Standing beside the massive and majestic war machine, Holme could not help but look up at the iron-gray armor and the pipes and machinery covered in the shield. Beside him, the former commander of Firmrock Fortress and now Cecil's officer, Maryland Knight, exclaimed softly, "This is a beautiful machine, isn't it?"
Holme tilted his head slightly and looked at the Knight, who had put on his armor again and pledged his loyalty to the duchy.
After going through a year of labor reform and ideological reconstruction, and more than half a year of education, and after going through a strict examination and oath process, this former member of the royal family was given the opportunity to pledge his loyalty to the Lord of the Southern Territory.
He was once included in the engineering team of the Second Legion and participated in the construction and production of many areas in the north. He witnessed and experienced the operating rules of Cecil's Order with his own eyes. Mr. Knight had shown a sincere attitude and excellent personal ability in the process. So, he was promoted and finally enlisted in the First Combat Corps and became the commander of the Iron Throne.
In Cecil, there were many 'modifiers' like him. After all, talents were scarce in this era, and some of the intellectuals in the early stages of production and construction had to be selected from the old nobles. This may leave some hidden dangers in the future, but it was better than dying in the quagmire in the early stages of development.
And Maryland Knight, who was a reliable person, was one of the most trustworthy and expectable of such 'modifiers'.
Holme, who was born a serf but had now become one of Cecil's officers, smiled. "This is indeed a beautiful machine. Every part is beautiful."
His words were more or less a double entendre, but he was indeed praising the war machine on the track beside him. This massive armored train was the most powerful mechanical device he had ever seen in his life. It was not only a means of transportation, but also a weapon and a fortress. It was an outstanding creation of Marchioness Rebecca and the master craftsman, Nicholas, and also a product of the hard work of Cecil's hardworking and intelligent workers.
There were two 'armory sections' at the front and back of the train. A total of four large railguns and four of the largest superheavy burners were installed on the chassis of the train. Between the base of the gun platform and the burner were armored gun turrets that could accommodate combatants. Depending on the situation, the turrets could fire lightning, fireballs, and scorching rays to sweep the enemy to protect the train guns.
The middle section of the train was a large carriage known as the 'tactical section'. In addition to housing the train command center, it was also equipped with high-powered magic obelisks and communication devices, as well as sufficient self-defense weapons.
The rest of the carriages were the 'transport section'. Those huge carriages could accommodate hundreds of thousands of soldiers. The carriages could also be replaced with open chassis to transport various types of combat vehicles. At present, almost all of the various arcanotech vehicles manufactured by Cecil could be placed on the wide and powerful transport chassis.
Now, this terrifying war machine had a total of four transport chassis and twelve Warhammer-I tanks fixed on it. Those tanks were not only the 'passengers' of the train, they were also terrifying armed forces. When they were fixed on the chassis, they were equivalent to small train guns. Their turrets were even more flexible than the main gun of the Iron Throne. As long as the conductor gave the order, the twelve additional tank guns would faithfully annihilate all who dared to approach the Iron Throne.
Fully armed and majestic, it was so powerful that when Holme saw it with his own eyes, he finally realized why the name of the train was' Iron Throne '. The iron-gray paint and the rigid mechanical structure made it live up to the name' Throne '. It even had a kind of beauty that fascinated him. At this moment, he was even a little jealous of Maryland Knight.
"This is just the first 'Iron Throne'." Maryland Knight's face was full of pride. "According to the plan, there will be subsequent 'Iron Thrones' on the track to protect the land covered by the railway. Therefore, each Iron Throne actually has a subdivided name. The full name of the train in front of you should be 'Iron Throne-Zero'. "
"The original Iron Throne …" Holme nodded slightly thoughtfully. Then he said, "These days, we have been laying the railway extending to the north. The situation in the Eastern Region is deteriorating, but correspondingly, because the lords have sealed off their territories and castles, a large number of wilderness areas have become completely ungoverned areas. Almost no one hinders our activities. Even if a few local lords interfere, they will not be able to do much under the circumstances of a plate of loose sand. "
Maryland asked, "Where are the Crystal Cluster infected at the moment?"
"They are still active in the area west of Sorin Castle. Only a few muddle-headed wanderers have entered the Eastern Region. They are not a threat for the time being."
Maryland nodded slightly.
Obviously, the main target of the Perish Society was the Captical of the Ansu. They had sent almost all of the Crystal Cluster army to the frontline in the Northwest, and they did not pay much attention to the food on the table in the Eastern Region. This was not difficult to understand. On one side of the Eastern Region was the Typhon Empire, and on the other side was the Eastern Region of the Holy Spirit Plains that had completely fallen. Most of the main military forces and capable nobles in the Eastern Region had been lost in the great pollution of the Holy Spirit Plains. For the Perish Society, who already had the upper hand, this land was equivalent to being swallowed into their stomach. Now, all that was left was to slowly digest it.
However, Maryland Knight knew that this situation would not last for long. The Perish Society had not adjusted their energy and had not 'digested' the huge army that they suddenly had, and had not completely stabilized their footing. However, when they completely wiped out the remaining resistance forces of the royal army on the Holy Spirit Plains, and when they arrived at Saint Sunil City, they would start to 'absorb' power from the Eastern Region, turning the population of this land into their Crystal Cluster army, and using it to sweep through the remaining territories of the Ansu.
And his mission was to suddenly block the entrance to the Eastern Region from an angle that the Perish Society did not expect before all of this happened. Cooperate with Gwen? Cecil's' blockade 'at the Gorgon River.
In the past few months, White Sands Mining had built a large number of railways in the intersecting area between White Sands and Gorgon in the name of 'building more roads to facilitate the transportation of ores'. The slow reaction of the local lords, together with White Sands Mining's monetary attack on Knight, the tax collector, and the civil officer in the countryside, made these railways almost as far as Sareth Loren's eyes. Right under Luo Lun's nose, and now, due to the increasing chaos in the Eastern Region, White Sands Mining's railway laying could be done openly.
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On the east bank of the Gorgon River, in the north of the Fertile Forest, the steel army began to advance.
In the middle of the river, the three magic-powered warships led by the 'Blazer' opened their magic-powered wings. The brilliant light of runes shone above the waves of the Gorgon River. A massive amount of energy was gathered, compressed, and infused. The heavy 'Truth-I' Magic Crystal Railgun adjusted its angle with the help of mechanical devices. With the deafening sound of the cannonballs piercing through the air, the obelisk-like magic crystal cannonballs shot out of the rails and into the sky.
In the sharp sound, the cannonballs from the sky fell to the ground like fire falling from the sky. The earth collapsed and the mountains collapsed. Countless crystal cluster giants that were moving forward in the wilderness and the wilderness were turned into ashes before they could react. This attack was beyond the limits of their vision, and even beyond the limits of the perception of the strongest among them. In the continuous falling of fire, the mutated limbs and crystal clusters were turned into ashes. The enormous crystal cluster army was torn apart. Then, they fought for themselves in the chaos, searching for the enemy who was hiding in unknown places.
On the high ground by the river bank, the Steel Rangers in black armor climbed onto the observation platform of the chariot, opened their tactical eyepieces, and watched the Crystal Giants coming from the direction of the plain. At the same time, they constantly sent back signals to the warships in the river, guiding round after round of cannon bombardment.
After several rounds of cannon bombardment, the chariot began to push forward, relying on the tank guns and the long-range howitzers at the rear to open the way. The wheels and tracks crushed the ground that had begun to heat up, pushing forward step by step towards the area contaminated by the Crystal Giants.
In this destructive torrent, the 'Steel Ambassadors' propped up their strengthened shields and drove forward. In every Steel Ambassador chariot, there were the most alert soldiers paying attention to the image reflected in the observation window. On the observation window, there was a spell effect of 'Detect Distortion'.
In the observation window that was red because of the spell effect, the whole land was shrouded in surging magic power, and those Crystal Giants swaying in the smoke and dust, their arcane light was as eye-catching as candlelight in the dark night.
The candlelight on some of them was particularly eye-catching.
The scouts immediately turned the target to the gunners of the howitzers, and at the same time, they sent back a signal to the troops at the rear. "Commander observed. Begin guiding fire."
The steel ambassadors, who acted as observation vehicles, stopped for a short while. After stabilizing the vehicle, they activated their respective vehicle-mounted howitzers. These low-powered "main cannons" were not very lethal. Sometimes, they were even intercepted by the shield of the particularly powerful Crystal Cluster Giants. But as their long-range howitzers whistled through the air and fell to the ground in the distance, hundreds of "Warhammer-I" main battle tanks at the rear would immediately focus their fire on the direction marked by the howitzers. This level of attack could not be intercepted by one or two powerful spellcasting units no matter what.
After a short but destructive round of cannon bombardment, a considerable number of enemies would inevitably fall into chaos.
The Crystal Giants like a tide launched a charge at the enemies that entered their sight. Their commander had already died before the charge began, and the charging giants … would gradually degenerate into uncontrollable beasts in the process.
It would take about an hour for them to be completely weakened, but most of them would not survive an hour after that.
Because they would charge into the line of death intertwined by the cannon fire and the burners without any organization or order, without dodging until they were reduced to ashes.
Due to the instinctive offensive nature of the Crystal Giants after they lost control, the legion did not even have to deliberately look for the enemies hiding in the blind spots or in the distance. As long as the cannon fire was still roaring, almost all the monsters within a hundred miles would actively come to the burning purifying flames.
On the high ground at the rear, Gawain stood under a canopy, quietly looking at the distant plains. The battlefield was filled with cannon fire, and the flashes from the direction of the Gorgon River (occasionally, there were rainbow beams of astonishing scale and momentum sweeping across the riverbank) entered his eyes. Nearby, a mobile Mana Net repeater was relaying the intensive communications between the Pathfinder and the ground forces. Several Mana Net terminals were projecting different images, and signalmen and commanders were busy switching between equipment and tactical maps. Orders and reports came from all directions.
In a trance, he had a sense of space-time disorder.
On the other side, the young Knight Philip was standing in front of a map table not far away, watching the changes on the battlefield with a group of officers. Byron's holographic projection appeared beside Philip. Through the Magic Net terminal, Byron, who was far away on the Pathfinder, also seemed to be at the scene of the Army Command Headquarters.
The water and land advance plan was proposed by Gwen. In this plan, he asked the inland fleet to support the ground troops with heavy artillery. After the initial tearing of the Crystal Giants' formation, the land tank troops would push forward and rely on long-range howitzers and other means to clear the battlefield a second time. Then, before the Crystal Giants could react, the land troops would quickly occupy the advantageous position and rely on the heavy burners, the flamethrowers, the White Knight Brigade, and other forces to completely purify the entire battlefield.
On this basis, Knight Philip formulated a more detailed combat plan for the land troops. Relying on the Steel Ambassadors as reconnaissance vehicles, with the advantage of mobility and range, coupled with reliable shield devices, these vehicles would quickly lock onto the command nodes in the Crystal Legion and remotely guide the artillery to destroy those nodes.
After that, the loyal Cecil Legion would rely on the equally loyal burning weapons to destroy the enemies that had lost control.
These plans were surprisingly effective.
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