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With a muffled thud, an armor-piercing high-explosive shell landed on an anti-aircraft ship. Its magical main gun had considerable anti-aircraft power and was the biggest threat when the Sky Throne entered the mid-to-low altitude range to unleash bombs. Although its accuracy was not very good, it was still safer to destroy it.

Then came more shells, attacking in groups of three, with three 105mm shells landing at once, like a perfectly synchronized triple volley that left the Leitanians on the ground dumbfounded. What the hell was this?!

Our own anti-aircraft guns were no match for this thing, and the enemy could loiter for a long time, searching for targets with the help of reconnaissance aircraft, and then destroying them with not-so-accurate but rapid artillery fire.

Gunships are incredibly satisfying to use against enemies who lack air superiority.

Unfortunately, ammunition was running low. After firing all 30 shells and dropping the last peace dove, the six War Knights had to turn back.

The air raid went smoothly, but the ground troops were out of sync and failed to seize the opportunity to launch an attack while the enemy was suppressed by the air raid.

[PS]

The first knight, a knight riding a white horse and carrying a bow, represents the plague;

The second knight, riding a red horse, represents war;

The third knight, riding a green horse, represents famine;

The fourth knight, a rider on a gray horse, represents death;

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Wait a minute, you just said the first sign of the apocalypse was a plague, the second was war, and the third was famine... Hmm, thoughtful, after a moment's thought, oh my god!

Chapter Sixty-Four: Testing the Wet Nurse's Favoritism

Chapter 64

The spell-based anti-aircraft guns of Letania pose the greatest threat to Kazdel's air forces because they are directional.

However, unlike missiles, it only has a slight corrective effect around the impact point and will be drawn in by a larger magical field of effect, so it will not have the same relentless pursuit as missiles.

Although the range of the projectile poses no threat to the War Knights, it is a significant threat to the other Kazdel air forces.

Most importantly, unlike other anti-air weapons that simply destroy Kazdel's air units, the anti-nerve pulse feedback generated by the spell anti-air cannon is likely to burn away the warlock's nervous system along the control link.

If severely damaged, even if the warlock returns safely, they will suffer from dizziness and neuralgia for two or three days, requiring a strong central nervous system anesthetic to get through the most painful stage. If destroyed and not ejected in time, the warlock's brain may be burned out on the spot.

The automated damage ejection system has a low protection rate. Even after several optimizations, it has less than a 30% chance of protecting the warlock. Even if it is successfully protected, the probability of not causing any aftereffects is less than 7%.

In other words, long-term effects are almost inevitable, ranging from mild, persistent neuralgia and facial paralysis to disability, intellectual impairment, and in the most severe cases, burns that result in a vegetative state.

Therefore, these spell-based anti-air positions are a key target for war knights and ground troops.

However, the reconnaissance units were out of sync, and the War Knights failed to locate all the magical anti-air positions, resulting in the small drone swarm being subjected to a terrible magical barrage.

Pale purple orbs of light intertwined in the sky like bunches of grapes, and drones kept crashing to the ground. The control link of the swarm of drones was a neuroma and a brain chip, which the warlock controlled through another device.

It was essentially a relay buffer, but even so, the Locust Lord's control center literally boiled over an hour after the start of the war.

"All brain chip spare parts are scrapped, and the Lord of Locusts is withdrawn from air combat sequence."

The massive amount of data interacting in the command center, regardless of whether the Demon King Network or the Doctor's neural link technology were used, could not prevent the entire command system from being completely overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information and data less than 30 minutes after the vanguard troops engaged the enemy.

The march started faltering, and chaos ensued when the troops engaged the enemy. Now, not only are the air force and ground forces fighting their own battles, but even the various components within the air force and ground forces are operating independently.

The bombers couldn't find the escorting drones, and the reconnaissance planes, after spotting important targets, didn't know where their own artillery and bombing forces were.

The only units that maintained coordination were infantry and armored forces, and they were the only units in the entire campaign that did not completely break away from each other.

However, the light tanks couldn't find the main battle tanks. After the main battle tanks rushed into the position, they found that the accompanying armed drones were gone. The artillery units bombarded the area and then realized something was wrong. They found that they had been bombing an empty space for a long time, but that place had already been destroyed by the air force.

"We were too overconfident..." The command system failed the test completely. The combat data was so massive that it exceeded the imagination of all the commanders, and they had to "reassemble my troops."

However, compared to Kazdel's command failure, Letania was completely without command, a state of utter chaos and despair.

Their command post was blown to bits by carpet bombing when the war started, or rather, the Terrans hadn't yet experienced the joy of carpet bombing. The command post was set up in the fleet's port area, which had enough equipment and dense buildings, and was far behind the lines.

Artillery can't reach it, and the drones' power and reconnaissance capabilities are insufficient to accurately locate the camouflaged and fortified command post among so many buildings. Moreover, if necessary, they can evacuate to a safer warship.

However, to everyone's surprise, after becoming separated from their mission, the War Knights launched a carpet bombing of the supply port in order to complete the mission as quickly as possible.

So the command post in Letania disappeared. This disappearance doesn't mean that all the commanders were killed, but that all their communication equipment was destroyed, and a significant number of the personnel were buried underneath.

Moreover, the troops sent to the rescue were attacked in a second round of air raids and were scattered on the spot. Now, like the Kazdel people, the Letania are in a situation where even units of regiment size and above cannot find their commanders and subordinates.

Within the organizational structure below the regimental level, only battalion and company-level units can be assembled together to form functional clusters for coordinated operations. Coordination between regiments is essentially a matter of each operating independently.

The anti-tank artillery and Leitanian armored forces deployed at the front have already clashed with the Kazdel armored forces, and varying numbers of armored formations leaped over the hillside and charged toward the enemy.

"Bang!" "Hit!" Odin's Originium railgun pierced through a Letanian tank, blowing half of it into the air. "Where's the next target?"

The commander observed his surroundings through his eyepiece. Firing while moving was difficult, but he had to keep advancing rather than getting entangled with these Leitanians.

If they cannot reach the front line in time, the separated friendly forces will be surrounded and unable to break through the enemy's strong fortifications, and will be annihilated.

However, the Leitanians thought the same thing; they were unaware of the overall state of the war.

However, the biggest advantage of the defending forces is that they don't have to worry about this issue; they just need to block or eliminate all the enemies in front of them.

The attacking side needs to consider the cost-effectiveness and weaknesses of the attack, weaken the defending side as much as possible, reduce casualties, and avoid being unable to continue to break through and occupy deeper territory after breaking through the enemy's defenses.

All the radios and communications equipment were filled with chaotic calls: calls for fire support, calls for airstrikes, requests for tactical guidance from higher command, and requests for friendly support. Both sides were doing the same.

Kazdel scattered on its own, while Letania was scattered by air raids.

"3 o'clock position, load the ammunition quickly!"

"Bang!" Odin lurched forward two steps and then collapsed. "The tracks broke!" the driver cried out in terror.

Even though Odin's armor was quite thick, a broken track would make him an easy target in armored combat. Not to mention, his comrades would not stop to wait for him; they would just charge forward like the cavalry of the past, without stopping to rescue the stranded vehicle.

Moreover, both sides had a considerable number of infantry and light armored vehicles running around on the battlefield. Odin, who was out of commission, had no way to repair his tracks. If he went out, he would be attacked by the enemy. If he stayed inside, he would eventually be destroyed by heavy artillery.

"Abandon the vehicle!" The commander gritted his teeth. There was no way to repair it outside. There were no equipment or engineering vehicles, and it was impossible to repair it in the heat of battle. It wasn't like the magical repairs of Andong Star. The only way was to abandon the vehicle and become infantry.

Where are our repair vehicles?

"They've run away." Nobody knows where they've gone. The radio is filled with chaotic calls, with requests everywhere for tow trucks and repair vehicles from logistics and maintenance units, as well as "axle units needed at the front." The only ones that haven't run away are probably the accompanying mobile infantry and some medical units.

"Buzz buzz buzz!" Swarms of drones swept overhead, their grenades raining down on the fortified farm. Even inside the sturdy fortifications, there was no sense of security, let alone in the fortified barns and lumber mill. A Leitanian infantry company stationed at this outpost was attacked by a swarm of drones from an armored regiment.

The latter, upon discovering the enemy, decisively did not turn back to find its target, but instead used saturated firepower to vaporize the infantry company. This was reminiscent of World War II, where an ordinary Japanese company stared in disbelief as an American aircraft carrier unleashed a full-deck attack aimed directly at them.

Compared to this Leitanian infantry company, a Leitanian armored squadron that had been scattered at the front was even more horrified to see three War Knights equipped with anti-armor guided bombs called "Can Openers" heading straight for them. Before they could scatter, a dense swarm of black dots appeared behind these triangular monsters.

The commander couldn't even scream before he was engulfed in the blazing flames. The can opener used a tower-type dragon flame charge. Theoretically speaking, including the previous peace dove, this type of bomb, including its outer casing, is a type of bomb.

Basically, all of the contents can be considered part of the explosives, and in a sense, the explosive charge is indeed outrageous.

The outer shell of the Peace Dove is made of Originium alloy. In the high-energy environment of azide anion explosion, it will also rapidly release Originium energy and explode. In other words, the Peace Dove's projectile body and semi-armor-piercing warhead are both part of the explosive, but ordinary explosions and heat cannot turn it into a new explosive.

The tower-type Dragonfire Charge is another kind of insane charge. In the reaction field triggered by wet components, not only is the built-in Originium powder an explosive, but even the Originium particles in the environment are part of the explosive. As a result, when it actually explodes, if the surrounding environment is rich in Originium, it will be found to be higher than the explosive it carries.

This anti-armor bomb is an incendiary bomb, powerful enough to cook all the humans inside even through armor.

Moreover, the engine of the enemy vehicle will explode instantly when it inhales the high-temperature dragon flame, just like throwing an incendiary bomb into the tank hatch.

After leaving three trails of fire on the ground, the three War Knights headed toward their next objective. Now all the troops were out of sync, and the ground was littered with traces of fighting and abandoned friendly vehicles.

However, overall, the Letania continued to retreat and collapse under repeated bombing. Compared to the Kazdel forces, who exerted great initiative, the Letania were a completely different story.

The enemy's command system was overloaded by the excessive data flow; the rank and file troops were still able to generally follow the previous tactical plans and actively seek out friendly forces to cooperate in combat.

The Leitanians, on the other hand, broke down the moment they realized they were isolated and only wanted to escape to the safety of the rear.

"That was a really ugly fight!"

"It's normal for it to look bad..." The fact that the fleet, which has deployed air-ground integrated operations at the army group level and land-based ships, hasn't collapsed completely is really quite normal.

"By the way, do you have any advanced military theories on your side for dealing with this situation?"

The doctor rubbed his head. The long hours spent using neural links to remotely command the frontline commander were a huge burden on his brain.

"Have……"

"How to do it?"

"Select all, launch an attack..."

"Huh?" The doctor looked confused. Is this what you call tactics? Isn't this just completely abandoning command? Isn't it just telling the soldiers to advance and kill them all?

But the real battlefield can't be like that. Putting aside everything else, the rations carried by ordinary infantrymen can only last for three days, and their ammunition can only last for two hours. If they completely abandon command, their own troops will collapse in less than two hours.

Without heavy firepower, logistics, ammunition, and rations, how can we fight? It's not like an RTS game where units don't need to eat, drink, or relieve themselves, and have unlimited ammunition.

"Our troops are almost entirely composed of civilians..." Old Xia said helplessly. "Once they run out of ammunition and batteries, they're simply abandoned on the spot until our own logistics and recovery units push them over for recycling. Then they become new units and roll forward. We're only responsible for logistics, or rather, controlling a small section of the battlefield before the mobile base. The rest..."

"Moreover, if we fight on the ground, it means that the enemy's airspace and orbits have already been occupied, so there's no need to consider all that."

All that's needed is to bombard the enemy's industrial facilities and assembly points from orbit, completely scattering them, and then airdrop a swarm of drones at the army group level from orbit. Supplies are almost entirely dependent on the delivery of supplies from the orbital mothership.

As long as the fleet in orbit is not destroyed, the number of ground troops is unlimited, and you can win 10,000 battles.

But you can't afford to lose a single battle. Even if you win ten thousand battles, you can't conjure up soldiers and ammunition out of thin air. Any attempt to operate on a large scale will be met with orbital bombardment. Fighting interstellar wars with weapons and ammunition provided by hidden small workshops? What the hell are you talking about?

"We don't have orbital warships, but we have the Sky Throne..."

"We can give it a try," Old Xia said without offering any opinion. He didn't know much about military command, and his understanding of the Covenant's military theory was limited to the level of all units jumping in and attacking.

After a day of fierce fighting, several defensive outposts converted from farm buildings on the outskirts of Letania were breached. Both sides left behind hundreds of corpses and the wreckage of more than a dozen armored vehicles. With the assistance of artillery that finally caught up, the Kazdel people captured the outpost.

The belated logistics convoy unloaded supplies here, establishing a forward repair and resupply outpost.

When the first strongholds fell, the advantage between the attacking and defending sides was reversed in the chaos. For the defending troops, every place was in danger. A unit would run to a position and before it even saw the enemy, it would receive new orders from its superiors to go to other places. It was simply a matter of running around for its life.

Without command, the defending forces, unable to quickly and effectively mobilize their troops, were completely overwhelmed. For the attacking side, the previous situation of fighting independently and not knowing how to fight was quickly improved. Almost instinctively, the various units moved towards the friendly strongholds with relatively abundant ammunition and supplies.

These captured front-line strongholds became rallying flags, uniting the chaotic Kazdel army into three powerful spearheads that broke deep into the Letanian lines.

"Whoosh—" A transport plane similar to the War Knight swept across the sky, dozens of parachutes opening behind it. The Throne transport plane, the same model as the War Knight, had all unnecessary internal weapons and self-defense systems removed.

Anyway, they won't encounter Leitanian fighters, and they can airdrop hundreds of tons of supplies to the front lines at once.

Kazdel's only bright spot in this battle, or rather, it was precisely because of the existence of these Throne transports that this large-scale coordinated attack didn't become a joke in Terra's military history.

The attacking side collapsed before it could even reach the enemy due to its own disorganization and scattering, lacking supplies and support.

With a thud, the heavy cargo container hit the ground, and the signal flare attached to it automatically activated, emitting reddish-brown smoke to guide friendly troops. At the same time, it also guided enemy troops.

"Charge! Tonight, we'll see if we get meat or biscuits!" Without any reinforcements, the Kazdel mobile infantry, who had been fighting all day, quickly scrambled out of their makeshift outposts and bunkers and ran toward the cargo containers.

They concentrated their ammunition in the hands of the assault team, and a Leitanian patrol had obviously spotted the area and decisively moved closer. "A Company, organize a defense!" The fallen logs and collapsed ruins became their good defensive position.

The approaching Letania convoy decisively used all the heavy weapons at hand to try to take this place, as well as the airdropped supplies from Kazdel.