Then, just as the psykers on Chenxiao Fortress began mentally preparing themselves to die a glorious death, General Yellic's order also reached the gunnery department: "Arrow of the Wind God! Load the energy!"
The tense, hurried atmosphere spread at lightning speed, directly stimulating the nerves of every Imperial officer and soldier in the central command room. Many of them even felt as though they could no longer breathe.
When had the mighty Imperial Army ever experienced something akin to encountering a natural predator?
But they were, after all, professionally trained soldiers. As they held their breath in trepidation, the fortress's systems continued operating in an orderly fashion.
Chenxiao Fortress had stood for more than a thousand years and had undergone over ten large-scale expansions and reconstructions throughout its history. Considering that it was an important military base in the heartland of the Galactic Empire, naming the fortress's main cannons after the weapons of the chief gods in T'Reiro classical mythology was quite in keeping with tradition.
The so-called "Arrow of the Wind God" was one of them.
It was Chenxiao Fortress's positron main cannon, perhaps the most powerful positron cannon in the known galaxy. Though it had been built five hundred years ago, it was still maintained like new and remained one of the most powerful weapons in the universe.
Of course, in the eyes of that indescribable "demon dragon" on the other side, the fact that a fortress cannon five hundred years old was still a nation's most advanced weapon was clearly a sign of civilizational stagnation.
But to the Empire, this majestic cannon represented a glorious and brilliant history.
For one thing, more than three hundred years ago, during that civil war, when the truly legitimate emperor had yet to don the Void Crown in the Celestial Domain