novelraw #210 - Section 210
#210 - Section 210
The Sea Country genuinely needs the Empire's help right now.
Recently, the Naga Empire purchased the newest batch of equipment through the Terra Kingdom, boosting their combat power significantly.
The Sea Country's situation is deteriorating, and the frontlines are on the verge of collapse.
Under such circumstances, even if Prince Shark wanted to continue lying flat, he couldn't keep pretending to be asleep when his palace was practically on fire.
Adding to that the threat from his fourth brother, he had to show some resolve, both for the sake of the country and for his own sake.
Thinking about the money he owed the Empire and the penalties that would be triggered if he couldn't repay it, Shark felt utterly helpless.
Like drinking poison to quench thirst, he knew he was jumping into a fire pit to get help, but he had no choice.
If the Sea Country could weather this storm and the reinforcements he brought could turn the tide, his position as heir would be secure, and his fourth brother's title of 'God of War' wouldn't be so unique.
In a declining empire like the Sea Country, the so-called God of War title was highly inflated, just because he had won a few battles.
It was all because Dorr's mother's family had allocated a large number of elite troops to Dorr, allowing him to win a few easy victories with numerical superiority, which was then exaggerated.
Now, facing the main force of the Naga, Dorr was also entangled and suppressed by the Naga, retreating steadily.
He was barely managing to avoid a complete collapse, but if reinforcements didn't arrive soon, collapse would be inevitable.
Frontline.
Dorr, the commander-in-chief, was extremely surprised by the news that his elder brother, the Crown Prince, had returned, bringing reinforcements to the frontlines.
"Heh, this good-for-nothing thinks military merit is so easy to come by?" Dorr thought expressionlessly, feeling it was time to watch his elder brother the Crown Prince make a fool of himself.
Chapter 187: From Harvester to Reaper
In terms of heritage, the Sea Country, a former ruler of the entire ocean, definitely surpassed the Naga race by far.
The Naga were originally just a vassal of the Merfolk, but after the Sea Country switched its allegiance to the God of Knowledge, they stubbornly retained their faith in the Sea God.
Because the Sea God Derya had the image of a Naga, they naturally gained the favor of the Naga Empire.
The God of Knowledge didn't interfere in internal affairs, and everything in the church had a clear price tag, truly implementing the exchange of benefits to the end, which only looked good on the surface but actually greatly reduced support for the Sea Country.
The Sea God Derya was different; she was very active, diligently managing the church, and her attitude towards believers was more responsible than the other gods.
With this ebb and flow, coupled with the Merfolk's own laziness, the end result was the rise of the Naga Empire, constantly nibbling away at territory.
The current battle was initiated by Nicole, the Holy Maiden of the Derya Church, with the aim of helping the Naga Empire break through the Merfolk Sea Country's blockade, gain a landing exit, and then verify the information from the Green Vine Empire.
The information that Nalinear wanted was not something that simple espionage could provide; moreover, espionage activities within the Empire were extremely difficult, and the true and false news was mind-boggling.
To truly complete Nalinear's mission, it was necessary to conduct war to verify a series of conjectures and obtain sufficient information about the Empire's regular troops, subordinate experts, and weapons and equipment.
The Holy Maiden was an absolutely devout believer and had always been taught and protected by the Sea God, so her fighting will was very firm, and the Naga were happy to bully the declining Sea Country.
If the Merfolk had not had enough vassals, and their land area was still four times that of the Naga, the Merfolk would have been unable to hold on.
Speaking of which, it was quite a ridiculous scene: the dignified Merfolk Sea Country, which had dominated the seabed for tens of thousands of years, was now being crazily beaten by a country that was only half their strength on paper, truly a decline.
The Naga were originally good at fighting and daring to fight, and now with the weapons and equipment supported by the Empire, their combat power had directly increased exponentially, biting off a large chunk of the Merfolk's territory.
They were about to completely penetrate and obtain the landing point they had been longing for.
Speaking of which, the Sea Country didn't know the Naga's true purpose.
If they knew that the Naga's strategic goal in this battle was to seize a landing point and then go to the Green Vine Empire to cause trouble, they would definitely beat drums and gongs, and happily send them off to kick the iron plate.
But the Naga Empire disdained to explain and would not willingly borrow the road, so they simply started the war neatly.
This was to fulfill the divine will, and the Naga with extremely high faith were extremely motivated.
The second batch of equipment sent by Tasika made them even more powerful, making Prince Dorr curse every day.
The first batch of equipment received by the Naga was mainly standard weapons and magic equipment, which mainly improved the individual strength of professionals, allowing the Naga to arm more powerful people and play a sharp role in capturing cities and fortresses.
The second batch of equipment happened to coincide with the Empire's replacement of second-generation magic crystal machinery, so the replaced old equipment was slightly modified and sold to the Naga.
Although it was second-hand and much of it was converted from agricultural use to military use, the power of machinery on the battlefield was fully verified for the first time.
Among them, the biggest impact on the Sea Country's army was the Rabbit Harvester.
These heavy agricultural machines, which once roamed the vast plains of state-owned farms, left countless sweat... and oil heroes for the Empire's people to have enough to eat.
At the same time, it was also the first-generation model of the manned magic golem that the Eternal Night Empress had been thinking about after its successful trial production.
It's just that the function was a bit different from what the Eternal Night Empress expected.
In the past, a common scene in Maple Spirit Moonshadow Palace was the Eternal Night Empress lying lazily on the bed, trimming her nails, and asking: "Little Jiezi, is my manned golem ready yet?"
"It's being made, it's being made," Roger would always answer.
And when it was finally completed and the Eternal Night Empress was invited to visit, the Empress's expression was quite distorted.
The lower half of the fifteen-meter-high steel giant was a tracked design, and the burly upper half had two arms, but the parts that should have been palms were general-purpose interfaces, which could be replaced with chainsaws, harvesting kits, plow tow ropes, and other agricultural implements.
The head was not the angular steel face she had imagined, but a pink rabbit head with two long ears sticking out—
A series of sensors were mounted on it, which could greatly improve harvesting efficiency and avoid damaging precious rice.
"Is this the equipment you said could arm all the people of the Empire?" The Eternal Night Empress looked at a row of these things and was extremely angry.
She had spent so many gold coins, invested so many magicians, and waited so long, only to see a bunch of agricultural machinery?
So, this is actually a plan to liberate the耕牛 (耕牛 means oxen, here refers to agricultural labor) , right?
"Your Majesty, don't worry, the people of the Empire must first be full before they have the strength to build a decisive weapon for you, right?"
Roger smiled and asked the Rabbit Harvester to show its strength, and the scene instantly became a mix of dust and wood chips, and rice and chainsaws.
The combination of magic and technology has greatly improved manufacturing accuracy, and the automatic control system is also very powerful.
The most important thing is that the magic crystal energy output is sufficient and stable.
So whether it is harvesting or logging and processing wood, or deep plowing and planting on permafrost, these fifteen-meter-high Rabbit Harvesters, which weigh as much as a main battle tank, can easily complete it with their 8,000 horsepower output.
The operators inside were all skilled royal guards who quickly became familiar with the operation of this magic crystal machinery. The tracked climbing and off-road performance was very stable, and the two arms were very flexible. The power to crack monuments and split rocks made them feel extremely satisfied.
Is this what a legendary warrior is like?
Looking at the dusty farming scene, the Eternal Night Empress's face finally eased slightly.
These things are fast and flexible when they rush up. They can use chainsaws to harvest infantry, replace them with lances to charge against cavalry, or equip them with the Empire's newly developed magic crystal machine guns. They should have good results, right?
As long as the energy output is sufficient, even iron lumps can create infinite possibilities!
As she expected, Roger later showed the effect of the Rabbit Harvester after it was equipped with combat modules.
However, she still saw traces of crudeness in those proportionally enlarged equipment, which may have been rushed out last night!
"This thing of yours is simply customized for the farm, and the military module was created to perfunctorily fool me, right?"
"Your Majesty, recuperate and rejuvenate, we are recuperating and rejuvenating, you must consider people's livelihood..."
Someone who misappropriated military expenses, used the best magicians, and then made an otherworld tractor was justified.
The Eternal Night Empress couldn't help but roll her eyes. There was really no way to take someone, but she asked in detail about the development technical indicators of the next generation of manned golems.
Miniaturization to within three meters, harder shell, high magic resistance, bionic spider legs, weapon platforms including lasers, explosions, etc....
Listening to these indicators, the Eternal Night Empress finally felt relieved.
Although it is not a super-large decisive weapon, the various indicators sound like heavy infantry that can be used in various complex battlefields.
So she approved it.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Roger smiled mysteriously, celebrating the successful covert operation of his long-awaited mining golem.
Miniaturization is convenient for drilling holes, hard shell and high magic resistance can adapt to various extreme environments, bionics adapts to various terrains, lasers, explosions, etc. are used for mountain opening and sampling...
In short, everything is for mining services.
With those crazy magicians, the update speed of these magic crystal machines is very fast. After only half a year of use, the second generation Rabbit Harvester has been fully updated.
Ten thousand horsepower, greatly reduced size, more precise operation, and truly has legs...
So the old generation was eliminated. Coincidentally, it was to support the Naga, so the tracks were converted into propellers, the cockpit was changed to a shape suitable for the Naga, and then a standard high-voltage arc generator...
The completely steel structure is a Faraday cage, and the ultra-high voltage itself can be guaranteed to be safe.
With the help of water, a good conductor, high-voltage electric fish is a very efficient AOE attack method.
So these agricultural harvesters formed a new mechanized corps in the Naga's battle sequence: Thunderous Retribution.
When Roger exported the machine, he changed the name of the Rabbit Harvester to Thunderous Reaper by the way.
Enough horsepower, swims fast enough, and uses arcs like Thor descending to fight, plus thick skin and thick flesh, the Thunderous Retribution, a total of three thousand Thunderous Reapers, will bring fatal panic to the Sea Country's defense line every time they attack.
Not only is the damage extremely high, but the insult is also extremely strong. No matter how much spicy rabbit head you eat, you can't make up for the morale being defeated by these pink-painted iron bumps.
Dorr was almost annoyed to death by this mechanical corps that the Naga didn't know where to get it!
Now the only two ways for the Sea Country to fight against the Thunderous Retribution Corps are to use large-scale magic to suppress them, or to rely on fortresses to prevent them from attacking infantry clusters.
But the magician's magic power has an end, and the fortress will also be removed by the enemy. As long as they can't find a way to paralyze these iron bumps on a large scale, even a peerless general can't save the Sea Country's retreating defense line.
On the other hand, the Naga are much more arrogant. They have summarized the tactics of: Thunderous Reapers attracting firepower in front, and subsequent infantry slowly advancing around the Thunderous Reaper.
With just one group of thunder pits, they have the infantry-tank coordination of the Eternal Night World, completing the technological generation difference crushing of the Sea Country.
The Black Shark Fortress, where the main force of the Sea Country is now gathered, is also the last permanent military fortress of the Sea Country in this direction, away from the coastline.
If this is lost again, a large area of the Sea Country's hinterland will be opened to the Naga, so heavy troops have been transferred to defend it, and the Royal Magician Corps has also moved here.
Only then did the defense line stabilize.
"My Crown Prince brother is preparing to take the initiative to attack?" Dorr, the fourth prince of the Sea Country, is a tall and heroic merman with three red lines on his tail.
"Yes, he requested the cooperation of the Central Army."
"Oh?" Dorr touched his chin and showed a sneer, "Tell them that we will launch a feint attack to cover their actions and attract the enemy's attention."
"Your Highness, do you really want to cooperate with that waste?" His adjutant shouted dissatisfiedly.
This is Dorr's aunt, a fish-beauty with a huge fish head, a graceful waist, and slender legs.
There are two genotypes of mermaids in this world, one is a human head and a fish tail, and the other is a fish head and human legs. The two characteristics are randomly inherited and are considered mermaids.
Over the long period of time, they have also cultivated their aesthetics. Face control and leg control can only choose one, which may be the eternal pain in the hearts of lsp.
Unless you can marry a bunch of wives.
"Cooperate? No, this is to let him test the enemy's true means for us." Dorr said in a deep voice, "The Naga Empire's attack this time has only exposed the Thunderous Reapers, but what if they have other new equipment? What if that Holy Maiden has obtained new divine arts? We have to guard against them, and this will have to be tested by the Crown Prince brother for us."
As soon as these words came out, everyone suddenly realized.
The mass-produced manned golems like the Thunderous Reapers are very powerful, there are so many of them that they are a headache, and they are extremely flexible, which has brought them many troubles.
However, after one battle after another, Dorr and his staff have also thought about ways to crack it.
The reason why they haven't acted is because they are worried that if they crack this trick, the enemy will show a more terrible trump card and catch them off guard.
It just so happened that Shark brought the equipment purchased from the Green Vine Empire to support the battlefield, and Dorr was going to let him try how hard the iron plate was.
"A prisoner who returns to the country with military equipment may have been bought as an imperial spy long ago. Now it's time to see his ingredients!"
Dorr's aunt chuckled, "If the Naga are too heavy-handed, if something happens to our Crown Prince, I'm afraid the Queen will cry too late..."
Shark is unpromising, his mother's combat power is still very strong, and she has caused a lot of trouble to the Fourth Prince's line, and the hatred is full.
So an offensive initiated by the Sea Country, with truth and falsehood difficult to distinguish, was arranged in this way.
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A narrow and long trench, the location where Prince Shaq's detachment was stationed.
After their arrival, the camp on the back of the giant whale was quickly set up. At the same time, the separated bodies of the base coral were unfrozen and planted on the seabed, and then the first batch of "plankton predators" were released.
These fish, which look like whale sharks, are just worker bee-like units, despite their large size. They feed on plankton and small fish and shrimps, and then carry the collected excess organic matter back to the base coral.
The fish swarm was naturally summoned with the help of the sea tribe.
In the resource-rich ocean, obtaining organic matter is too easy. As large schools of fish arrived, those scattered corals grew wildly.
They first expanded in width until their bases were connected, forming a forest-like canopy that blotted out the sky, darkening the entire trench. Then, they began to grow in height.
Visibility was blocked by the coral forest. Margaret, who had to rely on artificial lighting at the bottom of the trench, couldn't help but feel a little uneasy: "Goodness, the way these corals grow gives me the creeps. And it's only been a few hours—"