We are in Terra and there is no book to read.

Behind the main defensive position of the [-]st Experimental Division, a little further than the artillery position, Kazdale deployed an independent camp here.

There had been no movement here before, with only outdoor tents and dozens of trucks parked motionless, but today it suddenly became lively.

A large number of Sakaz, who were dressed more like factory technicians than soldiers, moved boxes of things out of the tent.They carefully placed the box on the ground, then broke the seal and took out the objects inside.

All are quadcopter drones with the same style.

"Hurry! Complete the power-on, pairing, and mounting of all drones within 20 minutes!"

Sakaz, who looked like a team leader, was doing his own thing while urging loudly.

In a tent on the side, a group of Sakaz without any protection at all were sitting together for a meeting.Their officer stood before them, beside a glowing backboard with a topographical atlas fixed to it.

"You've all got the album, right? Raise your hand if you haven't."

After shouting like a teacher, he picked up the pointer and pointed it at the backboard behind him.

"This is the latest topographic map of Eureka's urban area that surveyors have drawn, and our target is roughly at this location."

He drew a red circle on the map, "The target's high-altitude bent-over silhouette is behind your atlas."

There was a sound of paper turning. After waiting for a while, he continued: "Attention! The departure flight altitude is 200 meters, the combat altitude is 100 meters, and the return altitude is 300 meters. You cannot change it by yourself. Please follow closely. Use your own navigation aircraft to keep the formation and report all changes in attitude to the team navigator."

"Yes!"

After getting the officer's permission, the weapon masters got up and went to the technicians to confirm the status of their equipment.There are the same numbers on the clothes of these people, the clothes of the technicians, and the drones.

This not only facilitates drone operators to use their own convenient equipment, but also facilitates technicians to troubleshoot hidden dangers that may arise after use.

The parked truck finally made engine noise today.They opened a little distance from each other, and then the tarpaulin wrapped tightly on the cargo box was ripped off, revealing the contents inside.

The latest shortwave radio station!It is a small experimental version of the Terra super-large communication base station that Kazdel is planning to build.

As the large Colombian civilian generator temporarily purchased from Syracuse began to operate, the radio station's antenna and support frame were also erected.

After some debugging, the communications operator reported: "All equipment is normal! The signal relay drone has taken off."

"The first batch of drones are ready to take off!"

The technicians shouted that they had completed all preparations and had handed them over to the operators.

"Then take off!"

There was a buzzing sound at the scene, and the drones neatly arranged on the ground slowly rose into the sky, and their inconspicuous abdomens were now fully exposed.

Two Originium bombs.

This batch of bombs are all manufactured using the technology of imprinting the double Originium skill circuit in the Originium crystal. Not only are they powerful, they also have the shape of a 60mm mortar shell, which is convenient for throwing.

On the hard land outside the urban area on the south side of Eureka, Victoria's military trucks were traveling intensively.These logistics and transportation troops are responsible for delivering supplies into the city, and at the same time, they are also responsible for transporting the wounded soldiers out of the city to the hospital in the rear.

"These young people are so miserable."

"Yes, all of them are missing arms but legs."

Driving is also a technical job, and since this is a logistics force, the driver's service life is relaxed a lot.The two elderly driver and co-pilot couldn't help but feel a little moved in their hearts as they looked at the transport vehicles for wounded soldiers coming and going.

"With the introduction of ballistae, those gentlemen don't seem to care about casualties so much."

"So what if you care about it, so what if you don't care about it? Anyway, they won't come to such a ghost place to die."

The co-pilot said angrily and sarcastically. Just when he was about to continue speaking, he suddenly noticed that a large something seemed to appear on the horizon in the distance.

He wiped the glass, then took a closer look and asked, "What is that? A bug?"

The first batch of Sakaz mechanics who controlled the drone to take off had already seen the thin flow of traffic on the ground on the screen.

They had been unable to find any trace of them before, but now the battle in the urban area of ​​Eureka has entered a state of tension. The material and personnel consumption of the Victoria troops have suddenly increased. In order to maintain the offensive, the logistics troops have to perform in a more intensive state. Task.

Anyway, Sakaz's shells can't hit here...

"We have reached the target! Choose your target freely!"

The weapon masters who had obtained the pilot's permission controlled the descent of their drones. The mechanical clamp on the abdomen suddenly released the control, and the two Originium bombs fell.

【boom--】

【boom--】

The explosion threw the entire transport convoy into chaos. The Sakaz artillery couldn't hit here!

Violent explosions sounded one after another. The first batch of drones totaled a hundred, and they carried two hundred bombs. Even if the bomb delivery accuracy was not good enough and only half of the hits were hit, it would still cause tragic losses to the Victorians.

The leading truck carrying food was overturned by the explosion, and the smooth road was suddenly blocked.This was an entire convoy, and with the sudden attack, the drivers were so confused that they were unable to coordinate the new route quickly.

Facing the stationary convoy, Sakaz's mechanics decided to increase their efforts. The navigator modified the pre-departure regulations and lowered the combat altitude limit to 80 meters.

This time, the accuracy was even higher. A truck transporting ballista ammunition and grenades was unfortunately hit. The ammunition carried on it exploded in the explosion. The entire truck suddenly seemed to be torn apart and torn apart. .The ballista ammunition it loaded was activated by the high temperature, causing metal particles to scatter in all directions. The lives of the Victorians were being harvested by their own weapons at this moment.

A truck transporting wounded soldiers stopped because its driver had been killed by a ballista pellet and its fuel tank had a hole in it and fuel was leaking out.

The wounded soldiers tried their best to crawl out, because the direction of the fuel flow was a bombed truck, and the fierce flames in the wreckage had not yet extinguished!

Seeing those who could still crawl go away, the injured Victoria soldiers who were seriously injured and unable to get up could only lie in the carriage and cry.

【boom--】

The explosion drowned out everything.

"Oh hoo!!!"

"Hahaha!!!"

Looking at the scene on the ground, many weapon masters shouted excitedly, and the commander of the drone combat unit on the side asked.

“What is the status of the first batch of drones now?”

"They've basically started to return home."

After getting the answer, he nodded, "Very good, order the second batch to take off!"

Chapter 253 Drag

Facing Carters' fierce offensive, the film soldiers would still stand firm under the command of their officers even if the battle situation was severe.They believe in their fighting power and their weapons.

However, when each combat unit sent personnel to collect ammunition and supplies from the logistics unit, they found that there was nothing today!

"What's going on! Where's the ammunition!"

"Without the ammunition, this guy is just a stick!"

In the logistics supply department, nervousness enveloped the hearts of every combat unit officer and soldier.A person can still move without food, but the ballista in his hand is really useless without ammunition. So what if the Carters rush up again?Fighting with a bayonet!

"We don't know either. Today's supplies were not delivered."

Facing the surging crowd, the soldiers in the logistics unit had no choice. No supplies were delivered, and the little ammunition they carried with the team was all used up in one fell swoop.

The situation was reported to the superiors, and Victoria's regimental commanders and division commanders were also very nervous. There were tens of thousands of Kats and a certain number of Sakaz in front of their front, but the ammunition replenishment rate of the troops was actually less than one-third!This amount of supplies is not enough for defense, let alone launching an attack!

All kinds of inquiries came to Harold, and he was almost buried in the papers recording the messages.

"How is the search force doing?"

"They have spread out for 20 kilometers and still haven't found any trace."

Listening to the adjutant's answer, Harold covered his head with a headache.

"How is this possible! Victoria's most advanced individual drone control device has a maximum control range of only 14 kilometers. There must be no better one in Sakaz than us!"

The adjutant's face was also full of doubt, but he held the document in his hand and could only say: "The surviving members of the logistics force did say so. There were drones throwing explosives at them in the sky, and there were a lot of them. , a total of five batches were carried out, and the entire transportation line was paralyzed."

"Could it be that the people in the logistics unit were too nervous and misjudged it. It was actually an artillery shell?"

Duke Stafford on the side guessed and said: "The weapon masters are all in the infantry. They flew from behind the Sakaz infantry position to the head of our army's logistics troops. The straight-line distance is more than 30 kilometers. It is impossible for anyone to be able to do so." A drone flying such a distance. Even if the range is possible, it is beyond the control range."

"If it were artillery shells, the trouble would be even greater."

Harold pointed to the Sakaz artillery position sign in Eureka city and said: "This is the Sakaz artillery closest to us. They are 27 kilometers away from our logistics troops! If it is an artillery shell, it means Sakaz artillery. Kaz has an artillery with a range of 27 kilometers! It is already better than our field artillery! And..."

He took out the pictures of the bombardment site taken by the logistics troops from the drone, "Look at these explosion points, they are all densely distributed along the transportation. If it is caused by artillery shells, which country in Terra can achieve this accuracy in its artillery?" If the Sakaz Artillery can do this, the Victoria Artillery can be disbanded directly."

"Then what should we do?"

Duke Stafford asked after being silent for a while. He has been fighting for most of his life. He has fought against Ursus, Colombia, Letania, Casimir, and even the Victorians, but the situation in front of him has never been like this. appeared.

"Retreat. The street fighting in Eureka can no longer be fought."

"How can we retreat! We are Victoria! It would be a shame to retreat in front of the Carters!"

Harold directly refuted the Duke's suggestion, "At night, no matter what long-range attack method is, it will be ineffective at night. We can deliver ammunition supplies at night."

"But how to transport it?" Duke Stafford asked: "We lost not only the supplies, but also nearly a hundred trucks! These all have to be transported from Victoria!"

Harold's teeth clenched together tightly. He could not accept the option of retreat.

"Use people to transport, aren't there a lot of Carters! Let them move! Order the troops to temporarily retreat two kilometers and reorganize their positions! Also, order the destroyers to return to the combat order immediately!"

"But the destroyer's traveling mechanism is still under maintenance." The adjutant said quickly.

"That's just wear and tear! It's not broken! Let it return to combat order. This is an order, a general's order!"

Harold's eyes widened with anger. He couldn't afford to let Victoria's army lose the battle at his hands!

.........

At the Holy Castle of Ursus, Fiordo summoned Werther and some trusted officers and held a small meeting in his private study.

"Victoria retreated?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, Sakaz attacked their logistics supplies and caused quite serious losses. They had to temporarily retreat into a defensive posture."

Listening to the officer's report, Fyodor smiled on his face, and he felt comfortable when Victoria was uncomfortable.

"Victoria is in great disgrace now. Tens of thousands of troops were in such a mess at Rem Billiton, but Sakaz could actually fight like this with only 2 people in Victoria?"

A joke is a joke. Just because Victoria suffered a defeat does not mean that she is weak.The technical equipment in their hands was much better than that of Ursus, but how did Sakaz withstand the Victorians?

"Your Majesty, according to our observation, Sakaz seems to have a very novel method of building a defense line, which is not only fast but also saves materials."

"Oh? Tell me."

The officer took out a photo taken from a distance, on which half of the Sakaz soldier's body could be vaguely seen.

"They dug up the ground and hid in it. I consulted technicians who specialize in artillery damage, and they were amazed by the ability to build fortifications in situ, which can greatly reduce the damage of artillery. They suggested to us , let all infantrymen master this skill."

Fyodor took the photo and looked at it carefully. Although he didn't understand the mystery, he could let the soldiers dig a trench on the spot to have the same effect as a defensive wall. How much military expenses could be saved, he still thought You can tell.

"Sarkaz is really good."

Witte couldn't help but exclaimed in admiration. He had always wanted to set up intelligence personnel in Kazdale, but he had no way to start.It's not a particularly advanced reason, it's just that it's too backward.

The environment in Kazdare is harsh, and the residents are basically Sarkazi. There are only a handful of foreigners, and there are many infected people.If a foreigner who is not Sakaz suddenly takes up residence in Kazdaele, it basically means that I have a purpose written on my face. Without exception, I will be targeted by Sakaz's special work department.

As long as there is a small movement, it will be under control in less than an hour.

"In addition to digging trenches, the Sakaz people also intensively used drones. This is a very interesting topic. I hope that Your Majesty can allow the military to conduct similar demonstrations."

The military generals suggested: "At the same time, the large-scale use of long-range weapons carried out by Victoria and Sakaz is also a key point that needs attention. If this is indeed a feasible solution, then we must also form the same force as soon as possible, otherwise We will be at a disadvantage in terms of strength.”

Feodor all nodded in agreement with the thoughts of these war professionals, then looked at Werther and asked what he was most concerned about.

"What's going on inside Victoria?"

"Your Majesty, please rest assured that everything is as we expected. Victoria's rhythm has been disrupted."

Witte said with a smile, this is also the reason why they drove Sakaz to completely provoke the Rem Billiton incident.

A country, no matter how powerful it is, has limited resources after all, so everything will be given a priority to ensure that the most urgent things have relatively abundant resources.

Under normal circumstances, all countries will maximize their available surplus resources for military technology research, which forms an invisible race. However, this race has no competition rules. It is said that they must compete honestly and honestly.

Victoria's country was in chaos by the Tara people, and it had to deal with Colombia's growing military strength. The funds that could be used for technological development were greatly reduced.At this time, Sakaz was increasing the burden on Victoria's garrison at Rem Billiton, and Ursus was creating border friction, which undoubtedly dealt a heavy blow to the already severe funding for technological updates.

"We have compared the funding for the replacement of Victoria's ballistae. Compared with before Sakaz intervened in Rem Billiton, their local ballistae installation funding was less than a quarter of what it was before, and the progress was greatly delayed. And many Scientific research projects have also been suspended.”

The answer from the military intelligence department corroborated Werther's words, which made Fyodor very satisfied.

"Try to help Sakaz with intelligence so that Victoria won't be able to climb out of the quagmire for a while."

Chapter 254 A new business model

Except for a few safe areas, most of Terra's land is under threat and devastation from natural disasters. No matter what size of city people have built on the land, as long as the Source Stone natural disaster strikes, everything will turn into a combination of ore and ruins. .

In order to have a stable place to stay, the people of Terra built mobile cities in areas threatened by natural disasters.Taking their homes and important facilities away from natural disasters, the original land was abandoned over time, forming the large deserts that now exist between countries.