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It must be said that a considerable portion of the airdropped supplies were indeed captured by the Letanians, and they particularly appreciated the Kazdel weapons, ammunition, and rations among them.

Whether it's sturdy and reliable firearms, or oily military rations and canned goods, they are all perfect supply crates for the Leitanians. Unfortunately, enemy airdrop points always become hotly contested and battlegrounds.

While the defending forces of Letania have fixed reserves of supplies and logistical points, Kazdel, with its logistics disrupted, can only rely on these airdrop crates, and they are extremely eager to acquire these supplies.

However, the shortage of ammunition and supplies also significantly reduced the enemy's combat effectiveness, making them no longer as formidable as they were at the beginning.

Most importantly, the lack of coordination among multiple units gave the Leitanians enough time to adjust their defenses.

Instead of being bombed by drones and artillery again before they could even catch their breath, they were killed in the chaos by the enemy's armored spearhead.

In reality, this seemingly perfect tactic turned into a disastrous defeat, like the Calabash Brothers trying to save their grandfather. The air strikes and light armored units were too disconnected. By the time the vanguard entered the position, the Leitanians had already regrouped, and the vanguard was met with a crushing defeat.

Logistics became completely disconnected. After capturing a few strongholds and establishing logistics bases, no more supplies were sent up.

Because the next convoy broke down dozens of kilometers away, and they still had to break through a Leitanian armored formation that was trying to intercept them. Now, their only hope was the love of those "succubus mommies" flying transport planes.

"Got it!" After securing the cargo box to the back of the light assault vehicle, the Kazdel people who had successfully obtained the supplies quickly withdrew from the position. The Letanian side did not dare to give chase. Last time, the idiot who chased like that was discovered by the returning War Knights, and on the spot, a peace dove evaporated 80% of his fighting force.

Because the transport plane and the war knight looked so alike, not only did some of the Leitanians mistake it for their own, but some of their own were also mistaken. The Leitanians who mistook it were blown away, and so were the friendly firefighters.

The two groups thought the airdrop had arrived and charged toward the open ground, only to be spotted by the War Knights and blown to bits.

Because communication and command were almost completely disrupted, the pilots had no way of distinguishing which of the two groups of ants on the ground belonged to which side, and they had already pressed the bomb release button.

After being soundly defeated several times by their own air force, the Kazdel infantry learned the most primitive method of guiding air strikes—

They prepared tricolor flags: green to indicate friendly forces, yellow to the combat zone, and red flags forming an arrow to indicate the enemy's location.

The problem was that after being bombed several times, the Leitanians also discovered this phenomenon, and the situation returned to the beginning. The bombers and transport planes could not distinguish which side of the ground was friendly and which side was enemy. They could only drop cargo boxes or bombs into the agreed area according to the plan. If they didn't pick them up or they were blown up, they could only blame their bad luck.

Chapter Sixty-Five: A Strange Yet Inexplicably Fitting Picture Was Found

Chapter 65

Before the battle, during coordinated drills, the Demon King Network and neural links allow commanders to ensure that if any of their soldiers see the target, it's as if everyone else sees it.

In the air and on the ground, coordinated operations can be conducted in an orderly and precise manner. With the support of the land-based ships' biological servers, advanced modern air-ground and reconnaissance-strike tactics can be achieved. Of course, everyone knows that small-scale exercises and large-scale offensives are two different things.

However, the forecast suggests that even if the system cannot support such massive data interaction, it can at least divide all troops into several large blocks, and then further subdivide them into several clusters. In this way, simple air-ground coordination and simultaneous attacks should be achievable.

However, the reality was that during the march before the war, all the troops were showing signs of disjointedness and chaotic rhythm. The entire channel was filled with noise, and the dense neural signals made it almost impossible for the responsible communication sorcerers and Sarkaz signal corps to handle such a dense and rapid stream of instructions.

It's like a necromancer simultaneously controlling a bunch of skeletons, while also receiving orders from superiors, understanding them in their own way, and then transmitting them to the minds of rank-and-file soldiers via neural links.

However, this level of weakening is still within the expected range. The communication network composed of biological servers, airborne command aircraft, and reconnaissance agencies, as well as the backup decompression buffer network, can still maintain the basic posture of the entire force's assembly and movement.

This is why, during the first large-scale group attack, the phenomenon of "I must regroup my troops" occurred even before the troops were assembled and ready to depart.

However, at the moment the war began, to give an analogy, for every mid- to high-ranking officer and communications support personnel on the front lines, it was like being in a class of 100 students when suddenly the bell rang to signal the end of get out of class…

Countless neural and thought signals converged and intersected in the network, instantly burning out the buffered brain chip network. Following this, all the communication sorcerers were kicked out of the network chamber by the security protection device.

After the repairs were completed, more than 90% of the troop nodes were offline and unable to come back online; as soon as they came back online, they would trip again.

Even with larger servers set up later, it's impossible to handle such chaotic information; it can only reduce information density and accuracy.

Most importantly, at this point, it was impossible to properly notify the frontline troops to reconnect to the network.

The Demon King's neural network as a whole was divided into countless local area networks of varying sizes. This meant that Kazdel's forces could only maintain tactical movements up to the regimental level at most. Their coordination and communication could only rely on radio and other signal transmission methods, which greatly hampered the speed and closeness of coordination between the various units.

However, the individual combat units within the local area network coordinate with extreme precision, a trait most evident in assault troops.

The troops, divided into several infantry-tank combined squads, tore through Leitania's fragile defenses with unstoppable force.

One thing you see is everything. Even if it's divided into a local area network, to the gunner sitting in the light armored vehicle, the whole world seems to be filled with dense markings.

Even so, this method caused great panic in Letania. The enemy's squad firepower and accompanying armor seemed to be linked together. When one person fell, the entire firing point was exposed. Those hidden firing points were cleared at an alarming speed, and only those exposed and sufficiently strong firing points could still hold out.

The only reason it can be supported is that the other side hasn't cut off its own firepower. If the other side's network connection hadn't been burned into a local area network, then under synchronization, countless rhomboid hostile markers and air force could be clearly seen on the ground, which would be a real problem.

Similarly, targets discovered by aerial reconnaissance will be simultaneously transmitted to the field of vision of every aviation strategist, and then to the eyes of everyone on the front lines and in the artillery.

In other words, Letania must use the tactics and defenses of World War II to deal with the information- and cyber-based warfare of the near future.

Even if the enemy falters, this information-based warfare still manifests itself in small regional units, which cannot break through such large fortresses without heavy firepower and air support.

However, when multiple forces come together, recalibrate their regional networks, and re-form a combined arms combat group within maximum capacity, the Leitanians will immediately face a very challenging information-based battle.

Every enemy unit in your field of vision is a unit; they can regroup enough troops and firepower to launch a strong offensive, and this offensive will put far more pressure on the Leitanians than the previous air raids.

The airstrikes appeared to be massive, but relative to the entire defensive line, only a few lucky individuals were killed.

However, the pressure of this attack weighed on every Leitanian soldier, and each of them had the illusion, even in broad daylight, that they were being attacked by an enemy force many times their size.

Enemies were everywhere—all around them, each with superb marksmanship and an almost superhuman level of observation. They didn't even need to be observed; their accompanying armored firepower would automatically clear out any high-value targets the infantry could see or search for.

"Retreat! Everyone retreat to Zone D!" After losing all anti-armor firepower and more than half of the rapid-fire positions within five minutes, the Leitanians responsible for defending the perimeter of this mobile water purification plant abandoned all outer defenses and retreated into the water purification plant as if being chased by ghosts.

"Whoosh!" A War Knight swept through the air, and six peace doves unfolded their gliders and landed at the rear of the factory. Huge water tanks and take-off and landing platforms were thrown into the air together, and the massive tracked structure came to an instant stop.

However, the entire mechanized infantry battalion responsible for the attack could only watch the sky in silence as flames and collapsing steel formed a new wall before them.

"Screech!" The mobile command vehicle screeched to a halt on a hill near the front line. In the distance were two water purification plants. These mobile plants were specially ordered from Longmen. They were H-shaped split structures with water purification equipment on both sides and three large drilling rigs in the middle for drilling into the groundwater layer and laying pipelines.

Toxic groundwater containing Originium and minerals is pumped to the center of the plant and then fractionated. High-Originium and highly toxic brine are sent to two separate water purification systems for treatment, resulting in crude Originium ingots and a large amount of metal electrolytic mud. Pure water is stored in tanks and sent to water-scarce areas on the border.

A single extraction is enough to power a city like Longmen for one or two weeks, or it can be used to continuously supply energy and irrigation water for long periods when developing new farms, until the new rural areas have water purification facilities and water pipelines.

This is a product of Terra's local technology, slightly optimized by Lao Xia's water purification technology.

In addition, there are mobile farms, which are structurally similar to these water purification plants, except that there are several layers of solar-powered planting areas in the middle. This technology is mainly used in Lateran because they have such a luxurious and rich heritage from their ancestors.

The Leitanians who evacuated to the water treatment plant did not give up the fight. They quickly deployed their defensive weapons on the edge platform. They hadn't used them before simply because their aim wasn't good enough. Who knew whether these small rockets would land on their own people or on someone else's?

"We must find a way to take out those rocket artillery emplacements, otherwise our offensive casualties will be enormous..."

The Sarkaz officer, temporarily appointed as commander, looked at the distant water purification plant through binoculars. Behind him, a mobile camp and communication system were being set up. The communication mages had finally said goodbye to the Originium communicators that resembled World War II radios, and instead used high-end, stylish communication backpacks and network access pods.

Several neural broadcast antennas rose from the command vehicle, and engineers were installing auxiliary equipment. The soldiers of the hastily assembled combined mechanized infantry battalion, who had been fighting for two days without much rest, were finally able to set up a camp and take a short break.

The two mobile water purification plants have now become two thorns in Kazdel's side, and soon more Kazdel troops will arrive. As long as their numbers do not exceed a certain limit, the neural network can quickly incorporate them into its own combat system, forming a combined combat cluster.

"But we need to find a way to let those girls in the sky know that we are attacking."

The commander said with difficulty, "This is a very serious problem. The previous attack was interrupted by an air raid. If the vanguard had run any faster, they would have been blown up by our own bombers."

"Can we get in touch with the carrier?" "Their channels are full." All the front lines were trying to connect and request airstrikes, turning what was originally an orderly request before the start of the war into a chaotic flood.

After all, those on the front lines getting beaten up can't have the patience to wait in line; they can only try to squeeze in again and again.

What's more troublesome is that air strikes and air support can be addictive. Many ships that have successfully obtained support immediately start trying to request more air drops and bombings, which leads to the complete blockage of the aircraft carrier's communication channels.

The air force has no idea who made the request, let alone when it was made. All they see on the ground are dense bombing markings. The key point is that many of these markings were set up beforehand, but with support arriving late, they have already been captured by their own forces.

Pilots simply cannot distinguish from the neural network whether these markers are real, fake, or expired.

In particular, once the fighting started, some of the nervous new recruits forgot to cancel some of the invalid airstrike requests, which exacerbated the problem.

The direct impact was that the entire air-to-ground information system became completely disconnected, and pilots were ultimately forced to rely on the most primitive visual observation, as the neural network, which was useless and only increased the chance of accidental bombing, was turned off.

Right now, the fleet, especially the fleet aviation department, is cursing the Marines for being unruly. They dare to call in an airstrike even for a machine gun position. The entire information processing center is completely blocked. The dense array of beacons is enough to make someone with trypophobia faint.

Why can't we just queue up honestly and call people in order of priority? Although the system does have such markings and ETA time stamps.

However, the Marines on the front lines seemed to be like old dogs that couldn't learn new tricks. After discovering that the fleet would try to postpone low-urgency requests that did not require support, the system was soon full of "air raid" requests, and they couldn't distinguish them at all.

Meanwhile, the ground troops at the front were cursing and swearing, "I'm about to be mowed down by the enemy's machine gun positions, and the armored units are still several kilometers away. You want me to line up first?"

As for the ETA time, not even a dog would believe it. During the exercise, the air force did not say that they would take a detour because of the mobile air defense on the way. As a result, the ground troops almost couldn't wait and had to launch a strong attack. They took the position and were immediately lifted into the air by their own bombers.

The only part still calling for supplies in an orderly manner was the airdrop, because everyone had brought enough supplies.

Moreover, before the war began, the logistics forces had already sent a considerable amount of supplies to the front lines, in addition to the hidden supply outposts that had not been cleared or discovered by Letania.

The frontline troops did not have an urgent need for supplies, especially those who were still in the rear and had not yet engaged the enemy; there was no need to call for airdrops.

However, as the intensity of battles on all fronts continues to rise, it is only a matter of time before airdrop calls become disordered.

"Boom!" The second force was also stopped by the water purification plant. This was a convoy consisting of several infantry platoons and more than a dozen tanks.

Most importantly, they also had a support squadron of aviation sorcerers. However, there was only one squadron of hummingbird drones in total.

Through the internal neural networks of these aviation sorcerers, they finally managed to communicate with the girls circling in the sky. "Everyone, take a half-hour break and prepare for the attack!"

The convoy soldiers, who had been marching across the desert all day, breathed a sigh of relief, jumped out of their vehicles, took a break to cool off, and then ate something. Meanwhile, the engineers worked overtime to perform final maintenance and checks on the tanks and heavy weapons.

The attack group, having finally restored its local command efficiency, launched a "perfect assault" tactic from the exercise against the Letanian defenders half an hour later. This was largely thanks to the fact that every officer in Kazdel knew their tactical and strategic objectives and the entire operational plan. Otherwise, this flat command structure would have caused problems.

Their superior initiative compared to Letania allows them to proactively band together and form localized combat networks. However, their actual combat effectiveness depends on luck. If they are lucky, like this one pieced together from seven or eight disorganized and uncoordinated units, they have everything.

Bad luck always means something is missing, but even with the worst luck, being able to quickly restore order and command structure to this chaotic army is already a huge advantage.

If it were a Leitanian, by now, the officers, who were not under any one command, would have already started arguing, and the entire unit would be in disarray, with no one knowing who to listen to.

Unlike Kazdel, which is like a slime, where after meeting for a few minutes, the neural network is built and the command order is quickly restored, and multiple fragments quickly merge into a large slime.

After all, with neural networks, achieving military democracy is too simple. As long as the information flow is not too large, the thoughts of the entire army, from pilots to infantrymen, can converge in a short time and eventually reach a consensus quickly.

After all, everyone knows the entire battle plan and objective, and will spontaneously think about that goal.

"Boom boom boom!" The artillery fire from the sky signaled the start of the attack. "Get in the vehicles, get in the vehicles, assault! Ramp E-3! Take it in 6 minutes and 30 seconds!"

The armored vehicles started up, and the Hummingbird drones took off simultaneously. The small reconnaissance drones had already marked the enemy's exposed firing points. For Anna, who was flying in the sky, the dense array of beacons in front of her had finally disappeared, replaced by a number of orderly markers according to priority.

After connecting to the ground forces' local area network, she also marked the heavy air defense positions set up by Letania to the ground forces when attacking the fire points marked by the reconnaissance forces.

"Target visualization complete, firing calibration complete!" A mobile railgun raised its muzzle. "Fire!"

An anti-aircraft platform located in the corner of the factory platform was directly hit by a heavy artillery shell, and the War Knight neither took cover nor tried to clear the anti-aircraft fire himself.

Anna focused all her energy on clearing away the enemy fire that the infantry were under, while the infantry simply marked any blocked firing points and charged forward blindly. The enemy they found would be hit by both armored and air fire.

Meanwhile, armored units would bombard anti-armor facilities, anti-armor infantry, small air defense facilities, and enemy clusters in that order, with personnel and vehicles constantly moving forward, focused solely on their assigned tasks.

The artillery units were only responsible for clearing any large firing positions marked by the air force, creating the impression of a large-scale attack with small units, which was a terrible experience for the soldiers of Letania.

I felt as if I was surrounded by several enemies, with attacks coming from all directions.

Moreover, any slightly forceful resistance, or even before any resistance could be launched, would be known to the entire enemy force as soon as a single infantryman saw it, and the next second would be either an aerial bomb or an artillery shell coming down on their heads.

However, while this was still within the Leitanians' comprehension, the synchronized firing ability displayed by the infantry after they climbed onto the factory platform and entered the urban warfare was something the Leitanians could not understand.

The squad leader or scout marks the target, so the entire team knows the enemy's location before entering cover, and then the target assignment is completed.

The result was that in a single encounter, the enemy opened fire on different targets, instantly wiping out a Leitanian infantry squad.