Pushing open the window and looking at the remaining ice and snow in the yard, the dwarf stretched himself and felt that the air had become extremely fresh.
The stench wafting from the Ice Empire before made people feel uncomfortable even if they just breathed it.
It's better now, a snow has covered up the unpleasant smell, and they can finally breathe fresh air.
Almost all countries in the world are industrializing, and everyone is desperately trying to absorb the technology that has escaped from the Datang Group, scrambling to be the first to be outdone.
Even a small country like theirs has purchased power generation equipment to supply power to the city and new factories around it, starting their own industrial path.
It's just that compared to those big countries with profound foundations, small countries like theirs are still somewhat behind, and they can only follow suit and follow suit.
Despite this, they still tasted the sweetness of industrialization - all kinds of iron tools that they were reluctant to use in the past have now become extremely cheap and have become commodities that can be used by the public.
With various advanced business models coming from Bunas, as well as increasingly convenient sea and land transportation trade, life in this dwarf kingdom is getting better and better.
If the clouds hadn't suddenly gathered recently and the atmosphere of war had become more intense, maybe everyone would have been in a better mood.
"It would be great if we could avoid fighting." The stretched dwarf sighed with emotion, and then he suddenly froze there.
Because, he saw a huge eye in the sky, that eye overlooked the earth, with unparalleled murderous intent.
When he finally looked away from the huge eye, he heard someone on the street scream at the top of his lungs: "Ah!"
He saw the huge and slender airship with the eye painted on it, and also saw the propellers that were constantly rotating on the side of the airship.
Then, he saw the terrifying Ironforge castle emblem, which was the... symbol once used by the Dwarf Kingdom!
"Arrived at the target area!" In the cockpit of the airship, the adjutant stood beside the captain with his chin raised, stood at attention and saluted, and reported loudly.
"Thanks to the ground guidance, we did not deviate from the course! Open the magazine! Get ready to start dropping bombs!" The captain breathed a sigh of relief and ordered to his adjutant with a smile.
They finally arrived at the target area, and now it was their performance time! As the air force was put into actual combat for the first time in the world (the time on Dongwan Island was not counted because no bombs were dropped), they must perform well.
This was the first time that the Air Force dropped bombs over the enemy's heads, and it was also the first time that the aboriginal people in this world traveled more than 200 kilometers overnight to strike at the enemy's strategic and deep targets.
Along with the sound of mechanical friction, the gears rotated and the hatch was rolled up. The light reflected from the ground shone into the dim interior of the airship's magazine, illuminating the bombs hung on the ammunition racks one by one.
"Start dropping bombs!" the captain gave the order angrily.
Following his order, the first bomb detached from its pylon and fell head-first to the ground. The airflow-adjusting wings of the bomb cut through the air, and with a sharp buzzing sound, it crashed through the roof of a building.
The next second, the bomb exploded in the building. The huge shock wave instantly tore the building apart, and even the surrounding buildings were affected. In the blink of an eye, it collapsed.
"Adjust the course! Keep moving forward! Drop bombs every 10 seconds!" The captain looked through the porthole and saw a bomb dropped by another airship, which exploded in the distance and raised a spectacular black cloud.
Completely different from bomber bombing tactics, it is impossible for an airship to open the hatch and drop all the bombs at once.
Because the airship is very slow, if it drops all the bombs at once, it will basically be covering a fixed target.
It cannot use the principle of inertial dispersion to carry out carpet bombing, so it can only use a higher bombing interval to make up for the problem of too small bombing dispersion.
However, in terms of bomb-dropping accuracy, airships are indeed higher than bombers - because they are almost stationary and drop bombs in the air above the target, the natural attack accuracy is very amazing.
At this moment, on the ground of the city where the airship is located, panic has spread among the civilians. Everyone has discovered the terrifying war machines hovering above their heads, and screams and cries are endless.
No one could have imagined that the war had just broken out and that a big city like theirs, far away from the border, would be the first target of attack.
People who originally thought they were safe enough suddenly became chaotic and violent. The streets were full of people running away, children who were scattered were pushed to the ground, and scattered luggage was trampled everywhere.
The ancient buildings fell one after another because they could not withstand the devastation of the manic explosion. Rubbles flew everywhere, people who were affected fell to the ground, and blood flowed along the cracks on the constantly shaking road.
On top of the city, soldiers equipped with flintlock rifles loaded their guns in vain, and then frantically raised their guns to fire at the huge targets in the sky.
But the flintlock guns with a range of only 100 meters could not damage those airships at all. The remaining troops who had not upgraded to new weapons because they were far away from the front line were now helpless against these sudden war machines.
They were originally at the rear, so they were half a beat slow when changing to new weapons. Coupled with the weak strength of the elementary school, the speed of changing weapons was actually touchingly slow. Under such circumstances, they could only let these things happen.
The airship was behaving recklessly and couldn't even interfere with the opponent's attack.
The commander of the airship in the sky also realized this. After waiting for a long time for the attack of machine guns and anti-aircraft guns, he immediately became bolder.
He had been very nervous before, fearing that such an industrial city might deploy anti-aircraft weapons to counter their attacks.
But now it seems that the opponent obviously did not deploy enough anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns here, or in other words, did not deploy similar weapons at all!
This time, he immediately became unscrupulous and kept issuing orders to attack, causing chaos in the city under his feet.
They are now at a high level! There is no threat at all! He has never fought such a refreshing battle since he joined the army!
It turns out to be such a great thing to have advanced weapons! With their technological superiority, they are now simply carrying out a one-sided massacre of their enemies!
It turns out that the myth of Datang Group’s invincibility was created so easily! It turns out that the enemies who once disobeyed Datang Group were so desperate!
"Hahahaha! The Ice Empire is invincible! Keep dropping bombs! Long live Your Majesty!" The captain thought of this, and a smile already appeared on his face. They had won today, and they won without any doubt!
The feeling of holding victory easily in his hands made him forget the annoyance of being nearly crushed by a sudden snowstorm last night, and swept away his previous worries.
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On the ground, the troops who did not know that their important arms storage base near the border and the location of the arsenal had been bombed were facing a frenzied attack by the Ice Empire troops.
Hundreds of cannons were frantically throwing shells at their positions, causing large and small explosions, suppressing the soldiers on the position to the point where they couldn't even raise their heads.
Soon, Ula slogans resounded throughout the valley, and countless dwarf soldiers with bayonets in hand rushed towards the still smoking border defense line in dense numbers.
Not to be outdone, the defenders in the trenches began a frantic counterattack the moment these Ice Empire infantry approached the position.
A Maxim machine gun suddenly opened fire, and dense bullets swept into the crowd of Ice Empire's attacking troops. In an instant, more than a dozen soldiers fell down screaming.
The remaining attacking soldiers immediately fell down, and some rolled into the crater and fired back. Bullets flew between the two warring parties, and splatters of blood could be seen everywhere.
"Ula!" Another slogan rang out, and the brave dwarf jumped out of the crater and rushed toward the enemy position where bullets were flying at all costs.
Another group of people were knocked down, and another group of people bravely charged forward, and then continued to be beaten into sieves by dense bullets.
On the high ground in the distance, a general of the Ice Empire put down his telescope, looked at the officers next to him with some embarrassment, sighed and shook his head: "The enemy's defense line is still very strong. After all, it has been repaired for a year.
...It’s not that easy to break through right away.”
"Invest two more divisions! At any cost! Your Majesty means that we must break through the defense line before the enemy can react!" Another general said, looking a little anxious.
"This is filling the hole with the lives of soldiers!" The general responsible for commanding this critical battle reminded reluctantly: "We have lost more than 1,000 people..."
"It's noon today! We must break through!" the general who made the suggestion emphasized: "Even if we use human lives to fill it, we must fill the enemy's position! Step over!"
"Alas..." After sighing, the general in charge began to miss those human staff groups that were invincible in every battle.
It is a pity that this time the expansion war of the Ice Empire did not seem to say hello to the Datang Group, nor did it mean to borrow its staff group.
You know, the last time the dwarves used their troops like gods and directly attacked Ironforge and achieved world-shaking results, it can be said that the staff team of Datang Group was behind the command and operation.
But this time, they took over the command themselves and also invested in big weapons such as airships, but the result was that the fight still didn't go well.
After sighing, the general in charge put away his thoughts about the human staff, gritted his teeth, and issued the order to continue to increase troops: "Add two more divisions! Capture the enemy's position for me! Don't take a step back!
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"Yes!" An officer immediately went to convey the order.
A new round of artillery battle began again. On the dwarves' side, on the artillery position, the heavy 203mm city-breaking cannon produced by the dwarves roared. One after another, short-barreled mortars with high muzzles fired heavy shells.
Projected onto the enemy's position.
Although the range of such a huge artillery shell is very average, its power is truly amazing. Every time a shell explodes on the enemy's position, it shakes the ground.
The earth kicked up by the artillery shells shot up into the sky. In order to direct the artillery, the dwarves also used dozens of hot air balloons as aerial observation posts to correct the artillery's trajectory.
"There are too many bomb craters and the ground is muddy...the armored vehicles can no longer be used. It's a pity." Looking at the front lines of the enemy positions that had been riddled with holes, an officer said with regret.
"If it doesn't work, let the armored soldiers go up and try..." Next to him, another officer immediately offered suggestions.
The commander who heard their whispers immediately decided to send out armored soldiers who seemed to be useless. This was a special "unit" they prepared to break the formation.
Dwarf heavy infantry equipped with heavy armor, armored heavy infantry from the previous era specially prepared for melee combat in trench warfare.
They were equipped with heavy shields, long knives and axes, and wore heavy armor. They seemed to want to set off a wave of returning to ancient times in modern warfare.
As a result, this unit suffered heavy losses immediately after entering the battle, and at the same time, the battlefield losses of the Ice Empire increased from 1,500 to a terrifying 5,500...
All 4,000 soldiers were lost in just one charge, but their madness still shocked the defenders on the opposite side.
The other party really didn't understand why this honor guard-like unit appeared on the battlefield, and even had self-doubt and chaos.
As a result, the extremely annoyed senior commanders of the Ice Empire finally couldn't bear it and threw armored vehicles into the formation, and then sent two additional divisions of infantry to follow.
The farce began again. As soon as the Ice Empire's 100 armored vehicles were put into battle, one-third of them were paralyzed due to overloaded engines. The remaining vehicles began to fall into the mud on the battlefield.
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Some cars drove directly into the crater and rolled over because of the narrow field of vision, while some cars fell directly into the mud and were unable to move.
Finally, a few vehicles got close to the enemy's position, but were destroyed by brave enemy soldiers carrying grenades and turned into burning iron coffins.
However, although these armored vehicles suffered heavy losses, they ultimately played a role in attracting the enemy's attention and covering our infantry's approach to the enemy's trenches.
After a fierce attack all morning, it was almost noon, and the defenders' positions had been completely destroyed by artillery. The attacking infantry finally rushed into the trenches, and the two sides immediately started a brutal hand-to-hand battle.
The Ice Empire, which had an absolute advantage in terms of military strength, saw that something was going to happen, so they immediately put in their reserves and invested their troops crazily, hoping to expand the results as soon as possible.
Immediately afterwards, the rear was attacked by enemy airships, the arsenal was destroyed, and the news that the arsenal was paralyzed became the last straw for the defenders.
At noon that day, the border defense lines of this dwarf kingdom, which was close to the Ice Empire, collapsed. The Ice Empire army crossed the border and followed the broken troops into the hinterland of the kingdom.
