215: Chapter 220 Top-Tier Command Ability, The Legend of the Fastest Surrender

The Lord of Italy's eyes flickered, and his hand moved faster and faster as he stroked his handlebar mustache.

"Marshal, the India convoy has been completely..."

"I'm not blind! I'm not blind!! Damn it!" the Lord of Italy roared, feeling a bit panicked now.

Although these weak Bangladesh troops were meant to be used as cannon fodder, he had no idea they could die so... cannon-fodder-like.

The four artillery pieces on the Australia city wall were by no means ordinary cannons!!

He had originally thought they were just those large crossbows used for whaling, but he hadn't expected them to be machine cannons!!

The crossbow bolts they fired were larger than his own manhood, and he feared his tanks wouldn't even be able to withstand that offensive!!

"Marshal, Marshal!"

"What the f*ck are you yelling about again! You've interrupted my thinking!"

"A monster has appeared on the city wall!" the communications officer shouted.

The Lord of Italy was startled and immediately raised his binoculars.

He saw General Meng Tian, clad in steel armor, already standing atop the city wall.

His three-meter-tall frame towered several times over the battlements, and just standing there, he exuded immense majesty.

The Lord of Italy snorted, his hand holding the binoculars trembling involuntarily.

Of course, he couldn't forget that monster in the lens; that was the general Great Qin had unleashed in the second round of the Battle of Heroic Souls.

At that time, he had almost single-handedly destroyed an Indian motorcycle mobile unit and a light tank.

How could this be? Hadn't the Great Qin main force been redeployed? How could this general appear on the city wall!

"Marshal, what do we do now? Why are your legs shaking? Are you afraid?"

"What kind of nonsense are you spouting? Would I, the dignified Lord of Italy, be afraid!"

"Form the tanks into a T-shaped column and advance! Prioritize attacking the enemy artillery. Once the artillery is broken, shell the main gate!"

"The enemy has only four guns, and we have thirty-six. We will tear them to shreds!! Charge, charge!!"

Boom— A deafening roar struck, causing the Lord of Italy to tremble violently.

He frantically raised his binoculars and discovered that the monster-like general had actually jumped directly from the city wall!!

This, this, this... The Lord of Italy trembled all over, images from the Battle of Heroic Souls flashing through his mind.

Seeing General Meng Tian leap off the city wall, Su Yang slapped his forehead.

Here he goes again, starting another fight where he just brute-forces his way to the end!

He couldn't just brute-force it like this! Last time, there was only one light tank.

This time, the enemy had a mix of thirty-six medium and heavy tanks!

Although General Meng Tian's armor had shock-absorption capabilities, he definitely couldn't withstand a charge like this!

Just as Su Yang was about to issue a warning, the sound of two electromagnetic cannons firing rang out.

Hum— General Meng Tian commanded two Skyfire Guards in the territory to fire their shells.

The territory was ten kilometers away from the enemy position, beyond the effective range of the electromagnetic ballistae.

But for the Skyfire Guards, this distance was not a problem at all.

Two Magnetic Storm Bombs shot into the sky, crashing toward the enemy territory.

At the same time, the west gate opened, and two dark iron heavy armored vehicles rolled out along with General Meng Tian's Blazing Steed.

General Meng Tian took his great shield from his chest, vaulted onto his Blazing Steed, and took the lead to begin the charge.

The two dark iron heavy armored vehicles behind him also opened their throttles to full power.

Boom— As the electromagnetic shells landed, the roar of the dark iron heavy armored vehicles' engines also echoed across the battlefield.

As expected of a general; his judgment of the situation was still extremely keen.

When he could sweep through enemies alone, General Meng Tian would never miss the chance to show off his skills.

But when friendly forces were needed, he could also deploy them at lightning speed, using their coordination to create opportunities for himself to sweep through the enemy.

This was having both courage and strategy!

As the two Magnetic Storm Bombs landed, Su Yang clearly saw the violent explosions turning the 2-3 tanks near each impact point into scrap metal.

The high heat and Magnetic Storm made the tanks' armored structures unstable, and the subsequent super-strong shockwave from the explosions crushed them directly into scrap.

The tanks within the impact zones were completely totaled, and even those around the impact zones, if not totaled, would have injured drivers.

The effect of the two Magnetic Storm Bombs went far beyond just disabling over ten tanks.

After the explosion, the massive Magnetic Storm followed the shockwave, covering the entire battlefield and burning out all electronic equipment used for communication inside the tanks.

Soldiers inside the tanks needed radio equipment to receive orders from their superiors; burning out the radios meant cutting these tanks off from their command.

Fortunately, World War II-era tanks had not yet developed more Advanced fire control and computer control technologies, otherwise the Magnetic Storm would have paralyzed the entire tank company.

By the time the first Magnetic Storm Bomb took effect, General Meng Tian had already led his troops halfway forward.

Here, the dark iron heavy armored vehicles deployed four Fire Dragon Guards to follow General Meng Tian, then turned to bypass the front of the tanks and advance from the flank.

Boom— Before the tank company could organize their fire, the second round of Magnetic Storm Bombs fell, and a massive Magnetic Storm surged once again.

This explosion and shockwave directly destroyed another eight tanks, and the superimposed electromagnetic field brought the remaining tanks to the verge of structural collapse.

Electric currents surged wildly across the surfaces of the tanks, ramming into everything.

The soldiers inside the tanks would feel a sharp rise in temperature and a sensation of full-body paralysis.

By the time the effects of the second explosion faded, General Meng Tian had already charged to a position not far in front of the tank company, shielding himself with his great shield.

Once General Meng Tian got close, these tanks, which hadn't fired a single shot, would lose the chance to fire forever.

General Meng Tian alone could destroy these near-collapsing tin cans, to say nothing of the Fire Dragon Guards with their Magnetic Flame following close behind him.

On both sides of the tank company, the dark iron heavy armored vehicles also deployed two Imperial Armor Troops units.

The Great Qin Armored Elite Soldiers led the way with shields, coordinating with the Armored Crossbowmen to advance rapidly toward the enemy's infantry legion in the rear.

Seeing this incredibly fluid offensive commanded by General Meng Tian, Su Yang could only say it was breathtaking!!

From leaping off the city wall to using artillery cover to close in on the enemy, and finally forming a three-pronged killing formation, the entire process took less than five minutes!!

In these few short minutes, both his judgment of the firepower on both sides and his utilization of the artillery advantage could be called perfection.

This was the judgment and command ability of a Great Qin general!!

Now the enemy would have no room left to resist, and the ensuing battle would turn into a one-sided slaughter.

General Meng Tian had already begun to roar; with just a few hundred meters left, he would be able to charge into the enemy camp and tear the tanks apart with his bare hands!!

Just as the two armies were about to clash, a message popped up on Su Yang's panel.

[Lord of Australia: They have surrendered!! The Lord of Italy has surrendered!!]

What? Before Su Yang could react, a second message arrived.

[Lord of Italy: Long live Great Qin!! We surrender! We surrender!!!]

"General Meng Tian, the enemy has surrendered. Cease your attack and observe the situation!"

The enemy surrendered, stop the attack!?

Hearing the message from Su Yang, General Meng Tian's eyes widened, and the look he cast toward the opposing territory became even more furious.

If the enemy had fought to the death, the battle would have been exhilarating for him.

But if the enemy gave up resistance early and didn't let him have his fill, it was infuriating!!

"Giddy up!" General Meng Tian roared, twisting the throttle to the max.

The Blazing Steed beneath him unleashed full power, its four limbs spewing flames to accelerate.

Not far from the enemy tank company, a sleazy man with a handlebar mustache stood up, waving a piece of white cloth in his hand.

"We surrender, we surrender!! It's all a misunderstanding; we came here to join Great Qin!!"

The man shouted loudly while waving the white cloth, a fawning smile on his face.

To General Meng Tian, this was a completely cowardly act that thoroughly enraged him.

"You pathetic coward, your mother's grave trees are already grown tall!!"

General Meng Tian rode his Blazing Steed straight forward, plucked the Lord of Italy from his command vehicle, and tossed him into the sky.

The Lord of Italy wailed as he flew dozens of meters into the air.

When he fell, General Meng Tian caught him in mid-air and then tossed him again.

After repeating this more than a dozen times, General Meng Tian finally felt relieved.

Looking at the Lord of Italy, he had completely lost control of his bladder and fallen into a dreamland.

A siege battle that was touted as the strongest combat power of the Three-Party Alliance ended hastily with the surrender of the Lord of Italy.

When tallying the spoils afterward, Su Yang realized that this unit's combat power was indeed not weak.

There were three tank companies, including even basic heavy tanks like the P40.

Just three P40s combined with crossfire would actually have been enough to stop General Meng Tian's attack.

And if the three tank companies had adjusted their formations slightly to avoid the Skyfire Guards' wide-area bombardment, they could have continued their attack.

There was also an Indian motorcycle unit and two armored infantry regiments, whose mobile units and artillery weapons could have resisted the approach of the Imperial Armor Troops.

With such troops and such firepower, they were beaten into surrendering by General Meng Tian in less than 10 minutes.

Su Yang could only say that the Lord of Italy was truly worthy of being the Lord of Italy; his command was truly a bit... green.

However, apart from annoying General Meng Tian, the Lord of Italy's cerebellum-atrophy-like command actually had great benefits for their side!!

Throughout the entire battle, apart from the Indian motorcycle unit that led the charge and a few tanks, almost no one was injured.

This allowed Su Yang to capture an almost intact armored force!!

The remaining usable equipment included 22 tanks, 62 heavy machine guns, 12 field artillery pieces of various types, dozens of transport and supply trucks, and nearly 3,000 elite armored infantry who operated with the tanks.

This force was of no use to Great Qin, but to the Southern Alliance countries, it was simply a Treasure Trove!!

The Vietnam rebellion had fought two major battles against the Alliance Army, in which the strongest weapons the Alliance Army lost were a dozen machine guns.

And now, in one fell swoop, Su Yang had captured 62 heavy machine guns, plus dozens of tanks, dozens of field artillery pieces, dozens of trucks, and thousands of elite infantry.

If this force went south, it would be invincible, sweeping through all the Alliance countries!!

Now, handing them over to the southern front would directly make up for all the losses the Alliance Army suffered in the Vietnam rebellion war!!

Su Yang's eyes flickered; this was a massive windfall!!

He had originally thought the Alliance would need at least a week to recover its combat power to the level before the Vietnam rebellion.

But now, with the help of the Lord of Italy, the Alliance Army could not only recover within a day, but also raise its combat power by several levels!!

More importantly, if the Lord of Italy didn't want to die, the Bangladesh territory he currently occupied, as well as his own Italy territory adjacent to the west, would all be handed over to Su Yang.

Taking these two territories and letting the Lord of Pakistan lead the captured armored troops to garrison them would directly resolve his concerns about the south!!

This is truly a case of "it's better to be lucky than good"!!

If the Lord of Italy had been a tough guy and resisted to the end, there was no way he could have gained such a huge harvest!!

Subsequently, while waiting for the Lord of Italy to wake up, the Imperial Armor Troops disarmed all the Three-Party Alliance forces, turning them all into prisoners.

Because the Lord had already laid down his arms and surrendered, and was sleeping soundly in the arms of the enemy general, the process of taking prisoners went very smoothly.

Except for 300 courageous Japanese soldiers who vowed not to surrender.

Consequently, the Armored Elite Soldiers accidentally grazed them with their Chainswords while trying to persuade them.

Then their bodies accidentally rolled into the crushing intake of the dark iron heavy armored vehicles, where they were crushed and absorbed into the storage unit.

Su Yang expressed his deepest apologies for this.

After waiting for about half an hour, the Lord of Italy woke up in a daze.

And Su Yang didn't expect that, in the subsequent negotiations, this guy would actually have another surprise for him.

After waking up, under the friendly "message" from General Meng Tian, the Lord of Italy unconditionally surrendered to Great Qin and unconditionally handed over the two territories of Bangladesh and Italy.

During this time, he stated that this battle was merely a misunderstanding, and that Italy had long shown deep respect for Great Qin's technology and culture.

This time, they hadn't come to start a war, but to deliver a gift—the gift being this army and his own homeland.

Su Yang almost laughed out loud when he heard him spouting nonsense with a straight face.

Compared to a turncoat like the Lord of Italy, Lord Li Sun of Vietnam was truly heroic.

At least he had resisted until he was captured and his twenty-one clans were executed.

However, as an opponent, Su Yang certainly preferred someone like the Lord of Italy who was a spineless wretch.

After signing the surrender agreement with Su Yang and transferring command of all his troops, the Lord of Italy also gave Su Yang a piece of information.

It was that he had actually hoarded some of the various resources provided by the Three-Party Alliance.

He had falsified the command points required for troops and the resources needed for building upgrades.

Every time he formed troops according to the Three-Party Alliance's requirements, he was able to save an extra portion of resources.

This allowed him to have over 60,000 command points, as well as a surplus of 1,000 units each of various minerals, fuel, and steel.

Hearing this, Su Yang's eyes lit up!!

The war to support the south had directly disrupted his plan to upgrade his Main Base to level 6.

Originally, the command points and all resources were in place, but a rebellion had forced him to give up on the upgrade.

The formation of the new Ranger Army and the various resource expenditures meant that the upgrade of the Main Base would have to be delayed until at least Acquired.

However, the Lord of Italy's actions had directly replenished the consumption from this battle!!

The reserve of 1,000 units of steel and fuel solved the most difficult part of upgrading the Main Base.

With the resources given by Italy, Su Yang could upgrade the Main Base to level 6 right now!!

The upgrade that was originally going to be delayed by at least two and a half days had been accelerated by two days thanks to the Lord of Italy's maneuvers.

This meant that after all the careful planning by Vietnam and the Three-Party Alliance, they had only delayed his upgrade time by half a day.

Not only had they failed to take Australia, but they had also lost the Italy territory, an entire armored force, and a massive amount of strategic resources!!

If the leaders of the Three-Party Alliance found out about the Lord of Italy's actions, they would probably be so angry they'd die!!