On the frontline battlefield, after Calasias broke through the Sunset Pass, the door to the Kingdom of Midgard was already open. The forward army rested here for a few days, replenished logistical supplies, transferred the seriously injured to the rear, and met with Lieutenant-General Fried's Central Army.
The vanguard troops under the marshal gathered together. During this period, Midgard did not launch a counterattack towards Sunset Pass, but was shrinking its forces and preparing to defend the royal city and capital.
The vanguard of the Holy Armor Beric has a total of 5,000 people, led by the flame swordsman Keton and the mad warrior Kate. Along with them came a batch of new siege equipment. These are not the old and backward local ones.
The magic rock cannon and catapult are the siege weapons produced by the Creation Island War Arsenal, such as the Skyfire Trebuchet, the Magic Rock Thousand Crack Cannon, the Hurricane Angler, etc.
With these new equipment, Calasias became more confident. He organized his troops, redistributed their deployment, and began to march towards the royal city in the hinterland of Midgard.
At 10 a.m. on February 2, the outpost troops led by Flame Swordsman Keton encountered a Midgart reconnaissance cavalry 20 kilometers away from Loess City. A fierce battle broke out between the two sides, causing casualties on each other. Then the enemy retreated three meters to the rear.
kilometers across the Hong River.
Honghe is a large river about ten kilometers outside of Huangtu City. Its name suggests that it was formed by floods. During the flood season, the water surface rises and the water quality is turbid. It is the place where floods from all directions converge. In the dry season, the water is clear and the river is
It trickles like a stream, providing stable water resources to Huangtu City. The direction of the flood river is in the shape of a 'ji', flowing around ten kilometers outside Huangtu City. Only the southeast side is not blocked by the river.
At this time, the Hong River was overflowing, and the river was as vast as a lake. The rolling water was tumbling with sand, and it looked red. Keton led his army to the river bank and found a dozen enemy air cavalry hovering over the river.
After discovering Keton's army, they immediately flew to the other side of the river. Not long after, bursts of artillery fire came from the opposite side. One type was a small, portable magic stone cannon that didn't have a very far range and could just hit across the river. The other type was
Serious magic rock cannon. The Keton troops retreated temporarily after being bombarded. After joining up with the artillery section of the mad warrior Kate, the two sides set up formations along the river bank and began to exchange artillery fire.
The average width of the river is 6.3 kilometers. The narrowest part is less than 4 kilometers, which is just enough for a small magic rock cannon with a range of about 5-8 kilometers. The wide part is 7-8 kilometers. Such a span requires a magic rock cannon with a range of more than 10 kilometers.
After crossing the other side, after several rounds of gun-to-gun fire, debugging, and firing again, the Midgard army found that the enemy's artillery fire was very fierce and their own casualties were heavy, while the enemy seemed to be still outside their range.
Sure enough, after dispatching the air cavalry for reconnaissance, they found that the enemy's magic rock cannons were all located 16 kilometers away, and a single shot of the strange-looking magic rock cannons could shoot out more than a dozen cannon fires, falling in a scattered pattern.
In the position, although the power of each cannon is not as powerful as the old-fashioned magic rock cannon, it has a wide range and high density, and the range is far less than 16 kilometers.
The Midgard army was shocked when they received the news. Their old magic rock cannons could barely maintain a shooting range of 10 kilometers. It is said that the best magic rock cannons in Saint Vicoia had a range of less than 15 kilometers. The enemy
The magic rock cannon can actually shoot from a distance of 16 kilometers, and he is completely passively beaten.
After discussing with the deputy general of the Wang Banner Guards, Jean Hussan, who commanded the Honghe blockade, immediately ordered a retreat to Loess City. During the retreat, the magic rock artillery fire above them never stopped, and they had to give up the heavy magic rock.
Thinking of taking the artillery back to the city, he abandoned a lot of baggage and fled back to the city.
In Loess City, Jean Reich, the first general of the Midgard Kingdom, occupied the city and defended it. Standing on the wide city wall, Reich saw his younger brother Hu Sang and the Wang Banner Guards fleeing all the way back, and stepped forward to ask for help.
After the situation, his face became solemn: "Loess City is the last line of defense that can block the enemy. If we break through Loess City, there will be a smooth road to the east and south. There is no place to stay, and the enemy will approach the royal city and the capital.
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Jean Hussan said: "Brother, we haven't reached such a crisis yet. We just can't occupy the position on the river bank, and the danger of the Hong River is still there. If they dare to cross the river by force, we will use the magic rock cannon and the Sky Thunder Tower to shoot them down."
In the middle of the river. If they want to take a detour to cross the river, they have to go to the southeast, and we send out reconnaissance posts along the river. The terrain in the southeast is flat, and as long as they cross the river and go ashore, they will be swept away by our cavalry."
"This time they brought strange artillery, which completely rendered our defensive positions along the river useless. I'm worried that they have some new tricks up their sleeves, or that they might have a large-scale air cavalry force to cross the river..." Lei
Che watched as the artillery fire did not stop until it hit the river bank. The towers and watchtowers erected on the bank were useless and ready for attack.
The female deputy general of the Wang Banner Guards was heartbroken: "It's a pity that the positions my soldiers set up day and night are just gone."
After the arrow towers and sentry towers were bombed, the sound of artillery on the river bank gradually stopped. Jean Hus and his people came from the south of Loess City and said: "Brother, Her Majesty the Queen learned that the enemy was approaching Loess City, and sent all the royal troops
The First Army of the Banner Guard strengthens its defense. This is the commander-in-chief of the First Army of the Wang Banner Guard."
Because the King's Banner Guard is the royal guard of the Kingdom of Midgard, and because the king is a woman, almost all generals are women. The deputy general of the King's Banner Guard who is guarding here with Hu Sang belongs to the First Army. Lei
Che is very familiar with the generals of the Royal Banner Guards, and there is no need to introduce them too much. Among the female officers in front of him, the one wearing an old cloak, wearing a women's breastplate, holding a sword, and in her 40s with brown hair is
Barbara, the female general of Wang Banner’s First Army.
Midgard's Royal Banner Guards total 20,000 people, divided into left and right guards of 10,000 each. The left army is the first army, and the right army is the second army. At this time, the Queen of Midgard will specifically defend the two units of the royal city and capital.
Half of the army of ten thousand was divided to support Huangtu City, which shows that the concern and attention to this battle must not be lost.
Lei Qie knew this. At this time, there were tens of thousands of soldiers in the city, all of whom were transferred from various places. Now the first army of Wang Banner Guards was sent. The queen was placing all her bets on him. But it was not too late.
After exchanging pleasantries and making detailed battle plans, the enemy's cannon fire started again. This time, the magic energy of the magic rock cannon landed in the sky above Loess City.
The artillery fire flew directly over the seven or eight kilometers wide river, and then flew over the eighty or nine kilometers of river bank, and landed directly in Huangtu City. The two distances combined were far beyond the range of ordinary magic rock cannons, and they were still in the upward direction.
shooting state.
Due to historical reasons, the Hong River has been flooding for many years. In order to prevent the sedimentation of mud and rocks in the river from causing disasters on both sides of the river, the mud in the river bed is dug out every year when the river recedes. This makes the mud outside Huangtu City more and more
The piles are getting higher and higher, and as the city of Huangtu is being built, they are getting taller and taller, dozens of meters higher than the other side of the river.
But even so, the enemy's artillery fire could still fly over Huangtu City, and some even fell directly into the center of the city. The officers in the city were so frightened that they shouted: "Open the city's protective shield quickly, open the city's protective shield quickly~!"
The shield was opened, and the magical artillery fire was finally intercepted outside the shield. But the officers and soldiers in the city, as long as they had some knowledge, would not be happy about this, because they knew that the enemy's war strength was better than their own.
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, 20 kilometers away, 40 magic rock thousand crack cannons adjusted their pitch angles and fired wildly at Loess City. Calasias, who had just arrived, was filled with emotion when he saw this scene. He used to envy Saint Vicoia
Those sophisticated magic rock cannons worshiped the great man who could build the strong Bell Mountain City. He hoped that his country could also build powerful siege weapons, but they only appeared in his countless dreams. Now, he finally doesn't have to use them.
I was envious in my dream. He already had such an army firmly in his hands!
He turned back to the mad warrior Kate beside him and asked: "What is the maximum range of the Magic Rock Thousand Cracking Cannon?"
Kate was wearing a single cloth, not wearing any armor at all. She didn't seem to feel the cold, as if she wasn't worried about any danger at all. He proudly introduced: "The normal maximum range of the Magic Rock Thousand Cracking Cannon is 21 kilometers. If
Therefore, if it is high up on the ground and the shooting angle is suitable, the ultimate range can reach 24 kilometers."
"So far? It's farther than a trebuchet~!" Calasias never expected that the firing range of these siege weapons transported from overseas on giant ships was far more than twice that of ordinary magic rock cannons.
The projection range of ordinary trebuchets is less than 20 kilometers. If such artillery fire can be mass-produced in factories built on the West Coast, what will happen next is simply unimaginable.
Kate smiled proudly and said: "Our skyfire trebuchet has a maximum range of more than 27 kilometers, but it is too bulky and needs to be dismantled before it can be transported. When the skyfire trebuchet arrives later, General Karasisis will take a good look at it.
"He seems to have regarded himself as a member of the Creation Kingship. Even though he still doesn't know the name of the organization behind the force he belongs to. But this does not affect his sense of belonging. As a person who is partial to a corner.
When a general from a small country finally has the ability to stand above other countries, this sense of accomplishment will inspire unparalleled pride.
The 40 Magic Rock Thousand-Crack Cannons were divided into two rounds. After every 30 minutes of shooting, they would rest for 30 minutes to replenish the magic crystals. In this way, the two shifts continued to bombard the Loess City. Later, 20 Skyfire Trebuchets came, too.
Divided into two shifts for use.
From day to night, and from night to day, the sound of artillery fire never stopped. Although some thousand crack cannons and trebuchets were damaged and malfunctioned due to long-term use, the soldiers under the crazy warrior Kate were all carefully trained.
Those who know how to repair these siege equipment have all the necessary tools and accessories. The worn parts can be replaced with new parts and can be put into use immediately. Among the team, there are also 'pirate' sergeants who are proficient in this.
Provide guidance to maximize the power of these instruments.