Fang Zheng had always been a man of action. After bidding Miho Nishizumi farewell, he returned to the warship and took out part of the tank stockpile stored within the Azure Fleet, "leasing" it to the United Army's ground armored forces. Naturally, what Fang Zheng brought out were not the knockoff imitations of the Erebonian Empire on the Semurian Continent, but genuine Siege Tanks from the Terran forces of StarCraft.
By every measure, they were far superior to the Type 59 Siege Tanks previously manufactured by the Empire.
Naturally, the United Army welcomed this with open arms. Of course, "leasing" meant they had to return them after the battle, but to the people of this world, merely being able to witness and use such advanced weapons was already an excellent bargain.
Once the troops had gathered in force, the Azure Fleet began advancing. At the same time, United Army headquarters activated an operation codenamed "Blitz Berlin."
The battle plan was basically this: the Azure Fleet would confront Neroy's air power at the forefront. In the past, Neroy had excelled at assembling enormous aerial warships and using them to bombard the ground. If the United Army's witches could not stop them, the ground forces would be routed.
But now, with the Azure Fleet, Neroy's large aerial warships had lost their threat. Even if they scattered again and transformed into swarms resembling small drones, Hoshijiro Shizuka, Shiraui Tsumugi and the Gardes mecha under their command, along with the 501st Joint Fighter Wing, could deal with them.
Behind the Azure Fleet came the ground advance of the army. Of course, that did not mean the army could stand around as cheerleaders. Neroy feared water, but it possessed a mimic form capable of burrowing underground. Thus, even the army units following behind could suffer