The flames of the explosion, the collapse of the signal tower, and the rapid spread of the fire reflected the entire night sky around them, causing countless islanders to fall into a strong panic and uneasiness.

At this moment, they already realized that the war had begun!

Overnight, all the signal flares on the island were blown up by a sudden explosion, and after receiving the bad news, the Sakura generals stationed on the island went crazy on the spot.

Although radio communication technology is already available, it is necessary to build multiple huge signal towers to receive and transmit radio signals in order to communicate over long distances, especially at long distances.

Now these signal towers have been destroyed by the other side by unknown means overnight, which can only be said to be too bad.

If Yamamoto's seven-by-eight archipelago is compared to a whole, then at this moment, with all the signal towers blown up, the communication between this island they are on and the other islands has been completely cut off.

This is undoubtedly the first offensive of the invaders!

"How long will it take for those towers to be rebuilt?"

In this day and age, the construction of signal towers is by no means an easy task, because there are technical difficulties involved, so it often takes a long time.

The answer given by the technician made the Sakura general's heart sink.

Although the military still has a communication vehicle with independent radio communication equipment that can be used, and it has its own signal transmitting and receiving devices, the signal coverage area of the communication vehicle can only be said to be too small compared with the signal tower.

When you go out to fight, it is naturally enough to use it in the battlefield area, but if you want to achieve long-distance communication between islands, let alone a communication vehicle, a signal tower is not enough.

They need to build several cell towers to form a long enough communication line, and even then, the signal may not be stable in bad weather.

This is also the most common phenomenon in this era.

But at the same time, it is undeniable that convenient communication equipment has penetrated into the daily life of the people, and the signal has disappeared overnight, and all communication equipment and even radio cannot be used, which has made the whole state of the islanders, who were already full of panic in their hearts, even worse.

Even within the cities of the island, there is already a bit of chaos.

During this period, Xia Qi, who directly cut off the other party's communication, at this moment, naturally had firmly grasped the initiative in his own hands, and the army he gathered in the port city launched the advance at the first time.

At the same time, Yamamoto Shichi-Eight, who had not been able to contact the front line since this morning, was about to twist his eyebrows together, and the intense uneasiness in his heart was stimulating every nerve in him.

In the face of the missing island cities, a bunch of technicians can only come to one conclusion after repeated confirmation, that is, the opposite signal tower may have failed.

This answer is obviously not satisfactory to Yamamoto seven by eight.

It is impossible to break down sooner, not to fail later, but to fail at this time!

In other words, the opposite side moved, and the intruders destroyed the signal tower erected on the island.

But how is this possible?

As an important facility of this era, the location of each signal tower has been carefully considered, and it is definitely not a place that enemy troops can easily approach.

Yamamoto Shichi-Eight, who had no idea what was going on that island, felt like his mind was about to turn into a mess in the face of all kinds of uncontrollable thoughts.

It was also during this period that the expeditionary army under Xia Qi had already launched an attack amid the roar of artillery fire.

Sakura's side occupies a fortress stronghold and can't shrink out, trying to hold on to buy time.

In this regard, Xia Qi was obviously prepared, and he brought Jin Ming to prevent this.

Although they are in the Monarch airship at this time, they are still in effect when they are on the battlefield.

With Jin Ming, the siege master, all the defensive buildings in front of him are all floating clouds.

At this moment, in the artillery positions on the periphery of the battlefield, a communication vehicle loaded with a full set of radio communication equipment is working.

The artillery unit, which quickly confirmed the enemy's coordinate position, quickly adjusted the angle of the shelling.

Then, with a command, amid the sound of intensive shelling, a large number of shells ran directly towards the Sakura position.

During this time, on the airship Monarch at a high altitude, a soldier was adjusting the equipment in his hand, quickly confirming the location of the artillery landing point, and then quickly spoke.

"Calibration of shelling coordinates, (310, 241, 238)."

Hearing this, a goblin messenger who was sitting in front of the radio communication equipment hurriedly began to give orders.

"Calibration of shelling coordinates, (310, 241, 238), repeat! Calibration of shelling coordinates! （310，241，238）。 ”

For artillery units, the airship is definitely an incomparably good reconnaissance unit.

At this time, Xia Qi also did not hesitate to let the Monarch airship he was riding on carry out a reconnaissance mission to assist the artillery unit in shelling the enemy's stronghold!

Looking down from a high place, the shells that flew out of the muzzle of the cannon drew a clear trajectory one after another, and then hit the target with a roaring explosion, and the whole scene can only be described by the word "spectacular".

At the same time, the artillery unit that received the blessing of Jin Ming's enhanced buff also showed its might at this moment, and the terrifying artillery firepower blew up the cherry blossom fortress opposite to pieces in just a few rounds of fire.

Immediately afterwards, after another round of volleys, according to Xia Qi's order, the army infantry units below directly advanced.

From this moment on, this siege battle has officially entered the second stage!

The army advanced, and the infantry units of both sides directly launched a fierce shooting battle, and the dense gunfire was almost incessant throughout the battlefield.

During this period, a force saw the opportunity to cut into the battlefield strongly, and it was the trump card unit in Xia Qi's hands, the Imperial City Praetorian Guard!

At this time, it is really hard to imagine that the Sakura defenders, as the defenders, can still see such troops in completely cold weapon outfits in this era, excluding some special civilizations. The heavy armor made their whole body feel heavy, and when a unit like this went to the battlefield, it was basically only beaten by fire.

Needless to say, the Sakura infantry who were stuck inside the stronghold of the fortress raised their rifles and opened fire.

In a round of gunshots, dense bullets swept directly over,

In the face of such an offensive, the Imperial City Guards, led by Xiong, who rushed into the battlefield, maintained their formation, allowing the dense rain of bullets to hit them.

Then the scene that caught their eyes directly made countless Sakura infantry freeze in place.

I saw that all the bullets that came out of the muzzle of their guns were bounced off?!

All of a sudden, the Sakura general who was in charge of garrisoning the stronghold of the fortress had a bewildered and confused expression on his face.

But after a brief moment of incredulity, he quickly regained his composure.

And the first reaction of this Sakura general was that he could directly bounce the bullet away, and the heavy armor on the opponent's body had to be so heavy.

As a result, the next second he thought so, under Xiong's order, the swift movements of the Imperial City Guards almost made the Sakura general stare out a pair of his eyes, as if he had seen a ghost, and even his entire brain temporarily lost the ability to think.

Because, this is beyond the scope of his common sense.

Judging from the movements of those soldiers, the weight of that suit of armor must not be too heavy, otherwise it is unlikely that even elite soldiers who have received high-intensity training will not be able to show such swiftness when they are all wearing a set of heavy armor.

However, based on the premise of this conclusion, the bulletproof ability of that armor before has become a little incredible.

This matter, even if the Sakura general wants to break his head, it is impossible to figure it out.

Because at this moment, the set of armor on the Imperial City Praetorian Guards is the latest bulletproof armor made by the craftsmen of Great Xia with the outer armor of the iron armor beast as the main material.

The total weight is lighter than most heavy armor, but it has excellent bulletproof ability, and leaving aside the shortcomings of relatively rare materials, relatively long manufacturing cycles, and high costs, which are not shortcomings, this set of bulletproof armor can be said to be perfect!

After having this set of armor, the medium-sized shield that was originally the standard configuration of the Imperial City Praetorian Guard was no longer necessary, and the vacant position, Xia Qi directly equipped the Imperial City Praetorian Guard with a rifle, and trained them into an ace force with both melee and long-range combat capabilities!

Relying on the set of armor on their bodies, the Imperial City Guards quickly picked up the rifles in their hands, and after showing a set of skillful loading movements, they directly launched aimed shooting in the rain of bullets.

This posture can be said to be obviously arbitrary and unreasonable.

Just standing there is enough for the Imperial City Guards to make the morale of the Sakura defenders drop all the way, and there is no reason to talk about these guys who can shoot under their firepower!!

With the addition of the Imperial City Praetorian Guard, this shooting battle is like a nightmare for the defenders on Sakura's side, and this is definitely an overwhelming troop force!

Ordinary troops, there is nothing to do with them.