At the same time, the Viper Cross Pope, who was in the middle of the army, had the same question in his mind.
From where he stood, he could see the light and roar of the giant cannons on the high ground in front of him. At the same time, he could see the crumbling walls of Enrique City in the distance. When he realized the range and power of the enemy's attack, Dai Ze did not hesitate to blow the bugle and begin the attack!
"Damn it! What kind of weapon are they using!? "
Dai Ze, who was riding on horseback, was a little flustered. At this time, the army was about 1,700 meters away from Efta's position on the high ground. The effective range of the Venomfang Tank was already very long, but it was only about 1,000 meters at most. The enemy's heavy cannons had directly blown up the city wall nearly two kilometers away. In comparison, Dai Ze did not think that he could escape the attack of such a weapon!
Since the cannons could hit Enrique City, they could also hit him. Therefore, the only thing he could do now was to speed up and rush to the high ground before the enemy turned their target to him!
"Speed up! Speed up! Even if we don't have the stamina to rush there, it's better than dying on the road! "
His hand that was gripping his staff was full of sweat, and his whole face was as tense as a mask. The mages desperately cast magic to speed up the soldiers, but the movement of nearly ten thousand people, coupled with the burden of the Venomfang Tank, immediately caused the orderly army to fall apart.
But just as the cavalry began to speed up, preparing to break away from the main force and charge forward, a dense roar came from the sky. Pope Dai Ze raised his head and saw two black silhouettes on the horizon rapidly flying in their direction. They seemed to have already adjusted their course and were flying straight at them.
Dai Ze had seen these things many times, but he still did not know what they were. But when the huge "Albatross" transport plane behind them appeared in their field of vision, everyone realized that something was wrong.
The falcon flew over their heads. The "Albatross" was only flying at an altitude of about 1,000 meters. It flew over the "artillery" position where Efta's soldiers were, and then, as it was about to fly over the Viper Cross army, it began to drop black objects from the rear cabin.
The Viper Cross infantrymen at the forefront of the formation raised their heads to look at the sky, watching as the black object with a tail rapidly plummeted down, directly smashing into the formation of infantrymen.
Boom!
Dai Ze, who was 200 m away, witnessed the explosion of this bomb. Blue light blossomed. With the shock wave, a large number of broken limbs were thrown high into the air. Everything within a radius of over 30 m was completely devoured by flames. Black smoke rose like mushrooms. The terrifying shock wave could even blow away knights 100 m away.
What was even more frightening was that these blows were continuous.
The sorcerers on the Albatross quickly dropped more than seventy air bombs. When Dai Ze saw the black shadows flying towards him, he immediately jumped off his horse and shouted, "Dodge! Dodge! "
With the help of magic, Dai Ze's every step was as swift as flying on flat ground. However, there were too few people who could do what he did. The high-ranking Saint Knights protecting him did not realize the severity of the problem and instinctively turned their horses to the sides. As for the elders, they were squeezed in the middle of the group. When they heard the Pope's warning, they were already one step too late in casting their spells.
The flames swallowed everything in an instant.
The crystal equivalent of each bomb was more than three times that of the cannons. In order to save costs, these bombs were made of wood that had been enchanted with Solidification. However, to increase the lethality, the tails of the bombs were filled with all sorts of metal fragments. Thus, when the front part of the warhead pierced into the ground and triggered the crystal to explode, the fragments stored in the tails would cause a large area of damage.
And when a series of bombs fell directly into the densely packed crowd, each bomb could kill tens or even hundreds of people on the spot!
In the era of cold weapons, it was impossible to imagine the terror of aerial bombardment with firearms. Currently, the Viper Cross' concept of battle was still at the stage of 'relying on numbers to win'. However, they did not know that this kind of formation was the favorite target for carpet bombing.
Within half a minute, more than 70 bombs landed on the ground. Although they did not cover the entirety of the Viper Cross army, they still managed to engulf more than 70% of the infantry troops in a sea of fire caused by the release of energy crystals.
Only the cavalry on both sides were lucky enough to escape the bombardment. However, this kind of attack that was even more terrifying than a forbidden spell had completely destroyed their morale.
The knights of the Army of Saints who had been shouting their slogan could only do their best to control their horses, which had been startled by the impact and the loud explosions. Faced with the attack from the sky, these cavalry discovered that they could do nothing but passively take a beating.
Charge? The enemy was still two kilometers away!
In front of them, the orange-red flames formed a sea. The people in the middle of the infantry formation had been wiped out on the spot. The soldiers at the edge of the formation who hadn't died from the impact were now crawling out with their bodies covered in flames. Some of the cavalry jumped off their horses, wanting to drag them out of the sea of fire. However, when they got closer, they discovered that these people's bodies were covered in large wounds caused by metal fragments …
The blood that flowed out had been scorched black by the fire. Often, not even a few minutes after they were dragged out of the area, they would die from the burns in their respiratory tracts and excessive blood loss …
And an even more terrifying accident had yet to come.
When Pope Dai Ze crawled up from the ground, his face covered in dirt, the first thing he saw was the 'Poison Fang War Chariots' and the poison gas bombs in the center of the battlefield. And to his horror … those war weapons that he had spent so much blood and sweat to create had already been completely destroyed by the impact and flames. And the dark green poison gas had also spread along with the destruction of the 'poison gas bombs'!
When this poison gas came into contact with the soldiers on both sides, they immediately began to howl in pain. The soldiers who had been operating the 'Poison Fang War Chariots' began to madly scratch at their faces and exposed skin. Pustules almost immediately covered their entire bodies. Afterwards, these soldiers' throats were completely mute from breathing in the poison gas. When they noiselessly fell to the ground, their faces were covered in pus and blood, their deaths abnormally miserable …
"Hurry and retreat from that area! Hurry! "
Dai Ze shouted with all his might, but only now did he realize that his personal guards had not been able to dodge in time and had all disappeared in the explosion. Looking around, he saw that the only thing left where he had been standing was a giant pit. The ground was covered in scorched black severed limbs. Those elders had disappeared without a trace. Most likely, not even their corpses were intact …
How could the top fighting force of the Church be gone just like that?
Dai Ze's ears were buzzing after the explosion. Not far in front of him, the poison gas had already begun to spread … Some of the knights who wanted to help the wounded were enveloped by the poison gas, then screamed and fled into the distance. This scene caused widespread panic among the hesitating cavalrymen. In order to avoid the poison gas, they all turned around and began to run.
Very quickly, the cavalry's morale began to collapse on a large scale. Dai Ze alone was powerless to stop these cavalrymen from fleeing. He could only raise the scepter in his hand and use his magic to heal the wounded soldiers around him. He also pulled up the mages who had not yet been burnt to death and did his best to release the 'Holy Force Field' to block the poison gas that was about to spread.
If not for the fact that the 'Albatross' transport plane's' bomb carrying capacity was not strong enough, this round of bombing would have basically annihilated the entire Viper Cross Army. But in the end, the seventy bombs were not able to 'protect' all the soldiers. The last bomb detonated forty meters behind Pope Dai Ze. The two thousand soldiers behind him were not attacked. But at this time, they were already scared out of their wits and were in a state of collapse at any time.
Under such circumstances, Dai Ze immediately made a decision. He gathered a dozen bishops and after isolating the poison gas in front of them, he immediately called for the surviving soldiers to retreat. He then used the 'Levitation Spell' and 'Holy Light Spell' to attract the attention of the panicking soldiers, and used the 'Amplification Spell' to stabilize the morale of the troops. Then, he immediately let the soldiers at the back become the vanguard and retreated in an orderly manner.
This series of orders was not complicated, but after Dai Ze had issued all of them, he turned back to look at the battlefield in front of him … The isolated poison gas had completely enveloped the struggling soldiers. After being bombed, the six thousand soldiers at the front were now covered by the spreading poison gas. There was no way for them to survive. No matter how shocking the slogans they had shouted, a cruel reality was right in front of them.
The six thousand main force had completely disappeared in five minutes.
Out of the thirteen thousand soldiers of the Viper Cross Army, nearly half of them had died. This kind of loss was unbearable to any army.
Gritting his teeth, Dai Ze retreated from the battlefield on foot. The existence of the poison gas made it impossible for them to even 'collect the corpses'. This kind of humiliating failure made everyone's heart abnormally heavy.
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