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Muirse calmly gave orders to the Moth Chaser team.
Emilia then looked at the high-ranking officials from various countries on the screen.
"In this impending crisis, we must join hands to overcome this difficulty!"
Emilia emphasized the words "time of crisis" and "joining hands" when she spoke.
At this time, Muirsay also secretly contacted some of the advisors and staff around the high-ranking officials of various countries and asked them to express their support.
“Yes! Ms. Emilia is absolutely right! We must prepare for the worst and work together to overcome this difficult time!” The representative from the continent of Mu spoke first, followed by high-ranking officials from other countries that support Emilia.
"This is a crisis for all of humanity!" the Russian representative immediately retorted.
"We will do our best!" The Chinese representative and the American writer nodded almost simultaneously.
"We feel the same way!" Finally, several European countries also expressed their stance.
"Director! Something's wrong! An army has appeared on the Antarctic continent! They shot down our drone!" At this moment, the intelligence officer's report diverted everyone's attention.
Urgent! New intelligence and video footage were also sent over.
Footage taken by a drone shows a strange army that looks like it was carved from ice, standing in neat rows on an Antarctic glacier, holding ice axes and ice muskets.
As the drones approached, they suddenly raised their ice and snow guns and opened fire into the air. The screen then turned into a snowy display, and the drones were shot down.
“It seems we still have to prepare for a war,” Emilia sighed. Without a doubt, it was the Fifth Witch’s army.
"Miao Miao, I'll go this time. You'll oversee things from the rear. Xia, you'll assist Miao Miao for now, and then wait for your opportunity."
Emilia said to Muirsey and Alicia.
"What are you going to do?" Muels frowned. As soon as she finished speaking, she saw the Thunder Witch Gem clutched tightly in Emilia's hand. Its power was based on lightning and could reconstruct matter.
"It's just some water, right? Watch me freeze it back into its original state with gems!"
Chapter 409 The 5th Great Collapse (3) Soldier vs. Soldier
A colossal, imposing ship suddenly appeared on the sea, then, under the influence of gravity, sank into the dark blue ocean, creating waves of milky white.
"Inspect the vessel for damage!"
"There's a gap at the bottom! But it's still within repairable limits!"
"Report our current location to command! Contact our friendly forces!"
"Yes, Command! We have been teleported to the Weddell Sea!"
"Friendly forces have been contacted!"
Although there are unknown interferences in Antarctica, preventing the Chrono Teleporter from directly transporting troops to the Antarctic continent, it is sufficient to transport warships directly to the seas surrounding Antarctica.
Shortly after the giant aircraft carrier that had been teleported to the Weddell Sea arrived, more teleportation screens lit up around it, and warships and transport ships were teleported to the area.
In a very short time, an entire massive allied fleet was transported from the military ports of various countries to the surface of the Weddell Sea. This was an allied fleet from European countries and the United States.
However, in addition to the Alliance fleet that was teleported to the Weddell Sea, there was another, even larger fleet that was teleported to the Ross Sea, a fleet composed of Shenzhou and Mu Continent.
Not only is there a Fifth Witch on the Antarctic continent, but also her army. As a result, countries around the world, under threat, have formed an alliance army, including the army, navy, air force, and magical girls. They split into two groups and landed on the Antarctic continent from the Weddell Sea and Ross Sea. While advancing towards the North Pole Lighthouse base, they also directly destroyed the witch's army.
The witch herself will be killed by Alicia when she finds an opportunity.
Emilia was on a Shenzhou Navy aircraft carrier at the time, and had also arrived in the Ross Sea in Antarctica with the Allied forces.
"General Cheng, I'm entrusting the command of the battle to you. I should prepare to begin."
Emilia looked at the Shenzhou General in front of her with a serious expression. He would be in charge of commanding the entire battle and was also the commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces.
"Understood!" General Cheng nodded solemnly. This battle was a matter of life and death for human civilization. If the magical girls failed to defeat the witch, the Allied Forces would fight the witch to the last man with the determination to perish together!
After explaining everything, Emilia flew off the aircraft carrier's bridge.
In the distance, the Antarctic ice sheets are melting rapidly. All the ice sheets around the Antarctic continent have melted away, leaving only the boundless ocean.
General Cheng and the other generals on the bridge could see that other warships around them were also lighting up with colorful lights and taking off into the sky. They were all magical girls from St. Freya Witch Girl Academy.
Although the Wind Witch incident has proven that most magical girls are no match for witches, the existence of magical girls is still necessary in cases like the Thunder Witch and the current Fifth Witch incident.
Looking at the sky full of colorful stars, General Cheng sighed heavily.
Many of them were just children.
This damn world.
"General, the landing operation will begin in 5 minutes," an aide said.
The Antarctic glaciers are melting too fast, so the air force will be the first to be deployed, followed by a large number of helicopters carrying infantry. As for heavy equipment such as tanks, they can only be deployed after the melting rate of the glaciers slows down.
"They are very young," General Cheng said, still gazing at the distant, colorful starlight.
The staff officer was silent for a moment, then whispered.
"...There's been some progress in magic research domestically. An experimental magic furnace already exists, and the nuclear fission reactor technology provided by the director has been successfully tested. They're currently working on nuclear fusion, and we expect to see some results soon."
The legacy of the Witch of Reason continues to influence human civilization, including nuclear technology that promises to provide humanity with powerful weapons and abundant energy. However, technology is technology, and even with existing prototypes, fully absorbing and replicating it in a short period is no easy task. Currently, only China has built its first nuclear reactor.
However, nuclear fission technology is too polluting and its efficiency in converting into magic is not very good. China is making every effort to tackle nuclear fusion technology, and at a very fast pace.
The staff officer paused again.
"We are not without the power to resist."
General Cheng's tense face relaxed slightly.
"General! The melting rate of the Antarctic glaciers has begun to slow down! But the temperature hasn't changed."
At this moment, the intelligence officer from China immediately reported.
However, General Cheng and the other generals and staff officers did not respond immediately, because the dazzling white light outside had already attracted everyone's attention, like another 'sun'.
The Allied fleet in the Weddell Sea also spotted another 'sun' in the sky.
All the detectors and equipment monitoring the rate of Antarctic glacier melting have found that the melting rate of Antarctic glaciers has slowed down significantly under the influence of the second 'sun'.
This miraculous scene still left many scientists, who already knew of the existence of magic, feeling like they were going bald, and then shouting that physics no longer existed.
Around the 'sun' in the sky, the other magical girls were anxiously checking on Vice Principal Emilia's condition.
"Headmistress! Sister Amy's magic is being depleted faster than expected!" A B-rank magical girl noticed something was wrong and immediately contacted Alicia.
"...I'll think of something!" Alicia gritted her teeth. She really wanted to go over and transfer her magic to Emilia, but she couldn't. She needed to conserve her magic to fight the Fifth Witch!
“Vera, transfer your magic to Emilia first! I’ll contact Shenzhou and use their nuclear reactor to convert magic,” Muels said at this moment.
"Yes!" Vera responded immediately, and then quickly contacted the magical girls around her.
Before long, General Cheng also learned that the magical girls needed to concentrate their magic to slow down the melting of the entire Antarctic glacier and would not be able to support the ordinary army.
"General! The first wave of witches has been spotted," the intelligence officer reported.
The Shenzhou unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, which had already taken off, sent out intelligence and marked the witch army, totaling 5, who looked like modern musketeers, wielding battle axes and muskets.
"Why does this witch's army look so much like a ranged army?"
Someone muttered something.
"Is it really that backward?"
Some people who were unaware of the previous situation wondered why these witches' armies were so backward.
But after a while, no one said a word.
Because the witch's army simultaneously raised their ice and snow muskets and opened fire in a volley, shooting down several large drones hundreds of meters in the air. The high-altitude reconnaissance drones, which flew even higher, captured all of this clearly and then hurriedly continued to ascend.
"Who the hell said this is backward?" a general couldn't help but ask.
"General, satellite reconnaissance has detected a large number of witch troops. They've split into two groups, presumably preparing to ambush us."
The intelligence officer has delivered new information.
In the satellite reconnaissance footage, hundreds of thousands of witch troops were divided into two groups: one defending against the combined forces of the United States and European countries landing from the Weddell Sea, and the other defending against the combined forces of China and Mu Continent landing from the Ross Sea.
"Is it marked?" General Cheng asked.
"It's all done," the staff officer replied.
"Then let's launch missiles," General Cheng ordered directly, but he had a feeling that things weren't so simple.
“Tell the witch! Times have changed!” someone said with considerable confidence.
Chapter 410 The Second Great Collapse (4)
The first wave of over fifty land-attack missiles, launched by carrier-based aircraft and frigates, flew toward the witch army on the Antarctic ice sheet.
All the senior officers of the Allied forces were watching.
Human armies once fought against the Thunder Witch's retinue, but although those monsters were individually powerful and elusive, they lacked any coordination and were no match for the human army, being wiped out in one fell swoop. The Fifth Witch's retinue, on the other hand, looked like a real army.
Although they look like modern musketeers formed from ice.
This gave many generals and officers a strange feeling: times have changed, and modern systems are simply crushing those modern armies.
However, the witch's army was clearly only in appearance.
As the first wave of missiles approached, unmanned reconnaissance aircraft flying at an altitude of 10,000 meters and satellites in space were constantly transmitting the latest images.
The 50,000 Frost Guards had already detected the first wave of missiles. About 5,000 soldiers, after the missiles entered a range of 5 kilometers from them, did not need to reload their ammunition and were able to raise their guns and fire a salvo into the air.
"What are they trying to do? Intercept terminal missiles?" General Cheng heard someone ask in confusion.
But no sooner had the words left his mouth than everyone saw that several missiles, which had already entered terminal velocity, were actually intercepted and then exploded in mid-air.
For every kilometer the first wave of missiles advanced, the second wave of 5,000 soldiers would open fire. Moreover, as the distance closed, the firing rate of the muskets in the hands of the Frost Guards increased, and the interception rate of the missiles also increased.
Then, in the final kilometer, the last few missiles were intercepted and exploded by this Frost Guard.
"..." All of this happened in just a few minutes. Everyone was silent, staring at the Frost Guards who were wearing dark blue armor and holding ice axes and muskets.
After intercepting all the missiles, the Frost Guard returned to their positions, standing silently on the vast Antarctic glacier, unmoved by the howling blizzards all around.
Their silent figures seem to be saying, "Humanity, the times haven't changed; our times are the same."
"Send a batch of drones to check if the witch army's alert range is 5 kilometers?"
General Cheng had been observing the movements of the Frost Guard from the beginning, and quickly noticed that they began intercepting the missiles after they reached a distance of 5 kilometers.
The "Understood" staff officer quickly contacted the logistics base on the Mu continent, instructing them to send a batch of reconnaissance drones to the Ross Sea in Antarctica.
Thanks to the time-space teleporter, which is still a legacy of the Witch of Reason, the temporary alliances formed by various human nations are all teleported directly from their respective homelands to Antarctica, and the weapons, equipment, and ammunition needed for logistics are also transported in this way.
The existence of the teleporter essentially eliminates logistical concerns for the Allied forces, eliminating the need for massive logistical units and supply lines. They can simply teleport directly to their troops. As long as the teleporter is not destroyed or interfered with, true unlimited logistics can be achieved.
No one understands the meaning of unlimited logistics better than these generals and officers who have studied warfare their entire lives.
However, the enemy they faced was no ordinary enemy.
The resent drones quickly flew from the Ross Sea toward the Antarctic interior. Just as General Cheng had predicted, these drones were shot down within 5 kilometers of the Frost Guard.
"Mobilize rocket launchers and artillery," General Cheng ordered. He didn't intend to use missiles; he said the Allied Fleet's missiles were reserved for the Fifth Witch. As for the Witch's army, they would simply bombard them with rocket launchers and artillery.
The Ice Guard's 5-kilometer firing range also made General Cheng abandon the idea of sending any manned equipment forward to attack; human lives were more important.
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General Cheng looked at the 'sun' in the sky and the colorful starlight around him.
How long can they hold on?
Muirsay visited the first nuclear power plant built in China.
"Director Muerseth, please be careful." The person in charge of the nuclear power plant, along with some high-ranking officials and scientists from Shenzhou, had come to the nuclear power plant with Muerseth. Since Muerseth was going to have direct contact with the electricity inside the nuclear power plant, the person in charge, who did not know much about magical girls, could only give a helpless warning.
“Don’t worry too much,” Muirsey said with a slight smile and shook her head.
Although nuclear power plants generate enormous amounts of electricity, it is still unlikely that they could electrocute Muirsay.
Sometimes Muirsey wondered if magical girls could still be considered human. They were two species that were similar to humans but fundamentally different.
Under the watchful eyes and scrutiny of a group of Chinese scientists, Muirsay gripped a specially made cable.
Let's begin.
Muirsay said.
The electricians connected the cable to the power grid inside the nuclear power plant.
A visible electrical current surged through Muirsey's body, hissing and crackling.
The scientists and electricians around them were all stunned; the numbers on the power meters and electricity gauges were jumping wildly.