"Why hasn't there been any progress yet?" Emperor Otto asked coldly.

The dukes looked at each other.

"The city of Verona has recently arrived with a shipment of Toronus heavy smoothbore mortars." The Duke of Bavaria spoke, "Due to the collapse of many trenches, our offensive posture has also been somewhat contained. ”

"Then don't go to the trenches! Won't you go around the landslide? The Emperor waved his hand impatiently.

"Doesn't go through the trenches and go straight through the open area, doesn't that become a live target for mortars?" Duke Franconia sneered, "It's better to send His Majesty's two-headed dragon out, one dragon and one breath, first destroy the mortar position, and then we will attack on all fronts." ”

"Their mortar camp was set up too close to the city, and the conspiracy is self-evident, Conrad." The Duke of Bavaria said, "At that time, the defenders of the city only need to expand the anti-magic magnetic field and pull out anti-aircraft guns from the city, and then threaten the safety of the dragon." After all, no one knows what exactly is set up in the city today. ”

"Then if the city is full of nuclear bombs, we won't fight Verona?" The Duke of Franconia sneered.

"The nuclear bomb production line was not restored so quickly." Duke Rudolph of the Wolf family said.

"But every day that is postponed, more powerful weapons are shipped off the production line in the Holy See!" The Emperor slammed the desk in front of him in a rage, "Our advantage is being lost!" The siege must be accelerated! ”

The dukes did not speak.

Of course, in the face of the Templars' artillery fire blocking the door, everyone is not really completely helpless, and the major families can just put together a team of demigods to charge the battle.

The power armor can't withstand the bombardment of artillery fire, and the demigods don't have these concerns. As long as you shoot fast enough, fight to open up the field with some spiritual loss, and destroy the mortar position in an instant.

But what the Duke of Franconia said was what everyone was really worried about - no one knew what was going on in the city.

For example, what if the city was densely packed with mortars?

When the time comes, the demigods who have just captured the mortar positions outside the city will be bombarded with all their might......

It is true that the realm of demigods is almost equivalent to a small world, and mortars are most likely unable to break through this layer of defense.

However, demigods can't open the realm endlessly, and now that the level cap is Lv.15, the demigods will hang up in a few seconds after the realm opens, and with the industrial strength of the Holy See, it is difficult to say how many weapons will be ambushed in the city.

Therefore, regardless of whether there are targeted traps in the city or not, everyone does not want their family's demigods to go to war...... If you really want to go, why don't you send the demigods of your own family to play, the emperor?

As if seeing through the resistance of the dukes, Hedwig, the acid dragon present, stood up and said:

"So be it."

"Please convince your knights that we will continue to attack for another two days."

"If you don't leave Verona City within two days, please send a demigod from each family, and I and the Fantasy Dragon will lead the charge."

His Excellency the Acid Dragon's words were not refuted by the dukes. Since the royal Saxon family took the lead in sending out two demigods, and the major families only needed one to go to the battlefield, if this had to be pushed back, it would really be a cowardice.

"So be it." Emperor Otto waved his hand irritably and drove the dukes out.

The siege of the city became fierce the next day, with hordes of soldiers, led by the Knights in Power Armor, rushing forward along the trenches in formations.

Light mortars were also brought in from the Emperor's camp, and they bombarded the artillery of the Knights Templar on the opposite side of the trenches, and for a time the artillery fire above the position was staggered, and the guns and bullets rained below, as if a huge meat grinder was rumbling.

"Chief Asker!" The Azure Sword Mercenary Regiment was also in today's siege sequence, and only a familiar voice was heard from behind.

Everyone looked back and saw that it was actually the swordsmen of the Richardnell Swordsmen's Order.

"Ah, you're here too." Asker looked at Nuremberg and Hans, "What about the old man?" ”

Nuremberg and Hans: ..................

After many days, they heard the title of "old man" again, and their expressions were quite complicated.

"The teacher is resting in the back now." Nuremberg replied, "The situation of the defenders is unknown, so we should find out the situation first." ”

"Speaking of which, you're already Lv.10, Chief!" Hans said in astonishment.

The swordsmen from behind rushed forward one after another, slapping Asker's ass indiscriminately, trying to make a familiar face in front of the chief.

"Alright, alright." Asker motioned for everyone to be quiet, "In that case, let's all follow me and rush into battle." ”

"Follow the chief to charge, then it must be no problem!" The swordsmen touted.

"We just arrived this morning, so what's going on on the battlefield at the moment?" Nuremberg was not as blindly optimistic as the swordsmen, but only seriously asked Asker about the enemy.

"Oh, the Knights Templar moved 160mm Toronus heavy smoothbore mortars to block the door." "Our mission is to attack their mortar positions through the range of artillery fire. ”

Swordsmen: ..................

Wait! We all know what you said before and after, but what does that sentence in the middle mean? Through the bombardment range of artillery fire?

Asker drew his keel sword, drew a rudimentary map of the battlefield on the ground, and continued to explain to the swordsmen:

"The enemy's heavy mortars are located here, about 800 meters from the exit of the trenches. The depth of the entire trench area is 17 km, and the entrance is here. ”

"Uh-huh." The swordsmen nodded.

"The effective range of the Toronus is about 10 kilometers, and if you replace it with extended-range shells, it will be up to 15 kilometers, and they will give priority to suppressing the Empire's mobile mortar positions, so you don't have to be afraid, at least we are safe until we enter the trenches."

"The entrance to the trench is located in the north of the battlefield, with the Alpine foothills in the background, and the terrain is descending from north to south, and it is highly concealed. In addition, there are a lot of cover objects on the top of the trench, so even if you enter the range of Toronus, you don't need to worry about being monitored and sniped by the artillery position on the opposite side. Just don't be too lucky and get hit by a random falling cannonball. ”

"Understood." The swordsmen said in unison.

"If you're really unlucky and the shell falls overhead, you can explode it before it explodes." Sidlifa added.

"I see." The swordsmen couldn't stop nodding, and then they realized that it was not the chief who had just spoken, but the northland girl from the chief team.

"Shut up!" Aske knocked her on the head, "Did you blow her up early?" You're just lucky enough to freeze the fuses and firing pins inside the shells! How did you forget to fold your arm? ”

Swordsmen: ..................

"This guy is a negative case, don't learn from her." Aske turned and spoke to the swordsmen with blank expressions.

God blasted the cannonball in advance! We can't learn if we want to! The swordsmen silently complained in their hearts.