There is a sentence in "Band of Brothers" that paratroopers are born surrounded.

In war, being surrounded is a very challenging thing for a soldier's nerves.

There are enemies all around, and I don't know if the reinforcements are surnamed Li Mingtianxia, and desperate thoughts will spread in my heart little by little with the passage of time.

However, the 168th Brigade, which was surrounded by fish-people, did not have any despair at this time, and everyone joked with each other during the break between the battles, asking each other if they still had sisters who were not married.

There's no way, with Charles' mobile battery, it's not a problem for them to break through or something, and it's a bit difficult to make them nervous.

"That's why the headquarters let us be surrounded. A cook said during the meal, and he gave Charles a little more meat.

The barracks of the 168th Brigade is located next to the main road through the wooded area, and the fishmen must eliminate the 168th Brigade stuck here if they want to raid the agricultural area to the north.

Durian City had been prepared for the current situation early on, and after learning that Charles and Jenny had both been defeated, the barracks, which was originally just wooden walls, was expanded into a four-corner bastion in advance.

During that time, Charles could be regarded as seeing the fierceness of the long-eared clan who incarnated as an infrastructure madman.

The difference between a mage and a warrior is the use of magic elements, the former controlling the casting of magic elements, and the latter strengthening itself with magic elements.

Builders, on the other hand, use both.

These guys are literally humanoid forklifts, and after pulling the stones up the hill through the winch, they directly carry the two hundred pounds of stones to the appropriate place and load them.

By the time they installed the stones, the slime mortar had already been laid by other builders. And they did not use a small shovel to lay the mortar, but directly used the magic similar to the hand of a mage controlled by mental power to pave it in one step.

Finally, when the earth was rammed in the middle of the wall, the earth dug out of the outer trench was processed and filled with a layer, and a magic similar to "meteorite" was directly blasted over, and the soil was tamped.

With sufficient materials, professional personnel, and two shifts of non-stop construction, the construction of the fortress was fast, which made Charles, who was being ordered by Monck to make a cameo as a cook, stunned.

However, he also learned later that there are very few such sturdy construction teams among the elves, and they can be counted on one hand, otherwise there would be no need to toss cement in order to repair the stronghold along the river.

So, although the outside was surrounded by fishmen, Charles in the fortress was still eating braised pork there.

After the construction of the fortress was completed, a large amount of war preparation materials were pulled here.

Now the fort has enough food to feed the garrison for two or three months, and Charles has drilled two more wells, so there is no shortage of water.

There is no shortage of equipment to defend the city, from the traditional bed crossbow to the new "conscience reform" and so on, this fortress has become a testing ground for new weapons.

War is the catalyst of technology, and in order to win and survive during the war, the elves' brains are not closed as soon as they are opened.

Charles's triple assault was borrowed by Munch for a few days, and when the ordnance arrived, he saw more than a dozen twelve assault rifles loaded on a cart and with shields.

At that time, Munch excitedly told his subordinates that this kind of thing, which was named "Hornet's Nest" by the Weapons Workshop, was perfect for plugging the gap in the city.

During the test firing in the open space, the firepower that burst out in that short period of time made the elves present sweat profusely.

Moreover, this time, the assault rifle has also been improved, and it is equipped with a small wind magic array, which can blow out the residue after firing. Paired with a Mini-like bullet and an integrated ammunition wrapped in spider silk, Charles lit a candle in his heart for the fishers.

At the same time, he had a gut feeling that the day of seeing breech guns, or even breech guns, should not be far away.

After lunch, Charles came to the city wall to change shifts, and he was a little embarrassed when he was here.

Elves are not short, so the battlements on the city wall are built quite high, which is not very friendly to the children.

At this time, fine rains began to fall from the sky, and soon the surroundings were moistened.

Because the assault detachment was mainly tasked with plugging gaps in the city, Charles could wander around the section of the city wall they were responsible for, and he was familiar with the environment.

The big logs on the wooden walls have now been turned into sheds on the city walls, so Charles and the others are not afraid of getting wet in the rain.

After all, the bed crossbow and the strings of the bows used by the elves are afraid of water, and although the "Conscience Change" has been waterproofed, it is not good to get wet, so a shed to protect against the rain in the spring rainy season is a must.

Charles stood on the quiver of the bed crossbow, allowing him to conveniently observe the situation outside.

The fortress was not only defended by the city walls, but also by a trench to prevent the enemy siege engines from approaching, and between the ditch and the city wall were arranged to resist horses, and the horses were replaced by thorn strips instead of barbed wire.

Due to the terrain, the only way to destroy the Fishman is to enter the shooting range of the crossbow at the head of the wall and cast magic, and the crossbow arrows with the magic array are simply a nightmare for the Fishman Mage.

The corpses of the fishmen outside the fortifications had all been moved back to the other side, and they launched two sexual attacks and one night attack in the past two days, only to be easily repelled by the defenders with bows and arrows and magic before they even touched the walls.

The bed crossbowmen commander who had come to reinforce was not far from Charles observing the fish-man's camp through an optical rangefinder, where several huge counterweight trebuchets were being built.

The fishmen who came into contact with this new thing for the first time were obviously not skilled, and their progress was very slow, and the bed crossbow commander was anxious for them.

Under Munch's command, the Bed Crossbowmen were tasked with waiting for the trebuchets to be 99% complete.

Crossbow arrows were already prepared on the side of the bed crossbow, and the arrows of these huge crossbow arrows were not metal, but red fire-based magic crystals. When the bolt hits the target, it will be caught in a storm of fire within more than ten meters of the surrounding area.

This is the most powerful ranged weapon that the elves were equipped with before the "Charles Organ" came out a while ago.

Many elite archers are equipped with several arrows similar to the magic crystal arrows, and Charles, a rookie archer, is not even qualified to touch this kind of arrow that specializes in dealing with high-value targets.

Not long after, Charles saw through the binoculars another team of 100 fishmen entering the camp, and now there were five to six times as many fishmen surrounding them.

It seems that the day of the enemy's siege is not far off.

But Charles didn't care, they only had to drag the enemy here for ten days, and then there would be other armies to surround the enemy.

Now Charles has figured out the way the elves fight, that is, to make all kinds of preparations, and use sufficient material resources to pile up and kill the enemy, so as to reduce the loss of living forces.

Just as he was about to eat dinner, Charles was called to the command by Munch.

"Your Highness, come quickly. Munch sat behind the desk and waved his hand, and around him sat several detachment leaders, all of whom seemed to have sad faces.

"What's going on?" Charles was confused.

At this time, Churchill said: "Those salted fish have sent us a letter of surrender, and we are having a headache as to how to reply." Your Highness, you have a lot of ideas, give us an idea. ”

Charles took the letters of surrender written on two sheets of seaweed paper, which were very formal, and they were also in lingua franca and elf.

The content of the letter of surrender is nothing more than that you are surrounded by us, as long as you lay down your arms......

In the face of the first letter of surrender from the enemy in this war, these idle and idle officers are now thinking about how to reply to the letter to shock the whole country, so that they can seize this opportunity to leave their names in the history books.

Charles, knowing the intentions of the guys, pouted, then took a piece of parchment and wrote:

"To the Commander of the Kingdom of Othme:

Convex ('へ′)

- All of the 168th Brigade of the Elven King's Court Army"