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Chapter 1161 1159. The front line is rushing forward while the logistics department uses the traditional art of cursing!

Pharaoh Pilig's stable mood did not last long.

Because his grasp of the changes in the situation proved to be a mess, the direction of events was completely beyond the control of the rebellious Pharaoh by the afternoon of the second day. Especially when Qin Ye's main force and the bombing formation from the Port of Origin arrived almost at the same time, the players had almost no rest and began to assault the Pirrig Oasis under the command of Lao Qin.

As mentioned before, the Land of Origin is vast, with a large oasis equivalent to the size of a province in other kingdoms. The Pilig family is one of the most powerful families in the Pilgrim family system. There are seven cities with a population of over 100,000 in its oasis alone, and small towns are scattered all over the place.

If it were not for the fact that it is distributed in a vast sea of ​​sand and is not connected to other areas, such terrain cannot be called an oasis.

To complete the final blow to the Prilig family in such a huge area within the remaining few days, the speed of advancement alone is an extremely demanding challenge, but fortunately, Lao Qin already has all the conditions for a quick assault.

The number of armed airships coming from the Port of Origin reached 42, and the extra seven were modified airships that Perfect Shipping Company urgently rented from the Port of Shardo.

When they flew over the Strait of Castilla, they were already loaded with supplies to support the war. It was obvious that Captain Paula, who had made a fortune from the war, had suffered from "path dependence."

She was eager to bring her successful experience to the suppression of the rebellion in the Songhai Empire, and at the same time obtain a long-term contract from Queen Fulier for her semi-mercenary armed shipping company.

The 42 airships were divided into two groups by Qin Ye. Twelve small airships loaded with explosives went to the small cities on both sides of the player's advancement route to carry out air strikes to block the interference of reinforcements. The remaining 12 airships advanced forward in five formations following the ground army, advancing towards the main city where Pharaoh Pirig was located via almost the shortest route.

Along the way, players have to break through three fortresses before they can reach the core area of ​​the Great Oasis.

The configuration of the ground corps is even more luxurious.

The 40 brand-new dragoons shipped from the Port of Origin joined the 25 remaining dragoons that had participated in the battle in the Holy Land of Origin. They were fully loaded with all kinds of deadly firepower and galloped across the oasis at the fastest speed. The black smoke they raised when moving formed a magnificent smoke screen.

Players ride on airships and war-spec scarab vehicles, and some "mobile troops" ride on motorcycles made in the Halfling Factory.

Well, that classic "Baga" motorcycle with a sidecar.

In a very classic design style, a squad light machine gun designed by the bosses of the Transian Arsenal is placed on the sidecar, and there is also a supply box full of Panzerfaust missiles and machine gun bullets at the back.

This thing combines firepower and mobility, and is mainly driven by newbies with poor offensive capabilities.

The scarab vehicles have also been modified. The most noticeable thing is that there is a machine gun point on top of each carriage, but the weapons mounted on them are not individual weapons such as light machine guns.

The classic M2 heavy machine gun replica is fixed on the carriage, with the front and rear guns responsible for firing in two directions. The crew compartment also has a cover for defense, and ordinary players are selected to operate it. The lethality of the dedicated gold armor-piercing shells of this thing can open the skull of the bugbear at medium and long distances, and the close-range concentrated shooting can even make the trolls pay the price.

But what made Master Qin most happy was not these small changes, but the "artillery" placed at the end of the marching column.

Those were real towed field cannons, not the mortars used by players. These gods of war, designed by the big guys in the arsenal and processed by the halfling factories at full capacity, had a cold light shining on their shells, and the gun barrels piercing the sky were like sharp swords being unsheathed.

120 towed cannons using incendiary gold grenades were also towed by scarabs. This was the only thing that made Master Qin feel regretful.

The Winterwind Vehicle Factory has begun producing real internal combustion engine military trucks. Unfortunately, the production capacity of Port Shardor has been divided up by weapons production, resulting in not enough vehicles available for players to use.

But this small flaw will not affect the progress of this war.

After racing for two hours along the edge of the Pirrig Oasis towards its main city, and relying on the charge of the player's winged cavalry to easily crush three small troops that tried to block the way, Master Qin and his legion finally arrived in front of the first fortress.

This militarized fortress city controls the terrain and there is no way to circumvent it.

"The assault will begin in ten minutes!"

On the airship where the headquarters was located, Lao Qin put down his telescope and ordered the air force commanders "Bean Milk White Dao" and "Seraque Fanta" behind him:

"You command the first and second formations of armed airships to carry out the first round of bombing. The first formation will bomb the city walls and destroy those melta cannons. The second formation will target the military camp in the city. You have enough ammunition for four rounds of bombing, and my request is, don't leave any!

All the bombs will go in!"

"Master Qin, most of the bombs loaded on the airship are incendiary bombs!"

Serakfinda whispered:

"If a large area is burned, there are still civilians in this city."

"you shut up!"

Before Lao Qin could speak, Doujiangbai, a well-known hawkish player, spoke first.

This guy winked at Serak, who always couldn't bear to be ruthless, and scolded:

"If you can't do it, go and take care of the logistics airship formation. There are commanders willing to give orders! We sent messengers to ask them to surrender, but they refused, didn't they?"

Mr. Qin ignored Serak's question.

He checked the time on the ship's chronometer and said:
"The action will begin in ten minutes! After the three rounds of bombing, Major Serak Fenda will command the empty airship to return to the rear to replenish ammunition. Any other questions?"

"That's it! Make sure you complete the mission!"

Doujiangbaidao saluted quickly and left the command cabin with a gloomy expression on his face.

Ten minutes later, as the first incendiary bomb whizzed down on the fortress wall, scorching flames bloomed on the Pirrig Oasis like a cruel flower.

While the airstrike was going on, the artillery of the ground forces also began the first round of correction shooting. 120 field guns were deployed in front of the front line. Every five guns were commanded by a "domestic" series staff officer, and were operated by players with the two professions of "Iron Barrel Boy" and "Bang Bang Boss".

Most of them are encountering this kind of thing for the first time, but these field guns have been "localized" and have calculation beads to assist in shooting to calculate the landing point. All players need to do is to make adjustments based on the error and complete manual loading.

Therefore, soon, during the second round of salvos, most of the players operating the artillery were able to complete the operation in a professional manner.

"Fire!"

The old Qing soldier waved the command flag in his hand fiercely downwards. After a deafening thunder, the golden-tipped shells fired like iron rain hit the burning city wall in front. These shells also had Transian "traditional skills" and were equipped with buzzers, which made them emit sharp hisses like the sound of hell when they fell.

At this time, the airship formation had already begun to carry out blanket bombing on military camps in the city and all areas where large-scale military mobilizations occurred.

Looking from a high altitude perspective, Lao Qin could clearly see that most of the soldiers moving on the ground were souls from the underworld.

"You guessed it right, Mr. Qin."

The adjutant beside him sighed and said:
"The Pilig family has indeed secretly mobilized the Hades army. They know that they cannot win this battle with the quality of their living army."

"It doesn't matter. No matter who the enemy ahead is, they must be defeated."

Lao Qin said expressionlessly:

"Order the artillery to bombard the city again! Then airdrop ten power armor knights into the city wall to clear out the defenders. Order the mechanical vanguard to prepare for the siege, tear down the city gates, break into the city, and demolish all the buildings that block the marching route.

During the entire process, anyone who attacks us will be considered an enemy.

The players behind are ready to pass through the fortress quickly. Do not stop and start a forced march for the next six hours! They must reach the vicinity of the second fortress before lunch.

The second siege began in the evening!

Send orders to Her Majesty Fulier's loyal soldiers to come and take over the fortress after we pass."

"Yes!"

Five pairs of wheels turned around to convey the order.

When ten power armor knights jumped off the airship and landed on the still burning city wall, the mechanical warriors who were ready for close combat quickly sent back the message.

"There are no living people on the city wall. Even the undead have been burned to death. This damn place smells just like hell. In addition, we found that there are still some usable melta cannons on the city wall. Do we need to remove them to supplement our firepower?"

"Yes!" Facing the message sent back from below, the staff officer immediately responded:

"After dropping bombs, the airships will return to the rear to replenish ammunition, and these high-value items will be sent back to the rear. The bosses of the Transian Arsenal are also improving the weapon system of the dragoons. The melta cannon can be used to replace the bulky gunpowder weapons.

Retrieving a complete melta cannon counts as 10 military merit points.

But don't waste time. If you can't dismantle it, just leave it there. Friendly forces will be responsible for retrieving it later.

Wait a minute, new orders are coming!

There are three Death Colossi moving ahead of you at the seven o'clock direction. It seems that they are preparing to block our dragoons. The commander orders you to break into the city immediately and eliminate the blocking threat!
Call ended!"

As the power armor knights changed direction and charged towards the city, and the airships in the sky dropped more power armor to the ground to break through obstacles, the artillery on the ground finally stopped roaring, and as the dragoon phalanx began to advance forward, the players who had been waiting to enter finally became excited.

"Brothers, follow the dragoons!"

A newbie standing in the truck bed was waving his weapon excitedly, but was pulled back into the truck bed by the driver next to him. The driver, wearing a helmet, cursed loudly:
"Are you going to die? Put on your helmet and hold your machine gun! Since we haven't been ordered to fight in the streets, just sit still in the cage!"

"what?"

This newbie complained with disappointment:
"Then why are we still playing? The enemies were all burned to death by the airships, and we can't even get any kill points. Tsk, the gaming experience is extremely bad."

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As soon as he finished speaking, a prompt popped up on the UI interface of all players:
[Pirrig Oasis Assault: The first line of defense gate was breached! The enemy was completely destroyed, and our side had no casualties! All participating players' military merit points increased by 10! ]

"Look, this is the gaming experience you want."

Ouni snorted, twisted the handlebars to make his motorcycle move coquettishly to catch up with the main group, and explained to the newbie who was sitting obediently in the motorcycle bed with the tone of an experienced person:

"This is how a legion-level battle is fought, just like when we were at Black Flame Pass. Achieving tactical goals is more important than killing as many enemies as possible. The General Staff makes plans, and the players who receive the missions do the work.

Don’t think that it’s easy and fun to attack now. This thing will always get harder and harder as time goes on. When you enter the main city of Pirrig, you will have the opportunity to fight in the streets. Just don’t complain about being tired then.”

"Ow."

The newbie nodded obediently. He held the machine gun on the truck bed cautiously and asked curiously:

"Brother Ni, what's the use of these military merit points?"

"Upgrade your military rank."

Vomit sauce explained:

"Every time you upgrade your military rank, you can exchange it for corresponding equipment or consumables at the People's Army Logistics Department. For example, good stuff like Iron Fist missiles could be bought and sold before, but now they are all provided by the Logistics Department. If you want them, you have to exchange them with military merits.

Alas, now that the system is established, although it is formal, it does not have the freedom we had in the beginning. Damn!
There is someone next to you!

Shoot now! "

Ounijiang screamed, and the newbie in the truck immediately adjusted the direction of his shooting in a panic, firing several shots at the outside of a room that was being demolished by the dragoons beside the road. It was not known whether he hit anyone or not, but the noise over there soon quieted down under the trampling of the dragoons.

The players passed through this silent and noisy fortress city so quickly. Most people didn't even fire a shot in this battle, but the feeling of winning in a large group is always different from fighting alone with personal bravery.

Although it lacks some of the legendary heroic bravery, this collective victory is obviously more real.

Especially those newbies sitting on the troop carrier.

Holding their weapons, they looked at the burning skeletons in the demolished ruins on both sides of the street. The undead corpses that were burned into strange postures represented a small underworld army that had just been destroyed by them with skyfire and artillery shells. This was not the scene of fighting against the sea of ​​undead that they had imagined.

"Master Qin, there are traces of Hades Army activity 30 kilometers ahead. They must have sensed our attack on the fortress. They are marching in the wilderness and appear to be preparing to stop us."

The commander of the reconnaissance unit, Yan Sang, sent a message from another airship saying:
"The enemy has a large number of people. It is estimated that the number of enemies should be more than 50,000, but their formation has not yet been deployed."

"What about the enemy's air defenses?"

Lao Qin asked, and Yan Sang replied:
"There is no air defense except for a few Bone Vulture Knights and Dead Bone Birds."

"Ah."

Master Qin responded, and then gave orders to the airship formation:
"The third and fourth bombing squadrons will immediately move forward 30 kilometers. Our reconnaissance division will assign you a direction! The enemy has about 50,000 troops marching in a densely packed manner and has no air defense. How long will it take you to deal with them?"

"Based on the excellent killing power of incendiary bombs on the undead and the explosion and burning range of the improved aerial bombs, it will take about thirty minutes, Master Qin."

Doujiang Baidao replied after a few seconds of calculation:
"If special ammunition is allowed to be used, the time will be even shorter."

"The new ones are experimental fuel-air explosive bombs made using alchemy!"

Master Qin shook his head and said:
"That thing is not very stable and is not used to attack the undead. Its lethality in open areas is not as strong as you think. Use incendiary bombs, and white phosphorus bombs if necessary. There is no need to annihilate the enemy. As long as it does not affect the players' rapid passage, defeating them is also an acceptable result."

"Got it! Act now."

Doujiangbai responded.

So when the players quickly marched to that area, what they saw was a land ravaged by fire, with countless corpses lying in the darkness. Many skeletal war scorpions and huge undead structures were still burning after falling down, like some kind of "war art".

After seeing the Transian army appear, a group of crazy Hades Knights roared and drove their bodies that remained in the flames to attack the army, but with the ruthless trampling of the dragon cavalry formation, the undead warriors of the Pirig family were ultimately unable to harm any player.

In the evening of the same day, Lao Qin's army successfully arrived at the second fortress of the Pirig Oasis and passed through quickly after two hours of fighting. The entire army was unharmed.

The price was that the airship formation's explosives had been used up and more than half of the artillery shells used for the march had been consumed.

When this news reached Prince Khufu, who felt that he had grown up to be calm enough, he immediately jumped up and cursed:

"Are those foreigners crazy? These explosives and ammunition are enough for our army to use for several years! They used them up in one day. How can this method of killing the enemy with explosives be glorious?

Those crazy people!

Damn!

Are they planning to firebomb the entire Pirrig Oasis?"

Khufu's anger was understandable.

Because he is the logistics director of this war, which means he has to find a way to raise funds for Lao Qin's expenses at the front and it cannot affect the progress of the war on the front line.

"Your Highness, Colonel Qin needs supplies."

The chief guard, Sannick, whispered:
"He asked us to prepare at least enough explosives for another round of delivery within three days, but the production line at Origin Port is already running at full capacity. Even with the replenishment from Shardo Port across the strait, there is still a gap of one-third."

"Are the incendiary bombs used by the Transians complicated to make?"

Khufu asked, and the chief guard shook his head and said:

"It's not complicated. Apart from the need for gold, the rest of the production process can be met by the Undead Production Line in the Holy Moon City."

"Then mobilize the production lines in the Moon Holy City and start full production to meet the needs of the war."

Khufu said decisively:

"Also invite the commander of the Hades Army to come and observe the battlefield. I think they will be interested in this method of warfare. Although it does not seem to have much technical content, if we can really win the battle with artillery shells and explosives, it will be the most efficient method of warfare for the empire."

(End of this chapter)