From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 723 My Immortals Are Infinite.
Lilith didn't know at the moment that Ellenita and Isabel, who she originally thought would put on a "good show", had now formed an alliance at the speed of light.

This strong artificial intelligence obviously underestimated the determination of these two women to "stand together against the outside world", or in other words, Ellenita and Isabel, who already had a close relationship, were actually the ones most likely to be helped by Amber to achieve her goal of "sleeping together".

Amber didn't even need to take any action at this time, the two of them had already completed the first step of 'sleeping together in the same bed' and achieved an offensive and defensive alliance.

Compared to the quick conclusion of this "two-person meeting", everyone in the operations meeting room has not yet recovered from the appearance of Baninger.

After all, except for Guterres and Van Vliet, everyone else attended the funeral of Baninger and others, and watched the coffins of the teaching team members being buried.
As the "culprit" who caused the annihilation of the teaching team, Van Fleet suffered a brain crash after learning about Baninger's identity through Hogg's hint. He even thought that Amber used some psychic secret technique to bring Baninger's soul back to seek revenge.

"Don't worry, Van Fleet, we psychics don't have the ability to resurrect the dead yet."

Seeing Van Fleet's nervous expression, Amber shrugged helplessly, and then continued: "Banninger and the teaching team did die at that time. But as you can see, they are currently continuing to exist in this world in another form, and the 'Immortal Legion' is formed based on their special life form."

As Amber quickly introduced the situation of the Immortals, the senior commanders of the Atlas combat forces immediately realized the value of the Immortals in combat.

A legion that is tireless, not afraid of death, and can train at "double speed" in virtual space. It can be said that each member of the legion is a master soldier.

Moreover, this legion directly abandoned the process of training and running-in of new recruits when it came to replenishing battle losses. The faster the equipment manufacturers under the Atlas Group could produce combat equipment, the faster this legion could replenish battle losses.

In other words, as long as there are enough combat bodies available for consumption, the Immortal Legion will be a true "undead army" on the battlefield.

Although the number of Immortals had been limited before, the number of 'Immortals' in the Atlas Group increased significantly after many major battles, especially after the showdown with Marshal Trafalgar.

Although according to Lilith's statistics, 12% of people gave up the chance of 'eternal life' by transforming into digital life, even so, the number of 'immortals' added to Banninger and his team far exceeded .

Of course, most of these new immortals are actually personnel from combat fleets. In theory, they do not have the ability to engage in land combat, but the advantages of digital life in learning ability soon emerged in advance.

Lilith has specially opened a deep learning zone in the virtual space 'Valhalla' where the Immortals are stationed. The time flow rate of the Immortals in this zone is nearly a thousand times faster than that in the outside world. This also means that training in the zone for ten days is equivalent to mass-producing a group of veterans with twenty to thirty years of experience.
Therefore, all the Immortals under Baninger's command are "air-ground dual-purpose talents". Even he himself has learned the operation of armored units such as HCP, as well as the combat command of warships below the cruiser level.

In addition, in addition to their own "descended" bodies, the Immortals can also control a dozen combat elements to fight, so the actual organization of the Immortal Legion in land combat units is also close to the size of an army group - but currently lacks long-range firepower units such as artillery, and is more of a "spearhead unit" that is good at frontal assault.

Once Atlas has the ability to control low-Earth orbit, the attack of the Immortal Legion will become like a tide. In the process of attacking the target, the lost combat elements will be continuously dropped through orbital airdrops, and it will be faster than the airdrops of orbital paratroopers.

After all, the biggest limitation to orbital airdrops has always been the physical strength of humans.
Once this restriction is lifted, both the speed and quality of orbital airdrops can be greatly improved. Most importantly, it eliminates the need for ground units to retract heavy vehicles after they land.

Now, as long as the vehicle lands and is connected to the Internet, the Immortals can immediately take over control, which means they can even be thrown directly behind the enemy to achieve three-dimensional penetration tactics.

In terms of the current combat positioning, Amber's expectation for the Immortal Legion is a heavily armed force that can launch high-intensity frontal attacks on important targets with the long-range fire support of friendly forces.

So there are currently three main combat units of the Immortal Legion.

They are the "Infantry Assault Squadron" with the "Dreadnought" large power armor as the core, assisted by a large number of medium and heavy combat elements;
The Armored Shock Squadron is composed of the Chimaera Unmanned Heavy Multi-legged Vehicle and the Thor Hammer Unmanned Main Battle Tank;
Finally, there is the "Mobile Attack Squadron" composed of two types of HCPs, the "Aegis-Unmanned" and a small number of "Woodward-Unmanned";
Since the basic combat units of the Immortals - large powered armor and combat elements - have strong mobility and are not light in weight, the entire Immortal Corps is not equipped with conventional infantry fighting vehicles or the like, and ordinary armored personnel carriers cannot carry many combat elements.

So for normal attacks, you just need to take a step and sprint and it's done. Anyway, whether it is a large power armor or various combat bodies, the short-distance combat sprint speed is not slower than wheeled vehicles and infantry fighting vehicles. As for long-distance mobile missions, there will be special heavy-duty transport vehicles responsible for transporting the deformed and folded combat bodies and large power armor.

As for the battle process of the Immortal Legion, it is actually a pure armored assault. In addition, the "mobile attack team" harasses and tears the defense line, and occasionally directly knocks down the organized "infantry combat team" behind the position from the track. It highlights that "your soldiers are suffering casualties all the time, while my Immortal Legion is endless."

After all, the speed at which factories mass-produce combat equipment is a complete dimensionality reduction compared to the time required for conventional troops to train a qualified soldier, and there is no comparison between the two in terms of efficiency.
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"If it is as Boss and Mr. Baninger said, then the combat effectiveness of the Immortal Legion may exceed many people's imagination. No wonder Boss dared to deploy the Second Army in the Federation to provide backup."

After reading the introduction of the Immortals, Guterres relaxed a little. He suddenly remembered that when he officially decided to join the Atlas Group combat force, one of the oaths he made was "As Atlas soldiers, we will never be defeated, and we will never lag behind the enemy in equipment and technology."

Now it seems that this sentence is not just talk.

At least after he joined the Atlas Group, the combat troops were only at a disadvantage in terms of manpower, but were always ahead of the enemy in terms of equipment and technology. This was why the Atlas combat troops were able to break through many times when the enemy outnumbered them.

"In fact, it all comes down to our lack of manpower."

Amber shook her head and said helplessly: "If I had five or six armies and seven or eight fleets, I wouldn't have to worry about the deployment of troops. We don't have them."

Van Fleet: "Boss, you don't have to belittle yourself. Forgive me for being frank. Normal private enterprises, even the leading enterprises in the federal military-industrial complex at that time, did not have the armed forces to reach the scale of our Atlas now."

"But our goal, or what we are doing now, has actually long exceeded what a single company can do, and naturally cannot be measured by other companies' standards."

Amber shrugged, then suddenly thought of something, her eyes began to wander, and her tone became a little hesitant: "By the way, there is one more situation I need to inform you of in advance. Don't be afraid of what I am going to say next."

Everyone was stunned when they heard Amber's words. They never thought that Amber would remind them not to be afraid in the combat meeting. However, although all kinds of speculations had emerged in their hearts, everyone present still maintained a firm and serious expression.

Randall responded firmly: "Boss, we are the commanders of the Atlas combat force. We are not afraid."

Amber took a deep breath, quickly organized her words in her mind, and then said very quickly: "With the military intervention of the Empire this time, we are likely to encounter the legendary star dragon."

As soon as he said this, he nervously observed the reactions of everyone present, his heart was in turmoil, and he was worried that these senior commanders under him would think he was crazy.

The next second, everyone who heard the word "Star Dragon" straightened up and sat up straight, but the expressions on their faces made Amber read a feeling of "respect".

Obviously, everyone has not realized what the 'Star Dragon' Amber was talking about. Especially Randall. Even through the holographic image, Amber could see the smile in the other's eyes.

"Boss, 'Star Dragon'. Does it refer to a new type of battleship from the Empire?"

Guterres, who is always serious, still maintained his serious thinking mode at this time, but the question he asked made Amber feel a little overwhelmed for a moment.

"Not a battleship!"

Van Fleet: "So that's the Empire's new equipment? Some new, undisclosed HCP?"

"A giant star dragon! Have you ever read the legend? It's the kind of giant star dragon with huge wings, several kilometers long, able to enter and exit the atmosphere physically, and can use the special 'dragon power'!"

(End of this chapter)