于夜幕之下。
上万辆重装坦克,发出野兽般的轰鸣声。
夜幕降临,天空渐渐黑了,星光像diamondsliketinydiamondsscatteredacrossthesky.Theairwaselectricwithtensionasthesoundofthunderechoedthroughthevalley,growinglouderwitheachpassingmoment.Itwasasiftheverygodsthemselvesweregatheringtobearwitnesstoaspectacleofunparalleledscale.
BeforethearmiesoftheEastlayanunbrokenlineofsteelandfire,anunstoppablejuggernautthatwouldleavenothingbutscorchedearthandshattereddreamsinitswake.Thebehemothsofwar,knowntoallas“TankKing‘sLegion“,movedwithdeliberateslowness,theirtreadameasuredbeatthatseemedalmost...almosthuman.
Eachtankstoodlikeagiantsentinel,itsarmorafusionofblackandgreymetalthatseemedtoabsorbthelightaroundit,makingitallbutinvisiblesaveforthetinysparksthatdancedacrossitshullasitmoved.Theairwasthickwiththesmelloffuel,oil,andsmoke,theacridtangofwhichhungheavyintheairlikeamiasma.
Andyet,despitetheoverwhelmingpresenceofthesemechanicalgiants,therewassomethingalmost...familiaraboutthem.Asenseofhistory,oftradition,thatlingeredbeneaththesurfacelikeawhisperedsecret.TheEasthadalwaysbeenalandofwarriors,andnowitseemedasiftheveryfabricoftheirsocietyhadbeendistilledintothesemachines.
TheCommander,perchedatophiscommandcenterlikeakingonhisthrone,gazedoutupontheseaofsteelwitheyesthatburnedlikestarsinthedark.Hewasthemasterofthisdomain,theonewhowoulddecidewhetherornottheEastwouldfalltotheWest‘sonslaught.Hishands,stainedwithbloodandsweat,graspedthearmsofhischairasiftheymightbeabletoanchorhimtoreality.
Toeithersideofhimstoodthegenerals,theirfacessetingrimdetermination.Theytoohadseenthedepthsofwar,thehorrorsthatitwroughtuponthehumansoul.Buthere,onthisday,theywereallone:brothersinarms,unitedintheirquestforvictory.
Asthelastlightofdaydied,leavingonlydarknessandshadow,theCommanderraisedhisvoicetobeheardabovethedinofbattle.“Today,“heroared,“westandatthecrossroads!Wecanturnbacknow,orwecanpushforwardintotheunknown!Chooseyourpath,East!“
Amurmurranthroughtheranks,awaveofuncertaintythatseemedtoebbandflowlikethetide.Thegeneralswatchedwithbatedbreathastheirmenhesitated,theirfaceslitbyflickeringtorchesandlanterns.
Andthen,inaninstant,itwasallover.AburstofcheerseruptedfromtheEast‘sarmy,echoingthroughthevalleylikeatidalwave.Theyhadchosentheirpath;theywouldfighton!
TheCommandersmiledgrimlyashewatchedhistroopsrisetotheirfeet,theireyesshiningwithafiercedetermination.Thegamewasonnow;nothingwouldstopthembutvictoryitself.
Withthatthought,theTankKing‘sLegionbeganitsrelentlessmarchforward,anunstoppablejuggernautdrivenbyaburningneedforconquestanddomination!