Chapter 700 Proposal

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After completing a series of follow-up arrangements, Hetty left Gawain's room with the documents. There was only a slight hum of the ventilation system in the huge study for a while, until an uncoordinated breeze blew from behind, high Wen Cai turned his head slightly: "You're late again."

"I arrived just now," Amber's figure emerged from near the window, and said casually while walking to the desk, "But you and Hetty are talking about those heady things, I feel a headache when I hear it, just by the window Take a break outside..."

Gawain glanced at the guy: "How about the thing I asked you to investigate?"

"As you expected, there are Typhon spies among the miners and craftsmen recruited near the White Sand Hills," Amber's expression became slightly serious, "Their incubation period is longer than we imagined, and one of the carpenters has even been in the east. After living there for 20 years, following the refugees from the east to escape the famine, building a city for the lord, and even fighting in the army, no one dared to believe that a person who had lived there for 20 years would be a Typhon—until My men caught him secretly using record magic to gather information on mining machinery."

"...Maryland mentioned in the report that the Typhons are not ignorant of our magic equipment. In addition to basic common sense, their aerial scouts can even remotely identify the flashes of magic guns when they are activated... This can only be done by observing the video data,” Gao Wen said, “Ansu and Typhon have been in a confrontation for decades, and the infiltration of spies between each other has become the norm. Within half a year of losing control of the Eastern Territory, these spies will inevitably take the opportunity to spread the word. A lot of information went out."

"There's nothing we can do. After all, it takes time for us to completely take over the Eastern Territory. A short period of chaos is enough for the spies to do a lot of things, not to mention the chaos there for nearly half a year. Then again, our 'national power deception tactics' also relies on These spies 'helped' to complete the accounting," Amber pouted, "It's just that the spies we've checked out now only account for a small part, and there are still many hidden in the corners of the sewer in the eastern border, and may even have followed Masses of out-of-control refugees entered the Plains of the Holy Spirit..."

"This is the time for the MIA to show its value," Gawain looked at Amber, "Unconventional confrontation will be the norm between Typhon and Cecil in the future, and a large part of the pressure will be on your MIA operators. , but I believe in their abilities."

"Don't worry, the people I trained will never let you down when it comes to making troubles and counteracting troubles," Amber raised the corners of his mouth proudly, and then stepped forward, holding the stack of thick documents in his hands. Put it on the high-level desk, "Also, this is from Changfeng Fortress."

Gawain just saw Amber holding something in his hand, and he expected it to be a report, but he didn't expect it to be just "a" report from Changfeng Fortress, and was surprised: "So thick?!"

Amber: "I didn't expect it either... This is from Maryland and Philip,

God knows how much they wrote. "

Hearing this, Gao Wen raised his eyebrows, lowered his head and opened the thick print, his eyes swept across the neat letters on it, and after a while, he whispered: "It's a summary of the Paramel incident, and about the Advice and report on the strengths and weaknesses of frontline defense and the Sorcerer Corps."

Amber was stunned for a moment, and curiously approached the table: "Huh?"

Gawain didn't care about Amber's approach, because as the Director of Military Intelligence, she had the right to view this document. He just lowered his head and read the words on the report more seriously.

At the beginning of the report, Maryland mentioned the Legion-level spells of the Typhon Empire and the shortcomings of traditional defensive fortresses in the face of such opponents.

According to the intelligence collected during the confrontation with Typhon in the East Territory, and the information obtained from the follow-up investigation in Maryland, Gawain finally understood more clearly what the characteristics and strength of the "Extraordinary Legion" created by Typhon, and the first This time I learned the whole picture of the so-called "legion-level spell".

In short, it is an attack that allows mass-produced transcendents to synchronously cast spells, causing a large-scale magic resonance, and superimposing and mutating the basic spell model to the limit. It is an extension of traditional extraordinary skills, but in terms of expression, it has completely transcended the framework of the old army, and even... can generate power similar to Cecil's Magical Legion.

Taking the Knights of the Iron River as an example, the Typhon Empire trained thousands of extraordinary people from an early age, and only allowed them to master basic skills such as knight charge, focus halo, and aura of body protection. After thousands of trials, these skills became these. The extraordinary breathing instinct, coupled with the rate-adjusting crystals worn by each knight to further stabilize and "resonate", the entire knights can create a powerful "resonance field" when fighting - this resonance "field" , is the Legion Combat Skill (Spell) of the Knights of the Iron River.

In the resonance domain, magic power envelopes the entire Knights, and can generate a huge unstable energy field called "thermal energy cone" on the attack path. From the description, Gawain believes that it may be an extremely terrifying sea of ​​plasma ——The Knights of the Iron River can directly hit the high-energy plasma on the shield of the fortress. If it is a smaller fortress, I am afraid that in a moment, the entire shield will be overloaded and extinguished.

Similarly, the Typhonian magician can also cast similar spells - and as specialized spellcasting units, their attack methods will be more diverse. They can also work together to create massive thunderstorms or focused energy like a rainbow cannon while in a fort.

In front of such a legion of superhumans, the traditional, closed defense fortress is particularly vulnerable.

The earliest experimental Transcendent Legion of the Typhons was formed a few years ago. At that time, it was the Duke of Silas Loren who guarded Changfeng Fortress. Due to the insufficient resonance technology and legion training of the Typhons at that time, it was The energy storage stage revealed the combat intention. At that time, Duke Silas made a decisive decision, relying on more than a dozen waves of knights to charge in turns according to specific waves, coupled with a large number of magicians who continued to carry out long-range magic countermeasures, only to interrupt the actions of the Typhons. , and the combat record of that time is still kept in the archives of Changfeng Fortress.

Just as the two rainbow light cannons broke the shield of the rock fortress in the past, the Typhon Transcendent Legion of the same era is also shaking the status of the traditional fortress.

On Earth, the classical castles succumbed to such circumstances.

However, in this world, due to the existence of shield technology and magic net technology, the large-scale fortresses that can accommodate massive infrastructure are not so easy to withdraw from the battlefield - after all, when facing forces other than "super weapons", A stronghold with shields and self-sustainability is still essential when faced with natural disasters like the Tide. On the other hand, as long as the shield technology is further developed, even in the face of the extraordinary legion or the magic-guided heavy artillery, the traditional fortress can still regain its important position.

Under this premise, Maryland proposed to Gawain his defense transformation plan for the Changfeng Defense Line in the report——

The first step is to retain a series of positions built during the previous "deception operation", and with the subsequent road construction and material and armament gaps to be filled, improve them into continuous military bases, and set up enough long-range firepower at each position. The main line of defense is formed together with Changfeng Fortress by means of a cross-fire network. At the same time, each military station also has the functions of alerting, supplying, and maintaining backup communication lines, so as to ensure the smooth flow of intelligence, sensitive response and strong survivability of the defense line.

The second step is to take advantage of the unobstructed roads between the military stations to ensure that several troops can move at any time. This is to prevent the Typhon Knights from finding loopholes in the defense line and bypassing the fixed fortifications to harass the rear - there was a similar situation in Changfeng Fortress before. The patrol cavalry team came to deal with the "detour" of the Typhon people, but because there was no military station supplement, its role was very limited, and it could only deal with the Typhon army in the past, but now Typhon has been developing, and its transcendent legion has become large, More importantly, they have mastered the technology of magic vehicles, and their military mobility may break through at any time, and it is essential to make defenses at the border in advance.

In the third step, Gawain was surprised by Maryland's suggestion——

The former rock commander proposed to build a "railway defense belt".

"...We can build several railways in the north-south direction with Changfeng Fortress as the core, connect all military stations and border garrison points, and make multiple armed trains run on the track to ensure that there is mobile firepower to support the border at any time. Any point on the above... The Typhonian legion of superhumans is a huge threat to the fixed fortress, but the effect of the armed train in the moving state will be greatly reduced...

"Considering the high cost of the Iron Throne, it is not realistic to set up several Iron Thrones on a border. We can build simpler armed trains - we can use mine-type vehicles, reduce the number of arsenal sections and delivery sections, and cancel the fortress-level heavy artillery. , the weapons are mainly arcane missile launch towers and small fragmentation howitzers, because the Typhon army is still mainly composed of 'people', and simple armed trains are enough to cause damage to people...

"The charging track itself is the carrier of the magic net. In the process of building the track, it is equivalent to completing the laying of the magic net on the border, and because the track itself has a shield, this can further ensure the security of the line of defense communication..."

Gawain slowly put down the report in his hand and sighed softly: "...We found a treasure in the Rock Fortress."

Amber didn't know much about war, but at least she had been by Gawain's side for a few years, and she could understand what was mentioned in the report. Slowly opened his eyes: "Oh my god... If this set of things is really built, the Typhons will use their heads to rush to the defense line... Is this the so-called 'ultimate defense line'?"

"There is no ultimate tactic in the world. The art of war is always developing in the process of offense and defense. The Typhonians may one day find a way to fight against the mobile defense network, but more advanced defense concepts will always follow," Gawain shook his head. Shaking his head, his eyes returned to the report, "But at least at this stage, in the face of existing enemies... Maryland has thought of the most suitable plan."

On the premise of retaining the role of a fortress, Maryland's plan has almost reached the limit of Cecil's engineering capabilities and technical strength. The traditional Changfeng Fortress is still an important structure of the defense line, but it has changed from the only core to a An important node, it takes on more roles as a command center, a logistics center, and a front-line industrial center, and a mobile defense network established under modern transportation and communication conditions can further magnify the advantages of the Magic Army to make up for the current Sisi The shortcoming that the number of border troops in Seoul is still insufficient.

What is even more commendable is that Maryland also considered cost savings in the process - he noticed the problem of excess firepower of the Iron Throne when facing infantry units, and his simplified version of the armed train will greatly reduce the finances of the Cecil Empire. pressure.

After all, rebuilding, transforming, and constructing all over the country costs money. If Gawain were to start building seven or eight Iron Thrones at this time, Hetty would probably jump directly off the bank of Baishui River...

Of course, even with this optimization, the mobile defense plan proposed by Maryland still requires a high cost to implement, but Gawain is very clear about one thing: everything can be saved, only education and national defense cannot Province.

The former determines how high a country can reach in a hundred years, and the latter determines whether a country can live a hundred years later.

Gawain turned a page - this thick report, and more.

In the back, he saw Philip's full report on the Nightmare at Paramel Heights, and a page of lessons learned.

"...Due to our inexperience, our army was unable to fully play the role of the Iron Throne. The successful withdrawal of Typhon's troops could have been avoided, but we missed the opportunity.

"There were problems with the coordination between the armored trains and the fixed positions on land, and the sharing of intelligence with the Changfeng Line, so that intelligence from several observation posts in the Paramel Heights could not be delivered to the Iron Throne in time - although the above-mentioned observation posts were not The whereabouts of Typhon's troops have not been found, but the situation of poor intelligence does exist.

"Our army's reconnaissance in bad weather is insufficient - the Typhons were able to spot the Iron Throne, but none of our several observers detected the Typhons' reconnaissance. Traditional gryphon knights are barely able to lift off in bad weather. , Eagle eye surgery, telescopes and other means are greatly affected by weather conditions...

"...It is recommended to develop an observation device with the effect of detecting life, and it is recommended to add a function similar to the 'magic monitoring tower' on the Iron Throne, so as to sense the extraordinary units or traps lurking nearby in time.

"We need aerial reconnaissance methods other than Griffin Knights as a supplement. The existing Griffin Knights have reached their limit and cannot carry more protective equipment to deal with extreme weather, nor can they carry more weapons, only The armed forces of self-defense cannot stand against the Typhon army..."