The Fear of Being Ruled by Giants!
It is located approximately ten kilometers southwest of the Star Gate.
You can see thick, long barbed wire fences crisscrossing the arid land.
Looking down from above, the dry, yellow earth appears to have been whipped countless times, leaving behind these terrifying and ugly 'scars'.
Behind this dangerous area.
The first trench appeared, whose length and end were completely invisible.
They are mainly divided into forward firing trenches and rear support trenches, as well as zigzag communication trenches connecting these two main trenches, which house 400,000 to 500,000 Army.
Around these trenches, one can also see bunkers that resemble small Titans.
The World Allied Forces, having had ample time to prepare for several years.
Therefore, these semi-permanent machine gun bunkers, sniper outposts, observation posts, and other defensive fortifications were directly constructed using concrete and stone bricks, with one basically every fifty meters.
On either side of the transportation trench, two armored trains slowly moved along the tracks below, like giant serpents patrolling their territory.
Each armored train consists of five steel carriages, each equipped with a 105mm Anti-Titan Cannon and two Maxim Heavy Machine Gun.
These together form a defensive line.
Its length spans hundreds of kilometers, perfectly separating the Black Peninsula region (the three states of Bari, Sanaag, Sool, and Nugaal in Somalia).
Furthermore, there was a similar defensive line every kilometer, totaling twelve defensive lines, which accommodated nearly ten million troops, thousands of machine gun bunkers, and more than twenty artillery positions of various types.
Behind these defensive lines lies an even larger logistical area.
Numerous houses, buildings, squares, roads, and airfields prepared for airships and aircraft units.
This battlefield, built with nearly 80% of the Giant World's military strength and a massive amount of resources and manpower, is a testament to their readiness for a full-scale war of resistance.
"Blake, have you noticed that the noise coming from ahead is getting louder?"
Inside a firing trench of the second line of defense.
A young man wearing a silver-gray steel helmet, with many small pockmarks on his face and light brown hair, hugged his Mosin-Nagant Rifle tightly and whispered cautiously to his companion with his brown eyes.
In his ears, the continuous explosions and rapid machine gun fire came not only from the front, but also from above.
However, he was just a lowly soldier in the Army and didn't need to concern himself with matters in the sky for the time being.
"The fortified trenches at the front must have been captured, and our men have retreated to the support trenches now."
The dark-haired youth, called Blake, leaned against the earthen wall of the trench with his eyes closed. He casually replied to Arnold, then added, "Before it's our turn, you should take the time to rest and cherish this little bit of An Ning you have left."
Arnold pursed his lips and asked again, "Do you think we can defeat these Otherworld invaders?"
"Whether we can win or not, I don't know, but I do know that regardless of the outcome, we're both doomed. However, I already got Melissa before I came here, so I have no regrets."
Blake still didn't open his eyes, because in the darkness, he could more clearly imagine that beautiful, fair, and gentle smile.
After being assigned to this second line of defense, he realized that he was doomed.
"Ah, you actually?!"
Arnold stared at his friend in astonishment, his eyes quickly filling with envy and disappointment, because he also liked Melissa.
"That's not right, Melissa could never like you. She always says she wants to marry a rich man, you..."
"Yeah, she doesn't like me, but that doesn't stop me from taking her body before coming here. Anyway, there's no going back, so why not have some fun?"
Blake suddenly opened his eyes and calmly looked at the nine small black dots in the blue sky.
He knew those were spaceships from Otherworld. They weren't airships, but they could float in the air, which was incredible.
When they first arrived, they were besieged by countless anti-aircraft guns, and then many blue afterimages and bluish-yellow flames appeared, blocking all the attacks.
However, they didn't seem to retaliate; instead, they simply increased their altitude.
Once they reached a position beyond the reach of anti-aircraft guns, they stopped there motionless, as if waiting for something.
"What?! Blake, how could you do this?!"
Upon hearing this, Arnold abruptly stood up, glaring Wrath at Blake, ignoring the astonished looks of the others, and loudly accused him, "You've committed a crime, and the person you've hurt is Melissa! She hasn't offended you!"
"Crime?"
Blake sneered and said, "Now that I'm on the battlefield, and I'll be fighting against the invaders from another world for everyone, then whatever my sins were should be absolved!"
"You"
Arnold was furious and reached out to grab Blake's collar.
[Boom!]
But at that moment, a violent explosion occurred outside the trench. The deafening roar and the surging blast wave knocked him to the ground, catching him off guard.
[Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!]
In Setsuna, more shells fell from the sky onto the area covered with barbed wire and thorns, and bursts of Huoguang shot into the sky.
"They are clearing the minefield."
Blake's face was ashen as he stared intently at the nine black dots overhead, only to discover that they were descending while simultaneously firing cannons outwards.
It turned out that there were a large number of landmines buried under those barbed wire fences, and when our side needed to pass through, we used railway tracks and armored trains to transport supplies and personnel.
"It seems the enemy has already suffered a loss at the first line of defense!"
Indeed, the Blake Black was right. At the first line of defense, the World Government's Army had suffered over a dozen Kabaneri warriors killed by landmines, and even several Giants warriors were wounded.
The kind of sudden, chain-reaction explosions that occur right under your feet leave you no time to prepare.
The key issue is that the people of the Sea Star World have virtually no concept of landmine tactics, so they only saw the barbed wire blocking the way.
As a time traveler, Imu naturally knew some of it.
But he really hadn't expected this, so he reminded the High Command staff to be aware of landmines and such beforehand.
Even if Im notices it, Imu probably won't interfere.
After all, it's best to let the people below accumulate this kind of war experience little by little on their own, even if it comes at the cost of some sacrifices as tuition.
No.
Having learned his lesson, the High Command Minister Kong directly ordered Marco to command the nine Flying Warship he led to bomb the minefield of the second line of defense.
As for Charlotte Linlin, she was an honorary Admiral and didn't actually have any real command authority.
Half an hour later, the artillery fire stopped, the explosions subsided, and the area outside the trench was a scene of utter devastation.
But the next second, screams and shouts rose and fell from all directions in the trench. Arnold trembled and lay on the earthen wall, looking in horror at the other end, at the terrifying figures that appeared in the billowing smoke.
"The Titans"
They were Titans warriors, each about twenty meters tall, wearing black armor covered with blood-red patterns, wielding massive cold weapons made of the same material as their armor, their black coats billowing in the wind and waves behind them.
Their fierce aura, mixed with a strong killing intent, transformed into a surging wind of fear that swept through the hearts of all the soldiers in the trench as they approached.
Titans seem to be a fear passed down through generations in the blood of most people in this world.
At this moment, they once again experienced the feeling of their ancestors being dominated by Titans, only this time, these Titans came from another world.