We are in Terra and there is no book to read.

"These Sakaz are really different!"

"However, this small force should not have artillery. Judging from the intelligence on the Laika War, Kazdare's artillery is still very weak."

"Then our artillery is up? Once in place, let our artillery fire to cover! No need to set up artillery positions! Just attack!"

Officer Victoria deliberated for a while and ordered the rear artillery to fire. A moment later, a silent roar came from the sky, and the Sakaz camp was suddenly enveloped by an explosion.

Seeing the Sakaz hiding in hiding after being blown up, the Victoria shooters shouted excitedly, and the officer quickly ordered to continue shooting.

This time Sakaz did not respond to the challenge, but set fire to it and retreated quickly.

Seeing that the enemy was about to run away, the Victoria officers ordered the military musicians to beat the drums rapidly, and all the Victoria soldiers immediately began to charge.

"Soldiers! Don't be afraid! Sarkaz is just like that. They will be scared, get hurt, and have to eat!"

Officer Victoria, who led the soldiers into the camp, kicked over a pot that was boiling water. Next to it was a chopping board with uncut dried meat.

Looking at the discarded armor, piles of burning tents and food, as well as this simple camp with basically only wooden fences and piles of wood next to it, the officers quickly came to a gratifying conclusion.

'These Sakaz should not be the combat troops of the demon clan!The fruit is soft and can be pinched! '

"Catch them! Eat them and see if you can catch a few alive."

Hearing the officers' words, the soldiers also became excited.They had just been tortured enough, and they immediately witnessed the scene of themselves defeating Sakaz, and now the excitement was officially over.

"This is Sarkaz, a demon! If you capture one alive, will I be nicknamed a demon hunter?"

"I can brag about it for several years now! My grandfather's grandfather's grandfather fought with Sakaz!"

The Victoria soldiers, who wanted to capture a Sakaz alive and restore the glory of their ancestors, rushed forward. The neat military formation gradually disappeared, and the soldiers crowded into a huge group and turned into a dense charge.

The Sakaz soldiers who retreated from the camp ignored the movement behind them and just kept running forward. When they encountered a small slope, they jumped over it with all their strength.

In the eyes of the Victorians, this was a sign of fear of falling behind and escaping for their lives. However, if you look down from an altitude of tens of meters, you will find that the slope is actually a ravine, and there are a large number of Sakaz soldiers lying in it.

Listening to the sound of footsteps getting closer, Officer Sakaz in the trench shouted loudly with all his strength.

"Shoot me!"

At this moment, all the Sakaz soldiers stood up and pointed their individual crossbows at the eye-catching enemy in front of them.The Victorian, who was running out of breath, had puzzled eyes.

'Why is Sakaz the president of Tuli? '

The terror of a large number of semi-automatic crossbows firing at once was revealed at this time.Before the Victoria soldiers raised their crossbows to take aim, arrows fell into the dense crowd like raindrops.

The Victoria soldiers, who were lagging behind others because of lack of physical strength, were still worried that they would not get the credit.But now they just want to be glad that they didn't run so fast, because there is no one standing in front of them.

In an instant, all the people in Wuyangyang were gone. Even Victoria's officers could not react immediately. They only reacted instinctively, either by ordering or by themselves, and let the military musicians knock out the "Reorganization" Queue commands.

The Victoria soldiers who were still charging forward immediately stopped their cars and reorganized their formation.But their faces were still full of sadness.

Because they had already run into the range of the individual crossbows, and they could only see a small head of the Sakaz people. Comparing the two sides... standing in the wind and sand was like running naked.

Chapter 221 The Invisible Line of Defense

Our own people stood on the ground, while most of the enemy's bodies were hidden in the soil.

Faced with this situation, Victoria's officers were slightly confused for a moment, but then they still showed the qualities that a powerful military country should have.

"Everyone squat down! Don't just stand there!"

Victoria's officers began to pull the soldiers down one by one.

On a crisis-ridden battlefield, especially during a battle like this, every soldier is actually highly nervous.Anyone who wasn't a battle-hardened veteran would be acting dazed and foolish at this moment, so the officers had to take matters into their own hands.

While ordering the soldiers to lower themselves, Victoria's officers were also contacting the rear.

"Artillery! You're so quick to fire!"

"...School shooting? There are arrows all over my head. How can I poke my head out to watch the school shooting?! Extend the shelling position 1000 meters due north, and then cover the entire area with firepower! Quick!"

The dull whistling in the sky was approaching, and the movements of the Sakaz soldiers almost started at the same time as the officers' shouts.

"The shells are coming!"

All the Sakaz in the trench were lying prone, waiting quietly for Victoria's shells.

【boom--】

【boom--】

【boom--】

There were huge noises and vibrations, one after another.

When training in Kazdale, Master Manteuffel specially adjusted the layout of the training ground so that they could hear this sound and feel this vibration every day.

Although the movement was not that big, they did not feel any discomfort.

Seeing their forward positions shrouded in smoke and dust, the Sakaz artillerymen lamented that Victoria's artillery shells were indeed powerful, and at the same time began to show their presence.

More than 50 mortars opened fire together, targeting hundreds of Victorian soldiers in the desert.

When everything stopped, the Sakaz soldiers stood up cautiously. After confirming that there was no danger, they began to check their comrades around them.

After a while, a burst of cheers broke out in the camp.

Last time, more than 40 Victoria crossbowmen almost disabled one of their infantry battalions.Today Victoria's ballistae and artillery fire only caused 1 death and 4 injuries to them!

The battle situation was reported to Manteuffel. At this moment, he was reading in detail the report of the officer stationed in the camp on the close observation of Victoria's troops.

"Division Commander, just now the artillery fire covered our side with 1 dead and 4 wounded, and the camp over there 7 dead and 9 wounded. However, all the wounded soldiers have been rescued, and they can return to the battle order after a day's rest."

Manteuffel nodded and asked, "Are there any trophies?"

"The Victorians did not leave any valuable loot behind. They should have started to retreat when our mortars opened fire."

Upon hearing this answer, a trace of regret flashed across Manteuffel's face.

Originally, the camp was used to test the strength of Victoria's regular troops, defend it for a while and then retreat, while attracting the Victorians to invade in order to obtain various trophies.Unexpectedly, they were exposed too early, and the camp was attacked by the Victorians before it was fully constructed.

However, he was relieved. War was full of surprises.

"Forget it, we have won a small victory anyway. Let's report the situation here to Kazdel."

.........

Victoria's Army, Duke of Stafford's Command.

After Stafford took a look at the report placed in front of him, he almost wanted to ask the person who wrote the report if he made a mistake.

1000 people plus an artillery unit went to attack an unbuilt camp, and more than 50 people were killed and more than 200 injured!The artillery also destroyed more than 150 artillery shells!

He didn't feel sad when the crossbowman died. These people could complete basic training in one month, and they were already quite skilled marksmen in three months.There are as many as you want in the country!

But these cannonballs are precious military source stone reserves in his territory!And they even spent money to transport it to the distant Rem Billiton!

"Can anyone explain to me why?"

After hearing his question, an officer stood up and said, "Your Majesty Duke, after we broke through the simple camp, we wanted to chase the Sakaz deserters and capture a few alive, but we didn't expect that the Sakaz people were still behind their camp. A defense line was built.”

"The defense line is built behind the camp?"

Stafford frowned, "The drone didn't capture it?"

"Not really."

The officer in charge of the investigation stood up. Upon hearing this answer, Stafford motioned to the commander of today's attack.

"Continue. How could a line of defense cause so many casualties? Did you attack by force?"

"Yes, Your Majesty the Duke, I stormed Sakaz's defense line."

Staring at the idiotic looks of everyone present, he said: "Without the knowledge of myself or all my subordinates, we stormed Sakaz's defense line."

"What's going on?" Stafford vaguely realized that something was wrong.

"Sarkaz's defense line is an invisible line of defense. Instead of building bunkers on the ground, they dug deep pits or ravines downwards. Anyway, they hid themselves under the surface in this way. We didn't see it, so we rushed forward. First we were shot by them with crossbows, and then they also took out mortars like Ursus's. The Sakaz troops who entered Rem Billiton were by no means a small force! "

After hearing his words, the officers present looked at each other in confusion. Is there anyone who builds a defensive line like this?

"This is indeed a clever method. Our ballistae can't shoot through the ground!"

Stafford pondered for a while. After fighting for most of his life, he quickly figured out the key points.

"With so many shells fired, Sakaz must have suffered a lot of casualties. He destroyed a camp and brought us Sakaz's information. You have worked so hard and you can rest."

Stafford stood up and patted his shoulder, telling him not to worry.Then he turned to look at his staff.

"The parliamentary troops will be here tomorrow. We are friendly forces and we cannot not report it without reporting it. But what should we say?"

"This is simple, Lord Duke."

One person said: "Tell them the truth. We destroyed a Sakaz camp and then underestimated the enemy and suffered a lot of losses. However, the loss was caused by hitting the enemy's defense line and the commander's mistakes."

Everyone present laughed, and Stafford nodded with satisfaction.

"Go ahead and tell them that."

Early the next morning, Victoria's shells sent greetings to the Sakaz, and continued for half an hour before stopping.

Immediately afterwards, Victoria's music sounded on the battlefield, and the Sakaz soldiers huddled in the gun cave immediately reentered their positions.

They cautiously poked their heads out and found that Victoria's soldiers were still walking towards them with their chests held high and their heads held high.

This made the Sakaz soldiers confused.

'Didn't they learn to lower their height yesterday?Why can't you do it again today? '

Chapter 222 Carters: Sakaz and I together gave the Victorians a huge headache

Something's wrong!Something is very wrong with Sakaz on the opposite side!

Harold, the commander of the Victoria Parliamentary Forces, was dumbfounded when he saw the report from the front line.

They referred to the combat report provided by Duke Stafford and poured artillery shells on the area where the Sakaz defense line was located for half an hour.

And considering that Sakaz also began to use long-range weapons on a large scale, they calculated the time when the artillery fired and ordered the infantry to advance simultaneously.It wasn't until the troops advanced to less than 100 meters away from Sakaz, a distance that could be climbed in a sprint, that they stopped.

And then...their losses were greater than Duke Stafford's!

100 meters is the effective killing range of a crossbow. Even if Victoria's soldiers are protected from cutting fibers, they will lose the ability to move due to deep wounds if they are shot.

At this time, they could only lie on the ground, waiting for Sakaz's mortars and positional spells to fall, blowing them up high and scattering them in all directions.

Seeing this situation, Victoria's officers wanted to order the artillery to reopen fire to suppress the enemy's attack, and then retreat quickly.But Manteuffel summarized his observations of the Victorian army and was interested in the additional military musicians attached to the Victorian army.

After convening a meeting with staff officers and some non-commissioned officers with experience in fighting with Victoria, they agreed that these military musicians should be Victoria's battlefield messengers!

Therefore, Manteuffel specifically ordered the hunters to use long-range crossbows equipped with optical sights to focus on these people and kill them.

All of a sudden, the order transmission of the entire Victory army was interrupted. The officers could only shout loudly for the soldiers to retreat, but how many people could hear it amidst the sound of cannons?How long will it take for it to spread to the entire army?

In short, they missed the best opportunity to retreat. After their own artillery fire ceased, they ushered in the second round of Sakaz's attack.

The 8000-strong offensive force even included Victoria Grenadiers in order to quickly break through the defense line.More than 300 people died and more than 1000 were slightly or seriously injured.The wounded soldiers were safely evacuated and expected to return to combat order one week later, but the bodies of the fallen soldiers could only be left in the desert.

The corpses were a small matter, but the armor worn by the soldiers and the grenades of the grenadiers were the real trouble when these things were left there!

"What's going on!"

No one was in the mood to care about the missing adjectives in the intelligence provided by Duke Stafford. The commanders, artillery and infantry of the parliamentary forces were all confused.Sakaz's defense line can't be seen but is definitely there, and they bombed it twice. How come there are still people alive?There is no sign of any weakening in the intensity of the counterattack.

This situation has never happened before. Even if Ursus' infantry defense line is bombarded by them for two rounds, there will be problems. How come Sakaz seems to be fine.

Listening to everyone's annoyance, the officers of the Victoria Investigation Force were also helpless. Sakaz was very reluctant to use drones, so he just used a one-for-one method to block their drones from the investigation range.

"How about we ask for fleet support from the country? Excluding the local security in Rem Billiton, plus the Duke of Stafford, we actually only have four divisions with an offensive force of just over 6. In the past, it was more than enough to deal with Carters. But now Sakaz is here.”

"You need battleship support? How much does it cost to send a battleship here? Have you calculated it? The cost of fuel, ammunition, and parts wear and tear is too great."

Harold responded to his subordinates' suggestions, but as he spoke, he wrote a letter himself, asking the Parliament to send support, specifically mentioning battleships.

If he can fight an easy battle, then it is naturally better to fight an easy battle. He is not responsible for the military expenses anyway.Moreover, except for him, who was forced to take the lead, the parliamentary troops who came here were all second-generation soldiers. I believe that the parliament would not be too stingy.

After personally sending the messenger out of the headquarters, Harold turned to look at his subordinates, "Sir, before support arrives, we still have to attack on our own. Use your brains! Our enemy now is a demon!"

Victoria's excellent military training school is still very useful. Although it may not teach any war geniuses, it can effectively ensure that the lower limit of the command class is not too low.

With Harold's intervention, they corrected their mentality, adjusted their deployment, and rearranged their attack. Continuous shells fell on Sakaz's position again.

"Today these films are really good, they actually called us again."

As soon as Victoria's artillery fire stopped, the soldiers of the [-]st Experimental Division stood up and prepared to fight, but this time the Victorias came up with something new.