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19. Victory is just a reprieve (3)

. "...The side-side sub-cannons maintained uninterrupted continuous bombardment of the city. In the first stage, the focus was on sweeping the various defensive barricades of the Spirit Army, and then gradually pushed the barrage to the coast!"

"...The main gun is aimed at the central castle three-wheeled volley and bombards the enemy fleet anchored in the harbor. It must sink or expel it. The defenders must not get fire support from the naval gun!"

"...Cast space blockade around this ship, and space interference is cast in a further range to prevent the enemy's space mage from risking to teleport the bomb! The snipers of the ship and the mage who have no missions for the time being should pay close attention to the air alert and beware of the enemy's magicians using flight techniques to perform suicide assaults."

"...Kuroshima Tadao's men have arrived in the suburbs? They have also contacted several local tribal militias who are willing to attack the city with our army? Very good, very good. I originally thought he had to delay until dawn to reach the battlefield! However, he would still wait patiently, and the shells had no eyes... Ah, when? As long as the artillery fire began to move deep into the city, they could move freely, and any of these guys would do in the city!"

"...what? The elves actually ventured to the beach in the fire of artillery?! Immediately shoot all the incendiary bombs at the coast, burning me all the things that can be burned! If it doesn't work, release poison gas! You must never let the enemies in the city get any sea support!"

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Under the reflection of the orange-red muzzle fire, Feili put on his best outfit: a magical broom and a pink maid apron, standing next to the mast fluttering bear panties and yelling orders. Although he tried his best to pretend to be calm and composed, the sweat on his forehead, spine and palm still couldn't help but ooze out - although two years have passed since he joined the army, this is the first time that he has truly commanded a battle independently without obeying the orders of any boss and the "guidance" of his "ally".

For Feili, this is not only a single meaning. A major "life milestone" is also an important test for his own leadership quality and military ability. Therefore, Feili naturally does not want to be a secret... For a moment, he was really more nervous than taking the college entrance examination in another world.

Fortunately, the start of this battle was smooth.

Although due to the "engineering quality. accident" of the old fort and the decisive counterattack of the Elves at critical moments, hundreds of thousands of large coalition forces of the Incas and local natives had been completely defeated. However, many people did not immediately disband and returned home after escaping from the city, but instead patrolled in the suburbs for a long time, wanting to wait and see if there is any chance to take advantage of the situation.

So, when the commander-in-chief of the ground troops of the Giant Bear Legion in this battle, Mr. Tadao Kuroshima, led a thousand indigenous spearmen and more than 800 Japanese roninian mercenaries to the battlefield, he quickly hit it off with these thugs who had not yet seized enough and reached a joint attack agreement. In addition to the defeated soldiers who had previously collected halfway, Tadao Kuroshima instantly pieced together 30,000 soldiers and horses (although they were a bunch of typical fences and mobs)... So many free cannon fodder made the Japanese ronin who had been worried about excessive casualties in street battles completely put their hearts back in their stomachs, and they were eager to try, intending to make another big vote before returning to China.

On the other hand, although the Elf Army successfully recovered the city, its own losses were also heavy, and the order and physical strength were on the verge of collapse. Faced with these armed mobs with a maximum of 10 times their own troops, the extremely rare Elf Army really had no courage or strength to continue attacking and made any further expulsion actions. After confirming that the opponent had collapsed, they simply destroyed the Inca siege artillery positions and withdrew exhausted and rested, and they did not even send much scouts--in fact

It is also impossible to dispatch, because most of the defenders have been exhausted in the continuous fierce battle. Almost the enemy fell asleep with a gun as soon as they retreated, and they could not even drag it up with a whip. Moreover, they wanted to make a group of white men, dwarfs, orcs and elves who were not able to speak, had obvious physical characteristics, and had not received any reconnaissance training, sneaked into the yellow indigenous soldiers who had collapsed and had become one-way, and found valuable news and received timely rewards... This is a suicide act that is extremely idiotic.

In addition, the two great arcane masters, Owo and Rebeca, were fully prepared and blocked any prophetic spells involving one's own side. As a result, the defenders in the city were completely deaf and blind, and naturally they were unaware of the approaching of another enemy.

It was not until the Xiangrui shells roared on their heads that the elves that were immersed in the banquet or sleeping suddenly realized that the war was not over yet!

However, they were sobering too late.

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"…The three barricades in the south and southwest were destroyed by artillery fire, and a large number of unidentified militants are pouring into the city!"

"... The naval fleet anchored in the harbor suffered a fierce blow! The cruiser "Thorn" was sunk by the ammunition depot, the masts of the cruiser "Fountain" and "Golden Apple" were broken, and they have been burned! The rest of the warships were also injured to varying degrees, and they are required to immediately avoid artillery fire!"

"... All the palace mages expressed regretfully that because they did not get sufficient dormant, they could not remember any new spells for the time being, and the spells prepared the day before had already been exhausted... The defensive field wall of the Central Castle is almost unable to maintain!"

"... The luxury hotel where the Fourth Battalion stayed was directly hit by multiple shells, and all officers from the captain were killed!"

"…The twelve senior officers were stunned or knocked out in the banquet hall, half of whom had not yet recovered their consciousness, so I requested to appoint a replacement immediately!"

"... Our field artillery still failed to launch a counterattack! According to the commander of the Ba team, almost all the gunners and observers under him went out to drink and did not return, and the ammunition was still locked in the warehouse across three streets, and the road was blocked by the fire... At present, there are no manned or shells on the artillery position, and they have been hit by the enemy's floating warships, and they may be completely destroyed at any time!"

"…The 'Lucky' crane failed to forcibly rushing to the beach, stuck between shallow reefs and was completely burned by the enemy's incendiary bombs. Less than ten of the 120 sailors successfully swam ashore."

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Amid the rumbling gunfire, Lieutenant General Daniel was wrapped in a blood-seeking bandage on his head. He finally rushed into the war room with a wall and then smashed this bunch of bad news that was so bad that it could not be more bad, almost stunned.

However, for the military commanders in actual combat, there is still so much news coming below - whether good or bad - that is already quite good news. If there is really no news, that is the biggest bad news - which means that his command system has completely collapsed, or at least is isolated. In terms of the average level of military organization in this era, once the command center of the entire army is paralyzed without any defense, the troops will soon become no longer an organization, but will become terrible defeated soldiers, chaos and even violent soldiers... If they fall to that point, even if the unfortunate commander is the reincarnation of the God of War, they will have to shrink to the corner and cry.

Of course, although the command system of the Elf Army has not been paralyzed, the situation has deteriorated to a point that can be described as a nightmare... Since there was no advance warning, the defenders who had already dealt with them during the day were in a mess for a while. Many people woke up from the tavern or on the bed, but were anxiously unable to find their place, and they were spinning like headless flies. Even though everyone yelled, the officers still couldn't catch the soldiers and the soldiers could not find their superiors. In addition, the howling shells and the burning fire further interfered with the assembly and movement of the defenders, and eventually led to a tragedy of collapse on the whole line.

In fact, due to the poor quality of the ground troops and the disorderly command, the Giant Bear Legion did a very bad job in infantry and artillery coordination. It was not until the Xiangrui artillery fire attack had been transferred to the elves fleet in the harbor that the mobs who had temporarily gathered together barely became courageous and began to attack the city center in a mess.

However, their progress was quite smooth - they once played a huge role in the street battle during the day, and the barricade defense line, which seemed like a copper wall, became a break at this night. Because most of the elves ran elsewhere to celebrate the celebration, and they couldn't come back for a while, there were not many soldiers left behind in the barricade. In addition, the barricades that were temporarily piled up with furniture and debris were like paper-paste toys in front of the heavy artillery of the warships. With one shot, a flowering cloud of mushrooms rose high, and various illegal building materials mixed with broken limbs and bones scattered everywhere, and bloody storms were like fountains...

When the ground attack began to move, although not all, at least several barricades on the main streets had been violently demolished by Xiangrui with shells. Once there were no defensive fortifications to rely on, even if the defenders barely organized several counterattacks, they would have submerged ten times the number of armed thugs ten times the number of armed thugs on their own... Soon, without any stubborn blockade, the attackers rushed to the square in front of the Central Castle, and shot against the hasty palace guards through a shallow trench. If these mobs were not too lacking in professionalism, they had just entered the city and focused on robbery from house to house. The Elf Army might have been beaten down by chasing their butt before they could organize any effective resistance.

Taking advantage of this short gap, the Elf Army finally managed to capture a team of more than 700 people under the fire on its head and pulled it to the vicinity of the Central Castle. However, although the bullets had already flown outside the wall, Lieutenant General Daniel refused his subordinates' request for battle.

"...No, we cannot counterattack. At the moment, the strength of the enemy and us is very different, and the enemy also has air supremacy. Even our naval fleet is bombarded by artillery fire and it is difficult to get close to our ground operations, and it is difficult to provide any fire support for our army's ground operations. If a rash counterattack like this is absolutely impossible to reverse the entire situation of the war, and instead waste our last reserve team!"

"...What should we do? The barricades built has been broken through and can no longer be blocked. The troops have also dispersed and they can't catch them anymore. All the organized resistance of our army is rapidly collapsing, relying on the street fighting organized by the citizens of Tongbes Port, which can only be delayed for a little time... If we can't come up with a countermeasure, we will be done!"

"Countermeasure? It's very simple. I wonder if you have heard of it. There is an old saying in the East, "Capture the King first by capturing the thief!"
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