Chapter 741
Chapter 741 - 727: Chain Reaction
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This is a battlefield, this is war.
It does not consider human emotion or morality; the strong survive, and the weak perish.
"...First, we have to recognize the gap between us and them, they have been operating in this area for a long time, accumulating wealth and weapons that are far superior to ours. Once the battle starts, there are two things we can’t avoid..."
What Lu Ping’an is talking about are "Air Force" and "Firepower".
In his past world, these two things undoubtedly represented the kings of modern warfare.
Beginning from the 1990s, the modern war system allowed the modern legions that only employed "air force" and "artillery" to achieve victory in the end.
But the others did not have this insight.
Earth’s "airship culture" has always been too mild. Without missiles, the firepower is less of a threat to high-level professionals. While they may pay attention to it, it might not be considered very important.
However, in this Otherworldly place, both firepower and air superiority are already on the side of the long-established Aus people.
"...In a field battle, we will be subjected to asymmetric attacks due to artillery and Sky Knights, resulting in heavy losses in the first wave."
Lu Ping’an’s judgment at that time had caused controversy within the command system. Although many of them had already suffered from the "artillery," more of them attributed their failure to being caught off guard.
Facing the Vortex Stone firearms that could only shoot in a straight line, many of them felt quite confident.
"...Are you really sure that the Vortex Stone weapons we face will be on par with those scattered Hunters we’ve encountered before? According to the habits of those companies, only the best weapons are given to the core members, while the outdated goods are handed to the peripheral mercenaries..."
Reality has already proven Lu Ping’an’s judgment; if they had chosen a field battle, such overwhelmingly powerful artillery would have caused massive casualties.
"...As expected, it’s hard to increase accuracy, but it’s much simpler to increase the destructive range, and the effect will be better."
The power of the second-generation artillery, which had undergone fine adjustments in the Vortex Stone weaponry, had already surpassed Lu Ping’an’s memory of modern artillery.
As for the air force... all the Aus people needed was to continue dropping Vortex Stone bombs, and the Eastern Country’s defense line would crumble.
"... At best, no, we must, we must break these two big troubles from the very beginning, otherwise, it will be very difficult for us to fight later."
So, under Lu Ping’an’s planning, they prepared a large number of Sky Beast Knights, recruited Runners who were not afraid of heights, underwent a brief period of training, and set up the game.
"...We only have one chance..."
Lu Ping’an estimated that if he was the commander of the Aus people, he would have also chosen to clean up the land with a wave of artillery fire and then launch an air raid bombing on the "hard-to-break trouble" on the battlefield.
Such tactics were simple and effective, more importantly, there was no loss even if they failed; it was merely a waste of ammunition...This was not a problem at all for the Aus people, who had already occupied almost limitless support.
Their rear vehicles were still constantly sending logistics and ammunition from other bases.
"...As the weaker party, we must gamble that they will invest most of their Sky Knights in the first wave of attacks to achieve the best ambush effect..."
The primed "Eastern Country suicide Sky Knights" erupted at this moment.
"...In the first round, we won the gamble."
Lu Ping’an calmly looked at the ceiling of rocks, his "gaze" projected through the reality of the rock wall, he saw the Aus people’s Sky Knights suffering significant losses.
The Aus Sky Knights, who had long been executing reconnaissance and air raids, were clearly not prepared for anti-air defense, especially since they had never anticipated a "jumping battle" with a large number of professionals.
"...Well done."
On the table in front of Lu Ping’an, there was a large sand table with mountains and rivers, and each chess piece represented a corresponding unit.
Knocking out the Sky Knights was the first priority; there was no point in fighting otherwise.
Those things flying over your head from time to time, dropping stuff down, if you keep being attacked asymmetrically like this, you will eventually collapse.
Other people in the command center received the information and showed happy expressions.
But even without the Sky Knights, the Aus people still have more threatening weapons...
The cannons outside roared again, the mountains shook continuously, and even hiding behind the shelter, the intense vibrations could still be felt.
With abundant ammunition, the artillery positions had no need to stop.
They began another round of artillery fire...Your Divine Bones may be incredibly hard, and not even a scratch can be left when shot, but it’s impossible for all areas to be protected by Divine Bones.
I have enough artillery and ammunition on my side to flatten the mountain for you!
Debris fell from the rocky ceiling, and the explosion’s power seeped underground into the command center shelter, located about two meters below ground.
The pressure outside must be even greater.
As long as the artillery fire is continuous, the front-line warriors can’t even lift their heads...and the opponent’s armored vehicles and soldiers can steadily pressure your defensive line, pulling out your nails one step at a time.
Explosions sounded continuously, their dense relentlessness like the unstoppable drizzle of May.
"... We’re like this now, the front line..." Someone was worried.
"Why don’t we send some high-level troops for support..." Someone planned to charge in person, resorting to the old habit of high-level professionals: when in doubt, rely on high-level professionals.
The most ridiculous thing is that this kind of "tactic" mostly works; high-level professionals do have the ability to change the battlefield with their power alone, but now...
"...The losses would be considerable." To send high-level professionals to repel the charge now would be just too early.
Many people were discussing, most of them were not professional, and many were forcibly pushed into their positions due to their strength.
At this moment, facing the firepower that exceeded their "expectations" by so much, some people looked worried, while others were eager to charge forward themselves.
However, at this time, amidst the unease, Lu Ping’an laughed.
"Very good, the commander on the other side is obviously an idiot, having missed the last chance and time..."
As he spoke, Lu Ping’an moved the sky knight chess pieces with the stands, stacking them up.
"...The warriors of the independent brigade, it’s your turn."
"Understood."
The aerial battle in the sky was in chaos and had already entered a phase of chase and escape.
Training the sky knights was too expensive... There was no need for the Aus people to maintain too many as part of their development strategy. Their number of sky knights was far less than that of the disposable "suicide attack planes" of the Eastern Country.
However, there were still some with good luck, strong strength, keen eyes, and fast pace who managed to break free from the Eastern Country’s pursuit... In fact, as long as they escaped the first wave, the Eastern Country sky knights would become slow and dumb, often fighting with their own sky knights, clearly not well-trained.
As long as they maintained a safe distance, they could successfully escape back to their own camp.
There were actually more sky knights in their logistics warehouse, but the number of trained ones was always limited.
"These Easterners with no sense of air combat artistry, waiting for me to change my equipment when I return, next time..."
Ace pilot Austa was indignant, his injuries were severe, and he lost miserably, but the fact that he survived proved his strength.
In his hindsight, he would change into a set of "vortex-arrow" weapon for air combat after returning, and show these noob sky knights something.
At this moment, he had no pressure anymore. He had already noticed that the other party’s sky knights were obviously tamed by some secret art temporarily and would not be able to catch up with him.
Even if they hadn’t been taken by surprise by the forced raid on their side, they would never lose to these noobs...
"Captain! Above!"
Suddenly, the cry of his subordinate made him look up hurriedly.
But by this time, it was too late.
The vortex stone hand cannon that had reached close range was fired, and Austa, a third-tier ace pilot, had his head blown into a bloody mist.
This time, the real sky knights passed by each other, and the ones constantly falling were obviously the frightened Aus people.
Another wave of sky knights joined the battlefield, and unlike the hastily trained Eastern Country comrades, these were basically soldiers from the independent brigade.
They had previously captured the Aus people’s sky knights and had completed the training of the sky knights as well.
It’s just that their numbers were not many... but now they were enough to intercept the remaining Aus people.
As the Aus people screamed and fell one by one, their sky beasts had been frightened and lost control. When the first deserter appeared on the battlefield in the sky, what remained was just a slaughter.
The Aus people’s first wave of air raids resulted in massive losses of their sky knights, and this was merely a premise of the plan.
"...There’s only one chance, let’s go."
The independent brigade’s sky knights turned around immediately, and at the same time, another group of "air buses" loaded with payload took off.
On these single-use vehicles, crude vortex stone bombs were loaded... Although they couldn’t compare to the Aus people’s similar products in terms of precision and controllability, as long as there was enough material, their power was more than enough.
It was at this moment that the commander of the Aus people realized something was wrong.
"...The sky, we have lost control of the sky!"
This was not his first discovery, but the local tyrant who had been smooth sailing never thought about what would happen next after losing control of the sky.
"Their target, damn it, is the runner’s position..."
But by the time he figured it out, it was too late.
As Lu Ping’an said, they had already missed the last opportunity to retreat and adjust.
The vehicles carrying heavy artillery and long-range artillery hurriedly started up, trying to leave the heights and join their own people... but even if they returned to the camp, how many could fly into the air to fight, they had already lost their sky knights!
When the vortex stone bombs exploded on the ground one after another, the Aus people also lost their most important artillery positions.
Back in the command center, Lu Ping’an knew about the success of his plan earlier than the messenger, that they had already taken down the Aus people’s two most dangerous cards and leveled the playing field.
How did he know the situation on the front line? The system panel’s feedback was fast enough.
[A glorious victory, on your battlefield, you have completed the sacrifice of ten third-tier professionals, first retrieve the remaining qualification.]
[You have mastered a key point in the battlefield, and the situation on the battlefield has been reversed due to your arrangement... It’s done.]
[Because of your ’conspiracy’, ’planning’, directly and indirectly killed a thousand people... Currently, the task is complete.]
[You are known, hated, and cursed by thousands of people (same race)... Task is complete.]
[Congratulations, the inauguration ceremony was successfully completed. You have successfully taken the third-tier profession ’Black Holy Grail Holder’ (Soldier/Black Knight Path)]
— End of Chapter 741 —