Chapter 340 ·‘Alliance Young Lady’~

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A ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍blessing amid misfortune，although they had been hit the wooden side armor protection had saved their lives，and what struck them was not an Armor-piercing Shell but a High-explosive Shell。

But...the ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍track below had snapped...

Looking ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍at the broken track，Ponomareva who had braved the hail of bullets and shells to come outside sighed，their lives had already entered the final countdown。

The ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍other crew members inside the tank rotated the turret and continuously fired shells，they did not know the exact situation outside，but they all understood that stopping meant death，right now every extra shot they fired before dying was one more gained。

Just ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍as she gave up on repairing it and waited for some shell that she did not know when would take her life，the ground began violently trembling，an enormous shadow drove away the sunlight，enveloping her within it。

Ponomareva who was crouching behind the tank instinctively turned her head to look，a Tiger Tank stopped before her eyes，its long slender gun barrel slowly rotated，and accompanied by a thunderous boom，a single shot sent the Super-dreadnought Tank that had been causing them trouble straight to the afterlife。

It really did go straight to the heavens，even the turret shot directly into the sky。

Ponomareva was overjoyed：“It’s the Young Lady！！！”

No one could refuse a Heavy Tank，especially Tankers。

60 tons was not some unusual weight，and tanks weighing more than 100 tons were not nonexistent，but the Allied Forces’ definition of a Tank should have been self-propelled artillery，Infantry Support Firepower。

So in terms of design rather than calling them Tanks，it would be more accurate to call them cannons that could move on their own and possessed powerful defensive capabilities，so their designs could be said to come in every bizarre form imaginable。

There were models Humans could think of，and models Humans could not imagine，Ponomareva for example had once seen a two-wheeled Tank inside the Military Academy while training her driving skills。

Its front and rear wheels were incomparably enormous and could easily compact the road surface，compared with driving it onto the battlefield，Ponomareva felt perhaps it would be more suitable for paving roads。

So compared with other Imperial Tanks of the same level，the Tiger Tank’s exterior design better matched Tankers’ definitions of ‘beautiful’‘powerful’。

Its square body，low flat turret，long slender gun barrel and powerful engine，together with its excellent driving performance，all of these made Ponomareva extremely envious。

Just hearing that distinctive roar of the engine was enough to make the overwhelming majority of Tankers excited。

However because of its long production hours，high technical requirements，expensive cost and many other factors，Ernesto had not received the Alliance’s Technology Decentralization。

In the words of the Alliance’s dispatched technical experts：“Whether she is powerful depends on the nation that manufactures her，her design is not perfect，it is only because the Alliance can make her perfect。”

“Sorry，Ernesto currently cannot achieve that。”

Although hearing this made people angry，Ernesto’s experts could only pinch their noses and accept it。

As one of Seris’s only two Allied Nations，and its only Brother Nation with the same ideology，Seris held almost nothing back in its technical aid to Ernesto。

What the Alliance gave was not merely technology、finished products and materials，more importantly it personally taught Ernesto from nothing how to design、produce Tanks，laying a solid foundation for its independent R&D。

They understood that Sloped Armor had a higher defensive coefficient than Vertical Armor，and could exceed the defensive level of Vertical Armor with less thickness，a square body was not an excellent design，interleaved road wheels were a logistical disaster，and Ernesto’s logistics personnel could not even understand how to repair her。

This was why the experts said she was not perfect

But these imperfections，the Alliance could fill with technology，epoch-making metal smelting technology gave her the best and lightest steel to improve defense，chemically etched multilayer stacked Rune Arrays could even provide defensive capability exceeding the steel plate protection itself。

Together with Force-field Shield technology，advanced engine design，Fully Automatic Ammunition Autoloader，High-precision Sighting Equipment and all kinds of other enhancements，only then could it bring out advantages such as strong mobility，a high and accurate rate of firepower projection，and good human-machine efficiency。

An industrial creation like this that completely failed to conform to Industrial Standardization、Generalization、Simplification naturally would not fall within the scope of the Alliance’s external technical aid。

Rather than saying the Tiger Tank was a tool of war，it would be better to say that the Alliance treated her as an artistic product for showing off its industrial prowess，so within Ernesto this delicate Tiger Tank had even acquired the elegant nickname Alliance Young Lady。

Delicate，referred to the complexity of its design，as well as their envy of the spacious interior available to the crew，compared with a Tiger Tank crew，those driving other Tanks were like sitting inside cremation furnaces，normally it was already unbearably hot，and if they were hit they might be cremated on the spot。

Expensive meant exactly what it sounded like，there was nothing cheap about the Tiger Tank from head to toe，the outermost Reactive Rune Armor Plates alone which could partially negate up to level 9 Magic and Physical Attacks cost enough to trade for two Light Little Buns~

But you got what you paid for，while other Tanks would either be sent flying or smashed apart by a Golden Behemoth’s slap，the Tiger Tank could fight one head-on，and its giant slaps had no effect on her whatsoever。

Although Ernesto could not obtain the Tiger Tank’s technology，it could still purchase a certain quota of finished vehicles，it was just that the Commander normally kept these things hidden away very tightly，Ponomareva had not expected him to send them out today。

After dealing with that Super-dreadnought Tank，the Tiger Tank continued rotating its turret and fired at another Super-dreadnought，blowing it apart，her mission was specifically to hunt these immobile living coffins。

The extremely high muzzle velocity of the 88 gun together with its specially made Shaped-charge Tungsten-core Armor-piercing Shell could first use the shaped charge to break the Shield and at the same time shove the follow-up tungsten-steel penetrator straight into the enemy Tank’s mouth，a single shot could punch completely through it。

Before leaving the front of the Tiger Tank’s turret ejected a small Smoke Grenade beside Ponomareva’s Tank，a dense cloud of smoke concealed them，then she leisurely drove away。

She looked exactly like a Young Lady passing a beggar on the roadside，taking pity on him and tossing him a large banknote。

Without Magic deliberately dispersing it the smoke could continuously billow for five minutes，for Ponomareva and the others although it could not allow them to completely escape danger，it still increased their survival rate。

The Tank Engineering Vehicle in the rear finished erecting the bridge，the main force began surging out，and in an instant the previously dangerous central combat area became the far rear，Ponomareva’s crew was fortunate enough to recover their lives。

Just as she and her crew members were grunting and panting while repairing the track，the Tank Commander sitting in the turret and constantly observing the surroundings suddenly asked in confusion：“That...what is that？”

Hearing this several people raised their heads and looked in the direction his arm pointed，far in the distance a conspicuous Mushroom Cloud stretched between heaven and earth。

“Where is that？”

“Not entirely sure，it should be Glax，the Capital of Britian.....”

The attack on the Sadrichis Defensive Line went more smoothly than the Ernesto Front Army had expected，Ernesto had launched frontal assaults for 8 days yet remained unable to advance even a step before the second fortress defensive line。

Almost every three days they would launch a round of bombardment involving more than 500 thousand artillery shells，yet even so they had only captured less than 20% of the second defensive line。

But for some unknown reason，the Sadrichis Defensive Line which they originally believed would hold them back for at least three months，and if their luck was bad could easily take half a year or more，had its internal defenders open the city and surrender。

It was said that the order had even been personally issued by Sadrichis’s Supreme Commander，and just like that Ernesto inexplicably completed the task of capturing Sadrichis，with Glax now close at hand。

They had suffered at the hands of the Britian Empire so many times，everyone had been holding back a breath of anger，and now their only objective was to plant the Crimson Flag atop the Imperial Palace，and sweep away the humiliation of the Old Era in one stroke。

This was an extremely important political action，as long as Ernesto could accomplish this，then the lingering prestige of the former Roshek Tsarist Dynasty would completely collapse，from then on Ernesto would be Ernesto，and Restoration Forces would no longer possess much influence。

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