At the same time that the fighting broke out in the rear, the fighting at the front was not over. After Iran Hill's troops crossed the Malen River, the plain of the Three Rivers was unfolded before their eyes.

The 5 armored divisions of the 1st Army Group were lined up and swept across this plain. It took only 3 days to occupy the entire Tohoku region.

In the eyes of the soldiers of Iran Hill, this is already a mess on the "surface of the moon". Or for the higher-ups of Iran Hill, in a few years' time, the surface of the moon will be much more prosperous than here.

The burning wildfires had just come to an end on their own, leaving countless destroyed forests with nothing but charred ashes. The river is littered with the corpses of demonic beasts, the remains of humans everywhere, and abandoned villages that are unrecognizable.

The fires destroyed many landscapes, and some of the supply sites were abandoned. On both sides of the road were scattered armor and swords that had been scorched and deformed by the flames, and countless golem parts were littered.

If there really is an end time in this world, it should be this scene in front of us. Everything here is lifeless, everything here seems to be lifeless.

The Iran Hill armored reconnaissance battalion, which was in charge of reconnaissance, was dispersed and advanced more than 150 kilometers in a day, without even a single living person.

They crossed abandoned villages one by one, looked at the collapsed walls, looked at the burned foundations, and couldn't find anyone to ask about the situation or to talk casually.

At first, crossing the Malen River, they also captured a large number of puppet imperial soldiers. The soldiers, as before, were clumped in the road, huddled together as if they had lost their souls, driven by a few of Irlanhill's grenadiers like cattle.

But now, the living have become a rarity. The scouts were unable to find a few locals from the edge of the charcoal-toasted forest where sparks were still bubbling to ask for directions.

At the beginning, the air force units were ordered to cover the attack of the ground forces, and it can be said that there was not a single grass where countless fighters passed.

Later, the ground forces found that there was no decent resistance at all, so they applied to weaken some air support.

As a result, Alan Hill's air force reduced the 2,000 ground support sorties per day to 1,200 per day.

Another day passed, and the message from the ground forces was that "the reduction continues, and the resistance is almost zero." In desperation, the Air Force took off only half of its sorties, and only 600 ground attack support operations per day.

As a result, the ground forces still could not find the enemy, not even civilians. Eventually, all air support was changed to air alert, and all ground attack operations were prohibited unless requested by ground forces......

It is frustrating that the ground forces still can't find anyone - whether it's resisting puppet imperial soldiers or non-resisting civilians, they rarely encounter them.

On the third day, the troops of Elanhill finally began to find some villages, which were newly built by the people who had survived the bombing, and they had no intention of fleeing, and stayed where they were, barely filling their stomachs and waiting for the war to pass.

The arrival of the Iran Hill army did not shock these civilians, or that the other side had become numb to the war.

Leaning against the collapsed walls, they sat and watched the soldiers of Iran Hill pass in front of them.

When they met the Iran Hill grenadiers who asked for directions, they answered without saying anything, and the attitude of cooperation was not so much to welcome the king as to be numb to the extreme.

However, this numbness, which has begun to spread to their bones, has brought them unexpected benefits.

Because they were so miserable, the soldiers of Ellan Hill would often leave them something to eat.

One reason is that the logistical replenishment of Alan Hill is now very strong, and the troops on the front line are often supplied by helicopters, and the ammunition and food abundance of the front-line troops are already dozens of times better than two years ago.

Another reason is that the local civilians who survived the catastrophe are so miserable and too few, and the people who remain are basically in tatters, giving them food and tents and other supplies, just like the children in Seris City are feeding the dragons in the zoo......

The 3rd Army Group followed the 1st Army Group to the south, and the scenery seen along the way was even more poignant. After all, the 1st Army Group still has some adventurous mood to expand its territory, and they can only rely on helping the locals repair houses to find some sense of existence.

Throughout July, after Irlanhill had broken through the Malen River defenses, there was not much fighting. By the beginning of August, Elanhill's front-line troops had reached the southernmost tip of the Trois-Rivières Plain, on the southern bank of the Somme.

This Somme, of course, is not the Somme of Europe on Earth. It's just called the Somme, and it's a big river with a total length that's not much shorter than the Yellow River.

Arriving here, it means that the Three Rivers Plain has been completely controlled by Iran Hill, and the grain production area of the puppet empire has been completely occupied by Iran Hill.

At the same time, the New Puppet Empire has also made contact with the forward forces of Army Group 1 of Iran Hill - now, there is no need to detour to Grecken, and from the actual control area of the New Puppet Empire, you can directly enter the area controlled by Iran Hill.

Some of the armies of the new puppet empire have also truly seen the huge gap in military strength between the two sides.

From a position away, they saw Iran Hill's armored forces raid a puppet imperial force that refused to surrender, and it only took half an hour for a force of thousands of people to be easily defeated, and there were not even a few prisoners left.

Most of them were overwhelmed by the dense artillery fire, and the helicopter gunships hovering in the sky with magical defensive barriers were like vultures hovering over corpses, which was unappetizing to watch.

And the traces of the legendary puppet empire capital of Brokelan have finally been discovered by the air force reconnaissance team of Iran Hill.

It is rapidly moving southwest, approaching Lake Lengoysk, the largest lake in the southern part of the puppet empire.

Because of the large river blocking the way, the mobile centipede city of Burkeland has no way to cross Lake Lengoysk, so this is the southernmost point it can dodge.

It's not impossible to take a detour, but the road is very narrow, and it is impossible to avoid the missile attack of Iran Hill by taking this road, so whether to take this road or not, in fact, the result is the same.

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Long Ling's fever subsided, and his throat was swollen a little, although he still had a runny nose, he was no longer sore. When the dragon spirit is a little better, it will start to resume the update, don't worry.