Chapter 609: Besieged City (I)

The priest grabbed the magic communication component, his hands trembling with fear.

"This is the Third Battalion of the Seventh Regiment of the Third Mixed Division of the Holy Cross. We saw that we were attacked by the enemy of the Fourth Battalion of the Seventh Regiment..."

The 203 heavy hammer representing firepower fell, and the dust explosion cloud was connected into a line, like an ink mark drawn by a brush on the ground.

The dark gray ink mark fell, turning everything on the path into part of this scar on the earth.

"The Fourth Battalion of the Seventh Regiment, the Fifth Battalion of the Seventh Regiment, the Sixth Battalion of the Seventh Regiment, no response..."

The magic communication component in the priest's hand flickered, transmitting his information to the command post ten kilometers away, staring at the furrows plowed not far away and trembling.

Three battalions, fifteen centurion teams, and six divine artillery disappeared from his sight in less than ten seconds.

Blinking his eyes, the marching team was left with only broken flags and broken armor fragments.

They were clearly still thirty kilometers away from the enemy's front-line base.

"What the hell is that..."

The hot shell was pulled out as the mechanical structure rotated, and the officer waved the signal flag in his hand.

The rotating gear pushed a new shell into the chamber.

203mm barrel heavy artillery.

Each shell weighed 110 kilograms, equivalent to the weight of two lighter adults, more than twice the weight of 152 medium artillery, and could crush enemies within 35 kilometers and their equipment into powder.

Manpower has no way to quickly load this heavy artillery, and mechanical devices are needed to assist loading in order to fire quickly.

But the recoil generated by the heavy artillery when firing is also amazing. The huge recoil generated by the firing can even shake up the sand and dust on the ground, leaving a significant dent on the load-bearing frame on the ground.

Every operator must wear earmuffs in accordance with the regulations to prevent their eardrums from being injured by the shock wave generated by the shells leaving the barrel.

It can only be used as a fortress defense and land-based weapon. It needs a land-based platform to bear the huge recoil generated when firing. The airship will be easily damaged by the reaction force of this heavy artillery when firing.

The warship in the sea can still rely on the water body to unload the force, and the airship can only rely on its own body to absorb all the reaction force.

The twelve 203mm heavy artillery on the ground are all experimental technical equipment of standard mining. They are too heavy and have too much recoil. They can't move forward with the air force. Ji Lin can only send this batch of experimental technical weapons to the ground with regret.

He wanted to use this heavy firepower platform to smash the six front-line fortresses of the Holy See, but now it seems that heavy attack aircraft are still needed to drop bombs.

It was placed in the front-line material center as a defensive weapon and a land-based fortress artillery.

Unlike land-based fortress artillery, they can release power to the earth as much as they want, allowing the earth to unload the recoil generated when firing.

The signal flag was waved, and the heavy artillery of the fortress roared together, and twelve shock waves shook the smoke and dust.

The falcons circled uneasily in the sky, the cavalrymen soothed their frightened horses, and the hunters had already left with their sensitive alien hounds.

A new gray ink mark appeared on the already dark ground.

Like an invisible hand waving a pen on the ground.

This artillery used to destroy fortresses and permanent fortifications now points its firepower at the infantry still in action, receiving firepower information provided by the reconnaissance airship through radio and adjusting the muzzle.

The high-speed airship used for reconnaissance only carries automatic machine guns to provide the minimum self-defense firepower and does not pose any threat to the ground, but when they appear on the battlefield as artillery reconnaissance...

Soon, other forms of attack will arrive.

Just like when you see a drone on the battlefield... if it is a suicide drone rushing towards you, it means that you only need to deal with it to get a moment of respite.

But if it is a medium-sized artillery reconnaissance drone that keeps staring at you without attacking, you, your squad, and your entire regiment.

You may be in big trouble.

Reloaded, fire again.

Shock waves and shrapnel swept across the earth, sweeping out a hill on the hard ground.

With the stroke of a pen, three more battalions were eliminated.

In order to avoid being harassed by the assassins and shadow troops of the coalition, the Holy See chose to advance in a dense formation, so that they would not have to worry about being defeated one by one by the enemy's assassins.

The stealth troops hiding in the shadows of the coalition brought a lot of trouble to their actions.

According to the original plan, they would disperse when they were fifteen kilometers away from the coalition front line. Set up camp and build a defense line.

According to the information they received, fifteen kilometers is the enemy's attack limit. No matter what happens at this distance, the troops of the Holy See can react in time.

A wide enough isolation zone can allow the holy army with wings to maneuver around, intercept the enemy's outbound troops, and be ready to deal with the enemy's floating ship troops at any time.

After the preparations were completed, a mixed force of 300,000 troops besieged the fortress, using divine artillery to bombard and attack, and a large number of troops to drag the enemy into a bloody grindstone of hand-to-hand combat...forcing them to lose the advantage of long-range weapons.

As they learned from experience, the enemy is also human. Although they can come back countless times, they will also bleed and die.

"As long as we invest more troops than they do, and let them not be revived to keep up with the consumption, we can win the battle. This is why they have been unwilling to engage in a large-scale strategic decisive battle with us."

The strategic plan is perfect.

"Thirty kilometers..."

But after they stepped into the 30-kilometer line, the enemy told them with bloody reality... It was not safe here.

This place changed from the original isolation zone to a killing field of artillery.

On the first day of entering the 30-kilometer line, the Vatican troops lost 15,000 soldiers due to artillery bombardment.

They used their heads to catch the mace and withstood the pressure of firepower.

The heavy artillery of experimental technology was forced to stop firing due to mechanical fatigue caused by long-term firing by manpower, and most of the shells in reserve were consumed.

The first batch of 150,000 troops, 130,000 of them still gritted their teeth, sang praises, and arrived at the original first 15-kilometer defense line under the artillery fire.