At the same time, three teams of paratroopers had landed in three towns on the south bank of Lamu River.
The reason why these three towns were chosen was that they were the three important "lifelines" to supply Udora's army in the desert. If the supply of a large army was cut off during the march to war, it would only end in "defeat without a fight".
Any commander would pay attention to protecting their rear supply points. However, although Udora had seen "bombing", she didn't know the existence of "paratroopers". Under such information asymmetry, she didn't realize that the enemy had the ability to "descend from the sky".
Therefore, when the soldiers in the three towns of Carlin, Burqi, and Moss saw the paratroopers slowly descending from the sky, they did not understand what was going on at all. Even the civilians shouted and came out to watch, pointing at the soldiers with crystal weapons in their hands.
Masora's feet touched the ground, she untied the parachute, took out the "crystal gun" on her back, and quickly rushed to the granary in the town with the team of 100 people behind her.
Although the south of Lamu River was mostly desert, the existence of this river made the nearby land very suitable for planting, which was similar to the "Hetao area" in China on the earth. This was also the advantage of Udora's army that didn't need to transport food over a long distance — but the three nearest towns had long been mainly trading, not fortress mode, so there was no city wall protection.
Carlin Town in the west and Moss Town in the east had a logistics force of 2,000 people responsible for transportation and protection respectively. Burqi Town in the south had the largest area and the largest population. At the same time, it also had a garrison of 3,000 people.
Masora's troops landed in Burqi Town which had the most garrison at this time — but although they claimed to have 3,000 garrison, in fact, because of the large area of the town, these people were scattered. At the same time, more than half of them were logistics soldiers responsible for transporting food, so their combat effectiveness was basically no different from ordinary people.
The news of Udora's defeat had not yet spread. With the existence of the natural stronghold of Lamu River, no one would think that they would be attacked by the enemy here. Therefore, these "logistics troops" from various countries were usually very slack. They just chatted and idled their days without alertness.
When Masorra's hundred men rushed towards the granary with murderous intent, the guards who had just realized that something was wrong ran out with their swords and yelled, "Ring the alarm! Stop them … Damn it, shoot! "
Only three of the ten or so defenders had bows in their hands. Before they could aim and shoot, Marthora and the others raised their "crystal spears". After a series of flashes and gunshots, the group of defenders, along with their comrades behind them, were pierced on the spot and fell into a pool of blood.
"Seal off the left and right streets and continue forward!"
"Yes!"
The paratroopers did not have to worry about the anti-magic field here, so the crystal weapons were finally put to good use. Two squads of paratroopers stood in formation with crystal spears in their hands and blocked the street entrance. Marsora, who continued to charge, locked onto the heavily guarded granary area in front of him. He threw a 'crystal grenade' from afar, and before the dozens of soldiers could react, they were directly blown away by the impact comparable to a 'Flame Blast'. Two houses within twenty meters also collapsed.
In the past, it was very difficult for an army of a hundred men to play a decisive role in a war with cold weapons. However, when they used powerful "hot weapons", they immediately became the dagger that stabbed the enemy's weakness.
This was truly a "special force".
The alerted defenders quickly gathered, but the scattered troops that rushed over were all beaten back by the paratroopers blocking the street entrance. The difference in weapons made it so that these soldiers who did not have much combat power did not even have the chance to shoot arrows, let alone fight in close combat.
Marsora and the others followed the map that the reconnaissance aircraft had found and accurately rushed into the granary area along the street. The granary area was filled with mountains of food. Because of the continuous transportation, more than half of the food had been moved out from the originally thick stone houses, waiting to be transported to the frontline at any time.
The food in front of them was enough to feed an army of 10,000 for two to three months. Marsora looked around and immediately waved his hand. "Set up the magic circle, quickly!"
Four barbarian soldiers carrying huge backpacks rushed into the granary and waved their hands to knock over the bewildered movers. They scattered the magic circle that they had brought with them, then inserted the crystals and quickly retreated.
A minute later, the activated magic circle continuously sprayed flames in all directions. It did not take long for the piles of food to be ignited. Thick black smoke billowed. After Marsora and the others confirmed that the fire could not be extinguished, they calmly formed a team and left through the predetermined retreat route. Along the way, there were not many soldiers who dared to stop them because the "crystal grenades" that they had thrown earlier had already killed three captains and the soldiers that followed them. In the face of such enemies, who did not have the will to fight in the first place, why would they go forward one after another to die?
Marsora and the others did not simply leave the town. Instead, after leaving the granary area, they rushed to the area outside the town where the caravans parked their camels and horses. Each of them dragged two or three camels, collected as much food as they could, and quickly headed west.
Walking out of the town of Birch, they saw black smoke rising from the town of Carlin 40 kilometers away in the west. Not long after, black smoke columns also appeared on the horizon in the east.
Three towns that provided logistical support for Udora's army were set on fire by the airborne soldiers of the Kingdom of Karen at the same time.
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The next day, in the study, Roddy was writing a reply letter. In his hand was the letter that Kardashian had just sent, which described the research results of the "guided missile". However, what Roddy paid more attention to was the "heavy factory" that had already started construction next to the airport outside the city of Hollier.
The previous "transport planes" required a group of mages to work overtime to produce them. Although the production speed was astonishing, everyone knew that mages weren't meant to be used as workers. In order to increase production, it would be best to have an entire production line that didn't require the mages — or more accurately, a "high-level mages" — to process and produce the goods. Otherwise, something like the "transport plane" would forever be a luxury.
But the war did not need luxury.
On the earth, the assembly line invented by the American "Ford" was called "putting wheels on the world" at that time. Although the production of airplanes could not go through the assembly line from beginning to end like cars, to improve the efficiency, it was necessary to start from some parts of the production line. Because after the establishment of each production line, not only the parts of airplanes could be produced, but also the parts for artillery carriages and even trains could be produced in large quantities.
Most importantly, Kardashian and several "honorary elders" had perfected the second-generation model of the steam engine. At the same time, they had also worked hard to make the production process "magic-free". Now, only magic circles and trained magic apprentices could operate the production. Therefore, once the production line was established, it would not only drive the military industry, but also the entire civilian heavy industry industry, which could bring a huge revolution to the Kingdom of Karen.
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