Chapter 7 Thunder rises on the flat ground

How long does it take for a modern unit to go from receiving an order to entering a theater of operations? The transfer of railways made it possible for soldiers to travel long distances to the battlefield. Transport planes can even move a force thousands of kilometers in a day.

The march across half of the Elta Empire, it took half a month for the troops to arrive at the temporary camp next to the Western Army camp one after another. It's still efficient. Chaotic logistics and sparse management are a severe test for any march. And the observation team sent by the Elta Magical Association has already established a foothold in the Noi area near the portal. Distant magic allowed them to observe the movements of the Otherworldly Warriors from outside the absolute safety of the rocks. These magicians, who are dozens of kilometers away from the portal base, must concentrate on memorizing the scene he is observing during each distant view, and then record the scene for a few seconds with a paintbrush. This extremely magical and energetic process can only be performed 1-3 times a day in increasingly short days.

Luckily, there is always no smog in the Noi area. The fierce autumn wind caused the clouds to sweep across the land as fast as time flies. When the Observer's envoy first delivered a letter to the Magical Society, Prancys was forced to say goodbye to his fiancée, armed with otherworldly knowledge, and travel with a group of young researchers to the Noi region to join the Observer.

This was necessary because the Observation Group did see what they had seen in the Atlas books and what they had not seen or even imagined.

The explosion shook the ground so loudly that even the observation team could feel it. The earth and stone were stripped from the mountain, and the steep summit vanished as the smoke cleared, leaving only the portal and the Otherworldly house that had not had time to close.

For example, if a place is just a flat plot of land today, by the next day, after lunch, the skeleton of a building has indeed been erected on the plot of several storeys, and the next day it will be doubled in height, and on the third day you will be able to see the regular crystal window frames reflecting the sun's rays.

Another example is the giant wand that pierces the late autumn blue canopy in the dazzling light, and flies into the depths of the sky until it disappears at the end of the canopy.

A series of miraculous and epic reports and drawings aimed at the Magical Guild in the face. The Empire's defeat is almost unquestionable. The Magic Guild then hugged the tail of Doniva, the shipwreck rat, and got into the lifeboat for escape. The once beautiful galleon of Elta is now almost empty.

The troops in the new area, which adopted the strategy of shrinking, did not seem to have any movement from the time the Eastern Army settled in the camp until the rest was completed. Even the villages facing the battlefield were not affected in the slightest. Of course, it is not uncommon to be frightened by the Iron Birds, which fly up and down in the clouds like dolphins, and sometimes leave smoke marks in the clear sky that will not dissipate for a meal.

For the officers and men of the Eastern Army, these are novel experiences and conversations that can be said for days, but for the Western Army, this is a real threat. Although such a scene is unknown to both, the views of the soldiers who have been vaccinated on the highway should be more in line with the reality of the other world.

Of course, the other side of the portal was not idle. The reports of the study of the new district, social, economic, cultural, military, were all sent to the new district working group, and the file boxes and electronic copies were piled up in the file room and various USB sticks. One of the most important is the basic analysis of the national lingua franca called "Elta" in the new district. The alphabet is similar to Greek, and the grammar is similar to that of the Norse language, and it is easy to understand the number and variety of puzzle pieces.

Invisible exploration is also paving the way for tangible construction. Except for the lack of progress in the physical aspects of the portal, all other research results have led to the acceleration of the construction of the new district. Prisoner camps began to be put into operation, guidelines were put into place for the social structure of the new districts, and instructors began to be able to come into direct contact with prisoners without bioprotection.

As for the biggest movement, it is the transfer of armaments to the other world. All kinds of equipment that were eliminated in the selection of caliber systems and old antiques stored in the combat readiness warehouse were directly transported by the military train to the portal base in the new area. In view of the reconnaissance from the front, the enemy army will definitely launch a large-scale offensive before winter. The new military forces of the new district need to put on a show in this hostile country to interrupt the arrogant backbone of this ridiculous country. The weapons that were ready to be used against them seemed to be very backward - a large number of Type 59 130-mm cannons, Type 66 152-mm howitzers, and a bunch of 130-mm rocket launchers transferred from warehouses and militia.

There is no need for any air force or special forces to go out at all, use them up, use up the consumables, and burn their bodies and enemy flesh and blood in the scorching flames, this is the best destination for these old gods of war, rather than staying in the combat readiness warehouse and being squeezed out by the juniors into a pile of recycled steel. Arrange barbed wire outside the portal base in the new area, and pre-set the range and azimuth of all artillery weapons according to the effective firing range.

Their contemporaneous, Type 59 57-mm anti-aircraft guns, Type 55 37-mm anti-aircraft guns, were also placed on the front line of the base. Unsealed from the reserves or even from the warehouse, they will be used as a supplement to the warp fire, to rain down another form of steel storm on the wyvern in the air or the infantry caught on the ground - though unlikely.

Of course, there are also reserve forces in the new area. What if the enemy is sharper than the experts predicted and the previous contact? This is also possible. After the alarm is sounded, the helicopter unit will also be on standby for lift-off, ready to cover all of them in the event of an emergency, and all retreat to the side of the portal. As for whether the portal will close suddenly? The soldiers and staff who have signed life and death certificates and bought commercial insurance obviously don't worry about this bullshit problem, and they can lock them out of the plague god with a snap of a thousand miles away like holding a remote control, so what else are they going to do?

Both sides are gearing up to wait for an order, one side is nervous with a good card, and the other side is full of bad cards and full of confidence. When such two forces really begin to face off on this stage, from the other side of the door to this side, all the audience will truly realize the balance of power brought about by the gap in the times.

From this point of view, the sacrifices that will come are still worth it.