I Will Be The Crowned King - v4 Chapter 478 dry land kayaking

"Um?"

Stepping into the port on the hotter and hotter water, Lenore tried his best to open his eyes wide, staring at Red Hand Bay, which was already burnt to ruins as the heat wave rolled down.

It seems that the distorted air is full of skin-paining temperatures and dust visible to the naked eye; and after the roaring naval guns, the indiscriminate bombardment of airships, and the inexplicable fire column, the entire town has been invisible. any intact place.

Such a battlefield can be regarded as an absolute nightmare for both offensive and defensive sides - the hot temperature has turned morale into an absolute joke, and the environment of ruins and a sea of ​​fire is also destined to be impossible for the troops to fully unfold, only no one can tell the victory. Negative melee, suffering repeatedly in endless pain.

And according to reports from many soldiers, there is no Free Confederate army in the city except for some refugees at this moment. The enemy has already completed the orderly evacuation as soon as possible after the attack; the one standing in front of them is a man named Freya Moses. Isir Elf of Field.

Lenore didn't know Freya, but as long as he was a native of the land, he would not be unfamiliar with the surname of the Iser royal family, nor would he not know what the Thirteenth Council was; and because of his relationship with Leon, he also Participated in the aftermath of the Iser Royal Court incident, and knew that a spellcaster who almost destroyed the Royal Court escaped.

And now, this Holy See fugitive is not only not dead, but is also opposite him, and he is the next target he will attack!

"Let the ordinary army fight against a spellcaster who can easily destroy a city, and judge the Knights... Have they already regarded the crusades of Han soil as consumables that can be squandered at will..."

"Master, please be patient!"

The sweaty family knights on the side heard his complaint, and hurriedly came to remind: "The main force of the Knights of Judgment has moved to a position near the port, which is less than a few hundred meters away from us - they have many masters of insight, who will found!"

"It doesn't matter, is it possible that they will still be severely punished for this trivial matter, and they don't need the knights of Han soil to work for the ring of order?!"

Lenore snorted coldly, but his voice was obviously lowered a lot. Of course, it was too hot: "How is the military situation? How many people have successfully landed?"

"About 8,000 people, but they all have only the most basic equipment, and..." Resisting the coma and suffocation caused by the heat wave, the family knight handed the last cold wet towel to Reno:

"With the current temperature in the town, I'm afraid there will be more than three-quarters of the staff attrition without waiting for the enemy to make a move."

Three-quarters? It should be all... Reno frowned as he took the towel, of course he knew that this was a euphemism from the knights: "At this rate, no matter how many troops are sent to land, it will only be death, and it will be decided whether the knights have given any How to deal with it?"

The knight paused, then shook his head regretfully.

Then Lenore's brows furrowed even more.

In the final analysis, I... No, it should be that all the Crusader Army officers present were basically dismissive of the plan of the Grand Commander of the Judgement Knights.

What is unexpected, what is adaptable... The other party seems to have no idea how big the gap between one or two thousand people and 40,000 or 50,000 people is; the chaos caused by unplanned temporary actions will cause terrifying consequences and endings.

This is not difficult to understand. After all, the second public order meeting is already in the forty-seventh year of the saint's calendar. The disarmed Holy See has only a group of judges who are good at "hunting", plus a thousand-strong ruling knights. - The top combat power is naturally an absolute crush, but the concept of group combat has long been lost.

What's more, because of the rise of Clovis, the military theory and various strategies and tactics of the ordered world in the past fifty years or so have been constantly improving with the increase in production level, weapon research and development, and the intensity of warfare; It is enough to start a decisive battle, and it is nothing at all now, and even the strength of one side is usually around ten thousand people... It is no longer what the Holy See can imagine today.

Today's jihadist army obviously has the shadow of the Holy See trying to regain control of military power. If they do not intervene, this army can operate more or less independently, but the price is to disintegrate, and the various legions and the forces behind them compete for power and profit; , is already obvious.

Leon Francois is very simple, but simplicity does not mean stupidity. He decisively ordered a quarter of the troops to land because he saw through the essence of the ruling knights who did not control the big legion at all but still had to forcefully seize power. ;Even if the Hantu Crusaders did nothing in the end, and were able to take the lead in sending reinforcements in the chaos, they were already worthy of the aid and loans given by the Holy See...

Lenore sighed, the last thought of "fighting for the Ring of Order" was completely wiped out at this time, and he began to figure out how to get on the line with the opposite Anson Bach to reduce Hantu's involvement in this holy war. Loss.

What if Anson Bach was really a false believer and a spellcaster if he could take the opportunity to relieve the threat of the Empire and the Holy See to Han Soil? The father seems to have a private agreement with a certain force, waiting for the jihad to enter a stalemate stage, causing the empire to be seriously damaged in the new world...

"Inform the subsequent troops that they must come and assemble as soon as possible after landing, but do not need to make any battle preparations; the Knights of Judgment will urge them to solve the problem - otherwise, the 400,000 Earth Crusaders will be wiped out. The battle of Red Hand Bay is due to collapse, and it will affect the entire Crusaders, ruling the honor of the Knights and the Holy See, and there is absolutely no room for loss!"

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Outside the city of Red Hand Bay, the defense line of the New World Army Corps.

Louis Bernard stood alone in the brightly lit trench, his face extremely ugly.

The Red Hand Bay has turned into scorched earth, the enemy has already assembled the last of all the troops and is preparing to completely slaughter the few remaining forces of the Free Confederation. …

But the reality is that a full hour has passed since the retreat, and the few elites who escaped with them after trying their best to break through the siege successfully, the number of troops that have been assembled so far is only over 10,000, and most of them are Yangfan City's direct descendants. What's left is still a mess of sand, confused about what's going on, let alone a fight.

With such an army, let alone the crusade that is about to land, and the Knights of Judgment that have already landed, it is unknown how many people will survive tonight.

In fact, this is why Louis is too pessimistic. If he knows that the crusade on the opposite side is also in chaos, and it is judged that the Knights are trapped in the port by their own people, it is not difficult to find that the New World Army has already performed beyond the level. Without preparation, the army of nearly 30,000 people has at least been mobilized, but it is impossible to organize an attack and break through, and defense is absolutely no problem.

In his mind, Louis and Freya, who were alone, were fighting hard with hundreds of adjudication knights and airships in the sky, avoiding the encirclement of the enemy and blocking them at the same time.

But the actual situation is not entirely in line with his guess, at least it is completely different; Freya, with one enemy, ten thousand, suppresses all the jihadist forces trying to land; Anson is playing a simple game with the difference engine on the steam airship. In addition and subtraction math games, Phylles, who was worried that he was caught with a flaw, did not dare to let the airship continue to approach, for fear that a fatal flaw would really be found.

They were both afraid that the two sides whose cards had been cracked had reached a delicate balance of terror. On the bright side, the Free Confederation had an advantage—after all, as long as the jihadist army was not allowed to continue advancing, Anson's plan was considered complete.

But Louis didn't know the situation, especially since Lisa had complained more than once, and wanted to rush back to protect Anson with the guard company and the grenadier regiment, but she didn't act rashly after being persuaded by Fabian.

But in the face of the girl's dissatisfaction, the young knight felt only deep self-blame... His best friend had already risked his life for the common goal and career, but he was so incompetent that he couldn't even fulfill the most basic mission, which completely failed him. Passionate and trustworthy.

And just when this kind of self-blame was about to reach its peak, and his whole body was about to collapse under pressure, what he was waiting for was not the good news that the entire army was on standby, but a slightly unexpected bad news.

"…what?"

The frowning young knight abruptly stood up and looked at Fabian with a puzzled expression: "You... say it again?"

"The frontal position on the northwest side was attacked by an unknown, sir." The deputy commander of the Storm Army Commander repeated, but his calm expression made one feel his dignified mood at the moment:

"Our two peripheral reconnaissance posts have been wiped out by the enemy, and almost one company of soldiers is at a loss. If there is no accident... they should all be killed."

"...How long ago?"

"Ten minutes ago, excluding the time for me to come over and pass the news, the battle should take less than five minutes." Fabien took out his pocket watch and put the dial pierced by the stray bullet on the front and handed it to Louis:

"It's really the personal belongings of the soldiers on the first front. It's in the left pocket - without him, the missing and killed are 161 soldiers."

"One hundred and sixty-one..."

Louie, who was muttering in a low voice, took the pocket watch. The bullet holes on it were not big, but they were not the lead bullets he was accustomed to. They looked more like steel or brass:

"Why do you say they are dead?"

"There are no deserters, my lord, there are no deserters." Fabian emphasized expressionlessly:

"I'm just an ordinary messenger officer, the incompetent deputy of Brigadier General Ansen Bach; but even someone like me knows after so many battles that no matter how tragic the battle is, it must be There are deserters."

"Usually, the free fire of skirmishers and line infantry, in order to kill a hundred and sixty soldiers in one night, I am afraid it must be a **** battle of the scale of two or three regiments. If the casualty reaches the scale of a company, and the commander has not issued an order to retreat and break through the siege, it can be regarded as a serious dereliction of duty, and if it is found, the execution on the spot is not excessive."

"And that kind of battle, even if it is entirely composed of cavalry, usually lasts thirty minutes to an hour; to be able to end a battle in two hours, for the commander, it is definitely called vigorous and resolute; there is no strong command. The literacy and the cooperation of the soldiers are absolutely impossible."

"The most important thing is that, without being noticed by the enemy, the raid will be carried out in a silent way, which will test the basic level of an army. Soldiers at the bottom - and the weapons in their hands."

"I still remember that Brigadier General Anson Bach would rather not pay, on credit, and insist that the Storm Army... ah, it was only the Storm Division at the time, and we replaced our Leiden rifles with Leopold breech-loading rifles, which would be in bulk. Replace the ammunition with paper shell fixed-loading ammunition, and do everything possible to replace the artillery from the boss, even a small cannon is reluctant to waste."

"It turned out that his decision was completely correct. These weapons greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the Storm Division, which had only two or three thousand people at the time. Only then did the victory of Eaglehorn City, the victory of White Tower City, the siege of Carindia Harbor and all the victories that followed. …”

Fabien spoke about the past with an expressionless face, every sentence seemed to have nothing to do with the current situation, and he chatted without boundaries.

Louis, who was calm at first, flashed a trace of panic in the corner of his eyes.

There is an army that is not large, but not small, is approaching the position. Their firepower is extremely fierce, and the quality of the soldiers is very high. They can put a reconnaissance company in place in extreme time and without the soldiers noticing it. Group off.

And...no one was spared!

"I already understand the situation, UU reading www.uukanshu.com Thank you for reminding Deputy Commander Fabian, but you don't have to go around in circles when you report next time." Taking a deep breath, the young knight said solemnly: "Be blunt. , how do you report to Anson Bach, just tell me!"

"clear."

Fabian nodded, but his expression obviously didn't seem to be listening.

"We need to immediately respond to this mysterious army with unknown circumstances. If you guessed correctly, it should also be part of the Knights of Judgment, and it may also be covered by a steamship..." Louis pursed his lips tightly:

"What's your suggestion?"

"I don't have any suggestions... When Commander Anson Bach was here, it was never my turn to make any suggestions." Fabian shook his head blankly:

"But I can tell you another important piece of information, according to our 'inside' information on the Crusaders, the ruling knights' arrival in the new world this time brings not only a simple steam airship, but also a steam core based Technology advances, and new equipment is born."

"New equipment?"

"We don't know the specific situation, we only know that its code name is 'Dry Land Boat', and the name..."

"...It's called a 'Land Cruiser'!"

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