235: Chapter 242 Airborne Troops, the Great Qin Azure Phoenix Makes its Debut!

Upgrading the two Expeditionary Force units consumed a total of 90,000 command points, leaving a current total of 110,000 command points.

The offensive objective for tomorrow is to take down both India and Argentina in the Land of Extreme Darkness.

Su Yang planned to have General Li Xin lead one unit to attack India, while General Meng Tian would lead the other unit to attack the deeper territory of Argentina.

With the combat power of the upgraded Expeditionary Force, defeating the troops of India and Argentina would be no issue at all.

The difficult part lies in how to capture the territories without damaging the resource facilities.

Not all lords are turncoats like those in Australia and Italy.

There are some who intend to hold their territories to the death or use the threat of self-destructing resource facilities to stop the enemy's advance.

Not damaging the resource facilities means that artillery bombardment cannot be used directly.

And if the local commanders hold their territories to the death, it means the frontal assault might be blocked.

When these two situations arise, a surprise attack unit is needed.

It would not need long-range artillery to take the territory, and it could catch the lord of the territory off guard, leaving them no time to carry out self-destruction actions.

Su Yang flickered his thoughts and opened the Xuan Niao Aerospace Institute once again.

The Great Qin's aerial units are not limited to just the black bird.

qingluan aircraft—an aerospace transport machine.

Equipped with landing pods, it can deploy soldiers from the air to launch surprise attacks on the enemy.

Generally speaking, it corresponds to the Airborne Troops in modern warfare.

In history, the primary mission of Airborne Troops was to launch strategic surprise attacks.

By using aerial transport to bypass various terrains and the obstacles of enemy defensive facilities, they raid or seize strategic points.

Now, by forming an Airborne Troops unit and utilizing their surprise attack characteristics, it can ensure the capture of the India and Argentina territories without any surprises.

General Li Xin and General Meng Tian would lead the First and Second Expeditionary Forces to advance from the front, while the qingluan aircraft would transport the Airborne Troops to take the rear and execute decapitation strikes.

A perfect plan!

Su Yang flickered his thoughts and invested another 50,000 command points into the Xuan Niao Aerospace Institute.

[command points - 50,000]

[Summoning transport aircraft qingluan aircraft...]

As the command points were invested, a huge roar echoed out.

While the Xuan Niao Aerospace Institute was constructing the qingluan aircraft, Su Yang clicked into the Imperial Armor Camp to begin forming the Airborne Troops.

Because they are a special unit like cavalry, the minimum number of personnel to form an Airborne Troops unit is also 50.

The configuration of the Ranger Troops is 48 Crossbowmen paired with 2 Scouts; the Scouts provide reconnaissance, and the Crossbowmen are responsible for damage output.

This lineup has shown very good results in several actual battles.

Therefore, Su Yang decided to change the configuration of the Ranger Troops by replacing the Crossbowmen with Elite Soldiers.

He adopted a configuration of 48 Armored Elite Soldiers paired with 2 Scouts.

command points invested.

[Formation summoning, 50% discount on command points]

[command points - 39,000]

[Summoning Level 6 Great Qin Armored Elite Soldier * 48...]

[Summoning Level 6 Great Qin Thousand-Mile Scout * 2...]

After a short wait, 50 Armored Soldiers walked out of the Imperial Armor Camp.

The Great Qin's first expeditionary Airborne Troops unit was formed.

At the same time, on the aerospace platform, a behemoth slowly rose.

Great Qin qingluan aircraft!

This was a steel behemoth even larger than the black bird.

The overall fuselage length was 84 meters, the height was 26.2 meters, and the wingspan reached a staggering 88.4 meters.

The huge wing area allowed the qingluan aircraft to generate enough lift to support flight with an ultra-heavy load.

An important point is that 50 landing pods are not the upper limit of the capacity that the qingluan aircraft can carry.

Excluding the combat cabin at the very bottom, which carries the landing pods and a series of supporting launch facilities.

The qingluan aircraft also possesses a huge cargo cabin.

Aside from the combat cabin and other facilities within the aircraft, the qingluan aircraft also contains a large cargo hold.

The cargo hold is flat; it is 42 meters long, with a maximum width of 6.4 meters and a maximum height of 6.2 meters.

This volume still has remaining space after accommodating one Heavy Xuan Iron Armor unit.

This means that the qingluan aircraft can not only deploy Airborne Troops from the air but also enable the rapid long-distance transfer of large troops.

Although the qingluan aircraft's speed is not as exaggerated as the black bird's, it is definitely several times faster than ground transport.

Except for the fuel consumption issue, the qingluan aircraft is simply a perfect transport unit!

While waiting for the construction of the qingluan aircraft and the summoning of the Airborne Troops.

Su Yang had the two black bird units return to the territory.

Tonight's mission of grinding command points and the Heart of the Hive has been completed to Perfection.

Today's 40 minutes of combat flight consumed nearly two-thirds of the black bird's power energy.

Su Yang specifically had them reserve about 1,000 kilometers of flight range to deal with possible emergencies tomorrow.

He hates the feeling of plans being disrupted and things losing control.

So, ever since the Vietnam rebellion happened last time, he has become more cautious in the execution of every plan.

Because the black bird units returned, the total number of command points gained from killing enemies tonight was fixed at 250,000.

Including the flight time on the way, it was a total of 40 minutes; 250,000 command points were gained in 40 minutes.

This was even while conserving missiles.

The highest amount obtained in a single operation by ground troops was 170,000 command points.

That operation against the Titanium Gray Rock Clan in front of the Wailing Mountains took over an hour.

That hour-plus did not even include the time spent traveling on the road; if the travel time were included, it would be impossible to play.

By comparison, the kill efficiency of the black bird is almost an entire dimension higher than that of the ground troops!

However, in fact, without using missiles for area attacks, the black bird's output relying solely on its autocannons cannot compare to the firepower of the ground troops.

The reason for such a large gap, besides the denser Insect Swarm in the Wilderness Forest, also has to do with the black bird's powerful mobility.

Within the range traveled by ground troops, there is often only one Insect Swarm, and it takes time to continue searching after finishing them off.

But the black bird can cross hundreds of kilometers in a few minutes, and combined with high-performance radar, finding the Insect Swarm is a piece of cake.

Moreover, they do not do the cleanup work; they only attack large-scale gathered Insect Swarms.

This allows the penetration of the autocannons to reach its maximum.

Once the Insect Swarm is routed and disperses to flee, the black bird will immediately switch targets to find the next gathered Insect Swarm.

It is this super mobility that makes the black bird appear much more powerful than the ground troops.

The 250,000 command points plus the 50,000 remaining from before, minus the various upgrade costs, leaves 100,000 command points remaining.

Su Yang plans to use these 100,000 command points to further enhance the defensive capabilities of the Airborne Troops.

Because they have to break into the center of the enemy forces with a small number of units, the threats they face are greater than those faced by the frontal troops.

With these last 100,000 command points, Su Yang wants to manufacture the first batch of Titanium Armor in the territory!