Suddenly, they heard that the enemy had used poison gas on a large scale, and then easily broke through their own defensive lines, and the staff officers in the headquarters were all in their hearts for a while, and a sense of foreboding faintly rose. レ i Lu ke idea & c Lu bs;

Although these young officers are all the backbone of the emperor in the future, it is a matter of the future.

Now, they can only receive a salary of three or five gold coins a month at most. And it's not a logistical shortage. Therefore, although they do not die of hunger, they often do not have enough money to spend

Everyone can't get into any high-end entertainment venues, so when they are usually fine, they can only nest in a tavern, tease the coquettish proprietress for a while, and then talk nonsense and brag 13 to pass the time.

When bragging about 13, these puppies used to learn what 'Huashan Lunjian', and after ranking the combat power of each ** team of a human race, there were a few clever puppies among them, and they also scraped together a sum of money to brag about themselves together for a few or three times, and sort it out a little. A military journal called Jane's Defense was created, which was ordered by various ** personnel.

On that leaderboard, the number one, needless to ask, is naturally the legion of the Ruman Empire.

And within the Rumandi ** Regiment, the second place is the Naian Corps under Lord Luo.

You know, this is not a belittlement, but a very high praise, because the combat power of this legion is only ranked below the world's most powerful army, the Imperial City Guard Legion, which is recognized as the strongest army in the world

Within the empire, it can be said that there are basically no opponents of the same weight.

But, for now. Such a group is equipped with a large number of firearms. It can easily defeat a powerful army of all the corps of its time. The battle was lost, and in just a few hours, the enemy broke through the defensive line.

In other words, within the empire, no army can resist the enemy's attack~!

In the past, in the face of the sudden appearance of the enemy's new mass killing weapon, everyone was not too worried. Even if you have lost a few battles, you will die 35,000. I don't care too much either.

Even taking advantage of the vast space in the interior of the empire, the method of exchanging space for time, which is commonly known as a retreat, to find the weakness of the enemy's army. Then take appropriate measures.

I believe that with the Empire's strong scientific research ability and magic research level, it is definitely possible to find a corresponding solution. Counter the enemy~!

If it doesn't work, they will launch an unrestricted war, send a large number of guerrillas, and harass the enemy's supply and transportation lines, forcing the enemy to finally retreat.

Back then, before the birth of Lord Luo, the god of war of the Flying Eagle. This is what everyone did when they faced the world's number one general, General Hado.

And the facts have proven. It works well, even quite well.

But...... But now the enemy was only fifty miles from the city of Ruman. At this time, they suddenly showed their killer features.

If the enemy army surprises, it only takes one day and night to reach the city.

A day and a night, just a day and a night.

In the face of such a weapon suddenly taken out by the enemy, how could it be possible to research a way to crack it in just one day and night?

If, taking advantage of the victory, the enemy pursues the city, and then uses artillery to send poison gas into the city.

Then, the capital of the empire will inevitably fall like that post station.

And in this case, the consequences will be catastrophic.

Ciudad Rumane is not just a city, but like the Vatino, the Maple Leaf Danlin, it has a heavy symbolic meaning.

Once it falls into the hands of the enemy, it means that the enemy is so strong that even the first power of the human race cannot be defeated.

Then there will inevitably be countless traitors who see that they are profitable, and they will jump out of the first room and act as the lackeys of the demon people.

The balance of power has undergone a fundamental change.

With the help of those traitors, the enemy even didn't need that kind of weapon at all, and he could capture the Maple Leaf Danlin, the Vatino, and even the entire continent.

All along, these officers have always prided themselves on having advanced weapons. Even the cannon is revered as the god of war. But now, seeing the enemy with this weapon in his hands, he feels great hatred.

It turns out that this weapon is such a headache.

In the oppressive atmosphere, someone asked in a low voice: "Is it possible to use the war fortress for air strikes?"

A voice next to him whispered, "Impossible." The demons have strengthened the air raid on Maple Castle, and there is no way to get out. There is also a huge pressure on Lord Luo's side......"

The voice behind it can no longer be heard.

At this time, a phone rang suddenly.

Everyone couldn't help but be shocked.

Immediately, an officer hurried over and picked it up.

He listened for a moment. Then holding the phone in one hand, he raised his head and shouted to the Grand Duke: "Report to Your Highness, the Seventh Battalion of the Skeleton Division of Sambo Manor has also been attacked by poison gas and has retreated to the town of Shire. ”

A cold light flashed in the Grand Duke's eyes, and he immediately got up, swept a glance on the huge military map, and then found the location of the Sambo Manor.

He took a pen and compared the distance between the post station and Sangbo Manor on the map, and said in a deep voice: "Grandma, the demon clan's reaction is fast enough." ”

In just one morning, the Semitic people had broken through ten miles in the north and rushed through the first line of defense.

And the distance from Sambo Manor, to the city of Ruman. It's less than forty miles.

The Grand Duke couldn't help but smile slightly bitterly. Then he took a few steps backwards and looked at the map.

I saw that on the map, his original strategy was clearly marked in huge red and blue.

Huge red arrows on the sides, representing the location of dozens of Jouman regiments.

They rushed from the east and west sides of the demon race, like a huge pincer, and outflanked the demon army in the middle.

At this time, they are halfway through their roundabout actions. It only takes up to two more days for all of them to be in place.

Once the army is encircled, then all the blue representing the demons in the middle will be wiped out. Their arrow, which was pointing at the city of Ruman, looked ridiculous.

However, the demons suddenly got a new type of weapon, and their combat power increased sharply. This time in his eyes. The blue arrow pointing at the city of Ruman suddenly became hideous.

"Isn't it? Really want to make a strategic shift......" The Grand Duke hesitated in his heart for a while.

Right now. Mares, who had gone out to scout, walked back.

Looking at the playful expression on his face, the Grand Duke couldn't help but be stunned for a moment: could he have any good way to fight the enemy's gas warfare?

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Due to the shortage of personnel, the 1st Battalion of the Skeleton Division did not rest after retreating from the North Post Station, but was placed behind the second line of defense.

The company of the machine gunner Kik was one of the first to be gassed, and when caught off guard, the company suffered heavy losses.

Including the company commander. Eighty people were killed.

Only a few machine-gun crews remained, and because of the cover of the bunker, they ran out of the way. And the loss of the entire 1st battalion of one hundred and forty people can be described as heavy.

It was a defeat that had never been seen before for the mighty Neyan Army.

Kik and several of their machine gun crews were integrated into another company to continue the battle, in this battle, it was impossible to replenish, the recruits were in the large rear, and there was no one to train them anymore.

The soldiers of the two divisions of the Security Army lost one and one less. Every casualty made the officers with flowers on their shoulders painful

So the first battalion was placed behind the battle line by the division commander, and the third battalion of the Flag Guard Division now took their place and guarded the position in front of them.

It wasn't long after noon. After a hasty field lunch, the soldiers of the first battalion lay weak in the trenches. Cursing the viciousness of the demons.

At this time, the sunlight shines through the gaps in the thick clouds, bringing warmth to the earth.

The rapid retreat in the morning, coupled with the excitement of calming down, a sense of tiredness welled up.

Kik pressed his hands on his precious machine gun, squinted into the distance, and suddenly said to his deputy Will: "You say, if the demon cubs fire gas bombs again, what should we do?"

There was a hint of horror on Will's young and immature face, he had already heard the horror of the poisonous gas, and there were only thirty of them left in the entire company he was in, and if it weren't for Kik's urging, he might have died on the front line.

"Retreat, right?" he said, with a bitter expression on his face, and his feelings were low, and said: "It's not an order from above, retreat when you encounter a poison gas bomb." We can't just stay where we are and be poisoned by them?"

Kirk roared in anger and kicked hard at the dirt in the trench

kicked and said: "Retreat, where to retreat, do you want to retreat all the way to Ruman City?" What if the enemy hits the city of Ruman?"

"I ......" when the deputy was hesitating.

Suddenly, a rumbling muffled thunder came from afar.

The soldiers were stunned for a moment, and then immediately clenched their weapons and lay down on the trenches.

It was a voice they had heard once in the morning, and it was the sound of Semitic artillery fire.

The sound of their artillery is more dull than that of the Joumans, which is well distinguished.

"Damn, these sons of bitches are gas bombs again~!" an officer straddled the trench and held a telescope to watch the friendly positions a few miles away.

Through the telescope, you can clearly see that a green mist suddenly appears on the ground there, slowly spreading to the ground.

"It's this ghost thing~!" The company commander of the Ninth Company gritted his teeth in the tunnel in the morning because the retreat was a few steps slower, and several people in his company were poisoned by poison gas.

He angrily raised the revolver in his hand and fired two random shots into the distance, as if he wanted to kill the poisonous gas.

At this time, I saw a group of black figures in the distance suddenly running out of the ground and running towards this side quickly, it was the people of the third battalion of the Flag Guard Division.

They quickly withdrew from the trenches, following the orders of the Grand Duke Julius.

A muffled burst of artillery was followed by more gas shells being fired into the forward positions.

The green mist quickly doubled and enveloped an area of more than a mile.

On this windless noon, the poisonous gas condensed on the ground and rolled slowly on the ground.

However, this is not without its benefits.

Although the third battalion gave up the defense, it was precisely because of the poisonous fog that the soldiers of the demon clan did not dare to come and pursue.

They could only stay far behind, waiting for the poisonous fog to disperse.

The 3rd Battalion rushed all the way through the tawny fields and withdrew to the position of the 1st Battalion.

Soldiers of the Flag Guard Division with an eagle banner embroidered on their armbands jumped into the trenches. A face of black sweat mixed with dirt. Lying on the trench. Wheezing and panting.

Kirk looked at his comrade, then tilted his chin at the other and said, "The smell of poison gas is not pleasant, right?"

"Damn, it's too aggrieved to withdraw without seeing the enemy. The soldier of the Banner Guard Division looked at the poisonous mist in the distance and spat heavily.

He gritted his teeth, clenched the rifle in his hand, and said viciously: "If it's a demon clan, I'm not afraid of 11,000." With my marksmanship, I can kill at least one or twenty of his demon cubs.

But how to fight the poisonous fog raised by this son of a bitch?"

also felt the same way, sighed, frowned and said worriedly: "Yes, how should this battle be fought?"

Then he turned his head and glanced at the battalion commander behind him, the battalion commanders of the first and third battalions were in a group, and both of them had depressed expressions on their faces, obviously at a loss for the poisonous gas of the demons.

In particular, the 3rd Battalion of the Flag Guard Division lost its position without firing a single shot, without even seeing the enemy's face. The battalion commander was so aggrieved that he wanted to vomit blood, and he was angry and kept turning in circles in place like a donkey.

Time passed in the helpless waiting of the soldiers. A few hours later, as soon as the gas dissipated, the Semites appeared on the ground left by the 3rd Battalion, waving their lightning banners vigorously from side to side. Holding the weapon in his hand high, he kept cheering.

"The enemy has captured the second line of defense, what should we do?" asked the deputy, nervously grabbing Kikke's shoulder.

Kirk stared at the front with an expressionless face, and said sullenly: "What else can I do, wait." ”

As time passed, the sky was getting darker slightly, and the cold north was slowly blowing.

There was silence on the ground, and none of the soldiers spoke, just staring blankly ahead, as if waiting for something.

A low roar suddenly rang out from the north.

"Damn~!"

"Damn the demons. ”

The sound of soldiers cursing rang out from the trenches.

More than a dozen black shadows fell from the sky and smashed far away from the trenches, sending out puffs of thick green smoke that drifted south with the cold wind.

"Retreat, retreat~!"

"All retreat, retreat to position four. ”

"Hurry, hurry, if you don't want to die, hurry. ”

“......”

The officers shouted and gave orders.

The soldiers scrambled out of the trenches, carrying their weapons and running across the wilderness, rushing to the preset positions in the rear.

Kik, who was carrying a heavy machine gun on his thick shoulders, glanced back, with an unwilling expression, and said angrily: "Damn the demon cub, don't let Lao Tzu catch you." ”

All day several battalions of soldiers on the front were retreating, and thousands of soldiers were running wild in the wilderness like a horde of frightened rabbits.

Kirk carried the machine gun and ran, cursing loudly and panting for breath. At this time, he suddenly saw a strange person appear not far away.

Dressed in a beautiful white coat only worn by nobles, his long flaxen hair fluttering slightly in the cold wind, he was walking leisurely northward through the dense crowd of soldiers.

The face is the casual expression that aristocratic sons and buddies often have, as if they are going out for an outing.

It is normal for this outfit to appear at a noble banquet, but it is indescribably weird when it appears on the battlefield.

The soldiers looked at the strange man in surprise, and some of them ran and reminded in a friendly loud voice: "Brother, don't go over, there is poisonous gas over there." ”

But the man walked over as if he hadn't heard.

As he passed Kik, Kik, who was running, looked at him and suddenly shouted, "Hey, don't go over, you're going to die." ”

The strange man turned his head to look at Kik, smiled suddenly, and stopped where he was, the poison gas was moving south under the blowing of the north wind, a hundred and ten meters away from them.

Suddenly there was the shouting of an officer from ahead.

Everyone listened, and stopped where they were. ”

"Be on guard in place and ready to fight. ”

The well-trained soldiers did not hesitate, immediately stopped, turned and knelt on one knee, raised their rifles and pointed north.

Will threw the tripod to the ground and stomped it down, stomping his foot into the dirt. Kik holds the machine gun in both hands and presses it on the tripod.

When the deputy inserted the magazine, Kirk immediately grasped the handle of the machine gun and prepared for battle.

The young deputy raised his head and glanced at the poisonous mist not far away, and said nervously, "Why did you stop here? The poisonous gas is about to come." ”

"I don't know," Kirk said, licking his lips nervously, "but you just have to follow orders." ”

The strange man in white was standing on the ground more than ten meters in front of Kik.

Kirk whistled, beckoned to him, and said, "Hey, come back quickly, don't stand in the way of the gun." ”

The handsome young man glanced back, and suddenly raised his arms high and pushed forward with all his might.

"This guy can't be crazy, is he?" Watching his foolish movements, Kirk thinks there must be something wrong with this man.

Suddenly, a howling wind sounded from behind them.

The wind swept the grass and dust from behind Kik's back, and the sand and dust in the sky made the sky dark in an instant.

Without warning, a strong wind blew through the position, blowing away all the poisonous gases that wafted in front of the position.

A qiē is like a miracle.

The soldiers watched in amazement as the poison gas was blown away, and suddenly burst into a high-pitched cheer.

"The God of Light manifests~!"

"God God willing. ”

"God bless me Ruman~!"

“......”

The young deputy pulled the cross from his neck, kissed it to his lips and kept kissing it, excitedly said "The God of Light apparition" several times in a row, and then patted Kik's shoulder vigorously, laughing and saying, "Do you see, even the weather is helping us." ”

Kirk looked at the young man's back and frowned, he didn't think that this was God helping, it was probably the strange movements of this strange man, he was the one who caused this gust of wind.

At this time, a sharp whistle sounded around, and the battalion commander brandished his revolver into the sky and roared angrily: "Brothers, slaughter the dog cubs of the demon clan, follow me~!"

"Counterattack, kill back~!"

"Retake positions. ”

"Kill~!"

The security soldiers, who had long been holding back a fire in their hearts, roared in unison, jumped up, held their rifles, and rushed forward with a shout.

The roar of artillery rang out, and the cannonballs flew over the heads of the security soldiers with a terrible whistling sound, smashing into the Semites in front of them.

At the same time, the shouts of the Rumans were also heard from the left and right flanks, and under the command of the Grand Duke, the defenders of the northern front counterattacked on all fronts. (To be continued.) )