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Chapter 273 Battle Ends
Once the maintenance passage was sealed off, Lorraine left with four Guardian 4 robots.
After exiting the maintenance passage, Lorraine immediately spotted the old knight who had already stood up straight.
"Lorraine, the first rank of the Fireseed Project, sends his greetings to Your Excellency."
Lorraine clasped his right hand to his chest and bowed slightly to the old knight.
"The Torch of Life, Cromwell."
Seeing the old knight struggling to return the greeting despite his exhaustion, Lorraine quickly stepped forward to stop him.
"No, you should rest first. I'll take you back to the front command post later, and then I'll go to the front to take a look."
As Lorraine spoke, she helped the old knight into the armored off-road vehicle next to her.
Bai Zhi and four guardian-type robots followed closely behind, entering the vehicle through the rear hatch.
Lorraine drove the SUV away slowly, finally stopping it behind a bunker outside the front command post.
Lorraine jumped out of the car, leaving Bai Zhi beside the old knight to monitor his condition in real time.
Four Guardian 4 robots followed closely behind, guarding the off-road vehicle.
Lorraine strode into the command room and informed the commanders present of the old knight's condition.
"Thank you for your assistance, Lord Lorraine."
In response to the golden-haired knight's gratitude, Lorraine simply waved her hand and said...
"We're all colleagues, it's nothing, no need to be so polite."
"Another batch of reinforcements is on its way and is expected to arrive directly at the breached defensive line outside."
"clear."
Lorraine nodded, walked out of the command room, and went outside alone.
As he reached the outer defensive line, four dazzling lights lit up behind him.
"laugh--"
Four enormous humanoid figures emerged from the swirling dust and strolled over to Lorraine's side.
"Commander, the knights have arrived on the battlefield. Please give your instructions."
Compared to the mech piloted by Platinum, these four mechs, named "Knights," are much larger and heavier, with a rugged and tough overall design, reaching a size of 13.6 meters.
These mechs do not have flexible mechanical arms or complex propulsion components. Their entire bodies are covered with thick armor, and each mech carries only three simple weapons: a short-barreled 105mm electromagnetic railgun, a heavy high-frequency long-range blade, and a medium-caliber plasma cannon mounted on its back.
These four original Knight Armor units are powered by six upgraded pure hydrogen gas turbines, providing them with ample power to charge at 80 kilometers per hour despite their 72.3-ton combat weight.
The combination of heavy armor and excellent mobility gives this mech the ability to take down an enemy's head amidst a vast army.
Looking at the several small, menacing war beasts in the distance, Lorraine expressionlessly gave the four mechs the order to attack.
Subsequently, the six pure hydrogen gas turbines inside the mech entered maximum power operation and charged into the enemy ranks with an extremely sharp whistling sound.
During the charge, the four knight mechs simultaneously raised the plasma cannons mounted on their backs, using scorching plasma to continuously suppress the enemy's small war behemoths.
After confirming that the enemy had no unexpected actions, Lorraine stopped paying attention to the intelligence system and refocused her attention on the battlefield situation map synchronized from the flagship.
At this point, all the artillery positions outside the defensive lines were nearing saturation, and the airdrop system at the rear stopped dropping more artillery positions. All the transport drones also ceased operation and returned to the forward base's affiliated airport for maintenance.
After spending an hour and a half, Lorraine toured the other salient lines, confirming that the battlefield situation was favorable and that they only needed to advance steadily.
After making his rounds, Lorraine returned to the front-line command post and continued to monitor the performance of the four original Knight mechs.
These four first-generation Knight mechs are all of the type with or without crew. Their cockpits are located in the center of the torso and can only be accessed through the hatch at the top.
When it is in unmanned combat mode, the maintenance team will install an additional main control module in the cockpit to boost its computing power to a specified standard.
Of course, all the combat data of these mechs comes from Platinum, but due to the limitations of the mechs, they cannot perform the same graceful movements as Platinum.
"The battlefield is functioning normally."
After informing the old knight, Lorraine switched his armor to stealth mode, used his flight pack to bypass the third line of defense, and slipped into the command room at the center of the Stonehenge base.
"Lin Shu, there are many wounded here. Let the medical team set off. Remember to bring plenty of prosthetic components."
The message was sent to the flagship via the communication channel, and then transmitted through the electromagnetic shielding ring via the laser communication system on the flagship, reaching Lin Shu, who was a thousand kilometers away.
Upon receiving Lorraine's message, Lin Shu quickly adjusted the supplies carried by the medical team. Once all the supplies were in place, two large transport planes took off and flew towards the distant forward airport.
During the final two hours of the annihilation operation, everyone's nerves were on edge, constantly on guard against any unexpected situations that might arise on the battlefield.
When a large number of unmanned combat units carrying life detectors left the defensive line and began operating on the battlefield, the 40-hour battle finally came to an end.
After several artillery shots, the entire battlefield finally fell silent, with only the whistling wind and the engine sounds of unmanned combat units as accompaniment.
"Phew, all done. Cleveland can now remove the electromagnetic shielding field. Also, send the transport ship to the forward airfield to pick up the medical team that's waiting there."
"receive."
Subsequently, one of the best-maintained transport ships belonging to the 1st Sharp Knife Assault Team took off and headed to the forward airfield under the escort of the 23rd Armed Helicopter Battalion.
The logistics base on the outskirts was busy again, with equipment boxes being launched by electromagnetic catapults and flying towards various salient defense lines.
The robot force, having completed its cleaning and inspection work, quickly assembled and then split up, with 70% of the force returning to the second line of defense to take over the guard duties from the human soldiers.
The remaining 30% of the troops stayed around the armored units, waiting for the equipment crates to arrive.
Meanwhile, two transport ships took off and headed to Khuna to transport the engineering team responsible for post-war work to the outskirts of the Stonehenge base.
The most eye-catching were the four original Knight mechs. Under the guidance of the maintenance team, the other three Knight mechs were transferred by transport ships to carry out the dismantling of the war behemoths.
Once the equipment crates sent by the logistics unit arrived, the robotic units waiting around the armored units began to work, installing obstacle-breaking shovels on the front of the armored vehicles.
Armored vehicles equipped with breaching shovels lined up and, under the coordination of the main control unit, gathered up the wreckage scattered throughout the battlefield.
Just as Lorraine was pondering what to do next, Platinum descended from the sky in his mech and slowly landed behind him.
"Hmm? What brings you here? Shouldn't you go and rest for a while?"
The cockpit door of the mech opened, and Platinum gracefully jumped down, landing in front of Lorraine.
"I slept for a while now, and I'm fine."
Seeing that Platinum shook his head to indicate that he was fine, Lorraine did not ask any further questions.
Lorraine looked up at the sky but did not see the low-visibility assault ship.
"Um?"
"Some parts of the assault ship's hull were severely damaged, so I had Xu Ling fly the assault ship back for repairs. Besides, her sister has already come out of the cryogenic chamber and is undergoing rehabilitation with the other pilots."
Finding himself with nothing to do, Lorraine took out his data panel and waited for Cleveland to present the kill reward.
A total of 115,459 silicon-based organisms were killed in this operation.
Two medium-sized war behemoths were killed.
[Slayed 79 small war behemoths]
[4324 large silicon-based creatures killed]
[111,054 medium-sized and smaller silicon-based creatures killed]
[The campaign settlement system is now open and settlement is in progress.]
[Special Kill Rewards: Level 7 Tech Tree Unlock Permission *3, Level 7 Tech Selection Pack *41, Medium Anti-Gravity Unit *4, Small Anti-Gravity Unit *12, Small Anti-Gravity Unit Production Blueprint]
Seeing the missing parts, Lorraine immediately asked Cleveland for clarification.
"Cleveland, where did all the regular kill rewards go?"
"Commander, all regular kill rewards for this event have been converted into general material supply packs, totaling 80 units."
Upon seeing Cleveland's explanation, Lorraine breathed a sigh of relief. After all, the current shortage of conventional materials was not too great, and the raw materials for explosives were no longer lacking due to the mass production of metallic hydrogen.
The biggest current shortage is for fuel needed for various nuclear fusion reactors and thermonuclear engines.
After Lorraine quickly glanced through the kill rewards, he heard the faint sound of a car.
After putting away the data panel, the armored off-road vehicle that originally belonged to him drove through the gate.
The driver's side door opened, and the blond knight jumped out of the vehicle.
"Lord Lorraine, Lord Platinum, thank you for coming to our aid."
Seeing the blond knight about to bow deeply to them, Lorraine and Platinum simultaneously rushed out and stopped him.
"Help your knight commander down first; the carriage isn't a good place to rest."
The blond knight raised his head, then turned around and went to the left rear of the cockpit to help the old knight, who had already removed his power armor, down.
Seeing how easily the knight was persuaded, Lorraine and Platinum exchanged a glance, then shook their heads together and helped the old knight into the rest room of the underground command post.
Looking at the blond knight intently guarding the old knight's bedside, Lorraine asked with some curiosity.
"Don't you need to oversee the cleanup work on the front lines?"
The blond knight shook his head and began to explain.
"My job is done, and the knight who took over the cleanup is more suitable for the job than I am."