Chapter 430: Forward
After the barrels of the guns pointed into the sky began to rattle and vibrate, other weapons erected nearby, including the revolver rifles that the soldiers carried with them, joined in the in-air fire.
The Dawn Society soldiers who had "acted" in a panic before had now completely calmed down, and they quickly and skillfully retreated to the vicinity of the heavy vehicles with their weapons.
In this unobstructed flat area, these heavy, sturdy armed vehicles with additional protective equipment become the most important cover for the soldiers.
With the abundant fire cover around them, a considerable number of experienced shooters began to replace the bullets in their revolting rifles.
Soon, they were able to reload the high-powered crystalline bullets, and at the same time, a specially formed team of archers made up of mage apprentices were also ready to shoot, and the mage gunners used revolver rifles were slightly different from ordinary infantry, with more narrow barrels, and more fine calibration sights, and the revolter magazines were also filled with special magic bullets generated by the "magic bow and arrow" trick.
If a career officer from the Wattel Kingdom came here at this time, he would definitely be surprised to find that he could see many familiar shadows in this army that had been reorganized by the Dawn Society itself.
Yes, in the army of the Dawn Society, whether it is the behavior and habits of the soldiers, the configuration of equipment, or the composition of the team and the wartime discipline enforced, etc., can be found within the army of the Wattel Kingdom.
In particular, an elite team like the Chasseur Regiment is an important case for the Dawn Society to learn.
As Meyer told Hugg before the Great War, he learned a lot from that dangerous military career.
Although he was not a true military strategist, and did not carry out systematic training within those military academies, as a scholar who had personally experienced and studied on the battlefield and in the army, Mayer was also able to sum up a lot of experience.
These experiences are two completely different areas from the battlefield knowledge and skills that soldiers and officers possess.
In terms of shooting, hand-to-hand combat, magic release on the battlefield, and many survival skills, five Mayers may not be as good as a soldier combined, however, these are not the things he really needs to learn and know.
As the founder and leader of the Dawn Society, what Meyer has to do is to sort out a rough vague framework through his own eyes.
What he needed to know was not how to aim and shoot, but what he needed to figure out as much as he could about what the team under the Dawn Society should focus on, in which directions it should go, and what mistakes it should avoid.
Meyer has done this part of the job very well.
In fact, that's one of the reasons why his hair has fallen out so quickly over the past few years.
Fortunately, Meyer's judgment on the general direction is basically accurate, and the members who are responsible for carrying out and promoting the development of the Dawn Society's army are doing their part to the best of their ability.
Now, their hard work and dedication have paid off.
On this muddy plain, those new crystallization cannons pointed to the sky. It was constantly vibrating and humming, and a pungent smell of magical mist drifted around the soldiers who operated the weapons.
The warm smoke irritates the eyes, nose and mouth of each weapon operator, causing them to cry and cough incessantly.
But even if they were now hideous and extremely embarrassed, none of them stopped shooting or reloading because of the interference of these external forces.
Because they have seen very intuitively the killing effect of the shelling on those strange giant birds.
It is no exaggeration to say that the debris and flesh that fell from the sky were even covered with the magical barrier built by the mages of the Dawn Society.
The corpses of the Ashru Birds, the blood-red magic blades that fell from the sky, the debris from the shelling......
Things like this should have been a serious obstruction to the gunners' vision, but now aiming has become a little less important.
They were well aware that in the current situation, as long as they could keep shooting, they would be able to inflict an extremely effective suppression effect on these dangerous strange birds.
The Dawn Society's response shocked everyone, including the members of the Black Sun Society who rode on the back of the giant bird.
They are so dependent on the gods and powers they follow that they have a very shallow understanding of new weapons, especially the crystallization cannon, which they understand even before the outbreak of the Great War!
In the face of the clouds of magic and deadly crystallized shrenchnel that exploded in front of them, their pride and self-confidence were smashed into powder like stones in front of the hammer.
It's not what they imagined.
And even more than they expected was yet to come.
When the mages of the Black Sun Society wanted to use the ritual to restrain and direct the chaotic flock of Asharu birds, they found that the violent magical turmoil caused by the bombardment had seriously interfered with the operation of their ritual.
In this chaotic situation, the frightened and damaged flock of Asaru birds began to tilt in the direction of disorder.
In the minds of the members of the Black Sun Society, the Asaru Giant Bird is not a particularly strong and terrifying family, but at least it is a fierce predator led by the Moon Eagle.
However, they did not know that in that distant era, the Asaru Giant Bird was nothing more than a consumable existence in the fierce battlefield.
This is not only because their actual combat power is limited, but also because in the face of extreme danger and threat, the Asaru Giant Bird often exposes its worst side.
That's out of control.
Because of cowardice and the serious loss of control caused by the nature of bullying the soft and fearing the hard.
The rituals left behind by the Moon Eagle can only be used to summon and drive the Asharu in a normal environment, and this kind of dispatch is completely different from true control, it does not have a strong binding force.
In fact, this flaw had already been exposed on the night of the Watchful City mutation, but very few people had paid attention to it, and on that momentous night, the attention of the members of the Black Sun Society was drawn to Shug, Kzlov, and the powerful gods who might have been summoned.
So now, they have to pay for many of their mistakes.
In the concealed convoy of "creepers", a soldier at the end of the carriage cautiously approached the reserved firing window, which allowed him to see the battle going on in the rear.
He was stunned as he saw the ugly birds flying around in the air, some trying to flee the battlefield, some scurrying around like headless flies, and many charging towards the ground.
Or rather, it was a suicidal charge.
In the face of the lethal network of fire woven by the Kalfan heavy machine gun and the anti-air crystallized cannon, any form of protection and charge lost its original meaning, although the blood-red magic of the Asaru giant birds was enough to withstand the impact of the heavy machine gun bullets, but when this layer of magical protection was torn apart by the magic explosion of the crystallized cannon, they completely became vulnerable targets.
Even better than those stupid reed mallards.
Not to mention the team of mage archers who were in a good position to shoot from the side, and with accurate sniping, the magic bow bullets were enough to kill the giant birds that were still under the control of the Black Sun Mage, and this continuous death naturally turned into a larger riot and collapse.
"Hey, what do you see?"
"How's our people doing? The movement is so loud, those birds should be almost dead, right? ”
"Don't just look, talk! Can you speak? ”
Seeing the stunned appearance of their companions, the other people crowded next to the soldier became a little anxious, they whispered several questions but never got a response, so they anxiously reached out to pull the other party away, wanting to squeeze in to see it themselves, but at this moment, the vehicle they were in suddenly shook slightly, and the officer in the carriage who had not spoken also coughed heavily.
"Get back to your place! Ready to go! Hurriedly! ”
The order from his superiors silenced everyone, including the soldier, who was still immersed in the shock, and reluctantly left the shooting window and returned to the seat of the carriage with the others, clutching the soft rope that dangled from the roof.
Almost instantly, the convoy undisguised itself and began to move forward, and from that moment on, the new modified vehicles showed their speed.
The so-called "creepers" actually refer to their excellent ability to overcome harsh terrain, and at full speed, they are definitely not inferior to the vast majority of mainstream vehicles on the battlefield today.
The main reason why they need to hide when facing the advancing flock of Yasaru birds is because of the mission they are carrying.
According to the information provided by Wei Lin and others, the Dawn Society basically confirmed that in an area east of the frontal defense line of the St. Stille army, there was an extremely hidden crystalline artillery position, which was very cleverly positioned, and it was very likely that it had been connected to other strongholds in the rear by steam railroad, if this artillery position existed, then any attack on the frontal line of defense could be suddenly and fatally shelled from the flank at an extremely critical moment.
Even the kingdom of St. Steele was able to continue to transport more soldiers and supplies to the front line through those railways.
Therefore, this convoy full of soldiers needs to seize the gap in the battlefield communication of the Black Sun Society, cooperate with those forward strongholds that have been controlled, and pull out this vicious stinger as quickly as possible under the cover of precise artillery bombardment.
If conditions permit, then this assault team still needs to find a way to control the steam railway and potential trains temporarily built by the Kingdom of St. Steele, there are a lot of unknowns in this, even if the Sword of Dawn provides a lot of information, there is no way to be 100% sure.
Therefore, for the soldiers involved in the raid, the next road was destined to be full of dangers.
And now, the march of the convoy has shown that the prerequisites for launching a surprise operation have been met.
Influences, including the Yasaru Legion and most of the Black Sun Society's forward strongholds, have been successfully delayed or cleared, and this team of volunteers with the nature of a death squad will be able to successfully pass through the muddy plains that should be completely under the surveillance of the Black Sun Society with the characteristics of the "Creeper" vehicle, and launch an extremely stealthy attack towards the intended target.
"Comrades-in-arms, from now on, we are already on the way home!" ”
In all the carriages, a rather vicissitudes of voice reached the ears of each member through an interconnected magical ritual, this time speaking not in the lingua franca, but in St. Steele, with a strong regional accent.
The tongue and the slightly indistinct bite that were so familiar to the people of St. Stille made all the soldiers who heard the sound smile, yes, everyone involved in this operation was a St. Still.
They were either members of the miners' regiment, refugees who had fled their homeland during the previous war, or staunch opponents of the Black Sun Society who had escaped from the original St. Steele army......
For them, the simple word "homecoming" has an extremely important meaning.
"They say that the flame of eternal life has been extinguished, and that the loving Mother of the North has departed...... It's all fart, and I'm sure the person who said it wasn't really a Northerner. ”
"Let's prove it to them with the weapons in our hands!"
"May the vast snowfields and the cold winds of the north bless us!"
"For our hometown, for our motherland...... For all the oppressed who are struggling under the black sun...... Advance! ”
With the bump of the vehicle, the voice of Commander Boris, who was almost fifty years old, faded away.
In the sky behind, the sound of explosions and gunfire continued.
The Black Sun Mages in command of the Asaru flock were aware of the gravity of the situation, but at such a moment, they had no choice but to do their best to gather the flock and continue the attack.
In the repeated charges and magical bombardments of the giant birds, the barrier built by the mages of the Dawn Society finally collapsed, and the battle immediately entered a bloodier phase, and under the cover of many lost magic, some of the giant birds successfully landed beside the vehicles and strangled with the brave soldiers of the Dawn Society.
The blood here is extremely rich, but this is only a small part of the entire "Operation Watch".
In more directions, tragic frontal conflicts have also erupted, and under the witness of the black sun, the hotbed that had created countless negative emotions and soul nourishment once again appeared on the land of Van Grace.
(End of chapter)