Lin Yilong had no time to adapt to the wondrous feeling of traversing worlds.
The moment he arrived in Mengchuan City, he immediately began to integrate the army, and at the same time, he notified all the instructors in the team, briefly explaining the situation of the Magic World and the purpose and significance of this operation.
Then, without even having time to arrange tactics, he had professional drone operators launch more than a dozen military surveying drones.
At the same time, a field command post was set up.
Less than an hour after arriving in the Magic World, with this military camp as the center, the topography of Mengchuan City and its surrounding ten-kilometer radius was quickly mapped by drones, and then modeled into a 3D sand table by AI algorithms.
Wei Wei, along with several Mengchuan City military officers, watched their operations throughout, initially not understanding its significance.
Upon seeing the 3D sand table floating in the air, and the mountains and rivers on it that were all too familiar to them, they were immediately astonished.
"You… how did you do this?"
"This was temporarily mapped using drones, then the mapping information was sent to the temporary field command post, and then modeled by the intelligent AI of the command post. It's actually very crude; if we had satellites, we could create an even more precise 3D sand table." A female officer immediately replied,
"Besides the sand table at the command post, the mapping data will also be converted into specialized military maps and sent to all automated artillery and rocket launchers. With this map data, once we determine a strike target, we give them the location, and they can immediately initiate shelling."
"This is how we achieve beyond-visual-range firepower projection. Otherwise, in a completely dark situation, it's very difficult to accurately strike targets out of sight with only radio communication."
"Wait a minute!" Wei Wei was still a bit confused:
"Beyond-visual-range firepower projection? If I understand correctly, that means firing directly without seeing the enemy, right? But if you don't see the enemy, how do you fire?"
These professionals from Blue Star really stumped her.
This wasn't right. Su Yi's artillery pieces hadn't mentioned anything about being used this way. Shouldn't they just be placed on or behind the city wall, find an open space, and then, when the enemy attacks, just fire directly at their inevitable path and blow them to smithereens?
He never said they could accurately strike unseen enemies!
This was even more absurd than magic!
"On Blue Star, we have many more methods, such as artillery radar, satellites, and so on. There are too many ways to find enemies beyond visual range and strike them directly."
"In this world, methods are more limited. Currently, our plan is to launch drones to observe the enemy from high altitude, then our command post will sort out the information provided by the drones and transmit it to the firepower projection positions for long-range firepower strikes."
"Drones… what if the drones are shot down as soon as they get close?" Wei Wei frowned.
She knew about drones; they were among the items she had traded with Su Yi before.
However, the drones Su Yi had given her were all small, palm-sized things with limited functions. To use them to scout enemy intelligence, they had to fly very close to get a clear picture.
But if the distance was close, while you could see others clearly, others could, of course, see you clearly too.
Even if the Allied Army didn't know what these flying objects in the sky were, it wouldn't prevent them from shooting them down once discovered.
"Drones shot down?" The female officer sent to interact with Wei Wei was stunned for a moment, then said with a solemn expression:
"Is the magic in your world so powerful? Can it even shoot down reconnaissance planes at ten thousand meters altitude?"
"If that's the case, then we might have to find other ways to provide strike coordinates for artillery positioning."
"Wait!" Wei Wei quickly stopped her:
"Ten thousand meters altitude? Can you get effective information flying that high?"
"The drones Su Yi gave me before could barely see anything beyond a thousand meters."
"Oh, then he probably gave you civilian products, which are different from military drones." The female officer quickly replied:
"So, if our reconnaissance drones can scout at ten thousand meters altitude, they won't be shot down?"
"At ten thousand meters altitude, unless a mage happens to be observing the sky, they will absolutely not be discovered," Wei Wei said with certainty.
"Then there's no problem. It doesn't matter if they are occasionally discovered and shot down. We brought a lot of equipment this time. They can't possibly keep a constant lookout." The female officer also breathed a sigh of relief.
In a world without satellite support, if even drone reconnaissance failed, then the problem would be very significant.
At that point, they would only be able to send scouts with handheld devices for close-range reconnaissance, which could lead to significant casualties.
Of course, not scouting wouldn't prevent shelling, but in that case, the efficiency would be too low.
And as she breathed a sigh of relief, Wei Wei, on the other hand, gasped.
Previously, she only knew that while these Blue Star weapons had limited threat to high-level mages and warriors, they made up for it in sheer quantity, making them excellent for clearing out Miscellaneous Soldiers .
But now, after witnessing this beyond-visual-range strike method…
Putting herself in the situation, she imagined leading an army on the road, with no warning whatsoever, and a deluge of artillery shells and rockets raining down on their heads like rain.
This was even more terrifying than a horror story.
Especially the reconnaissance drone, observing ground information from ten thousand meters altitude—this method was already a bit too outrageous for the Magic World.
With your every move being watched by the enemy, how could you even fight this war?
At this moment, the Magic World finally felt the dimensionality reduction strike from modern technology.
It was only because they had magic that they had some counter-measures. If it were a world without magic, facing this mode of warfare, they would probably have to surrender without even seeing the enemy's face.
Even a Ninth-Rank Mage could not cast magic at a target beyond their line of sight.
After the Allied Army outside the city was shelled, their only option would probably be to have high-level warriors and mages charge into the city together and find a way to deal with these artillerymen.
However, this counter-measure was not very effective.
Because the defenders in Mengchuan City were not pushovers.
In terms of army scale, Wei Wei naturally couldn't compare to the Allied Army outside the city.
But in terms of the number of experts, her Lord's Mansion certainly had no shortage.
After all, she was an imperial princess, naturally surrounded by many strong individuals from the Imperial Guards for protection, as well as her own attendants and the like.
At the same time, as a princess who already had ambitions, Wei Wei found it difficult to undertake large-scale army recruitment before the situation became chaotic, but it was not difficult to recruit a large number of powerful mages and warriors to serve under her.
Therefore, there were quite a few high-level mages and warriors in Mengchuan City.
If the other side wanted to break in relying solely on these high-level forces, they were clearly overthinking it.
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