Resurrection Empire-Chapter 932 - 359: Notebook
The original Starfire Army's Fourth and Fifth Armies, now the well-trained First Army of the East Expedition, delivered a devastating lesson to the Seven Towns Alliance with a thoroughly refreshing new style of warfare.
The Starfire Army taught these ragtag groups, who had only ever fought mindless beast tides, what the killing power of a regular army really meant.
First, the Starfire Army used pinpoint strikes more powerful than city defense cannons, frantically plowing through and continuously eliminating the opponent's defensive firepower.
The intelligence work done by the agent organization in the early stages was very thorough. After two rounds of covered strikes, almost all defensive equipment, whether openly displayed on the walls or hidden in the buildings behind them, was largely eliminated.
Next, a number of mid-to-high rank forces, including that Heavy Equipment Warrior, advanced to the base of the city walls.
During this process, the rear was supported by Yujin's long-range sniper group and Wen Lei's artillery group, who unleashed their full firepower to suppress the remaining enemy long-range forces on the city walls.
Subsequently, the forward agent team began using the directional high-explosive bombs developed by Qian Wangshen, Liu Sisi, and others to break through the city walls, followed by a full-scale army assault.
The Starfire Army advanced steadily as a mountain, and when launching an offensive, they struck like thunder.
Even without the help of EMP missiles and even with the assistance of the defending army's equipment, the stalemate between both sides lasted no more than ten minutes.
At the moment when the sharply skilled warriors like Wang Qiao, Ma Xiaoling, and Bai Feng first ascended the city walls, there was a massive outbreak of mutiny within the defending forces.
Many threw down their weapons and ran; some, having family in the Third Army of the East Expedition, simply switched sides on the spot, changing roles.
Of course, there were also many professionals who were originally discontent with the Seven Towns Alliance and defected even faster, having been forced into the war.
The Seven Towns Alliance hadn't had the chance to install remote-controlled bombs in these cannon fodders, and they lacked the resolute determination to fight to the death.
Moreover, the East Expedition Army's public trials of wrongdoers in the first three towns, along with the promotion of welfare policies, deeply won over the people.
With the covert propaganda from insider spies, these messages had already spread throughout the town.
The complete collapse of the defenders, whose battle morale was practically zero, happened in an instant.
Just over twenty minutes later, Zheng Tian led the army to slowly maneuver a disabled low-altitude airship through the tall city gates and into a parking area.
The unit led by Yuan Qinh arrived slightly slower than Zheng Tian, but still breached the city in under ten minutes more.
Having addressed the affairs in Chongyi County, Ren Zhong returned to Starfire Town and stood with his hands in his pockets on the rooftop of his villa, gazing distantly at the two rapidly ascending transport airships in the distance.
A calm smile adorned his face. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖
He wasn't particularly pleased with the swift progress of the battle, but rather, he finally saw more substantial growth in many of his subordinates.
He only provided Zheng Tian and others with some vague ideas and left a few "famous sayings" to sway their hearts.
However, the specifics of plan execution were entirely entrusted to Zheng Tian and others.
Upon previously receiving reports and discovering Zheng Tian executing with such high efficiency using the technological background of Source Star, Ren Zhong himself was somewhat surprised.
He had intended to proceed in this manner, but hadn't expected Zheng Tian to act so quickly, let alone see such cooperation from the wild people everywhere.
It can only be said that regardless of the era or cultural background, humanity's obsession with fairness remains deeply rooted and unbroken.
The wild people had grown accustomed to being oppressed, ruled, and enslaved without resistance, simply because they couldn't manage to fight back.
Now, he had destroyed the "Net," stood up to open a vent for the world's resistance, and gathered people's hopes for the future upon himself, providing them with enough security and expectation of success. The suppressed will quietly gathered into a vast sea, expanding rapidly in a surge.
Previously, Ren Zhong's actions were, of course, extremely dangerous, even more perilous than Ying Hao's previous institutional changes.
But now, the "Divine Status" of the Nine Frozen Elders has shattered, and Ying Hao and Ma Xiaocheng, two genuine figures of authority on Source Star, have become Ren Zhong's backers, each supporting him for different reasons. He finally can fully extend his capabilities.
"The repair team is expected to arrive in about two hours. This time, we will also specially strengthen the power units and launch silos of the combat airships. I've also redeployed some elites from the First Army of Starfire to accompany the mission; these people will take on defensive roles. Our airships should not be easily destroyed in the future."
