Chapter 640 The Crisis of Retreat

A peculiar high-pitched whistling loomed, and after a moment's delay Wales heard a thunderous roar on the southern plains.

This is a sound that has never appeared in previous battles, a movement that the cluster giants have never made.

He raised his head and looked in the direction of the loud noise, but he could only vaguely see a huge cloud of smoke rising into the sky, and near the area where the smoke rose, the crystal cluster army seemed to be in chaos.

It is said that the magical weapons made by the Cecils can launch attacks from a distance of more than ten kilometers, projecting powerful explosive devices to the precise location. Before the "Sky Fire" comes, the sharp whistling sound is the most salient features.

Reinforcements are entering the battlefield - but they are still far away.

All the holy light barriers have been shattered, and the light particles scattered in the air fluttered on the city wall. With the scattering of light particles, the arc from the crystal cluster began to sweep the city wall that had lost all protection, and the knights whose armor was broken. They strode forward with their great shields, filling gaps in the wall, while the blood-soaked soldiers manned all the trebuchets—with or without the aid of magic—to carry out this final counterattack.

The brilliance of the giant sun penetrated the clouds and cast a splendid splendor, and the morning glow pouring down from the clouds gilded this ancient king with a golden glow, everything—blood-stained flags, cracked armor, The flickering spears, the huge catapults and ballistas, and the frenzy of crystal clusters that surrounded the capital, all radiated waves of light in this sunlight.

"Our reinforcements have started to attack!!" On the city wall, a blood-soaked knight raised Ansu's king flag high, waving it vigorously and shouting loudly, "Hold on to the end..."

A sharp crystal spike flew from the edge of the city wall and penetrated the knight's chest. On the wall, a hideous and swollen monster was continuing to climb upwards.

The Welsh sword swung, and the invisible shock wave cut off the monster's body. He took over the falling king's flag and raised it high: "Stand on the line of defense!!"

"Stand on the defensive line!!"

"Stand on the defensive line!!"

More and more whistling sounds came from afar, and more impact clouds began to appear at the end of the southern plain. However, the battlefield of this siege battle was so vast that the boundless cluster monsters covered almost the entire San Souni. The Er plain area, so that even if reinforcements arrive on the battlefield, it may take several hours to advance to the vicinity of the city wall, and the irrational crystal cluster army will not stop attacking in the process.

Gawain and Byron are also well aware of this.

Armored griffins swept across the sky,

Bringing the latest information on the defense line of the Royal Capital, the bridge of the Pioneer - also the command center of this operation, Byron is analyzing the situation on the front line: "...The great shield of Saint Sunil has collapsed. , the layer of holy light barrier that Sonia observed also collapsed, and now they are relying on the enchanted city wall and knights and soldiers to maintain their defense. The most dense area of ​​enemies is near the eastern wall of the capital, but it is in the pioneer's Out of range of main guns."

Gawain looked at the battle map in front of him, but an aerial view of the satellite appeared in his mind: "An offensive route was bombed between the due south of San Sunil and the Gorgon River, and the ground troops entered the field, and then at the Artillery positions are built in the south of the east wall and the firepower of the fleet and ground troops can separate those monsters. As long as they can withstand their counterattacks, the battlefield will be controlled."

"But the counterattack of those monsters may be very violent... After all, they have lost even the most basic concept of 'stop loss', and they will not stop until they die."

"This is exactly our purpose - in the shortest possible time, reduce the number of crystal cluster legions near San Sunil, as long as their numerical advantage in the area is lost, their threat to the capital will be quickly reduced ——The city wall of Saint Sunil is capable of self-healing, as long as the damage it takes is lower than its repair speed, it is safe," Gawain said calmly, "As for whether the ground troops can Withstand the pressure...you should trust the power of the armored group, when the firepower advantage is sufficient, the number will be meaningless - and I will personally command the ground forces, don't worry."

"...I understand, I will ensure the fire support here to ensure that your journey is smooth."

Ten minutes later, Gawain left the bridge and prepared to go ashore.

He walked to the side of the Pioneer, and Amber's figure appeared beside him: "Hey, hey, you really led the army to charge—"

Gao Wen didn't turn his head back: "What, is there a problem?"

"Don't forget how you died in your last life. Today's scene is too similar to the day you died in the story, so you don't have a psychological shadow," Amber continued to BB, "Or do you mean before? It is false to claim to have a psychological shadow on this matter..."

Gawain finally glanced back at Amber, and said casually, "Then the main purpose of your following is to dig a grave on the spot after I die?"

"...That's not true, I'm not your bodyguard in name..."

"Then don't talk nonsense, keep up quietly - this kind of battlefield needs a sharp and life-saving scout like you."

"Oh-then don't die. If you die, I'll go back and explain it to Heidi Rebecca and the others..."

"To shut up."

When the steel tracks began to crush the earth, and the chariot troops drove to the battlefield accompanied by mechanical tremors, Gawain's mood had completely calmed down.

Amber was not by his side, but he could sense that the breath of the half-elf was wandering within a hundred meters nearby—she was traveling in the gap between the present world and the shadow world, observing the surrounding environment, observing Check whether there is any energy reverberation left after the activity of the cluster giants in the Shadow Realm to confirm the possible movement of the enemy.

In the sky, armored griffins and eagle knights were scouting the battlefield, leading the ground forces forward and providing fire direction for the fleet on the Gorgon.

On the Gorgon River, the battleships led by the Pioneer are fine-tuning their main guns and are about to launch the next round of fire support.

Gao Wen, who was sitting in the command car, sighed slightly.

Amber said something wrong - seven hundred years ago, when his body died in battle, how could the situation be the same as it is today.

...

Amidst the roar of artillery fire, the ground troops advanced to a high ground in the southeast of San Sunil as planned. In the face of the superior firepower of the tank group, the advantage that the Crystal Cluster Legion had built by relying on a huge number of them was as Gawain said. Exist - The cluster monsters launched a continuous counterattack driven by instinct, but they were eventually buried on the scorched battlefield by overwhelming cannonballs and burning flames, and a long-range artillery position was quickly established and began to suppress Shengsu. The area southeast of Neil.

Artillery support extending from the Gorgon River, coupled with the high ground fire points established by the ground forces, the Cecil Corps cut diagonally into the battlefield like a fiery saber, tearing apart the Cluster Corps' positions and beginning to give This out-of-control monster of destruction bleeds.

Wales noticed subtle changes on the battlefield.

Faster than he expected, the Crystal Cluster Legion's attack on the capital weakened.

The soldiers who are fighting may not have time to take into account the overall changes in the battlefield, and the knights with limited abilities can only focus on the city walls they are responsible for, but Wales, who always pays attention to all the conditions of the entire line of defense, has not missed the small changes in this situation - from Crystal. The attack density of the cluster is decreasing, and the enchanted walls in some areas of the southern city wall have ceased to disintegrate, and have even entered a state of repair and damage.

The number of those monsters is decreasing, and the focus of their attacks is gradually shifting.

Wales turned his eyes to the southern plains, but he still couldn't see the exact location of the Cecil Corps - all he could see was the continuous smoke and flashes of explosions, and those flashes of explosions were not too far from the city wall. But the person who carried out the attack is still far away.

The only certainty is that the power of those explosions is really amazing, and it is no exaggeration.

In this way, the Cecilians used their powerful long-range power to complete the cutting of the battlefield, and judging from the signs of battle in the distance, they must have carried out very bold transfers and advancements in the process of executing this cutting.

The reinforcements are still far away, but their strength has already crossed the barriers of space and projected onto the defense line of the capital.

In the sky, the armoured griffins and eagles of the Cecil swept across the battlefield for the third time, and the actions of those flying units were clearly linked to the battle on the ground.

There was a lot of information about the Southland in Wales' mind - about the magic weapons they used, about the weapons purchased by the Royal Army in the Southland, and about some details of the Southland unification war.

There are many things that cannot be seen from intelligence. Only by contacting it in person, even from a distance, can you realize the truth behind these intelligences.

Wales had thought about everything about the South for a long time, but the intelligence related to the military field was always full of mysteries. Due to the lack of key information, the final summary could not be completed. At this moment, after seeing something with his own eyes, the fog in his mind suddenly became clear.

"...It seems that this is their way of fighting...predominant long-range weapons, intensive attack, rapid transfer, long-distance interspersed... And this also requires the cooperation of the large army and the high-speed transmission of information... It should not be a communication technique, The requirements for communication are too high... Is it the "Magic Web Communication" mentioned by Archduke Victoria? In addition, they must have established a more efficient command system to control the large number of units distributed throughout the battlefield... What would it be like? of?"

Wales looked into the distance. He found that he had too many things he couldn't understand. He couldn't understand how the Cecils could maintain such a large-scale long-distance communication, and how their command system worked. Can't think of how their logistics, equipment, and quality of soldiers are built, but after finding that he has so many things that he can't even imagine, the new king of Ansu laughed instead.

The "factory reform" carried out in the city of Saint-Sunil was only a poor imitation after all, and the town management plan tried out in the western border and the fiefs directly under the royal family has only learned the surface. The flaws of the United States and the stubborn resistance of the old-fashioned together caused it to abort, but in the end, a new era has come.

"Your Majesty, the enemy's attack is weakening," came the slightly tired voice of the Duke of Franklin from the side. The Duke of the West had bloodshot eyes, but his tone was still calm and powerful. The east wall fortifies the southern highlands, and the attack of those cluster monsters is blocked."

Wales nodded slightly: "Saint Sunil survived."

"Yes, the capital has survived," said the Duke of the West.

"I should be ready to meet Duke Cecil."

Baldwin?? Franklin looked at Wales quietly, there was no doubt in those bloodshot eyes, he seemed to have guessed some clues from the many actions of the new king these days, but in the end he said nothing.