Chapter 826: Be the First to Die

I don’t dare to brag about anything else in the Maginot Line of Defense, but at least its defensive capabilities are passable.

Small fortifications can't stop your catapults, can't they stop your bows and arrows?

Under the protection of high-quality and complete fortifications, more than 99% of the garrison troops, whether players or indigenous troops, can avoid being shot by bows and arrows.

The ruthless firepower of bows and arrows that the empire was proud of was only loud thunder and small raindrops in this battle. Although the momentum was huge and the firepower output was intensive, the actual damage caused was very limited.

If archery were to be shot with this efficiency, the empire would probably only be able to cause a few hundred casualties by firing 100,000 arrows.

It can be said that the Empire's arrow rain has very limited damage to the Maginot Line defenders. This seems to be a failure of the Empire?

Such a large-scale epic bow and arrow offensive can only cause so few casualties, which is simply pitiful!

Of course, both the empire's commander-in-chief, the Duke of Ravenna, and other generals also noticed this.

They all saw that the ultra-large-scale bow and arrow strikes that the imperial regular army was proud of did not achieve very good results when targeting the defenders inside the Maginot Line.

The real killing output is very limited. It is not an exaggeration to say that the thunder is loud and the rain is small.

But even so, the empire is still completely able to accept this situation.

Because the Duke of Ravenna's initial strategic intention was to use the rain of arrows to cover the advance of his large army, as long as his archers could suppress the brave men inside the Maginot Line.

By providing better room for advancement for your main force, you have achieved your mission.

It can even be said that the casualties caused by the arrow rain will be relatively small, which is within the expectations of the Duke of Ravenna.

From the beginning, he did not expect to kill a large number of fortress defenders with just bows, arrows and crossbows.

Because everyone knows that the defenders hiding in the fortress and protected by solid walls are difficult to shoot by ordinary archers, let alone causing fatal damage.

To be able to suppress the long-range firepower of the defenders, it is enough to cover the approach of the main force.

As the large forces advance, the current situation can be said to be acceptable to both parties.

The brave men used various soft control magics to greatly change the terrain of the battlefield and very effectively delayed the advancement of the main force of the empire.

A complete imperial legion is often divided into several pieces by the terrain to continue advancing.

Cutting the neat battle line into pieces will consume their extra physical strength and disrupt their advancement and siege deployment, causing them to suffer greater casualties in the subsequent battle.

At the same time, Flynn also used the excellent defensive capabilities of the Maginot Line to withstand the empire's terrifying and intensive arrow strikes, retaining a large amount of effective strength for himself.

Under such a large-scale arrow rain attack, the solid Maginot Line of Defense was at least successful, preventing its own defenders from suffering more casualties during the early long-range strikes by archers.

Therefore, Flynn is naturally very accepting of the current battle situation.

The same is true for the empire, because although they were subjected to large-scale soft control magic during the advance, they were a little uncomfortable.

But it was just uncomfortable, just a little uncomfortable, not to the point of breaking my muscles and bones.

At the same time, because the archers in the empire's mixed legion were able to suppress the long-range firepower of the defenders inside the Maginot Line, the main force of the empire suffered long-range damage during the march. Also very small.

Almost all the frontal troops successfully advanced to the front of the Maginot Line and approached the city with close to zero casualties.

As long as this main tactical goal can be achieved, then some other hiccups along the way will not be a concern.

The Duke of Ravenna was very sure that after arriving at the front of the Maginot Line, his main infantry army would quickly destroy the main defensive force of the Maginot Line defenders with ruthless thunder power and a tsunami-like offensive.

At least, they can quickly occupy most of the Maginot Line of Defense, thereby laying a solid foundation for a comprehensive victory in the battle and a subsequent attack on the homeland of the Iron Hill Kingdom.

The troops are approaching the city!

The imperial army finally arrived in front of the walls, fortresses, towers and bunkers of the Maginot Line.

This time, it was a real attack on the city.

Among them, the most advanced force was the Empire's elite Golden Horn Legion.

This legion wore pitch black armor, and all of their helmets had sharp horns that were said to be made of gold, but in fact were probably just plated with a layer of gold.

The Black Helmet and Golden Horn Legion, this army is the first to die in the empire.

At the moment when the siege was launched, the Black Helmets and Golden Horns shouted in unison, announcing to everyone that they would bring victory to the defenders inside the Maginot Line.

Horrible death! The impact of dimensionality reduction is about to come!

After the black-helmeted Golden Horn Legion, the leader of the advance troops, made shouts and raised their arms.

Near them, those wearing black armor and helmets shining with golden light, and other imperial advance legions, also gave out high-pitched shouts.

"Ho! Roar! Roar!"

Then all the soldiers hunched over and raised their shields, gathered under the city wall.

A large number of imperial soldiers began to attack a large fortress in front of the Maginot Line. This fortress looked very rustic from the outside. After all, it was built in a hurry and there was no time to beautify it.

But as a fortress, its defense capabilities are already very complete.

The overall shape of the fortress is a square, and there are specially designed protruding parts on the four sides to serve as additional shooting holes and defensive positions.

The material of the fortress is the strongest stone transferred from the Iron Hill Kingdom, and has been specially bonded and reinforced. Let alone archers, even heavy trebuchets often hit the city wall with one shot. It can only leave a mark.

Because of the empire's powerful and continuous bow and arrow fire suppression, the troops guarding the major fortresses along the Maginot Line can usually only shoot bows and arrows or output magic in those relatively safe shooting holes.

In this case, the firepower output will be quite limited.

Sporadic arrows shot from the shooting holes, even if shot by the most elite warriors, can only cause very limited damage.

In a large-scale legion battle, this little firepower is simply pitiful.