Chain Reaction

This was a battlefield. This was war.

It had no room for sentiment or morality. The strong lived; the weak died.

"First, we need to recognize the gap between us. They've been established here for too long. The wealth and weapons they've accumulated far surpass ours. Once the fighting begins, there are two things we absolutely cannot avoid."

What Lu PingAn meant was "air force" and "firepower."

In his old world, those two things were unquestionably the kings of warfare in the New Era.

The modern warfare systems developed since the nineties meant that a modern army relying solely on "air force" and "artillery" could secure ultimate victory.

But the others did not share that understanding.

Earth's "airship culture" had always been too mild. Artillery without missiles posed little threat to High-Level Professionals. Professionals would take it seriously, but not necessarily all that seriously.

Yet in this Other World, both the firepower advantage and the aerial advantage lay with the Aus, who had held the geographical advantage for a long time.

"If we fight a decisive battle in the wilderness, their artillery and Sky Knights will inflict asymmetric damage on us. We'll suffer severe losses in the First Wave."

Lu PingAn's assessment had sparked controversy within the command structure. Even though many of them had already suffered from "artillery," more attributed their defeats to being caught off guard.

Against those Spin Force Stone firearms that "could only fire in straight lines," many of them were highly confident.

"Are you really sure the Spin Force Stone Weapons we'll face will be on the level of those scattered hunters? Going by those companies' habits, good weapons only go to their direct forces. The mercenaries on the outskirts get obsolete junk."

Facts had proven Lu PingAn right. If they had chosen field warfare,