The violent explosion caused the ground and mountain walls to tremble, and countless pieces of rubble and dust rained down from the sky with a crackling sound.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! ”

"Watch the top of your head!"

"Take cover and dodge!"

"B-4 plan, immediately use the 'folding barriers'!"

The officers of the Imperial Army reacted quickly, whistling sharply and shouting loudly.

The whistle is three long and one short, and two short and one long, which seems to contain some code.

The army did not panic under the sudden bombardment, and thanks to their usual training and strong obedience, they quickly moved to action amid the shouts and whistles of the commanders.

Except for a few extremely unlucky soldiers, who were hit on the spot by bombs falling from the sky and shattered into powder, the rest of the soldiers worked in groups and took out palm-sized metal squares from the backpacks they carried, and threw them to the ground after some operation.

With a few clangs, the metal cube fell to the ground, spread itself out into a cross-shaped piece of metal, and then continued to flip several times, forming a large piece of iron sheet on the ground, and finally arching like a balloon to form a hemispherical bunker the size of a tent.

The soldiers got into the "iron ball" in an orderly manner, dodging the bombardment, and although they could not completely resist it, they could also effectively reduce a large amount of shrapnel and burn damage...... At the same time, on the shell of the "iron ball", those square pieces of iron opened several openings, and from them protruded the barrels of flintlock guns, aiming at the enemy troops on the mountain walls on both sides of the head.

"Fight back!!"

The Imperial officers did not even take refuge in bunker, but stood outside with a grin, standing up straight, whistling against the shock wave and the strong wind.

Woooo

The whistle pierced through the canyon, and several officers were killed on the spot, and their stumps and severed arms flew in all directions, but the rest of the officers turned a blind eye, still looking indifferent, as if they were fearless of death.

Bang bang bang bang ......!!

Bullets shot like rain from below the canyon into the sky, and for a moment the death squads of the United Kingdom of Anlong were killed at great speed and fell from the mountain wall.

The corpse resembled a broken rag doll, spinning and hitting the ground at breakneck speed, making a dull thudding sound. Individual corpses smashed into the iron hemisphere, smashing them out of the sunken pit, blood staining them dark red.

At this time, General Vance had already disembarked from the carriage, and four strong military men more than two meters tall followed him, holding special shields the size of door panels to protect him.

The general walked calmly through the rain of bullets with his hands behind his back, wearing a pair of sunglasses on his face, and looking up at the enemy's situation.

I saw that the enemy troops on the mountain wall had suffered heavy casualties, although they were ambushed here in advance, but the number was already at a disadvantage, after being exposed, they lacked cover and protection, and were directly killed by the counterattack of the imperial army at once.

After a moment, General Vance said faintly:

"Order, send the 'Mechanical Falcon' to pursue, and not let any enemy go."

"Yes, Your Excellency."

The herald who followed behind immediately answered, and immediately relayed the order to the officers of the various departments on the walkie-talkie:

"The mechanical falcon is out! Pursue the enemy army! ”

Beep –

Another strange whistle.

Hundreds of metal falcons spewed steam, delicate gears under their bellies turned, flapping their wings and soaring into the sky, hovering above the canyon.

They quickly locked onto the naked, fleeing human bodies on the mountain wall, their eyes lit up red, and they immediately opened their beaks, revealing a pitch-black steel pipe.

Woooo

The steel pipes spewed out flames and cannonballs, which landed with precision.

Thundered!!

Shells bombarded the mountain wall indiscriminately, and the Anlong death squad that tried to evacuate was reduced to pieces in the round of bombardment by the mechanical falcon, accompanied by smoke and rubble, and the flesh and blood were even carbonized into fine particles, like fireworks.

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A moment later.

Chen Lun, surrounded by his subordinates, walked through the tent cluster where he was temporarily stationed.

"Commander, General Vance seems to have expected that he didn't need our help at all when the attack happened, and those 'military guards' who had been cultivated by mysterious substances had already protected him layer by layer......"

Frey and the other lawmakers reported the situation softly.

Chen Lun hummed and nodded slightly.

He watched as many medical soldiers around him were carrying stretchers and carrying the wounded into the tents in an orderly manner, and some of the treated soldiers walked out of them as if nothing had happened, and returned to the team while wearing military uniforms.

'The Imperial Army's firm belief in the loyalty of the Sun Monarchy, its obedience and discipline, coupled with the various black technologies developed by the Extraordinary Workshop, as well as the medical level that surpasses that of other countries, directly give the Imperial Army the military strength to crush other countries...... I still underestimate them. ’

Chen Lun couldn't help but shake his head and sighed.

Although he had participated in the Western War in his previous life, he had fought a smooth battle, and almost swept through the Anlong army in a crushing posture in every battle, so that he failed to see some of the countermeasures hidden by the imperial army.

Now that he had personally experienced the ambush and counterattack, he had re-evaluated the Imperial Army in his mind, but with it came deeper doubts.

'If the Imperial Army is so strong, why is it still at Waterloo at the Hercule Bridgehead?' Is it because of overconfidence? Judging by General Vance's character, this may really be possible. ’

Chen Lun thought to himself.

After a while, he came to the command room, the tent where General Vance was. Under the watchful eyes of several guards, Chen Lun asked his subordinates to wait outside, and walked in alone.

General Vance and the military hierarchy were still the same as before, sitting behind the table, and the clergy of the Moon Church and the Hailing Regiment sat opposite each other.

As soon as he entered, Chen Lun heard the middle-aged male priest of the Hailing Regiment, who was expressing his dissatisfaction to the general in a deep voice:

"General, the truth is that, as we said, there is indeed an enemy ambush in the canyon...... At the same time, we in the tripartite church remind you, why do you still insist on going your own way? ”

"First of all, Priest Kuni, thank you very much for your warning......

General Vance smiled and nodded.

"But we didn't take your advice into account, but after discussion with Command, continuing deeper into the canyon was the best option...... In this encounter, only one hundred and twenty-two people were killed, and all the wounded were treated and restored, while the enemy lost 750 men, none of whom were spared. ”

As he spoke, he tapped lightly on the table, his face becoming more serious.

"That's Anlong's death squad, a death squad carrying something extraordinary with a concealment effect, and a large amount of high explosives! The total annihilation of 750 people is a great victory! How many times can the entire Anlong send such a team? ”

The clergy of the Hailing Regiment frowned.

General Vance continued:

"It stands to reason that I don't need to explain anything to you, but I feel compelled to tell you for the sake of our next relationship...... War, with victory as the goal, will do whatever it takes, and the Imperial Army is particularly good at this, remember your duty, Priest Kuni, when it comes to strategic and decision-making matters, you have no right to interfere. ”

Cooney sighed lightly and nodded with a calm face.

At this time, General Vance turned his head to look at Chen Lun again and asked lightly:

"Archon Jack, what's the matter this time?"

"It's nothing, I just want to know about the battle situation, and by the way, ask what we need to do next?"

Chen Lun didn't sit down, just stood at the door and said calmly.

General Vance bowed slightly.

"You can ask Major Fuller about the specific battle situation, his subordinates have already counted it, as for the next action...... I will not be able to inform you until the troops have completely entered the Kerr Plains, not because of mistrust, but because the command also needs to make temporary deployments according to the specific situation. ”

"Okay, I see."

Chen Lun nodded and left the tent.

He turned around, but he knew very well in his heart that in fact, the military did not have any requirements for the Church of the Seven Gods, and only needed to deal with the enemy's transcendental beings and all kinds of treacherous transcendent methods...... Other than that, the military doesn't want them to meddle in anything.

It is the best way for both sides to get along with each other if the well water does not interfere with the river water.

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Time turned, and it was the morning four days later.

At about eleven o'clock, the Imperial army had crossed the Kerr Plains, and in the distance they could see a wide river that stretched far and left as far as the eye could see, and its current was so fast that it was delusional to cross it by ordinary means.

And the width of the river, which is hundreds of thousands of meters, also gives people the feeling that the other side is at a long distance.

In the past few days, the Imperial Army has been attacked by Anlong's side several times in the plains, and Chen Lun represents the Council of Generosity, and the clergy of the Moon Church Hailing Regiment have also done their duty to alert General Vance in advance.

However, in these encounters, General Vance did not retreat, but chose to be tough...... As Chen Lun expected, even though the imperial army was repeatedly passive, it was a big victory every time.

These attacks have caused Anlong's side to lose thousands of death squads, and countless kinds of extraordinary things and weapons and equipment...... On the Imperial side, there were only more than 400 killed.

The endless emergence of black technology from the Imperial Extraordinary Workshop made Chen Lun once again refresh his cognition, many extraordinary things that he had never seen in his previous life were used extremely cleverly in the hands of the Imperial Army, reversing many obvious disadvantages.

However, during this period, Chen Lun informed General Vance and the Imperial Command of some of the information he knew, under the pretext of "the results of observation and inference...... He said that the Kerr Plains had reconnaissance and early warning means arranged by the transcendents of the Anlong side, and the movements of the Imperial Army were clearly detected by the enemy.

General Vance actually saw the clue, after all, the enemy attacks were coming one after another, and he obviously knew the trajectory of their movements...... As a result, the general canceled the strategy of "crossing the river", and instead directly chose to turn to the Hercule bridgehead, intending to capture it head-on in the simplest and most brutal way.

For the strength of the Imperial Army, there were no problems at all.

This is also Trasur's strong self-confidence.

More than two hours passed.

Chen Lun sat in the carriage, lifted the curtain, and saw through the window of the carriage that a stone bridge stood quietly on the Benavides River in front of him, and a huge fortress was connected to it.

The sturdy and wide walls were dark gray, and small bunkers stood on top of them, like candles on cakes. Many large-caliber metal cannons, on the notches of the city wall, were like fierce eyes, staring at the Imperial army on the riverside.

The walls of the city were surrounded by thick wooden spikes, and faintly, many of Anlong's troops could be seen patrolling the high walls, and the firelight was flickering.

After a few moments, the carriage stopped.

Golov lifted the curtain and said softly:

"Mr. Jack, the order has been conveyed by the herald, and the Imperial Army is ready on the spot, and the attack on the bridgehead will begin in earnest in the evening."

"yes, I see."

Chen Lun nodded.

He got up from the couch and turned to look at the rest of his men.

"According to the plan I told you before I left, we can start moving."

"Yes, Mr. Jack."

The crowd agreed in unison.

They then got out of the carriage and escaped into the spirit realm.

Although Chen Lun had already expected that the transcendents on An Long's side would be on guard in the spirit realm near the bridgehead, he believed that Floy and the others could solve this little trouble.

Sitting alone in the carriage and pondering for a while, Chen Lun began to operate on the panel, and then issued a mission to the more than 2,000 circus players who accompanied the army on the expedition-

[Side Quest: Western War/Battle of Hercule's Bridgehead/Siege!] 】

Mission Description: You've chosen to follow Jakespett, the Archon of the Generous Council, on an expedition with your army, and your first goal is to find a way to break through the blockade of the Hercule Bridge and attack the bridgehead!

Reward: Successfully capture the bridgehead and earn 5,000 XP, 80 Silver Lords, and 20 Contribution Points. (Additional Kill Bonus: Enemy Soldier or Normal Player, 100 XP; Enemy Sequence Nine Transcendentals, 500 XP and 1 Contribution; Enemy Sequence Eight Transcendental, 1000 XP and 2 Contributions. ）

"Wow! It's coming, it's coming! ”

At the back of the tent cluster, Dongyang and the others were sitting in a tent, and Kotou Jin was the first to notice the prompt from the panel, stood up and shouted.

"Brothers, the mission is coming!"

Dongyang carefully swept the task description, smiled slightly, and chose to take it.

Then, he turned to look at the crowd.

"After the war starts, we will first follow the army to see the situation and figure out the enemy's attack pattern, and then discuss and study...... In short, it is only a matter of time before the bridgehead is attacked, and the reward for this mission is a must-take, after all, we also know the strength of the imperial army in the past few days, and it is ridiculously strong...... So what we have to do is try to save as many times as possible. ”

"Dongyang is right."

Chenxi nodded in agreement, and she immediately looked at Polaris.

"In this process, if you encounter an enemy NPC in Sequence 8, notify everyone in the chat room, let's trap each other together and create a heads-up opportunity for Polaris."

"Okay, that's it!"

Su Keying waved her fist and said in response.

Polaris looked at the crowd, took a deep breath, and took the lead out of the tent with a determined look in his eyes.

The other side.

Chen Lun had already stepped out of the carriage alone, he lowered the brim of his hat, and quietly crossed the many makeshift tents with his silver cane, passing by the imperial soldiers.

For some reason, these soldiers seemed to ignore his existence, but they reflexively avoided Chen Lun's body and gave way on their own.

A moment later.

Not far away, in the tent of the headquarters, a humanoid shadow appeared behind General Vance, and it made a deep voice:

"Vance, head of the army of the Council of Generosity, the consul named Jack is leaving the camp and heading west to the riverside."

General Vance looked down at the documents and maps and waved his hand.

"Let him be, if it doesn't affect the Imperial Army, don't care."

"yes, got it."

The shadow then fell, retracting into Vance's shadow.

On the banks of the Benavides.

Chen Lun took off the black glove [Moonlight in the Palm] of his left hand, bent down and scooped a little water with his hand, and put it to his mouth to taste it lightly. The cold and slightly sweet taste made him feel that the water quality here is excellent, but unfortunately the artillery fire and the sea of corpses and blood will eventually be polluted......

Immediately, he took out a dirty glove covered with mold and put it on top of his left hand.

This is the [A-class Strange Thing-Corrupt Desire] that he applied for from the Generous Council Headquarters, which can greatly suppress the target's desire to fight, kill, and conflict, and can even affect the reaction of firearms, but it is only for ordinary people and things, and the effect on mysterious power will be greatly reduced, so that this strange object is rarely invoked.

The last time during the Scarlet Battle, Chen Lun had already written down some strategic-level trickery information from his own church, so when he thought about countermeasures, he thought of it for the first time.

Chen Lun raised his left hand and snapped his fingers lightly.

Countless dark green particles emerged from his hands, scattered like dust or spores, and flew towards the Hercule Bridge and the fortress.

They avoided people's vision, and seemed to have shuttled between the present world and the spirit world, and even if they flew in front of the eyes of the Imperial soldiers and Anlong soldiers, no one noticed.

Until they drift into the countless powder kegs hidden beneath the bridge, in the Benavides riverbed, in the basement of the Hercule bridgehead, and by the load-bearing stone pillars......

The dark green particles sink into the gunpowder, take root, sprout, and grow until a strange mold grows......

(End of chapter)