Meanwhile, at the Eastern Theater command post in Area 18, Cornelia received the same result.
She had been listening to Dalton report on the evacuation of the Third Transportation Corridor. When she noticed the Heavy Laser-Class marker suddenly disappear, she thought the observation system had been jammed again.
"What's going on? Why has the target disappeared?"
Dalton brought up the orbital impact footage.
"Your Highness, after sacrificing its own platform, Great Han's Celestial Balance Seven successfully sent a large Kinetic Projectile through the enemy's air defenses, destroying that Heavy Laser-Class with a direct hit."
Cornelia's gaze froze.
"You're saying... Great Han killed it from the sky?"
"Yes, Your Highness."
"And it wasn't Lin Cuo charging in with some strange machine, but their orbital weapon?"
"Precisely."
Cornelia said nothing for a moment. She had already witnessed Lin Cuo's actions in Kashgar and knew that Great Han possessed a vast population, heavy artillery, railways, and industrial resources.
But she still had not expected Great Han to deploy its first batch of orbital weapons in an actual theater of war so soon after entering the orbital age.
The Imperial Academy of Sciences was researching similar proposals, the Royal Family's Military-Industrial Districts had already committed substantial funding, and Schneizel had even personally chaired several meetings on orbital defense and planetary strategic weapons.
Yet the first large-scale orbital kinetic strike had actually been carried out by Great Han again!
"Damn it..."
Cornelia cursed under her breath. Dalton thought she was worried about the battlefield situation and was about to explain further when he heard the Princess say it again.
"Damn it! Why has the Empire fallen another step behind!"
She spun around, looking at the combat results Great Han had sent.
"The first Satellite was theirs! They were the first to establish international orbital early