After three days of flights, the transport airship that Kimchi and Hessehia were on finally arrived at the air port of the rear supply base of the fortress of Bretus.

It was night, so after a radio key check, the airboat began to land under the command of the lights of the ground tower.

The old transport airboat works in a similar way to a submarine, and the first thing you need to do to reduce the altitude is to open the air valve to exhaust argon.

After waiting for the airboat to reach the predetermined altitude, the air valve is closed to stop the exhaust, and then the vertical propeller on the airboat is used to descend.

When it is at a certain height from the ground, the airboat begins to connect the ropes with the assistance of the ground crew and fix them at the designated position at the airport.

Large lifts began to roar to move the supplies carried by the transport airboats.

Kimchi and Hessesia and others left the airboat via a spiral ladder and descended to the surface in a large carrier elevator.

When I looked up, it was full of transport airboats. The kingdom of Rothil has begun a general mobilization in order to hold the Brest Fortress. Countless searchlights and semaphore lights reflect all this.

If war is not in sight, it must be a beautiful scenery full of science and technology.

A hundred kilometers away is the Brest Fortress, which is also in full flames, countless artillery pieces are firing in unison, and countless tracer shells are outlining the deep night.

After a night's rest, Kimchi led the knightly brigade on the armored train to the fortress, while Hessehia did not go to the fortress according to the tacit agreement with the spirit lord.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Kimchi and the knightly brigade arrived at the front.

Logistics personnel immediately rushed over to help quickly unload supplies and weapons and equipment.

The enemy's artillery could shell this place at any time, and although it was protected by the Alchemy Defense Matrix, this valuable strategic resource could be used sparingly.

The huge crater clearly tells all the newcomers that there is a danger here, and that the enemy has pushed at least 180 mm heavy artillery to the front line.

Kimchi accompanied the logistician to transport the knight's armor to the makeshift storage base.

The first batch of Alpha I Steam Armored Knights arrived at the front line with supplies, totaling fifty units, which is also the total number of the latest Knights' armor.

The only ones that followed up were the old models.

After completing the inventory of equipment, Kimchi immediately went to the forward command of the fortress, where a brief meeting was taking place.

The Spirit Kingdom's army currently has five armored divisions and nine infantry divisions that have arrived at the opponent's forward position, while our side currently has only ten infantry divisions and three armored divisions in total.

Considering that the equipment of the Rohil Kingdom generally lags behind the equipment of the Spirit Kingdom, it can now be said that there is a huge disparity in the strength of the enemy and us.

As for the artillery and steam armored knight units, the number is uncertain for the time being due to the blockade of the enemy's air force.

However, judging by the current density of fire, at least four artillery divisions have already reached the front line.

It's a tough battle. Kimchi thought to himself.

The meeting ended quickly, and according to the established plan, the knight brigade led by Kimchi would serve as the firefighting force of the defensive line, and fill in the gaps wherever there were gaps.

Mobility and firepower are so important that Kimchi now needs to work with technicians to tune the Steam Armored Knight.

As a new type of mecha independently developed by Kirsten, the Alpha 1 is an existence like a base plate module, which can accept a variety of modifications to take on different tasks.

Kirsten's original goal was to have a comprehensive mech as the base plate for all sub-extensions.

In this way, only one type of mecha production line is needed, and the other sub-models only need module production lines, which is very suitable for Serbia, which is less industrialized.

Of course, the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, it is not as strong as other mecha that specialize in one aspect.

Of course, it also depends on the specific situation. For example, the heavy steam armored knights of the Rothschild Kingdom are definitely inferior to the Alpha One with heavy modules.

After half a day of commissioning and installing the module, Serbia's knightly squad, which is now at the front, completed its preparations.

Kimchi began to try to adjust to his arm, which was covered in arm armor, and docked with the Steam Armored Knight.

According to Kirsten, that's how she controls the mech, but Kimchi always thinks it's a little weird.

Sure enough, after coming out of the mecha operation room, Kimchi always felt that his body was a little uncomfortable, and his arms felt so thick.

A direct spiritual connection is not the same as a spiritual connection leaning against the spine.

Kimchi could only slowly adapt.

While it was time for lunch, the enemy began shelling, and the shaking plate almost spilled. Luckily, this is in an underground fortification complex, and it would be terrible if you could tell you that the food would stick to the mud in the trenches on the ground.

After lunch, Kimchi and the officers of the knights' brigade began to inspect the front line under the protection of the fortress guards and familiarize themselves with the terrain.

The Brest Fortress is located on a hilly terrain, and each large hill has a combined fortress, all of which have underground fortifications and are connected to each other.

There are also trench passages on the ground, but they are a bit more dangerous.

This is not conducive to the development of armored forces, so the kingdom's armored units are used as artillery fortresses.

However, it is different on the Spirit Country, such as the Leviathan I multi-legged mecha built by Dr. Haigel back then, which is one of the armored forces that can fight in hilly areas.

After so many years, the Leviathan model has come to the third generation, and the third generation of Leviathan is half the size, which is more conducive to mass production, and has also greatly improved in terms of mobility.

This war machine is currently on its way to the front line and is expected to arrive tomorrow.

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The next day, the enemy's Leviathan III mech came to the front line. Combined with the heavily fortified Leviathan I and the enhanced firepower Leviathan II, the enemy began to attack.

The firepower of both sides intertwined and played the music of death.

Kimchi put on his operation suit and entered the control room of his steam armored knight.

The power was activated, the red mercury steam engine began to roar, the electric current and the already safe black water reagent began to connect to the psychic link, and the camera array began to project the external situation into the operator's eyes.

With a huge amount of steam sprayed out by the small steam engines of the various joints, the steam armored knights completed their preparations.

As the pearl of technology in the age of steam, the Steam Armored Knights will always be the backbone of war.

The same was true on the opposite side, where, after advancing some distance with the help of armored and infantry units, the enemy's steam-armored knights began to attack.

Under the cover of fire, they quickly broke into the interior of the first fortress, and the clumsy turrets could not have aimed at the knights, let alone destroyed them.

The infantry were nimble enough, but the knights with alchemical armor were beyond the power of their 37 mm anti-armor rifles.

The artillerymen, hiding behind the fortifications, could only fire as best they could, firing constantly, using numbers to increase hits.

But will the enemy give them time? Of course not.

After only an hour, one of the forts at the forefront had been captured, and the enemy began to attack the other two.

Kimchi led fifty knights to one of the fortresses to assist in the defense, and soon engaged the enemy's steam-armored knights.

Dodging the enemy's spurt, Kimchi controlled his knight to swing his sword and cut off one of the enemy's arms, taking advantage of his unstable balance, a sword pierced the chest where the control room was located.

With blood pouring out and an arc of electricity creating at the end of the sword, Kimchi once again took out an enemy knight.

The use of alchemy warheads was too expensive, so the battles between the Steam Armored Knights were fought with cold weapons, just like in medieval battles.

Drawing his sword and relying on his sensitive instincts to dodge a shell from the enemy's armored forces, Kimchi began to charge towards his twelfth target.

In just half an hour, Kimchi had already eliminated eleven enemy knights, including a squad commander of the enemy.

Such a terrifying combat capability soon attracted the attention of the commander of the enemy's front-line troops, who decisively abandoned the fortification of this fortress and withdrew the troops.

The smaller brigade of knights had no ability to pursue, and after the enemy had evacuated the fortress, they began temporary overhaul and treatment of personnel.

The current Serbian knight brigade can basically achieve a one-to-one battle loss ratio with the knight troops of the Spirit Country, and with the powerful combat power of Kimchi, there is no problem in holding a fortress.

The key is that the knight troops who arrived later still use old-fashioned mechas, and the battle damage may be two to one or even three to one, and whether they can hold a fortress is a question mark.

The enemy is also advancing, and no one is standing still.

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Leaning on the seat of the armored car, Kimchi began to take a nap.

Just after defending one fortress, he immediately replenished the red mercury fuel and went to the aid of another fortress, which added a major mental burden to him, so he went to sleep directly when he got to a safe place.

Finally, after sacrificing seven knights, Kimchi's squad of knights succeeded in forcing the enemy commander to abandon the next offensive of the day, and the enemy now only captured the most advanced fortress.

The driver of the armored car tried his best to control the frantically shaking vehicle so that Kimchi could rest.

But the terrain and the performance of the vehicle are there, and it's not something the driver can do what he wants.

So, after an hour, Kimchi will wake up and find that his whole body is a little falling apart.

Rubbing his somewhat sore neck, Kimchi staggered out of the armored car with the support of the new adjutant.

Kimchi, who had a nosebleed due to mental stress, now looked like a seriously wounded man, almost not scaring the kingdom front commander.

This is a real duke, although it is common for accidents on the battlefield to occur, but this does not prevent him from being punished.

Therefore, even though Kimchi said that he was not injured, the commander asked the field doctor to examine Kimchi's body and clean the blood on his face.

The follow-up unit of the Serbian Knightly Brigade arrived at the front at seven o'clock this evening with the third transport unit. Among them, there are also ten Alpha 1 models that have been manufactured intensively.

The enemy began their shelling at a time when it was most uncomfortable for the average person. Under the flickering electric light, Kimchi and other officers were holding a small meeting.

Although the Frontier Fortress doesn't make much sense, it is still a little uncomfortable to be taken away.

Today's battle had made the officers fully realize that without alchemists and hidden forces, the Steam-armored Knights were the most powerful spearheads.

Therefore, the next battle still needs to rely more on the team of steam armored knights led by Kimchi. As for the kingdom's own knight brigade, most of them are now staying behind in the Desperate Wall Fortress.

Others were lost because the border line collapsed too quickly.

Now the commander decided to place the Serbian knightly brigade directly in the forward position, and Kimchi did not have much objection to this.

It's just that he feels that the two positions at the forefront are a little too far away, and it takes too much time, energy and resources to keep going back and forth.

But the current fortress must not be lost, and the front-line fortress that was lost today has already made the front-line command feel very big.

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Four days of intense fighting left Kimchi with little time to rest and receive treatment, and his face was covered in blood like a Filia native.

Not to mention the tattered operation suits, which are basically covered up with trench coats and finished.

When he awoke from his slumber, he was greeted by a scarred Steam Armored Knight.

In order to save time and space, the rest beds of the rider operators are arranged directly in the storage base.

During the four days of fighting, there were no repairs except for the replacement of armor in key parts, the replenishment of red mercury fuel and ammunition, so a lot of wear and tear and some unnecessary parts of the armor were missing.

Even the camera array has become an expensive resource, not combat time, and generally used the observation window to supplement the field of view.

Rubbing his somewhat groggy head, Kimchi got up and began to eat breakfast.

Don't think about freshly cooked food, even hot water is a luxury, and their breakfast is generally cold water with compressed biscuits to deal with the past.

After eating half of the compressed biscuits, the alarm bell of the storage base suddenly began to blaze, and the enemy attack again came to the front line.

Kimchi could only put away the half-eaten compressed biscuits, poured a sip of water, and then got up and patted the dust on his body, and quickly entered the operation room of the Steam Armored Knight, and activated the mecha.

The knightly brigade once again struck to meet the enemy.

An hour later, dragging his tired body, Kimchi returned to this place again. His mech had several more scars on it, and one of his arm's armor was badly damaged.

The technician hurried over, opened the valve of the control compartment from the somewhat deformed chest armor, and fished out the Kimchi, which was covered in blood and sweat.

At this time, Kimchi had fallen asleep, and after the technician wiped his face with a relatively clean towel, he put him on the bed to rest.

Water is also one of the precious resources here, cleaning the dust inside the mech and adding cooling water are all water consumption, and there are no streams or wells on the front line, so you can only rely on the support of the rear.

After a few more days of fighting, the enemy's forward commander stopped the onslaught on the fortified line.

The knightly brigade led by Kimchi annihilated a large number of the enemy's knightly forces with half of the casualties in a large-scale clash by a small advantage, and finally forced the enemy's commander to change the combat strategy.

The Spirit Kingdom's armies turned to using fire coverage to deplete the forces of the Rothil Kingdom, waiting for the arrival of their own follow-up troops.

Kimchi then had free time to return to the rear for proper healing. His arm armor also needs to be repaired.

So, that night, Kimchi returned to the rear in a transport armored car for repairs.

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The attack on the front line was thwarted, which the Spirit Lord did not expect.

This was the first time that the blitzkrieg was used, and not only did it not have the assistance of the Air Force, but it also lacked enough armored spearheads, so now it did not achieve the desired effect.

The strength of the enemy's steam armored knight brigade exceeded the Spirit Lord's expectations, and only now did he know why countries attached so much importance to this weapon on the battlefield where there were no alchemists, no hidden power.

This is inseparable from the particularity of the substance red mercury. Some scholars have studied that the utilization efficiency of humanoid mecha is far higher than that of other mechas.

If a tank uses red mercury like an ordinary steam engine, then a humanoid mecha using red mercury may be an electric motor.

This kind of power is the generation gap of technology.

There was no way, the spirit lord thought that the armored spearhead he had arranged was sharp enough, but he didn't expect the steel shield on the opposite side to be so strong.

It can only be repaired for a day, waiting for the follow-up troops to follow, and then concentrating forces to break through the defense line of the Rothschild Kingdom.

In this way, the time of the offensive will be postponed again, the losses of the troops containing the hussar corps will increase, the mobilization of personnel and materials, and the subsequent offensive convergence plan will have to be reformulated.

The amount of work involved in this makes the spirit master feel a little tricky, but there is no way, this is the reality, human calculations are never accurate.

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Kimchi, who had rested in the rear for a day, finally recovered, and the broken rib was repaired with the help of Heceshia.

Although Kimchi would love to rest, four days of high-intensity fighting was really unprecedentedly tiring, and he basically had to fight for twenty hours a day.

But the front line had to continue fighting, and he had to return to the front line to command the knightly brigade for battle. The battlefield of ordinary people cannot be without the power of the Steam Armored Knight.

The enemy's steam armored knights had increased considerably, as could be seen from the faint steam shrouded in the opposite position.

Putting down the binoculars, Kimchi returned to his knight's operation room, and after a day of emergency repairs, his knight was restored to his original appearance again.