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

In the headquarters of the Victoria Army, the steps of the officers were no longer as slow as before, and all began to become more hurried.

"how is the situation?"

"Sarkaz's artillery bombardment coincided with the handover between day combat troops and night troops, which caused a little problem in our front."

The officer said: "But there seemed to be good coordination between Sakaz and Carters, and they launched the attack at exactly this time."

After hearing the report from his subordinates, Harold quickly ordered: "Organize troop reinforcements as soon as possible! Carter's attack is not a big deal. The key is how did Sarkaz's artillery suddenly enter the city?"

They had observed the range of Sakaz's artillery fire and found that it could not reach the urban area. Otherwise, they would not have set up a resting place directly in the urban area. But what happened today?

The investigators on the side stood up and said, "After the artillery bombardment appeared, we conducted relevant investigations immediately. We found that Sakaz's drone warning range had been pushed forward a lot. It should be Sakaz's attack last night. Moved the entire position forward."

Chapter 237 Stereotypes

Move forward?Is Sakaz going to attack?

Harold did not dare to neglect this change and quickly informed Stafford.

Now in the city of Eureka, the noble army that was about to move back to give up the defense area was attacked by the Carters tribe, and the parliamentary troops who were about to take over the starting position of the attack were attacked by Sakaz's artillery fire.

At that time, it was the time when the soldiers were receiving breakfast. The entire unit was not deployed and suffered heavy losses under the attack of artillery fire. Therefore, it was unable to move to the front line in time, causing errors on the defense line.The bombardment of artillery shells coming from behind also affected the noble army, causing a chain reaction.

"These demons really deserve to die!"

Stafford was furious as he listened to reports of chaos from the front.He imagined how Sakaz should stabilize the situation when attacking their flank defenses, and also imagined how Sakaz could further concentrate his efforts to seize the city if he didn't care about Carters at all.

But what was surprising was that Sakaz actually just moved one step forward and used artillery fire to attack them!

"Harold, didn't you say that your troops have severely damaged Sakaz's artillery unit?"

All his assumptions were based on Harold telling him that Sarkaz's artillery was no longer a threat. Now that Sarkaz's cannon exploded, everything became a big joke.

Hearing Stafford's accusation, Harold did not speak because he did not dare to tell those second-generation people.But he spread out a few photos on the table.

"This was just sent in by our informant and was captured yesterday in Queensland."

The photo shows a Sakaz transport ship, and trucks are driving out of it one after another.

"Although these trucks look like they are transporting supplies, our informants have carefully observed the tire tracks and they should contain Sakaz artillery."

"You mean Sarkaz reinforcements are coming?"

"Yes. We have been too regular during this period, giving Sakaz an opportunity to launch a surprise attack."

Harold didn't actually know what was inside, but he had to find a way to get out of it first.

"In addition to artillery, Sakaz also sent a lot of soldiers."

Harold continued: "There is nothing to be afraid of from the Carters' attack. Sarkaz is the key!"

"You want to attack Sakaz's defenses?"

"Yes, but we only need to suppress their artillery so that they cannot interfere with our attack. As for Sakaz's defense... let's leave it to the professionals."

Stafford thought for a moment, and it seemed that there were undercurrents throughout the parliament.

He nodded in agreement with Harold's approach, and all the artillery of the Victoria army immediately focused on Sakaz.Sensing that something was wrong, the Sakaz artillerymen quickly withdrew all their infantry artillery.It was okay to tease the Victorians with hit-and-run tactics and make a small profit, but once they really got angry, they couldn't handle it.

"Victoria's artillery is really noisy."

Huddled in the new trench dug overnight, Sakaz's soldiers chatted to divert their attention. The shaking on the ground continued for a long time, and to be honest, it was quite uncomfortable.

In the reserve position two kilometers behind the trench, the division headquarters of the [-]st Experimental Division is set up here.

"Are all the artillerymen withdrawing?"

"Well, please rest assured, Commander, we have all been safely withdrawn."

"What about the drone unit? Are all the technical equipment functioning properly?"

"Don't worry, 500 weapon masters can immediately launch all operations as soon as a signal is given."

Hearing the reports from the artillery regiment commander and the drone unit, Manteuffel breathed a sigh of relief, "Everyone, today's artillery bombardment is just to show the Carters, so that they can regain their courage! The real battle will start from now on. Start late!”

.........

Under the red sunset, the entire Kazdaele was dyed with a warm tone.Staff from various work units and students from schools began to get off work and school one after another, and the streets were filled with people coming and going.

Some people were holding meals packed in the canteen, or holding their children while walking and chatting.Some children went home alone in groups of four or five, but when passing by the construction site, they were attracted by the excavator and stood there blankly.

Standing on the terrace of the palace, Teresica could have a panoramic view of everything peaceful and beautiful.

At this time, Shining came over and said, "Your Majesty, it's dinner time."

Teresica asked without moving.

"The Shining, how am I going to explain to these people in the future?"

"Your Majesty, what do you want to explain?"

"Explain why our soldiers, their brothers and sons, were sent to a foreign country to participate in a war that seems to have nothing to do with Kazdaele."

Tell them that Kazdaele can gain a lot of benefits by helping Carters become independent?

In doing so, Teresica was afraid of having a bad impact on ordinary people. It would be bad if she led them astray.

Contain the development of potential enemy countries?Exposure to Terra's high-intensity levels of warfare to provide experience for future military development?

It's no use.

Starting tonight, Kazdel's troops will officially intervene in the Carters War of Independence. The casualties are inevitable, and telling their families that these are all in vain.

"You're worrying too much."

Shining said calmly: "No one would think that you would harm Kazdaele."

"That's just now. There are still three hours until the operation starts, and everything has not started yet."

"Then... do you need me to inform Manfred so that he can convey the order to cancel the operation to Rem Billiton's troops?"

Shining said: "There is the latest shortwave radio station over there, you can talk to them directly."

There was silence on the palace terrace for a long time, and finally Teresica smiled helplessly.

"Forget it, let's just wait for the good news."

As the light disappears, it gets closer to 10 p.m.

The platoon commanders of each platoon pressed themselves down and trotted quickly in the trench. At the same time, they took out their eating spoons and lightly buckled the helmets of the soldiers in their platoon.

"Get ready, pull one by one!"

The Sarkaz artillery was weaker than the Victoria, but they were forced to leave the trenches to fight offensive battles due to necessity. If they went directly to the Victorias, they would go crazy.Teresica couldn't imagine such a situation. He flipped through all the combat reports page by page and finally found a gap in them.

That is, the Victorian troops almost never used artillery at night.

Their artillery shells had to be shipped from Victoria, and the artillery would accumulate a certain amount of error after continuous firing.It can be corrected during the day, but nothing is known at night. In addition, there are trenches in Sakaz, the effect of artillery bombardment is greatly weakened, and it is very easy to cause a waste of ammunition.

So he proposed to Manfred that the troops advance and build fortifications at night, and rely on trenches for defense during the day. This way they can avoid Victoria's artillery fire and turn the attack into a mobile defensive battle.

Manfred believed it was feasible. Last night's action was a rehearsal and at the same time brought him closer to the final goal.

Tonight, the soldiers of the [-]st Experimental Division would make a long move forward, digging trenches near the east side of the city, right under the eyes of the Victorians.Artillery positions could also be moved forward to bring the entire Victoria-controlled area within range.

With the faint light, the platoon leader watched the second hand move to the position little by little, and he immediately patted the people around him.

"go!"

The platoon commanders of each platoon were the first to climb out of the trenches, and then the soldiers climbed out one by one and disappeared into the night.

Chapter 238 Equal Opponent

"stop!"

The platoon leader lowered his voice and shouted, and the soldiers beside him immediately passed them to the side one by one.

"Did everyone hear the drone?"

"heard it."

The soldiers responded one by one, and there was a buzzing sound above their heads.

"Okay, dig a trench!"

Everyone took off their belongings, placed their weapons within reach of their arms, then gripped their weapons shovels and started shoveling the soil with all their strength.

Climbing several kilometers to a designated location in the dark night without much light, it is difficult for a person to grasp the position, let alone a large-scale army.

After Teresica proposed the general combat design, all Manfred had to do was to feasibly implement its specific implementation steps.

In the absence of night vision equipment from Earth's side, he found an alternative: drones.

Except for Kazdel, who is currently researching a new layout of aircraft, Terra's drones are basically multi-rotor drones. Although they look no different from those on Earth, they can still fly in a world with such a flight control system. , because there is an Origin Stone skill circuit in it.

It projects the physical sensation of the operator onto the drone, uses human spatial response to sense the attitude of the aircraft, and converts it into electronic signals to complete the locking of the drone's head and tail direction, the stabilization of the flight attitude, and the orientation outside the naked eye. Sure.

But this also means that Terra's drones can only be controlled by specialized weapon masters, and this Source Stone skill circuit puts a lot of pressure on the masters, so the control and image observation of the drone in the general direction , it still has to be completed by the wireless signal of the controller.

But this doesn't matter to Manfred, he only needs to use it to complete distance determination.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to cover the retreat of the vehicle-mounted infantry artillery, the drone unit's weapon master completed the position determination when there was light during the day.Then hundreds of drones were dispatched at night, forming a suspended finish line at low altitude.

"Reconnaissance camp, follow me!"

While the ordinary soldiers stopped and dug hard, the reconnaissance battalion commanders continued to move forward with his men.At this moment, the entire army's combat capability is at its weakest, and they must go forward to establish a cordon.

Originally, this was not the mission of the scouts. Their main mission was to collect enemy intelligence and test the effects of long-range strikes and other non-attack tasks.However, this place is only a few kilometers away from the Victorian camp, and there is almost no light. Ordinary soldiers cannot perform tasks as meticulously as the scouts in this situation. I am afraid that traces will be left to expose the entire operation, so the scouts have to do it. Perform a combat alert.

In the dark night, the soldiers of the Sakaz Reconnaissance Battalion spread out and crawled forward. After professional training, they knew how to approach the target silently.

But at this moment, a shadow of the Sakaz tribe walked over.

This caused the surrounding soldiers to turn around blankly. Which company is this idiot?What if the enemy hears the movement while running like this?

The two soldiers saw the signal from their company commander, got up and hunched over and chased after him. They wanted to stop the soldier's behavior. Maybe he was frightened in the dark environment.

"Hey! What's wrong with you?!"

The person who was running a little faster rushed forward and stopped directly in front of him, "Stop quickly, if you are disturbed..."

【Pfft——】

Scout Sakaz fell to the ground with an expression of disbelief on his face. This scene also stunned the man who was slightly behind.

"you……"

The man stabbed him with a blood-stained dagger without hesitation. The Sakaz scout immediately raised his crossbow and pulled the trigger.

The flying arrows caused him to stop in his steps and move aside.The Sakaz scout did not take advantage of this moment to attack. Instead, he took out his magazine and threw it back.

The strange movement attracted a lot of attention from the surroundings, but when the nearby Sakaz scouts looked over for the first time, they couldn't help but be stunned.

Sakaz... and Sakaz... are fighting together?

"call out!"

A whistle came from the other direction, and the Sakaz scouts discovered that some figures appeared in front of them, and they looked like Sakaz.But this time the scouts noticed that these people had Victoria's coat of arms vaguely painted on their chests.

"We've been discovered!" (Victorian)

"Damn it! They are the enemy!" (Sarkaz's language)

The scout company commander immediately touched the explosive arrows on his waist, but then let go, fixed the bayonet on the individual crossbow, and was the first to meet them.

"Follow me! Stop them!"

A sudden encounter broke out. Neither side expected to encounter the enemy here.

A Victoria Sakaz tried to throw a grenade, but was shot directly through the head by a crossbow bolt from Kazdare's Sakaz.The Sakaz scout next to him was also hit by Victoria Sakaz, fell to the ground and had his neck cut open.

This time, the person fighting in close combat was Sarkaz, who was originally from the same race, and the advantage of Kazdel's troops suddenly disappeared.

The company commander rushed up to a Sakaz who was wearing Victoria armor. He kicked him and staggered him. At the same time, he quickly got up close and stabbed the man's neck with the bayonet stuck on the crossbow. neck.

"what--"

With a cry of pain, the reconnaissance company commander ignored him and stepped on his body, pulling out his bayonet.

'The protection of these Victoria troops is really good. '

The company commander was breathing heavily. He was not in a hurry to find the next target, but tried his best to keep his eyes open and observe the surrounding situation.

The Victoria force that was fighting against them was not large in number, but they did not see Felin, and they were still wearing Victoria's armor. This gave them, the scouts in the Kazdaele force, only a numerical advantage.