Chapter 1199： Homecoming in Autumn (1/2)

The investigation into the power of the dead and remnants of all things in the wasteland has reached a bottleneck, but this does not mean that the great empires outside the magnificent wall will stop their counterattack against the wasteland-on the contrary, because of the inside of the wall. The situation is unclear, and this has put additional pressure on several empires, making them more urgently need to penetrate into the wasteland, even if it is just to establish an initial forward base.

So, the action of the mortal nations to counterattack the wasteland began.

In the southern part of the mainland, the Silver Empire has established a huge army of rangers in conjunction with the Highmountain Kingdom, and began to advance along the border forest with the guardian giant tree to the north, gradually compressing the polluted area outside the magnificent wall, while in the north of the mainland To the northeast, Typhon and Cecil have mobilized a large amount of manpower and material resources to build several railways that run through the contaminated area, preparing to use these "steel arteries" as fulcrums to pry open the solid pollution barriers around the waste soil.

The great architect Gordon stood on the observation platform of the first wall of the South Gate Fortress, his eyes fell on the edge of the black forest in the distance. In the depths of the forest, he could see some faint man-made structures from the towering distortions. Peeking out between the woods, its metal or crystal spires gleamed in the sun, like jewels inlaid in the forest, connected one by one into a line, pointing far away in the direction of the magnificent wall.

Those are the outposts set up in the Black Forest. They are the exposed spires of the magic broadcast tower or shield generator in the outpost.

In the past, many people believed that the Black Forest was a dead place with no vitality for mankind. Countries were discouraged before the blockade of the Black Forest because of the high cost, huge risk and low cost of fighting the Black Forest. The reality of gains has given up this border, but there are two exceptions. One is the Typhon Empire, which has always maintained the warning zone of the Western Wasteland, and the other is Cecil, who has always regarded the counter-offensive wasteland as a target. In contrast, the Cecils did even more radically than Typhon in this regard.

As early as the Anzu era before the establishment of the Cecil Empire, in the operation that the nations jointly repaired and strengthened the magnificent wall, Cecil used heavy incinerators and armored forces to forcibly open up the Black Forest. A road that points directly to the wasteland. After the joint operation that year, this original "temporary passage" was not abandoned. Instead, it has received long-term maintenance and a series of "additions", according to the imperial capital. Ordered that the construction corps stationed at the southern foot of the Dark Mountains, based on this road, continuously expanded the control area of ​​the South Gate Fortress, and built a series of outposts and supply nodes along the road, and its control area extended to the south. At the foot of the Sentinel Tower.

Today, this long-term project finally has a time to play a major role.

The "Sentinel Road" in the Black Forest will become the basis for marching into the wasteland. The energy stations, military depots and supply nodes set up along the way will be used to provide important guarantees for subsequent engineering troops. A charged railway with the highest standards so far will Departing from the south gate fortress, all the way through the black forest and the belt plain outside the sentinel tower to the foot of the magnificent wall, then the steel fortress and legion of the empire will reach the territory of the ancient Gondor kingdom through this steel artery, where they were built. It is the first forward base for mankind to counterattack the wasteland.

The sound of footsteps came from the side, and Gordon retracted his gaze to the Black Forest. He turned to look in the direction of the sound and saw a short stature, strong muscles, and a colleague wearing a thick black coat. Come.

That was Bruce Rock, an outstanding craftsman who was promoted to a great architect two years ago. This engineering master with dwarf descent was one of the first members of the "Hundred People Aid Construction Group" who came to the south during the Cecil leadership period. In the restoration project of the magnificent wall of China, the engineering team he led shined (this is also an important reason for his promotion to become a great architect), and in the next counterattack against wasteland, this man was quite conscious of the “contaminated area construction”. Experienced technical experts will also become one of the main persons in charge of the engineering department. There is no doubt that this will be an honor.

"Hi, Gordon," Bruce raised his hand and greeted Gordon, his voice loud as if thunder in the mountains, "Did you see the first echelon of engineering assembled in the square? Those earth element resonance rails, large ones Lifting mechanism, and shiny mechanical cabin! Let me tell you, I like our new mission, and now the most advanced construction machinery of the empire is here!"

"I saw it, of course I saw it, I've been watching it all morning," Gordon shrugged, "and we will have to watch longer next-build a railway to the wasteland from here It’s not a simple project."

"We already have a road, in the Black Forest-with those stations along the way, all the preliminary surveys and logistical supplies will become simpler," Bruce came to Gordon, his face full of red light. "I dare say that the Typhonians are definitely slower than us this time. They are also building a railway to the wasteland from Winter Wolf, but they have not built it in the Black Forest in the past few years. So many supply stations and energy stations, and after the battle of Winterhold, they don’t have so many engineering wizards now..."

"According to the news I received, they have sent 12,000 engineering wizards to the Black Forest, Bruce," Gordon glanced at the loud colleague. "There are still 8,000 on the road."

Bruce's flushed face suddenly became a little stiff, and after a while in the cold wind, the architect of dwarf blood couldn't help muttering: "Damn rich man... **** money ability..."

"Look at the beginning, think about the current situation-Typhon people can use so much energy to do this is a good thing for us," Gordon said unhurriedly, as the earliest follower One of the technicians of Gawain Cecil, he has been in contact with almost all the large-scale projects of the empire, and he has understood many "big plans" formulated by his majesty. Now he naturally has a different vision, "Counter-offensive wasteland is not a Regarding the country, after the vanguard arrives at the magnificent wall, the more reinforcements around us, the safer the soldiers and engineers will be."

Bruce touched his nose: "...Damn, what you said really makes sense."

Gordon grinned. He looked at the gate under the high wall and saw that the engineering team's vehicles had begun to drive outwards. He said casually: "Compared to studying this kind of headache'situation problem', I I suddenly remembered a joke I often saw recently on the anonymous version of Cecil of Neural Network..."

Bruce rubbed his red nose: "What joke?"

"How many of these things we personally experienced today will become the'full text recitation' in the students' textbooks in a few years," Gordon laughed, "Look at these teams at your feet, and think about your first few years. The plan submitted by God, especially the large paragraph you wrote in the front of the plan... What is the content, I think there will be a page of yours in the future history books. Seriously, just point to this. You should also write those things shorter."

"Leave him," Bruce murmured, "It's not my back anyway..."

Gordon shrugged, ignoring the murmur of his colleague, and Bruce on the side felt a little bored. In the increasingly cold autumn wind, this sturdy man of dwarf blood poked his head and looked in the direction of the Black Forest. His gaze swept over the luxuriant and distorted plants, and then slowly moved to the more deserted "uncontaminated areas" near the fortress. An extraordinarily lush green tree suddenly came into his eyes, making him slightly widened. .

"Hey, Gordon," he touched the elbow of his colleague next to him, "the woods didn't seem to be that lush the other day? Why did it seem to jump up suddenly these days?"

"Is it that exaggerated?" Gordon glanced over there, not paying much attention to his words, "It's just a forest, and it's still outside the contaminated area of ​​the Black Forest. We sent someone to check it once before, and those are just Ordinary plants are nothing more than the kind of pollution products in the Black Forest that are soaked by magic energy, corrupted and poisoned."