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"Lie down!"

Wu Zhao, the commander of the Ming army, shouted.

At the same time, the windows of the three houses in front of them suddenly erupted into flames, and a Ming soldier who was caught off guard was immediately shot and fell.

"Fire!"

Wu Zhao shouted.

Even him, the eight Ming soldiers who were lying down opened fire at the same time, and eight four-type rifles poured bullets at the fastest speed, hitting the three windows with dirt and debris, and at the same time a soldier took out a grenade, walked with a zigzag on his waist and quickly approached a house, and at the same time he threw a bullet indiscriminately in a depression and threw a grenade into the window, and the grenade flew into the window accurately, and then with an explosion, there was no sound inside.

"Up!"

Wu Zhao said.

At this time, the ambulance soldiers dragged the wounded aside and quickly bandaged them, while several of them rushed to the front of the house as fast as they could.

Under the cover of this house, Wu Zhao quickly loaded the bullets, and then raised the gun and aimed at the window of a house on the right at the same time to fire, the bombardier rushed out, until he pounced on the root of the wall of the house, and threw a grenade directly into it, at the moment when the explosion sounded inside, the enemy in the last house fled in a hurry, but unfortunately Wu Zhao and others would not give them a chance, and then a series of bullets hit it, and the three attackers in civilian clothes all fell.

"Mada, it's the militia!"

Wu Zhao rushed into a house, looked at the few wounded who were still struggling inside, and said, at the same time, the bayonet in his hand was unceremoniously pierced.

This is the outskirts of Jerusalem, they are responsible for cleaning and sanitation, the main force of the Crusaders has retreated to the Jerusalem defensive circle, and these villages and towns on the periphery have all been abandoned, and they also know that there is no point in staying in these places, a total of about 100,000 troops, relying on the supplies stored in Jerusalem, and there are also the outer hill fortresses ready to defend their holy places......

A real die-hard.

They knew they wouldn't have reinforcements.

In order to save the consumption of food in the defense circle, they even threw the vast majority of women and children outside, after all, it is well known that the Ming army does not kill women and children, although women usually become women, and children are usually raised as slaves from an early age, but after all, they will not die. In this way, many Christians or Muslin men chose to stay outside and fight to defend their relatives, these people came out from time to time to shoot the black guns of the Ming army, so Xu Jie had to allocate a part of his forces to sweep the vicinity, after all, he didn't want someone to touch the outside of the camp in the middle of the night and set fire, or even blast him.

"Sir, look!"

Suddenly, a soldier exclaimed.

Wu Zhao hurried over, several soldiers were gathered around a box that had been removed, and the entrance to the tunnel with a black hole was exposed under the box, and he did not hesitate to take out the grenade and was about to pull out the safety and throw it in, when suddenly a frightened face appeared inside.

Wu Zhao immediately stopped moving.

"Don't rob anyone, it's mine!"

He looked at the childish and beautiful face, swallowed and said.

"There's one more, sir!"

The soldier beside him shouted.

Then a face almost identical to her appeared next to the little girl, and there was a sound of swallowing saliva in an instant, Wu Zhao smiled like a flower on his face, and while pushing away the soldier who also wanted to reach out, he grabbed the clothes of the fourteen or fifteen-year-old sisters with both hands and was about to pull them out, but at this moment he screamed and fell backwards violently, and almost at the same time, a bright bayonet inside stabbed out from among the sisters, and then stabbed into Wu Zhao's abdomen.

But Wu Zhao also raised his rifle and stabbed it just as viciously.

Screams rang out from inside.

The soldiers on both sides took out the pair of sisters as quickly as they could, and then aimed at the inside was a mess of guns, and then threw a grenade, and after the explosion, the two soldiers quickly dragged out a very handsome looking guy, who was not dead, lying there covered in bruises, the pair of sisters immediately cried and pounced, but then Wu Zhao, who was wrapping bandages, walked over, and stabbed a bayonet in the guy's handsome face in their frightened and desperate eyes.

"Take it away, our unit was attacked by bandits, killed ten bandits, and rescued two girls who were coerced."

Wu Zhao quickly defined the battle.

"Mah, Lao Tzu just went back to the rear to make up for it!"

He looked at the sisters with a wicked gaze, licking his lips at the latter's terrified gaze as he reached out and pulled the cross off the neck of one of the girls, and then stepped into the mud soaked in the man's blood.

"Madamn, these bastards!"

Thirty miles west of Jerusalem, in the barracks of the Ming army, Xu Jie looked at the soldiers and officers who were gathered around the military mail truck, vying to return the mail to the girl who was said to have been rescued and promised herself, and I don't know how they made up this reason, looking at the frightened expressions on the faces of those local girls, as well as the handcuffs on their hands, it is obvious that the reason for being moved to make a promise is still too exaggerated.

Of course, he wouldn't care about that kind of thing.

This is the most enthusiastic thing of the Ming soldiers, and if he dares to interfere, he will become the common enemy of all soldiers.

What's more, the future Jerusalem has also been zoned as a royal garden, a direct subordinate to the royal family, it is said that the emperor is very fond of the Dead Sea lying on it and cannot sink, and is ready to turn this place into a special resort area, but the emperor does not like that there are aliens everywhere, so the entire Dead Sea is emptied within a hundred and fifty miles, and then trees are planted in this range to raise rare birds and beasts, that is to say, these people have to be cleaned up, and these soldiers have to avoid trouble in the future.

At this moment, like a summer thunder in the east, a series of cannon shots came.

"My lord, the Fourteenth Army has begun to attack."

An officer quickly ran to report.

"Quick, send a telegram to the Heavy Artillery Brigade telling them that they must arrive before dark, and that we must get ahead of these bastards and attack Jerusalem!"

Xu Jie said immediately.

"Hurry up, we must rush into Jerusalem before the Seventh Army."

At this time, west of Jerusalem, backed by the blue waters of the Dead Sea, Du Tong, commander of the 14th Army of the Ming Army, said proudly with a saber in his hand.

On the heavy artillery position to his right, the artillerymen were busy sweating bare-chested, repeating the action of loading and firing behind a four-inch field gun, and in the thick smoke, dozens of pounds of shells flew out one after another, exploding in flames on the crusader fortress on the hilltop in the distance, brass carts piled up haphazardly around these cannons, and at the same time, along the road along the Dead Sea, heavy four-wheeled wagons kept coming, unloading boxes of shells for them, Four hundred miles away, in the port of Aqaba, huge ships loaded with supplies were docked at the docks, and more shells were unloaded onto the carriages.

Just as he was saying this, the drums of the attack in front sounded, and those Ming soldiers with rifles and bags began to attack the fortress that had been bombarded beyond recognition, and not far from this fortress, the same red tide had already flooded an almost identical fortress, and the red dragon hugging the sun and moon flag was fluttering on this fortress.

This was the full-front offensive of the 14th Army.

The corps consisted of four infantry brigades and the Fourth Marine Brigade assigned to them, a total of five infantry brigades plus a heavy artillery brigade for attacking from east to west, and a cavalry brigade, plus two cavalry brigades of the Second Cavalry Corps, each responsible for the security of their logistical lines, as well as for the vigilance of the Ottomans in Damascus. Coupled with the Seventh Army attacking from west to east, the two attack clusters smashed Jerusalem like two iron fists, and if it was not enough, the Second Cavalry Corps still had three brigades on standby, while the newly formed Nineteenth Infantry Army was being transported to Anhua, not to mention that Anhua had two other brigades of the Seventh Army, as well as the King of Egypt's Defense Guard.

The latter can apply to participate in the war several times.

It's just that His Majesty the Emperor hasn't made a decision yet, after all, up to now, the Ming army has not used local defense forces in foreign warfare.

Although many vassal monarchs have applied for it, the Ming army's foreign operations are crushing and do not need any help at all, so Emperor Yang has never agreed, but this time it is different, this is the Sheng war in which the Holy Religion dominates the world, and it is different from the previous nature, it is the responsibility of every Holy Religion believer, so the monarchs of the subject countries strongly requested to send their royal defense forces to participate in the war. For example, the king of the Wa Kingdom, who had just joined the big family of the Ming Dynasty, was given the surname Yang, and Yang Jizong, also known as Tokugawa Yoshimune, wrote a blood letter asking for war, and even the king of Brunei and the king of Goryeo also applied to send their army of 1,000 people to participate in the Sheng war.

Of course, they don't need to fight Jerusalem.

In the future, when they fight Europe, maybe they can show their loyalty in the past.

As for this, less than two armies are enough.

"The Western Wall, the Cathedral of the Holy Sepulchre, the Golden Dome Temple, the Silver Dome Temple, is it all gone up in smoke?"

Just as the Ming army began to attack Jerusalem, Persilon, the Grand Master of the Knights of the Medical Guard in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, knelt down in front of the huge cross with a bitter face, muttering to himself as he listened to the faint sound of cannons in the distance.

It is clear that as the supreme commander of the crusaders, he knows the outcome of this war better than anyone else, they have no hope, no one but the Ottomans, and they cannot afford to provide them with reinforcements, not even the Vatican, the Ming army controls the sea control of the Mediterranean, and the ships sailing from the Papal States cannot reach Jerusalem at all. But the Ottomans would not openly participate in the war, sending troops to change the vests is already the limit, if they do so, Ahmet III will have to wait for the artillery shells of the Ming army in the palace, and after the cavalry is completely destroyed, it is impossible for him to send troops to change the vests.

In fact, he was incapable of it anymore.

Although Damascus still had 100,000 Ottoman troops, they had to keep to defend their land, and after the fall of Jerusalem, Damascus was next, and at this time, the Ottoman Empire was also facing the threat of the Ming army in many directions, and Ahmet III could not afford to send more troops to Damascus, where the Ottoman army would have to fight alone in the future.

It can be said that the 100,000 crusaders in the Jerusalem defensive circle, as well as the militia composed of almost 100,000 old and weak, must also fight alone.

And what about their enemies?

If one army is not enough, there will be two armies, and if two armies are not enough, there will be three armies, four armies, five armies, and six armies will continue to increase, and even if the Ming army does not increase its troops, they will finish the ammunition reserves and eat the grain reserves, and the final result will be a dead end, although he has enough reserves, but how long can these reserves last? A year? Two years? No matter how many years, the results will be exhausted. He wasn't afraid of death, and he wasn't born or died, but he didn't understand, he didn't understand where their gods were. This is the origin of the faith, the holy place of Judaism, Christianity and Isiranism, the Western Wall, the Holy Sepulchre, the Golden Dome Temple, the Silver Dome Temple, and the sacred names are engraved on this land......

But why didn't anyone bless it?

What about God, what about the Lord, what about the Prophet, what about the Saints?

Where are they?

Why sit back and watch the hordes of infidels come to desecrate and even destroy this sacred land?

Why?

Why don't they come and punish these evil heretics, who have their gods, or demons, but they have indeed shown countless times that they are beyond human beings, and have made their followers invincible, and have made their followers live a good life, so what about our gods? Why didn't they have the same apparitions?

Don't they all exist?

"Don't question the gods!"

Patriarch Doro of Jerusalem said with a solemn face.

"This is the test of the gods for believers, this is the war between light and darkness, the shadow of Satan is trying to devour the whole world, only the people of God work together to finally defeat the devil, Jerusalem is a holy place, Jerusalem is also the standard, our battle is to blow the trumpet to all God's people, tell them that the final decisive battle has come, it doesn't matter if we can hold this place, the stone building does not represent the real holy place, the holy place is in the hearts of all believers, we are considered defeated, We can also tell all believers with our sacrifice......"

Dora paused for a moment and said: "Fight like us, even if we are martyred for our faith, our souls will have eternal life in heaven, and our battle will save the world, so that our children and grandchildren will not have to become slaves of the devil, so that our descendants can continue to bask in the glory of the Lord, do not fear death, death is the ladder to heaven, do not think about victory or defeat, victory or defeat is not our goal, fight, let all believers see that our battle is our goal, we are not defending stone buildings, We are defending the faith of our hearts, Amen! ”

After saying that, he solemnly drew a cross on his chest.

"Amen!"

Persilon bitterly drew the same cross on his chest.