Tomorrow's Ark, the journey of hardcore and ruthless people

Kelly opened her mouth, but said nothing.

"Please forgive me for being simple and rude. But in this case, I can't waste my saliva politely. I know that you hope to gain enough weight in the battle of kings, but I don't see any benefits. What we want, a mere country can’t give it even if it loses its wealth! We only look at whether there are factors that are conducive to our ideals—you can also call it ambitions. As for more things, we will talk about them later, please don’t bother my war.

As Command said, he turned and walked to the periscope: "Guards! See off the guests immediately after the shelling is over!"

Frost Star replied loudly, "Understood!", and at the same time glanced at the Babel duo sullenly.

Kelsey's good student seemed dissatisfied with what happened to him, but he didn't attack.Kelsey didn't have time to take care of this, but just looked at the command post calmly.

A small number of staff officers work beside the prefabricated walls of concrete and steel, or wearing headphones, or pointing at maps, or facing confusing equipment.There was no noise in the environment except for the sound of shell explosions. Only a staff officer from the People's Federation reported to Comand about the casualties of various troops from time to time.

"The enemy artillery has really worked hard," Comand said solemnly.

"Yeah, 5.00% of the overall function loss to the defense line is pretty good." The staff officer also said solemnly.

**

The Chief of Artillery and the representative of the land-ship task force detachment were like noisy crows, talking endlessly around Earl Wrangel:

"For His Majesty's sake, hurry up, General. Or the artillery can't help you!"

"We are depleting the last stockpile of high-explosive bombs, and if this continues, there will be no high-explosive bombs to support when the infantry attacks!"

The lieutenant general glanced at them coldly, told them to shut up, then turned and walked to where the headquarters was: a small table spread out on the slope.

"It's unscientific!" Chief of Staff Koperov said loudly at this time, "How can it be possible for a brand-new high-tech weapon that has never been seen before and has no news to be deployed in large quantities in places like the Northwest Tundra? "

"Reality is proof beyond words, Colonel," Wrangel said grimly.

"I understand. But Lieutenant General, this represents a brand-new technological route, and the technological level and industrial strength represented by these weapons are enough to subvert this land! We didn't know anything about it until Now pay the price in blood."

"None of that matters. We're soldiers, and our only concern is winning," Wrangel replied through gritted teeth.

Mr. Chief of Staff was very calm: "But this question is directly related to who the goddess of victory favors. These rapid-fire weapons can allow a party with a small number of people to effectively compete with a party with a large number of people. Our strength advantage is not that great."

"Then send more powerful weapons." Wrangel pointed to the land-ships on the mountain, they were as huge as a part of the mountain, "The next stage of impact will be led by the land-ships!"

The representative of the Land Cruiser Detachment heard the call and came over in an orderly manner: "I heard it, General. But I need to remind you that our Land Cruisers cannot guarantee that they can overcome this level of slope."

"Then use the most reliable ships under the current terrain." Wrangel turned around and faced Koperov, "In this attack, in addition to the originally scheduled [-]th Infantry Division, we will also add the [-]th Infantry Division. Half of it. We must break through the enemy's defenses in one fell swoop and bring victory to the Holy Castle!"

PS: The technical level of the nineteenth century is the grenade/blooming bomb:

Chapter 36 Mars hits Earth

"The attacker should immediately switch to defense when he can still organize a strong defense and the opponent's counterattack force has not yet formed. This is the peak of the offense. If the peak of the offense is exceeded, it will lead to a counterattack from the enemy that is more powerful than itself; If the attack is stopped prematurely, it will reduce the victory that should be achieved."

——Carl von Clausewitz

When the time came to 1300, the powerful artillery group of the Sixth Army of the Ursus Empire, which gathered all the artillery of the entire army and the land-ship detachment, stopped shelling again.

Instead, the main forces including the Eighth Division of the Sixth Army Infantry and the No. 20 and Eighth Brigade of the Ninth Infantry Division have assembled at the top of the Kursk South Ridge.

This offensive brought together half the troops of the Sixth Army, except for the Seventh Division, which was nailed to the stockyards, and the reserves left in its hands.But for the effect of this powerful attack, from the army commander to the entire staff, there is no confidence.

All information indicates that the enemy is firmly seated on the North Ridge of Kursk.The feint attack used by the Seventh Division to contain the enemy not only failed to make every single soldier of the defenders leave the reinforcement livestock farm from the North Ridge line of defense, but instead caused the Sixth Army itself to be pinned down by a third of its weaker troops.

The rebel army, which seems to be at most two regiments in size, is nestling in its spiderweb-like soil ditch, waiting for the attack of the imperial army.Out of some apprehension, Wrangel himself climbed to the top of the South Ridge and sent division after brigade to the front.

However, the captain, lieutenant, and second lieutenant did not seem to be affected by the tragic experience of their former comrades-in-arms. They drew out their command knives and pointed to the smoky front, followed by the military band playing the majestic "Preobra Rensky March", in the loud and clear singing, crowds of people wearing ear protection cotton hats and gray military coats flowed down from the top of the mountain and rushed forward fearlessly.

"Megatron Gaul Kasimir, our fame spreads far and wide!

"The emperor leads us to victory and personally leads us to the battlefield!

"He is ahead of us in all our troubles and battles!

"It is our great honor to die in battle before His Majesty's eyes!"

The Ursus soldiers followed the battle flag and marched loudly singing.Their high-spirited fighting spirit and bravery and tenacity, even as an enemy, the People's Guard of Terra with deep-rooted class hatred can't help but be moved by it.

"A warrior indeed." Comand turned from behind the periscope.

Most of the Ursus soldiers had seen the hell their comrades in the [-]th Division had fallen into; and knew that the same was what awaited them as long as they moved forward.They are also flesh and blood, not monsters without pain and fear of death.But they still rushed to death without hesitation.

As the entire command post watched the leader who blatantly praised the enemy, Comand said calmly, "Comrades, I need you to remember two things.

“First, courage alone cannot win a battle.

"Second, what is the highest degree of respect? It's killing everything!"

**

From the beginning to the end, Comand did not mention the most dramatic thing, the three frigates at the head of the huge wave of people.These three frigates are equipped with four 102MM naval guns, and at the same time have a large number of rapid-fire guns. Once they are attacked or even condescendingly strafed by them, even with a fairly high level of trench fortifications, the Taila Civilian Army will inevitably suffer heavy losses. Loss.

The reason why he dared to ignore it was because in his eyes, those three frigates were already scrap iron.

Having said that, the artillery power of the People's Liberation Army is really... hard to describe.Their strength is now almost equivalent to a fully-manned World War II U.S. infantry division, but they do not have one or two artillery regiments.They have only five regiment-owned 85MM cannon companies and two 105MM light howitzer companies.In total, there are only 42 cannons!

"But little doesn't mean it's useless!" Fourth Master said loudly to Commande on the communication channel.

Use outstanding artillery cadres of the People's Federation to fill the top commanders and key positions, use insurgent sailors to fill the backbone of the grassroots, and use ordinary soldiers from the northwest tundra to fill most positions.In this way, the Terran militia has an artillery unit that is at least qualified in terms of professionalism and quite sufficient in terms of courage.

The background sound of his saying this is that the artillerymen are removing the gun coverings of the artillery one by one, knocking down the cover in front of the battery and raising the barrel, the observer is reporting the final correction parameters, and the loader is holding a special wrench to give a gun. The shells were fuzed.

Five 85 cannon companies are concentrated in the eastern section of the defense line at this moment.The People's Federation of Engineers and the Artillery of the National People's Army worked together to carefully establish a position for this place.They selected several high-lying positions on the top of the ridge, dug out the gun emplacement so that the gun barrel was almost close to the ground, and then reinforced the parapet at the front of the emplacement with prefabricated steel plates and cement boards.In front of them is the defense line of infantry units; around them are artillery positions, rangefinder positions and artillery command posts; behind them are the positions of 105 howitzers and reserves.

Although the current artillery power is far inferior to the level when he organized the Basilisk and Earthshaking Cannon to defeat the Chaos Titan in Kavasalok, the fourth master is still confident that the artillery will become the most dazzling presence in the entire battle.

Comand's voice came from the microphone: "Fire when you are ready. I only want to say two points: first, the three frigates must not be allowed to rush into the defense line; second, use the fastest speed to smash the enemy's artillery and land troops ship."

This is equivalent to not giving him any constraints: "Understood! Thank you very much."

Then he turned around and shouted an order to the artillery staff officers: "Each 85 artillery batteries are ready for anti-ship operations; each 105 artillery batteries are ready for anti-artillery operations, and fire at orders when ready!"

The orders traveled down the radios and wires, and as they were delivered to the artillery positions here and there, they became a cacophony of noise and busy movements.

The commanders of the artillery company desperately shouted "Ready to fight!", and the artillery soldiers rushed into the traffic trench from the shelter behind the battery, and the parapet of the battery quickly crowded with people.The low and trembling roar of the battleship engine, the clang of steel and the gnashing of teeth rolled through the diffuse dust, urging the artillerymen to complete their preparations: remove the gun casing from the breech of the gun, and open the ammunition box in the trench wall pit , bumping and running on the mud-covered position, dragging the ammunition box to the opened gun mount.

After a few minutes, everything calmed down at the gun emplacements.

Fourth Master walked out of his command post, looked at the artillerymen crowded around the gun mounts, at the shells stacked behind the tails of the guns, and at the bent backs of the artillerymen behind the shields.They were waiting for his first command.

"All artillerymen." Fourth Master said in a calm voice that was just heard by the staff next to him, "Fire immediately, shoot quickly!"

The staff officer pressed the communication headset on his head and shouted: "All artillerymen! Fire immediately, fire quickly!"

A moment later, unimaginable loud sounds were transmitted into Fourth Master's body through the noise-picking and noise-cancelling communication earphones, shaking his internal organs.

A whole row of snow dust mixed with gunpowder smoke rose into the sky on the top of the mountain, and was suddenly illuminated and dimmed by the muzzle flame.Immediately followed by the second flash - the burst rate of the 85 cannon can reach twenty rounds per minute.

The bullet trail flashed purple sparks and disappeared in the black powder smoke that stretched in the distance.The flash trails of other shells intertwined with each other.All the artillery batteries on the entire mountain opened fire almost simultaneously.The air is booming, shaking, rolling, tearing.The armor-piercing shells and high-explosive shells threw a trail of projectiles, disappearing in the dark red ballistic trajectory that rushed towards them-the land ship was fighting back.

The concealment and protection of the positions of the artillery companies are very thoughtful. Although the three land frigates that are leading the charge can roughly determine the positions of several artillery batteries, it is difficult to have any effect with hasty random shooting.The hunched-back artillerymen ignored the sound of explosions close at hand, ignored the smoke and the whistling of shrapnel overhead, and loaded, aimed, and fired desperately!

Cannonballs flashed rapidly at the gun breech. The loader kept pulling the gun breech handle backward. Someone pressed his body onto the gun mount to resist the recoil. There were several bullets between the ammunition box and the gun mount. A human chain of hands passes ammunition.A string of shells roared towards the two enemy ships.The grenade blasted out sparks on the surface of the battleship, and the armor-piercing projectiles penetrated fiercely into the hull of the enemy ship.

Facing the firing of a full thirty artillery pieces, three frigates that were riddled with scars and holes were already surrounded by flames and thick smoke in the first 3 minutes of the shooting.One frigate has lost control, another frigate has issued an abandon ship signal, and a fireball of ammunition has exploded on the deck of the third frigate.

Before the Sixth Army had time to respond, even greater disasters followed.

The heavier and louder gunfire suddenly roared in unison, and a small piece of the distant sky was reflected in a purple red.

The 85 cannons re-bind the shooting elements, and transfer to the "constant rapid fire" of the artillery company to shoot each gun in sequence, and perform the anti-battery mission together with the 105 howitzers.This shooting mode can leave a relatively sufficient cooling time for each gun, and it is no problem to shoot continuously for several hours in this mode.

Every type of artillery that could reach the Sixth Army's artillery position ejected flames at the same time, and a death storm composed of countless steel projectiles fell on the heads of the Ursus artillery in the blink of an eye.Those people who were so tired and sweaty that they dropped their coats and carried shells in the cold area suddenly fell into the hell of steel and fire.

Air-explosive arrow shells, incendiary bombs and anti-explosive grenades came in groups and roared.The entire Sixth Army couldn't believe how fierce the integration movement's artillery fire was.On the artillery position in Nanling, 1 shells fell in the first minute. In five minutes, the officers and men of six artillery batteries were torn apart, along with cannons, gun carriages, ammunition carts, pack animals and tractors.

The Sixth Army's artillery group frantically fired the last ammunition storage before it was wiped out, but it didn't help.

The advancing Ursus infantry were initially terrified by the death of the three frigates, and instinctively tightened their heads amidst the sound of the guns and the howling of the shells splitting the sky.But they were soon pleasantly surprised to find that the enemy's artillery fire was going to trouble the artillery and land ships.

"Praise Your Majesty, we are fine!"

"Haha, the rebels' artillery shells have eyes, and they are causing trouble for the artillery!"

"Yeah, yeah, who told those guys to hide behind our asses."

The soldiers of Ursus, who were having fun while suffering, took this to encourage themselves, and marched towards death step by step.Everyone has only one wish, and only thinks about one thing: to find the enemy, find the enemy, and kill the enemy as soon as possible, instead of dying inexplicably under the enemy's artillery fire.

But until they reached the foot of the North Ridge, they hardly encountered any obstacles.Neither the enemy's artillery, rifles nor countercharges were in sight.

At the same time, all three battalions of the [-]th Infantry Regiment of the Terra YPG and two battalions of the [-]rd Infantry Regiment drawn from the west side of the line were ready on the eastern side of the line.

On the four-kilometer front, five infantry battalions stood in formation, waiting for the charge of six enemy regiments.

The military bands of the six regiments uttered loud drumbeats, and the soldiers of the six regiments uttered the sound of footsteps that could be clearly heard hundreds of meters away.

The commanders and fighters of the Ninth Company of the Fourth Infantry Regiment looked nervously at the loose soil on the parapet of the trench.They danced to the sound of enemy footsteps, sliding down the parapet.

The company instructor Zubachev opened his mouth, wanting to say something to improve morale.But now he has completely forgotten the speech cases in the textbook.

The morale of the soldiers gradually declined in this strange silence, until a familiar voice sounded in their ears: "Good afternoon, comrades, how do you feel?"

People turned their heads and looked at the visitor in amazement: "Comrade General Political Commissar!"

"Hey, what? Can't I come?"

"Aren't you afraid?" An old soldier with a half-brown and half-white beard approached and asked back.

Comand replied with a smile: "Why are you not afraid? Cannonballs will not fly around me just because I am a senior official."

"Yeah, it's over with a bang." The veteran replied, "This is what soldiers do. But it's rare for an officer as big as you to stand in the same position as us..."

"Everyone!" Zubachev shouted not far away.The soldiers ran back to their positions along the trench again.

Even the political instructor hurried over: "Oh my God, Chief, why are you here? It's too dangerous here!"

"I didn't even see the enemy's muzzle flash, and I was surrounded by two of the best warlocks in the army to protect me. If I'm considered dangerous, then what is your situation?" Comand turned his left arm, looking at the other arms on his arm. "Get ready to fight."

Zubachev walked away step by step.Comand looked at the barriers in front of the entire line of defense and narrowed his eyes:

At the beginning of building the defense line, the People's Federation of Engineers designed the fortifications and obstacles here very carefully.There are three obstacles between the 300 meters from the first trench to the ridgeline where the frontmost hillside meets the ridge top.When the Ursus soldiers climbed to the top of the ridge, they would encounter the first obstacle 50 meters further: a fence transformed into a barbed wire fence.

This is not something harmless to humans and animals.This fence is what's left of the collective cattle ranch.In order to prevent the collision of large herds of livestock, the original workers nailed the wooden stakes of the fence more than one meter into the ground.Now, the engineers put barbed wire with sharp barbs on the fence.

Further forward is a four-kilometer barrage, five meters wide and three meters deep, with a considerable number of landmines buried inside.If anyone is lucky enough to escape this super trap that is still being watched by mortar guns, then they will encounter barbed wire again-this time it is not a makeshift thing made of wooden fences, but made of cement piles. Supported concertina-style barbed wire.At this moment, they were less than 50 meters away from the trenches of the defenders.

And from the moment they climbed to the top of the ridge, they were all within range of the Tribunal's astonishing number of automatic weapons.

Chapter 37 "Long Live the Emperor!"

"War theory is mainly to help commanders determine the basic clues of thinking, and should not point out the specific path of action like road signs."