The rear of the Kingdom of Morning Light army, the combat headquarters.

Owen, who quickly equipped himself with the lava armor, happened to be halfway up from his seat. Later, when he saw the lightning and flame ball in the air falling towards the enemy, he sat back safely and removed the armor from his body.

The situation just now seemed very critical, and Owen was planning to take action himself to neutralize the large magic.

Now it seems that it is no longer necessary.

"What a risk!" Owen breathed a sigh of relief, "The Magic Sniper Team has made a great contribution this time."

Viscount Jarvis on the side nodded and agreed: "Well, indeed, a reward must be given."

"Fortunately, luck was on our side, and the huge ball of lightning and fire fell towards the enemy." Mapel also said.

"His Majesty the King of Wales."

At this time, Orl Torfin, the leader of the Templar Knights, stood up and said: "If you had just allowed the dispatch of the Pegasus Knights, perhaps such a dangerous situation would not have occurred."

"Maybe."

In this regard, Owen did not deny that if he had sent out the Pegasus Knights previously, he should have been able to quickly deal with the Popon Empire's aerial troops.

Under the leadership of captain Angelica Shia, the unknown powerful magician may not have the chance to cast large-scale magic.

"However, this is the first time that the Popon Empire and the Dawn Kingdom have a head-to-head confrontation on the Mantar Plain. I hope that the People's Army can make a name for itself in this battle, so that no one will say in the future that the Dawn Kingdom has obtained the Holy Kingdom of Caleb.

Only with the support can we defeat the Popon Empire." Owen explained.

As Owen said, in this battle, the troops of the Holy Theocracy of Caleb did not appear at all, and the main participants were the People's Army and the demihuman troops.

"Oh well."

Now that Owen had said so, Orr said nothing more and turned to look at the smoke-filled battlefield in the distance.

"If nothing else happens, we should be able to win this battle easily."

Aerial battlefield.

Seeing the ball of lightning and fire falling towards the enemy's left wing, Sam finally felt relieved, and then he piloted the plane to turn around and attack the remaining enemies in the air.

Even the chief magician of the empire, Paruda, was sacrificed. The remaining magicians of the "Wind Control" army suddenly lost their fighting spirit and fled in all directions, flying to other places.

"Don't even think about running away!"

Seeing this situation, Sam was planning to chase the three magicians flying away to the west.

"Stop chasing."

At this moment, the teammate behind him spoke up to stop Sam, saying: "I have just received instructions from my superiors. His Majesty asked us to return to Longya Ridge immediately after extinguishing the enemy's air power. If the enemy loses their will to fight and flees, do not pursue them easily."

"I see."

Flying a plane to fight on the battlefield for the first time was so exciting that Sam was not satisfied with flying yet.

However, a soldier's bounden duty is to obey orders. He could only obey the instructions, circle the sky a few times, and after confirming that there were no enemies, he controlled the plane to turn around and fly towards Longya Ridge.

The air battle came to an end, but the ground war continued. The army of the Dawn Kingdom crushed the Popon Empire army in all aspects.

Originally, the "Bright Thunder Red Flame" that Paruda finally used hit one of his own people, which had greatly reduced the morale of the Popang Empire army.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the People's Army launched a frantic firepower output.

Tanks and artillery shelled the enemy's rear; machine gunners on armored vehicles operated heavy machine guns to sweep across the enemy soldiers rushing forward; soldiers with guns following on both sides were responsible for eliminating scattered enemies on the battlefield who were lucky enough to escape the machine gun fire.

In this way, the army of the Kingdom of Morning Light pushed the army of the Popang Empire flatly on the battlefield with overwhelming force. The latter could not even fight back and could only be passively beaten.

Over there is the Popon Empire army.

Swinging his sword to chop off the head of a deserter, Bard shouted to the surrounding soldiers: "No one is allowed to run away! Anyone who violates this will be punished by death!"

However, the effect of this is minimal, and soldiers who do not want to die on the battlefield will still choose to escape.

Seeing such an unfavorable battle situation, Bard couldn't help but cursed: "Damn it! How can I explain to His Majesty the Emperor after such a complete defeat?!"

"Lord Punil."

A knight behind him stepped forward to persuade: "We have lost, so we should order a retreat, try to preserve our troops, and prepare for a defensive battle in Einbeck."

Indeed, not long after the war began, the Popon Empire army fell into chaos, which was a precursor to a great defeat.

It is too dangerous to stay here. Even if you are not killed by the new weapons on the other side, you may be captured alive.

However, Bard felt unhappy after giving the order to retreat like this!

After leading the army in so many battles, this was the first time that he was beaten so badly by the enemy. As a noble, he felt extremely humiliated.

boom!!!

At this moment, an artillery shell fell and exploded not far away. In an instant, sand flew up and shrapnel shot out, causing casualties of more than ten soldiers on the spot.

The huge explosion also frightened the knights' horses and became uncontrollable.

Quickly calming down the war horse, Bud turned to look at a soldier who was killed not far away, and found that the body's limbs were missing. It must have been blown away. In short, the death was very miserable.

This death was not elegant at all, and he could not accept it psychologically, so he finally issued an order to the army.

"Retreat! The entire army retreats!"

After giving the order, Bard led a group of knights to evacuate to the west, abandoning the ordinary soldiers without horses and leaving them to fend for themselves. Whether they could escape back would depend on God's will.

Woohoo——

The low horn sounded again, this time signaling retreat.

Hearing the retreat horn, the soldiers of the Popang Empire fled in all directions, no matter which direction they fled, as long as they could escape from the battlefield, which made the entire battlefield even more chaotic.

Seeing this situation, Owen quickly issued new instructions, asking the large artillery and tanks in the rear to stop shelling, prepare to clear the battlefield, capture enemy soldiers, and disarm them without killing them.

At this point, the battle of the Mantar Plains entered its final stage, and the army of the Dawn Kingdom easily defeated the army of the Popang Empire.

That night, in the military camp of the Kingdom of Morning Light, there was a large central tent.

Owen was sitting at the table, listening to Viscount Jarvis's report on the post-war situation of the army.

"...According to statistics, in this battle, a total of thirty-three people in our army were injured, and no one died. The injured have gone to the medical camp on their own to receive treatment from the accompanying priests, and there are no serious problems."

"Eh?"

This number of casualties was a bit unexpected for Owen. He asked: "Isn't this battle a complete crushing? How were these thirty-three people injured?"

"Return to Your Majesty."

Viscount Jarvis seemed to have expected that Owen would ask this, and answered calmly: "Except for the three soldiers who were injured by stray bullets, the other thirty were all injured when they were captured by the enemy soldiers who surrendered and suffered sudden resistance from the enemy."

's injury."

"We have obviously lost the battle, and we have made a promise not to kill the prisoners. Why do they still resist? Are they unwilling to lose?"

Owen was a little confused about this situation.

Wouldn't it be better to surrender honestly? Is it because you pretend to surrender and resist because you think your life is not long enough?
Chapter completed!