After completing a series of follow-up arrangements, Hetty left Gao Wen's room with the documents. For a while, only the slight hum of the ventilation system remained in the huge study room, until an uncoordinated breeze blew from behind, Gao Wen Wen Cai turned his head slightly: "You're late again."
"I was just here," Amber's figure emerged from near the window, and she said casually as she walked towards the desk, "but you and Hetty are talking about those things that make my head hurt. Rest outside for a while... "
Gawain glanced at this guy: "How about the matter I asked you to investigate?"
"As you expected, there are spies of Typhon among the peasants and craftsmen recruited near the White Sand Hills," Amber said with a slightly serious expression, "Their incubation period is longer than we imagined, and one of the carpenters has even been in the Eastern Territory I have lived here for twenty years, escaped the famine with the refugees in the east, built cities for the lord, and even joined the army and fought in battles. No one would dare to believe that a person who has lived here for twenty years would be a Typhonian—until I Some people caught him secretly using recording magic to collect information on mining machinery."
"...Maryland mentioned in the report that the Typhon people are not ignorant of our magic equipment. In addition to basic common sense, their aerial scouts can even remotely identify the flashes of the magic cannon when it is fired... This is It can only be done by observing the video data," Gao Wen said, "Ansu and Typhon have confronted each other for decades, and the infiltration of spies between each other has become the norm. Information out."
"There is no way. After all, it will take time for us to completely take over the Eastern Territory. A short period of chaos is enough for those 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 rely on These spies 'helped' complete the calculation, and the calculation is not bad," Amber curled her lips, "It's just that the spies we have investigated now must only account for a small part, and there are still many hidden in the sewer corners of the Eastern Territory, and they may even have followed Large-scale out-of-control refugees have entered the plains of the Holy Spirit..."
"This is the time for the Military Intelligence Bureau to play its role," Gao Wen 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 Military Intelligence Bureau officers. , but I believe in their ability."
"Don't worry, the people I have trained will never let you down in terms of making troubles and countering troubles," Amber raised the corners of her mouth triumphantly, then took a step forward, and put the thick stack of documents in her hand Put it on Gao Wen's desk, "Also, this is from Changfeng Fortress."
Gao Wen saw something in Amber's hand just now, and expected it to be a report, but he didn't expect that it was just a "one" report from Changfeng Fortress, and he was startled: "So thick?!"
Amber: "Neither did I think... it was a joint message from Maryland and Philip, God knows how much they wrote."
Gao Wen raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, lowered his head and opened the thick printout, his eyes scanned the neat letters on it, and after a while, he said in a low voice: "It's about the summary of the Paramel incident, and about Suggestions and reports on the strengths and weaknesses of the frontline defense and the magic army."
Amber was stunned for a moment, and approached the table curiously: "Huh?"
Gao Wen didn't care about Amber's approach, because as the chief of military intelligence, she had the authority to consult 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 information collected during the confrontation with Typhon before the East Territory, coupled with the information obtained from Maryland's follow-up investigation, Gawain finally understood more clearly what kind of characteristics and powers the "Legion of Extraordinary" created by Typhon had, and for the first time. For the first time, I learned the whole picture of the so-called "legion-level spells".
In short, it is an attack that allows mass-produced Transcendents to cast spells simultaneously, causing a large-scale magical resonance, superimposing and mutating the basic spell models to the limit. In essence, it is still a part of "spell-casting skills". This kind is an extension of traditional extraordinary skills, but in terms of expression, it has completely surpassed the framework of the old army, and even... can produce a power similar to that of Cecil's Magical Legion.
Taking the Iron River Knights as an example, the Typhon Empire trained thousands of superhumans from an early age, only allowing them to master basic skills such as knight charge, concentration halo, and body protection aura. The breath-like instinct of the extraordinary, coupled with the adjustment crystals worn by each knight for further stability and "resonance", the entire knight group can create a powerful "resonance domain" during combat—this resonance "domain", It is the legion combat technique (spell) of the Iron River Knights.
In the resonance domain, magic power enveloped the entire Knights, and could generate a huge unstable energy field called "thermal energy cone" on the attack path. Judging from the description, Gawain believed that it might be an extremely terrifying sea of plasma —The Knights of the Iron River can directly hit this ball of high-energy plasma on the shield of the fortress. If it is a smaller fortress, it may only take a moment for the entire shield to be overloaded and extinguished.
Similarly, the magician group of the Typhons can also release similar spells—and as specialized spell-casting units, their offensive methods will be more diverse. When the two armies confront each other, they can conduct large-scale coverage bombing, Together, they can also create massive thunderstorms or focused energy like a rainbow cannon.
In the face of such an army of extraordinary people, the traditional, closed defense fortress is extremely fragile.
The earliest experimental Legion of Transcendents of the Typhons was formed a few years ago. At that time, it was Duke Silas Loren who guarded the Fortress of Long Wind. Because the resonance technology and legion training of the Typhons were not perfect at that time, it caused their The combat intention was exposed during the energy storage stage. At that time, Duke Silas made a decisive decision, relying on more than a dozen waves of knights to charge in a specific wave in turn, coupled with a large number of magicians who continued to counterattack with long-range magic, they interrupted the actions of the Typhons. , and the combat records of that time are still kept in the archives of Changfeng Fortress.
Just as the two rainbow cannons broke through the shield of the Rock Fortress in the past, the Typhon Extraordinary Legion of the same era is also shaking the status of the traditional fortress.
On the earth, the classical castle is sadly withdrawn under such circumstances.
However, in this world, due to the existence of shield technology and magic net technology, the large-scale fortress that can accommodate massive infrastructure is not so easy to withdraw from the battlefield—after all, when facing forces other than "super weapons", when Fortresses with shields and self-sustaining capabilities are still essential in the face of natural disasters like the Devil's Tide. On the other hand, as long as the shield technology develops further, even in the face of extraordinary legions or magical heavy artillery, the traditional fortress can still return to its important position.
Under this premise, Maryland proposed to Gao Wen 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 operations", and with subsequent road construction and material and armament gaps filled, they will be perfected into continuous military strongholds, and sufficient long-range firepower will be set up at each stronghold. The main line of defense is formed together with the Changfeng Fortress through a cross-fire network. At the same time, each depot also has the functions of alerting, supplying, and maintaining backup communication lines to ensure smooth intelligence, responsiveness, and strong survivability of the defense line.
The second step is to take advantage of the clear roads between the military depots to ensure several mobile troops 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 patrol in Changfeng Fortress before. The cavalry came to deal with the "detour" of the Typhon people, but since there was no supplementary military station, its role was very limited, and it could only deal with the Typhon army in the past. The important thing is that they have already mastered the technology of magic guided vehicles, and their army's maneuverability may make a breakthrough at any time, so it is essential to deploy defenses at the border in advance.
And in the third step, even Gao Wen was surprised by Maryland's suggestion—
The former commander of Panshi proposed to establish a "railway defense belt".
"... We can use Changfeng Fortress as the core, build several railways in the north-south direction, connect all the military stations and border garrison points, and let multiple armed trains run on the tracks to ensure that mobile firepower can support the border at any time. At any point... Typhon's extraordinary army is a huge threat to fixed fortresses, but its effect on moving armed trains will be greatly reduced...
"Considering the high cost of the Iron Throne, it is not realistic to set up several rows of Iron Thrones on a border. We can build simpler armed trains—we can use a mine-type car body, reduce the number of arsenal sections and delivery sections, and cancel 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 kill 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 safety of the line of defense communication..."
Gao Wen slowly put down the report in his hand, and sighed softly: "...we found a treasure in the Rock Fortress."
Amber doesn't know much about war, but at least after being by Gao Wen's side for several years, she can also understand the things mentioned in the report. After deducing it in her mind, the chief of military intelligence's eyes slowly Slowly opened his eyes wide: "Oh my god... If this set of things is really built, the Typhon people will use their heads to attack the line of defense... This is the so-called 'ultimate line of defense'?"
"There is no ultimate tactic in the world. The art of war always develops in offense and defense. The Typhon people may one day find a way to counter the mobile defense network, but more advanced defense concepts will always follow," Gao Wen shook. 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 the fortress, Maryland's plan has almost reached the limit that Cecil's engineering capabilities and technical strength can achieve. The traditional Changfeng Fortress is still an important structure of the defense line, but it has changed from the only core to one. Important nodes, take on more roles as command centers, logistics centers, and front-line industrial centers, and a mobile defense network established under modern transportation and communication conditions can further amplify the advantages of the Magical Legion to make up for the current Sisi The shortcoming that the number of Seoul border troops is still insufficient.
What is even more commendable is that Maryland also considered cost saving in the process - he noticed the problem of excess firepower of the Iron Throne when facing infantry units, and the simplified version of the armed train he proposed would greatly reduce the financial pressure of the Cecil Empire .
After all, rebuilding, remodeling, and construction all over the country cost money. If Gao Wen started to build seven or eight Iron Thrones at this time, Hetty would probably jump off the bank of the White Water River...
Of course, even with optimizations in this area, the mobile defense plan proposed by Maryland still requires a high cost to realize, but Gao Wen is very clear about one thing: everything can be saved, except education and national defense. Province.
The former determines how high a country can reach after a hundred years, and the latter determines whether a country can survive a hundred years later.
Gao Wen turned a page—there was more content in this thick report.
In the back, he found Philip's full report on the horror night at Paramer Heights, with a few pages of lessons learned.
"... the successful withdrawal of Typhon's troops could have been avoided due to inexperience and our army's inability to fully utilize the Iron Throne, but we missed our opportunity.
"There was a problem with the coordination between armored trains and fixed land positions, and there was a problem with intelligence sharing with the Changfeng Defense Line, so that the information from several observation posts on the Paramer Heights could not be sent to the Iron Throne in time-although the above observation posts did not The whereabouts of Typhon's troops were discovered, but there is indeed a situation where the intelligence is not smooth.
"Our army's reconnaissance methods in bad weather conditions are insufficient - the Typhons were able to spot the Iron Throne, but several of our observers failed to detect the reconnaissance of the Typhons. Traditional Griffin Riders can hardly take off in bad weather, Eagle eye, telescope, etc. are greatly affected by weather conditions...
"... It is suggested to develop an observation device with the effect of detecting life, and it is suggested to add a function similar to a 'magic monitoring tower' to the Iron Throne, so as to timely sense the extraordinary units or traps hidden nearby.
"We need aerial reconnaissance methods other than the Griffon Knight as a supplement. The existing Griffin Knight has reached its limit and cannot carry more protective equipment to deal with extreme weather, nor can it carry more weapons. Only The self-defense armed forces of the Typhons are no match for the army of the Typhons... ”