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Chapter 1395 1392. Mosna became the Casting General just for fun, but if you really want to see things being made, it’s us halflings who have to do it!

The battle on the Maginot Line lasted from the afternoon to the night. After the high-intensity combat came to an end, there were endless small-intensity tests. This continued intermittently until midnight, when the battlefield finally quieted down.

It’s not that the insects were scared, but all the cannon fodder they used for the attack in this stage were killed.

But did the Transian defenders win?
not at all.

"A tactical victory cannot cover up a strategic passivity!"

In a bunker on the front line of the Maginot Line, Master Qin threw a report from the Avalon Church on the table and said:

"Hive No. 1 in the Filthy Swamp has not stopped expanding while the battle is going on at the front line! According to the witch hunters' adventurous reconnaissance, as of an hour ago, the area of ​​the hive has expanded to the size of a town. More importantly, that damn place is connected underground to the tunnel system left behind when we fought the Black Scourge before.

The armed kobolds under Ambassador Nash conducted a reconnaissance of the tunnel, but the results were disappointing.

Judging from the casualties of the Kobolds, we can basically conclude that while the cannon fodder of the Zerg was being eliminated, they had already started a second round of explosions! No longer cannon fodder worker insects, but more soldier insects, more flying insects, and more elite insects!
Calculated based on the current size of the hive, by the time the explosion is complete, the impact on the Maginot Line will be at least three times greater than this battle."

"But it hasn't exceeded the limit of what can be handled."

Maxim shook his head and said:
"With the influx of warriors from Cadman City and the continuous influx of foreigners, it is not a problem to stabilize the defense line. The more troublesome part is that the flying insects can ignore the ground defense line and penetrate.

Ladies and gentlemen, just in the afternoon, a group of flying insects bypassed the defense line and attacked Stromgarde. Fortunately, Knight Liven was there at the time. She transformed into a real dragon and defeated the flying insects with the help of the Holy Light believers, but this already represented a dangerous sign.

That is, in front of the swarm, there is no distinction between the front and the rear.

We can't just passively take the beating.

We must eradicate the source of the disaster before the hive launches a more ferocious attack."

"That's what I'm saying."

Qin Ye added:
"The natural priests and druids of the Church of Avalon are dissecting the bugs, but it is certain that these bugs have the troublesome characteristic of 'rapid evolution'.

When the battle started in the afternoon, the bugs died as soon as they were burned by the flames. As a result, when the troops were called back at midnight, the "Insect Swarm Burning King" had appeared. Soldiers needed to get close to it with gold flamethrowers and burn it before it could be completely killed. If this continues, I'm afraid that strange "bullet-resistant" bugs will appear soon.

We must get rid of that trouble before they evolve to a point where they are difficult to handle. I will personally lead the team with the most elite warriors among the foreigners to launch a devastating attack on the hive. We will use airborne tactics to get rid of them with lightning speed."

"We have a solar boat."

A colonel of the People's Army just started to speak when he was glared at by Qin Ye and Maxim at the same time. The monster general slammed the table and scolded:
"Is it necessary to use the solar ship just for a small fringe insect nest? Then when we encounter the main insect nest in the Dark Mountains, should we ask Lord Murphy to use the Scepter of God?

Damn!

Where is your courage?

Did Midnight give us powers just to make us super cowards? "

"Yes, everyone, I wish to remind you of a very important point."

Lao Qin pointed to the dark mountain map behind him, which had at least seven red Xs marked on it. He said:

"Based on the current situation in the Fort of Courage, Shadow Valley, Broken Tooth Plateau, and the Plains of Creation, we can determine that the Zerg has formed seven edge nests in the Dark Mountain area. This is also the limit of what can be provided after the life in this area is converted into the biomass needed by the Zerg.

Hive No. 1 in the Filthy Swamp is one of them.

This is good news, proving that even the Zerg cannot create things in the void!

Their reproduction is based on the need for living matter, which means that even if they take away corpses and can reuse biomass, there is still a limit to the number of soldier insects they can explode.

Archon Miriam and the Wise Wolf have already held urgent consultations and have reached a decision. Hives 1, 2 and 3 are the problems we need to solve, and the werewolf allies will be responsible for dealing with the remaining four hives.

This is only the first wave of exploratory attacks from Hive Zero. They are not serious at all. If we still use strategic weapons such as the Sun Ship under such circumstances, the Zerg will only sense our weakness. Once they realize that we are not as difficult to deal with as they imagined, what awaits the Old Continent will be destruction.

The only way now is to deal with these edge hives as quickly as possible with lightning speed in order to deter the 'Hive Zero' that is suspected to have originated in the gray desert area and force them to proceed with the next battle cautiously.

In other words, time is the only decisive factor.

be quick!

The sooner the better. "

"But General Qin, you have not mentioned areas outside of Transia and the Jackal Kingdom."

Mia, the hunter who had been promoted to major, said:

"General Maxim confirmed that flying insects can carry out long-range harassment regardless of terrain. We have every reason to speculate that in addition to the area we are in, there may be other marginal insect nests in other parts of the Old Continent.

Should we

"in spite of!"

Maxim shook his head and said:
"At least at this stage, there is no need to worry about it. If the soldiers in each area can't even deal with the edge hives, then they can only be a drag in the subsequent tragic battles."

"But if other places fall, we may be attacked from all sides!"

Mia retorted:
"Even for our own safety, we should alert other forces to this matter."

"The Archon warned ambassadors from all countries as soon as the Hive appeared. As for how they will deal with it, it is not our concern."

Maxim says:
“As for being attacked from both sides, that is nonsense. The Hades Army under Master Murphy is already distributed all over the Old Continent. When a crisis of life and death occurs, the Hades Army will be dispatched.

Of course, if that situation really comes to that, the Hades Army will have to deal with more than just the swarm of insects!

In short, focus on the present situation.

In order to carry out the next operation according to General Qin's plan, the Maginot Line needs to be alert to deal with the second wave of attack from Hive No. 1. General Qin will lead the team to the Hive to carry out a devastating attack.

We will then advance straight ahead, following the route we took during the Black Scourge to the Shadow Valley to deal with Hives No. 2 and No. 3, and eventually join forces with the army of the Gnoll Kingdom to carry out the final defense on their land.

As for the warriors from other kingdoms and forces, they can come or not.

But from a humanitarian perspective, I hope they arrive on time."
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While the generals were discussing strategy, in the rest area of ​​the Maginot Line, a group of players who had just "warmed up" with the bugs gathered together and gave instructions to something that was being unloaded from a truck.

The thing was covered with a protective cloth. After it was removed, Little Potato, with a rosy face, stepped forward and lifted the cloth, revealing the true appearance of the "treasure" inside.

It was a mechanical body.

The overall height is about four meters, and five meters including the mounted armor. Its main frame can be seen as an immature imitation of the power armor system, but it is far less technological than the power armor. On the contrary, this thing looks a bit bloated.

Probably because of the rough "stacking" of materials outside its main frame to create a thick steel outer armor. Its lower body is a very classic bipedal structure in Halfling engineering. The wide soles provide sufficient stability and grip, and the built-in computing orb-shaped gyroscope represents the advanced level of Halfling steam engineering.

The previously exposed cockpit was encapsulated, and a crew compartment was set up in the belly of this huge and bloated steel machine.

It’s a fucking double cockpit!
In other words, this heavy thing requires two players to operate it together.

Its upper body is shaped with rough but durable mechanical joints, with heavy weapon backpacks carried on the shoulders and back. Its left hand is fixed with a five-barreled gold grenade launcher, and its right hand is fixed with a metal spike shield. The third flexible mechanical arm extending from the back is made into an extremely brutal chainsaw demolition structure.

In this way, this mecha with a steampunk look has the characteristics of long-range, melee and defense at the same time.

"Holy crap! I don't know what this thing is, but it looks really cool!"

The crazy giant shark holding a battle axe sneered at any external force, believing that his well-tempered body was the way to victory. But after seeing such a brutal mechanical creation, he also began to like it.

Then he went over to Ashina and said:
"So, where did you get this weird thing?"

"Don't call my 'Big Bear No. 1' something weird!"

Little Ashina stood in front of the "Big Bear" and scolded:
"I spent a lot of money to order this 'battle armor' from the Mechanicum! The mechanical weapons they made in Shardor Port were too lame, but the modified 'Heavy Armored Bear' is still my favorite.

Once I realized that I couldn't possibly learn to operate a real power armor, I knew I had to find another way to realize my mecha dream.
Now!
Today is my Iron Bear's first battle!"

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After saying that, under the gaze of a group of people, Xiao Ashina took out a device that looked like a car key and pressed it backwards.

With a very classic beeping sound, the outer armor on the chest of this round and heavily armored bear popped outwards with the support of the mechanical structure, revealing a slightly cramped operating cabin filled with many mechanical levers and rollers.

The small seat was obviously custom-made for Xiao Weiming. She whistled and flew over to sit on it, fastened her seat belt, and then inserted the start key into the operating console. Then she pulled the power lever down hard as if she was driving a tractor.

With a bang, after the cockpit closed, the parked steel bear stood up amid the billowing black smoke from the four exhaust pipes behind it.

You know what, although this thing was made by a crazy halfling of the Mechanicus, and its appearance is completely inconsistent with exquisite simplicity, but when it is activated, the operation of each module of its main frame really has a "heavy industrial style" beauty.

Especially when Xiao Ashina cheered and pushed the joystick forward, making this thing weighing nearly ten tons take a step forward, the smell of the steel giant came up.

"Lumina! Come on! I'll be in charge of steering, and you operate the weapon system!"

Xiao Ashina was not satisfied after driving his Iron Giant Bear around for a circle, and shouted to his good partner through the loudspeaker. After Lumina approached, the cockpit of the upper part of the machine popped open. There was no joystick on the control panel of this thing, but it was covered with buttons and rollers for the weapon system.

Lumina complained that the cockpit was too narrow while getting in. A few minutes later, with the joint efforts of the two, the Iron Bear used the boulder in front as a target. While moving forward quickly, it activated the grenade launcher in its hand and fired continuously. Then, it approached the target amid flames and swung the chainsaw to smash the boulder.

The destructive power of this armor is comparable to the original power armor. The only drawback is that its flexibility and mobility are a piece of shit.
Its outer armor looks thick but it is made of ordinary halfling alloy. Even if it is piled up with crazy materials, it probably cannot be comparable to the genuine power armor.

However, when the disadvantages are so obvious, the advantages are absolutely outstanding.

In fact, it's not just Xiao Weiming. Most players are unable to quickly master the professional level required to control power armor through learning. Just the resonance fine-tuning of the mental framework is enough to wipe out a large group of less sensitive guys.

In this case, Xiao Weiming took a different approach and made a downgraded version of the power armor.
If even Ashina can learn to operate it, then it shouldn't be a problem for others to operate such a "big toy". More importantly, which player doesn't like the feeling of driving a heavy tank and rolling over people?

So, the only problem left is the cost.

After all, even when playing games, class issues still exist, and not every player can just take out a large sum of money to squander like Xiao Ashina.

But after Brother Wumiao went to inquire about the price, he found that the cost of this thing was not as high as he thought.

"Look at this water outlet, and then look at these rough cutting marks. This thing doesn't have any technical content at all, right?"

As the driver who brought the Iron Bear here, Oo Ni Jiang commented with disdain:
“This thing is just a pile of stuff!

Use the most stupid method to stack up the power, destructive power and defensive power, so as to achieve the effect of strong force and bricks flying. Finally, make sure it has a certain degree of mobility and it will be complete.

Its operation method is also completely in accordance with the logic of the Halflings, and the control sensitivity is guaranteed by the integration of computing orbs. This is an old technology of the Halflings.

Not new, but definitely reliable.

The only black technology is the power system of this thing.

I heard that the mechanics of the Mechanicum Church got the inspiration from observing our aircraft engines and tank engines. They used fuel to drive an improved diesel engine, and added some strange catalysts to it to achieve a breakthrough in the combustion rate of the fuel, thus ensuring sufficient power for this big guy.

Therefore, most of your money is spent on this engine, but the oil guys under Lao Feilun only care about the improvement and dissemination of technology, they don’t really want to make money, so they can offer such a low price. "

Although Ounijiang is unreliable, he is a genuine engineer. After he said so, the other players felt relieved and started to inquire about the production capacity of the Halflings. As a result, they got a surprising answer.

"If you place an order in the morning, it will be manufactured in two days at most."

With a cigarette in his mouth, Ouchy said casually:

"The engine assembly in our vehicle factory is all done on an assembly line. Working with the oil guys from the Mechanicus, it's very easy to make this thing. It just so happens that Port Shardor and the Songhai Empire are upgrading their production capacity.

They got the original formula of the origin alloy, so the price of the previous special alloy plummeted.

This couldn’t come at a better time!

The smelters over there are selling off their alloy stocks at super low prices, so if you place large orders now, you might be able to get a discount.

I heard that the students have already received their big toys, and now the oil man can start working on the second batch at any time, and the appearance can be customized.

In addition to this classic giant steel bear, there are also speed-specialized hunting wolves and balanced jaguars. Of course, the names are good, but don't actually expect them to look very cool.

To be honest, the reason why this thing was allowed to be produced was purely to fill the problem of insufficient power armor and high difficulty in operation. The higher-ups intended to use this heavy armor as a mechanical auxiliary unit of the dragoons.

To put it nicely, it is called technical verification; to put it bluntly, it is steel cannon fodder.

Maybe in a few years, this technology will be transferred from the military to civilian use. By then, the cost of making this thing will be even lower after the technology is decentralized. So, why don't you guys get a few sets?
Look, we’ve brought the prices down.”

"Huh? Why are you so enthusiastic about promoting this? Do you have a stake in this?"

"Hehe, you see it but don't say it, buddy. I've said that the oil man doesn't care about money, but we do. This project was developed by Dongfeng Vehicle and the Mechanical Church together. It's just to satisfy the bosses in the factory's reminiscence of youth and their wild and unrestrained design ideas.

To be honest, it’s just a small profit.”

Oo Ni Jiang smiled very cunningly, like a fox that had stolen a chicken. He looked at the dark night of the Maginot Line and said with a curled lip:

"If you guys don't like this, I have another project here, about the armored train that I've always dreamed of. Oh! Don't leave! Listen to my plan and invest some money, you can make a lot of money! Trust me!"

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