113: Chapter 113 No Generals in the Dragon Kingdom? The Iron Army Strikes

The appearance of the new event, "Battle of Heroic Souls," sparked another wave of discussion in the Lords Hall.

Su Yang opened the chat interface and browsed quickly.

[Anonymous: Battle of Heroic Souls? It came so fast, are you kidding me!]

[Anonymous: I just upgraded to Rank 2 Main Base, how come someone already unlocked hero units!]

[US Lord: The progress of this Forbidden Area Trial is shockingly fast, truly the highest quality round so far.]

[Lord of India: Sorry everyone, we in India have already taken the top spot in the Battle of Heroic Souls. You would never guess how powerful our heroes are this round!]

[Bear Country: Cyka Blyat, you want to crush us with a motorcycle army?]

[Anonymous: I wonder if the heroes summoned by the Dragon Kingdom are as strong as their soldiers.]

[Anonymous: Generals are about commanding ability. Tell me, how are ancient generals supposed to lead modern troops?]

[Anonymous: Indeed, modern warfare is a matter for the US, Germany, Bear Country, Japan, England, France... oh wait, don't look at the last one.]

After reading the discussion among the lords, Su Yang couldn't help but sigh at the regret of lost history.

Now, some people were even doubting the level of ancient Dragon Kingdom generals.

One had to know that while countries around the world were still fighting village battles with hundreds or thousands of people, the scale of wars in the ancient Dragon Kingdom had long reached hundreds of thousands, or even massive battles with over a million people.

Commanding an army of hundreds or thousands versus an army of hundreds of thousands is simply not the same dimension of problem.

The famous generals cultivated in the ancient Dragon Kingdom during such large-scale battles could almost be said to be among the top-tier generals in human history.

As for the difference between commanding modern and ancient armies, it exists, but it's not significant.

The main gap is reflected in the level of technology; for example, the appearance of heavy machine guns indeed made cavalry charges a thing of the past, along with various long-range artillery and so on.

However, technological differences are easily resolved for generals like General Li Xin and General Meng Tian. They only need to see them once or twice to understand their function and make adjustments.

Moreover, with the current technological level of the Great Qin Territory, it is the generals of other countries who need to learn and correct their perceptions.

Another factor is tactics, and the influence of this factor is even smaller.

Modern concepts like blitzkrieg, island-hopping tactics, wolf-pack tactics... these are all things that Dragon Kingdom generals played with long ago.

With famous generals like General Li Xin and General Meng Tian present, Su Yang could be said to be very confident about this event.

And this time, there seemed to be no Main Base Rank limit; all unit types could be upgraded.

With the current technological level of the Dragon Kingdom, there probably wouldn't be many places where General Li Xin and General Meng Tian's command would be needed.

Just as he was pondering, a private message came in.

[Lord of England: Mr. Su, the Dragon Kingdom must have unlocked hero-level units, right?]

[Lord of Dragon Kingdom: Yes.]

[Lord of England: Now there's a problem. In the Alliance, apart from England and the Dragon Kingdom, I haven't heard of any other countries unlocking hero units.]

[If we don't have three hero units as commanders, then we will automatically lose one battle!]

[Lord of Dragon Kingdom: If you have one hero, then that makes exactly three hero units.]

[Lord of England: What? Which other country unlocked a hero unit?]

[Lord of Dragon Kingdom: No, I have two hero units.]

[Lord of England: Ah?]

After Elizabeth finished her shock, Su Yang discussed some specific details about the Battle of Heroic Souls with her.

The discussion ended, and Su Yang closed the chat panel.

The Battle of Heroic Souls was still three days away; no need to rush.

The most important task currently was still to farm command points and expand the army.

Last night, the Scouts had continuously detected two insect nests.

One was a third-generation insect nest, and one was a fourth-generation insect nest.

Early in the morning, Su Yang first sent General Meng Tian out to build roads.

The transport network of the current territory already had a cross-shaped skeleton.

A road approximately 60 kilometers long connected the territory to the Double Mother Insect Nest in the north.

Then, using the Double Mother Insect Nest as a transfer point, it extended about 10 kilometers further north.

And perpendicular to the north-south road, an east-west road about 40 kilometers long was also built.

This was the limit of the road network that the current territory's stone reserves could build.

Now, within the area covered by this cross-shaped network, the Imperial Armor Troops could quickly arrive via the black iron chariot.

In the future, as the road network continued to expand, the territory's influence would also increase accordingly.

Suddenly, a System prompt sounded; the two technologies regarding power and Scouts from yesterday had finished upgrading.

[Technology "Mobile Hybrid Power Unit" research complete. All unit types can undergo power System replacement.]

[Technology "Individual Reconnaissance Device" research complete. Rank 4 Scout units can be upgraded.]

Su Yang immediately assembled all troops and had them enter the barracks for retrofitting.

Soon, the barracks chambers spewed out bursts of thick white steam and black smoke.

All soldiers' steam power Systems were retrofitted and upgraded to hybrid power Systems.

On the Imperial Armor, in addition to the disc-shaped steam power unit, fuel propulsion devices were added to various parts of the body.

The steam System still served as the main power source, such as for daily marching and movements.

But once they entered combat status, performing high-speed charges or heavy swings, the fuel power System would activate, providing the Imperial Armor with stronger explosive power.

Upgrading the power System could be said to have raised the overall combat power of the troops by a notch.

During the troop retrofit, Su Yang opened the Imperial Armor Camp panel.

[Unit Type: Great Qin Thousand-Mile Scout]

[Unit Category: Reconnaissance Infantry]

[Production Requirement: Rank 4 Imperial Armor Camp]

[Description: Equipped with individual sonic detection devices, capable of perceiving biological activity within a certain range.]

[Unlock detection technology to increase the Scout's exploration knowledge, conducting a series of exploration activities for known minerals.]

[Summoning command points Required: 1200 points]

[Consumption: 10 units of fuel/day, 10 units of concentrated water/day]

Because the other four Scouts were still outside and could not return to upgrade.

So Su Yang directly summoned six new Scout units.

With the development of the territory, the mission of the Scout units was no longer limited to finding minerals.

Their reconnaissance capabilities were also of great significance for wild encounters.

For the current territory, 10 Scout units were just the right number.

After summoning six Scouts, Su Yang summoned three Blazing Steeds to equip them.

Equipping Blazing Steeds allowed the Scout units to discover various resources faster; this was a necessary investment.

[command points - 7140]

[Great Qin Thousand-Mile Scout * 6 summoning...]

[thousand-mile blazing horse * 3 summoning...]

After the summoning ended, Su Yang opened the Thousand-Machine Camp panel.

This time, he chose to upgrade the Fuel-powered Chainsaw Sword for the Armored Elite Soldiers and the rapid-fire transmission structure for the Crossbowman.

As the main combat force of the troops, the upgrades for the Elite Soldier and Crossbowman were crucial.

[command points - 7000]

[Technology "Fuel-powered Chainsaw Sword" upgrading...]

[Technology "Rapid-fire transmission structure" upgrading...]

After completing all pending tasks, Su Yang had General Li Xin assemble the expeditionary force.

The locations of the two insect nests were at the southeast corner and northwest corner of the cross network, respectively.

The southeast corner was a third-generation insect nest, 40 kilometers in a straight line from the territory.

The northwest corner fourth-generation insect nest was over 60 kilometers in a straight line from the territory.

Su Yang planned for General Li Xin to lead the team to destroy the third-generation insect nest first, then the fourth-generation insect nest.

Two consecutive battles, spanning over a hundred kilometers—this was an impossible task before unlocking vehicles.

But now, if things went smoothly, it could be completed in half a day!

At the north gate of the territory, the punitive expedition force had finished assembling.

Great General Li Xin rode the Shadow-Severing Steed at the very front of the team, followed by the massive steel beast, the dark iron heavy armored vehicle.

On both sides of the black iron chariot were the arrayed Imperial Armor Troops and artillery units.

Finally, there were the newly summoned Scout units riding Blazing Steeds.

Su Yang stood above the North City Gate and looked out, unable to help but sigh with admiration.

The prototype of the steel army had already emerged; in the future, this would become a massive Iron Army!

Su Yang waved his hand.

"All troops, charge!"