"Boom! Rumble! "On the front line of the Dosen Empire and the Arrant Empire, a round of artillery shelling fell in the dense crowd. The dense army was cut by the rampage of shells, plowing out traces of blood.

Ellan Hill's artillery rewrote the history of warfare, and the side with the artillery seemed to have the advantage on the battlefield. The soldiers of the Arrant Empire are steadily moving forward, and they have already seen the smile of the goddess of victory.

The phalanx of those originally neat Dosen soldiers had become staggered at this moment, and terrible metal balls fell from the sky and fell into the crowd, splashing a bloody rain.

The entire line was in a rout, and Doson's officers were powerless to stop the rout of their men. At this moment, they did not want to prevent such a rout, because they themselves were among the defeated crowd.

No one dared to face such a terrible weapon, and everyone believed that the Arrant Empire was supported by the Magic Empire, so Dothan's soldiers were defeated not only by the momentum of the weapon, but also by their fear of magic.

"Did the Holy Demon Empire abandon us?" An officer crawled up from the ground with a bloody face, crying out to get his arm back. His armoured arm was severed by a stream of heat, like butter cut by a hot knife.

A soldier struggled to his feet, only to find that the lower half of his body was gone. He tried to scream, but found that all he could do was spit blood out of his mouth - and soon he was motionless, lying with the corpses around him, making no sound.

Not far away, with neat steps, the troops of the Arrant Empire were shouting slogans, accompanied by the beat of drums, step by step approaching the battlefield that was already like a hell on earth. There were no more enemies in front of them to resist in formation, only some enemy soldiers who had gone mad.

Countless spears were leveled and swept across the way in front of them. Some of the soldiers who had forgotten to flee were quickly stabbed to the ground, but the Arrant soldiers continued to move forward step by step, ignoring the corpses that had been trampled into the dirt beneath their feet.

"Long live Arant!" On the high slope, the soldiers who had not yet had time to participate in this crushing attack let out a mountain of shouts. Their banners fluttered in the sky, and their voices echoed across the plains.

Riding on a tall horse, General Zorn pointed to the battle formation in the distance with his iron-clad gloves, and proudly asked his entourage: "Look! In the mortal world, no one can stop the army of our Arrant Empire! ”

"Yes! Oh, yes! A general smiled flatteringly, opened his mouth and held General Zorn and said: "It is still a good command of the adults, and the Arrant Empire will definitely go to the peak of the mortal empire under the leadership of you, the general." ”

"Hahahaha!" Zorn chuckled triumphantly, and the laughter didn't drift far before it was drowned out by the fierce sound of war drums. He was triumphant, pulling the reins of the war horse and said, "The Dosen Empire will definitely stab the matter to the side of the Holy Demon Empire, and wants to sue us, saying that we harbor advanced weapons and plot against us...... It's a pity that they would never have imagined that we had already sent the cannon to the Holy Demon Empire! Hahahaha. ”

"Your Excellency is wise!" "Your Excellency is so wise!" "Your Excellency, you are truly the Star of Arant!" A group of flattering generals hurriedly nodded and flattered in front of Zorn.

The smile on Zorn's face, who heard these beautiful words, was even more proud. He was in a good mood, so he opened his mouth and gave a more radical order: "Command the troops! We don't need captives! ”

In the distance directly in front of him, phalanxes of ironclad were slowly moving towards the end of the horizon. The first battle between the Arrant Empire and the Dosen Empire ended in a resounding victory for the Arrant Empire.

In this battle, Zon led the army of 100,000 Arrant Empire and easily swept the 70,000 army of the Dosen Empire. And this victory, which slaughtered at least 5,000 people and routed 70,000, paid a very small price for the Arantian Empire, and even 200 wounded were not filled.

The red-coated cannon that has just been shown on the battlefield has already demonstrated a powerful power beyond this era. It was precisely because of its good performance in this battle that General Zorn liked this weapon even more.

"Let the rear hold on! This weapon should equip every castle, every army! Zorn urged his horse forward, and said to one of his henchmen, "After this victory, I think Dothan will surrender soon." ”

"When we get back! I want at least 300 new guns! He continued as he walked forward: "The battle with Iran Hill is not so easy! They also have this cannon...... Therefore, the situation of the war cannot be turned on such a side-by-side! ”

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"The Arrant Empire is not the same as our previous opponents, they also have cannons!" With his hands behind his back, Chris reviewed his border defense plan for the second time: "We have two reserve regiments on the southern border, and these regiments cannot hold their lines. ”

"As long as Zorn leads his main force north, there is a risk that our border will be breached. This is a loss for us, because war destroys our carefully paved roads and destroys our crops. With his whip, he pointed out the location of the Guide's line on a very large and detailed map.

Thanks to the availability of more accurate measuring instruments and the advancement of optical equipment such as telescopes, the level of drawing in Iran Hill has also improved dramatically. Chris's ability to strategize with such a detailed map is also a direct manifestation of this progress.

"The best way is to let our main regiment go south in advance and assemble on the border...... Always ready to fight. He drew a circle with his whip on the positions of the three main regiments in the rear, and after saying that, he looked at Vagron.

Vagron nodded and spoke, "The Arrant's attack can only threaten the Seris area, which is very beneficial to us. With the strength of five regiments, we were able to build a defensive line. ”

"If it's just defense, I expect that as long as there are 3 main regiments on the scene, about 100,000 Arrant Imperial soldiers can be blocked near the south of Seris......" He used another whip to make a gesture between the first and second lines, obviously still a little unaccustomed to this mode of combat.

Below, the 10 heads of the regiment who rushed to the meeting, as well as the 10 trainee leaders, plus Desel and others, densely made a whole conference room. Everyone was listening attentively to this pre-war analysis meeting, or rather the second pre-war analysis meeting.

Every 20 days, Chris holds one of these operational review meetings, reviewing how his troops have been strengthened and calculating how to distribute the forces at hand.

If Zorn's desire to go north to attack Elanhill was just a rough idea, then Chris was ready to fight Arrant in a fight, which was already a very precise battle plan.

"Now, the second-line garrison regiment is also equipped with 20 75mm caliber infantry guns, and also 300 rifles for training." A regiment commander raised his hand and put forward his own suggestion: "If we are given some weapons to strengthen, I don't think the first-line defense will necessarily be unable to withstand the opponent's attack." ”

As the equipment of the second-line troops is getting better day by day, Chris is forming more infantry regiments, some of the better equipped regiments have been promoted to 8 regiments, 9 regiments and 10 regiments, and the newly formed troops have also filled the vacancies of the 11th to 13th regiments.

Each front-line infantry regiment was actually armed with thousands of rifles and about 200 revolvers. Together with 20 guns, as well as more or less anti-aircraft guns and machine guns, the combat effectiveness is practically difficult to assess.

Because no one, including Chris, has ever commanded a unit that is so well equipped with no shortage of ammunition. In the joint confrontation exercise carried out, the teaching regiment once set a terrifying record of one regiment defeating seven second-line garrison regiments on the opposite side.

There are even statisticians who show that if the regiment had enough ammunition, it would not be difficult to defeat seven more regiments - encouraged by this result, many infantry regiments equipped with rifles and machine guns felt that they could face the enemy ten times as many as they were.

After the expansion, a regiment now has more than 2,500 officers and soldiers, so many mid-level commanders believe that as long as three second-line regiments are deployed on the border, even Arrant's troops will not be able to break through the first line of border defense in Iran Hill.

The line consisted of two parallel trenches and communication trenches, and some cement pillboxes were reinforced in some areas – the reason for the preparation of such a line was mainly the "relics" left over from the training of troops to build defensive facilities, and it was not intentional.

However, relying on this southern defense line, the military of Ellan Hill really feels that they can fight against the Arrant Empire for every inch of land.

"Why don't we have 4 garrison regiments to fight with the troops of the Arrant Empire going north? If we resist the opponent's attack, then we can let the 5 main regiments, with the 5 second-line regiments in reserve, counterattack. Wagron was also intrigued by this defense plan, and asked Chris.

Chris thought about this defensive counterattack plan for a while, and felt that it was indeed more comfortable than simple defense, so he nodded and said: "For the time being, let's set the second set of battle plans, and at the next meeting, we will discuss the third set of plans - our first attack plan!" ”

"Yes!" Everyone stood up, their right hands clenched into fists on their chests, and their chins held high in response.