Realm of Power

While the Falcon Army was cheering for the imperial warships appearing upstream, the Gauls on the river had obviously not noticed this situation.

The front-line combat officers in Gaul were arranging their soldiers on the river beach, waving their riding whips and shouting, "Line up, hurry up! The enemy is about to enter the river!" The drizzle for days has made most of the soldiers look lazy. , and the wide river surface also convinced them that the Falcon Emperor would not take the initiative to attack Under such circumstances, tens of thousands of soldiers were driven to the river beach. The chaotic situation could not be completely suppressed for a while. When the time reached noon, at the rear of the queue, the commander of the 15th Gallic Army, Hochmire, stood at Surrounded by several Gallic generals, they stepped up the slope in front of them, which was higher than the river.

The captain of the Hawkmere Legion is tall and strong, wearing thick white shuttle armor. Behind him is a long red cloak that can be dragged to the ground. His eyebrows are wide, giving people a majestic impression.

"What's going on? Hasn't the preparation order been issued a long time ago? Why haven't the arrangements been made yet?" Hawkmir led a few generals around the river beach and saw the chaotic gathering of Ben on the river beach. Fang Jun, his thick eyebrows furrowed,

He showed great dissatisfaction with the efficiency of troop assembly. Although the Fifteenth Army was not the first-class infantry regiment in Gaul, it was also a border defense force with combat experience. However, the Fifteenth Army had previously competed with China on the Eastern Front. During the sub-human operations, this time I received an order to be transferred from the Eastern Front to the Rusty Front in the winter.

The soldiers of the Fifteenth Legion were all from the Baru region in the eastern province of the empire, which was the largest mining area in the eastern province of Gaul. Therefore, the people here work a lot and are physically strong. However, because they are close to the border, they often face threats from China and Libya. The Baru people have always had the tradition of building their own garrison. The predecessor of the 15th Army was the combination of the Baru Local Corps and the Baru Border Guard Army.

After receiving an order from the Imperial Ministry of Affairs, Hawkmir led the 15th Legion across most of the Empire's territory. The news he received also shocked him about the Falcon Empire he was facing this time. It’s really too notorious.

Although Hawkmire didn't know much, he also knew that in the past half year, the empire had lost cities and territory one after another under the attack of the vicious enemy. Not only had it lost the vast tracts of land in the southwest and northwest that had taken the empire a hundred years to conquer. area, and also caused more than 300,000 imperial troops to die in battle. Even Stanley Spencer, a famous general in the eastern battlefield, fell in the southwest battle with the Falcon Empire. Stanley Spencer's reputation is very big in the eastern part of the empire. Although he is not the number one general, he is not the leader of the local army. comparable

Since taking over the eastern front defense task, which has the least pressure, Hockmire has not dared to slack off at all. The defense line along the river was his hard work. While holding on to the natural dangers, Hawkmere was confident that he could face twice the enemy's onslaught.

After scolding his subordinates a few times, the noise of the assembled troops finally calmed down.

Hawkmire looked at the murderous falcon army on the opposite river bank, which was like a black tide. A confused cold light flashed in his eyes, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "He is indeed an enemy of the empire. Even though he is separated by such a wide river bank, he still gives people a fierce and high-spirited feeling!"

This feeling is not only felt by him, but also by the soldiers of the 15th Legion.

Most of these were just soldiers in the garrison. They nervously clenched the weapons in their hands, and their palms were covered with sweat. The enemy on the opposite side was as powerful as a mountain collapsing, making many Gallic soldiers turn pale, and their bodies were covered with cold wind and rain. Trembling in the middle, no one knows how many people will survive when the next war begins. It is said that the Falcon army on the opposite side is particularly good at fighting and can fight a team one by one. Although they say they don’t believe this rumor, in their hearts they may There are more or less speculations,

"What's waiting for you on the other side?"

Hawkmir stopped his horse with a gloomy expression, and the hand holding the whip made a nervous sound. As a general with combat experience, he could feel that the opponent's momentum was too strong, and it was completely different from his own troops. It's a level one. This is the feeling only experienced by elites who have truly participated in fierce battles.

The queue of tens of thousands of troops exuded a ferocious aura like a beast emerging from its cage in the white rain. The array of spears like a forest were dazzling under the wash of rain. That feeling made all the 15th Gallic Legion soldier, feeling like Facing a ferocious wolf that is rapidly gathering strength, once launched, it will be a violent offensive like a tsunami and landslide. This kind of troops are often fearless of death. As long as they show a slight momentum that is not as good as theirs, they will soon be defeated. Will be eaten alive by them

"Come here, order our archers to line up in front!" Hawkmir straightened up and raised his hands to the cavalry behind him with a stern face. "Tell all the archers that as soon as the opponent enters the shooting range, they will immediately cover and shoot!" "

"Yes!" the messenger ordered the cavalry to turn around and leave.

"My lord, do you think the Falcon Army will really attack under such an unfavorable situation? A Gallic general rode over and said with a worried look.

"have no idea"

Hawkmir shook his head, looked at the opposite side, and said calmly, "In fact, I don't think the Falcon Army on the opposite side will attack. The wide Seine River in front of us is enough to trap the opponent in death, but if we don't put up a little posture, , the morale of the army will collapse. This is a psychological game, just like the beasts in the mountains. If you want not to become the prey of other beasts, you must show your sharp claws! "

"I see, it is indeed a brilliant tactic. Your Excellency is not far away from becoming a famous general! This time you support the Eastern Front alone. As long as the war is over, your name as a famous general will definitely spread throughout the empire." Another Gallic general said with a full face flattery

"At this time of national crisis, why do our warriors care about these false claims!" Hawkmir looked serious, but in fact he felt a little uncontrollable excitement in his heart. This was the battle for the national destiny of the empire, and his legion was defeated by Hassenlan. Bo placed himself in the area where a battle was least likely to occur. He thought he would have no chance of becoming famous. However, he did not expect that the Falcon Army on the opposite side actually adopted a fierce attack posture and defended the natural danger. Both in terms of military strength and geography, we have every advantage, as long as the other party dares to attack. I dare to annihilate them all in the Seine River

"All archers, come forward and line up!" As the order was issued, the Gallic teams shouted loudly.

"brush"

The 11,000 Gallic archers of the Fifteenth Legion came out of the Gallic army neatly. They formed four long black lines along the river and stood at the front of the entire array. Their eyes looked at Facing the black tide on the other side of the river, and hearing the order from the archery team behind him, he stretched out his muscular right hand and slowly raised the laminated compound bow tightly in his hand towards the sky.

These Gallic archers are all archers who were temporarily trained in winter. They are equipped with leather quivers and hold ordinary laminated bows in their hands. They have no armor on their bodies, so that they can escape quickly when encountering an enemy surprise attack.

Many of them are hunters within the empire. Archers were not valued among the previous Gallic troops, but they fought several battles with the Falcon Empire. The Falcon Army's long-range suppression tactics left a deep impression on the Gauls. From the Falcon Army, the Gauls learned what long-range suppression was.

The overwhelming arrow clusters poured down from the opposite military formation like a torrential rain, even for the bravest imperial warriors. They will also be frightened in front of such a terrible sight. The shooters of the Falcon Army have been privately called "

"The terrifying rain arrow of the eagle! The light of death!"

Every time there was a battle, the Gallic soldiers were frightened by the dense formation of shooters on the opposite side before the fighting even started. The proud military formations of the Gauls stood in front of these dense clusters of arrows. They are completely targeted for killing. Under normal circumstances, heavy losses will occur when the military formation marches a hundred meters, and two-thirds of the battle losses are arrow wounds.

In this rare peaceful winter, the Gallic Ministry of Military Affairs urgently recruited archers from all over the country who could use bows and arrows. Finally, a 30,000-strong archer unit was recruited and put into the most tense Rasti War Zone. Among them, as the fifteenth commander of the Eastern Front The legion was divided into two archer regiments with 11,000 men. These hunters were Because Eagle's Gallic archers are not used to using strong enough military bows, most of their equipment are laminated compound bows with a range of only 80 meters. Although they do not have an advantage in range and lack sufficient armor-breaking capabilities, as a Defensive weapons also have the ability to block enemy advances on a large scale.

"Watch out, river!"

A burst of shrill shouting suddenly came from the direction of the upstream sentry tower. At the moment when everyone was stunned, it was like a black cloud suddenly drifting down from the upper reaches of the river.

"Hua Hua"

The water is excited

"The huge Dragon Tooth Battleship emerged from the white rain and mist with a ferocious figure. The multi-legged oars like the legendary angry dragon monster slid back and forth in the water flow. The sails on the river were densely packed like clouds, and the golden falcons on the side of the ship were The battle flag fluttered in the wind, although the Dragon Tooth battleship seemed weak in front of the heavy tonnage battleship, But in the inland rivers, the modified new Dragon Tooth warship can definitely be regarded as a giant. The thick shipboard with a height of 20 meters and the heavy bow as sharp as a blade stirred up rapids that were more terrifying than floods. The river surface was pushed by the warship. Rolling forward, the force is like a pair of invisible hands pushing

"What's going on? The other party's surprise attack is too funny!"

The commander of the 15th Gallic Legion, Hokmire, was riding on a war horse. He looked at the black warships that appeared in the upper reaches of the river. The corners of his mouth turned up slightly in surprise. He had a feeling of laughter. The other party actually got the warships into the river. Inland waterways, but how effective can this be?

This is not a vast ocean, but an inland battlefield dominated by infantry combat. Or the river can allow warships to travel unimpeded, but what can the warships do even if they are moved here? Could it be that the Falcon Empire can still let its warships run to land to attack?

"bump"

A huge sound of collision and friction was heard. Hawkmir, who just now was making assumptions about being unable to go ashore, opened his mouth wide at this moment, completely frightened by the scene in front of him. He saw a angular bow twenty meters high, like a ship. Like a giant beast awakened from the deep sea, like a wild horse emerging from the torrent of the flood.

The huge angular bow was inserted directly into the river beach next to it without any hesitation. The round and thick hull rushed up the bank like a natural disaster.

The bottom of the modified boat opened up a shocking bloody groove on the river beach. The ditch was filled with broken flesh and broken bones. "Ah! Ah!" Countless shrill shouts came out. The huge hull swept sideways during the impact. Like a high-speed vehicle suddenly braking and making a sharp U-turn. Just like this, he ran over the body of the Gallic soldier.

Blood mixed with gravel, a small squadron of Gallic soldiers. Because they were unable to dodge, they were hit by the sharp angle of the hard ship's bow and all their bones were shattered on the spot. The nearby Gallic soldiers who had escaped were thrown away by the debris from the huge ship's hull, and screamed in agony for a while.

"Oh my god, what a monster!" This sight scared some of the soldiers closest to the river bank to the point where they almost collapsed on the ground. In their frightened eyes,

Such warships appeared one after another. These huge warships were like a group of huge beasts, rushing towards the river beach where they were, their figures covering the entire river! "Wuwu" represents the siren sound of enemy attack. At this time, the calmness of the river has been completely torn apart.

As the first warship washed up on the river beach, the situation was like a stone thrown into the lake, and the entire river beach was in chaos.

"Attention everyone. Get away from the river bank immediately!" All kinds of panicked shouts came one after another. The Gallic troops marching along the river bank were in chaos. There were people running around everywhere. Everyone looked at the ship after ship in stunned silence. The behemoth rushed up the embankment like a rainbow.

"attack!"

There was a sound from the battleship, and countless crossbow arrows rained down from the heights of the ship's side toward the Gallic infantry group below.

"Swish, swish, swish!" The sharp arrow tore open the rain curtain, bringing up a frightening white cold light in the rain, ah! The Gallic soldiers who were caught off guard were hit by arrows one after another and screamed in agony.

"Pa" Another battleship of the same type washed ashore. The people above obviously directly used the huge hull as a weapon to hit the Gallic army, and pierced the chaotic Gauls' backs like an arrowhead that came off the string. Bringing up countless tumbling bloody long marks,

Countless falcon crossbowmen emerged from the side of the warship, holding up their own infantry crossbows. "Kill!" With a fierce cry, the crossbowmen all fired their crossbows, and the crossbow arrows shot like arrows. The rainstorm is flying,

There are too many Gauls below, 70,000 troops are crowded together, and the Falcon Crossbowmen above can hit the enemy with almost no need to aim.

The Gallic soldiers had already been frightened to death by the continuous collisions. Facing the impact of the heavy battleships, their flesh and blood bodies had no chance of blocking them. Everyone was running back with their heads in their hands.

The clusters of arrows shot from the side of the battleship shot into the backs of these Gallic soldiers without any hindrance. "Pfft!" The sound of metal tearing open the gun was mixed with the sound of raindrops falling to the ground. The bloody Mitsubishi arrows , pierced through the chest of the Gallic soldier like a sharp sword,

"ah!"

The soldier who was hit by the arrow looked at the metal arrow spit out from his chest in disbelief. The blood was falling like raindrops. His feet went weak and his whole body fell to the ground. The body of the arrow was like wheat straw harvested by a hunting knife on the river beach. They fell in pieces, and the bright red human blood completely replaced the original color on the river beach.

The Gallic army was in disintegration. More than ten Falcon Empire Dragon Tooth warships rushed onto the Gauls' river beach. Arrows rained down like rain. The Gauls were killed and screamed in pain. There was a great disintegration immediately. This trend continued even in the area. Hawkmir, who was at the rear of the Gallic army, could not stop him. The disintegrating troops even broke up his guards and swept away the Gallic army commander.

"What the hell is going on!"

On the other side of the river, Crolissart and his 50,000-strong Northwest Army were also about to burst out of their eyes when they saw the scene in front of them. It was so fierce! Everyone looked at it and gasped, especially the generals of the Northwest Army, all of whom looked ugly. They subconsciously placed themselves on the side of the Gauls, and found that facing this incredible tactic, it was simply impossible. incomprehensible,

A battleship is used to attack the river beach where the infantry cluster is located, and it is also loaded with extremely lethal Imperial crossbowmen. The tall ship side of the battleship coupled with the lethality of the crossbowmen is simply a killing bunker that cannot be broken through in a short time. It cannot be broken, and with invincible cooperation, It has exceeded the limit that army generals like me can imagine.

I don’t know how effective it will be, but looking at the ecstasy of the Gauls shouting on the other side of the river, I guess it’s pretty **.

"Sir, are we just watching like this?" A general of the Northwest Army approached Crolissatt cautiously. "Why do you feel that our Northwest Army is just a supporting role?" This sentence touched Crolissatt's nerves and bit him. Gritting his teeth, Crolissart decisively ordered "The entire army crosses the river!"

"Pah!" Before he could finish his words, a huge crash came again, and an Imperial Dragon Tooth warship rushed onto the river beach.

"What's going on?"

"I guess I ran in the wrong direction!"

There was a commotion in the Northwest Legion, and the eyes of tens of thousands of people were focused on the errant Dragon Tooth battleship.

"Pa"

Another Falcon Dragon Tooth battleship rushed up with the strong waves, and the following four Dragon Tooth battleships rushed symmetrically to the river beach where the Falcon Army was located.

Just when Croissant was a little puzzled, the last Dragon Tooth warships suddenly merged into two rows in the middle of the river. Each row stopped in groups of six ships, and the heavy iron anchors fixing the hulls were thrown into the rapids with a "snap". In the middle, waves arose, and the warships stopped steadily in the center of the rapids river at a distance of 30 meters.

"This is..." Croissant could see that this was not running in all directions, but that there were other arrangements. Even the ghosts and gods could not guess the arrangement of His Majesty Falcon.

"Floating bridge, pontoon bridge!" The soldiers at the forefront cheered, and two huge pontoon bridges built with long wooden planks, using battleships as piers, suddenly appeared in front of the entire Northwest Army.

"That's it!" Crolissart looked at the pontoon bridge spanning 200 meters across the river, and a flash of realization flashed across his face excitedly. "Cross the river on March 7, occupy the upper reaches of the river, and cooperate with the Southern Second Army to sweep the enemy's center line!" This order, which had previously seemed unbelievable to everyone, now appeared clearly in his mind.

"The whole army crosses the river!" Crolisat raised her hand excitedly, and 50,000 Northwestern troops rushed onto the pontoon bridge like a tide. It only took 2 hours for the 50,000 troops to easily cross the Seine River defense line, which was hailed as the "death line" by the Gauls. The stalemate began to tilt towards the Falcon Army.