Chapter 530: 528: The Devil's Amazing Combat Power (Additional Chapter 9)
On the morning of February 23rd, 316th year of the New God Calendar, on the third line of defense at the Verdun battlefield,
Thousands of meters apart, the two armies faced each other, and the atmosphere was almost frozen.
Even the Crown Prince of the Empire, His Royal Highness the new Crown Prince, was so angry that he was speechless at this moment.
Who could have thought of that?
How could the coalition forces be so shameless?
The organized army of hell was actually sent into the human world.
Even in the eyes of the strong, they could see the black smoke emanating from the burning steel city seeping through the space cracks and into the Helka world.
They spread over Verdun like cancer cells, infecting the area belonging to this plane and causing huge damage invisibly.
This is the expansion of Hell's will, and it is extremely aggressive.
In comparison, the reaction of the plane's pan-consciousness is much slower, like a slow-moving old man who has not felt the pain after being bitten by a mosquito.
However, under the cover of the rich power of hell, this area has become semi-hellish, and the hell army in it can naturally exert more powerful strength.
In a sense, if this kind of thing happens more often, it means that the aging and decline of the Helka world will become faster and faster!
Of course, that was a long time ago.
Given the current situation, the longer the time, the more disadvantageous it will be for the empire, so the empire launched an attack without hesitation.
The first move is still to bombard the ground with artillery fire!
At the artillery position, shells were loaded into the barrel one after another, and the loader activated the magic pattern. Magic lights lit up in various parts of the heavy field artillery one after another. Then, at a command, all the breech blocks were pulled.
Boom boom boom boom!
The huge roar caused the earth to tremble and dust to fly.
That is to say, today's field guns are equipped with muzzle brakes, otherwise, the entire gun body will have to move backwards, which shows its terrifying recoil.
At this moment, the air ignited by magic power expanded rapidly, pushing the shells out of the barrel with a series of flames.
Its enormous thrust is also unquestionable. All that can be seen with the naked eye are the shells dragging flames, leaving traces in the air, drawing graceful arcs, and smashing into the enemy positions.
Ever since the Empire tasted the sweetness of bombarding the land with artillery fire, this has almost become a routine.
Whether it is useful or not, let's have a round first. At the very least, it can demoralize the enemy.
It’s not that there are no countermeasures, but seriously speaking, the effects are not very good.
However, this time, the Hell Demon Legion taught all human commanders a lesson.
Almost at the moment the cannon sounded, the devil's army responded. At the command, the Baba Demon archers raised their longbows and pointed them at the sky.
Then, one devil wizard after another cast large amounts of magic onto all the arrows.
Then, the sound of arrows breaking through the air was heard.
With the help of magic, they demonstrated an extremely terrifying range, and were still powerful even thousands of meters away.
Then, the arrow and the cannonball met and collided in mid-air!
Boom boom boom boom!
Then, in the center of the battlefield, fireworks exploded in the sky, and the detonated shells shot out countless fragments, but they all fell into the air and did not cause any damage.
This scene left countless people stunned.
This scene also ignited the anger of the imperial artillerymen. They quickly loaded the shells, fine-tuned the muzzles, and continued firing.
As a result, the shells flying into the sky became more and more dense and numerous.
However, within the Hell Legion, more and more demons are picking up bows and arrows.
Even though they don't have the shooting skills of professional archers, this kind of cluster shooting requires numbers.
All you need to do is have enough strength to pull the strong bow and crossbow and shoot the arrow.
Even if the time is too short and the devil wizard has no time to cast magic, as long as they are dense enough, they can still intercept the shells.
Of course, the lethality and range of bows and arrows are not as good as those of cannonballs, and there will always be some that slip through the net.
Many artillery shells broke through the blockade and were about to hit the formation of the Hell Legion.
But at this time, teams of devils rolled out fireballs and threw them into the sky in unison.
There is no need to say much about the lethality of the Hellfireball, it is more than enough to detonate these shells.
However, when everyone thought that the fragments of the exploding shells would cause some casualties among the demons,
Then another command was heard, and the demons in formation raised their magic shields in unison.
As a result, the fragments fell on the shield and were either bounced away or had their kinetic energy weakened, and had no lethality after landing.
The empire's artillery tactics have never been as embarrassing as they are today. With full firepower, the enemy is completely unharmed.
But this is the extraordinary world. When powerful individuals gather in large enough numbers, the crushing effect of magic weapons will no longer exist.
Of course, this was something the empire could not accept, so at the end of the sky, the buzzing sound of a magic aircraft was heard.
The Empire's flying squadron came charging forward aggressively, and at the head was still the red lightning - the Red Baron.
The Hell Legion also responded immediately. A group of Terrornax spread their wings and flew into the sky.
Their wings are not the devil's most common bat wings, nor are they bird wings. Instead, they are transparent and thin, with three pairs, and they vibrate at an extremely fast speed.
This allows them to easily perform flight techniques such as hovering, flying backwards, and rapid changes of direction.
In terms of sensitivity, it far exceeds ordinary flying units and even far exceeds the first generation of magical aircraft.
Their weapons are also relatively uniform, made from the trunk of the Hellfire Tree. They look a bit like tridents, but they are not melee weapons.
In a sense, this is a special magic wand. Although it does not have the comprehensive functions of a human magic wand, it can significantly enhance the power of fire magic.
As for their fighting style, it can be said to be quite simple, which is to hold this magic wand and shoot out "Hell Lava Rays" one after another.
This hell magic is mainly based on high temperature melting and burning flames. A direct hit is enough to melt into the iron.
And the range depends on the amount of magic power supplied, ranging from hundreds of meters to one thousand meters.
If they are pushed into a corner, they can continue to supply magic power to maintain this magic, thereby achieving range damage in a large fan-shaped sweep.
Their initial engagement with the magical aircraft caused the Imperial Air Squadron to suffer heavy losses.
The flight trajectory of the first generation of aircraft was too fixed, making it impossible to perform many evasive maneuvers, and its flight speed did not have an absolute advantage.
Faced with the sudden stop and change of direction of the Terrorna, they can easily lose their target.
In a moment of trance, the enemy disappeared in the blind spot of vision, and then a "lava ray" shot out, which could penetrate the aircraft and ignite the inside.
The result is that the aircraft either loses control, drags flames and black smoke, and crashes to the ground;
Or it will explode in mid-air, disintegrate, and fall into pieces.
As for the attack of the magic aircraft, the bullets fired by the two heavy machine guns were quite powerful and caused some damage.
But the Terrornax are all extraordinary species, and defensive magic is almost effortless for them.
One defensive force field after another was set up, and as long as one was not locked by a heavy machine gun and hit continuously, one could escape with his life.
Relying on their flexibility, they really caused huge damage to the flying squadron.
Without a doubt, this was the most devastating battle since the advent of magic energy aircraft.
The only one who can cause effective damage is the Red Baron.
The legendary pilot demonstrated his powerful abilities at this moment and also brought the high performance of his vehicle to the extreme.
The red magic aircraft is a special model that can hold up a magic shield, making him fearless of the attack of the "lava ray".
Its flexible movements are comparable to those of a Terrornemon, and it can hover, change direction, and make sharp turns at will.
What was even more astonishing was his nimble control of the two heavy machine guns, which were clearly fire suppression weapons, yet he managed to use them with the power of precise bursts of fire.
In addition, he used special armor-piercing bullets, which had an amazing killing effect.
Almost all the deaths and injuries among the Terrorna were caused by him.
However, later on, when the Terrornax reacted, he was in trouble too.
The Terrornae have cooperative groups, with the standard three demons in a group.
In order to deal with the Red Baron, nine teams worked closely together and used the "fan-shaped hell ray" to continuously squeeze the Red Baron's space for movement.
He was chased to the point where he had no way to go up to the sky or into the earth, and was in a very miserable state.
As for the bombers following the flying brigade, they were now unable to advance or retreat.
If the battlefield ahead is not cleared, they will be sitting ducks even if they enter.
After hesitating for a moment, they were about to turn around and leave, but the Terrordax were not happy about this and immediately sent a group of them to chase after them.
Since this battle, the first effective casualties inflicted on the Legion of Hell came from bombers.
A bomber had its wing destroyed by a Terrorna. Seeing it couldn't leave, the pilot crashed the bomber directly into the position of the Hell Legion.
Although the devil tried to stop it, it was unable to do so due to its large size and weight.
After the bomber crashed, the shells on it exploded again, and the chain explosions directly wiped out an entire phalanx of the Hell Legion.
Even the devil's personal defensive magic seemed powerless under an explosion of this scale.
But even so, no one in the Imperial Command was happy. The casualties caused in this way were definitely not what they wanted to see.
In the end, it was the Empire's fourth-level Scourge warriors who took action to stop the ravages of the Terrorna, protecting the Empire's flight squadron and bombers and returning home again.
It should be said that the only benefit of the Hell Legion intervening in the battlefield is that the natural disasters and legends on the coalition side will definitely not dare to take action at this time.
Collaborating with Hell and killing one's own kind can be done secretly, but it must never be exposed in public.
Otherwise, the spit alone would drown them.
This allowed the powerful men of the empire to act freely without any scruples.
At this time, behind the battlefield, in the command center, there was deathly silence.
Everyone stared at the magic mirror, looking at the situation on the battlefield, all with grim expressions.
A chief of staff hesitated for a moment before stepping forward and saying, "Your Highness, how about suspending the attack for now?"
The new crown prince of the empire suddenly turned his head, his eyes bloodshot, staring at the chief of staff as if he wanted to kill him.
But he still tried to suppress his anger and said, "Tell me your reasons!"
(End of this chapter)
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