"Fire!"

Commander Hilius, who was wearing a fiery red military uniform, waved the sharp saber in his hand with all his strength.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!….

After receiving special approval from Ivan, the Type 77 rifle and the self-made Thor rifle were installed in Hilius for emergency installation.

Shoot the blazing bullets from behind bunkers, trenches, rocks, sandbags, trees, etc., anything that can serve as a cover, and shoot wildly down the hillside.

This is the 120-kilometer-long Winterthur Mountains, which is also the natural dividing line between the Silius Empire and the Sark Empire. It is also the land front where the Sark Empire will attack with all its strength after the war started.

Their strategic goal is to reach the Santa Cruz Dome Palace, the capital of Cyrus, as quickly as possible before external intervention, and completely capture this "former sea power overlord" who has been in decline for thirty years.

However, as the defensive side, the Cyrus Empire still has an advantage.

Behind the infantry who fought bravely to kill the enemy, the artillerymen launched their mountain artillery, which was known as the "King of the Battlefield", and unleashed their firepower wantonly towards the Sac Army, which was charging in a dark group.

Rumble!

Terrifying thunder swept across the entire battlefield.

Explosions of smoke and fire, mixed with hot shrapnel, swept away in all directions like a whirlwind on the rugged mountainous area that was already covered with craters.

The attacking Sack Army suddenly rolled like waves that encountered a rock, crawling and dispersed from the crater, but the piercing screams splashed on them more and more intensively.

Of course, since the Sark Empire is clamoring for revenge, it will not be beaten passively.

"Counterattack, drop bombs!"

Woo woo woo...

The small fast airship, which directly ignored the mountainous terrain, roared over the heads of the infantry and dumped the massive bombs it carried onto Silius's position.

at the same time.

A group of large "mechanical spiders" composed of bearings, gears, springs, cylinders, pistons, cranks and connecting rods, etc., braved snow-white steam and rushed over their own infantry and rushed towards Cyrus's position.

The [high-pressure steam gun] mounted on the vehicle launches rapid fire, and its power and rate of fire will never be inferior to the Type 77.

Thirty years ago, the "Church of the Morning", which dominated the faith field of the Sac Empire, was far more enlightened than the "Eternal Fire Primitive Sect", and the steam industrial revolution was only a few years later than Tulip.

The number and creativity of their [Steam Masters], engineers and related path extraordinary people cannot be underestimated.

The all-terrain [Gear Monster·Mechanical Spider] uses a large number of spherical gears. It is extremely flexible in mountain combat and can literally leap like flying.

They arrived first and easily left the infantry far behind.

But at this moment.

A shell accurately landed on the "mechanical spider" charging at the front, turning this mechanical device that was full of agility but had almost zero armor into a pile of scrap metal.

"Ha, good job, Trand!"

On the artillery position of Xilius, the gunner who fired the shot was a young man under twenty years old, with wheat-yellow hair and cornflower blue eyes, and a childish look.

After being praised by the superior, she even blushed like a shy little girl.

However, the artillery chief believed that after being tempered in several battles, this young man would definitely grow into an excellent artilleryman or even an officer.

The battlefield is the world's most brutal and efficient melting pot.

However.

Boom!

A bomb dropped from an airship overhead fell right next to the artillery position.

"Forehead..."

The young man with yellow hair who was extremely talented as a gunner let out a low cry.

But a piece of shrapnel hit him between the eyebrows, opening another black "eye" between the two blue eyes.

He fell to the ground and died without any suspense.

The artillery officer got up from the ground in embarrassment and spat out a mouthful of bloody spit:

"Anti-aircraft guns, shoot down that damn airship!"

This scene happened to be captured by the [Psychic Network] above the head, and was conveyed to a mysterious place shrouded in soft white light.

The interior of the "Cloud Conference Room" that spans the entire material world is a spacious and solemn large-scale stepped open-air venue.

A group of imposing men and women have completely filled the place.

Most of them wore military uniforms with sabers across their waists, and many of them even wore shining crowns.

Over the years, the [Psychic Network], which has undergone several upgrades and transformations, has achieved comprehensive coverage of the entire material world, and has easily gathered all the senior leaders of [Monarch's Shield] together.

"Your Majesty Garriott! Everyone here should know very well that the war originated from a clumsy conspiracy directed by the [International Democratic Alliance].

According to the offensive and defensive alliance of [Monarch's Shield], I beg you to send assistance to the Cyrus Empire and attack the Sac Empire, which has been controlled by the 'pro-democracy faction'."

Although Emperor Cyrus Aldrich I had already been in charge and was also present here, military and state affairs were clearly decided by Teresa, the empress dowager who had ruled the empire for many years and had a large number of supporters.

Sitting at the main seats in the conference room were Alvin and Levina, dressed in military uniforms.

In this gradually expanding and escalating war, Aiwen took on the role of commander-in-chief of the [Monarch's Shield] Headquarters, with Levina as his deputy.

They led Tulip to win the war for dominance thirty years ago, took the lead in completing the industrial revolution, and successfully established the international monetary system. Their reputation is so high that there are no competitors within the alliance.

Facing Queen Mother Teresa's request for help, before Ivan could speak, a middle-aged king in the conference room had already stood up first, bowed to Ivan and said:

"Your Majesty Garriott, we, the Kingdom of Atlan, invite you to fight!

Our 'Cape of the Big Horn' can attack the 'St. Lawrence Territory' by land and sea, leaving Sark's New World garrison overwhelmed and unable to assist the mainland."

At the beginning, the [International Democratic Alliance] used the strategy of surrounding the kingdom with principalities and principalities to capture the Kingdom of Atlan, which had pirate genes, in one fell swoop, and became famous in one battle!

The turbulent [public opinion boiling] forced the kingdom's senior officials, who possessed extraordinary strength, to go into exile overseas and huddled in the last colony "Cape Bighorn" to survive.

At least there was a "titled knight, Bloodthirsty Hunt" who barely allowed them to keep this small foothold. At least... they could eat cod to their fill.

But.

listen!

Woo woo woo...

The ancestors of Atlan were clearly weeping.

Therefore, ever since Harald II took over the throne from his old father who had just left the country after losing his country, he has been thinking about how to restore the legal authority of the Atlan royal family all the time.

This war is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Maybe we can really use the power of the alliance to restore the Kingdom of Atlan!

At this moment, Bess, the chief intelligence officer of the Principality, came to Ivan and whispered a few words.

Alvin nodded:

"Come in."

The next moment, in the eyes of everyone who was confused, a voice sounded in the "cloud conference room":

"Dear citizens, our fathers were oppressed by kings and nobles back then. It is because of their brave resistance that we have the democracy and freedom we have today...

But don’t forget that Palme d’Or is a country of immigrants, and tens of millions of our compatriots are still living under the brutal rule of the feudal monarchy...

It's time to liberate this gloomy world and completely sweep the feudal monarchy into the trash heap of history.

We support the revenge cause of the Sark people, and as the Prime Minister of the Federation, I declare that the Golden Palm Federation declares war on Silius and the evil [Monarch's Shield] country!"

Then came the Low Countries, the Republic of Atlan... they all sent out nationwide broadcasts.

The battle between the two empires had just begun, and the member states of the [International Democratic Alliance] declared war on the evil [Monarch's Shield] out of support of Sark's just revenge.

Snap! Snap!

Ivan clapped his hands, scanned the audience majestically, and said solemnly:

"Everyone has heard the declaration of war. War is not what we want, but we have to fight!

Now let me announce the appointment, His Majesty Merwan IV of the Kingdom of Heymar as the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front of the Origin Continent..."

In this all-out war involving most major countries in the world, it was divided into four major battlefields.

On the eastern front of the source continent, the Kingdom of Heymar will fight against a series of coalition forces of small countries in the radiation area, led by the three "rebellious" countries: the Principality of Telamo, the Principality of Taiz, and the Principality of Hodeidah.

Source Continent Western Front, Tulip Alliance, Cyrus Empire and Lowlands, Sac Empire.

The source is the northern line of the continent, the Tulip Alliance, the Atlan Republic, and the Low Countries.

But these are not the main battlefields. What determines the future and destiny of [Monarch's Shield] and [International Democratic Alliance] is the overseas battlefields in the New World.
Chapter completed!