This Terra is a little weird.

"Where did she go?"

"I didn't see it. Bird Blowing didn't react."

"Then continue our mission and drive away these terrifying fish."

At this time, the Raven rotorcraft fleet also arrived at the canyon defense line carrying the Sun Guard, the Demon Squad and Luo Chen.

As soon as Luo Chen came up, he saw a huge monster attacking the defense line. Tallulah and Froststar were releasing Originium skills to help the colossus summoned by Mudstone attack the monster.

"All teams, please note that we will descend to the ground in thirty seconds and the Raven rotorcraft will provide us with air cover."

"understand!"

The gyroplane landed straight on the ground. After all the people got off, they rose into the air again and first locked onto the giant squid Kaiji. The rockets and heavy explosives carried by the gyroplane opened fire one after another.

This pierced the last bit of defense of the giant creature, and its shell fell off, revealing pink and white muscles.

Luo Chen and the Sun Guard came to the front line, and they understood after looking at Tallulah and others.

"Ready the incendiary gun! Go to the left wing with the bazooka, aim at its eyes and shoot!"

The Sun Guard obeyed the deployment and arrived at the position and opened fire. The Raven helicopters in the sky also launched a second round of attack.

The missile shattered all the eyeballs of the terrifying fish, and its body looked particularly fragile in the gunfire. After just one round of attack, the giant beast fell down, and a large amount of blood flowed out and was absorbed by the abyss on the ground.

The gyroplane stopped in mid-air, looking down from above, and fired heavy explosive bolts at Haisi on the ground.

The Sun Guard's incendiary guns ignited one sea lord after another.

Suddenly, the terrifying fish seemed to have received some message and evacuated out of the canyon without dragging away the corpse.

The soldiers finally got to rest, but many of them couldn't.

Tallulah ordered the men holding flamethrowers to burn the corpses and scars, and those who still had the strength to carry the wounded and clean up the battlefield.

I didn't say much when I met Tallulah and W. I just hugged them tightly, feeling very lucky that they didn't have any missing limbs.

Tallulah and W both had scrapes and minor injuries, their eyes were red, their lips were chapped, and their faces were covered in dust and blood.

He didn't say he wanted to wash his face. After all, supplies on the battlefield are precious. Water is supplied first to the wounded, followed by doctors, then signalmen, then messengers, then soldiers, and finally officers and political commissars. This is the order in which the Star Realm military uses water. There is no explicit rule, but it is something that everyone agrees on.

"Look at you guys, you don't even wear helmets when you go to war."

"Don't talk about that. Go take a break. Take a break."

"have a good rest......"

Luo Chen followed the two people to the rear supply station to find a place to sit. They had some things to discuss.

Chapter 224: Borrowing 100 Million

After listening to Luo Chen's description, Tallulah roughly understood what a Warlord-class Titan was.

"So what you mean is that we only need to defend now, because once the Warlord-class Titan arrives, victory in the war will belong to us."

"Yes, Titan is a weapon that can change the situation of war. To be honest, the daily basic expenses of the Astra Militarum are enough to open two or three Cadia companies every day. This money is collected by various countries. From the beginning of the war to the expenses of engineering facilities and ammunition, we can no longer afford it. Weapon orders are gradually being sold on credit. If this continues, our company will not be able to bear it. Titan is a weapon that I have to use, but after the war, where will these weapons go? It's hard to say..."

"...The most important thing for us now is to find a way to maintain the front line. According to you, it will take three months for the Warlord-class Titan to arrive at the front line. The other models will be replenished in batches, but the problem is that we don't have that many soldiers. There are more and more soldiers with mental damage. If this continues, there will soon be no one who can hold a sword or a gun."

"Since yesterday, many people are unable to fight?"

"We and the Fourth Corps have suffered a total of more than 400 deaths, and more than 20,000 people have lost their combat effectiveness due to mental attacks. I am afraid that the next wave of attacks will directly lead to a shortage of our troops. The two corps from Iberia will take more than two days to arrive here."

Luo Chen saw outside the command center, a Lemanus was towed into the camp, it was covered with wriggling dark marks, and the people inside were probably already swallowed up. The soldiers were using flamethrowers to burn the dark marks on the surface of the tank.

"... Let's counterattack." Luo Chen said, "Counterattack once to buy time."

Shuangxing spread his hands and said, "We only have 4,000 soldiers left on the front line, and the Fourth Corps has 20,000 soldiers. With such a small force, if we are surrounded by the Terror Fish, I'm afraid we will have to pay a heavy price."

"The Fourth Corps won't move. We will fight back and take back the first line of defense. Let the poison blade tanks lead the way. At this point, we have no choice but to be ruthless."

"Even so, the passage is filled with Terrorfish and Abyssal Traces, as well as a large number of humanoid Terrorfish. If the soldiers force their way through, I'm afraid there won't be many people left to man the positions. Besides, this canyon is not narrow, and many places are wide enough for land warships to pass through."

"Then we will use land battleships. Haisi wants to compete with us in terms of time, but we don't have much time either, so we have to be more aggressive than them."

"Where can we find mobile warships? The two ships of the Fourth Corps have to be stationed on the plains. They are now safe with the support of the Titans. Where can we go..." W suddenly stopped talking halfway and looked into Luo Chen's eyes. She understood immediately: "You want to pull teeth from the mouth of the evil spirit?"

Luo Chen rubbed his hands and said, "The doctor is not a tiger. We will just borrow Rhodes Island for a while and stop when we reach the canyon entrance. I don't really want to borrow it, but the next Titan has to be supplied to Iberia first."

W continued, "Rhodes Island was used as a command ship by Babel. Although it has many weapon systems, it is now a scientific research ship and there is no repair shop that can repair this rare model. Not to mention the Wraith, even that old woman Kal'tsit will not agree to lend it to us as a battleship."

"We won't use them for nothing. We'll install ceramic steel armor plates on the Rhodes Island ship and install a few automatic cannons. That'll be enough for us to attack. Let the soldiers guard the bridge and the tanks follow the battleship. The trolls can't penetrate the armor plates, and they can't hurt Rhodes Island. Besides, Rhodes Island came all the way to Rembilt. It can't be that this battleship was dug out from here. Rhodes Island wants to fight for this land or something?"

Froststar said: "The plan of using warships as spearheads is very rigid, but it is the most effective. If Rhodes Island can agree, this plan can succeed."

Luo Chen nodded: "Then I will go to Rhodes Island to negotiate with the Doctor and Kal'tsit."

On the way, Luo Chen roughly understood the main affairs of Rhodes Island coming to Rembil, providing medical services to the Astra Militarum, or hiring one or two operators as technical personnel for some reconnaissance missions.

From this point of view, Rhodes Island does not want to get involved in the battle.

Luo Chen did not bring anyone with him. After all, bringing a group of well-equipped soldiers to someone else's territory and borrowing their home did not seem sincere at all, so Luo Chen chose to go alone.

After several twists and turns, I finally managed to meet the Doctor and Kal'tsit. They were discussing something with Amiya.

Luo Chen looked at Amiya. Although she was the actual leader of Rhodes Island, many things needed Kal'tsit's approval. Normal matters were easy to deal with, but major matters were decided by the Doctor and Kal'tsit.

But recently I heard that Kazdel had a vague intention to destroy Rhodes Island. Luo Chen knew that Amiya had inherited the Demon King's legacy from Theresa, but he still couldn't figure out what the Sarkaz people's prophecy meant. It said that the Demon King would destroy the earth, but Amiya didn't show any abnormality.

Luo Chen discovered that Amiya had changed a lot. She had changed from being forced to grow to actively pursuing growth. Her current state was exactly what a true leader should be like.

Rhodes Island, Luo Chen usually divides it into two factions, one is the pragmatists represented by Kal'tsit, and the other is the idealists represented by the Doctor. But in fact, this division is just a rough one set by Luo Chen, because the reality of the two factions is very complicated. Amiya was originally classified by Luo Chen into the Doctor's faction.

But now, Luo Chen is more inclined to believe that there are four factions in Rhodes Island. Apart from the Doctor and Kal'tsit, there is one faction represented by Amiya, and the other is the truly pragmatic neutral faction. The main figures are the operators who regard Rhodes Island as their home. They try their best to move between the three factions to maintain the unity of Rhodes Island.

Although the internal conflicts in Rhodes Island were not serious, Luo Chen believed that if someone used some tricks to sow discord among them, it would be possible to tear apart the internal situation of Rhodes Island to a considerable extent.

The easiest person to attack now is Amiya. The matter of Demon King's inheritance is the easiest to make a fuss about.

Luo Chen didn’t know whether the Demon King could destroy the world, but it was completely feasible to use Amiya to achieve his own interests.

Luo Chen could only sigh. The earth was like a cage. Everyone was struggling hard in this cage, using each other or being used by others.

Just like Luo Chen, who is in this system, even though he has guns and men, in fact, with just a few minor changes, the entire Cardia can disappear within a few days.

One of his weaknesses is that he is unwilling to use his power to gain the greatest benefit from others, and the change in his own cognition is also his most fatal weakness.

In other words, in his heart, the memory of the Empire and the Emperor is now just a tool to restrain the Space Marines.

Luo Chen sat on a stool and listened to the conversation between the Doctor, Kal'tsit, and Amiya. The differences between them were obvious. For those who were interested in Rhodes Island, now was actually the time to take sides and win them over, because the conversation between them was neither important nor unimportant. It was this kind of topic that was neither trivial nor unimportant that was easy to exploit.

But Luo Chen didn't care about those nonsense. He had thought it through now. He decided to finish the war quickly and live a good life with his wives in a quiet place.

Now the serious matter is to borrow Rhodes Island for use.

After they finished talking about their own things, Amiya bowed to Luo Chen and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Luo Chen, I kept you waiting for so long."

Luo Chen opened his mouth slightly, and spoke after a while: "Amiya, are we so unfamiliar with each other? Oh, there is nothing I can do about it. Now I have grown up and become a qualified leader. I always do things meticulously."

"Ah! No, Mr. Luo Chen, I'm just apologizing to you, no, no..."

"Haha, Doctor, Old Lynx, your students are very promising. One day they will surely surpass my company!"

The doctor smiled and said, "How can that be possible? Cadia is the only star on earth. Rhodes Island does not have the strength to compete with Cadia."

Luo Chen raised his eyebrows slightly: "Cardia is just a vicious dog tied with chains by various countries. Don't look at how prosperous it is now. I know my company very well. There are not many things that belong to me. Just my old boss, with one order, 70% of the things in my company will disappear without a trace."

Amiya smiled awkwardly and handed Luo Chen a cup of tea: "Mr. Luo Chen, please drink."

"Good good."

Kal'tsit said at this time: "Luo Chen, according to your habit, you never come to us for no reason. What do you want to do this time?"

"Hmm!" Luo Chen put down his teacup and pointed at Kal'tsit with his finger: "Queen Mother Kal'tsit is wise, I really have something to talk to you about."

"My name is Kal'tsit, and I'm not the queen mother. You should travel back to ancient times and find those princes and nobles."

"Haha, I'll be frank. We now want to launch a counterattack against Haisi, retake the first line of defense, and buy time for the reinforcements behind us."

"We in Rhode Island have no soldiers to lend you."

"Eh? No need for soldiers. In a war, we have long poles and spears, so the spear tip can't be missing, right?"

Kal'tsit and the Doctor looked at each other and said, "You want to borrow Rhodes Island?"

"We are short of mobile warships."

"No, Rhodes Island is our base and the property of Rhodes Island Pharmaceuticals. You have no right to expropriate it."

"This, this, you said, it makes us like bandits. Let me tell you this, the situation in Rem Billiton is extremely urgent. You can see from the wounded in the hospital that we have no soldiers left to guard the position. The fastest support will have to wait until two days later, but we can't hold on for more than two days. Once the terror fish break through this canyon, they can surround the Fourth Corps on the plain, and the central part of Rem Billiton will fall, which will cause endless troubles."

"The United Corps is a force mainly composed of your Cadia. You have the most powerful weapons and equipment in the entire earth. Even if there are only a thousand people, it will be no problem for you to defend a canyon." Kal'tsit said.

"If it was a war between humans." Luo Chen's tone became very low, and Amiya felt creepy instantly.

Luo Chen looked at Kal'tsit and said, "Hai Si's mental attack is unavoidable. There are very few warlocks who can resist mental attacks. After a battle, the dead have not lost more than 10% of their combat effectiveness. If we don't take action, this canyon will trap all of us here, and Rhodes Island is no exception."

Kal'tsit looked very angry: "Are you here to seek help, or to cause trouble in Rhodes Island?"

Luo Chen raised his hands: "I am here to discuss something with you. The reason is very simple. If we win this battle, everyone will survive. If we don't win, wait for Haisi to eat up all of RemBitco."

"How do you want to ensure the safety of Rhodes Island?"

"We'll install ceramic steel armor plates and help you add some weapon systems. It's all free and can be installed in half a day. After the mission is completed, these things will not be recycled. I think there are still many things you and Kazdel don't understand."

"..."

Kal'tsit, the Doctor, and Amiya were discussing in a low voice while Luo Chen was drinking tea and waiting for the result.

"We are willing to cooperate, but we will not participate in the defense of the position. Rhodes Island will continue to provide medical assistance to the Astra Militarum."

"Okay, you can drive Rhodes Island to the front now. The members of the Mechanical Brotherhood are waiting."

The doctor smiled bitterly and said, "You are really well prepared, Luo Chen."

"Don't fight an uncertain battle, don't say anything you are not sure of."

Luo Chen stood up, and when he walked to the door, he whispered to Amiya: "Go to the bridge, I'll wait for you there."

Amiya glanced at Luo Chen and nodded.

Luo Chen stood on the bridge, looked at the scenery in the distance, took out a cigarette and lit it.

I hadn't smoked half of it when Amiya came over.

"Mr. Luo Chen."

"Hey!" Luo Chen quickly put out the cigarette butt and threw it into the trash can: "You came so quickly, I thought you had to say hello to the doctor and the others."

"Mr. Luo Chen called me, there must be something wrong, right?"

"Yes, to tell you the truth, I sent people to investigate Kazdel's past in detail, including the Sarkaz people's prophecy."

"So you already know it all."

"Not really. Some parts of Kazdel's affairs have been deliberately hidden. Besides, there are too many mysteries surrounding those prophecies. To me, they are more like nonsense written on a stone tablet."

“The Demon King’s legacy is real, Your Highness Thearesia, trust me…”

"Amiya, the devil is the devil, I don't care about those things, and don't think that I am using you for this. I have told you my thoughts before."

"Well, Mr. Luo Chen, I want some peace and quiet."

"Yes, I called you this time. Actually... don't think this is to sow discord. Kal'tsit and the Doctor control a considerable amount of power in Rhodes Island. It was you who gave up the Doctor's power in the first place, right?"

"......right."

"Considering the situation at the time, your approach was correct, but now, do you feel any resistance?"

Amiya's ears drooped, and then she nodded.

"I'm not telling you to fight with the Doctor and Kal'tsit, and you won't do that."

"Of course I won't. Dr. Kelsey and the Doctor are my family."

Luo Chen asked her to calm down. "Amiya, I want to say that you know what the Demon King's inheritance means. I don't know, but you should be clear about it. You will either be irreconcilable with Kazdel or unify the Sarkaz. The Doctor and Kal'tsit don't want to be involved with Kazdel anymore. Whether it's a war or a confrontation, it's just exposing the scars of the original Tower of Babel."

"...Because of me, they will choose to lead Rhodes Island to fight against Tracys, right?"

"That should be it, Amiya. As for Theresa, I only know about her from books and reports, as well as from people close to her. As a leader of a force, she has not shown the same talent as her brother, and the power she has gathered is not as good as Theresa's. But as a person loved by everyone, she is an excellent spiritual leader. I believe she has her own considerations in passing on the Demon King's legacy to you. Perhaps you are the key to breaking the current situation of the Sarkaz."

"Mr. Luo Chen..."

"Amiya, accumulate strength, develop power, and improve your own abilities. You don't need to deal with the Doctor and Kal'tsit. You must make all preparations before Tracy breaks up with you. This is my last opinion as a friend and a rough man. Whether you are willing or not is entirely up to you. After the war, I will stay away from disputes with Tallulah and the others..."

"Thank you for your advice, Mr. Luo Chen. The war will definitely end. I will come to see you with gifts."