Galaxy Domination Guide

Under the new joint force group military structure, each joint force group had two firepower strike groups, which were essentially the organization of artillery brigades. The configuration of the mechanized infantry involved flexible incorporation of some fire support weapons, which were essentially non-establishment artillery.

This was an inevitable outcome under Iridium Star's military supply with its almost limitless productivity. The real campaign-level firepower delivery was naturally organized under the joint force groups and used collectively.

Dozens of kilometers away from the battlefield, Nan Ma, who had flown in from Infia yesterday, sat cheerfully in the command center.

Xiao Yu still said to him very cautiously, "Master Nan Ma, this is a sensitive military area. You are not allowed to broadcast live. The Chancellor has ordered an information blockade on Earth regarding the Northern Continent warfare."

Nan Ma waved his hand and said, "Of course I would not defy the Chancellor's wishes. I'm here for inspiration, do you understand? Our company is planning to shoot a film that requires war scenes. Not too many, just a few shots. We were thinking of using special effects, but having the real thing to shoot would be so much better.

The Chancellor agreed; after all, it could also serve as propaganda for our Star Alliance military."

Xiao Yu said, "Then please give us a heads up, and we'll arrange for someone to handle it."

Nan Ma gave him a look of disappointment, saying, "Lord Xiao, you're nobility, but this isn't something a few grunts can handle. Even if it's just a few shots, it's art. Without my personal oversight, I wouldn't trust it."

Xiao Yu had no choice with Nan Ma but to let him go about his filming as long as it didn't interfere with the warfare. Nan Ma knew his limits; otherwise, he couldn't have mixed so well on Iridium Star.

Ignoring Nan Ma, Xiao Yu looked at the images sent back by the unmanned reconnaissance drones and smiled easily, "These Northern Continent people haven't had enough of our beating yet. They've boldly gathered their troops, which is like inviting us to target them for shelling. Well, since the other side is so gracious, we'll not refuse the invitation.

Inform the firepower strike groups to commence artillery fire, one round of ammunition per gun, and let's see the effect."

His orders were quickly passed to the commanders of the two artillery brigades, and, in fact, they also went directly to the artillery soldiers at the lower levels. In the integrated combat environment, all artillery units had a precise second to fire, and they would fire at the same moment.

The ready artillerymen at over twenty positions in different directions pressed the firing button. More than five hundred cannons launched their shells with a dull electromagnetic force, raining projectiles on the enemy's positions.

Almost in a single blast, swathes of the enemy army were directly shattered. The fearsome electromagnetic cannon shells used four types of different effect warheads. The plasma explosive warheads caused plasma explosions, with an effect tens of times greater than that of chemical explosive warheads.

Other powerful types included the azide anion warhead and the metallic hydrogen warhead, all roughly similar in effect. The remaining type was the most unoriginal solid projectile, whose great kinetic energy also produced a shockwave upon impact, achieving a decent effect nonetheless.

"Company Commander of the second unit, where the hell is your plasma cannon? Why are you using programmable munitions for me? Do you feel particularly accomplished using that stuff against Flintlock Gun infantry formations? Were the fire control systems of your second unit just for show, that you need to use programmable munitions?"

A burst of scolding left the commander of the second unit feeling wronged. Before the battle, his direct superior, the commander of the first artillery brigade, made it clear that they must ensure the accuracy of the bombardment. A missed shot would mean writing a self-criticism.

Under immense pressure, the company commander of the second unit commanded his eighteen electromagnetic cannons to fire programmable munitions with solid warheads.

To his surprise, after the first round, the data on what each unit fired and the effects were all reported up. Upon seeing them, the brigade commander was furious and called the company commander of the second unit to berate him.

This brigade commander had always been temperamental and prone to cursing, and everyone below him had to accommodate his personality, offering a smiling face even when scolded.

Since they were training the troops, they did not maintain a rapid rate of artillery fire, and the firing rhythm of each artillery unit wasn't swift. The second unit immediately ordered the soldiers to change warheads, which wasn't a hassle; it was just a matter of pressing a button to change the setting.

In fact, all artillery operations had become dummy-proof. The artillerymen simply selected the enemy troops they wanted to attack on a screen. Fire control and ballistics were automatically calculated. Combined with the innate high muzzle velocity of electromagnetic cannons and favorable ballistics, the accuracy was extremely high.

Before the second unit even fired their second round, the company commander noticed that the army of the kingdom alliance was already beginning to rout on the screen.

This was expected. He even suspected that even if the C army hadn't re-equipped, they would have broken under such a degree of firepower after just one round.

At the end of the Ming dynasty, descriptions of the formidable Red Barbarian Cannons said one blast could destroy several miles, which was an exaggeration. But with the electromagnetic accelerator cannons and various powerful warheads used by the artillerymen, it was true that one blast could indeed destroy several miles.

With integrated fire coverage allocation, the effect of the firepower strike achieved maximization. Just one round had caused over ten thousand casualties in the kingdom alliance.

More than the casualties, the sound and fury of the bombardment completely exceeded the kingdom army's imagination. Although they had heard of the ferocious combat capabilities of the Iridium Star troops, they had no concept of it until they themselves were attacked, which sent them into sheer panic.

The nobility, in fact, led the charge, riding their horses away in a frenzy, attempting to flee the battlefield. Without command, the army soldiers also scrambled like headless flies.

These soldiers were from different countries, different lords, and once panic struck, all discipline vanished. There was even fighting between troops from two countries as they competed for a better escape route.

Xiao Yu was not surprised by this, which was a normal phenomenon. He even directly called off the artillery's continued attack and pressed the standby mobile infantry into service, ready to clean up the aftermath.

When fighting against an opponent with significantly inferior military strength, it was always like this.

"Commander Xiao, look, there seem to be some odd characters behind the battlefield," Fang Han commented, pointing at one of the screens showing footage captured by the Dragonfly drones and showing it to Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu glanced at the screen, which displayed hundreds or thousands of people in colorful Mage robes, apparently marching in some formation.

"Could it be that they have concentrated the Star Warriors together for use?" Xiao Yu guessed as he watched the screen.

Fang Han, however, was somewhat nervous and said, "Their formation seems to hold some secrets. They might be brewing something dreadful."

In a flat area spanning several hundred meters, one Mage after another took their positions and sat down cross-legged. From a bird's-eye view from the sky, it seemed they had formed a bizarre and magical pattern.

In the center, Xiao Yu saw a barefoot old man with disheveled hair in simple gray clothing, and in the six positions of the Hexagram Star around him stood six Mages in much more splendid robes.
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"Damn!"

Before Xiao Yu could react, Nan Ma suddenly darted out. Inside the bridge of the space-air Destroyer that carried the command center, Nan Ma actually passed through the shell of the bridge directly with his body and rushed outside, while the hull remained completely undamaged.

Xiao Yu had never seen Nan Ma in such a hurry. This unconventional master Star Warrior, who always seemed leisurely and carefree, as if nothing mattered to him at all.

"Order the infantry that were sent out to pull back immediately, dispatch the regiment-level Shield Generators to the frontline, and open them up right now—that group of Star Warriors is up to something big!"

Xiao Yu was shocked and asked, "Do we need to utilize regiment-level Shield Generators? Do these primitives have such killing power?"

Nan Ma's figure had already disappeared from sight, but his voice still clearly came back, "What do you think I ran out for? I need to disrupt their organization before those bastards complete that unsettling thing! Concentrate your fire on that area! Those assholes are up to some serious business.

The Star Energy of over a thousand Star Warriors has actually been drawn out by that old man; that's an amount of Star Energy beyond even a master Star Warrior. I can't imagine how terrifying the power would be if it were released!"

Xiao Yu was also stunned, and as he was ordering to change the direction of the cannons and deploy Aviation Soldiers, he received the news that Infia had been struck by a scalar wave weapon attack, the entire city was destroyed, and even the Chancellor himself almost got injured, with the Chancellor's lover severely wounded and dismembered.

Xiao Yu shivered with fear; this war had presented too many unforeseen variables. They were facing a civilization at the end of the Feudal Era, unable to leave their planet's atmosphere, yet they possessed terrifying destructive capabilities surpassing those of some early interstellar civilizations.

It was not that Iridium Star had never suffered the breach of a city, yet they had never taken such a heavy blow from such an opponent.

As the leader of 150,000 troops of the Star Alliance, any slip-up and Xiao Yu would be held directly accountable. He clenched his teeth; his career was just starting to take off; he had just received a sliver of trust from Bai Zhongqi. If he messed up, who knew when he would get another chance.

"Shield Generators, quick! Handle it according to the emergency plan!"

As for the space-air Destroyer serving as the command center, it also began an emergency retreat, and the shields were fully deployed.

Where Nan Ma was headed in his furious rush, Holy Magus You Kang's beard and hair were flying wildly, brimming with confidence.

"I can no longer feel the terrible power that was within the body of the Chancellor of the Iridium Star people; he must be dead! Infia is now nothing but ruins. As long as this Iridium Star military force is destroyed, Iridium Star will no longer pose a threat to this planet!

Even if it means sacrificing the elite Mages of the Six Towers, draining the Mana from their bodies, as long as it powers the Forbidden Technique to release the Six Towers' seals—Judgment Day—it will all be worth it!"

Countless invisible lines were drawn out from the bodies of over a thousand Mages, causing their bodies to convulse and their expressions to contort in pain. All the lines connected into the body of You Kang.

An immense amount of Star Energy had entered his body, and at that moment, You Kang's reserve of Star Energy even exceeded that of a master Star Warrior, akin to an incredibly unstable bomb about to unleash astonishing power…