"That's what I intended. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

"Don't forget that there are some of them...... A large part of the population did not keep their promises. "Red reminds you. Although before the battle began, those locals had promised full acceptance of Lu Wu's command. However, things changed after breaking into the city of Nice, especially after taking control of an important warehouse in the city and obtaining a large number of exoskeleton armors. Many people feel that they are already qualified to admit their accounts. Although it didn't reach the point of breaking up between the two sides in the end, it did go its own way and no longer came to the side of the bird. The reason why their actions did not cause any serious consequences was not so much because of Lu Wu's good luck, but because this side had already guessed this situation and made targeted deployments.

Only a part of them, one might even say only those of the local army (or the group that still maintains the basic form of the legion) basically obey the command here.

Hongyi's attitude was very clear, he didn't want Lu Wu to bring all these refugees back as agreed. The mines on the other side of Gasha City may need to be replenished with some manpower, but they definitely can't accommodate such a large number. As for the side of Nice City, the high-level of the regular army will take advantage of the situation to hand over the defense of Nice City to Lu Wuyunyun, which is all an empty promise from others. In short, if promised, these refugees here are a burden, and a big burden.

On the contrary, the fact that the army here has been able to maintain a part of its form under such harsh conditions proves that it is internally united, strong-willed, and that the quality of the middle and lower-ranking officers is excellent, and it is worthy of acceptance. As long as it is correctly co-opted, it will become a very good combat force. Anyway, no one cares about the size and personnel of the legion now, and it is completely fine to expand the size of the legion.

"Forget it...... It's too early to say that. Lu Wu thought for a moment. "Let's go to the top of the Floating Fortress first, I don't know what the situation is inside. ”

……

The situation with the Floating Fortress is bad.

Everything can only be said to be barely working - as mentioned earlier, although the floating fortress is still functioning, it never occurred to the hidden maintenance plan to let it fly into the sky last night.

Not to mention the tattered on the outside, the inside is also tattered. It's like a car that has been in an accident -- to be honest, when the accident is over, the car is not in the worst condition, and it can basically maintain the form of a "car", but if it goes into the repair shop and repairs it halfway, it probably can't even maintain the form of the "car".

Because the maintenance itself is inseparable from the disassembly. In order to repair, the machinery must be disassembled, which is an objective need. But after such a disassembly, the state of the machine itself can only be said to be worse. As everyone knows, if a pipe is twisted and deformed, it may still work, but if it is removed for repairs, it is really completely unusable.

The current floating fortress is actually a large construction site. If you want to start the anti-gravity engine and fly one night, you can do it. But it would be impossible to put all the disassembled systems back together in one night.

The current floating fortress is not even a "mutilated version" or "castrated version". Because the vast majority of its entire system is paralyzed, both internally and externally. Or, to put it bluntly, it's an empty shell capable of flying. Yes, its energy system and power plant are intact, but what's the point of having an energy system that isn't externally connected? there are no weapons usable other than the secondary cannon (and even the secondary cannon is incomplete).

Of course, against ground forces, secondary artillery will be enough. In fact, the secondary cannon is not so much a weapon used to attack other floating fortresses, but a weapon specifically aimed at the ground. In one-on-one floating fortress battles, the secondary cannon is sometimes used as a means to interfere with the opponent's observation or test the opponent's armor, but in large-scale battles, the secondary cannon is rarely used, because if there is excess energy, then send it to the main gun quickly.

So, the situation with the Floating Fortress is obvious: it needs to be repaired, it needs to be repaired. In fact, at this moment, a large number of maintenance personnel are still operating their repair machines, actively working in the floating fortress. They didn't know about the deal behind it, they just thought it was a little strange.

But, as Hide boasted before, he was the supreme authority on the maintenance of the Floating Fortress within the entire Banshee Gate. No one can question this authority, including his men. Since he ordered it, it was only a matter of minor adjustments to the original plan for his men.

Even if someone knows about the cracked beam, it can be explained that "after careful investigation, the cracking is found to be far less serious than expected".

If something is abnormal, it must be a demon, but this "abnormality" must be so serious that there is no way to explain it, so that people can doubt and speculate. Otherwise, it is human nature to use common sense to explain everything.

In the command center of the Floating Fortress, Redcoat saw Ivan again.

Most of the rest of the city is a mess of repair sites, but this is the only place that is temporarily clear. The relevant chain of command has not actually been repaired at all, and now the control and manipulation of the floating fortress has degraded to the point where "communication is basically based on roaring". Orders had to be given in voice to the maintenance workers - of course, if they were too far away, they would have to trouble someone else to run to give orders. However, because of this, there is no one in the command center now.

Or rather, except for Ivan and the Red Coat.

Although this is an empty shell and a large repair site, at this moment, they are indeed standing in the command center of a floating fortress. Sensors and projection devices are not available, but you can see everything under your feet through the window.

The city of Nice was now lying at their feet. The night's battle unexpectedly did not leave too many traces, and the largest was that the surrounding buildings were dissolved by high heat. It can be said that the whole city is still intact.

Looking at the city at your feet, you have an inexplicable feeling of being refreshed and holding the world in your hands.

In particular, the city was not devoid of no one but the two warring sides - there were stations on the other side of the public trade network, and a small number of people such as a few merchants or observers sent by some independent organizations. However, in last night's battle, these people wisely chose to avoid it, and the warring parties also tacitly chose to ignore it. So, they were not involved in the battle at all. But by daybreak, when the men understood that the smoke had cleared and the battle was over, the city had changed owners.

"Well done, Ivan, you arrived just in time. Redcoat said.

"Haha, I can only say that it was a coincidence. Ivan replied. "It's you, I've heard you, you're a great conductor. ”

"It's not as good as you......" Red-clothed said lightly. "Hehe, under the offensive of Kecha Goat, I escaped with a few people, or did I steal the Legion's vehicle. And you can get the entire legion to withdraw intact. That's alone," Redcoat said. "I feel like you're far above me. ”

Fleeing in a car with a small number of men, and evacuating an entire corps with equipment and men and horses, the speed of the two is not the same. Although it is rumored everywhere that Ivan was able to retreat entirely because of his betrayal of the other legions - it was originally agreed that several legions agreed to cooperate with each other to defend, but Ivan took advantage of the gap in other people's defense to sneak away and use his comrades from other legions as cannon fodder before allowing his legions to escape.

It sounds plausible, but that's just speculation by unrelated people. From the perspective of the red clothes, you will feel that things are not so simple. Kecha Goat isn't the kind of enemy who can run away by selling his teammates. Most importantly, this legendary betrayal took place quite far away.

Even if Ivan betrayed his teammates to buy a certain amount of time to retreat...... How long can this retreat be?

Others don't know, can the red clothes who escaped from the battlefield not know? In just a short time, the original 16th Army was completely engulfed by a frenzied offensive. As mentioned earlier, the "legion" of this world is usually not a unit of numbers, but a unit of combat power. So, even if that betrayal did happen, the time that the hapless guys bought for Ivan to retreat was very limited. This is enough time for a legion to safely exit with all its equipment...... The red clothes can only say hehe.

"Hehe, it's just luck, Kecha Goat didn't pursue. Ivan lightly pushed things away. "But the Red Lady is surprising, and it is said that he has the command ability of both light and heavy infantry...... The equipment that fiddled with the Floating Fortress just now is also decent, so you shouldn't be a novice, right?"

"Hehe, it's just a temporary itch. Redcoat said. Although none of the equipment in the command center could be used at this time, after the red clothes entered the command center, they did touch some equipment that they hadn't touched for a long time (even if they couldn't use it at this time).

In this world, the two camps of Huiyue and Hadesyue are basically the same in terms of technology, and it can be said that each has its own strengths and advantages. However, in terms of the Floating Fortress, the technology of the two sides is surprisingly similar. A lot of the construction and details are very similar. In some battles, there have even been records of capturing an enemy's floating fortress through a broadside battle and immediately throwing it into battle.

Although the red clothes could only be regarded as casual touches just now, from the skillful movements he had just made, Ivan could see that the red clothes did not seem to be unfamiliar with the command center of the floating fortress.

"Hehe, in fact, the command of the heavy infantry or something is just barely difficult. Red-clothed replied sincerely. "Seriously, it's not that I'm good, it's that Grumas is stupid. ”

"Grumas is easy to deal with?"

"Yes," Redcoat replied. "His vision is greater than his courage, his ability to adapt is greater than his adventurous spirit, he has the grace of a nobleman but not the demeanor of a warrior, he has a bird's-eye view of the world but he does not have the courage to conquer the world. Shrewd, but cowardly. will prepare a retreat for himself, will not fight to the death, and will not fight against the water. But," he turned to look at Ivan. "It's not easy to win. We almost let him run. If it weren't for Lu Wu...... It is estimated that Grumas can run away, and things may be very troublesome. ”

"So is the key to this battle still Your Excellency the Legion Commander?"

"Yes," Redcoat admitted. "If it weren't for Lu Wu's men to send men to destroy all of Grumas's electromagnetic turrets in advance, I'm afraid it would have been until the Floating Fortress arrived to end the battle in the city. ”

"Send men...... Ivan said softly. The mutual temptation between the two people has ended, and the conversation has turned back to business.

"Anyway, the Floating Fortress is in hand...... It's going to be easier. By the way, what are we going to do with that broken beam? Isn't it going to crash in a few days?"

"For a lot of money, Master Yin is willing to help us repair. Ivan said lightly. "He was a bit exaggerated...... But you know, engineers come here a lot to get more money out of your pocket. By the way, it's best not to mention this again. ”

"Why?"

"This is a private deal between me and Yin...... You know, he's been lying to us so much that it's obviously going to make him uncomfortable. We have to rely on him to fix it now, and it's better not to let him lose face. ”