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The battleground was only thirty-five kilometers away in a straight line from Base 5.
If there had been no unexpected changes, the military force present at Base 5 alone would have been sufficient to achieve annihilation.
But if it were that easy to win, there would not have been a plan featuring the real and fake Ji Xinghe.
The Empire used the Transition Gate.
Aida Kang, with two Duke Mechas, four Marquis Mechas, thirty Count Mechas, and an additional three hundred Mechas drawn from Scarred Gorge, appeared above the Empire's position.
In terms of numbers, Base 5's Mecha Army still had the upper hand, having managed to achieve numerous breaches with their superior numbers before the arrival of Aida Kang.
But just as Ji Xinghe with his Independent Group could inflict breaches on a large number of Conventional Level Empire Mechas, the elite combat force composed of two Duke Mechas leading four Marquis Mechas was enough to level the numerical disparity between both sides.