At the same time, the scientific research interface in the field of vision of Persia Theater and Lin Cuo, thousands of kilometers away, suddenly lit up several prompts in succession.
[Firmament Project: Research on high-energy strategies.]
[Key investigators: Nina·Einstein.]
[Major theoretical breakthrough: Local Mass Collapse Model.]
[The original research bottleneck has been lifted.]
[Goddess of Love Project: Entering the pre-engineering verification stage.]
[Estimated completion period: one hundred and eighty days.]
Lin Cuo stared at the countdown that suddenly appeared and was stunned for a while. Then, he slowly smiled.
"Big Sister Nina... You really gave me a big surprise."
"What surprise?"
Kallen was adjusting the external sensor of Guren Shen Hu. More than ten hours of continuous fighting had made her voice hoarse than usual, and Pilot Suit was already soaked with sweat. She looked back and found Lin Cuo smiling suspiciously at the empty space.
"Are you thinking about any nonsense again? Let me explain first, I don't have the energy to accompany you to mess around now."
"This Regent is concerned about the future of human civilization. General Kallen, why are your thoughts always so narrow?"
"Because the last time you said you were concerned about the future of human civilization, the next sentence was that you wanted to discuss motherly warmth with Nina."
"Those are two things!"
"With you, everything ends up being the same thing."
Kallen looked at the screen again, but Lin Cuo did not argue with her anymore. The situation in the war zone at the moment really did not leave much room for them to argue.
Persia Northeast The battle has lasted for more than ten hours.
The aerial window opened by the Imperial Air Force at great cost in the direction of Northwest, the partial results achieved by Great Han Heavy Artillery and the electromagnetic test platform, and several successful retreats organized by Todo have not really changed a basic fact.
BETA is still continuing to expand outwards. The valleys and transportation corridors in the Mashhad area have an altitude of nearly one thousand meters in many places, and the surrounding mountains and passes have risen further. This is enough for a Modern Army with a large number of heavy Tanks, siege guns, KMFs and hundreds of thousands of personnel to expose serious transportation problems in continued operations.
The road entering the war zone from the Herat direction was worn by the heavy vehicles that continued to drive in. The railway transportation capacity along the way was close to its limit. Some troops were able to arrive on time on the map, but the attached maintenance vehicles, cooling equipment and ammunition were still behind.
What's even more troublesome is that the enemy will not actively stop attacking because of this. After listening to the new round of reports, Li Xingke reached out and put his sword on the table.
"Two more stations requested to extend the stopping time of military trains?"
Chou Xianglin nodded and immediately called up the records of the logistics department.
"I have increased the transportation priority of Heavy Artillery Unit a lot, but Combat Engineers is requesting the transfer of more bridge components. The ammunition that the front line can receive is less than expected. There are still several Mountain Pass. The original road width did not consider the simultaneous passage of heavy armored transport vehicles and large superconducting launch platforms."
"Then let the vehicles that do not need to participate in combat immediately return to the second assembly area, and prioritize ammunition, emergency repairs and personnel evacuation."
"General, the rear has already done this. The problem is that the withdrawn troops also need supplies, and the maintenance requirements of these heavy equipment are much more complicated than traditional artillery, especially the pulse launch platform. The power supply and cooling system must be checked after each continuous test firing."
Li Xingke didn't have much choice. He could only look at a piece of special enemy information that Lin Cuo had handed over before.
The source of the information is vague, saying only that it is a combination of early theater reconnaissance, non-public research and the judgment of special technical departments.
According to that report, in addition to the ordinary Laser-Class, beta also has another taller Heavy Laser-Class. Its body height can reach 21 meters, its length is about 15 meters, and its range can reach targets 100 kilometers away and 500 meters high. The maximum range is estimated to be more than 1,000 kilometers.
The report even recorded a large entity with a length of approximately 1,800 meters, capable of transporting other BETAs underground.
If the enemy is really able to transport a large number of military units underground, then it is not enough for Great Han to just establish a continuous line of defense on the surface. Moreover, Heavy Laser-Class must also consider joining the battlefield in the future, which will lead to the possibility that humans will face even worse air supremacy problems.
After reading these reports, his head got bigger and he couldn't help but connected to Todo's communication. "What's going on over there?"
"Report General, Second Echelon that three divisions have completed their forward deployment, and the remaining troops are still concentrating on the designated location. The enemy has not stopped attacking from night to now. Our soldiers need to sleep, Driver needs to rest, and the aircraft body needs repair. Even Combat Engineers, who is responsible for hauling damaged vehicles, has been working continuously for more than ten hours."
"Where are the enemies in front of you?"
"They don't exhibit human-like rest cycles, at least not in the ground-based execution groups we observed."
Li Xingke actually noticed that the human army needed to organize rotations, but BETA was able to continuously invest new individuals in different directions. The human frontline troops finally repelled an assault, and just as they were preparing to organize the evacuation of the wounded, the next batch of Tank-class might rush over along the ravine where humans could not move at all.
"You first hold on to key roads and railways. I want all armies to re-report how long they can continue fighting." Li Xingke paused for a moment, then added, "Also, officers who have not rested on the front line should immediately arrange for replacements."
When Todo heard this, he wanted to relieve the heavy atmosphere and changed the topic to Li Xingke himself.
"Does this order also include General himself?"
"Of course."
"What about Lin Regent?"
Li Xingke looked at the communication request just sent from Guren, and his expression immediately became even uglier.
"Especially him."
But just after saying these words, he suddenly remembered that if the palace incident in Luoyang had not happened decisively enough, and if Lin Cuo and the emperor had not obtained central power in time, the current Han Dynasty would probably still be in the stage of internal and external troubles.
At that time, just coordinating the India and Northwest railways will be enough to keep countless people arguing for weeks.
He was silent for a moment and handed the new rotation order to Chou Xianglin.
"I am ordering that all second-line positions that can still be used should be given priority to be reinforced. We cannot put all our strength into the next invasion operation."
"Understood, General, and Lin Regent requested a temporary military meeting."
Li Xingke raised his head.
"What is he going to do again?"
"Lin Regent only emphasized that this is not a sudden attack."
"Bring Todo in, notify Kallen at the same time, and ask Guren to stop all unnecessary maneuvers first."
When Interim Conference was connected, what Lin Cuo saw was the face of Li Xingke that obviously lacked sleep.
"Duke of Liang." Li Xingke even omitted the unnecessary politeness of the title, "Let me explain first that there is currently no assault reserve team that can be deployed on the front line at will. If you are going to propose a new HIVE penetration plan, I suggest we wait until the next batch of reconnaissance results are available before discussing it."
"General Li, how deeply do you misunderstand this Regent?"
The image of Todo was also connected to the meeting. Hearing the argument between the two, he silently put down the war zone record in his hand.
"Sir Regent, if you want to change the next phase of the offensive, please let us know the intended target first. The most important question now is not whether we can continue to kill BETA, but whether we can maintain this killing efficiency."
"I know, that's why we're discussing this today!"
Lin Cuo originally planned to show the new plan directly, but suddenly felt very aggrieved.
"When you see me now, your first reaction is that I am going to rush inside with my Guren. General Li, do you think this Regent is already a person who has no strategic judgment ability except for looking for excitement, randomly increasing work and teasing beautiful girls?"
Li Xingke did not answer immediately, which made Lin Cuo even more dissatisfied.
"You actually need to think?!"
"Okay, Duke of Liang, why did you call us here?"
Lin Cuo didn't say anything after seeing this, and directly transferred the files provided by the system to everyone's terminal. The top project name only had four words.
"Goddess of Love".