CHAPTER 1692: CHAPTER 559: RACING AGAINST TIME {PART 2}

After its restructuring, this air force unit was divided into three major parts: The first part consists of the Archer, a dual-skilled killer in both close and long-range combat; the second part comprises the warriors with the strongest Phantom Beast armor, responsible for covering the upper and lower points of the entire aerial formation; the third part is composed of the terrifying mirror cannon operators and twin magnetic storm assault operatives, constructing the sniper fire network with the largest coverage; the fourth part forms the innermost circle, consisting of Chimera airmen responsible for bombing and the Archer Commanders using "Durex Burst Arrow," the soul unit of the airmen.

This structure allows the long-range to rely on the Archer’s ultra-high range to suppress opponents, mid-range to build defensive firepower with javelins, flying blades, mirror cannons, and the Magnetic Storm Magic Lamp, and close-range combat to rely on armor strength for melee, ensuring the completion of ground bombing missions.

Despite abolishing the wide use of Totem Pillars, Liu Zhenhan still utilized the super strong load-bearing capacity of the Two-Headed Chimera to create a mid-level magic resistance area with the Divine Song’s aura totem pillar in the inner circle of the aerial combat formation — most Phantom Beast Knights from Florence cannot enter this range. Except for seventy-six powerful Panda Warriors, others do not have the ability to tame these creatures.

However, the solidity of Phantom Beast armor compensates for this defect. As long as they maintain an appropriate flying altitude, the Florence Phantom Beast air force, which is extremely formidable in both physical defense and magic resistance, almost has no natural enemies! These sharpest Panta Warriors on the aerial bayonet are even equipped with armor and weapons capable of slaughtering Giant Dragons — their advanced Phantom Beast armor cannot be penetrated by magic below the Magician level, while the cutting power of the Jing Gold-pointed steel halberd is incomparably terrifying!

Even with such powerful combat capability, Liu Zhenhan still issued a strict order to Lampard: Under no circumstances is the Florence air force allowed to chase enemies. Maintaining a stable formation and flying rhythm, relying on powerful near and far combat capabilities and solid armor to wait for the opponents to come to their death, guaranteeing the smooth implementation of aerial bombing, is the sole purpose of the Summer Palace Air Force Wing’s deployment.

The Banilou Warrior Figo was arranged by the lord to be Lampard’s deputy. Figo is already an Archer Commander, with a "Mushroom Skin Crocodile" as his Phantom Beast mount. His physique determines that the bows and arrows he uses must be specially made, and this also applies to five hundred Antelope Archers; their robust and strong stature necessitates the use of specially made long bows and heavy arrows, weapons capable of tearing any opponent apart!

This aerial wing, destined to enter history books, adorned with green bamboo leaf borders and surrounded by a golden battle flag made by Kannon harp and dragon head, was bestowed the name "Stuka Phantom Beast Knight Corps" by the lord. Apart from a lack of mobility, this air knight corps is already almost perfect, especially in terms of defensive capability. They deserve the honorable titles of aerial fortress and airborne heavy-armored knight.

The newly formed Summer Palace Punisher Corps is Florence’s largest military roster, combining Mastiff People fighters with Skewer skills, Hippo poets, and the "Sea of Biga" zebra overseer archers with great strength, along with the original Summer Palace Punisher hundred-man team, making the total number of this Punisher Corps as high as two thousand nine hundred and thirty-three people.

Of the original one hundred and four Summer Palace Punishers, apart from Mari, the Little Prince who is still caring for his father Mourinho, the rest are seasoned Divine Archers, just right to fill in the grassroots as officers.

Liu Zhenhan sent all the stored Magical Beast leather to the Punisher Corps to craft close-fitting leather armor, with contributions from hundreds of Adidasma being the greatest. Adidasma, renowned as "Wolf of the Netherworld," is a quasi-super-level Warcraft. Although its leather can’t match the superior quality of Giant Dragon leather after tanning, as standard equipment, it is the first time someone on the Aegean Continent can equip three units of archers entirely with quasi-super-level Warcraft leather armor!

Due to the tight timeline and lack of a large number of seamstresses, Liu Zhenhan mobilized ordinary civilian women and Punishers to collaborate and DIY most of the standard leather armor. Judging from the appearance of the finished product, ordinary Punisher leather armor with centipede-like stitching and varied styles is difficult to associate with elegance or decency, especially when Punishers stand alongside their officers. The officer leather armor crafted by Elven seamstresses makes the Punisher leather armor look like beggars.

Although soft armor made from top-level Magical Beast leather, even without any magical reinforcement or fortification, certainly surpasses the Misorri heavy battle armor in both physical and magic resistance, its lack of beauty remains a concern for Divine Princess Elise for a long time.

As the most powerful archer team ever, apart from bows and leather armor, each member of the Summer Palace Punisher Corps is also equipped with a kite-shaped battle shield. Due to the rush, most of these kite-shaped battle shields used by heavy infantry are rough molded castings. Yet they’re ample in size and sufficient strength, enabling Punishers with strong arm forces to instantaneously form a massive shield formation. Besides this peculiar equipment, the archers in the Punisher Corps also each wield personal melee weapons, ranging from battle axes and steel sticks, to scimitars, swords, and Divine Song’s aura totem pillars — all included. Additionally, seventy-five war mastiffs wearing Magical Beast leather armor ensure any opponent facing them first identifies this group as a rare Hunter unit rather than an archer troop.

Unevenly gold-plated quark bows without carvings, unadorned kite-shaped war shields, ugly DIY leather armor, and a wide array of self-defense weapons make this Punisher Corps appear so rudimentary it’s astonishing. Yet, their sniping radius reaches an astounding thousand yards, granting this incredibly shabby beggar Punisher Corps the longest bow-string range in the history of the Aegean Continent. "Useful but not pretty" is a phrase seemingly tailor-made for them.

Praised by the Overlord as the "toughest man on the Red Earth Highland," and hailed by Divine Princess Elise for having the "Legolas gaze," the blood-steed houses leader Pavel Nedved is the first captain of this Summer Palace Punisher Corps. The two floating Babylonian Gardens will be his and all the Punishers’ stronghold. The six durian War Ancient Trees and combat towers will serve as their archery platforms. This archer unit, with its banners depicting the Black Dragon head, Golden Harp, adorned with bone sticks and blue spider battle flags, has been named by the Overlord as the "Hundred Guards Punisher Corps"!

Their battle flag alone reveals their intimidating nature. Among this archer unit, there are Divine Archers of up to a hundred who have exchanged fire with the Hell Black Dragon in the Underground World, qualifying them to embroider a dragon beast emblem on their sleeves.

Once a glorious infantry of the Summer Palace, after the recent restructuring, they have been downsized to eight hundred fifty-six individuals, shy of a full regiment’s strength. However, the weapons and armor they use are the most expensive equipment across both Florentine and the Aegean Continent—Crown Thorn Jing Gold base armor, Divine Song aura totem pillars, five Fei Lian Birdwing Crossbow Cars, and thirteen turtle-shell-style jet flamethrowers. Besides being expensive, these weapons are powerful; along with six glass crystal Mechanical Gao Cens and their accompanying drivers, this unit is effectively a mixed battalion of mechanical war statues, flame soldiers, crossbowmen, and heavy-armored warriors immune to intermediate magic.

It must be admitted that due to this unit’s armor weighing only 150 pounds and being composed of Golden Ring Warriors with innate endurance aura and impressive divine strength, they effectively constitute a rapidly moving bandit unit.

This "Skull Heavy Infantry Regiment," with red battle flags of skull pigheads and climbing flowers, all officers use shields crafted from super-level warcraft skulls, including giant dragon skulls numbering fifty-one. Truly skulls to the extreme; anyone confronting them will likely feel greed and envy overpowering their combat instinct. However, as the regimental leader of the Skull Regiment, the Florentine Ninth Prince will shatter every ill-minded greedy gaze with a hundred and eight thousand-pound Jing Gold rod.

The cavalry of the Summer Palace underwent almost no changes. Comprising four hundred seventy-four heavy armored knights made up of Mammoth Knights and Antelope Warriors, their warriors use Crown Thorn base armor, while their mounts are still equipped with the Yukor chain mail and amber rainbow sand armor. The weapons remain unchanged, with seven-meter heavy dragon spears and fierce ivory-shaped super machetes. This unit is likewise equipped with Divine Song totem pillars. Nonetheless, due to the team’s strength, this heavy cavalry is challenging to put into action in future battles. Therefore, in Liu Zhenhan’s planning, this band with battle flags of snow lotus, bananas, and flames, the "Baby Heavy Cavalry Regiment," is generally a reserve infantry unit in battle sequences. If necessary, they can swiftly transform into heavy cavalry.

The reason for naming this entire group of massive knights "Baby" primarily stems from some members’ inability to forego bananas, akin to an undeveloped child, hence the name.

Yet in front of regimental leader Spur Knight Korina, those daring to mock this regiment’s name haven’t surfaced yet, and are unlikely to appear in the future.

As one of Florentine’s two major elemental combat units, Beckham leads the "Peerless Magic Protector Corps," composed of two hundred forty-two twin Golden Dwarves, one hundred twelve freshwater Mermaids, eighty-eight Butterflyflower officials, one hundred eighty-seven Sif Elves, and seven Mo Shao Illusionists. Of the original mages, only Otigha and Xiao Bei’s private secretary Rebecca remain; Sirens, Nagas, and several Elven Mages have been reassigned to support magic teleportation array use on the second-line corps.

Divine Princess Elise, proprietress Avril, and Wei Zhi will lead a "Hooke Fire Control Team," assisting Commander Beckham in future battles entirely. Crown Princess Enrida, gifted with a ring by her father-in-law capable of ensuring a Magic Tutor’s mana, has also been reassigned to this unit.

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