The sentry towers at the border of the wasteland were gradually reactivating. This was the information from two observation points near Typhon and the southwestern border of the Empire.
Of course, the reactivated sentry towers did not include Tower 98, which had been confirmed to be completely destroyed. The tower had been reduced to a huge wreckage in a series of explosions and collapses, and in its original projection range, there was an irreparable hole in the Great Wall, which was now blocked by the Greenwood Barrier that Bertilla had transformed into.
"According to the information from the two distant positions, it is now confirmed that the Great Wall in most areas is slowly self-recovering, and the speed and range of the aberration army has been effectively stopped." On the holographic projection, Philip was reporting the situation at the front line with a serious expression. "But there should be a large number of gaps in the entire barrier. Except for the completely destroyed sections like Tower 98, there are also some areas where the power of the barrier has decreased, the projection range has shrunk, and the connection is dislocated. The garrison is still trying to plug those gaps, but the communication interference on the entire front line is serious, and it is difficult for us to confirm the situation of all our allies."
"It seems that the situation on the Silver Elves' side has improved, at least they have regained control of the Great Wall … but what happened to the south?" Gwen frowned and could not help but put his hand on the table. "Still can't contact the Silver Empire?"
"Can't contact them." Heti, who was sitting beside him, answered. "Since the sentry towers went wrong, our communication with the entire southern part of the continent has been completely cut off. The communication function of the sentry data link has not been restored with the reactivation of the barrier."
She paused and then said, "But the smooth reactivation of the barrier is at least a good sign. This means that the situation on the Silver Empire's side is not completely out of control, and they are still trying to find a way to save the situation."
Gwen did not comment, but after a moment of contemplation, he looked up at Philip. "What about Typhon? What's the situation? "
"We have restored contact with Typhon. The situation on the eastern front has gradually stabilized. Their magicians and the National Knight Regiment are gradually regaining the previously lost positions." Philip nodded. "Of course, their losses are greater than ours. Although the barrier in front of them has not completely collapsed, a main aberration army has infiltrated the southern part of Typhon's defensive line … General Andesha did not say in detail, but I think it should have caused a lot of damage."
"At least they have stabilized the defensive line." Gwen sighed softly, and then he looked at Heti. His expression was solemn, and his tone was more serious than before. "What's the situation on the western front?"
"… Except for the Mossy Forest area directly connected to the wasteland, we have completely lost contact with the entire Augoray tribal nation. The situation on the western front is currently unknown." Heti hesitated for less than a second, and her face became a little gloomy. "The energy shock when the Great Wall extinguished swept across the western region, causing a more serious interruption of communication than other areas. Miss Wenna of the Mossy Forest contacted us and said that she has also lost contact with other parts of the country. So the technical experts estimate that even the internal communication network of Augoray is not spared … Ancestor, we can only speculate on the situation on the western front with the worst case scenario."
The atmosphere in the room quickly became oppressive and gloomy. Even Amber, who was standing beside Gwen, had a tense expression on her face. Although no one spoke for a while, everyone knew that the Augoray tribal nation was in big trouble.
In this "counterattack on the wasteland" operation, the Augoray tribal nation was not the main frontline from the beginning. It was a special nation with many mountains and rivers, a loose population and administrative structure, and a natural barrier between the wasteland and the wasteland. Although there were fierce races like the orcs, the overall military strength of the tribal nation was not strong. They had always relied on the natural mountains on the east side of the tribal nation to block the monsters and pollution that occasionally wandered out of the wasteland. Coupled with the late start of the industrial development and poor foundation, the nation did not have the ability to directly push into the wasteland. In this operation, their main task was to guard against small groups of monsters from other areas.
No one would have thought that the sudden extinguishment of the Magnificent Wall would turn all the borders of the civilized world into a frontal battlefield, and no one would have thought that the energy radiation that burst out of the Magnificent Wall would concentrate on the west side of the continent.
"Why did it hit the west?" In the quiet room, Rebecca suddenly muttered. She seemed to be so deep in thought that she did not notice the changes in her surroundings. She was just muttering to herself. "The Magnificent Wall is completely extinguished. It stands to reason that the dissipated energy should be evenly distributed to the surroundings. Could it be that there is something in the west that can attract such a large energy field?"
"This is not the point now. The point is that we need to find out the situation on the western front as soon as possible." Gwen shook his head gently. "The mountains on the western front can temporarily hinder the movement of the mutant army, but the monsters will cross the mountains sooner or later. Once they completely occupy a civilized nation, it means that they have a firm foothold outside the wasteland, gaining strategic depth and development foundation. The special pollution that they carry will soon turn the Augoray tribal nation into the second wasteland."
"I have reached an agreement with Ms. Wenna to send the vanguard into the mossy forest." The figure of Duke of the Western Region, Baldwin Franklin, appeared in the holographic projection on the other side of the room. "The vanguard will find a way to enter the southern region of Augoray through the ancient trade route of the gray elves, explore the situation there, and reestablish communication."
"If the situation requires, you will personally lead the garrison of the western military region to reinforce Augoray," Gwen said in a deep voice. Then he looked up at the holographic projection on the other side of the room. "By the way, Byron, where are you now?"
"I have returned to the North Port, Your Majesty." Byron immediately nodded in the holographic projection. "The messenger to Tarlonde has taken off a few hours ago. I am waiting for your order."
"Take enough weapons and supplies, lead the Imperial Navy to White Feather Harbor, and arm the gray elves there. Then continue to the south along the continental route, enter the hinterland of Augoray from the Holy River of Ordor and prepare for landing. Also, check the situation of the coastal communication chain along the continental route. No matter how fast the monsters move, they can't advance to the coastal area. The communication on the coastline should be a device failure. Take enough engineering ships and technical teams and find a way to restore our north-south communication from the coastline. We don't know when the communication environment in the hinterland of the continent will be restored. We need a backup plan. "
"The Holy River of Ordor …" Byron frowned slightly. His mind quickly corresponded to a river in the southern part of Augoray's tribal kingdom that went straight to the sea and deep into the inland. A trace of worry appeared on his face. "Can HMS Winter sail in that inland river?"
"Yes, the river is large enough to accommodate the passage of a warship like HMS Winter." Gwen nodded affirmatively. "And the end of the river leads to the Kingdom of Kaolin. If we still can't restore communication with the southern part of the continent, you have to send some warships there to confirm the situation in the south and do your best to support."
Byron took a deep breath. The gray-haired "halfway Knight" felt the heavy burden he was about to bear. His expression was unprecedentedly serious. He straightened his body and nodded heavily. "I will complete the mission!"
After the new order was issued, the room was quiet for a while. But the silence did not last for a moment. Another voice rang from the magic network terminal not far away. "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's still too late."
Gwen looked up and saw Victoria's figure appearing in the holographic projection directly opposite him.
"The main fleet needs to go around half the continent by sea to enter the Holy River of Ordor. The ground forces can only enter Augoray's hinterland through the ancient trade route in the south of the moss forest. Although these two routes can be used, they are too slow." The Duchess of the Northern Territory maintained her usual cold face, but there was some worry in her voice. "If Augoray's border forces have collapsed before this, I doubt if their remaining resistance forces can hold on until our reinforcements arrive …"
Victoria was talking about the situation that most people in the room were worried about. Everyone knew that the situation on Augoray's front line might be very bad, but even if the Cecil Empire still had the strength to provide support, the reinforcements might not be able to arrive in time.
Augoray, which had been dormant in an ancient land for thousands of years, was surrounded by mountains (and may now be full of monsters) to its east, forests to its north, and the long coast far from the front line and the ancient dwarven kingdom to its west (between the dwarven kingdom and Augoray was a series of mountains). The south stretched all the way to the depths of the forest at the border of the Kaolin Kingdom. It was difficult to enter the ancient land from land or from the coastline. In the past few years, the Cecil Empire and the tribes of Augoray had been trading, and the pathfinders had been building roads and rivers between the mountains and the dense forests. But in just a few years, it was obviously not enough to make the ancient country smooth.
However, the monsters did not care about these things. They could travel through the wilderness and forests without sleep or rest. They could climb mountains and fill valleys when they encountered them.
But in the face of the dilemma raised by Victoria, Gwen had already made a decision after a little thought.
The modern Cecil Army had plenty of "new era solutions" to solve "ancient problems."
"We have more than two paths," Hao Ren gently knocked on the table and looked up at Rebecca, who had her head down and was thinking about something. "Rebecca, how far is the preparation of the Dawn of the Earthly Dawn going?"
"Ah? Ah! " Rebecca was awakened from her thoughts. She screamed blankly at first, but then she reacted. "You mean the Dawn of the Earthly Dawn? Well … If you only want the basic take-off combat capability, then it's ready now. But its supercritical accelerator is still in the final calibration. That thing is a powerful big bang bang bang — "
"Take off now," Gwen interrupted Rebecca, who was about to get excited. "There's no need to continue debugging. We need the power of the Dawn of the Earthly Dawn now."
"But …" Rebecca subconsciously wanted to say something more, but the next second she swallowed what she wanted to say. Even if it was the shot put of the Cecil Empire, her alloy brain still had the concept of priorities. "Well, I understand. I'll go back and start the liftoff process of the Dawn of the Earthly Dawn …"
"Not only the Dawn of the Earthly Dawn, but also the first batch of Gorgon Platforms," Gwen continued. "We have to consider the possibility that all the positions on the western front have fallen. If the situation really gets to that point, a mere sky fortress can't protect the entire kingdom. We have to find a way to rebuild the entire western front in a short time, or at least plug the gaps in the western wasteland."
"Okay, I understand," Rebecca said and nodded quickly. Then she frowned again and said with a hint of hesitation, "But … Ancestor, I have to go with the Dawn of the Earthly Dawn."
"You? Go with the Dawn of the Earthly Dawn? " Gwen suddenly frowned. Rebecca's words surprised him. "What are you going to do? That's the front line, not you …"
"The core system of the Dawn of the Earthly Dawn still needs to be adjusted, and many facilities in the upper zone have not been tested. Without a technical backbone accompanying it, I'm afraid that the fortress can't even perform one-third of its strength," Rebecca said stubbornly in front of Gwen. "And if I bring a group of technicians with me, I can continue to build its supercritical accelerator and the rest of the weapon system during the Dawn of the Earthly Dawn's operation, as long as I bring enough materials …"
After saying this, she thought for a while and organized her words before continuing, "There is another important point. Although the Dawn of the Earthly Dawn has its own 'brain,' many of its operations still require manual intervention. Right now, the fortress's operators have just completed their theoretical training, and they have only completed half of the simulation operations. I don't feel at ease letting them take over the main system directly. I have to personally bring some people with me. If there are any problems, I can follow and guide them …"
As she spoke, she observed Gwen's expression. Toward the end of her sentence, she couldn't help but lower her voice. In the end, she shrunk her neck cautiously and asked, "… Can't I?"
Gwen didn't say anything. He just looked at Rebecca with a strange look in his eyes.
He didn't know when it started, but Rebecca's childishness from back then had faded. Although she was still a little rash and had many strange ideas in her head, the current Rebecca … seemed to be very different from when Gwen first met her.
"Okay," Gwen suddenly said with a solemn expression. "I'll leave the Dawn of the Earthly Dawn to you."
"Yay!"
"But there is one thing you have to remember," Gwen said before Rebecca could get excited. "You are not a general. You don't know how to fight. Don't give orders outside the Dawn of the Earthly Dawn. Cooperate with Grand Duke Bodwin and General Byron. Listen to Commander Gina's advice on air operations. Understand?"
Rebecca quickly restrained her excitement and nodded at the old ancestor with a straight face. "Yes, I understand!"
Gwen nodded and looked away from Rebecca. "Well, then …"
Before he could finish his sentence, a magic net terminal set in his hand suddenly activated. Mirmina's avatar appeared in the air. "Wait a minute. Don't be nervous. Old Deer has escaped."
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