In this way, on the eve of the official start of the war, the three of them were chatting while roasting strange birds by the fire.

the next day.

The fortifications have been constructed, and the soldiers are resting while preparing for battle, checking their weapons and equipment, or praying with priests.

At about noon, a dense light spot finally appeared on the periphery of the strategic biological radar detector, which means that the coalition forces were only about 43 kilometers away from the position of the northern army.

At night, the number of light spots was already connected, and there was no way to count them.

I thought it was almost time for a decisive battle in another day, but unexpectedly, they walked about 20 kilometers for another day. According to this journey, it is estimated that they will not be able to reach them until a day later, needless to say. It can be guessed that their speed must be dragged down by the huge revolutionary army.

When the enemy was only about 23 kilometers away from his side, Yong Ye went to the artillery position behind the criss-crossed trench positions.

At the rear of the artillery position, the ground is a flat ground with gravel, and something similar to a railway track is laid. Above it is a behemoth with a total length of 47 meters, a width of 9 meters, a height of about 12.3 meters, and a caliber of 900 mm. This is an upgraded version of the magical transformation of the different world that is modeled on Gustav's cannon - the Apocalypse No. 1 super cannon.

Apocalypse No. 1 is not only equipped with elite guards, but also four giant reinforcement soldiers who are also behemoths, about 50 meters in height. In addition to acting as porters, these reinforcement soldiers also serve as shell loaders. As for Shooting is an artificial action carried out by mechanical assistance, and a shooting version of a strategic bio-radar detector is installed on the cannon to assist shooting.

"Start preparing for the bombardment, target... Esdes' subordinates!"

There are only two elite troops of the coalition army, one is the guards, and the other is Esdes' subordinates. The guards protecting the little emperor have not yet appeared in the range of Apocalypse No. 1, so Yongye also The Esdes subordinates who are located in the rear of the Revolutionary Army are selected.

The formation of Esdes' subordinates is relatively neat compared to the ordinary imperial local army around. After Lan, who was reconnaissance at an altitude of 2,000 meters, identified the figure of Esdes' subordinates in the messy sea of ​​​​people on the plain. Their location is indicated on the strategic bioradar detector.

Therefore, it is very easy to bombard if you know the location, especially when the Apocalypse-1 has a range of about 52 kilometers (armor-piercing shells) to 35 kilometers (high-explosive shells).

Esdes' subordinates are in the inner circle of the radar's detection, about 30 kilometers away. With Apocalypse 1 exceeding the shooting accuracy of the Gustav artillery, the accuracy of shooting in this range can be said to be very high.

The nearby giant fortified soldiers installed high-explosive bombs as instructed, and the people around them put on special earmuffs. Then the giant cannons began to be debugged and calibrated for a while, and finally the high-explosive bomb of more than five tons in the thunderous noise. ejected.

In the middle of the Northern Expedition Coalition Army in the distance, the legion under Esders did not realize anything, and they always walked seriously in accordance with the formation. Because they did not look around, they did not find a supersonic attack in the distance. The giant cannonball, showing The parabola plummeted towards them.

Boom————! ??

There was a loud noise that shook the sky and the earth, and everyone nearby felt the shaking of the earth and the mountains, and then a large number of soldiers who were far away quickly looked in the direction of the sound.

A huge fireball appeared in the center of the queue, and at least hundreds of people disappeared without a trace. The shock wave generated by the shelling also caused a large number of soldiers around to fly like rags in the sky, as if... the popcorn was boiling, and a group of people on the edge of the explosion was blown into the sky.

"—What, what's the situation?!"

"Where did the attack come from??"

"Why did the explosion happen??"

A group of incomprehensible soldiers on the outside looked around, and near the shelling area, some soldiers were deaf. They were blown to the ground as if they were dead and did not respond at all. The huge shock made them unable to recover, they were just stupid. Lying on the ground in a daze, he couldn't get back to his senses, even though there were a lot of high-explosive shell fragments beside him who hit the ground and mourned his companions, he didn't pay any attention at all.

"It hurts?"

"Military doctor! Where did the military doctor die?"

"Why are we targeted?!"

"Bastard! Can't move!"

"Save me, save me...!"

A large group of soldiers who didn't die ran around like headless flies, got shrapnel in their hands and feet, and even people with broken hands and feet were suddenly created in there.

Unable to understand the status quo, Esdes' subordinates were thrown into chaos.

The giant reinforcement soldiers on the other side started to reload the shells in an orderly manner, as they were trained, and did not make Esdes' subordinates wait too long before launching the next bombardment.

Another grand occasion where the human body and human tissues were flying, appeared in Esdes' troops, the ground was also bombarded by these two times, and two three-story deep pits were blown up, and their level of confusion was different. Raised once.

The third time I noticed the black spot in the sky, the elite Esdes troops immediately fell to the ground when they found the fragments hurt.

However... people in this era don't know that apart from being directly blown away, there are actually two main types of killing mechanism of shells. The first is the killing of shrapnel flying at high speed after the explosion, and the second is the shock wave overpressure generated by the explosion. kill.

Lying on the ground or hiding behind cover, you may be able to avoid the direct killing and fragmentation damage of the shell, but it cannot escape the overpressure caused by the shell's shock wave. Shocked to death.

The death toll from the third shelling shot up again, and a large number of soldiers lying on the ground could not get up again.

The continuous bombardment of huge artillery made the morale of Esdes' subordinates drop to freezing point. The sixth round of artillery bombardment hit the high-level officers in this unit, and sent the new deputy general and other officers after the death of the three beasts. At the right time, when Esdes was still protecting the little emperor at the rear, her headless army had an avalanche-style rout.

Then... the super cannon, after predicting and firing a few times as if in pursuit, began to wreak havoc in the densely populated areas of the coalition forces.

Under the attack of the huge artillery, the coalition forces forcibly rushed to the defensive position of the northern army all the way. Although the miscellaneous army did not have two rounds, there was a rout, but the supervising team would appear soon and directly kill the rout. The soldiers barely stopped their rout.

When the Guards entered the range, Yong Ye wanted to repeat the same trick to bombard the Guards, but it was a pity that Bude, who had always protected the emperor, noticed Lan, who was scouting the Guards at an altitude of 2,000 meters in the sky, and directly Using Thor's Wrath, Admiral, summoned a thunderbolt and slashed Ran, who couldn't react, and shot him down from the sky.

If the reconnaissance flying cavalry who followed behind rushed out in time to hug Lan and fled all the way from the air, I am afraid that Lan would not have come back at all.

When sent back, Lan was electrocuted in a coma, so Yongye could only temporarily let the reconnaissance cavalry riding a dangerous flying species to investigate.

It’s a pity that the empire sent flying dangerous species that were fed by the emperor directly, so that Yongye’s reconnaissance flying cavalry had no way to get close to the area behind the coalition forces, so the cannon could only be carried out according to the strategic biological radar detector. shot.

However, Yong Ye found it through the strategic biological radar. It was probably the light spot of the Guards and tested it. Unfortunately, it didn't work. I think it was intercepted by Bude with lightning, so he didn't get close. The guards were wasting a lot of effort, avoiding this target for artillery bombardment.

But Bud and Esdes, even though they were intent on defending and intercepting the shells, had no way to protect the entire coalition, and could only let the super cannons wreak havoc in the coalition.

Since the super artillery only stopped when the barrel was changed, it was bombarding at other times. Therefore, under the deterrence of the amazingly lethal artillery, the coalition army, whose morale was severely hit by the artillery fire, could only march through the night, planning to go as early as possible. One step to reach the enemy.

Of course... At the same time, the coalition forces also thought about sending Tegu envoys to destroy the cannons, but considering that the cannons are located in the army, there must be master protection nearby and the army on the side, breaking into the possibility of destroying the cannons too low.

As soon as the commandos rushed in, they would be entangled by the masters in the north, and then be surrounded by the army, that is, even the emperor would have no way to survive... It was like a dog with meat buns, so they could only give up temporarily and think about it instead. The method is to quickly reach the enemy's position, and then the army will drag the opponent in front, and the commando of the emperor will take this opportunity to attack the giant artillery.

The night is getting dark, and the morning of the decisive battle is coming.

As the decisive battle approached, there was a sense of tension unique to the battlefield on the defensive positions of the Northern Territory Army. After the shift meal and the rest, the defensive troops gathered in the battle area were in excellent condition, and the artillery had been debugged, and they just had to wait. Once the coalition forces are in range, they can use artillery and firearms to teach the coalition forces a good lesson.

The whole army held their breath, vigilantly waiting for the defensive area in front of the position, this war that could decide the fate of the empire came.

The night sky over the Great Plains of Snape, because tonight is just a breeze on the cheeks, so the flow of clouds is very slow. Ordinary soldiers stared at the front of the position, while artillerymen at the rear were staring at the strategic bio-radar detectors, ready to launch heavy and medium-sized artillery bombardments when the enemy entered a roughly six-kilometer range.

"The enemy has advanced to the designated position and started shelling!"

The artillery commander issued an order, and all kinds of artillery, which had been loaded with shells, began to launch powerful destructive shells.

At the same time as this command sounded, the deafening continuous shelling began to sound continuously. Medium and heavy cannons, howitzers and mortars of various calibers were fired without hesitation.

The thundering sound of artillery fire sounded on the battlefield, and the millions of enemy troops swept in by the black pressure, which could already be seen dimly by the moonlight, were immediately covered by artillery fire.

The roar of the earth continued to tremble like an earthquake, the high flames rose, and the soldiers in the front center of the coalition vanguard were blown away like rags. The march of the army was paused because of the sudden heavy artillery attack. hesitate.

The sound of continuous artillery shelling resounded in the distance, and the coalition soldiers could use the moonlight to see that there were many flying objects attacking them from the north.

In the deafening roar, the splashes of flesh and body fluids dyed the coalition soldiers red, sending them into panic and confusion.

"The beast on the other side is trying to blow us all up!"

"Gone! My hand, my hand is gone!!"