Chapter 1,669: Attacking the City with a Hundred Cannons
"The general is still here, the general is still there~!"
The shouts circulated among the Midgard army. The frontal battle was extremely fierce. The Midgart army was a bit lower in morale, but it still had an advantage in numbers. Generals fought to the death, soldiers died in battle, and the army General Jean Recher is still fighting to the death with the enemy, which also adds a lot of tragic anger to the soldiers. It seems that the general who is in charge of nearly half of the country's military power at this moment has become the spiritual support of everyone, and he is respected here. The evil spirit is like the huge influence of Lord Anwu in Saint Bicoya.
"As long as the general is still here, we will never give up here. We will defend the country and the queen until death~!" Barbara shouted loudly in the army, and the flag of the Wang Banner Army waved vigorously in the wind.
Midgard was once invaded by various countries, but the peace and tranquility it now enjoys are not achieved through humiliation and seeking perfection, but through the wisdom of the monarch and the dedication of the soldiers.
"Kill, defend Her Majesty the Queen and drive away the invaders!" A hoarse roar symbolizes the will to face death. It is not that they have not escaped, but they know when to fight to the death. As long as the general is still there, they will do this Determination.
Calasias was attacked by many people, suffered three punches and one sword, and was forced to retreat. When he heard the loud shouts of death from the front, his face couldn't help but be moved: "I didn't expect that Jean Recher had such a great appeal in the army. My people We have led the army to attack the city. They did not defeat us with one blow as expected. Instead, we fell into a deadly battle. Jean Recher's reputation is not the same as that of his two brothers. Well, there is no need to fight them hard. Keep fighting."
Calasias calculated that if he continued to fight so hard, even if he captured the city, his side would definitely suffer heavy casualties. Seeing that he could not attack, he decisively ordered his troops to retreat.
The retreat of the enemy revived the morale of the Midgard army. The soldiers rejoiced, and the officers quickly organized manpower to repair the city gates and walls. The red-haired woman Ben, who was carrying out the assassination in the city, saw Calasias's army in the north of the city from a distance. He retreated, gave up continuing the assassination, and followed the wave of refugees to leave Loess City.
In the city hall, a hall on the right side has been temporarily converted into a combat command room. Jean Recher took off his heavy armor, took off his helmet, and let out a long breath. Hearing the casualty reports coming in one after another , I became upset again and asked with concern: "Are there enough medicines and doctors?"
"There are still enough doctors. Many doctors have been requisitioned by us among the people who fled from Shabazhou and Kongsburg. We have stored a lot of medicines these days, but anti-inflammatory drugs and painkillers have been consumed a lot in the past two days, and even more Need to prepare more.”
"You tell the mayor and let him take care of it."
Several generals, as well as Barbara, entered the hall at this time. Other military officers, staff officers, and several important municipal officials came in one after another. An officer reported the preliminary casualty statistics. In this battle, his own side actually suffered casualties ( Seriously injured) no less than 4,000 people, more than half of whom were killed by enemy artillery fire.
Barbara was shocked and said: "I have never seen so many casualties in one battle since I joined the army."
Someone else reported: "Killers sent by the enemy have been found in the city. Eight seriously injured officers have been assassinated. Among them is a deputy general of General Barbara."
"What~!" Barbara knew that she had three lieutenants. One of them was seriously injured in the battle outside the city in the morning and was temporarily out of the battle. Unexpectedly, he was killed. She hurriedly asked: "Have you caught the killer?"
"No. I have notified the city's police chief and patrolmen to conduct a search throughout the city. Once any suspicious persons are found, they will be immediately hunted and killed."
Jean Hus entered the war room and said: "The sentries sent out to investigate have found that the enemies have all retreated to the other side of the Hong River. They may still be preparing to bombard Loess City."
"That's for sure." Jean Recher said with a serious face: "They have advantages in weapons, and it is impossible not to maximize these advantages."
"If this is the case, is there nothing we can do?" Barbara asked anxiously.
Everyone was silent, obviously unable to think of a solution.
"The most important thing now is to find a way to repair the city's protective shield. Mayor..." Lei Qie's eyes turned to the mayor of Loess City.
Mayor Huang Tu helplessly spread his hands and shook his head: "I have asked our country's experts in magic engineering. Several magic base arrays have been completely destroyed due to overloading and the enemy's forcible destruction of shields.
There is no way to repair it. If you want to build a new base array, you can only ask the people who built the shield to redo it."
"Damn it, isn't there any good news?" An officer thumped the table angrily, and his arm was still injured. The thumping hurt his brows, but it still couldn't suppress the unwillingness in his heart.
There was a knock on the door of the conference room, and a civilian officer stood at the door with a cheat sheet in his hand: "General, the latest instructions from His Majesty."
"Bring it here quickly." Jean Recher took the cheat sheet and read it over, with a smile on his face: "Here's the good news, and there's more than one."
"What good news?" Everyone looked at him expectantly.
Reich handed the cheat sheet to Barbara and said to everyone: "The Rhine Kingdom and the Storm Kingdom in the south have sent reinforcements, and the vanguard will arrive soon. In addition, the city's protective shield in Loess City is in disrepair. Your Majesty has already thought of it.
This time, the reinforcements came with a mage from the Magic Guild who was visiting the Storm Country and his team. His specialty is the construction of magic arrays. Her Majesty the Queen spent a lot of money to hire him in order to strengthen the protection of Loess City and the Royal City.
Base array.”
The mayor and officers said excitedly: "Great, now our magic array can be rebuilt again."
"But we still have to hold on until they arrive in Loess City. It is estimated that it will take a few days." Lei Qie solemnly said: "So we must work hard to defend Loess City."
As soon as he finished speaking, the bombardment of the Demonic Rock Thousand-Crack Cannon rang out from the north of the city.
The camp of Calasias was placed in a field, which turned into a wasteland because nothing was planted in the winter. The soldiers were tired for most of the day, making fires to cook, and ate vegetable puree, rice, potato stew and beef, high in sugar.
Bread and black tea. The field hospital staff are busy treating the wounded. Although the camp is a bit busy, overall it is still orderly.
Inside the camp, the officers discussed the current situation. The military staff member made a count and said: "There are 34 Magic Rock Thousand Cracking Cannons that can be used now, and 6 of them have been seriously damaged in the past two days and are waiting to be repaired. At this rate
If the bombardment continues, it will take a day or two to break open the city wall and shoot inside. It would be great if there were dozens more skyfire trebuchets."
"Deputy Commander Berwick still has Skyfire Trebuchets and Magic Rock Thousand Crack Cannons. I heard that the first batch of Thousand Crack Cannons shipped by sea totaled 100 trebuchets and 50 trebuchets. Marshal Fried brought them all.
." Kate said: "Deputy Marshal Berwick is one step behind us, so the time should be here soon."
Ten minutes later, a messenger came and reported: "General Calasias and Deputy Marshal Berwick will arrive here in about an hour."
"I know, let's go down." Calasias said to everyone: "As soon as Deputy Commander Berwick's troops and equipment arrive, we can advance the progress of the siege. You go to have a meal first and prepare for the next battle.
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After Calasias removed the medical and Rose's special engineering troops, as well as some wounded soldiers, he had about 20,000 combat-ready soldiers. Including Kate and Keton who had arrived earlier, there were about 24,000 more soldiers. With that,
Deputy Marshal Beric arrived with a new force of 45,000 people, and the entire team immediately grew. In comparison, the number of troops in Midgard was probably only this much.
However, the Holy Armor Beric did not bring so many people when he came. He even brought very few people. He only brought more than a thousand people to transport war equipment. Beric still wore his golden hair without a branch.
He had a shaved head, a clean shaven face, and appeared in Calasias's military tent wearing the holy gold armor that he rarely left behind.
"Deputy Marshal."
Several sitting officers and staff stood up to signal. Berwick asked directly about the casualties and nodded: "It's good that we didn't attack Loess City by force. The above means that maintaining our strength is more important than forcibly attacking the enemy's city.
I have brought all the war equipment, and the old cannons collected should not be wasted. Now that the enemy is suppressed by the Thousand Split Cannons, the old cannons can be ferried to the other side to attack the city."
Beric was more aware of the effect that the Magic Rock Thousand Crack Cannon could have than anyone present. He looked at the time and said, "Try to destroy all the city walls before dark, and then level the entire city." He said.
His tone was so cold that it made people tremble. War is always cruel, and innocent people will always die, but not many people can say such things so easily.
Ninety-six magic rock thousand-crack cannons fired together, plus the bombs dropped by forty-eight skyfire trebuchets, and many old magic rock old cannons opened fire under the city. The sound shook the sky, thousands of thunders sounded, and the entire loess
The sky above the north of the city was illuminated by the fire of the magic rock cannon. The people in the city were trembling with fear, but the people of Wang Quan Xianjun were excited and cheered.
The three people who came here with the Holy Armor Berwick were the sand dragon, the mummy, and the gladiator. They stood under a tree on a high ground, looking at the scene on the other side of the city, and they could hardly close their mouths.
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The mummy's eyes glowed, and I don't know whether it was the reflection of the firelight on the opposite side or his heartbeat. He excitedly grabbed the gladiator's shield and shook it vigorously: "It's so... so powerful~! Gladiator, don't you think so?
,Yes or no?"
The gladiator's Adam's apple moved and he nodded vigorously: "This is the first time I have seen such a spectacular scene of magic rock cannons attacking the city. Sand Jiao, we really did not come wrong, we did not come wrong~! These people, really
If you can do something great, you will definitely be able to!"
Both the mummy and him were extremely excited, pointing at the city in front of them.
Sha Jiao curled his lips disdainfully: "Hey, what are you, you ignorant guy? This is what happens when big countries fight wars. Don't think that these 'pirates' can bully small countries and they will continue like this until they face the real enemy.
, I don’t even know how I died." Although he said this, he was really shocked in his heart. Such a spectacular scene of artillery fire and siege is not something you can just see. It’s just that he is better than the mummy and the gladiator.