A hand covered in blood, struggling to reach for a grenade stuck in the dirt. Its owner was already dying, and next to this hand, a soldier of the Holy Demon Empire holding his long sword was looking down at his dying opponent with cold eyes.

"Give up, I can give you a chance to live." He spoke in a cold voice.

The owner of the hand did not seem to hear the words of persuasion, and the hand stubbornly tried to pick up the grenade that had not detonated.

The young soldier of the Holy Demon Empire shook his head, drew his long sword and plunged it into the body of the Elanhill grenadier, and with a pop of blood, the stubborn hand stopped forever a few centimeters away from the grenade.

The entire front-line position fell silent, the mines here had almost been trampled by the giant horse cavalry, and the battlefield was littered with corpses, some blackened and some sieve-sieve, each of which looked different.

The corpses of mortals stretched for kilometers, from the top of the collapsed city walls to the deformed trench pits. There are still flames burning in some places, and there is a disgusting smell of meat wafting in others.

And then to the west of these mortal corpses, there were giant horse cavalry and giant dragon corpses, and the huge corpses and the fragments of the corpses were next to each other, which also looked magnificent. Some of the dragons still breathe faintly, but they can't even move their tongues now.

Further west, the corpses of the Holy Demon Empire's mage corps and baggage troops were also numerous, and the huge body of the Mountain Mover became an excellent target for attack aircraft, although most of the bombs were dropped into the crowd, but these transport units mixed in the crowd were also wiped out.

The mountain mover was now lying on the ground, letting its own blood seep into the ground, and the logistics soldiers of the Holy Demon Empire were working hard to salvage the destroyed materials, including their rations and mountains of magic replenishment.

They rely on these things to fight in the forbidden realm ruled by mortals, and if they are all destroyed, then these magicians will be no different from old men. Unfortunately, many of the mana boosters have been destroyed, and the mana has evaporated into the air.

Next to the corpse of the mountain mover, there were also scattered the wreckage of the Iran Hill attack plane, most of the golden eagle on the wings had been scorched black by the flames, but the rest was still shining in the sunlight.

Standing not far away, the commander of the Holy Demon Empire in charge of this battle looked bitterly at the corpse of the giant horse knight who fell in the minefield, stroked the dead dragon beside him with his hand, and asked, "Do you think we won or lost?" ”

"We lost about 170 dragons, more than 1,300 mages killed, and more than 1,500 horsemen killed. If you just look at the losses, this battle can almost be described as a fiasco. Speaking of these losses, the magician standing beside him said with the same frustration.

They were ordered to attack east with their army, but what they thought was a sure battle turned out to be the way it is. Just for one fortress, they filled in 3,000 people, even for the entire Holy Demon Empire, this loss is not small.

If it weren't for the eventual retreat of the defenders of Irlanhill to end the battle, perhaps they would have continued to fight in this place, paying a heavier price for each step forward.

The problem is that they have advanced less than 2 kilometers, and although they have annihilated tens of thousands of Irlanhill soldiers, such an exchange ratio is certainly not cost-effective. According to the previous battle loss ratio, a dragon knight for 1,000 soldiers is still surplus, but now, a dragon knight can probably be exchanged for ...... 10 ......

The dragon knight's loss can still be compensated, but the mage's loss is really a loss. It takes a long time to train a magician, from an apprentice to a bachelor, and finally to a magician.

Although the Holy Demon Empire has thousands of magicians, they are all precious treasures accumulated over a long period of time. As a result, in this battle, thousands of mages were killed, and it will take a long time to make up for such losses.

As the high-level commanders of the Holy Demon Empire, they had seen the production of Ellan Hill's weapons, and he had seen with his own eyes the bullet production line purchased from Ellan Hill, producing bullets one by one at a speed that could be called skyrocketing.

As long as there are enough such machines and sufficient raw materials for production, then these weapons of war can be continuously replenished into the hands of the soldiers of Irlanhill. With simple training, the lethality of these weapons can threaten the Giant Horse Knight, or even the Dragon Knight......

In such an exchange, the Holy Demon Empire will definitely not be able to bear it. Therefore, in the face of such a difficult enemy, the Holy Demon Empire has only one choice, and that is to fight quickly and solve the trouble of Iran Hill as quickly as possible.

"We've just captured a fortress...... "The general of the Holy Demon Empire took his eyes off the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood, and cast his eyes on the ruined ruins in the distance: "There will be many such fortresses. ”

In fact, what really stopped the Holy Demon Empire's troops were those trenches that were no longer visible, and they almost didn't need money, and the soldiers stationed in the trenches. As long as the other party can still build such an abominable defensive line, then the losses of the Holy Demon Empire will continue to be high.

What made the senior commanders of the Holy Demon Empire even more frustrated was that they still didn't know how many troops there were in Iran Hill that could fight like this—how many strange devices were still flying in the sky, and whether they were producing fast enough.

"That new flying device of the other side is deadly to the dragon knights, and we will soon lose the sky...... You also saw what it means to us to lose the sky. The general looked at the magician beside him and spoke.

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The mage also felt that the problem he faced was very tricky, and his magic legion needed to deploy a large magic circle if it wanted to perform long-range attacks. But these magic arrays have just been attacked by Ellan Hill's flying machines.

It was because of this attack that the Magic Legion, which had been in the rear, lost so many mages. Although they shot down about twenty Il-2 attack planes, it was clear that the losses of the Magic Legion were greater.

"But we had to keep going! If they are allowed to produce more of these weapons, the Holy Demon Empire will become dangerous! "The magician was already worried about the future of his homeland.

"Yes, we can only continue to move forward......" Looking at the Iran Hill fighter in the distant sky, who had not left, the commander said bitterly: "Let Bakalov mobilize more supplies, and we will continue to try east!" ”

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In the city of Seris, far from the front line, Chris, who learned that the war had begun, was very nervous to stand by the radio communication room, waiting for the latest news about the battlefield.

A few minutes ago, he had just heard about the heavy losses of the front-line troops - just over two hours of fighting, his troops were forced to retreat, and he knew that he still underestimated the Holy Demon Empire, and underestimated these ancient countries that had been powerful for more than a hundred years.

"We need a more detailed report, let the investigation department go to the front line, and send those soldiers who have seen the Holy Demon Empire in battle to Seris! We're going to look at a more targeted way of playing! He looked at Dean beside him and commanded.

"Got it!" Dean nodded, then looked at the Archmagician of Frenzberg, who looked a little embarrassed: "Mr. Advisor...... Don't dwell too much on this war, pay attention to rest......"

"I know, I know, but I'm still ...... It's better to stay here. Frentzberg shook his head and said, "On the one hand, I am afraid that the people of the Holy Demon Empire will come to assassinate Your Majesty, and on the other hand, I feel that even if the Holy Demon Empire attacks Seris tomorrow, I also hope to stand by Your Majesty and die." ”

"Thank you! But I guess it's not that bad. Chris squeezed out a smile and comforted his chief magic advisor, "Our air force has not suffered heavy losses, and the army has not actually used its full strength. ”

In fact, two hours earlier, part of the garrison of the 1st Army had followed into the Higgs, and General Walter's main force had already begun to prepare to move into the Higgs area.

If you calculate the garrisons deployed on the second line for fear of dragon attacks, as well as the main forces such as the 2nd Division, which has not been transferred to counterattack, the defense force of the Elanhill Empire in the Higgs area is actually not broken at all.

Compared to before the war, the number of troops deployed in the territory of Higgs has not only not been weakened, but has also been greatly strengthened - an hour earlier, the air force in the Seris area began to reinforce the Higgs area.

100 ME-109 fighter jets cover 25 C47 transport aircraft, carry a large number of maintenance machinery, and 300 ground technicians rush to the front line. The purpose of their trip was simple, to fight for air supremacy in the Higgs region!

"Your Majesty!" At this moment, Defense Minister Iran Hill, who was more than a little more handsome than Chris, that is, Capel Castena, who had taken over the coordination of Waglon's army, hurriedly walked over.

Now he is the Grand Duke of Higgs, but he still has nominal control over the Higgs region, so many people call him His Excellency, but his old ministry prefers to call him Grand Duke.

Because he was actually only engaged in the management of the army's administrative affairs, the post of commander-in-chief of the army was somewhat unsuitable, so he became the minister of the "Ministry of National Defense."

"Mr. Castena......" Chris looked at his future father-in-law with some embarrassment, and said, "Is something wrong?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty! My daughter, uh, aka Princess Luna, she's missing. Castena was even more embarrassed than Chris at this moment, after all, his nominal father-in-law had not yet been seated, and his daughter had disappeared on the eve of the wedding.