On June 25, the fleet approached Cherkasy after a long voyage. The staff established a series of military stations along the wide Tierne River. Approaching Cherkasy meant that a fierce encounter would break out there.
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Roland ordered the steam gunboats to disperse and form a warning circle around the fleet. Once suspicious troops and ships were discovered, they would be eliminated immediately.
The riverside was covered with shoals and swamps, and the fleet prepared a large number of flat-bottomed steam assault boats. The assault groups composed of hussars, dragoons and armored cavalry separated from the Beyelan landing fleet in batches and launched on land towards Cherkasy.
Since there was no suitable port nearby and the enemy's specific location was unclear, the cavalry was dropped in batches.
Before entering Canaan's outer defense line, Bajran cavalry troops and steam gunboats must drive away enemy sentries and artillery along the river to ensure that the fleet will not be ambushed during the voyage.
At the same time, the Beyelan cavalry must grasp the battlefield information as soon as possible and launch an attack on the Colossus. This giant thing that transcends time and human understanding can even boil the river water and burn the entire sailing fleet to ashes.
At dusk, the fleet received a report from the outpost about the battle in Cherkasy and entered a battle-ready state. All steam boilers were set on fire, and thick black smoke rose into the sky. In summer, the Tirne River flows rapidly, advancing in a single column.
The steam battleship set up a bulletproof net, the excess sail cables and rigging were removed, and the mast was tightened with thin wire ropes. Sandbags filled with sand were built around the bridge and gun emplacements to prepare for maximum battle.
According to reliable information from investigators, the Canaanite Colossus possesses terrifying firepower.
After completing all combat preparations, Roland temporarily took over the command of the entire army as planned, along with Erza Valkyrie, Sidious Villanoy, Count William de Lamore, and Werner Negri.
Waiting for Bayerland, the Confederate generals gathered to confirm the battle deployment.
The frontline battle report is very brief: "The Enemy Colossus, the Legion has launched an offensive on Cherkasy. There are no abnormalities in the surrounding waters."
When Roland heard this, a smile appeared on his face.
"If you are unstable, you will lose everything."
The main force of Canaan gathered, but the Colossus that was supposed to attack Beyelan was used to sweep away the rebels in Cherkasy. It is true that Cherkasy is important, and destroying the facilities and troops there will greatly increase the number of Beyelan landing operations.
Difficulty; however, if you invest Hand of God and Colossus in raiding, you will lose your strategic initiative and intelligence advantage.
At 7:20 p.m., Sidious and Erza prepared to board the assault boat and head to the shore. The two jointly commanded the best cavalry troops to carry out the assault. This arduous task was originally planned to be carried out by Griffith, while Sidious
Deus, Erza, and even Roland himself wanted to provide support to Griffith in the battle against Salorian.
Roland has long been investigating Salorian's relationship with the Hermit, suspecting that he is disguising himself as a Hermit, convening gatherings, and leading rebel groups such as the Confederacy; such a person has the power of three channels: magic, the fabric of life in the virtual world, and the Creator.
The Supreme Being is still the shadow behind many forces, and his purpose will definitely be exposed at the critical moment of crisis.
However, no one expected that his trump card would be so crazy. The alternative ending of "Loser Eats Dust", either of personality erosion or world destruction, has made the original layout meaningless.
The majestic outline of the colossus disappeared and appeared in the clouds, and the burning fire was like a beacon that lit all the way, marking the direction of the assault for the entire army. The noisy psychic ripples filled the echo with indecipherable noise.
The fleet raised the signal flag, used light signals to notify all personnel to enter the combat position, and prepared for bombardment on the port side of the battleship.
"If Griffith doesn't come back, all the sacrifices here will be meaningless." Erza argued again before boarding the assault boat.
Sidious glanced at her: "Oh? Since it is meaningless, why do you still care about sacrifice?"
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Roland smiled and told the two to stop arguing. Originally, he was very irritated that the plan was out of control, but as the final battle approached, he calmed down.
Heroes can indeed promote history, but it is the process of history that plays a decisive role.
Thirty years of planning and three thousand years of struggle have finally come to an end!
Roland waved his hand: "It is now 7:25. Send an order to the entire fleet and the entire army:
"Advance, the enemy is in Cherkasy!"
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Amidst the loud creaking noise, the ground shook like a piece of pudding. The dark gold and dark red heavy armor of the Colossus shone. A round of shells hit the thick shield and immediately disappeared without a trace. Ancient times
The giant thing crossed trenches and ruins with grace and death, wandered in the firelight, and poured beams of light on the ground.
The Cherkasy rebels turned their artillery and continued firing. However, their shells had no effect on the shield.
"Explosive pack! Use explosive pack!"
Harandil was the first to rush out. The half-elves and human rebels shouted battle slogans and charged towards the colossus carrying special anti-shield bombs. The beam flashed past, and the shield on Harandil's body
He was instantly annihilated, and he was blown away, hanging on a half-collapsed pillar.
Paulus watched the battle from a distance, and saw the human soldiers launching a desperate charge, but they could not get past the death rays sprayed by the giant thermal light guns. The Colossus was so powerful that wherever the terrifying golden-red light beam passed, these soldiers were all
Turned into ashes.
However, the rebels counterattacked continuously. They attracted the attention of the colossus, and while the thermal energy beam was fired, the Tirne River flashed with fire.
"Comrades, our support is here!"
There were cheers on the battlefield.
General Paulus on the opposite side shouted anxiously: "Don't worry about the rebels! Master wizards!
"For Canaan's sake, Bajram is coming!"
The firelight on the river flickered for a moment and then dimmed. Under the hanging clouds in the distance, more and farther red lights flashed, followed by rolling thunder.
Suddenly, a bright light cut through the sky, as if a spear was pierced in the burning air! The source of the bright light, four black battleships with towering masts, went straight against the current.
The colossus immediately changed its direction and began to approach the Tirne River. Amidst the rising and falling shelling dust, it fired back with golden-red flames!
Dull explosions came one after another, and the four high-speed battlecruisers of the First Mobile Fleet opened fire one after another. The fire from the naval guns reflected the sky red! The gunners on the ship took off their shirts, howled, and used gun brushes to clean the gun barrels and fill them in.
Each silk medicine bag is pushed into the body tube, and then fired.
Harandil, who was hanging on the pillar, was awakened. He couldn't get down, and no one could care about the two armies fighting in a chaotic mess, so he was left to watch it alone in the special seat.
Every time the four battlecruisers of the First Mobile Fleet fired, the river shook once, and gunpowder smoke and gunfire swept across the deck. The Colossus fired at the river, and the explosions on its torso came one after another, like bamboo poles with lanterns hung on them during festivals.
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"Damn it, is Roland crazy? Why are you using battleships to shoot at the Colossus!?"
The acrid gunpowder smoke swept across the face in the night wind, choking the Harandil man and almost suffocating him for breath.
As the distance got closer and closer, the sky became brighter and brighter. At first, the fleet's gunners had to constantly adjust the shooting angle according to the impact point. Later, dense water columns and smoke marked a light path directed towards the Colossus. Four battle lines cruised
The gunners on the ship fired faster and faster, and fired more accurately.
"boom!"
Suddenly, the flagship leading the team exploded. The wooden hull was hit by the Colossus, and the ammunition was detonated. In an instant, shrapnel and wood splinters flew everywhere, and blood and flesh flew everywhere on the deck, making it feel like a hell on earth.
The flagship lost its combat capability on the spot, and the captain, who was barely alive, directed the remaining sailors to rush to the right bank of the Tirne River.
"Buzz——"
The oval giant thing with a faint blue light made a low, long and loud sound, lingering between heaven and earth for a long time. Any story, the giant dragon and Behemoth on the mural, those that people dare not look directly at, dare not describe
The abyss monsters, the fear and shock they leave in people's hearts are not enough to describe what is happening before them.
A golden-red strong light swept over. A large piece of the hull and cannon hit by the beam melted, and then a lava-like fire flow erupted.
The Colossus began to fire with unprecedented firepower. The beam boiled the water in the air, and a cloud of steam emerged.
A few minutes later, the second battlecruiser was penetrated by the ammunition magazine, and the big explosion blew her into pieces.
At 9:10 p.m., all four battlecruisers of the First Mobile Fleet sank. The bombardment on the river never penetrated the shield of the Colossus.
At the same time, a squadron of hussars equipped with sealed objects arrived on the battlefield!
They were the first batch of cavalry to land, possessing Beyonders and Sealed Artifacts. While the battleships were bombarding them, the cavalry broke through the blockage of the Canaanite Rangers and rushed towards the Colossus.
"Quickly retreat! Let the Colossus retreat while fighting!" Tyrell and the representatives of the Senate hurriedly ordered, "Cover the cavalry directly and stop those humans."
The air was filled with noisy, indistinct sounds - the creaking of giant statues, collapsing buildings, the crackling of burning trees and human flesh.
Thick black smoke mixed with the air waves evaporating from the river. When the beam swept forward and back across the land, everything hit glowed white, and then emitted choking black smoke.
The anxious Harandil saw two golden and red lights flashing on the giant statue.
"spread!"
He shouted. There were crackling and popping sounds in the air, rising and falling like festive firecrackers.
All attacks by the cavalry seem to be insignificant. In the face of the astonishingly thick armor and shields, it is estimated that only a volley of organized extraordinary people, aiming at one part at the same time, can cause enough damage to break the shield and break the armor. However, in the thermal energy
Facing the sweep of the beam, the intensive attacks are like ripe rice facing a sickle, only being cut down in rows.
Rows of cavalry, whether they were carrying shields or deploying shields, would be blown into ashes as soon as they were swept by these two beams.
The high-temperature jets shot from above swept across the galloping cavalry, burning one piece after another. The entire squadron was burned to ashes in an instant, leaving only the charred shadows of men and horses on the ground.
The sky turned orange.
There was no moment of mourning for the fallen hussars. Dragoons and mounted artillery entered the battlefield next!
The Byerlan cavalry rushed into the battlefield like moths to a flame, and some of them charged the colossus. The other part prepared for the artillery attack. As soon as they set up their cannons, the elven cavalry swarmed in and stabbed them all to death.
Harandil broke his teeth.
The Beyelan cavalry troops that landed from the fleet were organized in chaos. The hussars carrying sealed objects and the dragoons equipped with artillery did not form an organized offensive at all. Each squadron launched an attack first and then, and was then attacked by the Colossus and nearby
Canaan's cavalry intercepted and intercepted them. The golden-red beam swept back and forth, burning the people into ashes.
"Hahaha!"
Beyelan's offensives came one after another, but neither the rebel army, fleet, hussars or dragoons caused any substantial damage to the Colossus.
"Go back a little more, and let Tarkin go back a little more!" Tyrell passed over Paulus and issued an order, "The whole army moves forward and spread out in front of the Colossus! Yes, we will use this formation to burn all the bugs to death!
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The Canaanite cavalry and infantry moved forward, forming a strict phalanx. The giant statue stood behind them and continued to sweep.
Trouble, the Canaan formation has been completed... Harandil wiped the blood from his face and climbed down from the pillar. He found a still usable explosive bag on the charred ground.
Xia Boyang disappeared, and so did most of the comrades in the rebel army. Next, he had to reach over from behind and blow up the colossus!
Suddenly, just as Harandil set off, the giant tentacles of the colossus suddenly became active, roaring with terror, lashing the ground like a whip.
There was a terrible twisting and breaking sound, and a squadron of elves were just below the tentacles and arms and legs, and they turned into pulp without even uttering a wail.
Harandil didn't understand what he saw for a moment. What penetrated his field of vision were golden and white lights and shadows, flashing with a blue halo, which looked very much like... very much like a piercing blade!
Accompanied by the shrill siren, Canaan's military formation stirred like dark clouds split by lightning. The elite cavalry protecting the Colossus came in a hurry and were left behind by the light and shadow of the golden and white spears.
It was the first time that Harandil saw that figure that looked like he was strolling in a garden but withered and decayed, and he immediately engraved this figure in his heart.
A lance surrounded by lightning flew up and down, like dancing pear blossoms, and covered its body like falling snow. Wherever it went, the Canaanite cavalry split like waves and fell like grass and trees.
Erza penetrated Canaan's formation!
The successive sacrifices created a loophole for her to attack, and the smoke and roar turned into galloping wings!
She and her mount were wrapped in golden wings of light, like condensed ice in the howling wind.
Bows, arrows and spears were thrown like raindrops, and the thick array of spears came in like a wall. The elves who hurriedly returned to help only saw the flash of golden and white thunder and lightning.
Among thousands of disturbing messages, she locked onto that eye-catching ball of light.
"Found it, Colossus!
"Ancient mystery, perish!"
Amidst the roaring and tsunami-like shouts, Erza passed through the sweep of her arms and legs, picked up the gun, accelerated, charged up, aimed... and projected!
Two thermal energy beams swept towards each other, and at the moment when the beams were staggered and swept, this series of movements was as smooth as clouds and water, and it was incredible that it was completed in one go!
This is the gap between the Colossus and the Canaanite legions adjusting their formations and getting out of touch. At a close range without heavy cover, they throw all their strength!
"Bombard Five Star Bruona!"
The world suddenly became silent.
The jet beam extinguished, and the roaring machine seemed to freeze. Immediately afterwards, it emitted a tremor that seemed to come from the depths of the earth. The solid dark golden heavy armor erupted like magma and bounced towards the sky!
"boom--!"
The Colossus exploded violently from the inside out!