From troll tribes to elf empires

Chapter 270 Development and Brewing

After the airship technology matured, the headquarters successively released some airships to explore in other directions. However, because the exploration had just begun, the other side of the world was still unknown;

But with the help of data such as the curvature of the horizon, the mathematical and physical appearance of the world beneath our feet has actually been roughly understood by the Republic.

After multiple observations and data collection, the witch doctors learned through calculation that the world under their feet is a sphere with a radius of 12,756 kilometers, an equatorial circumference of 80,148 kilometers, and a total surface area of ​​approximately 2 billion square kilometers;

The known world, which is temporarily limited to about a quarter of the sphere, is composed of the boundless sea, large and small islands on the sea, the northern continent, the northern mountains, and the black forest area.

Above this, the northern continent crosses the pole in the north and includes mountains in the south, with a total area of ​​about 470 million square kilometers;

The Black Forest where the Republic is located seems to belong to another separate plate, and most of the area is sunk under the sea. The part of it that is exposed to the sea is the main body of the Republic.

This is an area with a maximum length of 9,000 kilometers from east to west and 3,000 kilometers from north to south, with a total area of ​​nearly 20 million square kilometers;

Perhaps in an unknown amount of time in the past, this plate collided with and was embedded at the bottom of the northern continent, and then a relatively huge north-south barrier rose up at the junction;

It is the 'Northern Mountains' from the perspective of the Black Forest, but among the northern tribes it has another name - the 'Southern Wall of the Continent'.

Although the "Northern Mountains" are more convenient for transportation than the Black Forest, geographically they seem to belong to the Northern Continent;

Its area is relatively huge, and there are secondary plateaus of various sizes embedded in it. The northern plateau where the Toulon horned hoof species currently lives is one of the largest.

At the southernmost end of the plateau is the 'Outer North City Fortress', which belongs to the Republic. From here, go straight south for 200 kilometers, and after passing through the gap in the mountains, you will arrive at the 'Inner North City Fortress' at the northernmost end of the Black Forest;

Continuing 1,300 kilometers south from the 'Inner North City Fortress', you can reach the headquarters of the Republic.

However, if we start from the "Outer North City Fortress" and head north, after more than 600 kilometers, we will enter the mountains again and be surrounded by tall and rolling peaks;

After entering the mountains, continue heading north for about 400 kilometers before you truly leave the mountainous area and arrive at the civilized border of the northern continent, leaving the 'Southern Wall of the Continent' behind you.

As for these elves, when they work together, they can cross this not-so-short distance and finally reach here.

In the armor, the daylight cruising speed of the 'combat type' is 180km/dh, and the daylight cruising speed of the 'reconnaissance type' is 150km/dh;

At present, the number of elves in the Republic has accounted for 30% of the total population. In order to allow more people to complete advanced practice in a more stable area, most of the country's field work is actually performed by

This part is borne by the elves.

By then, including the existing armored forces, Cynthia will be able to gather 87 combat-type armorers and about 119 reconnaissance-type armorers. Coupled with the support forces that may be sent by the headquarters, they will be enough to form an intolerable force against 034 City.

The threat of neglect.

When they maintain cruising speed, sunlight will penetrate the resin layer and directly hit the skin of the driver inside, thereby replenishing it with the necessary energy;

In this state, the elves only need to replenish some necessary trace elements in the armor at any time, so that they can continue to run under the sunlight. It is not until the sun sets that they need to allow time to rest during the journey.

When the escape capsule fell to the ground, the headquarters time was around 4:00 a.m., and the first situation report was given at around 4:13 a.m. The second situation report, as well as the request for support from all parties, occurred at approximately 4:36 a.m.

divided left and right;

Starting from the time when the second communication is carried out, even the farthest base station will receive the signal before 6:05 a.m., and the farthest point of the dot will receive the response half a lamp hour later.

message;

In other words, the support forces of all stations can set off before 6:40 a.m. at the latest.

Moreover, since the mainland base stations are stationed mostly as 'engineers' who belong to the army, rather than to the 'engineers' who belong to the ruling government and research institutes, in addition to maintenance armor, they also reserve their own combat armor in the base station.

type armor.

In other words, the part where the mountains are located directly north of the headquarters, after covering the northern plateau, has a north-south span of approximately 1,200 kilometers. It is also the area with the thickest mountain barriers observed.

For these four base stations that can receive the news first, Cynthia hopes that the intelligence agents within their signal jurisdiction can intercept the "fish that slipped through the net" among the correspondents sent by 034 in the outer areas, and gradually inward in the process.

The circle is approaching and finally reaches near 034;

Therefore, it can be seen that there are approximately 72 combat armored troops and more than 110 reconnaissance armored troops 'nearby'.

Among them, the four mainland base stations closest to the crash point are located about 320 kilometers northwest, about 1,380 kilometers northeast, about 1,450 kilometers southwest, and about 2,100 kilometers southeast (034 City is further southeast);

They geographically surround City 034, and in the calculation, the acoustic signal will first arrive within the base station signal area, closer to the fall point, and will arrive at 13 light minutes, 57 light minutes, 60 light minutes, and 89 light minutes respectively.

Then it arrives at the location of the four base stations, and then passes to the farthest end of the dot.

In addition, the investigators in their respective jurisdictions later received the request for help signal in different time periods, which saved more than ten times the time in the first step, depending on their distance from the central point;

As a result, 114 elves wearing reconnaissance armor immediately stopped what they were doing. Some of them went straight to the fall point according to the request for support, while the other part formed an interception in the area and moved inward like a comb.

The circle is approaching.

Therefore, the ‘signal for help’ centered on Agatha the Witch Doctor and spread in all directions;

Each of these base stations has one engineer who also serves as the station commander, two backbone engineers, and five members of the escort team. At this time, there are a total of 72 permanent units in the nine base stations within the target range;

And within the signal jurisdiction of these base stations, there are about 40 more compatriots each, for a total of 360 compatriots, performing reconnaissance missions.

As for the residents in these four sites, Cynthia hopes that they can rush to the fall point as quickly as possible, and first form a more powerful and reliable combat force here before talking about other things.

It is precisely for this reason that although her plan is relatively radical, it is not completely without room for slowdown.

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The time was 4:34 on the day, and about 25 minutes had passed since the escape capsule crashed. The second status report and the corresponding request for support were sent to the surrounding area with Agatha Witch Doctor as the dot at this time.

go out.

Among the supports from all parties, the first batch to arrive were the residents of the northwest base station. There were a total of eight individual armor holders. It took less than 2 hours to arrive at the 'Air Disaster Point', where everyone was stunned.

Entering the sensing range and arriving directly at the point of fall.

Heading north, we reach the midpoint between the equator and the North Pole after 4,000 kilometers, the North Pole after 14,000 kilometers, and the edge of the continent on the other side of the world after 17,000 kilometers.

Although it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, the sunshine time in the area where the nine base stations targeted this time will not reach 24 light hours, but judging from the latitude where it is located, the time will not be shortened.

It's too exaggerated, but generally it's quite adequate.

The former requires her to perform killings in order.

As for secrecy? The army’s philosophy is to kill all enemies, and then it will naturally be kept secret.

As for the remaining five base stations farther away, whether they are defenders or scouts, they need to arrive in this area as soon as possible after receiving the signal.

From 6:40 a.m. to 12 a.m. to sunset, there were more than ten hours of light for them to travel without stopping;

In addition, there are very few civilized creatures in the wild in winter, so as long as you avoid areas too close to the city, you can travel relatively boldly.

The sound waves were like ocean waves, rushing towards the four sectors. Apart from the intelligence agents who happened to be within a radius of 320 kilometers, the first one to receive this set of signals was the mainland base station located northwest of the crash point.

;

Everything up to this point was normal, but what happened after that was beyond the expectations of Cynthia and the other victims.

Cynthia, who is based in the northern Fang Kingdom, actually doesn't know that as an area relatively close to the Black Forest, it can even be said to be the frontline of intelligence after leaving the mountains in the north. In fact, between the mainland base stations around 034 City,

'Metal sound guide lines' have been laid out;

The communication time previously estimated by the 'Air Crashers' was based on the situation in other areas of the mainland where no 'audio wires' were deployed, so the speed of audio transmission between the base stations here was actually much higher than they imagined.

much faster

When Agatha's spell message arrived at the base station 320 kilometers northwest after 13 minutes, it was converted into an acoustic signal in the 'metal sound guide line', and then directly transmitted to the target at a speed of 4800m/s.

It includes four mainland base stations that are 1,600 kilometers apart, and four diagonal base stations that are about 2,300 kilometers apart;

Its purpose is to signal the nine mainland base stations within a radius of 2,300 square kilometers and summon all elf units with individual armor within their respective signal jurisdictions to come to the crash site for support.

After substituting this data, it can be seen that the total number of armored units of various types in the area is approximately 185.

And with the combination of the two, 'after gathering reinforcements from the base station, break into 034 and kill all the insiders' became the top priority in her mind at this time, and she has already begun to make corresponding decisions in this direction.

layout.

What is known is that the Black Forest has deployed 170 continental base stations to the northern continent. Their deployment points will be relatively sparse in densely populated areas. In the Kingdom of the Mammoth Kingdom, there will be one for every 800km radius area.

Base station location.

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Cynthia used to be a soldier of the army, and now she is an investigation specialist of the External Exploration Department. These two identities have been used in almost all the troll students and elf students she has had since graduating from school.

The latter of the two careers taught her the importance of 'confidentiality'. In order to conceal their existence as much as possible, the detective employees would even choose to directly destroy themselves under the most unavoidable and extreme circumstances.

body, thereby erasing all traces of its existence.

This data is reflected in the "mainland base station residents" and "intelligence agents within the jurisdiction", which are 70% of the intelligence agents and 100% of the elves among the base station residents;

Therefore, in the area under the jurisdiction of the nine base stations 'surrounding' the crash point, in addition to the 59 'air crash victims' in this group, there are about 330 fellow elves present.

The purpose is naturally to gather sufficient executable force as soon as the headquarters' orders arrive.

Calculated based on the 'sunlight cruising speed', the support force of the nine base stations will be able to arrive before the sun sets today.

Of course, subsequent orders may not necessarily be equivalent to her plan. What needs to be executed at that time may be to 'attack key targets' or 'slaughter the city', or they may be required to evacuate to the nearest place immediately.

base station.

Moreover, due to the special nature of their missions, 72 of the 'Garrisoners' have a 100% armor-wearing rate, while the rest of the investigators have an armor-wearing rate of around 45%;

In addition, the signal sent from here to the outer north city requires 2.5 lamp hours to arrive, so for a problem, a round-trip communication requires five lamp hours;

When the nine base stations receive the support signal and complete the response and follow-up actions, the impact point should have reached at least 2-3 back-and-forth communications with the headquarters;

Therefore, at the very least, the headquarters can know the status report of the crash point, the results of the prisoner interrogation, and the tentative plan and arrangements in a timely manner during this period, and provide corresponding guidance.

To put it bluntly, most of the orders Cynthia issued during this process, except for the support request related to 'intercepting and killing the correspondent', were just arrangements made to save time;

Moving our gaze to the north, let us take the point where the escape capsule fell at this time as the center of the circle, and then extend it to the north and south.

Taking this point as the center, 2,500 kilometers to the south is the northern end of the 'Continental Wall', 3,500 kilometers away is the 'Outer North City Fortress', 5,000 kilometers to the Republic's headquarters, 6,000 kilometers to the equator, and 6,300 kilometers to the southern coastline.

And after about 5.5 light minutes, or 8 light minutes, these signals arrived at all destinations.

In addition to the stationmaster who stayed behind, a total of 64 elves in the nine stations immediately put on combat armor and set off towards the fall point.

"Why so fast?" Cynthia and other elves and trolls all expressed their confusion.

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In the direction of the Black Forest, although due to the obstruction of the mountains, the 'sound guide line' has not yet reached the outer north city directly, but after passing through several adjacent southern base stations, it arrived at the group in about 10 minutes.

Northern boundary of the mountain;

Here, the signal returned to traveling in the atmosphere, and crossed the mountains 15 minutes later, arriving at the signal receiving station in Shannan;

At this point, the information has returned to the area with the 'metallic sound conductor' and has been converted into an 'internal metal signal' again.

After that, the two messages from thousands of kilometers away went south, along the path of Outer North City - Inner North City - Headquarters, and each took about 5 minutes to reach the core area of ​​the Republic.

When the first message arrives

"Ah. We were attacked by a big bird? The escape capsule fell?! Report to the Military Commission immediately!"

Thoughts are stagnant and the problem is serious.

I feel ashamed today. I only coded 4,000 words, but let me think carefully about the follow-up.

(End of chapter)