armament and training of standing armies in various places, as well as their low morale, simply do not allow them to sustain combat at this intensity. Continuing to maintain the bloated standing army systems in various places will only become a burden in the coming era!
The outstanding performances of the Great Wilderness Legion and the Winter Wolf Legion were enough to convince the opponents in the court.

Your Majesty's military reform can also begin with this."

"Marshal! The swarm of flying insects is coming! Please take shelter for the time being!"

A Winter Wolf Swordmaster rushed over to offer advice to Marshal Baldwin, but the Marshal didn't care at all.

He waved his hand up and then down, and the armed airship, which was strong enough and had undergone targeted anti-aircraft firepower upgrades, immediately opened the gun windows of the hull and fired at the attacking swarm of insects, while the frost dwarf hunters riding on wolf griffons also took off from the deck and launched a counterattack against the flying insects.

"Drop the Winter Guard to the ground!"

In the midst of the fierce battle in the sky, Marshal Baldwin observed the underground battle situation and issued a new order. The Winter Wolf Bishop beside him asked in a surprised voice:
"Winter Guard. Is this a new type of soldier?"

"Well, it was our psionicists and mechanics who imitated the Transian dragoons. This process was greatly assisted by Callum Hundred Craftsmen."

The Marshal introduced:
"That is a new weapon that is more in line with the Nords' way of fighting. Each Iron Guard has an inextinguishable fighting spirit and a loyal soul."

As the marshal spoke, the lower deck of the marshal-class combat airship opened, and one iron coffin after another was smashed towards the area on the ground where the insect swarm was most densely populated.

After they landed, the shell opened, and the awakened Winter Guards moved their mechanical bodies, activated their "centaur"-like war bodies, and began to ruthlessly slaughter the surrounding insects with swords and hammers in hand.

"Ashamed to say that."

Watching the Winter Guard slaughtering everyone, Marshal Baldwin sighed and said:
"Did you know that the construction ideas of these Iron Guards were stolen from the Wamu barbarians in Ice Bay? The followers of Wamu are ahead of us in arming themselves with steel."

"What? Barbarians? Are you kidding?"

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