Chapter 610 Fall of Lingbei Province
On the third day, the sword vine king flag of the sword empire was still flying in most parts of the St. Rudolph's defense line, and the puppet's crazy attack finally stopped. Their fastest advance area was only 4 kilometers away.
The three elves lost more than 70%, and more than half of the 9 divisions suffered casualties. The rest of them stuck to the crumbling defense line and defended the civilians behind them with blood.
On the other side, in the barracks of the Sofia Empire, the puppet soldiers patrolled back and forth with long guns, and the two people in the tent, No. 6 and No. 4, were repeatedly studying the map.
"The news that the soldiers came back to report, the whole elf border defense line is simply a trap! They began to fully deploy this defensive position at least a year ago! The losses of our soldiers are very huge, and the results are pitiful!" No. 4 said angrily.
"Here! Here! And here! All the attacks of our army have been repulsed, here and here! We were hit hard! We shot half of the magic cannonballs, but the elf troops were still stubbornly resisting! They don't seem to have suffered any losses!" Seeing that No. 6 didn't say anything, No. 4 continued to complain endlessly: "You know, the adults have sent someone to urge us! If the attack hasn't progressed, she will come and send us to hell in person!"
"According to the feedback from the soldiers, their army has deployed a large number of self-explosive weapons in front of the defense line, and the opponent's magic cannon positions are preset, extremely accurate, and very clever camouflage and cover, which is really a perfect defense system." No. 6 didn't seem to hear the complaint from No. 4, but just stared at the map and exclaimed: "If it is arranged for me here, then I will arrange at least two more troops of about 10,000 people here and here, and it will be better to carry out local counterattacks between defense intervals."
He shook his head and didn't seem to pay attention to the fierce battle in front of him: "Send the air force! If possible, completely suppress the enemy's ground troops! I'd like to see what weapons the other side uses to fight against my air army!"
The puppet air force of the Sofia Empire began to take off, and thousands of winged puppet soldiers appeared in the distant sky. Like a dark cloud, it slowly came closer to St. Rudolph's defense line.
"Enemy Air Force! Prepare to fight back!" On the ground, countless pre-deployed crossbow positions in the rear began to be busy. These positions began to be installed when the puppet air force attacked the north of the Holy Empire. Arcado and Doris are expected not to expose the air force here, but to carry out air defense operations with ground crossbows. After all, Acado needs to concentrate the air force to ensure the destruction. The safety of the light refraction array.
The camouflaged net on one crossbow position after another was torn off, and the sharp huge crossbow arrow arrows flashed with dazzling cold light. These crossbow guns have been transformed into anti-aircraft and flat-fire weapons, which are used as countless support points on the entire defense line.
The puppet air force was approaching, with a crisp sound, and the sound of the bow string vibrating for a long time. The long crossbow arrows like an infantry spear shot into the sky, passing through the dense puppet air force and bringing down several broken puppet soldiers.
"The enemy counterattacked! Disperse! Ready to dive! Fire the bow and arrow!" The commander of the puppet force ordered loudly, and the puppet air force also began to move, the dense formation began to gradually disperse, and the damage caused by crossbows began to decrease.
The puppet soldiers began to dive down in turn, and the crossbows in their hands also began to launch frequent launches. They launched a fierce attack on the ground. Due to the disadvantages of height and backshot, the archers of the elf clan did not fight back on a large scale.
"Bomb." Several magic cannons fired, and more than a dozen magic-guided anti-aircraft guns were deployed on the St. Rudolph's defense line. These weapons were used by Genesis to extract test data, mainly to verify the feasibility of magic cannon air defense.
However, this weapon is simply terrible, because of the lack of proximity fuses and accurate observation equipment, the hit accuracy of these magic cannons can be described as terrible.
"Unfold the magic defense scroll! Hold the shield high! The enemy air force is coming!" In the elf position, the officers loudly reminded their soldiers: "Be careful of the front of the position! The other party is likely to launch a ground attack at the same time! The magic guide gun is ready!"
On January 15 of the 7th Gregorian calendar, the troops of the Holy Sword Empire on the defense line of St. Rudolph were strengthened, and 50,000 reinforcements from the Orc Empire arrived here. This force greatly eased the disadvantage of the shortage of elf troops, and the brave and good orcs caused a lot of trouble to the puppets.
Because of the lack of necessary suppression means, the air superiority did nothing in front of the defenders of the St. Rudolph's line with perfect air defense means, and the army of the Sofia Empire had no choice but to completely stop the invasion of the Elf Forest.
However, the 6th and 4th discussed another battle plan. They targeted the Lingbei Province in the territory of the former Holy Empire, which was originally the territory of the Holy Empire. It was impossible for the defense of the Sword Empire to be well prepared here, so the puppet troops began to attack here.
The human troops stationed here are not actually the troops of the Sword Empire. Arcado is concentrating his troops to deploy the light of the world and deploying defense on the front line of the Divine Light Fortress. There is no extra strength to strengthen here. Therefore, it is actually stationed here by the original army of the Holy Empire.
The combat effectiveness is not even second-rate, and the military strength is even poor. When the defenders of the Holy Empire arrived, they were not ready to fight at all.
Although these troops were still engaged in battle and delayed the attack speed of the puppet soldiers, the army of the Holy Empire that lost Leon Barton seemed to have lost its soul, and Lingbei Province was occupied by puppet troops little by little.
On January 31, 7 of the Gregorian calendar, the puppet troops, which fought hard for 20 days on the San Rudolph defense line and did not win, captured Senbei City, the capital of Lingbei Province, in just 3 days.
The next day, the forward troops of the puppet empire approached the south of Lingbei Province. These troops slaughtered human beings and burned villages along the way. For a time, the whole Lingbei Province was full of smoke, and a large number of fleeing civilians poured into the Nark Province. The massacre and resistance slowed down the advance speed of the puppet troops. The 8th Army in Alex's hands was able to rush to Bart City for defense, and the human troops gradually stabilized their positions. Both sides were ready to fight to the death in the defensive position from Shenguang Fortress to Bart City.
No. 6 and No. 4 took the opportunity to lead their troops into the province of Nark and came to Bart, the capital of the province of Nark, where they collided with the 8th Orcs of the garrison Empire.