In Tarim City, a few days after the rotation of a large number of soldiers, something strange happened in the regiment, a large number of wooden boxes came down the Morro River, unloaded at the dock, and then pulled to Tarim City by horse-drawn carts. The wooden boxes were stamped with the marks of Black Harbor City, and the old officers in the regiment said that these boxes came from Black Harbor City, and at first glance they were large quantities of weapons.

Kane was a little skeptical, but since the first batch of wooden boxes were transported into Tarim City, the senior officers who had been giggling and laughing, such as his regimental commander, had become as serious as a different person. In the camp, a solemn atmosphere began to spread.

Sure enough, a few days later, when the warehouses in the Tarim turnover yard were full of supplies, the Western generals announced that the whole army had changed its outfits and entered a state of war. All the soldiers, lined up one by one to the turnaround and changed into new leather armor, heart guards, new crossbows and scimitars. As a battalion lieutenant, Kane received a set of stainless steel chain mail (Note 1).

This kind of armor, which used to be worn only by regiment commanders, is now equipped to the level of battalion captain, and it seems that the officers' guesses are not wrong, and they are going to fight.

Kane still had some drums in his heart, the army was reorganized, and it would only take more than ten days to fight and fight, if these people were really the original soldiers of the Central Garrison as the wingmen said, would they be willing to die for the new emperor. However, these people have always been silent, and Kane guessed that the new emperor had used some conditions to exchange with them, but I don't know, let's talk about it.

No way, as a low-level officer, these things are not something he can think about, as far as Kane himself is concerned, how to save his life in the next battle is the most important thing.

The soldiers of the garrison want to make a deal with the emperor, but Uncle Kane does not have it, and no one can deprive Uncle Kane of his life.

The Dunkirk Bridge is a stone bridge, built in a narrow section of the Grand Canyon, about 800 grams long, 700 grams below the surface of the Grand Canyon, and about 12 grams wide, enough for four horse-drawn carriages to walk side by side.

On the west side of the Dunkirk Bridge, on the border side of the Merchant Alliance, there was originally only one customs clearance post, in order to prevent the increasing military pressure of the Desik, two years ago, the Merchant Alliance decided to build a bridgehead at the bridgehead modeled after the Desic Empire.

It was a permanent fortification consisting of three large pillboxes and two layers of ramparts, which could accommodate more than 500 soldiers in the first line and 800 behind the second wall. Behind the wall, there was a large military base consisting of a large number of tents.

The entire Dunkirk defensive line was now garrisoned by the New Second Army, with the 1st Regiment of the New 2nd Army guarding the bridgehead, and the 2nd and 3rd Regiments defending the rear at angles 10 miles to the northwest and 10 miles to the southwest, respectively. In the base at the bridgehead, there is a whole New Second Army of the Business Alliance.

The 500 soldiers of the 1st Squadron of the 1st Regiment, under the leadership of Squadron Commander Oude (Note 2), were stationed in the Dunkirk bridgehead and were responsible for the first rampart, and they were the front of the entire Dunkirk defensive line. Squadron Leader Oude is a young aristocratic officer, a knight lord from the Manning Kingdom, who first served as an axe-bearer in the Manning Palace.

When the New Second Army was formed, Oude was transferred to the First Regiment of the New Second Army as a junior officer, and I don't know if he was lucky or unlucky, he was sent to garrison the Dunkirk bridgehead that had just been built.

Officers like Oude, numbering in the hundreds throughout the eastern Manning Line, near the Grand Canyon, were always on guard against the Desik's invasion. And when the news of Southern Madur came, the soldiers of the entire New Second Army were furious.

Many soldiers clamored to cross the bridge, but the generals were worried about the difference in combat effectiveness with the Desiks, so they had to hold down the soldiers. However, Oude was one of the few officers who remained sober, and since the Desik had already gone to war, the Dunkirk bridgehead would sooner or later become a battlefield, and there was no hurry to do so.

That's right, this "moment" will soon come. Oude's squadron, with a total of fifty squads of more than 500 men, and another squadron, had been stationed behind the first rampart of the bridgehead fortress in turn. One squadron was stationed for two days, then rotated with another squad and returned to the camp behind the bridgehead for two days of rest.

And on this night, Oude's squadron had just entered the bridgehead fortress for only a few hours, and in the quiet night sky, Oude listened to the soldiers beside him snoring. In normal times, due to the severance of trade routes, the Dunkirk Bridge is close to being deserted, and there are no pedestrians all year round. So Oude generally kept only a small squad of sentries, and the rest of the soldiers were driven to rest by him.

Oude quietly looked at the bridge in the dark night, and there seemed to be a large mouth in the shadows that could devour everything, which made people nervous. It has been a few days since the rumors of the outbreak of the war came out, and I heard that the corps commander had gone to the mercenary headquarters for a meeting today, and I don't know what new arrangements the "mercenary leader" named Pierre has.

Halfway through the boring night, Ode rubbed his silver sword over and over until it was clear enough to reflect a human figure. This sword is the family sword of Ode, and his father told him that this sword is called "Oberline", and that his ancestors used this sword to kill three magicians of the Magic Empire before winning the glory of the knight lord.

The entire first regiment of the New Second Army, Oude's sword, was the only silver weapon, and many high-ranking officers wanted to exchange gold coins for Oude, but Oude naturally refused. Every time he was stationed at night, when he had nothing to do, Oude would take out a whetstone and carefully wipe this ancestral silver sword.

At this moment, a red salute flower rose in the night sky in the distance, and the red light reflected half of the night sky was red. And the sound of the horn "woo woo" also sounded at the same moment.

Oude stood up with a "Teng", his eyes staring at the red light spot in the air in the distance in front of him, no one needed to tell Oude at all, he also knew what it was. The nobles of Manning City would set off a lot of fireworks to celebrate the harvest on the day of Double Day, but on this summer night, the Desic people set off this fireworks without warning, and it is self-evident what it means.

The sentry at the bridgehead fort also saw a vision in the sky, "Captain?" asked Ode.

Oude barely thought and blurted out, "Whistle!"

So, "Beep beep beep!" The mournful whistle sounded at the bridgehead, and Oude took the helmet and visor handed over by the soldier next to him, put them on solemnly, and commanded loudly: "Archers line up, spearmen go to the wall!"

East side of the Dunkirk Bridge. Now, on the night of the Fourth of June, Kane, dressed in brand new chain mail, was lying on his stomach in the grass less than a mile from the bridgehead, behind him hundreds of equally fully armed Desik soldiers. And behind his battalion, there was an even greater endless army of Desik. Everyone was quietly preparing for the attack, and there was a solemn atmosphere under the empty night sky.

Not far away, the Grand Canyon is pitch black, and through the firelight of the bridgehead outpost, you can faintly see the figure of the bridge, which is the northernmost of the five bridges, the "Dunkirk" bridge, which is a wide stone bridge that allows several horse-drawn carriages to pass side by side. For the sake of the concealment of the raid, the soldiers at the bridgehead outpost on the Desik side have been insisting on being on duty, creating a sign of business as usual for the merchants on the other side, even the supplies of the outpost are delivered on time normally, and the soldiers at the outpost do not know the specific attack plan of Desik.

In order to prevent unnecessary conflicts, both Desik and Shangmeng chose to build bridgehead fortresses and permanent fortifications on the side of the bridgehead, and on the bridge deck that has not been passed by pedestrians for a long time, I don't know whether it was Desik or Shangmeng soldiers, discarding countless boulders, wood and other sundries, blocking the water of the originally wide bridge deck. In this way, even if someone takes advantage of the night to raid, they will not be able to succeed easily.

"Kane, are you ready?" The one who came over was the commander of the border guard, he was the direct boss of Kane's battalion, so Kane respected him quite much, "Our regiment is the main force of the raid, I have high hopes for you, you know!"

Kane saluted lightly, "No problem, Captain!"

"If there's a problem, you have to complete the plan, you know!" This time, a total of eleven regiments participated in the battle, General Florian personally commanded the operation, the Alvin battalion would follow the operation as the forward commander, and the 11th Frontier Regiment, where Kane was located, was the main attacking force.

"Regiment commander, in fact, I don't understand, our regiment is a newly established border defense regiment, we haven't experienced much actual combat, and we have recently transferred a large number of personnel, why don't we let veteran troops like the first regiment and the second regiment do it?" Kane was a little puzzled, and the regiment commander glared at him, "We Desik admire soldiers, and we can get the first chance to charge, what do you want!" raised the saber in his hand to hit Kane, but probably considering the quiet environment, he only waved it lightly and put it down.

At this moment, in the distance, a rocket shot into the sky and exploded into a brilliant red salute in the air! "Let's go!" Commander Zhengse, then raised the saber he had just put down again, and slowly drew it, "Prepare to attack!"

"Woo woo woo", at the same time as the red salute flower shot into the sky, the low Desik horn sounded at the same time, and all the Desik soldiers lying on the ground stood up, drew their weapons, and ran towards the direction of the bridge.

"Rush!" Camp Lieutenant Kane, roaring forward.

On the opposite side of the Dunkirk Bridge, not far behind the bridgehead fortress, in the camp of the new Second Army of the Shang League, the corps commander went to the mercenary camp for a military meeting today, and the deputy general on duty saw the red salute rising over the bridge in the distance, and asked the people around him in confusion, "What is that!"

And it wasn't until the horn sounded that he finally realized that the Desiks were coming!

The first battle in the direction of the Second Continental War in the direction of the Shang Alliance, the Battle of "Dunkirk", began.

Note 1: Chain mail is a type of melee infantry armor that can also be worn by cavalry.

Note 2: The squadron is a type of formation of the merchant alliance army, similar to Kaman's wing.