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Chapter 548 "There will be retribution!"
Night fell.
Tonight, the sky was particularly dark. Clouds were pressing in from the distant horizon, blocking the starry sky and the moonlight. Only the moon could occasionally shine through the gaps in the clouds.
On the city wall, the defenders lit torches. Reuenthal, who replaced the injured General Miro, observed the distant orc camp with binoculars for a while and whispered, "Goddess bless us."
Every night, the beastmen's camp in the distance would be particularly frightening. The orc camp, which stretched for dozens of miles, was brightly lit.
Countless torches and bonfires were densely packed in the orc camp. Looking at the dozens of miles of fire, it was particularly shocking.
At this moment, a soft rustling sound could be heard from the sky.
Hidden in the clouds, one after another, hot air balloon airships revealed their silhouettes. Thanks to God's blessing, the night and clouds provided sufficient cover for them.
One by one, hot air balloon airships quietly flew above the Beastmen's encampment.
The surprise attack plan had officially begun!
For this operation, the Air Force commanded by General Andre dispatched more than 1,500 of the largest hot air balloon airships and 200 of the smaller escort airships.
Although it was night, the orc camp below was particularly obvious from the sky. These orcs really shouldn't light so many torches at night! The Imperial soldiers on the airships muttered in their hearts.
Those bright torches made the Imperial soldiers on the airships not have to worry about aiming in the dark.
One by one, hot air balloons quietly flew over the Beastmen's camp. A large number of hot air balloons formed one formation after another in the air. The Empire's first batch of Air Force was following their strict daily training and forming dense formations, carefully maintaining order and spacing between each other.
Under the faint moonlight, secret weapons produced by the Empire's factories that surpassed the entire era were hung from the bottom of the airship. The weapons were named "bombs" by the Duke of the Tulip Family. They were like grapes hanging on a vine.
The night provided cover for the air force of the Imperial Air Force; however, it also caused some trouble for the air force of the Imperial Air Force. In this age without communication tools, air force could still follow the command of the Imperial Air Force according to the flag of the flagship in the airship through telescopes and observers. But at night … in the sky, the flags could no longer be recognized.
At this time, it was more based on feelings.
Within the Beastman army, Beastman Warriors were sleeping in their tents. Occasionally, the patrolling Beastman soldiers didn't notice the abnormality in the sky.
Even the Beastman warriors on the observation platform were somewhat relaxed, only occasionally looking in the direction of the human city wall.
The Beastman Giant Rock didn't sleep. He was in his own tent, discussing something with a few of his relatives, the leaders of the Rhinoceros Tribe. Rock was in a very bad mood. Although White Rhinoceros General Bistine had vowed to use victory to wash away the humiliation, Rock was in a very bad mood. However, the previous battle had made Rock understand that humans weren't as weak as he had imagined.
It seemed that … what the Elf King said was not wrong.
"Tomorrow's battle, I think …"
Just as the rock was about to say something, a loud bang interrupted it!
Boom!!
In the night, the sound of the explosion immediately broke the silence! The sound of the explosion seemed to be very close to Rock's tent. Following that, flames immediately came from outside!
The Beastman leaders in the tent were stunned for a moment, then they immediately rushed out while shouting!
At this time, the humans' air attack had been fully launched!
After the first bomb was thrown, it happened to land on top of a tent. After the gunpowder exploded, the flames quickly ignited the tent! When the sleeping Beastman warriors woke up, they rushed out of the tent that had already turned into a ball of flames!
In the darkness, the explosion of the bomb didn't just bring flames. After being modified by the Northwest, this bomb was also filled with a considerable amount of iron shards, iron nails, and other things. Once it exploded, it immediately turned into the "exploding bomb" that Du Wei knew about in his previous life!
The iron shards and iron nails surged out in the explosion, creating a large amount of killing intent for the Beastmen.
In the sky, strings of bombs whistled as they fell from the sky, pouring down on the Beastman army camp!
In just a few breaths of time, the Beastman army camp was filled with flames! The surrounding explosions didn't stop. Most of the Beastmen had yet to wake up from their shock. More and more Beastmen rushed out of their tents and barracks, running around the camp in a daze and shouting.
Many Beastmen didn't even know where the explosions were coming from. It was just that the surroundings were engulfed in flames, and the secret explosions made the cries of the Orcs filled with a kind of miserable taste.
"What's going on?! What happened?! "
Rock roared angrily.
No one could answer.
Because at this moment, most of the Beastmen were asking the same question!
Looking down from the sky, the first round of explosions was more than halfway done. Countless sparks had already bloomed in this part of the Beastman camp.
Countless Beastmen cried out in alarm, screamed, and ran blindly. However, what awaited them was even more bombs falling from the sky!
"Fly forward! Continue to fly forward! Increase the depth!!! " In the sky, because they couldn't use flags to command in the dark, the soldiers could only desperately shout at their companions.
Although the efficiency of this was very low and it brought some trouble to the humans' plan, the Orcs below were still in a state of chaos!
One by one, the tents and barracks were engulfed in flames. The Beastmen crowded around the camp and ran back and forth, but they didn't know where they were running to. Those bombs, some landed on the barracks, some landed on the Beastmen. The flames and shrapnel from the bombs were killing the Beastmen.
Finally, when the first round of explosions ended, the Beastmen barracks in the bombing area were filled with flames! In the chaos, the Beastmen ran back and forth and trampled, causing some Beastmen to die under the feet of their companions.
At this time, some sharp-eyed Beastmen finally discovered the enemy!
"In the sky!! They are in the sky!!! "
More and more Beastmen raised their heads and saw the chaotic formation of airships in the sky. However, at this time, the Beastmen were even more shocked. Could it be that the humans were like the elves and had the ability to fly?!
The humans' bombing was carried out according to formation, with every three hundred airships in a round. When the first round of bombing airships completed their mission and returned, the second round of airships had already flown above the Beastmen's heads!
"Observe carefully! Throw the bombs at the densest areas!! "
The observers on the airships roared with all their might.
When the second round of bombs was thrown, the Beastmen finally started a sporadic counterattack.
However, this kind of counterattack was clearly a bit weak.
Because the Beastmen lacked archers, especially this time, the ones in charge of the main attack were the Hoofed Beastmen. Those Beastmen who mainly relied on cows and horses were strong and had brute force. However, archers were more about skill and not brute force. Because of this innate flaw, archers had always been very rare among the Beastmen.
Moreover, the sporadic archers started shooting towards the sky, but the chaos in the night made their shooting lack accuracy. Moreover … those human airships were too high!
Only some elite archers could shoot arrows to such a high position. Most of the archers who shot blindly were just wasting their precious arrows and strength.
In the second round of bombing, more bombs fell from the sky. More and more Beastmen became flustered and panicked.
Although Rock had already ordered his personal guards to act as supervisors to maintain order, and even killed close to two hundred Beastmen who were running in panic, he could only barely slow down the spread of panic.
"These humans! What kind of damned weapons are they using!! "The Beastmen were furious, and so was Rock.
Could it be a group attack by mages?
The two rounds of bombing lasted close to two hours.
In two hours, the Beastmen's camp was engulfed in flames. A large number of Beastmen threw away their armor and weapons and ran around blindly! The Beastmen's camp was too big. Although the humans had done their best to increase the depth of the bombing, they could still only cover a small area.
However, the beastmen who were startled by the bombardment spread out even more! The Beastmen crowded and ran to the safe areas, trying to avoid the attacks from the sky, but it only spread panic!
The surrounding areas that were still safe were quickly thrown into chaos by the panicked orcs! The tents and barracks that were still intact were trampled by the Beastmen. Countless Beastmen who heard the commotion ran out of their barracks and were blindly thrown into the chaos. More and more Beastmen were trampled to death!
At this time, Rock, as a big shot, stepped forward bravely!
This Saint level orc grabbed a long saber and leaped high into the air! Then he threw the saber in his hand at an airship in the sky!
Under the Sacred Rank Beastman's powerful strength, the saber immediately exploded with a golden light and shot into the sky like a meteor!
Although it was hundreds of meters high in the sky, that airship couldn't dodge at all. With a bang, it was hit and turned into fragments!
"Calm down!!!"
The Beastmen panicked and heard a thunderous roar! That voice was like thunder, like a heavy hammer fiercely pounding on the Beastmen's hearts!
"Calm down!!! Calm down!!!! "
Rock used all his strength to roar. The powerful Sacred Rank strength caused his voice to spread quickly in all directions.
"Those who panic will be killed!! Those who run blindly will be killed!! Those who disturb the morale of the army will be killed!!! "
Rock's majestic roar echoed in the night. After roaring a few times, he finally gathered the surrounding Beastmen. He quickly led a group of people and ran around the camp. The powerful Sacred Rank strength gave him enough speed. He mercilessly killed all the Beastmen who dared to take the lead on the spot!
After using blood and cruelty to suppress the other Beastmen, he began to give out orders one after another!
After the third round of attacks, more than seven to eight miles of the camp had been turned into ruins. The Beastmen had already crowded and ran to the surroundings.
Rock led a large group of rhinoceros bodyguards and ran back and forth to maintain order. Soon, like a rolling snowball, more and more Beastmen were gathered.
"Crossbows! Push the crossbows out!!! "
The fourth round of airstrikes came a little later than the scheduled time. Because of the chaos in the air formation, some of the formations almost collided with each other due to poor visibility in the night sky.
When the airships of the fourth round of airstrikes flew above the Beastmen, Rock had already led a group of Beastmen to settle down and started an organized counterattack.
Among the Beastmen army, some crossbows made by the Dwarves were brought out.
Although the number was not much, less than a hundred crossbows, this kind of long-range weapon was just enough to restrain the enemies in the sky.
The airships of the fourth round of airships that had just flown above the Beastmen's camp were immediately attacked! Dozens of crossbows shot into the sky. Although the Beastmen's talent in shooting was flawed, the dozens of crossbows still hit a few airships flying at the front. Three of the airships were hit like hot air balloons and quickly turned into balls of fire and fell from the sky!
The humans had no choice but to fly higher. But the increase in altitude also reduced the accuracy of their bombing.
Groups of Beastmen who had calmed down under the orders of their officers and leaders began to calm down from their panic. They no longer ran blindly but began to retreat in all directions. Some Beastmen even learned to take down wooden planks and raise them above their heads. Even more Beastmen picked up shields.
Rock snatched a bow from the hands of an Beastman archer beside him, but in his excitement, he used too much strength and broke the bow. Then the angry Beastman Overlord simply rushed into the barracks and took out a bundle of spears!
At this time, the Saint rank powerhouse showed his might!
One spear after another, under his powerful throw, flew into the sky like golden meteors and accurately shot down one airship after another!
Seeing the enemies in the sky being shot down, the panicked Beastmen burst into cheers. Their panicked mood finally began to stabilize.
Among the Beastmen, some high level warriors also began to imitate the Beastmen and threw their spears into the sky! But at hundreds of meters in the sky, even high level warriors found it difficult to throw their spears that high!
Then, those high level warriors saw that they didn't have enough strength and simply went berserk!
One high level Beastman warrior after another used the Beastmen's secret technique to go berserk, instantly increasing their fighting strength by three times!
More and more spears flew into the sky. The human air force could clearly feel the pressure increase. Those spears had a higher range and more power!
In the fourth round of bombing, the humans lost over forty hot air balloons, and the effect of the bombing was much lower.
After General Andre received the news from the front, he immediately gave the order to cancel the last round of bombing.
The results of tonight's battle were already glorious enough. Since the Beastmen had already stabilized the order, there was no need to waste the precious lives of the pilots.
The chaos in the Beastmen's camp finally calmed down at dawn.
The Beastmen's camp in an area of over five kilometers was affected, and in the areas that suffered the most damage, almost all the barracks were destroyed.
Most of the fires in the camp had already been extinguished. Occasionally, there was still some black smoke rising from the ashes. On the ground, the scorched earth and Beastmen's blood had congealed into large patches of black and red.
The corpses of the dead Beastmen were gathered together. The ruins of the barracks, as well as the discarded armors and weapons …
Many injured Beastmen were receiving treatment. One by one, the Beastmen's faces were covered in smoke. Some were burned, some were injured by shrapnel, and some were trampled on by their companions in the chaos.
When the number of losses was reported, Rock was extremely angry.
This air attack by the humans caused Rock to lose close to two thousand Beastmen, and close to six thousand were injured! The number of seriously injured Beastmen who had lost their fighting strength was close to one thousand!
This number wasn't too big, because although the air force's fighting style was very advanced, the power of this world's bombs was too weak! The explosive power of the gunpowder was far from enough to cause fatal damage. As for the shrapnel, it could only cause damage to the Beastmen, but it wasn't fatal.
Most of the Beastmen who died were caused by trampling on each other in the chaos.
This battle was very smooth, but without the knowledge of both sides, the humans lost an extremely precious opportunity to expand their battle results!!
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"Idiots!!! Simply stupid!! "
A few days later, Du Wei in the Imperial Capital received a military report from the frontlines. The military report was not surprised by the results of the first wave of Beastmen's siege. He was very confident in the Kabaski Defense Line's main fortress walls, which he had participated in shooting at.
From the report, the first battle was fought beautifully. First, they deliberately showed weakness to lure the enemy to attack, and then deliberately let the Beastmen army climb up the walls.
Then, they ignited the traps in the trenches and used a sea of fire to engulf the Beastmen army below the walls. They also caused the Beastmen army on the walls to be isolated, and then they devoured the Beastmen army. This battle could be considered beautiful, and they also reaped the greatest rewards.
According to the calculations and estimates, the Beastmen had lost more than ten thousand Beastmen. It could be said to be a great victory.
But what made Du Wei angry was the second part of the report, the part about the night air attack!
"Idiots! Extremely stupid!! "
After Du Wei finished reading, he fiercely slammed the table. In his anger, he immediately tore the report in his hands into pieces!
"Night air attack! Rostock really thought of it!!! Even if Rostock didn't understand, is Andre a fool?! Why would he listen to Rostock's nonsense?! Night air attack! F * ck! Does he think that this primitive air force is the US army of the 21st century?! No ground guidance! No advanced observation equipment! No precise coordinate survey!! Night air attack? In the darkness of the night, relying on the soldiers in the sky to bombard with their eyes and senses?!! What a waste of our ammunition!!! No electronic communication system. In that kind of environment at night, there is no way to command in the air. Even the most basic flags can't be seen! How can they command the bombing? It's just a random bombing!!! "
Du Wei's expression was a little distorted, and he fiercely slammed the table. "Funny! So f * cking funny!! There were even a few airships that crashed into each other because of the low visibility in the sky at night?? F * ck, they shouldn't have launched an air attack at night!! This Beastman army is very obvious. The Elves didn't participate in the battle!! They don't have the means to attack us in the air! Then why didn't they launch an air attack during the day!!! The enemy doesn't have effective air attack methods. Is there a difference between day and night??? What is in Rostock's head!!! Why didn't they launch an air attack during the day? Why did they wait until night? Is he looking for trouble for himself??? "
The more Du Wei spoke, the angrier he became. In the end, he even roared, "Also! What did he say in the end? According to the estimation, the air attack was a great success? Thousands of enemies were killed? F * ck that!! If the enemy could kill thousands of them, the Beastman camp must be in chaos!! At this time, why didn't they go out of the city and attack with the ground troops?! Since the air attack could cause chaos in the enemy camp, if they sent the army to attack on the ground, it would be easy to cause the enemy camp to explode!! Once the hundreds of thousands of Beastman army exploded, as long as the cavalry was used to drive them away, the results of this battle would be at least ten times greater!!! If they were lucky, they might be able to drive the Beastmen back into Frozen Forest!!! Andrew, this idiot!! Rostock doesn't understand. Andrew, you followed me in the Northwest for two years. How many times did I teach you the tactics? Have you f * cking forgotten them all?!!! Bombard the enemy from the sky, throw them into chaos, and then wipe them out with the ground troops!! This is the way of the king!! I've never f * cking heard of defeating the enemy with aerial bombardment without using ground troops!! Even in the f * cking 21st century, there isn't such an awesome air force! You actually dare to use such primitive hot air balloons like this?? Without ground troops, you can only rely on air attacks??
When the US army attacked Iraq, they used air attacks and missiles. Even with such a powerful air attack, they still had to rely on a few divisions of ground troops to defeat the enemy!! Do you think this primitive air force formed by hot air balloons is stronger than the f * cking US army?!
This isn't a f * cking bombing! It's just harassment! At most, it can only be considered harassment!!! "
Du Wei was alone in the room. He slammed the table, stomped his feet, and punched the wall, venting his anger.
His angry roar was so loud that even the guards standing guard outside the dean's office could hear it. Everyone looked at each other, not knowing why the Duke was so angry … could it be that the frontline had lost? But according to the news, it seemed that they had won two battles in a row.
How could Du Wei not be angry? How could he not be angry?
An opportunity! A precious opportunity slipped from his hands just like that!!
In the middle of a war, missing an opportunity meant receiving punishment!!
According to the situation at the frontline, it was clear that the sinners to the north of the Kabaski Line of Defence were purely orcs. There were no elves! No air force!
If they did not take advantage of this opportunity to unleash the full might of their air force and bully the other party, should they wait until the other party sent the elves over before attacking?
Damn it! Damn it!!
From the data and this battle report, there was a detailed description of how chaotic the orcs' camp was after they were attacked by the air attack!!
Damn it, if they had sent out 30,000 … no! Or even 10,000 cavalry! Taking advantage of the chaos, they would have charged forward! That would have caused the orcs' camp to explode!!!
In this era of cold weapons, there was a lack of effective instant communication tools. Once the hundreds of thousands of primitive cold weapons soldiers were to explode, unless the commander was a god, there was no way to control the situation!!!
Then, if they were lucky, they would have been able to cause the other party's army to collapse and chase them back to Frozen Forest!!!
But now …
"It's too late now." Du Wei had enough of venting and he slumped heavily onto the chair. He gave a long sigh and muttered to himself, "Too late! Too late!! The orcs have tasted the power of our air force, but they are now on guard. The next air attack won't be able to make them panic like this. Moreover, once the elves' air force arrives, it's hard to say how effective this pure 'bombing force' will be … Sigh … Andrew, oh Andrew, did you forget all the tactics I taught you!! "
Wasting an opportunity will lead to retribution!!
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At the frontline, Andrew was also very angry. He angrily threw a document on the ground and roared at the officer in front of him, "Why didn't the army in the city move out!! Is this the explanation? "
Facing Andrew's anger, the officer was somewhat helpless. His rank was too low and he did not dare to argue with the general. He could only slowly say, "General Andrew, Lord Rostock's meaning is that your army is a new army after all. We cannot take too many risks … Of course, after this air attack, we have already confirmed the power of your army. After this test, we can execute the new tactics you proposed in future battles. This is just a test. You also know that if you are not confident, sending an army to attack the enemy's fortified camp at night is very risky. "
"Confident … Everything must be done when we are confident …" Andrew's eyes were bloodshot as he gritted his teeth.
Finally, he let out a long sigh.
He understood that no matter how confident he was, no matter how confident the Duke of the Tulip Family was. But for the commander of the Tempest Legion, General Rostock, he did not understand the air force and did not understand the power of the air force.
Therefore, he must see solid evidence to prove the ability of the air force before he can be convinced.
This can't be helped … … Just like the Duke of the Tulip Family said: This is an army that transcends this era. But most of the generals of this era have no concept of such an army!
Now, it seems that after seeing the results of this air attack, Rostock finally believed in his own air force … … But this ruined a great opportunity!!
For the first time in his life, General Andrew had a trace of dissatisfaction and doubt towards his old superior, General Rostock!
If only … … If only the Duke of the Tulip Family was the commander of the frontline … …
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"This is the official document sent by Du Wei?"
Inside the palace, inside the Regent's study room, Deputy Military Minister Camisillo's expression was a bit strange. Standing in front of Prince Son, he seemed to be speechless.
Prince Son's face was a bit pale. He didn't sleep well last night. The two victory reports from the frontline made him a little excited.
He didn't immediately look at Du Wei's document. Instead, he smiled and said: "What's wrong? Did our Duke write a letter to General Andrew to ask for credit? His air force did a good job this time. "
"Uh … no." Camisiro smiled bitterly.
"No?" Prince Son shakes his head: "I know, Andre is now Du Wei's trusted aide. With such a great victory, won't Du Wei say a few good words for his subordinates? "
Kami Siro did not dare to hesitate any longer. He gritted his teeth and said: "Your Highness, this official document is from the Duke of the Tulip Family as a general of the Empire's military. It was sent to the high command through official channels … Impeachment!"
"Impeachment?" Prince Son smiled: "What did he say?"
"In his official document, he severely criticized General Rostock, the commander-in-chief of the front line, and General Andre, the commander-in-chief of the air force, for missing the opportunity … He also said that they would suffer retribution for missing such a good opportunity."
Prince Son: "… …"
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