Chapter 384 Unmanned Combat Concept
The next morning, the horn of war sounded with the sunrise, echoing over the small coastal town called Tiwaser.
Vladimir stood on a high hill outside the city, overlooking the entire battlefield with the nominal commander Du Kekao.
Ten thousand people, boundless. From the perspective of the two of them, the hundreds of thousands of troops of the empire were like the sea, covering almost all the space in their field of vision.
But even so, this huge Noxian army still demonstrated amazing organizational skills and maintained basic order.
Each regiment and corps strictly followed the troop organization and combat deployment, and under the command of their respective generals, they waited in an orderly manner in their respective deployment areas.
Just waiting for the order from Commander Du Kecao, they will advance in a mighty and orderly manner towards the endless mountains ahead.
"These soldiers...are the elite of the empire." Du Kecao sighed softly.
He looked at Vladimir, as if giving a final exhortation to this cold-blooded monster.
But Vladimir only replied calmly: "It is precisely because they are elite that they are worth sacrificing."
"..." Du Kecao quietly clenched his fists and said no more.
"General Du Kekao." Vladimir glanced at him coldly and said, "It's time to start. Give the order."
"Yes." Du Kecao knew that he had no right to refuse.
But he still instinctively looked in the direction of the Wuji Mountains, as if expecting a miracle to happen.
And just then:
"Here they come! They are coming!" Amid the astonished gazes of countless people, a gust of wind blew from Wuji Mountain.
The wind was not fast, but it was powerful. Everyone on the battlefield could feel a breeze blowing from the other side of the mountain, and then the wind became stronger and stronger, and the sound of the wind became louder and louder.
Finally, the leaders appeared collectively in the storm.
They are the Legion of Warlords led by Levi and Riven, the Debon Mage Corps led by Lux, the Debon Expedition led by Jarvan and Garen, the Vastayan Freedom Army led by Xayah and Rakan, the Presidium Resistance led by Irelia, the Wuju Sword Sect, the Shadow Sect, the Swift Blade Sect, the Order of the Balance... and so on.
These mountain warfare masters who had caused the Imperial Army so much trouble over the past two months actually gave up their terrain advantage and walked out of the mountains and dense forests.
They were guarding the plains of Wuji Pass, and on this flat and open terrain, they were facing face to face with the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Noxian Empire.
"This..." Vladimir frowned deeply: "These guys actually came out of the mountain on their own initiative?"
"It's you?!" He looked at Du Kecao suspiciously.
Du Kecao just breathed a sigh of relief and replied naturally, "The deployment of hundreds of thousands of troops cannot be hidden from the eyes of the enemy scouts."
"Sir, you have issued such an unreasonable order to the army. The leader will become suspicious and choose to take the initiative to attack in a targeted manner... This situation is not impossible."
"Hmph!" Vladimir snorted coldly, and it was unclear whether he believed it or not.
"Although things didn't go as you wished, it's a good thing to force the leader out of the mountain, isn't it?" Du Kecao did not hide his satisfaction with the current situation.
And he was right.
Over the past two months, the terrain advantage enjoyed by the Leaders has always been the biggest headache for the Imperial Army.
Now that they have voluntarily given up their terrain advantage and come to the plains outside the mountain to face the imperial army in an open and dignified battle, the advantage is on the side of Noxus.
Noxus has nearly 150,000 troops, and those leaders...
Don’t be fooled by the fact that there are so many forces coming, but in fact, if you add up the number of participants from the Windleader, Ionia, and Demacia, there are only 10,000 people who have arrived at the scene.
"150,000 to 10,000, the advantage is clearly on me."
With such a huge advantage in fighting the Leader head-on, Noxus might be able to grab this precious victory without the Black Rose having to take action.
Thinking of this, Vladimir's expression eased a little.
Then, almost at the same time, the leaders collectively appeared and simply formed a formation...
The three Noxian warbands in the distance suddenly acted on their own without receiving any orders.
They were not so hot-blooded as to proactively charge at the leader who appeared before them; instead, they slipped away without a care in the world and fled to the side of the battlefield in front of the enemy.
The 10,000-strong army of the Wind Leader stood in front of them. They watched the three Noxian warbands go away without intervening or chasing them.
In addition, the soldiers of Noxus have always been well-trained. Not only are they aggressive as fire when attacking, but they are also as fast as the wind when retreating.
So in just a moment, a piece of open space suddenly appeared on the battlefield.
The original mighty imperial army of 150,000 men soon lost three regiments totaling 50,000 men, leaving only 100,000 men.
"Those are... Leicester's people?!" Du Kecao had a very ugly expression.
With his keen eyesight, he could certainly see what tricks Lester was playing - that bastard must have reached some secret agreement with the leader in advance, so that the two sides could cooperate so tacitly.
"Damn it, he is committing treason and collaborating with the enemy!" Du Kecao cursed angrily.
In all his years of leading troops, this was the first time he encountered such a shameful traitor who deserted from the battlefield and collaborated with the enemy to sell out his country.
However, after he finished cursing, thinking about himself last night...his expression became gloomy and ugly again.
"General, do you want to give chase?" The adjutant approached cautiously.
"No!" Du Kecao silently swallowed his anger and calmed himself down: "Let's concentrate our forces to deal with the leader first, and then settle accounts with the traitor after the battle."
50,000 of the 150,000 were lost, and the situation is still 100,000 to 10,000, and the advantage is still on me.
But if we go after Leicester's 50,000 troops and force Leicester completely to the side of the leader, the situation will probably be 100,000 versus 60,000...It's hard to say who will have the advantage by then.
"The 10,000 men who are the leaders..." Du Kecao was keenly aware of the enemy's strength and said, "I'm afraid they are not simple."
According to his previous speculation, the total number of troops of the Leader in the Wuji Mountain Area should be 20,000. If the large resistance force in the neighboring Navoli Province is included, even if it is 100,000 troops, it can be gathered.
But at this moment, on the front battlefield where the two armies were facing each other, the leader only dispatched about 10,000 troops.
"Are the others still lying in ambush in the mountains? Or... does the leader have another trump card, confident that he can defeat the 100,000-strong empire army with just these 10,000 elite troops?"
Du Kecao was secretly trying to figure out the enemy's psychology, and at this moment, the Leader seemed to give an answer with his actions.
Behind those 10,000 leaders, in the rolling Wuji Mountains, waves of distant and hazy sounds were heard.
The sound was vague at first, but later it became clearer and more powerful, with an overwhelming and earth-shaking momentum.
It was the sound of engines roaring, steam hissing, and steel rolling over the earth.
Soon, accompanied by the steam clouds that seemed to cover the sky, a mechanical army made up of steel monsters appeared on the nearby mountain and appeared in front of everyone.
"That's..." All the Noxian soldiers present were surprised.
Only a few well-informed officers knew the origins of those steel monsters: "Zuan's steam robots?"
"This..." Du Kecao was stunned.
Steam robots, weren't they used to clean up toxic waste in the sewer areas in Zaun in the past?
This thing is slow, clumsy, low in intelligence, and has no means of attack. Apart from being cheap and having thick skin, it has no other advantages.
Therefore, from the first day it was designed, it was never a combat robot responsible for fighting, but a daily-use robot responsible for cleaning up garbage, carrying heavy objects, and doing dirty and tiring work for the people of Shuangcheng.
How can this kind of civilian product be used on the battlefield on a large scale?
As Du Kecao was thinking this, he saw the steam robots with a rustic brass-colored luster stop collectively at the highest point of the mountain, just .
They prostrated themselves on the ground, like deploying the support poles of a cannon, and buried their legs and feet deep in the earth.
Then, huge cannons inlaid with Hex gems poked out their thick and ferocious muzzles from the split and deformed back armor of these steam robots:
"Expand——"
"H-28Q cutting-edge turret!"
