Chapter 102 The Decisive Battle on the Prairie
Twenty minutes later, after the Golden Eagle Knights and Chiyang Army continued to go southward for more than ten kilometers in the Indra Prairie, they saw the army of the Rulson Kingdom waiting in front of them.
Gerald picked up the binoculars and looked ahead, immediately frowning.
In the huge army in front of which there are estimated to be tens of thousands of people, the main ones flying are the various flags of the Kingdom of Luerson, but what really caught Gerald's attention was an uncomplicated style with patterns. It's also very simple, it's just a flag with a half-wing pattern embroidered on it.
In the current continent of Sainz, no one does not know what this flag represents.
That is Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
"The guards of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce also participated in the battle?" Gerald looked a little dignified. "When we set off some time ago, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce still didn't make a specific statement. Why are they already mixed in now?"
"What's so strange about this?" Narorov gave him a blank look. "This time we made it clear that we were going to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. If they haven't sent an escort to join the battle, shouldn't they join the battle when we hit the Principality of Standing and the gate of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's main base? "
Gerald smiled wryly and shook his head: "That's not what I mean. If I just have the guards from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the opposite side, today's battle may not be easy."
"Sooner or later, we will encounter them. Encountering them earlier will also give us more opportunities to understand them, so that we can deal with them later."
Narorov also picked up the binoculars to observe the situation on the opposite side, and also frowned.
"All the countries on the mainland have spread the news that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's guards are very powerful, but in fact, over the years, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's guards have only shot a few times. I don't know where they are so strong?"
"So, what I hate the most is this kind of guy who doesn't know the details at all. However, the army of the Luerxun Kingdom has only received some support from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and its combat effectiveness has become so strong. Then Xinfei The combat effectiveness of the chamber of commerce guards can be imagined."
Gerald sighed with a troubled expression on his face.
"Besides, it's not like you don't know the power of the military magic machines sold to us by the Xinfei Merchant Association. Those old gadgets can't resist it at all. And I'm sure that the Xinfei Merchant Association must sell us some Low-level, or even military-use magic machines that have been eliminated by them, are really good things. They will definitely still hold them in their own hands."
"It's obvious." Narorov spread his hands with the same helpless expression. "Who made it so that only the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the world can make these things."
The two stared at each other in silence for a while, Gerald suddenly wiped his face vigorously, and then spat forcefully on the ground.
"Bah! The fight hasn't started yet. What are we two doing here to keep lowering our morale? The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's guards must be very strong. But after all, we have a lot more people than them. Besides, we also have military magic machines , They dare to fight us arrogantly on this prairie, then we will pile them up with people and kill them."
"Well, according to some information collected by the Glory Legion, the army of the Rulson Kingdom has the ability to launch an attack from a very long distance. Now we..." Narorov looked up, estimated the distance, and then He raised his right hand high.
Several captains of the Chiyang Legion brigade who followed behind him immediately issued orders at the same time, and it didn't take long. The entire Chiyang Legion had already stopped.
Gerald on the side had known Narorov for many years, and he immediately understood what he meant after seeing his actions, and immediately ordered the Golden Eagle Knights to stop.
"Okay, here is about five kilometers away from the opposite side, which should be beyond the opponent's attack distance. Let's straighten out the formation here and prepare to launch an attack." Narorov said.
"it is good."
Gerald, Narorov, and several legion staff got together and held a brief discussion meeting before the battle. It was determined that the Golden Eagle Knights would be the next assist, and the Red Sun Legion would use high mobility to launch from both wings at the same time. The basic strategy of attack coordination.
These two legions are elite legions with a high reputation in the Kendela Empire, and Gerald and Narorov are well commanded. Now that the strategy has been decided, it didn't take long for the formation to be arranged.
What surprised the two of them was that when they were discussing to determine the combat strategy and prepare the formation, the army of the Kingdom of Luerxun and the escort of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, who did not know how many people were there, all stayed in place and did not move. It seems to be waiting for them to attack.
However, even if they feel strange, since they have led the army here, they can't just retreat.
Gerald tidied up his attire, jumped onto the roof of the cab of a large magic cargo locomotive, pulled out the sword on his waist, and pointed it high at the sky.
"attack!"
A total of 23,000 soldiers of the Golden Eagle Knights immediately marched towards the opposite side in an orderly manner.
at the forefront. It is the heavy shield guards holding giant shields as guards, followed by the crossbow team holding magic continuous crossbows and special longbows.
As for the ones in the middle of the entire formation, there are one hundred and thirty single-barreled magic artillery that move slightly slowly.
In fact, the single-barreled magic artillery produced by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is equipped with a front-mounted magic trailer, which can quickly advance at a speed of up to 40 kilometers per hour on such a plain.
However, although the imitation single-tube magic artillery developed and produced by the Candela Empire itself is still equipped with a front magic trailer, it has not been able to solve the coordination between the front magic trailer and the gun body, and because of material problems, there are often short Due to the situation of the axis, the travel speed was forced to be limited to a maximum of 30 kilometers per hour, and the actual travel speed was only about 20 kilometers per hour, which seriously dragged down the speed of the entire team.
Of course, the distance between the armies of the two sides is only about five kilometers at this time, and the difference between the speed of 20 kilometers per hour and the speed of 40 kilometers per hour is not that big. The Golden Eagle Knights only need to drag these magic artillery within two kilometers to be effective The attack distance is fine.
After the Golden Eagle Knights started, Narorov also ordered at the same time.
The Chiyang Legion immediately divided into three groups. One hundred large magic cargo locomotives and 5,000 soldiers equipped with them stayed behind the Golden Eagle Knights as support and protection. It made an arc from the left and right wings, wrapping around the Luerxun Kingdom on the opposite side.
In fact, although the Golden Eagle Knights and Chiyang Legion have been equipped with a large number of new military magic machines to replace the previous war horses, swords, guns and bows, most of the tactical thinking still stays on the traditional old concepts.
For example, the tactics used by the two legions this time are nothing more than the usual central breakthrough and two-wing outflanking that the Candela Empire army used in the past when its own side was in a superior force.
have to say. There is nothing wrong with this tactical thinking. It can give full play to the characteristics and strength advantages of the two legions.
However... this time the war was originally completely different from all the wars they had experienced in the past.
When the Golden Eagle Knights advanced to a position about three kilometers away from the army of the Kingdom of Luerson, the army of the Kingdom of Luerson, who had been standing still, finally moved.
If you don't move, that's all. A movement is like a thunderbolt.
"Boom boom boom boom—"
A series of muffled sounds came from the army of the Luerxun Kingdom in the distance, and then countless red rays of light flying all over the sky flew up from the formation over there, flying towards this side at high speed.
Gerald was shocked.
The two sides are clearly separated by a full three kilometers. Why did the Luerxun Kingdom use magic artillery?
Isn't the magic artillery of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce always attacking at a distance of only about two kilometers?
However, the next moment, the ruthless facts told Gerald how wrong his judgment was.
The red light all over the sky has already passed the distance of three kilometers between the two sides in just a few breaths. It fell directly into the formation of the Golden Eagle Knights.
"dispersion!"
Gerald only had time to yell, but he couldn't make any other orders at all.
"Boom boom boom boom—"
This time, an unusually dull but extremely violent explosion sounded in Gerald's ears, almost deafening his ears.
In the sound of the explosion, there were panic shouts and miserable screams from the soldiers of the surrounding Golden Eagle Knights.
It was just a round of bombing, and the formation of the Golden Eagle Knights, which was extremely complete and orderly just now, was bombed to a point of looseness.
Gerald forcibly suppressed the shock and panic in his heart, grabbed a magician beside him, and asked him to cast a loudspeaker magic in front of him.
"Don't panic! Stay in formation and charge forward! Those who retreat will be cut!"
Gerald understood in an instant that it was also a magic cannon. However, the magic artillery equipped by the army of the Luerxun Kingdom has a much longer attack range than the magic artillery equipped by them, even exceeding a full kilometer.
In this way, before they reach the effective attack distance, they can only passively bear the attack of the enemy on the opposite side, and there is no way to fight back.
At this time, the only choice is to continue to move forward, and the consequences of retreating will only be more serious than now.
Gerald's voice instantly spread throughout the entire Golden Eagle Knights through loudspeaker magic.
Hearing the voice of the legion leader, the Golden Eagle Knights, who were flustered because of the sudden attack, quickly regained their composure, rearranged their formation, and rushed towards the army of the Rulson Kingdom in the distance at the fastest speed.
The two Chiyang Legion circled on both sides and planned to outflank the two flanks, but they were not attacked by the army of the Kingdom of Roulson.
At this time, seeing that the Golden Eagle Knights were under heavy bombardment from unexpected artillery fire, Narorov passed on the order without hesitation. Ask the Chiyang Legion to increase their speed again.
The army of the Rulson Kingdom clearly wanted to use the attack distance beyond their own to carry out bombing, so they had to break into the close range as soon as possible and disrupt the opponent's formation.
But just when this idea was finalized in his mind, several bursts of flames suddenly burst out on the grassland in front of him.
Accompanied by several violent explosions. The three large freight magic locomotives rushing to the front seemed to be overturned suddenly by an invisible giant. They flew into the air, even rolled a few times in the air, and then smashed down heavily.
One of them just smashed a large magical freight locomotive in front of Narorov, then rolled twice on the ground, and was directly mounted on the front of the large magical freight locomotive he was riding on.
The violent shock caused the car body to shake wildly. Unprepared, Narorov bumped his head against the front of the cab, and his head was bleeding instantly. (~^~)