industrial lord

Chapter 210

The Dark Land is located in the north, the days are short and the nights are long, and the climate is cold. In addition to growing a barley with a short growth cycle, the local people mainly make a living by hunting and gathering.

The harsh living environment makes those who can survive there develop extremely tough personalities. The death of their companions is commonplace for them. down and shake.

Before the men had crossed the first ditch, Archduke Byrne gave the order to open fire.

There are many iron mines in the north, but the smelting and processing technology is relatively backward, but because of the rich fur resources, they have made achievements in leather armor processing, and the bullets quickly hit the leather armor inlaid with iron pieces.

The strong body shielded the pain, and some people jumped up and jumped over the 3-meter-wide trench and ran towards the bastion even though the holes in their bodies were bleeding continuously, until they lost too much blood and fell down or tripped over the barbed wire.

"Don't stop!" Grand Duke Byrne walked back and forth on the fence in the direction of the enemy's attack, "Fill out the bullets in the place where there are many people, and hand them over to the people behind!"

The revolver rifles they were equipped with had trouble reloading, so they fired one by one to keep the fire going.

Behind the mercenaries, the recruited farmers came up again carrying the planks, and ran to both sides as soon as they placed the planks on the trench.

Then came the heavy infantry in full plate armor, ready to cover the crossbowmen across the trench and approaching the bastion.

The tactics of the Danma Army were very clear. The mercenaries were used to attract firepower, the heavy infantry covered the crossbowmen and shot at the people on the wall, and the heavy infantry climbed the wall after the next wave of light infantry carried ladders and other equipment.

Grand Duke Byrne said to Bruce in the past: "The mines in the trench can be used."

Bruce immediately replied excitedly: "Wait until those tin cans are in their place!"

Archduke Byrne agreed.

The wooden boards used for shipbuilding are very strong. One end is placed on the ground, and the other end is placed on the slope opposite the trench. It is not a problem for one or two iron canned heavy infantry to walk up.

The problem is that "this face the enemy" is buried inside the slope, and the outside is covered with a thin layer of soil.

The wireless communication system in Wessen State was formerly Heinrich's remote control magic, which can be used to control landmines.

As soon as the heavy infantry came to the middle, Bruce switched on a row of switches on the controller.

The heavy rain of steel balls swept across the front of the trench again. The iron cans on the wooden boards were all ruined, and all those standing in the first row fell down.

Some steel balls flew high, flying over the heads of the heavy infantry, and killed the archers who only had leather armor behind them.

The mercenaries of the Danma army were out of touch with the follow-up troops. Although they bravely rushed to a place not far in front of the bastion, they were quickly focused on by the revolver rifles and all fell down.

The horn sounded, and the mage group and the small magic crystal cannon were dispatched at the same time, while more infantry pressed forward.

Gerhard said to Archduke Byrne: "Their commander-in-chief is not easy to deal with, and he doesn't hesitate to kill people."

Grand Duke Byrne said with a sneer: "That's because they thought they would definitely win by doing this, so they were willing to fill it in."

He turned to Bruce and said, "If the mage group wants to fill the trench, let them fill it, and attack immediately once it is filled."

Gerhard nodded slightly. He could hear that this man was experienced. The enemy magician would be a little tired and relaxed after filling the trenches, and the attack effect was the best at this time.

Bruce asked with some doubts: "You can blow them up now, why let them fill the trench?"

Grand Duke Byrne didn't have time to answer, so Gerhard said: "You know the benefits of defending the bridge, if the enemy only fills one or a few sections of trenches, we will know where they will come from, and focus on those places. Just do it."

"If we have to fill them all up and exhaust them, we won't lose money."

Bruce nodded, thinking that he was right. The mortars had been divided into shooting areas before the war, and it would be fine to concentrate the firepower on several areas.

The magicians started. Together with the magic crystal cannon, they bombarded and bombed the trench and the slope behind, opening a 50-meter-long opening.

In the middle of the bastion, 16 mortars are arranged in a diamond shape in groups of 4. They have compiled different shooting areas before the war. Just shoot in the reported area.

"Tabuster!" Someone in Danma's army saw more than a dozen black dots flying out of the bastion every few seconds, falling towards the position of the mage group and the magic crystal cannon.

Many people on the battlefield don't care about this. Apart from the first hit of the stone bomb thrown by the trebuchet, more damage comes from its beating and rolling on the ground.

This requires the stone bullet to have a relatively straight trajectory, so that it can have enough force to move laterally, otherwise it will just smash a hole in the ground.

Some courageous people saw the dark shadow flying towards them, not only were not nervous, they even took a few steps back lightly to get out of the way.

This time the shells are no longer filled with steel balls, but prefabricated fragmented cast iron shells are used, and they are also the shells with the most charges.

On the city wall, Gerhard saw human limbs constantly flying up in the area covered by 16 extremely rapid shots from 5 mortars, and even the magic crystal cannon was blown two or three meters high, and there was silence for a while. .

Grand Duke Bain immediately ordered to launch an attack on the magic crystal cannons further away, and their frames must be destroyed.

The opposing commander not only did not retreat after the precious heavy infantry suffered heavy casualties, but sent mage regiments and small magic crystal cannons. Maybe they would send large magic crystal cannons to launch an attack next. They had to beat the enemy's backhand first. Lose.

This time Bruce ordered to fire a training bomb to the magic crystal cannon parking area 900 meters away, and found that it was blown off by the wind, then adjusted the direction and fired another shell.

When the cannonballs were still flying in the sky, Archduke Byrne asked, "So few?"

He got the answer right away, and said in surprise, "It's actually a magic bullet!"

This magic cannonball hit the back of the magic crystal cannon parking area. The white fireball was two or three meters in diameter, and then exploded into a sky full of stars.

Tens of thousands of pure white magic flames fell within a radius of [-] meters, resembling the blooming edelweiss on a high mountain.

These flames stick to the surface of the object like snot, burning everything, even the elemental metal of the magic crystal cannon barrel is burnt pitted.

The billowing smoke and the howling running people caused the morale of the entire Danma army to drop, and finally withdrew the troops and returned to the camp.

Not only the bastion, but even the walls of Hanma City in the distance resounded with cheers.

Bruce laughed triumphantly, but the faces of the big men next to him were solemn.

"Let's eat tonight." The Grand Duke of Mainz finally spoke, "If there is no night attack in the middle of the night, tomorrow will be sad."

Archduke Byrne and Gerhard nodded together. The first day of the battle was like this, and the enmity between the two sides has grown. The Kingdom of Danma must have an account for today's huge loss.

Now even if they don't attack Hanma City, they must take down this bastion. Only in this way can the low morale be restored.

So for Danma Kingdom, the next battle must be won. As for failure, they never thought about it.

The next day, November 11th, there was more than an hour before dawn in the barracks of the Danma Army. The lights were brightly lit, and tens of thousands of people marched out of the barracks after having a hearty breakfast.

(End of this chapter)