In mid-November, Sanchez consolidated his forces and temporarily stopped expanding outward. This gave the warlords of Maliro a slight sense of relief.
Even now, they had not determined whether their ambush of the Federation forces counted as a success. At the very least, they had killed more than six hundred people—that was the official claim.
It had also brought the Federation's unchecked expansion to a halt, so this should count as a successful ambush.
At the same time, however, the Federation's new weapons had placed a heavy psychological burden on them, especially the "Qi-I"-type bomber whose codename, "Blastscale Dragon," had already been exposed.
This thing put far too much pressure on them. The aircraft flew in the sky, and whether they used rifles or autocannons, they simply could not pose any threat to those lofty objects.
Yet all those aircraft had to do was drop their eggs, and they could destroy everything within a certain area, wave after wave.
People, buildings, or anything else.
What if the Federation flew these bombers straight over their heads? How were they supposed to hide? They had no way to deal with large-scale bombardment, and judging from some of the intelligence they had obtained, the bombers were very easy to resupply.
They could operate at high intensity, constantly transport bombs over, drop them, and then return to repeat the process.
Some warlords had already begun digging tunnels and bunkers. Under such dense aerial bombardment, the only way to hide was underground. Only then could they feel even a little safe.
The outside world also felt tremendous pressure from some of the new weapons the Federation had displayed, especially the people of Gefra.
They strongly demanded that the Federation disclose the performance parameters of the "Qi-I"-type bomber and demanded cooperation on the project. In exchange,