The first thousand one hundred and ninety-six chapters
In the sky above Pader City, the war fortress of Maple Leaf Danlin is like a group of vultures preparing to eat, constantly circling at a height of only a few dozen meters above the ground.
The artillery on the war fortress was pointing towards the ground, firing continuously.
The shells roared down, smashing into the crowd of Semites and human vassals like hailstones, and the flames of the explosion kept flickering.
In the orange-red firelight, countless corpses were flying randomly in the sky. It made people feel like they were in a strange and weird world.
The attacking troops knew in advance that there were no civilians in the city, so the artillerymen on the war fortress opened fire without restraint.
These bastards all had their eyes red. No matter what was on the ground, as long as they felt suspicious, they would be covered with artillery fire.
Sometimes, even if there is nothing on the ground, they will fire two cannons. It is also called artillery reconnaissance.
The officers also turned a blind eye to this serious waste.
First, there are many student soldiers among these artillery units. Through a large number of actual artillery fires, they can accumulate experience and grow up as quickly as possible.
Secondly, the representatives of the Flying Eagle Thunder Weapons Company stationed at the base also gave these soldiers money. Every now and then, they would also invite them to go to dance halls, red light districts and other places to spend money.
The purpose is to make them consume more artillery shells and then buy more ammunition. In this way, they can create greater profits for the Flying Eagle Weapons Company. (Although I don’t know what the effect is, but anyway, I watch Lei Er Ye fight against me every day.
Looking at the weapons company's account book, Long Yan is delighted and beaming.)
Under this situation, the soldiers naturally consumed ammunition desperately and kept firing at the ground. In just thirty minutes, three to four thousand artillery shells had been poured down, almost plowing the entire city.
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Under the intensive artillery bombardment, almost all the buildings in the city were set ablaze by artillery fire.
Although many wealthy nobles in Pader City live in stone buildings, the vast majority of ordinary people, as well as many wealthy businessmen, use wooden buildings in order to save costs.
Therefore, once ignited, it is extremely difficult to extinguish.
The raging fire spread in Pader City, and the flames of some multi-story buildings even shot up to a height of more than ten or twenty meters, and the billowing smoke went straight into the sky.
Looking from a distance, the entire city was burning. The fire reflected half of the sky red.
The burning fire also illuminated the streets in Pader City. Semites and humans crowded into the streets and fought feverishly, shouting and killing loudly.
Sparks were floating everywhere in the air, the heat wave of flames swept through all the streets, and ashes fell from the sky like snow flakes. Before they hit the ground, they were blown into the air again by the heat wave, and kept floating above the city.
The air is full of burnt smell.
The air he breathed was filled with a high temperature that seemed to burn the trachea, and the sounds of killing, roaring and screaming were mixed with the crackling of flames.
The streets were littered with corpses that had been blown to pieces or chopped to pieces. Red blood flowed across the road, and then dried by the heat wave, forming strange, black patterns on the ground.
For the soldiers who participated in the battle, the scene before them was like hell. Under the burning fire, even the streets in front of them became distorted.
From time to time, you can see a man whose whole body is on fire, screaming madly and rushing out of the burning building, falling to the ground and rolling around. Then he dies.
Whenever this happens, the soldiers who are fighting desperately will hurriedly evade, fearing that they will also be caught in the flames.
As more and more human soldiers entered Pader City, the situation on the battlefield gradually became clearer.
The human soldiers lined up in a dense formation and rushed straight towards them. Their spears were like a forest, and their swords were like waves. They swept all the way north, and any enemy who bumped into them was chopped into pieces in an instant.
At this time, the Semitic soldiers were unable to stop the vassal legions from escaping - facing the human attack. They had no time to take care of themselves.
The war fortress kept hovering above their heads, firing on the ground.
Although the Semitic soldiers are brave and tenacious, they are difficult to assemble - the human war fortress is like a group of annoying crows. Wherever there are many people, they will poop - er, open fire.
Although the Semitic officers waved their war horses and shouted desperately to encourage the soldiers, trying to gather them into battle.
But as soon as more than half a company is gathered together, they will immediately be attacked by the war fortress overhead. In just a few seconds, those brave soldiers will be blown away by the pouring artillery fire.
What's more, the Semitic commander Abergren and some senior officers were all killed.
There was a lack of unified command among the various Semitic units, and the soldiers could only run around in the city like headless flies and gather together spontaneously.
Under this situation, it was difficult for the Semitic soldiers to form effective resistance, and they could only retreat steadily as the human legions advanced, retreating to the north of the city.
Even if some Semites escaped the artillery bombardment and successfully blocked the path of the human soldiers, dozens of grenades would fly out from the human army to greet them, knocking them off their feet again.
But even so, the Semitic soldiers were extremely brave, organizing themselves repeatedly and launching attacks against the human legions.
I don’t know how long it took, but as the two sides were fighting fiercely, a burst of warm cheers suddenly sounded throughout the city.
The Semitic soldiers held their knives and looked back panting. They saw that on the top of the tallest church in the city, the lightning war flag that originally represented the Semitic tribe had been torn off by someone and slowly fell from the air. Finally, it disappeared in the sky.
Caught in fire and smoke.
But the other flying eagle flag has been erected high, flying in the wind.
Seeing this, the Semitic soldiers in the city suddenly became frustrated.
The center of the city has been captured by the enemy~!
This also marks that control of the city has changed hands.
They have failed, and Pader City cannot be defended no matter what. Not to mention, there is still no sign of the reinforcements that should have appeared.
In desperation, the instinct to save their lives took over, and retreat became their only option.
"Retreat~"
"Break through to the north~!"
"Brothers, follow me~!"
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With the shouts, all the Semitic troops gave up resistance, turned around and ran to the north of the city, trying to escape from Pader City.
Seeing the originally arrogant Semites escaping quickly with their tails between their legs, the morale of the human soldiers instantly reached its highest level, and they shouted excitedly to chase down the enemy.
No one in the Semitic army who lost their command even stopped to resist and cover the retreat of others. Their morale and confidence collapsed at the same time. All the soldiers just wanted to escape for their lives and run faster than their compatriots.
The humans chased behind them and began to kill them.
At this time, some frightened Semitic people immediately chose to surrender - they threw down their weapons and knelt down to beg for mercy.
However, the human soldiers who were already red-eyed stabbed them to death without mercy.
The officers also turned a blind eye to the soldiers' killing of prisoners.
Human beings are all filled with anger towards these invaders. No one has the slightest pity for them.
After more than an hour of fierce fighting, all the human soldiers had their arms numb from being chopped off and were covered in blood. At this time, they suddenly discovered that there was no enemy in front of them, and a large city gate appeared on the opposite side.
Outside the open city gate, there were all Semitic soldiers running for their lives in a hurry.
It turned out that without even realizing it, the human legions had passed through the entire city.
The Semites in the city either fled or were killed.
This also marks that the human army has completely occupied Pad City.
The human soldiers who had almost lost their minds were about to continue chasing and killing the Semites who fled outside the city, when a sharp whistle sounded.
The officers shouted loudly: "Gather, gather~!"
They stopped the soldiers who were about to rush out of the city and drove them back with punches and kicks. The battle in Pader City was over. But this battle had just begun.
Wabador entered Pad City under the protection of guards. As soon as he entered the city gate, a wave of heat rushed towards him, almost knocking him off his horse.
Before walking a few steps into the city, Wabador felt a burning sensation on his face. The choking smell in the air made it difficult to breathe.
The soldiers regrouped on the hot street, then regrouped under the leadership of the officers and headed out of the city.
An officer who was almost soaked in blood ran up quickly and shouted excitedly in front of Waba Dorma: "Report to the commander. We have killed all the enemies in the city~!"
Wabador looked at his dark face stained with ashes and nodded with satisfaction. He did not care about not having any prisoners, and said: "The glory of victory belongs to you. Brothers, thank you for your hard work. I left a cavalry regiment to continue chasing the enemy.
The other tribes gathered outside the city and prepared to attack the Semitic camp."
"Yes~!" The officers shouted loudly at the top of their lungs. The excitement of battle and the joy of victory mixed together have made them a little crazy. Even if the Demon King of the Abyss was on the opposite side at this moment, they would rush forward and fight without hesitation.
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"What's the situation like with the Ruman Army?" Wabador turned to the staff officer next to him and asked.
"According to observation, everything went well. The Semitic people in each camp were held back by the Ruman people, waiting for us to give them a fatal blow from behind." The officer said with a proud smile.
Wabador smiled and said: "Send a signal to the War Fortress and ask them to support the Ruman people. After the entire army is assembled, they will immediately attack the enemy's northeastern camp."
A staff officer was stunned and whispered: "Commander, what should we do with the enemy's South Camp? There are 40,000 to 50,000 people there, so we must be on guard."
Wabador waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "Deal with one first. As long as we defeat the Northeast Camp, the enemies in the south will collapse without a fight."
All the staff officers looked at each other and wanted to persuade him a few more words. But looking at Wabador's face, they all immediately shut their mouths.
Wabador looked at the officers and sighed secretly in his heart.
In this world, famous generals are hard to find~!
These officers all had professional backgrounds, and although their combat commands were all well-organized, they were too dull.
He doesn't have the vision of a famous general, let alone the keenness of Lorraine.
I think back then, during the first expedition against Almohad, when the Maple Army defeated the main force of the Imperial Army, when the little gangster heard that the capital was empty, he actually dared to lead a group of Maple Army deep into the capital alone.
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This is not just courage, but strategic vision.
At that time, the enemy army was defeated and the morale of the army was unstable. The people in the rear must be panicking. The more this time is, the less likely it is to give the enemy a chance to breathe. As long as the flag of the Maple Army appears under Abdelwad's city, the entire battle will be over.
It's settled.
And now, it's the same.
These officers only saw that the enemy numbered tens of thousands, but did not see that the city had now fallen into their own hands.
Whether it is the enemies of the South Camp or the Northeast Camp, everyone must be panicking at this time. In addition, the situation is unclear. The only thing they can do is to shrink to protect themselves.
The more it is at this time, the less likely they are to react and swallow one of them. Naturally, the remaining one is not a concern, because soldiers are so quick~!
Just as the officers and soldiers were nervously moving and preparing to rush to the next battlefield, an officer ran over panting, saluted a military salute, and gasped: "Report, there are still some enemy troops in the enemy's headquarters. But.
It's easy to defend but hard to attack, we can't take it down."
The general beside Wabador frowned, looked at his subordinate angrily, and thought to himself: Didn't you give me eye drops in front of the boss? You deliberately made me embarrassed, right?
Then he scolded dissatisfiedly: "What do you do for food? You can't even get a command post~!"
The officer said helplessly: "That is a fortress. It cannot be penetrated without siege machinery. We have already killed more than a dozen brothers."
Wabador is in some trouble, and the main force will soon move to the next one. Now is the time when every second counts, and no moment can be lost.
But we can't leave this nail behind our back. Who knows how many people are inside it, who might suddenly jump out and cause serious damage.
If there is nothing you can do, leave a team to surround them.
At this time, an officer in a black security uniform behind Wabdor stood up and said easily: "Let me go and take a look."
Wabador glanced at him, nodded approvingly, and said, "Okay, I'll leave it to you. Willy, I know how good you are."
Willie, an officer of the security army, gave a military salute with a bang. Then he shouted loudly: "Engineer, come with me~!"
A group of security soldiers, also dressed in black, walked out quickly.
Major Willie, commander of the engineer battalion, whistled, led his men, carefully pushed several cars, and hurried toward the city.
The Semitic headquarters in Pader City was built in the former City Lord's Palace in the center of the city. Like all cities, the core of the City Lord's Palace was a solid fortress-like building.
The materials used are solid and no expense was spared during construction. The nobles attach great importance to their own lives.
The iron-clad gate of the headquarters was tightly closed, with not even a crack left. It was probably blocked from the inside. The Semites who remained inside were soldiers from the Abeglen Guards and troops directly under the headquarters.
The outer wall of the city lord's palace is more than ten meters high. There are dozens of narrow shooting holes seven or eight meters above the ground. The Semi people hide inside and fire arrows outwards.
Although the War Fort bombed the fort, only the upper half of the fort was destroyed, while the lower half remained strong.
The soldiers of the Holy See Legion hid behind the ruins of the houses across the street and squatted in a row in the corner. They didn't even raise their heads, but straightened up to glance at them from time to time, and then quickly retracted.
Major Willie followed the officers of the Holy See, hunched over and lowered his body, walked through several ruins, and leaned against the wall closest to the headquarters.
The Holy See officer pointed to the city lord's palace across the street and curled his lips and said: "This damn place doesn't even have a place to climb. My men tried to build ladders, but several of them were shot to death by the bows and arrows inside.
Major Willie held his hand on the burnt black wall and slowly poked his head out. He saw that there was not even a bulge on the outer wall of the fortress, and the wall was smooth.
As the Holy See officer said, without siege machinery, it would be difficult to break through the city wall and enter.
Lying on the ground were the corpses of more than a dozen Holy See soldiers, their bodies covered with arrows. Apparently they were caught off guard and were shot at intensively by Semitic bows and arrows.
The best way to deal with this kind of fortress is of course to mobilize artillery and fire it from a distance.
No matter how solid the wall is, it can be penetrated with just a few shots.
However, the troops did not carry artillery for this raid, and the engineering battalion of the security army only carried part of the explosives in case of emergency.
The officers of the Holy See looked at Major Willie helplessly and said, "Is there anything you can do?"
Major Willie was confident and patted his chest and assured: "Leave it to us. In front of our engineers, all fortress and fortress tactics are obsolete."
At the same time, he slowly stood up, observing the structure of the entire city lord's palace, looking for a place to start.
The Holy See officer breathed a sigh of relief. He did not want to use the names of his men to storm the fortress. Seeing this mysterious security officer leaning half out of the thick wall, the Holy See officer's face suddenly changed and he hugged him.
He fell to the side.
At the same time, an arrow flew over the engineer commander's head and hit the wall behind them with a "thud" sound.
Major Willie fell to the ground, turned around and stared blankly at the still trembling arrows beside him, and his face instantly turned pale.
The Holy See officer pointed to the fortress on the other side and said: "There is a sharpshooter inside, and grandma's arrows are very accurate."
Major Willie swallowed, looked at the Holy See officer and said, "Brother, I owe you something I didn't say."
"It depends on what you said," the Holy See officer grinned and said, "You are here to help us, as long as you can kill that demon bastard."
Major Willie turned over and jumped up, saying: "It's a trivial matter, but I need to lend you a few people to cover our engineers as they pass."
A few minutes later, a row of several Holy See soldiers holding tall tower shields formed a shield wall, facing the city lord's palace, and slowly crossed the long street.
Behind them, engineers carefully moved cylinders filled with explosives.
A hail of arrows flew out from the shooting holes in the wall, all of which were nailed to the thick tower shield.
It took a full hour for the engineers to make several trips back and forth to pile all five carts of explosives at the base of the wall. Major Willie was afraid that it would not be enough, so he brought all the explosives that had been left outside the city.
Major Willie asked everyone to stay away, and the leads were pulled behind the wall where everyone was hiding. He looked at the several leads placed together and sneered, took out a silver-white lighter from his arms, and said: "Shoot if you dare.
I’ll take Lengjian and send you on a dirt plane~!”
The soldiers of the Holy See were hiding nearby, stretching their necks to look at the strange expressions on their faces without blinking.
Major Willie put the lighter into the hands of the Holy See officer and said: "Brother, please have some."
"Give it to me?" The Holy See officer was stunned for a moment and said in surprise: "Okay~!"
He grabbed the lighter, clicked it, and pressed hard on the lead.
The sparks from the lead ignited in a flash, and then burned rapidly.
The sparks burned across the street as everyone watched, then slowly climbed up the edge of the explosive barrel and disappeared into the explosive barrel.
The next second, a dazzling orange fire burst out from under the corner, followed by a loud noise, the ground shook, the dust around the explosion point shook, and a black smoke rose rapidly, in
A mushroom cloud formed in mid-air, rolling and rising.
Rubbles flew all over the sky, and then fell to the ground with crackling sounds.
Being exposed to the smoke of the explosion, the effect of the explosion could not be seen clearly.
A few seconds later, three loud noises were heard, explosives exploded in several other places, and the entire fortress was shrouded in smoke.
Just when everyone was surprised by the shocking power of the explosion, the entire fortress made a dull "boom" sound and slowly fell to one side, like a giant beast slowly falling to the ground.
The smoke and dust flew high and covered the entire fortress.
The soldiers of the Holy See were stunned to see that a strong fortress had been blown down in this way. There was no need for them to attack anymore. All the Semitic people were buried inside, and they could guarantee that no one among them would be spared.
Major Willie looked at his masterpiece with satisfaction and said proudly: "This is called modern warfare."