Who can not be afraid of the big hat of "plotting rebellion" pressed down? As a result, the governors of the Far East did not dare to build their own chains, and the Fort of Atonement was like a naked woman, with little defense against threats from the outside world and hidden dangers from within.

If the Fort of Atonement had been equipped with a Mystery Lock, there would have been no need to fear orc harassment in the first place, and there would have been no need to form a militia to strengthen the defense, and Rudolph, the hero, would have no chance to stand out.

If the Fort of Atonement had been in place, the civil revolt would not have been able to reach the current smoke-filled situation, and any troublemakers under the watchful eye of the Castle would have been firmly locked, and the Knights of Klautz would not have had to be exhausted by maintaining law and order, and the fire of the Far Eastern revolution would probably have been extinguished before it could grow stronger.

The Imperial authorities did not invest enough money in the Far Eastern provinces, and the result of this was a shortage of office expenses for local public officials and a meager income. The inland bureaucracy did not want to suffer in the Far East, and the administrative system could only rely on officials from local families to function effectively, and the mayor of Great Falls, Jodel Stolypin, was the representative of the local civil service in the Far East, and the commander of the security of Fort Atonement, Colonel Campu, was the typical military attaché.

Although these bureaucrats from large families in the Far East had long since bought indulgences to get rid of heretics, most of their fathers' relatives and friends still wore the hats of heretics, and when the distant imperial power had a conflict of interest with the villagers around them, these local bureaucrats were often more sympathetic to the latter, and somewhat alienated from the central government of the empire. When the anti-tax movement in the Far East turned into an armed revolution, the local bureaucracy remained calm on the surface, but in fact the dark tide was surging, especially when the news of the arrival of Rudolf Kolas and his army outside the capital city spread through evening newspapers and leaflets, almost overnight, most of the local bureaucrats in the Far East started to "eat pulp to welcome the righteous teacher".

Jodel Stolypin's public appearance at the Koras family banquet on behalf of the native civilian was a clear statement, while Colonel Kamp, though not out of the ordinary, provided much help to the Koras army in a more practical way.

Krautz did not disclose the "Operation Dawn" to Colonel Kemp, but Colonel Kemp, as a native of Fort Atonement, was in charge of the capital's security department for many years. As soon as the Order was mobilized, he was alert.

Colonel Krautz instructed Lieutenant Colonel Erwin to take over the security forces, but Erwin couldn't command those "old fritters" at all, in fact, the security regiment was still remotely controlled by Camp's back, and the security department and the underground society were inevitably inextricably linked. The secret information transmitted was on the desk of the Kolas father and son: the enemy planned to attack at dawn tomorrow, the air force bombed the station first, and the cavalry followed up the raid.

Rudolph had already analyzed with his son the possible counterattack of Krautz in the situation of being trapped in the isolated city, in fact, the main purpose of his decision to transport the artillery back first was not to bombard the Fort of Atonement with artillery, but to deliberately expose the flaws and lure Krautz to take the initiative. Colonel Kemp's intel proved that Krautz had taken the bait, and also provided the Knights' sortie time and battle plan, and the battle to determine the ownership of the Fort of Atonement had already foreshadowed the end before it began, and the next thing for father and son to do was to win the victory at the smallest possible cost, which was not easy to do considering that the enemy had a reinforced battalion of vultures and cavalry.

"The key to this battle is not on the ground but in the air, Roland, are you sure that you can defeat the Vulture Horse Cavalry Battalion in an air battle?" Rudolph stared at his son without a smile on his face.

From fighting in the Northland against the "Dragon's Eye" air force, to rescuing Yevgenia not long ago, Rudolph is proud of his son's outstanding command skills in previous air battles, but he also knows that the air force is still the biggest shortcoming of the Kolas Legion. Krautz bets on Operation Daybreak on a reinforced battalion of vultures, and if his air force wants to stop the enemy air attack, a giant eagle must intercept at least five vultures, which is almost impossible in Rudolph's opinion, after all, the eagle has no advantage in a heads-up with the vulture knights, and there is no air support from the Kitland Heroic Army. Once the air defense line is breached, the artillery positions placed near the station will be exposed to the eyes of the vulture cavalry, and then there will be rain of bombs, turning the artillery positions into a sea of fire, and the two grenadier regiments responsible for defending the positions will also suffer, and Krautz's main knights will take advantage of the situation to launch a charge...... The consequences were terrible, and Rudolph couldn't even think about it.

Roland pondered for a few seconds, looked up and smiled at his father, the sunny smile dispelled the clouds in Rudolph's heart, but then his son's words made his heart hang again.

"Frankly, I'm not very sure that I'll be able to defeat the Vulture Cavalry Battalion in an air battle, but ......"

"But how?" Rudolph asked in surprise. His original plan was to transfer the mage regiment to Roland's command to make up for the lack of air power, but it depends on his son's demeanor...... It didn't seem like he needed to make such an arrangement.

"But we don't need to keep the vultures out of the artillery positions, and we don't have to let them fly over."

Rudolph thought for a moment and guessed his son's plan: "You want to use anti-aircraft guns against vultures?" ”

Roland nodded and smiled: "The Ordnance Institute has developed a special fuse specially used to deal with air targets, the test effect is very good, it has been equipped to the anti-aircraft artillery team of the first artillery brigade, tomorrow will be the first time this secret weapon is used in actual combat, I believe it will send a big surprise to the vulture knights of Krautz." ”

……

At four o'clock in the morning on September 6, the night was thick. Herds of vultures rose over the Keep, magical beasts' natural dark vision was most useful in night raids, and the knights on horseback had taken the "Dark Vision" potion in advance, and under the leadership of the commander, Colonel Junius, they flew to the train station ten miles away, where the Kolas Corps was stationed.

Thanks to the accurate information provided by Colonel Kemp, the Kolas Army was prepared for a surprise attack in advance. On the artillery position, Lieutenant Colonel Yuri Popov looked at Jack and his partner Kafta with suspicion.

"Do the shells you are talking about really work?"

"Of course it works, I've tested it several times."

"I know the test results, but at that time, the targets were all ordinary birds summoned by magic, and they had no military training at all, so they were scared when they heard the sound of cannons, and it was not surprising that they were shot down, and the truly well-trained vultures would not be frightened by the sound of cannons, and the smoke of gunpowder provided natural cover for them, and it took more than a little luck for the anti-aircraft guns to hit them." Gunnery Popov, an expert in gunnery, is well aware of how unreliable the hit rate of the anti-aircraft guns in service is, and it is hard to believe that a slight modification of the fuse of the shell can have the effect of turning decay into magic.