Him and their stars

"Tsk. It's actually here!" Looking at the meteor shower falling to the ground, Yu Lian couldn't help but sigh.

With his current eyesight, he could certainly see that those were not meteorites falling from the sky, but orbital drop capsules that were breaking through the atmosphere at extremely high speeds.

However, although the momentum of hundreds of meteorites falling at the same time was huge, it was still lacking in the eyes of experts. Judging from the parameters of the "LC3 Poison Dart Frog" orbital drop capsule now mainstream in the empire, it can lower at most four hundred military-powered mechas at once.

Think about the Seventh Galactic War, not to mention the flesh-and-blood grinding mill between the two great powers. It's just a battle for the planet between some second- and third-tier countries. When they land, it's not an overwhelming scene like a world-destroying catastrophe. If there were less than 100,000 people when the first wave landed, I would be embarrassed to say hello to anyone.

Four hundred mechas, to put it bluntly, are just four hundred people. What is enough for them? Don't forget, what they have to face is a fully equipped Panzergrenadier division with 12,000 people operating a position for a week.

Yu Lian felt that Marshal Este was far from the stage of Alzheimer's disease. Although the imperial soldiers who were deeply educated in militarism were happy to hear the war, their officers never lacked brains. Then there is only one explanation...the ones on those landing pods must be heraldic machines.

Yes, it would be a suicide for hundreds of ordinary soldiers to attack the defense line of a reorganized garrison, but if these hundreds of people were all extraordinary, it would be another matter.

Four hundred Astral Knights? No, even if there are only two or three hundred people, that should be more than half of Blue's extraordinary power. They really used it on this remote planet!

As for why a relatively fragile landing cabin is used instead of a faster assault landing ship with a thicker bow and its own drill and disintegration stance, it is obviously because it has other uses! It was obviously to save energy for the next surprise attack on the Lion's Den Fortress.

Once he figured this out, Yu Lian couldn't help but spit: "Damn it, wasn't it all what I said?"

"Yes, you are indeed right! Junior brother is so good at predicting the enemy!" Tantai Jing just started to praise, and then he discovered something was wrong: "Well, why do you feel that you are more surprised than me?"

"This is because I didn't expect them to land directly in orbit!" Yu Lian quickly smiled and explained bravely: "Didn't General Kebed's 12th Division take over all deep space exploration in low-Earth orbit? A device? Didn’t you discover it in advance? This is being ridiculed!"

Yu Lian knew that Brigadier General Kebede's 12th Garrison Division not only took over all the orbiting detection instruments on the Sarna planet, but also activated the automatic orbital defense artillery arrays that had not been activated for a century. If the blue team's landing fleet really arrives, it will be hit by fierce artillery fire before it reaches an altitude where orbital airdrop can be carried out.

Although the Astral Knights wearing heraldic machines are capable of carrying a sword, they are most vulnerable when they are in the landing bay or assault landing ship. Even those elite knights with three levels and above who can defeat thousands of knights will die without a burial if they are hit by an energy shell or missile directed at a battleship in outer space. Even if they were covered with a layer of heraldry machine, it would not be able to keep their lives alive for a while longer.

Therefore, according to Yu Lian's original thinking, even if the Knights were to launch an airborne strike on the Sarna planet, they should have the warships clear the outer space defense artillery array in low-Earth orbit, and then conduct several rounds of orbital bombing , only then will the airborne landing be carried out.

But in this way, the artillery battle that occurs first in outer space will inevitably attract the attention of the defenders on the ground, and there will be no surprise in the attack.

"Perhaps the blue side has adopted some special skills to bully the enemy?" Tantai Jing said with a smile: "After all, they are all young elites of the Astral Knights. They cannot all be addicted to brute force. You and them Having fought against each other, I should feel better."

"Indeed." Yu Lian nodded, thinking that not only had I fought against them, but I had also fought against them as adults in the future. If nothing else, at least Viscount Shameen is by no means a reckless man who prides himself on his strength. Although he does possess the most outstanding talent for martial arts among the younger generation of the empire, he has never been addicted to martial arts. The much-anticipated young genius of the Galactic Empire is actually a young, old-fashioned, cautious type by nature. This can be seen from his behavior of always avoiding battle during the War God Festival.

In the future, it will evolve into an old coin that can use off-board moves but will never do anything.

Thinking about it carefully, if Shameen leads the fleet, Yu Lian will not be surprised if he disguises the fleet as a garbage ship and then suddenly cuts into low-Earth orbit.

Of course, Brigadier General Kebede is worthy of being one of the famous generals who will leave a reputation in the future. Since he has such a comment as "a super first-class division commander", his training and command of his subordinates are naturally very strong.

Less than thirty seconds after the piercing siren sounded, almost all the soldiers had already entered their respective positions. They were clearly renovating the fortifications an hour ago, but they almost seamlessly switched to combat status. Yu Lian was indeed impressed by the quality of the imperial army's armored grenadiers.

Intense anti-aircraft fire began to fire towards Zan. Of course, the energy output of these weapons has been adjusted to the exercise mode, and there is not much damage to military armor, but at least the sound and light effects can still be guaranteed. As a result, Yu Lian and his senior brothers could see dense beams of light rising from the ground and hitting the "shooting stars" in the sky, like raindrops of light. At that moment, the world seemed to be upside down.

There are even more spectacular scenes. The torrent of energy turned into ions, as if the earth was waving its fist and hitting the sky.

Yu Lian knew that it was an anti-aircraft gun used to attack low-Earth orbit. Obviously, they have discovered the location of the opponent's warship.

And almost at the same moment, the metal building, which was more than 300 meters high and looked like a TV station, seemed to turn into a huge bracket, spreading a shield like ripples of light on the zenith. It's like a huge light umbrella.

It was a planetary shield, covering an area that could cover a metropolis. It was of course designed to prevent the enemy from carrying out orbital bombing.

Yu Lian thought that if it were him, he would not throw out the landing module as soon as he entered low-Earth orbit. Instead, he would have fired dozens of neutron bombs to check the status. How could he open up the planet's shield to the enemy? What about shield time?

Of course, he just thought about it casually. You know, the position of the 12th Garrison Division is right next to Crystal City, which has a population of 500,000. If civilians are really affected, it may affect the final score of the exercise.

In addition, since the purpose of the Blue Knights is to seize the rare strategic resources in the military-controlled warehouse on the outskirts of Crystal City, they do not dare to carry out orbital bombing rashly.

In short, we have to see the results of their surprise attack.

Yu Lian observed the trajectory of the landing craft and quickly judged that most of them would land right in front of the 12th Division's defense area, that is, in the wilderness between Crystal City and the abandoned factory area on the outskirts.

He couldn't help but frown. He didn't think this was a smart decision. If it were him, he would definitely choose the location of the airborne landing directly on the position of the 12th Division. Although they would inevitably suffer more severe blows and suffer considerable losses during the landing, since they all chose to directly airborne for a surprise attack, time should be their top priority.

The position of the 12th Division happened to be located next to the warehouse area.

Of course, it is not allowed to just sit in the space capsule and smash it into the warehouse. The military supplies inside also include a considerable amount of explosive dust, which is a very unstable chemical additive. If a spark is accidentally wiped out, everyone can enjoy a magnificent mushroom cloud up close.

Therefore, the position closest to their target in a straight line is the position of the 12th Division.

Moreover, if you directly airborne into the position, although you will be subject to concentrated fire, it will be worth it once the landing is successful. No matter what, extraordinary people must be better at disrupting chaos than ordinary people. With the abilities of the Astral Knights, the performance of the Imperial Crimson Heraldic Machine, and the use of the Four Elephants tactics to kill each squad as a combat unit, it might be possible to completely defeat the 12th Division in less than an hour.

So, is there something that distorts their judgment and forces them to make such a judgment?

Yu Lian's eyes passed through the translucent light screen, looking at the busy enemy position, and nodded thoughtfully.

"The domain developed by Count Seliora has the function of spiritual bait?" Yu Lian asked.

The so-called spiritual bait, to put it bluntly, is to use the bonus of a large-scale spiritual energy array to create false spiritual energy fluctuations in a field to interfere with the enemy's judgment.

"I'm not sure, but I guess there should be." Looking at Yu Lian's expression, Tantai Jing was very pleased and said with a smile: "You said it yourself, the goal of those young knights is to seize the rare treasures in the military warehouse. Military supplies, instead of annihilating the Twelfth Division. There should be some zero elements there, right? Then just simulate a similar psychic field. If the Knights feel that the Twelfth Division has transferred important supplies from the suburban warehouse area to the city area, so of course we can only launch a direct attack on their frontal defense area."

This possibility is very high. The future pillars of the dignified Astral Knights can't sit in a landing craft and smash the houses of ordinary people in Crystal City, right? Although they don't know the reality of the world, up to now, the Blue Army Knights probably don't know that Count Seriola has arrived in Sarna, so it is difficult to consider that it is a scam.

"I have said it before, little junior brother, it is definitely more meaningful to see how a psychic master known as a saint leads an army of ordinary people than to watch the battles of the psychics themselves."

Yu Lian agreed with the other party's opinion. However, the eldest brother, the second-generation head of the Spiritual Research Association, has been emphasizing the abilities of "mortals" here, which makes Yu Lian feel very close to him.

"Major Poppas must have different opinions. He chose to come here just to witness the practical value of the so-called four-image tactic." Yu Liandao.

Major Poppas has followed General Griffith and the others into the ruins and has not yet returned. If he misses this scene, he will probably regret it for the rest of his life. Yu Lian decided to send him a message first, and then bring him some buns, milk, eggs, etc. from the canteen to wait for him to eat when he came back.

Tantai Jing said: "Isn't this a tactic you developed? Aren't you interested?"

Yu Lian really wanted to be interested, but after all, this was a tactic that had been proven in actual combat. He already knew what kind of effect it could achieve and what kind of power it could exert.

In comparison, he was more concerned about how far the elite 12th Division could compete with the Knights due to Count Seliola's domain bonus.

Speaking of which, it is indeed a pity that General Griffith is not here. Although this commander of the Iron Army Complex is a cultural person and a robot nerd, after all, he has lived for such a long time and has experience in commanding an army, so he is still very knowledgeable. Being able to discuss it live with him will definitely gain a lot, right?

However, the Pallarian general still took it for granted that he was here for archeology, and that his status as a military observation group was just a side job.

...Well, speaking of it, the position of the Twelfth Division, the observation post in Crystal City, and the remains of the coordination robot factory are exactly in the shape of a triangle. The central field is the main landing place for the knights.

I hope the battle here will not affect General Griffith and his team's archaeological work.

At this time, the barrage launched into the sky had already bloomed with thousands of rays of light in the "meteor shower" that was getting closer and closer to the ground, illuminating the sky for hundreds of miles.

According to the exercise settings, several landing pods should have been destroyed, along with the heraldic aircraft inside.

Haha, it would be interesting if Shameen's ship was shot down. From ancient times to the present, in gang jumping or landing battles, it is not the peak showdown between heroes that will go down in history that will go down in history, but the strong ones who die in frustration under defensive fire, but there are as many as there are. This can be regarded as a kind of memorial to the powerful predecessors.

While Yu Lian was thinking wildly, he returned to the restaurant and found that the chefs were also in shock. He took a bunch of food by himself. After thinking about it, he also took away some snacks that could be played with. Then he and his senior brother returned to the observation post.

When they entered the door, there were already several landing pods on the ground, and more than twenty Astral Knights were already arranged in a tactical unit of four people, starting to move forward while avoiding enemy attacks.

At this time, in the holographic image fed back by the on-site camera, a landing module that had just landed caused smoke and sand to rise ten meters high on the ground. Immediately afterwards, four silver-painted heraldic machines jumped out of the smoke.

The leading one also outlined the Knights' emblem in gold.

It has a three-barreled blaster cannon on its left arm, and its right hand wields a snake-shaped "whip". The metal whip swam past him like a dragon, and bounced back all the cannonballs that hit him.

The rebounded shells landed directly on the 12th Division's position, splashing red smoke. Within that smoke and dust range, those soldiers should be judged as "killed" by the exercise director.

No, several of the artillery positions where they were located also stopped firing, and peacocks suddenly appeared on the frontal battlefield.

The "whip" of the heraldry machine shrank back again, and turned into a long sword in his hand.

He pointed his sword at the 12th Division position in front and began to charge. However, before taking a step, he looked at the direction of the camera by mistake.

At that moment, Yu Lian felt as if he had passed through the unmanned camera and had a brief look at each other. He is now 90% sure that the person inside the Tai heraldic machine must be Viscount Shameen. This guy's best weapon is this snake sword that can switch between a long whip and a double-edged sword.

Moreover, although this guy is a cautious type, he knows when to lead the charge when necessary.

Hey, isn’t this more burning than the God of War Festival? You should really take Feifei to watch it together!