Chapter 133: War Begins
West of Adus, in the desert surrounding Karnak.
At dawn, the sun is just beginning to spread out from the horizon, and the faint glow dyes the eastern sky with a rosy glow. The earth is awakening from its slumber, and the scorching heat that is sweeping across the wasteland is already preparing.
On the vast wasteland, in the trenches and sandbag-pile positions, most of the rescue soldiers were still asleep. At this moment of dawn and night, even the few soldiers on duty yawned continuously. They sat at their posts carelessly, being lazy and lazy. Some found a place to sleep first, while others gathered in groups of three or two and played cards under the lights. These all-night card games were only now gradually coming to an end.
Although there is a powerful enemy at the doorstep, the vigilance forces in many frontier positions surrounding Kanak are quite loose. This is naturally due to the slightly lax discipline of the rescue soldiers, but the more important factor is that the real vigilance work is not actually the responsibility of these soldiers. Outside them, there is an ultra-long undead alert zone stretching for ten kilometers. These undead are the real vigilantes.
Thousands of undead are roaming tirelessly day and night in this vast desert area. Any suspicious target will be discovered by them. They will be aware of any creature larger than a dog. Therefore, for the rescue soldiers on the positions, it is not very meaningful to concentrate on vigilance.
Not to mention alert, they even had a low level of basic combat readiness. The range of the Undead alert zone was too wide. Even if someone attacked, they had enough time to go back and forth to their positions for combat readiness when they were off alert. The enemy's artillery fire could not hit the position without reconnaissance, but the artillery on the position could easily bombard the attackers from a long distance relying on the information sent back by the Undead. Once the staff was used, it was a unilateral suppression of the enemy.
In fact, the revolutionary army from Dosa launched several attacks on Karnak during this period, but the attacking soldiers were still fighting with the undead in the distance. The positions that received the news launched indiscriminate artillery attacks on the undead and the attacking soldiers, and the attacking soldiers were defeated in a few shots. The frontline positions could even defeat the attacking forces without even seeing them. Under such circumstances, the rescue soldiers on these positions naturally could not concentrate on combat readiness. Although the superiors repeatedly told them to be vigilant and concentrate on combat readiness, it was difficult for the soldiers to keep their spirits tense all day long under the protection of this powerful undead alert zone.
Just like that, in a rather lax state, many of Kanak's frontier positions welcomed the dawn of the next day, and at this moment, a sharp and loud horn sounded throughout the entire position, startling the night duty soldiers who were slacking off and waiting for the end of their shift, and they couldn't help but put down their work one after another.
The night sentries are familiar with this horn sound. Only the so-called extraordinary ones on the positions who can communicate with the undead have the authority to order the horn to be blown. Once this horn sounds, it proves that the undead in the warning area have discovered the enemy, and the position needs to be urgently prepared for war.
After hearing the call, the night watchmen stood up and did what they were supposed to do, sounded the alarm, woke up their companions, and woke up the entire position from sleep, prompting them to enter combat mode. Although the urgent alarm sounded over the position, the actions of the night watchmen were not too urgent, because they all knew that the enemy was still ten kilometers away, and they had plenty of time to prepare.
Just as the entire position was swaying in preparation, there was a whistling sound suddenly from the sky. Just as some soldiers were wondering what the sound was, the whistling sound quickly became louder, and then suddenly intensified at the end, turning into a violent roar.
"boom!!"
A powerful explosion sounded above the position without any warning. In the direction of the artillery array, a huge fire broke out. The impact and flames swept all around, and dust flew all over the sky. The soldiers and artillery nearby were instantly swallowed up by the explosion and disappeared. Those who were a little further away fell to the ground, covered in blood and crying loudly. The soldiers who were farther away were frightened and quickly lay down, and the dust flying in the air sprinkled on them.
Suddenly, fires broke out on the battlefield, and there were shouts and curses all around. The explosion was more effective than any alarm bells, and all the soldiers who were still asleep in the entire battlefield were suddenly awakened. They were surprised and asked around about the cause of the explosion. Most people were asking if some idiot in logistics had blown up the stored ammunition. However, what happened next let them know what really happened.
"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"
After the first explosion, explosions continued to sound above the position. Red lotus blossomed on the position and the surrounding desert. The strong roar and vibration swept the entire earth. Countless people who had not had time to hide in the bunkers were directly killed by this series of explosions. These explosions were like drum hammers, hitting the hearts of the rescue soldiers on the scene again and again. It was not until this time that they realized that this was not an accidental explosion of ammunition, but that they were bombarded! Bombarded by the enemy!
After realizing this, the soldiers on the position quickly prepared to organize a counterattack. However, they were already suppressed by the enemy's early artillery fire. Several of the few artillery pieces on their side were destroyed. It was almost impossible to counterattack. After suffering a lot of casualties, the remaining people could only hide in the bunkers. At this time, the only confusion in the minds of these panicked soldiers was how the enemy's artillery fire came here? Didn't even the scouts not get in between them?
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At the same time, at the other end of the desert, dozens of artillery pieces were lined up in an array, with the black hole barrels pointing toward the sky. They kept roaring and firing under the control of the soldiers, pouring ammunition into the distance amid the roar.
Such scenes appeared in every corner of the desert. On the edge of the warning zone in the Undead Realm, several artillery positions simultaneously poured fire on the enemy's positions in the distance. The silent morning light was broken by the roar of artillery fire.
These artillery pieces came from all over Addus. During the transportation that lasted for more than a week, the artillery ammunition and elite troops from all battlefields and units in Addus were concentrated here to participate in the final battle of the Addus Civil War. These artillery pieces were of various models. The inferior ones produced by Addus were used to bombard the enemy's ordinary positions, while the advanced and precise artillery pieces introduced from the big countries on the continent were used to bombard local artillery positions and front-line command posts. Due to years of war, Addus had accumulated a lot of artillery pieces. The number of artillery pieces gathered at various positions of the revolutionary army was more than ten times that of the defenders of Kanak.
Just as countless artillery pieces were bombarding the positions ahead, the many undead wandering in the security zone gathered together under some sort of control. Ghost zombie skeletons gathered together and launched an attack on the artillery positions. They raised their guns and charged and shot at the soldiers on the positions. However, their bullets were blocked by a wide ice wall that quickly condensed. The solid ice that was almost impossible to exist in the desert blocked the flying bullets and protected the soldiers behind them.
Behind the ice wall, Shadi, wearing a general's uniform, turned over and faced the many undead soldiers who were rushing towards him. He remained calm and raised his hand to expel the undead in a large area. Suddenly, the undead who were not under strong control seemed to have encountered something extremely scary. They dropped their guns and turned around and scattered. Some of the zombies and skeletons that were too deeply affected had their spirits attached to them expelled directly. The entire skeleton fell apart and the zombies fell to the ground. Other skeletons were blown away by the many grenades thrown from behind the ice wall, and the entire attack formation was completely broken.
Seeing such a terrifying undead army being defeated in front of Shadi, the revolutionary soldiers at the scene burst into loud cheers. After seeing that these dead bodies could be dealt with so easily, the morale of all the soldiers increased significantly. At this time, Shadi also shouted loudly.
"Fight! Warriors of Adus, this is the last battle, for Adus!"
Along with Shadi's shout, the soldiers blew the marching bugle. Encouraged by the call, the revolutionary soldiers marched forward one after another. When they reached the ice wall, the solid ice blocking their way immediately disappeared. The revolutionary soldiers marched towards the wilderness of the dead.
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