Chapter 268: The Tragedy of War
In the explosion, the mixture of flesh and blood sprinkled into the air like rain, and under the pull of gravity, it splashed down to the wall and the ground, and the cruelty of the battle was shocking!
"Well done!" said Bradley, who had always been unapologetic to others, but the young soldier had a cold face, crouched back into the trench, and like the other soldiers, he refilled his ammunition without saying a word, checked his equipment for damage, and ignored him as a squad leader.
Bradley didn't care, quietly observed the situation on the city wall, and muttered: "Those shrunken turtles didn't dare to come forward when they saw the tragic death of their companions, little Duncan, you scared them, you did too badly!"
Duncan was speechless about the contradiction between the captain's preface and afterword, and ridiculed the enemy for his cowardice, and did not look at where he was, and it was no better for him to squat in a makeshift trench.
Leaning against the wall and looking up at the bright silver moon in the night sky, Duncan exhaled, he would become strange when he went to the battlefield, usually he was a chatter, but in this environment, the whole person was cramped and restless, and the anxiety and irritability made him unable to rest quietly, turned around and slowly poked his head out, observing the situation on the city like Bradley.
With his excellent eyesight, he was more suitable for a sniper, but he chose to use a weapon with a powerful explosion such as a bazooka, for reasons that he could not tell.
Duncan's eyes froze, and his sharp eyes saw that several enemies appeared on the city at three o'clock, and he stood up suddenly, pulled the bolt and pulled the trigger, and the rocket whizzed out with a tail flower.
Several sturdy figures suddenly stood up from the top of the city, drew their bows and shot arrows, of course, the target of the attack was not Duncan a few hundred meters away, but the beam of rocket artillery, not to mention whether they shot accurately, the other Del family soldiers hiding in the trench had already aimed their heavy machine guns at them, shooting wildly, and the dense bullets turned into points of light to shuttle through the night sky.
One of the archers was shot into a sieve because they didn't have time to dodge, and the others, as squire-level transcendents, forcibly avoided and hid behind the battlements with their strong physical fitness, and their plan to detonate the rocket launcher in advance naturally went bankrupt.
The terrifying explosion sounded again, and another rain of blood fell in the smoke, and Duncan felt that he liked to use bazookas, probably because it could blow enemies to pieces and completely erase them from the world, and this moment was extremely reassuring.
"Boy, what are you doing in a daze, don't lie down quickly!"
Bradley's roar brought Duncan, who was intoxicated with his mood, back to his senses, and a fiery red light appeared in the city in his sight, the giant crossbow shot out with a thunderclap, and a sharp whistle came from the air. Everything around them slows down, and those who perceive the coming of death and are extremely focused will see such a sight, and they will want to close their eyes and not look at the fierce crossbow that is still flying fast, and probably die on this land like those companions before them.
As soon as they arrived at Gavin, the army subordinate to Del directly launched a siege battle, which immediately pushed the battle to a fever pitch. The walls of Gavin City are six feet high, made of boulders of unknown materials, and under the continuous bombardment of howitzers and rocket artillery, they only make large and small pits, and there is still a long way to go before they collapse.
At the beginning, in the face of overwhelming firepower, the defenders of Gavin City, whether they were humans or the dark races hidden in it, were stunned, and the rain of ammunition rained down, and the head of the city turned into a bloody slaughterhouse, and almost no one was spared. The enemy had not yet stepped into the effective range of the bow and arrow, and they could not do it if they wanted to be condescending and implement the rain of arrows, and the one-sided situation made them retreat from the city wall for a while.
The fortified walls were a headache for the Del soldiers, and all kinds of artillery were concentrated in one place, and the west side of the battlefield was really under fire, and even then, the speed at which the walls collapsed was limited, and the only thing that the other offensive points could do was to keep the enemy from rising.
This situation was quickly broken, and a general turned into a werewolf in a fit of rage, found a heavy crossbow (bed crossbow) that had not been destroyed on the city, and forcibly controlled it alone, and the giant crossbow shot out violently!
The bed crossbow is known as the king of cold weapons, and the effective killing distance within a kilometer is generally to wait for the enemy to approach before firing to maximize the lethality, but the defenders of Gavin City did not expect that the weapons of the Del army would be so terrifying.
In terms of destructive power, the bed crossbow made of steel is not much worse than artillery, and it is even more invincible in a straight line, and the Del army formation that is constantly approaching the city wall is torn out of a bloody way, and the gunfire that shook the entire battlefield stopped for a moment, and the next moment the firepower suddenly hit the werewolf who was screaming on the city, and the werewolf who got carried away was beaten into flesh and blood in an instant, and the bones were gone!
But in any case, Gavin's defenders found a way to fight back, and the officer drove the soldiers to operate bed crossbows to counterattack, although they were overwhelmed by ammunition when they shot an arrow, but in just a few minutes, the Del army also suffered huge losses, and then the opponent tied explosives to the giant crossbow, and the Del soldiers carried grenades and ammunition, and as soon as they were ignited, a chain explosion would be formed and spread to a large area, which made the originally desperate Gavin defenders kindle hope and fight back regardless of casualties.
The higher authorities immediately ordered to dig a trench while covering it with firepower, and no longer attempt to advance, as long as it contained the defenders here and waited for the main force to open the passage.
The Del army hid in the trenches, and Gavin's defenders did not dare to go up to the city too much, and occasionally attacked to put pressure on the other party, but Duncan's several accurate hits made Gavin's defenders' morale fall again and again. If this continues, there is no way to fight at all, and the Dark Knight in charge of this line of walls immediately ordered that as long as this thorn reappears, he will be eliminated at any cost.
Although the use of a giant crossbow is overkill, it has a great effect, which can not only combat the arrogance of the enemy, but also ease the panic of your own soldiers, so the situation at this time appeared on the battlefield.
Duncan, who was waiting to die, suddenly noticed a huge force coming from the side, forcibly taking him out of place, the giant crossbow roared past, the speed of time suddenly normalized, the movement of everything accelerated back, and before any thought could arise in his mind, he was smashed into the trench, and the heavy object pressed against him, making his chest suffolate.
In the trench, the other Del soldiers came up one after another, picked up their weapons and pointed at the city, the ammunition was tilted out without money, the steel ammunition plowed over the wall again, and the Del soldiers who had always attacked strongly obeyed the order to hide in the trench, but their proud hearts were tormented, and the actions of Gavin's defenders were like detonating the explosive keg, which suddenly made the Del soldiers' eyes red, and it turned into a new round of team battles between the two sides.
"Captain Bradley?" Duncan asked the man who was pressing on him, but the battlefield was muffled by deafening gunshots and explosions, and he couldn't hear what he was saying, and patted the captain on the shoulder.
After a long time, there was no response, Duncan pressed Bradley's shoulder with one hand, and wrapped the other hand behind him, trying to help him up, but suddenly his hand stiffened, because his palm did not touch any real thing, and he lowered it by one point, or did not touch anything, he did not dare to go any further.
An ominous premonition grew in Duncan's mind, and the warm liquid that kept flowing down his body frightened him even more, and he tried his best to drive away the thoughts in his mind, and turned his head to look at the captain's face, but the other man's face was facing the other side, and he couldn't see anything but the blood that kept pouring from the ground
"Stinky boy, when you come to my team, you have to bear hardships and stand hard work, obey orders, let you rush at you, don't be timid and afraid of death, Lao Tzu appreciates the stupidity of daring to rush forward knowing a dead end!"
"Who do you think you are?! If you have a little ability, you dare to act without permission? On the battlefield, Lao Tzu doesn't care about your life or death, just watch you die, stare at you, and refuse to accept the heads-up!"
Tears blurred his eyes, Duncan's teeth crackled, his throat choked, Bradley who was pressing on him had no life, his back and waist were sunken, and his vertebrae and flesh had already been forcibly taken away by the two-meter crossbow arrows that swept by.
"Ah!!!h
This scene is only a microcosm of the battlefield, the battle line that surrounds half of the city of Gavin, there are casualties on both sides at every moment, and the battle at the gate of Gavin and the walls on both sides is even more brutal.
The artillery group that concentrated cannons, howitzers, mortars, and all kinds of suppressed artillery roared at the city of Gavin, whether it was the city wall, the head of the wall or the back of the wall, it was the coverage of artillery fire, and the solid wall gradually collapsed under such terrible destruction, and the steel city gate was also dented.
The commander-in-chief Casio did not let the army advance at first, because then he had to stop the artillery fire, the enemy's resistance was very strong, once the battle for the city was completed, his own troops would be greatly reduced, Gavin was only the first stop in the Flying Wing Kingdom, he had to think about the overall situation.
The walls will be strong to this extent, and Casio didn't expect that the infamous Gavin family would inscribe hardened runes into the entire city, which would cost a lot of wealth, and now to capture Gavin City, he would have to pay a lot of ammunition, such a rate of consumption made him feel painful, but it was better than taking human lives to fill it.
"Admiral Casio, it's almost ready to attack. A general said in a deep voice, and the fighting spirit on his body was already enthusiastic.
"General Bard, wait a minute, you lead the heavy infantry corps as the vanguard, and the rear flanks are covered by the heavy mechanical corps, and attack the castle in the center of the city as quickly as possible. Casio's face turned cold, and he said murderously: "Those who block and resist, send them to hell!"
The rock cracked, the strong city wall could no longer support it, and large cracks spread on the wall, and after a new wave of shells, the towering city wall inevitably collapsed, raising billowing smoke and dust!