Lord of Industrialization

The Dark Land is located in the north, with short days and long nights, and a cold climate. The locals mainly make a living by hunting and gathering in addition to growing barley with a short growth cycle.

The harsh living environment makes those who survive there develop extremely tough characters. The death of their companions is a common thing for them. For the final victory, even if they are not taking drugs, they will not fall because of someone around them. Shake down.

Before the men could cross the first trench, Archduke Byrne ordered the fire to begin.

There are many iron ores in the north, but the smelting and processing techniques are relatively backward. However, because of their rich fur resources, they have made great achievements in leather armor processing. Bullets quickly hit the leather armor inlaid with iron sheets.

Their strong bodies shielded them from the pain. Even though the holes in their bodies were bleeding, some people still jumped up and jumped over the 3-meter-wide ditch and ran towards the bastion until they lost too much blood and fell down or tripped over the barbed wire.

"Don't stop!" Archduke Byrne walked back and forth on the wall in the direction of the enemy's attack. "Shoot all the bullets where there are many people and hand them over to the people behind immediately!"

It was a bit troublesome to load the revolver rifles they were equipped with, so one person fired and the other loaded the bullets to maintain continuous firepower.

Behind the mercenaries, the conscripted farmers came up again carrying wooden boards. As soon as they placed the wooden boards on the trench, they immediately ran to both sides.

Followed by heavy infantry with full plate armor, ready to cover the crossbowmen across the ditch and approach the bastion.

The Danma army's tactics were very clear. They used mercenaries to attract firepower. The heavy infantry covered the crossbowmen and fired at the people on the wall. They waited for the next wave of light infantry to carry equipment such as ladders over and then the heavy infantry climbed onto the wall.

Archduke Byrne went over and said to Bruce: "You can use the mines in the trench."

Bruce immediately replied excitedly: "We'll wait until those iron cans are in place!"

Archduke Byrne agreed.

The planks used for shipbuilding were very strong. One end was placed on the ground and the other end was placed on the slope opposite the trench. It was not a problem for one or two iron can heavy infantry to walk up.

The problem is that "this is the enemy" is buried inside the soil slope, and it is covered with a thin layer of soil outside.

The predecessor of Wesson's wireless communication system was Heinrich's remote control magic, which was easily used to control landmines.

As soon as the heavy infantry reached the middle, Bruce turned on a row of switches on the controller.

The heavy rain of steel balls swept across the front of the trench again. All the iron cans on the wooden boards were destroyed, and all the people standing in the first row fell down.

Some steel balls flew high, over the heads of the heavy infantry, and killed the archers with only leather armor behind them.

The mercenaries of the Danma army were out of touch with the follow-up troops. Although they bravely rushed to a place not far from the bastion, they were quickly attacked by revolver rifles and all fell down.

The horn sounded, and the mage group and the small magic crystal cannon were dispatched at the same time, while more infantry pressed forward.

Gerhard said to Archduke Byrne: "Their commander is difficult to deal with, and he has no hesitation in killing people."

Archduke Byrne sneered and said: "That's because they think they can definitely win by doing this, so they are willing to fill it in."

He turned to Bruce and said: "If the mage group wants to fill in the trench, let them fill it in. Once it is filled in, attack immediately."

Gerhard nodded slightly, and he could tell that this person was experienced. The enemy's magicians would be a little tired and relaxed after filling the trenches, and the attack would be most effective at this time.

Bruce asked with some confusion: "You can bomb them now, why do you let them fill the trench?"

Archduke Byrne did not have time to answer, so Gerhard said: "You know the benefits of guarding the bridge, right? If the enemy only fills one or a few sections of trenches, we will know where they will come from, and focus on those places. That’s it.”

"If we have to fill them all to the point of exhausting them, we won't lose."

Bruce nodded, thinking that he was right. He had divided the firing areas for the mortars before the war, and then he could just concentrate his firepower on several areas.

The magicians took action. Together with the magic crystal cannon, they bombarded the trench and the slope behind it, opening a 50-meter-long hole.

In the middle of the bastion, 16 mortars were arranged in a diamond shape in groups of 4. They had compiled different shooting areas before the war. They spent several nights using training bombs to test fire and compiled a firing list. Now according to Bruce Just shoot in the reported area.

"Trebuchet!" Someone in the Danma army saw more than a dozen black dots flying out of the bastion every few seconds, falling towards the position of the mage group and the magic crystal cannon.

Many people on the battlefield don't care about this. Apart from the first hit of the stone bullet thrown by the trebuchet, more damage comes from its beating and rolling on the ground.

This requires the stone bullet to have a relatively straight trajectory, so that it can have enough power to move laterally, otherwise it will make a hole in the ground.

Some brave people saw the dark shadow flying towards them. Not only were they not nervous, they even took a few steps back to get out of the way.

This time, the shells no longer contained steel balls, but used prefabricated fragmented cast iron shells, and they were the most loaded shells.

On the city wall, Gerhard saw human limbs flying continuously in the area covered by 5 rapid fire rounds from 16 mortars. Even the magic crystal cannon was blown up two to three meters high. He was silent for a while. .

Archduke Byrne immediately ordered an attack on the magic crystal cannons further away, making sure to destroy their frames.

After the precious heavy infantry suffered huge casualties, the opposing commander not only did not retreat, but sent a group of mages and small magic crystal cannons. Maybe he would send a large magic crystal cannon to launch an attack next. He must take the enemy's backhand first. Lose.

This time, Bruce ordered a training bomb to be fired at the magic crystal cannon parking area 900 meters away. He found that it was blown away by the wind, and then adjusted the direction and fired another shell.

While the cannonballs were still flying in the sky, Archduke Byrne asked: "So few?"

He got the answer immediately and said in surprise: "It's actually a magic bullet!"

This magic cannonball hit the back of the magic crystal cannon parking area. The white fireball was two to three meters in diameter, and then exploded into a sky full of stars.

Tens of thousands of white magic flames fell within a radius of a hundred meters, just like the blooming edelweiss on the mountain.

These flames stick to the surface of objects like snot, burning everything. Even the elemental metal of the magic crystal cannon barrel is burned into pits.

The billowing smoke and the wailing and running people greatly reduced the morale of the entire Danma army, and they finally withdrew their troops and returned to the camp.

Not only the bastion, but also the sound of cheers rang out from the distant walls of Hanma City.

Bruce smiled triumphantly, but the big guys next to him looked solemn.

"Let's eat tonight." The Grand Duke of Mainz finally spoke, "If no one attacks us at midnight, it will be difficult tomorrow."

Archduke Byrne and Gerhard nodded together. After the battle on the first day, the enmity between the two sides became serious. The Kingdom of Dama must have an explanation for today's huge losses.

Now even if they don't attack Hanma City, they still have to knock down this bastion. Only in this way can they restore the low morale.

Therefore, for the Danma Kingdom, the next battle must be won. As for failure, they have never thought about it.

The next day, November 7, with more than an hour before dawn, the Danma Army's barracks were brightly lit, and tens of thousands of people filed out of the barracks after having a hearty breakfast.