Chapter 408 Main Force Decisive Battle
October 26, early morning.
Although it is already late October, the climate of the Kingdom of Delong is not cold. If it is in the northern border area, the temperature in the morning has reached minus ten degrees Celsius, but in the territory of the Kingdom of Delong, the stream has not frozen yet.
In terms of climate, the Kingdom of Delong has four distinct seasons and rich products, which is more suitable for human survival.
However, this country is not rich in extraordinary resources. There are basically no natural magic wells in the territory, and the output of magic crystals is not very high. In the extraordinary world, it is far inferior to the Eagle Mountain Range.
The O'Farland Wizard Organization, which controlled the eastern part of the Central Continent, was also centered on the Eagle Mountain Range, the Dragon Canyon, the Silver Wolf Mountain Range and other areas. On the contrary, the populous countries such as the Kingdom of Delong, the Mayan Kingdom, and the Stark Kingdom are all poor and backward agricultural production areas in O'Farland, and their status is far inferior to that of the north.
After the grain route was cut off by Mark Dean's army, Richard led Harland to lead the soldiers to launch a counterattack against the East Coast United Kingdom Army.
Although the East Coast United Kingdom deployed six legions and 120,000 troops on this line of defense, it still could not withstand the continuous attack of Harland's army.
In just three days, Richard's troops had captured five castles and military camps and advanced more than 30 kilometers to the east. As long as they put in more effort and broke through the last three military stations and castles, they could break through this line of defense and attack the belly of the East Coast United Kingdom.
At that time, Harland's soldiers with stronger field strength could in turn cut off the logistics of the East Coast United Kingdom's army.
At this moment, this line of defense is like an egg. If the shell is broken, Richard can lead his troops to drive straight in. At that time, the East Coast United Kingdom will be like a girl who has taken off her clothes and can only let Harland, the strong man, gallop on her body.
The key to this battle is to see who can't stand it first.
After the sun rose, Harland's soldiers walked out of the tent one after another. After breakfast, they quietly lined up and began to march.
Lion-duck cavalry, flying dragons, and magic hot air balloons took off one after another, investigating the enemy in all directions.
Eight kilometers away is the enemy's castle, which is called Aisha Castle and is very close to the border between the Kingdom of Delong and the East Coast United Kingdom.
This castle has been built for four hundred years. Legend has it that it was named after Lady Aisha, the wife of the first Duke of Hubble. Aisha Castle is also the core of the defense line arranged by the East Coast United Kingdom.
According to the battle plan of Harland Territory, Richard is ready to take this city in the morning.
In the afternoon, continue to work hard to capture the enemy's military station set up 25 kilometers behind. If everything goes well today, this line of defense can be broken through and the East Coast United Kingdom can be invaded to alleviate the food shortage.
Many soldiers in Harland Territory are veterans who have served in the army for many years. Some officers and soldiers have a longer military service than Richard and have participated in more than a dozen orc invasions to the south. They are very experienced and have long been accustomed to life and death. Even in the face of unfavorable situations, their hearts are not shaken.
Because there are many veterans, the new recruits have also undergone rigorous training, and they have fought several wars, have practical experience, and have sufficient logistical supplies. The combat effectiveness of Harland's soldiers is obviously superior to that of the enemy.
The soldiers are well-trained and lined up to leave the camp. After entering the range, the artillery unit immediately began to build positions, and Harland's infantry also began to approach the enemy.
This battle is still unremarkable, and it is still the same old routine, artillery bombardment, infantry charge, artillery bombardment, infantry charge, infantry charge, artillery bombardment, and artillery bombardment.
However, this simple routine made the enemy extremely embarrassed and suffered heavy casualties.
Seeing the shells accurately fall into the castle, there were explosions and roars, and broken shrapnel flew everywhere, killing a large number of defenders.
The commander of the Seventh Legion, Larde, had a sullen face and said nothing. At this moment, he could only use the flesh and blood of the soldiers to consume the production capacity of Harland's shells.
After six rounds of artillery shells, the magic balloon observer found that the castle defenders began to fall into chaos and immediately notified the artillery with a signal flag.
Although Richard carried a large number of alchemical shells before the war, one artillery group had four gun carriages fully loaded with 240 full rounds of ammunition. However, the war has continued until now, and Harland's army has used artillery to attack the city seven times, and the ammunition consumption has exceeded 60%. In addition, the food supply line has been cut off, and Harland's territory does not have such a high military production capacity, and it is impossible to replenish it in a short time.
So in the battle, you must save if you can.
After six rounds of volleys, the casualties of the defenders in the city have exceeded 500 to 600, and the outer wall of the castle has been blown up by artillery fire. In the current situation, the infantry can already launch an attack.
Seeing that the infantry has been out and entered the range of the enemy's long-range attack, dozens of fireballs flew out of the castle in an instant. It was the East Coast United Kingdom Mage Corps that launched an attack.
The East Coast United Kingdom earned a large amount of magic crystals through ocean trade, and cultivated a large number of magicians by opening a magic academy in the capital Kanas.
Because there are sufficient magicians, the main army of the East Coast United Kingdom generally has a magician team of 30 people, which is almost three times the level of the Grant Kingdom.
In this war, Richard annihilated more than 60,000 East Coast United Kingdom troops and captured more than 40 magicians.
However, magicians are all educated people. These people have a strong national identity and have deep feelings for the great nobles of the East Coast United Kingdom who cultivated them. It is difficult to subdue them, and they can only wait until the war to pay the ransom. Ye Yan
Because Mark Dean wrote a letter for help, the East Coast United Kingdom dispatched 600 mages from Kanas Magic Academy to support the front line, and they arrived at Aisha Castle yesterday.
Seeing the mages in the castle release dozens of fireballs at one time, Richard's face changed and he was a little surprised.
"It seems that the magician's methods are really powerful. They can even hide from the air scouts. The missing wyvern knight yesterday morning is estimated to have died in the hands of this mage group."
The ability to launch dozens of fireballs at a time means that the number of mages above the third ring in the enemy far exceeds that of Harland.
Richard abandoned his distracting thoughts and began to observe every move on the battlefield.
Seeing dozens of fireballs coming, the soldiers of the first brigade of Harland, who were at the forefront, raised their force field shields one after another.
However, the force field shield is a second-ring magic and cannot block the power of the third-ring fireball. The fireball fell in the First Battalion's formation, and there was a violent explosion. In an instant, even under the protection of the force field shield, the First Battalion suffered dozens of casualties.
Seeing this scene, Sofia found the hiding place of the defending mage group through the trajectory of the fireball, and decisively released a starlight bomb.
A bright light fell into Aisha Castle, and in an instant there was a violent explosion in the castle, as if the world was turned upside down. With the explosion point as the center, a large number of houses and buildings were directly destroyed, raising high dust.
When the starlight fell, the middle and high-level magicians opened the dimension door one after another, avoiding entering the other-dimensional space, and the third-ring and second-ring magicians also used light spirit magic, levitation magic, transposition magic and other magic to try every means to escape.
Magicians have many ways to save their lives, far more than knights and warriors. Although Sofia's starlight bomb was aimed at the East Coast Mage Corps, it only killed 70 to 80 low-level mages, and most of the middle and high-level mages saved their lives through various means.
However, an infantry battalion protecting the magicians did not escape the center of the starlight bomb explosion because of their slow reaction speed. More than 1,300 people were killed and injured, and they completely lost their combat effectiveness.
Because of the short development time, the magician strength of Harland is far inferior to that of the enemy.
By October this year, there were more than 20 apprentices promoted to professionals in the Harland Mage Association, and the number of magicians exceeded 180.
With the continuous success of the refining of the Styx Potion, the spiritual power of the magicians in the Harland Mage Association began to generally improve. With the precious resource of the Styx Potion, all kinds of precious extraordinary materials can be exchanged.
In the Grant Kingdom, in addition to the royal family and the Harland family, there were originally two great nobles who had some development in the field of magic.
One is the Duran family. The ancestor of the Duran family was a legendary magician who almost dominated the development of the Kingdom of Delon hundreds of years ago. Like Wood, the first king of Grant, he participated in the war to purify the undead.
Unfortunately, the ancestor of the Duran family did not survive in this terrible war. The noble title was left to the eldest son. In terms of magic inheritance, the Duran family is even more profound than the Grant family.
Four hundred years have passed since the war to purify the undead. The Duran family and the Gis family took their territories to the Grant Kingdom, and brought the legendary magic inheritance to the Grant Kingdom.
Although the magic inheritance is very complete, the development level of the family's magic power is very average. Perhaps because of conservatism, there are only more than 30 magicians and more than 100 apprentices. However, the Duran family has a high level of potion refining, which can be compared with the Grant Mage Association.
In the past, various potions in the Grant Kingdom were mainly provided by the two nobles of Duran and Grant, and now the Harland family has been added.
The three nobles supply the potion market, making the potion supply in the Grant Kingdom more sufficient.
Another great nobleman in the Grant Kingdom who has made some progress in the field of magic is Earl Cloverd. Unfortunately, this family participated in the rebellion and has been excommunicated by the Grant royal family.
For this southern expedition, Richard has drawn a total of more than 100 magicians, and the remaining 80 people from the Harland Mage Association stayed in the territory. Those with research talent among the mages do not need to join the army.
Although the more than 100 mages are not weak, they are far inferior to the East Coast Mage Corps. Harland’s spell power is not enough, so it is naturally unable to restrict the enemy, so the East Coast United Kingdom Mage Corps escaped.
If the magicians led by Sophia and Undine can restrict the enemy’s hands and feet, a starlight bomb is enough to wipe out the opponent.
Even so, the East Coast Mage Corps drawn from the Kanas Magic Academy has suffered nearly 100 casualties, of which more than 20 were affected by the magic crystal cannon, and the remaining nearly 80 were all killed in the starlight bomb.
Such a terrible attack made the East Coast Mage Corps dare not assemble on the battlefield.
The power of the spell cannot be concentrated, so the killing effect is slightly worse.
At the same time, Harland's flying troops also began to participate in the war. The two-legged dragon, the lion-duck cavalry, and the magic hot air balloon troops launched surprise attacks at high altitudes. A large number of alchemical bombs, acid missiles, and dragon flame breath fell from high altitudes, killing and wounding enemy members.
The fierce battle lasted from 8 am to 11 am. The battle has continued until now, and the East Coast United Kingdom Army has reached the brink of collapse.
The Seventh Legion suffered nearly 8,000 casualties, of which more than 1,300 were killed and wounded by starlight bombs, and more than 2,000 were killed and wounded by artillery and air force. Now that half of Aisha Castle has been lost, despite the support of the Kanas Mage Corps, the Seventh Legion is still on the verge of collapse.
Sylph rushed to the front with the first group. She held an enchanted bow and arrows and kept shooting arrows. Every arrow was hit. After three hours of fighting, more than a hundred professionals died in her hands. . Even the magician who is very difficult to kill cannot stop her arrow as long as his level is not high.
Seeing that Elsa's castle is crumbling and about to fall. The scouts brought news that the army led by Mark Dean was not far from the battlefield.
Although Richard arranged for a lion knight to conduct reconnaissance at the rear, unfortunately, the lion knight was shot and killed by Mark Dean himself, and no information was sent back. When Mark Dean appeared nearby, the scout cavalry released was the first to notice it.
By the time the reconnaissance cavalry rushed back to report, the army led by Mark Dean had already appeared in Richard's sight, only three kilometers away at most.
There was a new change in the situation. Richard had no choice but to weaken the intensity of his attack and began to withdraw his troops from the front line to defend the back of the formation. However, the frontline attack will still continue, and the command of the siege force has been handed over to Soros and Sophia. Undine, Sylph, mother and son, together with Richard, prepared to fight Mark Dean.
Sophia was wearing a star necklace in this battle. Shortly after the battle, she released a round of star bombs.
Now the situation has changed. Seeing that the frontline offensive has weakened and reinforcements are about to arrive, the defenders of Elsa Castle breathed their last breath, and the magicians also tried their best to release a large number of lethal spells. The defenders' counterattack became more and more fierce. In just a short time Within ten minutes, casualties began to appear in large numbers.
Seeing the enemy gathering again, Sophia directly aimed at the area with the largest number of enemy magicians and released the star bomb for the second time.
A second thick starlight appeared in the sky, and the violent explosion sounded again. In an instant, the sky seemed to be torn apart, a dazzling white light suddenly bloomed, and the space in the center of the explosion seemed to be distorted.
At this moment, Mark Dean led his troops not far from Elsa Castle and was about to launch the final charge to attack the back of Harland's army. Richard also began to order the troops to be drawn out, and the formation was a little chaotic.
Seeing the astonishing power of the star bomb, Mark Dean suddenly panicked and had a bad feeling in his heart.
If this battle is lost, it will be an irreversible situation for both the East Coast United Kingdom and the Delong Kingdom.