At this moment, in Crystal City, which is still more than 2,000 kilometers away, Yu Lian does not know that the situation in the ancient ruins in the Lord Canyon has completely gone out of control. He does not know that there seems to be something disharmonious.
Where did he escape from?
Of course, his attention has been attracted by the lively exercise scene. As a man with good values and normal aesthetics, how could he not be excited by this scene?
The silver war structure more than three meters high flew across the wilderness. Intense artillery fire fell around them, rising up into balls of orange-red flames. The burning flames seemed to raise the surrounding temperature by more than ten degrees.
At this time, the sand on the field has been ignited and splashed around. It looks like ignited lava.
Although it is just a drill, the warhead of the artillery shell has been reduced in material, and the power of the energy beam has also been adjusted. However, despite this, the sound and light effects and vibration effects are not lacking at all. If there is a lack of protection
Ordinary people will also suffer fatal blows from the simulated firepower used in this kind of exercise.
Anyway, the "Mission of Glory" military exercise already has casualty indicators. And the 12th Garrison Division, composed of elite armored grenadiers, faced the opponent's Astral Knights, but they were even less polite.
However, although the silver heraldic machines worn by the knights are as gorgeous as delicate and fragile works of art, they shuttle through the smoke and dust of the Great Pulse field and the sand and gravel splashed by the explosion, and each one of them seems to be an unshakable god.
of.
Immediately afterwards, these "gods" had already passed through the line of fire. Facing an enemy a hundred times their size, they did not hesitate in attacking. In the eyes of the Star Knights, as long as they entered within ten meters of their own side, these mortals would
They are by no means their own enemies.
The standard land combat exoskeletons equipped by the grenadiers are on average a head shorter than the heraldic machine used by the knights, and their appearance is also much thinner. At first glance, it looks like a bit of a rebellious old peasant besieging the knights.
The taste of master.
However, in most cases, even if the old peasants gathered hundreds or thousands of times more troops, they would collapse on the spot if a few were hacked to death by the knight master. But the grenadiers, who are also the elite of the empire,
It feels a bit like fighting to the death.
In addition, because it was an exercise, the Astral Knights did not use the standard atomic light spears and their own Noble Phantasms. They used the same type of crystal battle axes, power hammers, chain swords, etc. as the Grenadier.
In other words, like Shameen, he made some modifications according to his own habits.
Aren't there just a hundred or so knight lords? They won't kill you anyway, so what's there to be afraid of?
The junior officers of the 12th Garrison Division may have thought so. So, when the vanguard of the Astral Knights broke through their first layer of firepower, they immediately led the soldiers to pounce on them.
But the situation did not develop as they expected. The military nobles of Tirello are all unruly people, but as long as they are official members of the Astral Knights, regardless of their organization, discipline, tactical understanding and execution ability,
In fact, they will all be the best in the Imperial Army.
Although it has only been half a year since the Astral Knights started experimentally practicing the "Four Elephant Tactics", they have already mastered a certain essence. The four-person team's ability to integrate offense and defense, as well as its adaptability to any situation on the battlefield, are all in the mainstream before.
On top of a three-person team. Taking into account one more psyker dedicated to assisting, even mobility will not be affected.
At this time, the Astral Knights who landed on the battlefield in advance formed a tactical unit of four people and formed a not too tight arrow formation to attack, and they were invincible wherever they went.
As for the arrowhead of the entire big arrow, if it wasn’t Viscount Shameen who took the lead, who else could it be?
The aristocratic psykers of Tirero have a tradition of charging into battle with guns blazing since the time of their home planet thousands of years ago. The more lofty a leader is, the more he needs to be seen by all the warriors.
The Tirero people value brave men, and leaders must be brave.
However, there is still a big difference between the bravery of a famous general and the bravery of an ordinary man. The strict training and advanced education of the Astral Knights are to make the leaders of the Tirero people understand the difference.
And Shameen is the leader. He really knows very well what should be done and what should be rash, and he also knows which direction he should go in if he is rash.
As the vanguard of the attack, he chose the joint between the defense areas of the two regiments. Although he would face a frontal attack with fierce firepower, the Star Knights said that if they did not have the ability to penetrate the enemy's defense line with the enemy's frontal firepower,
Why should I be a psyker and wear a heraldic machine?
A gap was opened for the grenadiers of the two regiments, and they could only cover it from both sides. However, they bumped into the arc blades on both sides of the "front arrow", which still could not slow down the knights' progress by half a step.
Amidst the roar and impact of steel, and occasionally the halo of spiritual energy flashing, grenadiers who were "killed" continued to fly out from the military formation, and fell to the ground and instantly fell into a nest, like a
The broken limbs of the earth.
Tantai Jing knew that if the Knights adopted the three-man team tactics of the past, the grenadiers would not be able to stop them, but they would never be in such a destructive state.
Yu Lian felt that this was what Major Poppas wanted to see the most when he came here. He started recording and at the same time sent a message to the other party.
"Sure enough, your tactical reform is right. However, I never expected that the empire would have such courage to abandon the tactics that have been used for nearly a thousand years, but choose your tactical ideas from a young man on earth." Tantai
Jing's tone was a little subtle: "Don't you regret it?"
"There is nothing to regret about this. In this world, the most unconcealable and unnecessary thing is tactics. The Astral Knights have only practiced this kind of tactics for two or three months, and we started last year.
This kind of first-mover advantage is not so easy to shake in a short period of time."
To be honest, the various changes derived from the "Four Symbol Formation" took a lot of time to be slowly refined in the last world line. But now, who knows these better than myself? Even
Even the original founder, Countess Giafel herself, could not do it.
Yu Lian added: "I estimate that the astral knights who are using the Four Elephant Tactics should be the more than two hundred knights led by Viscount Shameen now. Even he himself, if he hadn't eaten me at the God of War Festival,
I'm afraid I won't pay so much attention to this new tactic."
Tantai Jing thought of the deep-seated arrogance of noble Tirillo, and had to admit that what Yu Lian said was reasonable.
"In addition, whether to carry out comprehensive tactical improvements is still in the discussion stage within the Knights, so this exercise was conducted. But even if it is verified that the new tactics are indeed effective, it is only the beginning. There is still need for
After long discussions at the Grand Marshal's Palace, the Privy Council and other agencies, and finally reported to the emperor, it was possible to complete the systematic reform of the entire Knights. During this period, there were no arguments and games with the conservatives.
How many times have we seen each other? Senior brother, never underestimate the power of bureaucracy. And for an organization with a long history and a large scale, how can it be possible that there is no bureaucracy?"
At the moment when the two were talking, the knights had easily penetrated the defense lines of the two regiments, but their attack finally stopped. Because at this time, several grenadiers who knew about it started to self-destruct.
The device turned the nearby position into a sea of fire.
Of course, this "sea of fire" is an image simulated using holographic projection, and what is restored is the effect produced when the energy clips of hundreds of heavy ion cannons are activated at the same time.
Viscount Shameen had discovered the problem before and asked his comrades to get out of the way quickly. Finally, he and most of the others were not directly affected by the explosion. However, despite this, the director still made a judgment that Shitai Li was
The nearest heraldic machine and the knight inside have lost their ability to fight.
"It's really brave." Senior Brother praised: "If you use this tactic in the exercise, won't it be against the rules?"
"Normal military exercises will definitely prohibit unconventional tactics. However, this ban is not absolute. Brigadier General Kebede happens to be a special one." Yu Lian said.
Brigadier General Kebed, who commanded the 12th Garrison Division, was a ruthless man. He always wanted to fuck his subordinates to death, and he would never be satisfied even if he tried to drive his soldiers to the point of mental breakdown. Thanks to this method of running the army.
, once his men start a war, they will fall into a state of fanaticism that is close to madness.
In Brigadier General Kebede's opinion, these are the real elite warriors. And the top brass of the imperial military seem to agree with this statement.
Of course, no matter how strict or even anti-human the training is, this werewolf general shares the joys and sorrows with his soldiers. In addition, he never takes any of the bonuses given by the superiors, and all is distributed to ordinary officers and soldiers.
He also treats soldiers equally, whether they are citizens or nationals, humans or other alien races. He will definitely report their military exploits truthfully and strive to fight for their due rights based on reason.
Because of this, although Kebed's military management methods can be called ruthless and even cruel, he has always won the hearts of the soldiers.
Even in actual combat, he will definitely arrange such suicide tactics, and there must be such decisive and tough men under his command.
However, who would want to adopt this tactic if they were not at the end of their rope?
In other words, if you don't put yourself in the inferior position, why would you consider this tactic?
"If it were you, junior brother, what would you do?" Senior brother looked at Yu Lian with interest.
"If it were me..." Yu Lian showed a "ferocious" smile full of mischief: "I won't let the other party break through the frontal fire blockade so easily. Even if I really can't hold on, I will be prepared in advance to let him go."
A retreat route out of the battlefield space, and causing the Knights to lose at least fifty people."
Yu Lian does have this confidence.
It’s still the same problem that I mentioned before. Since the whole universe has the habit of digging graves, the speed of entering space is too fast. There is a lack of accumulation and induction of experience in ground warfare-although I am keen on warships against enemies and gang-hopping battles.
The decisive battle between the space fleets is not very clear, but the tactics on the surface of the planet are particularly unscientific, even for empires with strong martial arts.
Although Tantai Jing didn't know where Yu Lian's confidence came from, he nodded with relief: "You are not an aimless person. I am looking forward to it."
All in all, after suffering a head-on attack, the momentum of the Knights did slow down a bit. This was not because they could not bear the casualties, but because the sand and dust formed during the battle and the energy that had not yet dissipated actually condensed directly.
It turned into a large, blinding gray-yellow fog, covering almost half of the battlefield.
If it only covers the naked eyes, the key point is that the heavy fog interferes with various radar signals and even interferes with psychic energy.
The shots of Yu Lian and others at the observation post were also completely covered by yellow sand, making it impossible to see anything clearly.
"This should be Count Seriola's action." Tantai Jing said with a smile.
Yu Lian also believed that this should be Count Seliola's technique: "But if we do it like this, we can't see it clearly, and the people in the director's department can't see it clearly either."
"Count Seliola is a mature and prudent person and will know how to deal with it."
There is no way. Once high-level occult operations are involved, there are no technological means to observe, intervene, let alone simulate them. Once psychic attacks are involved in military exercises, either a more powerful boss will be stationed nearby.
Otherwise, we can only hope that both parties who take action will stop it.
Fortunately, the First Knight Commander is indeed a kind man. Although he has developed a large-scale psychic field, he cannot really kill all his subordinates and juniors in it.
Although, based on Tantai Jing's understanding of him, it seems that he really has this ability.
In short, the Astral Knights and their heraldic machines who had just killed everyone were trapped in the heavy fog filled with yellow sand and couldn't find their way at all.
Shameen, who was in the heavy fog, also guessed something.
Such a large-scale psychic array? The Red Knights set up an ambush here? No, absolutely impossible! If they were here, we should have rushed over first when we were attacked by artillery and were not able to stabilize our footing. How could we let ordinary
The garrison grenadiers came to die.
For the proud Astral Knight, it is difficult to accept that he is hiding behind ordinary people.
There is only one possibility! Count Seliola has arrived!
Viscount Shameen quickly figured this out, and after a moment of astonishment, he slowly became excited. He gave up the jammed communicator and directly called out to his comrades in the yellow sand in a loud voice: "Come closer to me! Yes!
Field array! Formation B!”
The majestic Astral Knights have of course conducted training in various large-scale psychic fields, and there are at least seven or eight well-practiced formations available. The knights present can list the formations with their eyes closed.
Shameen was basically certain that the person he was going to face must be the deputy commander, but he was not worried at all. He knew that even if he was delayed, the second batch of knights and the third group of knights who landed later would not be worried at all.
He will definitely seize the opportunity to penetrate the opponent.
"Get in formation! Hold him back! It is our supreme honor to die together with His Excellency, the Deputy Commander!" he shouted.
"Oh!" The knights in formation responded loudly, their fighting spirit was high, and no one was ready to back down.
Although Yu Lian couldn't hear Shameen's words, he felt that the scene filled with yellow sand was inexplicably irritating, and he immediately felt sorry for Feifei again. If that girl could just shoot some random material, go back and edit it, and make war movies in the future
The material may be enough.
While he was amazed, he called Major Poppas again.
Fortunately, although it was dark here, the communication with the others was still not cut off.
However, after the communication was connected, there was another burst of intensive gunfire.
Yu Lian looked at his terminal suspiciously, picked his ears, and then asked in a low voice: "Hello? Major? Can you hear it? We are fighting fiercely here, you missed it..."