The command headquarters in the underground fortified fortress group located on the front line can feel the vibration of the renewed shelling of the enemy.

However, the battle-tested commanders were not affected in any way.

Just as the most seasoned soldier could not hear the sound of gunfire or even sleep.

The table didn't shake, and they didn't have the inspiration to command in their heads.

The coast of the Serbian islands is a trench-like land fault with cliffs that can reach hundreds of meters high.

In peacetime there were huge steam-powered lifting platforms to cross these moats, but these facilities were either destroyed by enemy shelling or blasted by the defenders.

Now the Imperial army had to fight like a mountain war.

"Let the 2nd Battalion of the 4th Mixed Division hold the DS-105 heights, and send three Fenrir companies to shred up the local heavy artillery units here to the front line." A commander dressed in a holy army uniform said, and the rest of the people had no opinion.

The signal corps quickly issued the military order.

"Report! The 6th Infantry Division reported that our unit had suffered heavy losses and requested to retreat to the 809 heights to garrison. ”

An officer of the Rothel Kingdom immediately used his baton to move the chess piece representing the 6th Infantry Division to the 809 heights.

After a quick discussion, the officer replied immediately.

"Yes, but tell them they have to hold out for half an hour before they can start retreating. Whether or not you will fight to the last man before that! ”

"Yes!"

Brutal fighting broke out along the entire coastline.

The exhaust currents of artillery shells pierced the sky, and the roars of field officers filled the trenches.

The soldier struggled to aim and shoot at any hostile target.

The Decaying Warrior Knight, who had his leg completely shattered, planted himself in his position and continued to fight tenaciously, withstanding the fire of thousands of enemies.

Undead warriors form death squads and unleash one decisive assault after another towards the enemy's landing location, disrupting the enemy's offensive rhythm.

Even as the soldiers fought bravely and tenaciously, the final battle line continued to retreat.

The fortress defense on the cliff was the first to be breached, and then the battle for the high ground above the cliff began.

The giant tank T-Land Cruiser of the Kingdom of Rothschild has arrived on the battlefield.

The defenders gathered part of their main forces and launched a counterattack against the gap, which had already been detected, and advanced three kilometers before stopping.

At this time, a gap had been torn open in the area occupied by the South Loya Empire, and if the intruding Middle-earth coalition forces were not eliminated in time, then the imperial forces were likely to be pushed off the cliff and once again suppressed by geographical superiority.

In order to repair this expanding gap, the enemy did not hesitate to use the means of self-inflicted damage of 800 and 1,000 of the enemy.

Once again, the group of battleships fired a salvo in the direction of the coast.

The defenders' counteroffensive failed, and the huge Land Cruiser was reduced to a pile of scrap metal and burning ashes from enemy shelling.

The heavily damaged counteroffensive units had lost their combat effectiveness and had to return to the rear for repairs.

However, this counter-offensive gave the defenders at least ten hours of rest.

They took the opportunity to build fortifications and bury mines.

When the battle resumed, the defenders were able to defend themselves relatively well.

The fierce exchange of fire immediately cut through the quiet of the night.

One after another, some troops were badly damaged and needed to be withdrawn, or they were constantly broken up and rebuilt.

The command has sent all the reserves to the front, and there are no more troops left to change the guards.

In the end, all the troops had to hold their positions until the last moment.

When the first rays of sunlight lit up the battlefield, the battle finally stopped briefly.

When the survivors dragged their tired and numb bodies out of the trenches, and saw the sun that warmed all of them and looked at everything indifferently through the smoke of gunpowder, did they ever think that this might be what heaven looked like?

Warm and cold.

The wounded need to be healed, and the dead need to be buried.

Time may be given meaning, but it can never be controlled.

The dilapidated defensive line needed to be re-planned, and the commander's bloodshot eyes kept looking back and forth on the military map.

Or move chess pieces or place tiny props to simulate the direction of war.

The few remaining battle flags bear the names of the mixed units next to them, implying that they are reconstituted as a reconstituted reserve army from several battered units.

The contrast between so few war pieces and the huge sandbox is stark.

The defenders had not broken up by this time, and it was not known if it was because of their morale, courage and will, or if something was forcing their minds to continue to resist the enemy's attack.

They don't have time to think about these trivial matters.

The enemy attack could start again at any time, and they need to be in combat readiness at all times.

Fortunately, the second batch of reinforcements came to Serbia before that.

They replaced the front-line troops, who had been fighting for more than ten hours.

The soldiers, who were already red-eyed, put down their backpacks before they could wipe their blackened faces, and fell asleep.

The abundance of supplies even allowed the defenders to reactivate their artillery positions against the enemy.

When the South Loya Empire attacked again, the artillery, which had not had enough shells, breathed out their fury again.

Blazing steel rushed into the air above the marching ranks of the Imperial army, slamming into the dirt and flying shrapnel piercing everything around them.

This time it wasn't the ordinary mechanical soldiers who attacked, but the Knights of the Candle Shadow.

After breaking through the heavy fire of the defenders, they came to the front of the trench fortifications.

While these steel machines are better at combat than regular mechanical soldiers, the defenders also wear steam steel armor.

The Candle Shadow Knights who rushed into the trenches engaged in close-quarters combat with undead warriors and soldiers in steam steel armor, instantly pulling the place back to the bloody medieval battlefield.

Bright red liquid, black liquid, purple liquid splashed wantonly in the trenches.

Fragments of steel and flesh were crushed into the dust.

The artilleryman wore asbestos gloves and quickly removed the still hot barrel and replaced it with a new one.

Although the insulating asbestos material still did not allow the flesh to escape the pain of the burn.

Even so, not a single soldier was lazy or retreated.

At this point, it doesn't matter if there is a behind-the-scenes manipulation.

All are fighting bloodily.

The coastal defenses were breached on all fronts a few hours later.

The defenders retreated to the rear in an orderly manner and continued to hold the town.

Most of the inhabitants of the region traveled to the territory of the kingdom of Rothil in a fleet transporting reinforcements. So the defenders could build fortifications to meet the enemy without hesitation.

At the same time, war broke out in the Dougar colony.

The fleet of the South Loya Empire broke through the forces left behind by the Combined Fleet and advanced to the seaport of Dougal, a colony of the Duchy of Gaul.

The login began as soon as the port was destroyed.

This time, the Dougal area, which had no cliff front, was very difficult to defend.

Within hours, the beachhead was taken by the enemy.

A large number of troops from the South Loya Empire landed, leaving the defensive line in jeopardy.

The Middle-earth coalition could not withstand such a fierce attack even if they were well prepared, so they could only plan to abandon the defense of the two colonies and place the main battlefield in the Supreme Lighthouse Fortress.

Some of the defenders continued to hold out in the colonial towns, while some of the defenders withdrew to the High Lighthouse Fortress to fortify the area.

The battle for the town began.

Since the start of the street fighting, the city has been in a state of devastation. There was a constant exchange of fire, buildings were destroyed and collapsed at any moment, and debris and smoke were everywhere.

The defenders constantly repelled the enemy in such an environment.

The fortified town positions were not one-sided, at least at first.

In order to prevent the South Loa Empire from relaxing its investment in street fighting, the remaining troops are still planning sabotage operations against the Empire's port.

The South Loya Empire's fleet fired several salvos at the Supreme Lighthouse Fortress at sea, but they were all blocked by the fortress's large alchemical defense matrix and did not have any effective effect, so the Empire did not decide to launch a login attack.

Instead, it turned to the creation of its own integrated base in the occupied Serbia and the Dougar region.

For the time being, the Sino-Turkish coalition forces were unable to regain these lost territories, so they could only step up their combat preparations and send additional reconnaissance forces.

However, some small islands in the sea are still fiercely contested.

The Combined Fleet, which had completed its rearmament and replenishment, set off again and divided into several squads to engage the Imperial fleet.

In order to be able to compete with the Imperial fleet, the Combined Fleet spared no expense in using a large number of sea monster beacons this time.

Countless sea monsters joined the fray as a result.

This time the sea was completely boiling, fighting broke out everywhere, and all the ports near this sea area were full of warships, waiting for supplies and repairs.

Everywhere you look, you can see battleships sinking in smoke, and the corpses of sea monsters dissipating in the wind.

All civilian shipping lanes were blocked, and large steamers were requisitioned as ships to transport troops and supplies.

Small boats were requisitioned as rescue teams to treat overboard Navy soldiers.

Even some ocean-going cruise ships have carried out certain armaments and reinforcements on board in order to defend against lone sea monsters or break through the naval defense line.

With a simple modification, such ships can operate alone as armed transport ships in safer sea areas without the need for an escort fleet.

The battle for the island ended with the South Loya Empire capturing three-tenths of the coin.

This time, the two sides finally ceasefired, and there were no large-scale fighting.

The damaged troops returned to Middle-earth for replenishment and repair.

A large number of medics were sent to the High Lighthouse Fortress to treat the large number of wounded caused by the outbreak of war.

This time the battle to defend the colony was extremely depleting for the kingdom, with about 300,000 casualties and countless consumption of various materials.

Even more important was the serious damage to the Kirov and the loss of a Land Cruiser.

The support forces of the Holy Kingdom are also not comfortable, the Fenrir troops are all wiped out, there are few Rotten Knights left, and there are still formed troops in the Legion of Undead Warriors.