Realm of Power

The roar in the distance did not reach everyone's ears until now, and the silent earth seemed like thunder exploding from the sky. The Thor shells trailing thick black smoke were like a meteor flying away over a distance of 300 meters in front. You could see dense firelights exploding, almost instantly like dots of firelights exploding in the front line of the southern coalition forces. The aperture was closed again in an instant

The southern princes were dumbfounded. They saw countless fireballs dragging black smoke flying in like a flock of birds, like fiery red meteors passing through the sky hundreds of meters with a black tail of death, and then falling from the sky with a shrill sound of wind. It hit the front heavy infantry like thunder, and in a violent explosion

Under everyone's stunned gaze, the attacking troops in front were directly wiped out one level.

"It's the Imperial Thunder God, everyone get down."

Various voices arose one after another in the chaos. Not only the soldiers were confused, but also the princes leading the army were confused. "Sir, be careful!" An attendant of the princes struggled to pull his lord off the frightened and out-of-control horse. "Asshole, what do you want to do..." The panicked southern princes were frightened.

The prince felt the ground tremble, and there was a huge explosion behind him. Countless pieces of earth fell on him. If the attendants hadn't pulled him off the horse, just these exploded pieces of earth would have beaten him into a sieve. , but the flag-bearer next to her was not so lucky, and was directly blown off by the air wave. After the smoke dissipated, only half of the bare flagpole was left. The remaining half had no idea where it went. A rain of blood fell in the sky, followed by the mud. The severed finger fragments that were blown up into the sky hit many people nearby on their bodies and faces.

"Help!...Who can help me? I'm injured?"

"Mom, I want to go home." The scene was completely chaotic. There was a loud thunder-like sound. Countless red light spots roared and shattered violently like squeezed fireballs. The coalition soldiers who had never encountered the Imperial Thunder God were already dizzy from the explosion. , this is a battlefield that has been arranged long ago. The emperor of the empire mobilized a total of one hundred and forty Thors through naval transport ships and divided them into three artillery groups. "Load... launch!"

"Rumble"

The artillerymen next to the Imperial Thunder God were still loading at the fastest speed without firing. The Imperial officer responsible for shouting the command to launch raised his hand, and then quickly and violently dropped it, a deafening row of roars, and the choking smell of sulfur followed the wind. Rewinding, the advantage of being condescending is that it has a wide field of vision, and it has already been set up in the front area. The shooting distance has been set, but the disadvantage is that the higher the position, the stronger the wind. If it is in the downwind direction, the tangy white smoke can easily blur the vision. However, this is just child's play for the imperial artillerymen in front of them. High winds No matter how bad the place is, it can't be worse than the cramped gun compartment of a naval battleship.

Even in the gun bunker filled with white smoke, they can still roughly estimate the distance of the bombardment just by using their eyes based on the experience of many shellings. What's more, this is a high place with a wide field of vision, because they are Imperial Navy gunners. Everyone knows that the Imperial Thunder God is invincible, but the Empire's best Thor cannon gunner is invincible. The foreign capital is in the Imperial Navy. Because of its rich experience in naval warfare, the Imperial Navy has established a relatively systematic artillery ballistics course at the Imperial Naval Academy, which is taught personally by the most experienced retired artillerymen. Every officer from the Naval Academy All must go through half a year of artillery practice with the fleet before they can truly graduate from the Naval Academy.

As for the Imperial Army, the focus of using the Imperial Thor is still to suppress the force in large army operations, and the requirements for accuracy are not high.

Next to each Thor, sufficient ammunition and buckets filled with cold water had been prepared. In just fifteen minutes, hundreds of Thors bombarded them continuously, raining down on the southern coalition forces on the flat ground. Pour Vitality, because it is the intersection of three bombardment groups that have been set in advance. The angle, muzzle height, and loading capacity are all determined, so you almost don’t even need to aim. You only need to determine the direction and launch directly.

"Rumble"

Cannons roared. The angle between the shooting directions of the three artillery groups was undoubtedly the area that suffered the most violent destruction. There, the Southern Allied forces fell not one by one, but fell piece by piece, and even the pieces fell. It's not enough to describe how miserable it is, it can only be said that it was wiped out piece by piece. That was the very center of the southern coalition's attack line. A formation of infantry in heavy armor was at the shooting angle of three artillery groups. The explosion had just stopped when another shell came. No matter how armored the heavy infantry were, Strong, under the superposition of three artillery groups, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is almost as thin as paper.

The exploded fire ball did not go out, and the new light ball spread out in its original position, and blood flowed like a stream in the cracks of the ground. Some empires had no sign of any human beings at all, only the twisted ones who had been bombed. Turn on the phone, and a bloody mass, "chichi" sound , the flying fragments penetrated the legs that lacked armor protection without any hindrance, and blood spattered. Looking at the bumps on the chest armor hit by the broken iron pieces, and then looking at the bright red blood on his hands, the Alliance heavy infantry never thought that he would The armor was actually torn apart by the exploded fragments.

"Lord Aruwal is injured!"

There were sounds of panic and disbelief all around. Aruwal, known as the most brave man in the south of Héro, can tear apart tigers and wolves with his hands. He is more than two meters tall and dressed in heavy armor, he looks like the legendary giant has been resurrected again. Normally, but unexpectedly, with a loud bang, the commander of the tall heavy armored infantry slumped down with his eyes wide open, and his two-meter-tall body set off a burst of flying dust.

"This is massacre, not fighting"

Atrice's pretty and pale Nan Nan said to herself. The scene in front of her was only patches of fire and scorching heat waves. Outside the glaring castle, she had already seen the powerful fighting power of the Imperial Army. Here, she originally thought It was a gamble for the black-haired young man to start a decisive battle with 20,000 troops and the main coalition force of 60,000 opposite, but in fact it was completely On the contrary, the coalition's advance line of tens of thousands of people was violently bombed by the Imperial Thunder God a few hundred meters away. The violent "rumbling" explosion was like a half-circle impact explosion that threw the densely packed coalition soldiers into the air. , something resembling a human body flew up, the corpses were in a mess, and the screams and moans of those who were seriously injured but not dead were heard.

Even before the official battle began, the alliance's losses were already littered with corpses!

"Lord Eugenlini, no one can stand up to the Imperial Thunder God. Please issue a withdrawal order immediately."

"Please retreat immediately, otherwise everyone will die." On the coalition side, the princes crowded in front of Eugenlini and strongly demanded that Eugenlini immediately withdraw the attacking troops. The strength of the imperial army had broken their "Since everyone is asking for it, then I can only order a retreat." Oglini glanced at the faces of these princes, and gave a helpless smile. The people who were included in the Chinese army were naturally the largest families in the south, the real powerful figures in the alliance. They originally thought that the empire would only have 20,000 people this time, but here there is an army of 60,000 people. Even if they use teeth to bite them, If they can kill the imperial army, then everyone will have the capital of the empire to negotiate, just like it did with the north of Hérault, forcing the empire to grant autonomous status to the south of Hérault.

But the chaotic situation in front of them ruthlessly shattered their illusions.

"Send the order and everyone withdraw."

Oglini ordered to his attendants. No one noticed Oglini's secretly relieved expression. Although he had already prepared for defeat, the strength of the imperial army still shocked him. If Xiang Xiang still believed that the empire only used 20,000 troops to fight its own 60,000 troops. But now it seems that the empire's army has an absolute advantage in weapons and equipment. Even though Benfen has an absolute advantage in the number of soldiers, he is still suppressed. beat!

"Send the order, all troops retreat!"

The sound of the cavalry shouting was as moving as a life-saving angel to the soldiers on the battlefield. Seeing the tragic situation in front of them, no matter how brave they were, they saw severed fingers and body parts flying around, and human blood was blown to high places. , falling like raindrops, shaking their confidence in the victory of this attack

"Quickly, the entire army retreats." The coalition soldiers couldn't care less about their formations. The queues retreated like ducks being driven away, leaving corpses all over the ground, and many large and small ones that were turned over by explosions. There are pits, and some of the black pits are still emitting black smoke.

"Pause the bombardment!" The black-haired emperor raised his hand and ordered behind him. He looked at the situation on the entire battlefield, and a glimmer of light flashed in his deep eyes. The coalition forces directly threw the Chinese army into the attack, which really surprised him. The left and right wings of the coalition did not move at all, but this was something that had been expected. This war was not about defeating the opponent from the beginning, let alone killing more. If a few people just want to kill people, it is very simple. They only need to order Hu Keqili's 100,000 imperial army to surround Po Valley City. In less than five days, the main force of the alliance army in Po Valley City will fight among themselves. That's how it is done If so, it is the Kentam family that will benefit in the end. This is like the empire helping the Kentam family clear all obstacles in advance. How can there be such a good thing!

Both sides showed a tacit understanding at this moment

"Count the casualties." Oglini saw that the imperial army had no intention of pressing forward. He breathed a sigh of relief and ordered to the attendant. Soon, the casualties of the coalition forces were counted. It was just a short wave of attacks, and one person died in the battle. More than a thousand people were injured, more than 3,000 were injured, and as many as 600 people were missing. These so-called disappearances are actually no different from death. Most of them were caused by being blown to pieces and it was impossible to make statistics.

"Are there so many?" Oglini took the battle damage statistics with an extremely ugly face. Then he handed the battle damage report in his hand to the other princes. According to Oglini's idea, he wanted to make the Southern Alliance abandon it. This kind of unrealistic fantasy can only be achieved through a brutal war. Only by making the most stubborn and powerful family feel pain and feel that if they continue to fight, they will only be exterminated. These few control the largest family in the south. Only powerful families will choose another path proposed by themselves

Sure enough, when they saw this battle damage report, the princes of several big families were dumbfounded.

"There are more than three thousand people...it only takes half an hour."

"We haven't even touched the city wall of Roshni yet, but we've suffered such huge losses. How can we fight later?"

"My lords, if we continue to suffer such losses, we may not be able to capture Roshni, so we might as well stop here." Oglini glanced at the slightly pale faces of several big family princes, thinking that it was time for a showdown. Got it

"Lord Oglini, as one of the leaders of the Southern Alliance, what do you mean by this?" A prince asked with a solemn face.

Oglini smiled bitterly, "It's a foregone conclusion that the empire will move south. We blocked Po Valley City, but the imperial army unexpectedly emerged from behind us. This shows that the imperial military can transport troops to the south even without passing through Po Valley City. Our battle plan of relying on Pogu City to defend the south has failed? We can't pretend to be deaf and blind, right?"

Moreover, everyone has seen the huge gap in combat effectiveness between us and the imperial army, and our left and right wings have absolutely no intention of following us. Can't everyone still see it? , even within our alliance, most people do not want the alliance to be the victor in this war!

"Does Lord Oglini mean that those guys have been bribed by the Kentam family?" Someone took a breath of air.

"No, I think they are no longer willing to see the alliance continue to exist." Ogliny sighed. "The empire's takeover of the south has become a foregone conclusion. At this time, continuing to side with the alliance will undoubtedly be a blow to the empire. Since the alliance is unable to stop the empire from moving south, it is natural for them to abandon the alliance! "

"These bastards, how could they..." The princes of several big families were silent, and some people cursed in a low voice. The alliance has been protecting these people for how many years, and now they are leaving just because they just want to? This is naked betrayal!

"The history of the alliance has come to an end. It was originally against the Eero royal family, but now the Eero royal family is gone."

Oglini glanced at the silent patriarchs of several big families, and everyone saw the true combat power of the imperial army. It was not on the same level at all. The fate of the heavy armored infantry was there, and all these losses were They are the elites directly under the major families. The heavy infantry already belongs to the regular army. The southern part of Héro is barren. , there is not even iron ore to mine and forge, all the armor is bought from the caravans from the north for a lot of money, each heavy armored infantry is not only carefully selected, but also piled with money. When they got up, more than 3,000 people were lost in one fell swoop, which immediately made the princes of these big families feel heartache.

Regardless of the wealthy appearance of each of these big families, the number of real heavy armored infantry will not exceed 1,500 to 3,000. Even if tens of thousands of alliance troops are dispatched this time, the number of heavy armored infantry will not exceed 1,500 to 3,000. There are only about 8,000 people, and now less than half of them have been lost. Even stubborn people have to consider whether they can bear the losses of continuing to fight.

"Sir, this is the news I just received." At this moment, an attendant came over hurriedly, holding a report in his hand.

Ogliny took the report, opened his hands and glanced around, with a look of astonishment on his face, and suddenly laughed, "It seems that God has not given up on our south. Just one day ago, Ah, one of the members of the Kentam family, Trigoron arrived at the territory of the Kentam family by water and made an interesting announcement as the heir of the Kentam family."

"Statement?" The patriarchs of the major families looked at each other. From Oglini's words, they vaguely guessed that the woman had indeed risen too fast, and she was born as a concubine. Now she is like this With the limelight at its peak, it’s no wonder that the other members of the Kai Kentam family couldn’t hold it in any longer and took risks.

It is even possible that the deliberate movement of the main force of the coalition forces south this time was already arranged by the Kentam family. Otherwise, why would 1 not come back so early and have fun, and come back just when the woman was not at the Kentam family?

"That's right, Atlicon just announced that Atrice, as a concubine of the Kentam family, is not even a formal family member, let alone a representative of the Kentam family." Ogliny shrugged. He raised his shoulders and put the report in front of everyone. "Isn't it interesting? I was thinking about giving it a push, but I didn't expect the Kentam family to run out on their own."