Chapter 603 Broken-Winged Bird (I)

The charge whistle sounded.

Swords and guns clashed.

Fighting, roaring, blood rained down.

Each bullet fired by the shooters could cause heavy damage to a redemption soldier, but the forward shields opened by the Templars were taking all the bullets from the rifles.

The eight rounds of spare ammunition in the lever rifle were not enough in front of the Vatican troops whose number could not be seen clearly, and the single-shot loading mode at the bottom also left the soldiers no time to load ammunition into the weapons.

After the eight rounds of spare ammunition were used up, the cold light arrived.

The redemption soldiers rushed to the scattered cavalry infantry with flintlock rifles and daggers, and used the fighting skills they learned in training to send the "humans" in front of them to hell.

The infantrymen responded faster with the bayonets in their hands, and the sound of metal and iron clashed, and the physical disadvantage of the redemption army suddenly became apparent.

The well-fed infantrymen had a more obvious advantage in the power confrontation, and only needed a little effort to suppress the redemption army who could only eat mushrooms.

Blocking the short sword of the Redemption Army, the infantryman thrust the bayonet into the enemy's chest.

Compared with the mixed troops of the Redemption Army, which were recruited from the conscription mode, almost every infantryman under the lord was converted from cold weapons, and had very good close combat skills.

The next moment, he was cut in half by a centurion with a long sword because of the open door.

The infantryman only gained a little advantage in the two rounds of shooting, and then was dragged into a meat grinder by the low-era infantry equipped with a large number of close combat weapons. The spellcasters in the Redemption Army used the spells they had prepared long ago.

Armored units have an almost invincible advantage against unarmored units that cannot penetrate armor.

"Holy, light bless me with victory!"

A Templar raised his heavy sword and chopped off the long spear used by the infantryman to block, cutting the spear and the man into two halves. These elite infantrymen shining on the battlefield are naturally the targets of other infantrymen.

The infantrymen responsible for countering the monster infantry and elite infantry loaded iron-lead shotguns into the trench shotguns, aimed at the Templars who entered the position...

Pull the trigger.

The trench shotgun smashed the Templar's right arm, and the flesh and blood wrapped the metal fragments in turn, scattering an arc of bullets.

The divine magic sealed the Knight's wound, and the second shotgun that had been loaded had arrived, covering the Templar's chest with a layer of scarlet.

It was just a more tragic meat-crushing battle, the gun chamber was empty, and the bayonet was bloody.

The blood soaked the earth.

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Fort IV, command room.

"Look, what a brilliant record!"

The Vatican's messenger Levins admired the battle report obtained by the Holy Army on the battlefield. They relied on the air mobile infantry "Holy Army" to eliminate more than 3,000 enemies within a week, and seized more than 4,000 rifles and a large amount of ammunition.

And successfully destroyed three medium-sized strongholds of the enemy, twenty-three medium-sized strongholds, and seized fifteen magic mechas.

And they only lost 5,000 redemption troops, about 400 holy troops and elite infantry.

Considering that the redemption troops have no human rights, it is considered that they consumed 5,000 bullets.

A glorious victory.

"After the holy troops I brought in, our army gained an advantage across the board! Those clean demons who will not die retreated a full ten kilometers! It's a waste of the Privy Council to give you so many resources!"

Solta, who was once a special envoy of the Holy See and is now a front-line commander, looked very unhappy.

The victory brought by the herald officer undoubtedly proved his incompetence, even if everyone knew that the victory of the new troops on the battlefield did not represent a long-term advantage... But this did not affect the herald officer's having a very good battle report.

The holy troops brought by the herald officer, as air mobile infantry, opened up the situation for the tense battle on the front line.

He was right. Air mobile infantry was fatal to unprepared artillery units, and once the lords' infantry lost their artillery, they lost their ability to attack and suppress.

The Holy Army also brought the air reconnaissance capabilities that the Vatican troops had always lacked.

But Solta didn't quite understand why such a useful unit was only brought out at this time. If the Privy Council had given him such a unit earlier... he could have achieved such excellent results.

"This is the victory I described to you, and this is the victory I want to bring to the Privy Council."

The messenger Levins walked in front of Solta arrogantly, gently waving the battle report from the front line. Solta tried his best not to look at the very good-looking battle report.

"If the enemy is only at this level, we don't need to ask for support from the Holy Knights and the Vanguard Army. Let that woman and her troops rot in the corner... No, it's better for her to spit out all the land she occupied."

Solta cursed inwardly, how could the newcomer look more greedy than himself when he looked like a decent person.

I just hope that the skinny corpses in the Privy Council will not replace me after reading the war report. There are too many people in the Church who want to make trouble for him. If he doesn't win enough benefits for them to fill their stomachs...

Levins put the war report on the table and knocked on the table. Solta's expression made him feel very comfortable.

"I can't wait to send this report to the Privy Council and let them "create" more holy troops to the front line. The reason why there was no breakthrough before was just the method you used."

There is nothing to be afraid of those demons who will not die. They will all die, and they are all mortals.

And this victory was brought by the faction he represented, not the faction represented by Solta.

Levins knocked on the table, using a crisp sound to put pressure on Solta. This week's battle report was far better than Solta's record since he took office... Even the total may not be as good as the record of the week when the messenger arrived.

Solta didn't say anything. He actually didn't know much about the experience of the paladin, but he knew that the mixed combat and repair troops encountered heavy air fire from the enemy.

At this time, he hoped that the Holy Army could force out the enemy's air force again.

"Don't forget, there is an air force on the opposite side that can use bombing." Solta reminded, he thought, he should say something.

But, he hasn't seen them for a long time... and the survivors of the bombing said that the enemy's fleet was actually not large.

"It doesn't matter, it's just an air force!" Levins sneered: "Do you want to scare me and slow down the advancement of the Holy Army and ordinary troops? Do you think I didn't read the previous report?"

The survivors of the bombing said that the enemy would not exceed thirty-six airships.

"They only acted twice, which means that each time they acted, they consumed a lot of resources... and since the previous attack, they have never used that kind of troops again." Levins continued: "If they really have the ability to send out a large number of troops of this level, do you think we can sit in this fortress and chat?"

Solta didn't say anything, just looked at the young man in front of him who was already intoxicated by victory, not only him, but also more people behind him.

Indeed, there are only two records of the enemy's fleet sending out large-scale bombing.

But most of the priests sent to scout the Sky Island never returned, and the priests who were able to return only reported that there were many dangerous wild animals on the Sky Island, and no traces of humans were found.

Maybe, they only have this air force?

"If you are worried, why don't we lure their fleet out, and then use armored airships and the Holy Army to annihilate it all at once?"

Levins tapped the table lightly, his words full of confidence.