"His Majesty the Emperor and his cabinet ministers in the holy city of Yashan will not pay too much attention to this skirmish on the Far Eastern Frontier, and the secret of the proximity fuse can be kept secret for a while." Rudolph said to Evgenia.

Evgenia nodded and whispered, "Keeping a secret comes down to keeping your mouth shut. ”

Rudolph comprehended: "The ordnance station is in charge of Roland, you can rest assured, I will emphasize discipline again on the side of the artillery brigade, as for those enemies in the air, ......" looked up at the vulture knight who was sparsely bombarded by high artillery in the air, and a trace of killing intent flashed in the depths of his pupils. Whether or not you guess the secret of the new anti-aircraft shells of the Koras Army, since you see something you shouldn't see...... I can only ask them all to be the martyrs of the empire.

"Klautz's main force has begun to charge, hasn't he noticed the change in the air?" Evgenia muttered.

Rudolph had no intention of criticizing the old enemy's miscommand, "Now that the sky is still dark and the air battle is still very chaotic, it is not wrong for Klautz to carry out the planned attack plan, not to mention that with his current situation, there is no other choice but to fight to the death." ”

On the horizon where dawn was dawning, two puffs of dust and smoke were billowing in. Clutes divided the Order into two lines, the left led by him, and the right by Lieutenant Colonel Erwin, who launched a pincer charge on the Kolas position.

Rudolph stood on the terrace on the second floor of the makeshift command post, staring blankly at the rapidly approaching Klautz corps, and did not give the order for an artillery attack until the enemy cavalry came within cannon range.

Since he had already learned the direction of the enemy attack from Colonel Kemp's intelligence, Colonel Yuri divided the 1st Artillery Brigade into two regiments in advance, and the muzzles pointed diagonally to the sides just met the charging knights. The rumbling roar was like a rhythmic drumbeat, the cannonballs smashed into the Knights like hail, and the appropriately adjusted timing fuses caused the cannonballs to explode against the enemy's heads before they hit the ground, releasing countless whistling graupels or intense flashes.

The flares dispersed the last of the night, exposing Krautz and his party to the gunners, and the second wave of artillery was more accurate, and a rain of steel swept through the air, and the proud Imperial knights fell from their horses without even seeing the enemy's face, blood and broken armor scattered across the early autumn wasteland.

Klautz's heartstrings also fluttered with the sound of the cannon. Junius had long since stopped answering his calls, and the Communication Stone had not been able to contact Major Miles, who had been lucky enough to think that the two were too distracted by the fierce air battle to report to him. Now that the stormy shells are falling on his head, he has to face a cruel reality: the air battle is not as smooth as expected, and the main artillery of the Kolas army is still there.

The question is what next?

Collect troops and retreat to the city while the losses are still under control, or grit your teeth and continue to charge, hoping to fight for a chance to survive?

Krautz looked back at the Atonement Fortress, where the city of Hezenzen was backed by the mountains, like a sleeping giant. But he knew very well that the giant had a mad flame in his body, and that he could wake up and devour him at any moment.

If the battle is lost, the revolutionaries in the city will be greatly encouraged, the revolt will be more rampant, and the Knights, who have lost their troops on the battlefield, will return to the hostile city in a state of exhaustion and demoralization, unable to maintain order at all.

Krautz jerked his head back and looked straight at the Kolas position, his eyes bloodshot. Compared to the Fort of Atonement behind him, the enemy position seemed to be within reach, and perhaps it would take a little more to hold on and victory would come as expected. Thinking so, Krautz no longer hesitated, and urged the horse to rush forward.

The wasteland, which was nearly ten miles deep, was shrouded in gunsmoke, and shells continued to fall, blasting a large crater, throwing a mixture of sand, mud, grass, and stumps into the air, diffusing into a large cloud of turbid haze, emitting a disgusting smell that made people deeply feel the fear of death after just one breath.

The desperate scene of Krautz and Erwin's cavalry charging under artillery fire reminded Rudolph of the battle against the Dragon's Eye Black Orc Cavalry Regiment on the Kitland Plateau.

The course of the two campaigns is largely the same, but the details are different. When the Knights rushed to within a mile of the position at the cost of heavy casualties - an area not covered by artillery fire, Rudolph would normally wait for the enemy to rush closer, and then the Ranger Chasers would continue the fire with three pitches, but now there were no Chasers in the camp of the Kolas Army, and it was the grenadiers equipped with new "grenadiers" who were responsible for filling this gap in firepower at medium range.

The tall and strong Kitland samurai picked up the grenadier with one hand, opened the bracket and fixed it in front of the position, and the assistant next to him stuffed the "Jack bullet" with a tail into the mouth of the barrel and adjusted the projectile angle. Commander Captain Ivan swung his saber, and the grenadiers simultaneously pressed down the lever to connect the firing magic crystal circuit, and the sudden burst of magnetic force slammed the "Jack Bullet" out, slashing through the air with graceful parabolas and smashing on the head of the Imperial Knight.

The explosion sounded again, and the flames engulfed the galloping horses. The grenadier's first performance on the battlefield was perfect, as Roland had hoped to fill the gap between a thousand yards and a hundred yards too close for a cannon and too far for a bow and arrow.

The fly in the ointment was that the performance of the grenadier was too eye-catching, completely destroying Krautz's desperate belief, holding the reins for a few seconds, and finally giving the whole army a retreat.

Seeing the knights turn their horses and flee towards the Fort of Atonement, Rudolph sighed with regret, "This guy Klautz slipped too fast, and we still have two lines of defense that we haven't had time to use." ”

If the Knights break through the bombardment range of the grenadiers and approach within 100 yards of the defensive line, the tripwires and barbed wire fences placed in front of the position will play a role in forcing the enemy cavalry to stop the charge, while Alexander's 2nd Regiment of Grenadier will throw grenades to greet the enemy.

"If Clutez knew about your arrangement, he would be glad to have saved his life." Evgenia said with a smile.

"It's really a pity that I couldn't catch him this time, so let's put a few more rounds of salutes to see him off." Rudolph picked up the "High Communication Stone" and ordered the 1st Artillery Brigade under Lieutenant Colonel Yuri Popov to track down the retreating enemy cavalry and fire freely.

"Aha, free fire! Lads, your favorite 'hunting' show is here! The dwarven artillery brigade commander laughed loudly as he stood on top of the mountain of shell boxes with his hands on his hips. The battlefield was full of cheers, and the observers and gunners were in good spirits and ready to show off their skills.