While Fangzheng suppressed the Lineford Society, the 4th Armoured Division also successfully suppressed the Black Dragon Pass. According to Lieutenant General Olaf, after they broke through the checkpoint from the front and back, Marquis Logner, who was in charge of guarding this place, surrendered decisively. During this period, there were no casualties. The only serious thing was that when they broke through the gate, a member of the Imperial Liberation Front operating a strange mech appeared in the enemy camp. The firepower of the mech he operated was so strong that the 4th Armoured Division could not advance.
In the end, Miss Nizu Miho used a "ping-ping-pong battle" to attract the enemy's attention and defeat the enemy in one blow. Only then did the battle end. However, the member of the Imperial Liberation Front was also quite unyielding. Seeing that his mech was crippled, he self-destructed on the spot.
If Fangzheng's initial route had not been a pincer attack, perhaps the 4th Armoured Division would have been stuck here with his explosion.
After the terrorist self-destructed, Marquis Logner decisively surrendered. According to Olaf, although the Noble Alliance Army was led by the Four Great Families, the other three families were constantly fighting for power and profit. Only Marquis Logner was disdainful of such despicable behavior and passively cooperated with them, so he was kicked out of the core circle. He was now overseeing Black Dragon Pass for the sake of slacking off.
Elfen naturally accepted Marquis Logner's surrender and announced it to the public.
The surrender of Marquis Logner naturally caused an explosive storm within the Empire. After all, Marquis Logner was also one of the Four Great Families. Now that one of the Four Great Families had collapsed, the Noble Coalition Army finally felt a chill.
At the moment, after taking down Luen, the 4th Armoured Division also began to rest.
Just as Fangzheng had said, the Fourth Armored Division had first received Creya's notice. They had then mobilized their troops overnight and ran to the abandoned training ground. That was how they managed to avoid the attack of the nobles' alliance army. Under such circumstances, logistical supplies were, of course, insufficient.
Previously, after capturing Shuanglong Pass, they had used the enemy's reserves for logistical supplies. But now... of course they had to repair the tanks. However, several of the 4th Armoured Division's tanks had been destroyed, so they could only replace them with new ones.
Originally, Irina wanted to give the remaining mechas in the Linefort Society to the 4th Armored Division, but she was stopped by Fangzheng.
"This kind of scrap metal may look fresh, but it's actually not useful at all. Moreover, it's a civil war now, and we don't have the time to train new drivers."
Lieutenant General Olaf also nodded in agreement with Fangzheng's words. He also felt that Fangzheng's words made sense. Indeed, at the start, the 4th Panzer Division had found it very difficult to deal with these humanoid mecha of the aristocratic alliance. For example, the opponents were very agile and had two arms that could raise shields and swords. He gave off a feeling that he was rather difficult to deal with.
But after a few battles, Lieutenant General Olaf felt that these humanoid mechas were just as Fangzheng said; they were just empty shells with an undeserved reputation.
A tall body meant a large target range. Lieutenant General Olaf himself had come up with a set of methods to deal with these mechas. One of them was to launch a long-range artillery attack as soon as the opponent appeared in his line of sight. If the opponent was a tank, he would definitely miss it if he launched an artillery attack from such a long distance.
But... who told these humanoid mechas to be so tall and big?
Who else would I hit if not you?
Another thing was that although these mechas looked extremely agile and fast, they were actually quite fragile. Perhaps to ensure their agility, the joints of these mechas were not very resistant to collisions.
Therefore, if the opponent couldn't hit them, they could just charge at them with a strong collision. The opponent's broken armour wasn't even as thick as the tank's armour.
Besides, the balance of the two-legged mechas wasn't very good. Even if the opponent raised their shield to block, if they concentrated their firepower on the shield, the shockwave alone would be enough to knock the opponent to the ground.
Therefore, after a few attempts, Lieutenant General Olaf, like Fangzheng, started to look down on these broken mechas. He felt that they were just paper tigers with no combat power to speak of.
If these broken mechas were really invincible, the aristocratic alliance wouldn't have only fought to a draw with the regular army. Wouldn't they have swept through the Empire a long time ago?
There was nothing Elina could do about it. After all, these production lines were already in their current state. She couldn't possibly change them back.
But after Fangzheng found out about this, he went around the production line inside and out and built a brand-new tank for the 4th Panzer Division.
In Lieutenant General Olaf's opinion...
"This is great, Your Excellency Fangzheng!!"
Lieutenant General Olaf's eyes lit up as he looked at the shining metallic tank under the factory lights.
"This is the weapon we want!!!"
At this moment, in front of Lieutenant General Olaf was a black tank. Judging from its appearance, it was slightly larger than the tank used by the 4th Panzer Division. However, unlike ordinary tanks, it had two pairs of tracks. Like a guided vehicle, one pair of tracks was at the front and the other at the back. The tracks at the back were slightly wider and wrapped around the tracks at the front.
In addition, the tank's gun body was also quite unique. It didn't have a cylindrical barrel like ordinary tanks, but a rectangular and flat muzzle.
But what excited Lieutenant General Olaf even more was the powerful firepower displayed by this tank!
Not only could it fire horizontally like an ordinary tank, but it could also fix itself in place, raise the gun body, and turn into an anti-aircraft gun on the spot to fire!
It was about the same as the two railway guns in the Garelia Fortress.
Of course, in terms of firepower, this kind of small tank was not as powerful as a railway gun, but the problem was that there were too many of them!
If the 4th Panzer Division was equipped with hundreds of such tanks, it could completely defend on the spot and turn into anti-aircraft guns to bombard the target position. When the enemy came over, it could turn back into an ordinary tank and attack them head-on … Tsk tsk tsk, how could such a good thing be compared to a broken humanoid mech?
"Mr. Fangzheng, this is great! Please equip it for our 4th Panzer Division!! This … what's this called again? "
"Type-95 Siege Tank."
"That's right, Type-95! This is the equipment we should have! It's so much better than those fancy mechs!! "
Seeing the sparkling eyes of Lieutenant General Olaf, Fangzheng nodded to himself. Originally, he didn't intend to take it out, but after seeing the actions of Hydle, he decided to teach these guys a lesson. That cowardly guy, because of a broken mecha, felt like he was about to ascend to the sky.
Could Fangzheng tolerate that?
Of course not!
He must pull the aesthetic of the people of this world back from the distorted humanoid mech. He must tell them that big cannons and giant ships, more riveting steam, steel torrents are the justice and truth!
It should be known that even the Chinese Federation in the mecha world, where Gundams were everywhere, had turned the tables under Fangzheng's vigorous reforms. They had started to manufacture the VF series of combat robots — — This was Fangzheng's final compromise. He would never acknowledge humanoid robots!
This was just like the multi-turret party and the RPG party, the sweet tofu brain party and the salty tofu brain party. There was no middle road in the battle of routes!
Although Lieutenant General Olaf was elated to the point that he could not wait to change the equipment, President Irina had no choice but to tell him that even if the Lionfort Society worked tirelessly, only 4 Type-95 Siege Tanks would be enough for the first batch to be manufactured. Fangzheng proposed to let Nizu Miho and the others be responsible for driving these tanks.
In this regard, Lieutenant General Olaf didn't hesitate and quickly agreed. After all, good steel should be used on the blade's edge. He also knew how good the girls were at controlling the tanks. Rather than letting his subordinates be in the dark, it was better to let the girls give them a demonstration first. Moreover, with this kind of tank, they would only be more powerful, and it would be easier for them to advance forward.
"I say, Mr. Fangzheng, is this okay?"
Looking at the elated Lieutenant General Olaf, Alisa couldn't help but pull Fangzheng aside and whispered.
"If you give this good thing to the Empire, what about Crosbell? Aren't you afraid that after the civil war, they will use this to deal with Crosbell? "
Originally, as a citizen of the Empire, Alisa shouldn't support Crosbell's independence. But when she was studying abroad in Libel, she became good friends with Ellie, and she also heard a lot about Crosbell from the latter. Therefore, regarding Crosbell's independence, Alisa didn't have any special thoughts.
"That's it? It doesn't matter even if they eat it all up. They can use it as they wish. It's all the same to me anyway."
Fangzheng wasn't worried about Alisa's worries.
What a joke. Did they think the bugs under Crosbell were for nothing?
If the Empire really dared to court disaster, Fangzheng guaranteed that they would suffer worse than Augustgrad's Mengsk. When that time came, Fangzheng wouldn't mind putting on a "Heart of the Swarm" opening cinematic for them. Of course, he wouldn't go and carry bricks.
But the bugs were their last resort. In fact, just the Pale Blue Fleet's Third Fleet floating in the air was enough to make them suffer.
Anyone in the Empire with a shred of sanity would never think of messing with Crosbell again.
"Oh … That's good."
Hearing Fangzheng's answer, Alisa nodded. Then, she suddenly froze for a moment and hurriedly said.
"I … I'm just worried about Ellie.
I'm worried that something might have happened to her, that's why I asked! "
This should be said by Qiya. Shana Yin was too familiar with this. Little girl, you're still a little lacking.
Fangzheng chuckled when he heard Alisa's unpracticed tone of voice. He patted her head and sighed.
"You've grown up too …"
"Huh???"
Hearing Fangzheng's words, Alisa looked at him in confusion, while the latter stared at the girl in front of him.
"I still remember when you went on a trip with us, you were still a skinny little girl. Now you've grown up."
"Of course, I'll grow up too."
Alisa giggled and proudly puffed out her chest. Then, she seemed to have sensed something and suddenly covered her chest with her hand.
"Wait, what are you talking about?"
"Haha, guess."
Under Alisa's embarrassed and resentful gaze, Fangzheng laughed and turned to leave.
When Alisa hugged him, it wasn't just Fey who saw it. Fangzheng also felt the soft touch.
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