To be precise, it is an extremely small town, and even many maps do not mark this place.
The mayor of the town, Mr. Vika, is an intellectual who has studied for three years. His greatest ambition in life is to write a history of the town.
However, he looked through the records of the town and found that the biggest thing that happened here was that there were two shameless young people in the village...well, two young people who had the courage to break through the shackles of feudalism and ignore the criticism of the world.
eloped.
In the end, Mayor Vika could only put down the writing in frustration.
But starting from December 29, 835 in the Julian calendar, the name of this town will go down in history like Fantino, Ruman City... and other most famous cities on the continent. It will also be in the history of world wars.
I wrote a heavy stroke.
xxxxxxx "Ha, ha~!" The artilleryman held a dry branch in his hand, shouted loudly, and drove the artillery packhorse.
Several thick-bodied horses were snorting hot air from their nostrils, making a "snoring" sound from their mouths, kicking and kicking with their four hooves, and pulling the heavy artillery with all their strength.
Behind them, the ropes were all stretched tightly, making a creaking sound.
Behind the artillery, there were several artillerymen holding on to the wheels or pushing the gun frame, shouting slogans, and pushing the artillery to move little by little.
Wherever the wheels rolled over, they left heavy ruts.
Behind that artillery carriage, there were dozens of similar artillery carriages marching hard.
From a distance, they look like ants forming a long row on the ground.
The artillerymen were all exhausted and sweating profusely. Many of them even took off their clothes and were shirtless, pushing the heavy artillery carriage forward in the cold wind.
Behind them were densely packed tents. In the middle of the tent was a huge flag, fluttering with the cold wind in winter.
If you look carefully, you will find that the pattern on the flag is a bit strange. On the flag, there is an eagle with high wings embroidered. Behind the flying eagle, there are two bright lightning bolts, like sharp swords.
Pierced straight from the sky.
In the past, anyone who knew a little bit about noble heraldry would have been a little surprised to see such a badge.
The flying eagle is the symbol of the Ruman royal family, while the lightning is the symbol of the Semitic royal family. These two have been feuding for thousands of years. When did they actually appear in the same flag?
Not to mention, there are two lightning bolts in it. You must know that there is only one lightning bolt on the flag of the Semitic royal family.
Therefore, when people look at such a flag, they feel that it is a bit nondescript and they don’t know what it means.
And now, as soon as they see this flag, people will immediately know: the hope of mankind, the most victorious general, the majestic flying eagle god of war - the Count of Lorraine is here~!
The other side corresponding to Lord Luo's flag is the town of Huerkara.
Before the Holy See Army led by Lorraine and the Bayer Army formed a pincer attack, the Semitic Corps under the command of Vera Planni took the lead in occupying the town, and then desperately built various fortifications.
At this time, the town has completely turned into a huge military camp. The wilderness outside the town is full of criss-crossing trenches, and the roads are also dotted with antler rock fortresses.
Surrounding the town, countless parapets were built. Although they were not high, the cavalry could not jump over them. Moreover, the buildings were intertwined and extremely dense. Even walking among them was extremely difficult.
Although the Semitic army had been heavily surrounded by the army led by Lorraine, they built themselves a strong fortress to fight against the trapped beasts.
Buying time, hoping that the reinforcements sent by the high priest can rescue him by then.
At this time, the artillerymen pushed and pulled the artillery slowly forward until they could clearly see the figures of the Semitic soldiers in the town opposite. The artillery officer nodded with satisfaction. Then he loudly ordered: "Okay
, right here.”
Following his order, the soldiers quickly untied the packhorses and pulled the horses to the rear to prevent them from being frightened by the roar of the cannons - before the appearance of heavy tractors such as cars, the movements of the artillerymen
Can only rely on those precious horses.
This is why Napoleon Napoleon famously said, "Let the donkeys and the scholars go between" when he was marching.
To the soldiers, these donkeys and horses are more important than the pestilent scholars and howling beasts.
Without the scholars, the donkeys can still pull the cannon away. But without the donkeys and horses, let the scholars try to pull the cannon?
Those plagues may not even have a dog to help them~!
The grooms pulled the horses down and fed them well. At the same time, the remaining soldiers took out picks and shovels and began to build artillery positions in a hurry.
Since it was a field position, it was constructed extremely quickly. It only took a short time for the position fortifications to be completed.
The well-trained artillerymen immediately pushed the artillery into the position.
A team of people immediately turned around and carried the shells from the transport truck at the back, then pried open the crates one by one, skillfully installed the fuses and primers, and placed the shells ready to be fired next to the artillery.
The artillery staff held instruments and kept fiddling with them, calculating distances, observing wind speed, and adjusting the elevation of the artillery according to the firing table.
When everything was ready, the gunner raised a red flag to indicate that it was ready to fire.
The colonel of the security army who commanded the artillery waved his hand, and an officer shouted loudly: "A school shot."
The two artillerymen pulled the shells, carefully stuffed them into the barrel, and then locked it. The others immediately dispersed, squatting behind the artillery with their ears plugged and their mouths open.
"Let it go~!"
Following the order, the artilleryman pulled the pull rope, making a deafening roar, and the dazzling flames sprayed from the muzzle made everyone's eyes hurt instantly.
The artillery suddenly shook, and the dust on the ground was shaken up, instantly covering the entire artillery, wrapping the cannon and the artillerymen in earth-colored smoke.
A few seconds later, a cloud of smoke suddenly rose from the ground in the distance, quickly spreading to all directions, followed by a black smoke column rising slowly.
The artillery observers on the front line quickly sent back the news that the shot had missed a little.
"Add two more degrees." The operational staff quickly adjusted the angle.
Another shell was fired.
Soon the frontline artillery sent back the news that it was "Ten Rings", a beautiful blow.
The artillery colonel nodded with satisfaction. After the training of the war, his artillerymen seemed to have become experienced.
Then he said with a smile: "The boss has spoken to say hello to the demons, so let's say hello, starting with half the basic meaning of the past."
"Yes~!" His subordinates agreed loudly, and the entire artillery regiment took action, firing at the Semitic position as quickly as possible.
Dozens of artillery pieces roared in unison, and the roar was like thunder, spreading far away from the ground.
The smoke emitted from the muzzle even formed into a gray mist, covering the entire artillery position.
Dozens of clouds of smoke emerged from the Semitic position, and you could clearly see the loess being lifted up into the air with the explosion, like flowers blooming.
The Vatican Guard Knight Corps behind them had just been transferred from the rear, and it was their first time to see artillery bombardment.
Tens of thousands of people densely gathered behind the artillery position. These big-headed infantrymen crossed their feet and stared stupidly at the roar of the artillery with their eyes wide open.
The artillerymen quickly pulled out the shell casings. The still smoking shells were thrown aside by the artillerymen, and then they quickly reloaded and fired.
The Semitic position in the distance was now shrouded in smoke from the explosion.
The scene of rising flames in front of them was far beyond the imagination of the Holy See's Templar Knights.
Most of these Holy See troops arrived later, and few of them had participated in the original artillery battle under Fantino City.
At most, this group of people just bullied the people in the countryside, played with knives and so on. I have never seen such a spectacular scene in my life.
They opened their mouths wide and couldn't help but exclaimed: Even hell is probably nothing more than this, right?
Then, while making the sign of the cross on his chest in a hypocritical manner, he secretly guessed excitedly: "And if we continue to fight like this, there will definitely be no survivors left among the Semites soon."
If the battle continues like this, wouldn't it be much easier?
As the artillerymen fired wildly, shell casings quickly piled up on the ground nearby, at least dozens of them in front of each gun.
But these black-clad soldiers from Ruman looked like they had gone crazy.
In order to keep up with the rate of consumption of artillery shells, a group of 213 soldiers actually ignored safety regulations and directly pulled up the entire vehicle's artillery shells from the back, and then unloaded them aside.
But even so, it didn't take long before it was quickly destroyed by the artillery.
The soldiers of the Holy See secretly smacked their tongues as they watched the artillery roar and spit out a mouthful of fire, and then the shells were gone.
They know that Lord Lorraine is rich and loves to spend money. He sells new clothes and cosmetics to his girlfriend for an astronomical amount every year.
But there is no such squandering. This is playing cannon, and this is simply burning gold.
The Holy See's Templar Knights are not all ignorant and ignorant. Some people know something about the artillery of the Security Army. Soon they spread the word to ten, and after ten to a hundred, everyone knew that this cannonball would cost twenty.
Gold coins are equivalent to most of everyone's salary for a year.
With the sound of a cannon, everyone's ten months' salary flew out.
Dozens of large-caliber artillery pieces from the Security Army Artillery Regiment bombed continuously for nearly an hour. Each artillery piece fired hundreds of shells, and the shell casings were piled as high as a hill.
In this short time, how much money did you spend in total?
The soldiers of the Holy See calculated in their minds and soon found that adding all the fingers and toes was not enough.
No wonder these artillerymen are so stinky, their eyes are higher than their heads, and their nostrils are raised to the sky to catch bird droppings when they walk - it turns out they are real cows~!
"When a cannon goes off, there is a thousand taels of gold." This sentence is not a metaphor, but a true description.
After a full hour of fire preparations, the order to attack was given.
More than a dozen legions of Holy See Knights gathered in front of the camp and formed a formation several miles wide. Then, following an order, they slowly advanced towards the Semitic camp.
On the other side, the soldiers of the Holy See's Baier army also rushed forward after the artillery fire stopped.
With flags like a forest, people like a tide, and morale like a rainbow, hundreds of thousands of white-clad Holy See knights covered the ground, charging towards the Semitic position in a mighty manner.
The Semitic camp, which was sandwiched between the two armies, was uncharacteristically quiet. No soldiers came out to line up to fight, and not a single person was seen on the entire front line. It seemed that they had all been killed by the security forces' artillery fire.
Lorraine was holding a telescope from behind to observe the Semitic army's position. Suddenly he put down the telescope, shook his head and said, "The enemy has also learned to be smart."
"Smart? What do you mean, Marshal?"
Behind Lorraine stood a row of generals from the Holy See Legion. They were quite surprised when they heard Lorraine's emotion.
In their view, the Semites surrounded by the two armies were already meat on their chopping boards, just waiting to be chopped into pieces with a few knives.
The number of the Holy See Legion was twice that of the enemy, with hundreds of artillery pieces of various calibers supporting the battle, and behind them were two divisions of the security army equipped with machine guns and grenade launchers.
The supply of grenades was even more open to them, and they could take as many as they could.
The generals of the Holy See Legion are confident that it will not take long to defeat the Semitic army that is like a trapped beast with such a powerful combat effectiveness.
Then he pushed back in one breath, captured Ryder City, captured the high priest alive, and established an unparalleled legacy.
Lorraine could tell what the Holy See generals were thinking just by looking at their expressions. On the contrary, the two commanders of the Skeleton Division and the Flag Guard Division of the Security Army remained silent.
But it's no wonder that after a great victory in the city of Fantino, the entire Semitic navy was wiped out. One hundred thousand strong troops either surrendered or fled, but not much was left.
The advantages were all on their side at the moment. The generals who had come from the rear and had not yet fought against the Semites were naturally confident.
They have not yet learned the lesson of actual combat, but Veraplani and the besieged Semitic soldiers are close to graduation.
The reason why I couldn't see anyone was because the Semitic people also learned from me and dug trenches to hide themselves.
As early as when they besieged Fantino, they learned this tactic from the security forces.
In a last-ditch battle, the fighting will of the Semites cannot be matched by the soldiers of the Holy See.
Moreover, the High Priest of the Undead will not sit back and watch Veerapurani and the main force on the Western Front being annihilated by him, and will definitely try every means to save him.
There is still time to fight in this battle.
The Holy See soldiers who charged towards the Semitic position were getting closer and closer to the enemy. With a loud cry, the soldiers shouted "For the light" and ran faster, preparing to rush through the last three hundred meters.
However, during the charge of the soldiers, some people kept screaming in surprise, stepping on the air and falling into the trap, followed by a scream, and sometimes several people even fell in at the same time.
The Semites dug countless pits outside their positions at some unknown time. The artillery had only bombarded the enemy's positions, but not the wilderness in front of them.
The Semites also inserted sharpened wooden stakes at the bottom of the pit, and the trap was covered with loess.
The soldiers who were in high spirits and just waiting to kill the demons didn't pay attention to their steps. Once they stepped on them, they didn't even have a chance to escape. Anyone who fell in would be killed or injured.
The traps appearing everywhere are just a minor nuisance, but they greatly damage morale.
The charging steps of the Holy See soldiers suddenly stopped. Everyone stopped and carefully tested the ground in front of them, for fear that they would fall in too.
At this time, a shower of arrows flew out from the Semitic position, and the arrows flew through the air and hit the Holy See soldiers who stopped.
The soldiers hurriedly raised their shields to resist, but many people were still hit by arrows and fell to the ground with screams.
Bows and arrows continued to fly out from the position, but the soldiers of the Holy See could not see the demons shooting arrows in front of them. They all hid in the ditch and fired arrows.
However, the soldiers of the Holy See with high morale were not intimidated by the enemy's bows and arrows. The soldiers squatted down, put their shields on their heads, hit the ground in front of them with their weapons, and continued to move forward.
The Holy See generals behind Lorraine were very happy, as if victory was just around the corner.
"Okay, charge forward~!"
"Demons also know some tricks."
"There are people from Sandos to the west. I want to see how long the demons can hold out."
Lord Lorraine curled his lips and wanted to say something, but wisely shut his mouth and thought to himself: "Let them go, if they don't learn a lesson, they won't remember their surnames.
Some things, if they don’t experience them personally, they won’t be able to understand even if they say it themselves. Children who don’t suffer will never grow up.
The forwards braved the rain of arrows and quickly approached the Semitic trenches. They knew that there were enemies inside, and just as they were about to jump in, a group of Semitic soldiers suddenly emerged from the ground and rushed up with shouts.
Not to be outdone, the Holy See soldiers rushed forward with waving hands, colliding with the enemy and fighting fiercely.
When the battle on the front line attracted the attention of all the soldiers, everyone wanted to rush forward for reinforcements and kill these demon bastards. A large group of cavalry came out from the northernmost part of the Semitic position and rushed up from the flanks.
The Holy See soldiers on the right were caught off guard and were quickly torn open by the Semitic knights, and they immediately became confused.
Most of the soldiers of the Holy See were new recruits and had been training in the rear for a long time, but this was their first actual combat. Suddenly they were attacked on the flanks. Some turned to fight, while others turned and retreated, losing their foothold in advance and retreat.
The battlefield suddenly became chaotic.
The unexpected situation made the Vatican generals in the rear look at each other, not knowing what to say.
Lorraine snorted coldly and said, "Retreat, that's it for today."
Then he left these generals behind and walked back to his tent.
Upon hearing the order to retreat, the soldiers of the Holy See immediately turned around and retreated. Fortunately, they remembered their training and knew how to retreat while fighting, and did not turn the retreat into a rout.
The Semites were trying to take advantage of their victory and pursue them. Even if they could not defeat the retreating Holy See legions, they would still hurt them.
At this time, the artillery in the rear suddenly roared again and threw the shells at the Semitic position. The explosion frightened the Semitic soldiers and blocked their counterattack.
As if to demonstrate, the artillerymen once again covered the enemy positions with fire, and the continuous artillery fire plowed the Semitic positions almost over.
The first day's battle ended in a brief confrontation.
Early the next morning, the eager Vatican generals once again requested an attack, and Lorraine did not refuse.
The soldiers of the Holy See rushed forward again and started a fierce battle with the enemy on the front line.
When the battle was in full swing, Lorraine suddenly ordered all the troops to withdraw, and asked everyone to stay in the trenches and hide, and the artillery was also hidden.
While the Holy See soldiers were sitting idle in the trench complaining, the war fortress of the undead suddenly appeared in the sky. It could be seen from the dense black spots in the sky that the lichs came out in droves.
They flew directly above the heads of the Semitic people and dropped some supplies on the ground. In order to rescue Verapranni, it seemed that the lich and dark mages also put down their noble airs and acted as transport planes.
Then these two hundred war fortresses flew over the head of the Holy See Legion's position and bombarded the ground with dark spells.
Not long after the lich and dark mage were wreaking havoc, the war fortress of Maple Leaf Danlin arrived in time.
Although it took some time to confirm the movements of the Undead War Fortress, Maple Leaf Danlin's flying troops arrived in time for reinforcements thanks to the help of the powerful telegraph system.
In the sky, a spectacular air battle was staged.
More than three hundred war fortresses were chasing each other in the sky. The light of artillery fire and dark spells flickered all over the sky. From time to time, a war fortress fell from the sky dragging burning flames.
The two sides refused to give in to each other and fought until the energy was about to run out, and then they retreated.
Just when the war fortress disappeared, the Holy See Legion on the ground launched another attack on the Semites.
xxxxxxx Herod glanced at the stars in the sky and the Holy See Legion camp in the distance, which was brighter than the stars, and sighed in his heart.
Brilliant lights almost covered the entire land, showing the power of the Holy See Legion.
The battle has been going on for more than ten days, and they have used all kinds of methods. War fortresses have been dispatched frequently. If the battle cannot be fought during the day, they will fight at night.
As long as you replenish enough energy, you will immediately fly back to join the battle.
However, they were still unable to break the siege of the Semitic army by humans. Maple Leaf Danlin's air force kept clinging to them.
Herod's original plan of using roundabout ways to avoid human detection failed. Humans seemed to be able to accurately guess the time and destination of their war fortress' takeoff every time.
Herod even wondered if there was a spy among his own people who was leaking information to humans, otherwise he wouldn't be caught by Maple Leaf Danlin's war fortress every time.
Humanity's intelligence work has become so powerful in just a few days.
Nowadays, Veerapurani is barely supported by the supplies dropped by the war fortress. However, in order to drop these supplies, the losses of the war fortress are shocking.
This made Herod, who insisted on bombing the city of Ruman, very angry.
"Master, master~!"
Herod's meditation was interrupted. He looked up and saw a lich next to him. He said carefully: "It's time for us to go down. We can't stay here for a long time."
Herod nodded, flicked his sleeves and flew out of the war fortress, falling quickly to the ground. He soon stepped onto the Semitic position, guided by the soldiers, and walked into the underground headquarters of Veraplani.