Chapter 121: The Second Battle of Edo
It took two or three weeks for the Eastern Army to reach the vicinity of Edo, and during this time it was attacked by countless madmen who did not want to die, as well as people whose brains and IQs were offline, and the speed was not fast at all. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
At first, Lorraine was still in the mood to organize a pursuit force, but after losing three pursuit teams in a row, and even the magic armor was destroyed by one team, he never wanted to do such a stupid thing again.
In particular, the soldiers of the Eastern Army, whether they were killed or captured, their final destination was actually a cauldron, because the ignorant Dongying people believed that eating their flesh and drinking their blood would prevent the plague.
So Lorraine couldn't bear it, Alexander couldn't help it, and all the soldiers of the Eastern Army and the native soldiers who were vassal couldn't bear it.
The legendary sweeping policy was completely instilled, and as long as he did not open his mouth to identify himself, he would immediately be treated as an enemy by the Eastern Army, and he would shoot a volley of guns first.
The daring caravans that had been driven out to do business had to provide adequate security and have hostages - otherwise magic armor, platoon guns, and bayonets would be waiting for them, and not a single one would be left behind.
As for the villages and towns on the way, most of them have set themselves up as kings, and there are only one or two hundred men under them who dare to claim to be princes.
Maybe they look at the surrounding area, the army of more than 200 people is really remarkable, but the Eastern Army will not pay attention to it, they will only burn it all, kill it all, and rob it all by the way.
This is the case after every battle, but the captured women, girls and children are not cruelly treated, and are directly sold to the light bastards in the vassal army at a certain price or distributed to the bachelors of the Eastern Army, which solves the problem of countless singles for a while, and also raises the prestige of the regiment commander Lorraine to the top.
It was with the help of this morale boost and looting that the Eastern Army was able to reach the Edo area, but aerial reconnaissance revealed that it was not peaceful at all.
"Didn't you say that the Great Plague would cleanse the entire island nation? Why did the Air Force detect at least several large regiments, with a combined estimated 780,000 people gathered in the Edo area!? β
"Accidents always happen, Lorraine, you better calm down."
"How can you be calm, Alexander! We now have only 20,000 men capable of fighting, and most of them are vassals, and even if we blow up our rifles, we will not be able to defeat an enemy three times our size! β
"Don't you still have an air force?"
"Then you're conjuring up ammunition!"
"Leave this to me, the death spell is just right for this, as long as you don't dislike ammo and a little bit of that, it's fine."
"That's what you said!" Lorraine glanced at the other party suspiciously, and didn't see any strange expression on the face of the Black Warrior Commander, "Then I'll leave it to you." β
"Well, wait for my good news!"
Floating battleships without ammunition are like salted fish, no matter how large they are, they are just big coffins, so Lorraine did not intend to let the Far Eastern Fleet join from the beginning.
It's just really curious, what kind of ammunition can the Black Warrior Commander provide for the Air Force, could it be that kind of undead special ammunition?
Soon Lorraine saw the ammunition Alexander had gotten, and his mouth trembled slightly, he didn't expect him to make this thing at all, and even the people around him looked scared.
"Thisβthat's what you're talking about ammunition!?"
"That's right!" Alexander smiled proudly, and by the way, let his minions speed up, "Relying on those corpses and death magic to fuse and compress, fill into dark ammunition, originally for the meat grinder, as long as you add some explosive raw materials or elements, it can completely replace the use of high-explosive ammunition, and it can also come with corrosion, plague and curse effects!" β
"But it's terrifying! There is also a corrosive effect...... Could it be that using too much will cause damage to the barrel!? β
"This ...... It's possible, but we have carrier-based aircraft, which can be mounted on fixed wings and thrown or dropped from warships for bombing, and the effect must be good. β
"You're such a talent!"
"Thanks for the compliment!"
No matter how frightened the GIs of the Eastern Army were, and how angry the officers and men of the Far Eastern Fleet and the commander Vivian were, Lorraine accepted Alexander's ammunition in the end.
So the preparations for the Second Battle of Edo were in place, and the offensive of the Eastern Army was as sharp as ever, and it instantly routed the rabble on the periphery.
After emergency maintenance, the magic armor exerted a strong armor impact, and completed the formation breakthrough in an hour, and only encountered Mito Kawahide's troops after successfully approaching Edo Castle, and then retreated to continue to strangle other non-descendant troops.
"What's going on? Why are there troops from Bretania here!? β
"Mitogawa Hide-sama! The Edo region discovered that the Eastern Army, the leading commander was none other than Lorraine Taylor, as well as the pseudo-emperor Jiufeng and the scum onmyoji Matsuda Shingo! β
"I didn't expect them to dare to come to Edo...... Oda Nobunaga lost at my hands, not to mention ......"
"Whew...... BOOMοΌοΌ β
Before he could finish speaking, Mito Kawahide heard an explosion, and the sky was constantly filled with the sound of falling heavy objects and the roar of engines, which was unbelievable.
Looking back at the stunned subordinates, Mito Kawahide understood at a glance that they could not give satisfactory answers, so they could only go and observe for themselves.
It's just that by the time he found the telescope, everything was already clear - the floating battleship was swaying forward, and from time to time there were fixed-wing fighters diving, throwing a series of black shadows from the fuselage and blowing up the ground with screams.
"Why are there floating battleships...... Shouldn't they all have crashed on the Osaka Plains? β
No one could answer Mitogawa Shu's question, in fact, most of the downed battleships on the Osaka Plain belonged to the Uesugi family, but no one would tell him about such a humiliating thing, so it was his turn to be unlucky now.
"Mitogawa Hide-sama! We can't deal with floating warships, neither artillery nor spells can cause damage, and even the great monk can't fight against a fleet! β
"Just by looking at it, how can we deal with floating warships without air superiority...... Hurry up and order the troops to move towards the forest, only there is our way of life! β
If the troops want to move forward, they only need to incite them, but retreating, a tactical action that has been super advanced and difficult since ancient times, will always cause all kinds of chaos.
Moreover, Lorraine's Eastern Army would not give the other party a chance to calmly retreat into the forest, almost fifteen minutes after Mito Kawahide hid in the forest, the Eastern Army's magic armor once again routed the enemy forces on the periphery, and killed with a thousand riflemen on various mounts.
While the infantrymen on donkeys, ponies, and even wild boars are embarrassing, they don't have to worry so much about achieving tactical objectives.
"Kill! For the glory of Brittany! β
"Blood and glory! War and thunder! β
"God bless my emperor!"
is such a peerless appearance, but the combat effectiveness is an extremely powerful veteran team, and it didn't take long to defeat a large number of waste.
It seems that from the very beginning, there was not much suspense in the Second Battle of Edo......