At this time, on the wall of the prismatic fortress, the artillery of Bayerzas also confirmed the results of the first round of shooting...
"Come closer to us! They are all huddled behind the barbed wire and the fire they started. Let the golems and artillery keep firing. Use more incendiary shells, quick!"
It is difficult to find a target when a group of people are crowded together.
The Bayerjans people rushed to confirm the coordinates of the artillery fire for their respective artillery pieces, while the elves stood on the observation deck and carried out precise shooting.
They didn't even have to aim. They could just fire at the fire and they would be sure to kill one or more barbarian soldiers.
"So, aren't they just throwing their lives away?" The elf loaded new bullets into the rifle in his hand in a daze.
"I thought those shooting stars were some strange magic... But it seems that they mistakenly believe that the shooting stars are a good omen? Just like Roman, when the Church of Light took the rising sun as a symbol of victory during the holy war?"
"It makes no difference to our enemies whether they lose or not—and have you seen their commander? I can't find him."
"No need to look for him. Golem has already opened fire. He was at the front and is now either tied up by the barbed wire or has long been trampled by his own troops. We can just fire at random and that's it."
Accompanied by the roars of howitzer golems and improvised fixed artillery, the United Nations enjoyed the hard-earned actual combat shooting quite comfortably, while the Polans, after a brief period of frenzy, fell into endless chaos and tried to leave this hell.
The Great Khan who was watching the battle in the rear solemnly ordered the harpies to take advantage of the cover of night and the Polans to quickly dismantle the defensive facilities in the enemy's fortress.
"This city is our natural defense. The Polan people taught us a lesson with their recklessness. We must stay calm in the future."
He gave such an evaluation in front of the Qiexue. After the harpy received the order to move forward, the drowsy Miss Black Dragon in the fortress finally pulled herself together and prepared to go to work.
Chapter 4: The Black Dragon's Offer, the Blasphemy of the God of Light 8K
Under the order of the Great Khan, the harpies prepared to dismantle all the defense facilities of the Prismatic Fortress. Even if they could not dismantle all of them, they had to at least ensure that some of the most threatening equipment was dismantled.
Under the cover of night, they moved as silently as crows in the pitch-black night.
All harpies know how to move so as not to make too much noise when flapping their wings. In addition to their own claws, all harpies also have a variety of props for aerial combat or dismantling enemy defense equipment.
For example, using a solvent made from corrosive acid produced deep in the northern Mountains of Sorrow to directly corrode metal equipment. For example, using a "bomb" made of explosive black powder made by priests from charcoal, saltpeter, and sulfur collected from the volcanoes in the Mountains of Sorrow. For example, simply using a large heavy stone.
For the imaginary enemy of the Hutot Khanate, that is, the city defense equipment of the Roman Empire, the above three items are all practical props that can cause a lot of damage or even directly destroy the equipment - but for the enemy they are facing this time, these are not so effective...
"Those things are all made of iron?!" A harpy looked at the Golems firing from afar, her face pale with fear: "They are like trolls made entirely of iron?! What we have in our hands can't do any effective damage to them at all?!"
"Since we can't destroy the equipment directly, let's destroy their arsenal! They must have to find a place to restock their ammunition, right?!
And those things will explode, and they will definitely explode just like the bombs on our waists, so we just need to find the location of the ammunition depot!"
"And it's not just the ammunition depot. We just need to focus on some combatants who seem to be responsible for controlling another kind of city defense equipment and kill them. Quick, quick, quick! We are running out of time..."
The harpy realized through her own experience that the equipment in her hands could not pose any threat to those tall metal men at all.
So they turned and began preparing to attack possible ammunition depots and operators—
But before the harpies completely arrived above the Prismatic Fortress and swooped down to kill it, the shadows of the Hippogriff Knights appeared in the sky above the Prismatic Fortress, using magic to illuminate the sky.
What's going on?! Why are the elves' Hippogriff Knights here?! And logically speaking, the Griffin Knights should also appear in the human jurisdiction? Why would you elves exert so much effort for humans?!
The harpies looked at each other in bewilderment, and the elves' eagle riders found themselves at a disadvantage in numbers after they rose to high altitudes...
But fortunately, this is still a small disadvantage that they can handle on their own, rather than a big problem that they must rely on Miss Black Dragon to solve.
"Notify Miss Nia that this is an aerial target shooting opportunity that we finally found! This is a target shooting test at night, so please don't come up for the time being, Miss Nia!"
The Hippogriff Knights cheered, fixing the magic used for lighting directly in the sky to reduce the magic consumption in the area in case of emergency. They then aimed their small-caliber rifles at the head of the harpy flapping its wings in the distance:
"And then again, these harpies don't seem to be wearing any clothes?"
The frivolous joke was followed by dense gunfire. Under the firing of more than 20 guns by the Hippogriff Knights, the number of people at the location of the Harpy immediately decreased significantly.
They panicked for a moment, then regained their composure the next moment;
Although they had no idea what had caused such a huge instant loss to their side, the harpies understood that showing their backs to the enemy in the air was tantamount to making themselves targets.
No one wants to be a target of the enemy - so the harpies let out shrill screams and tried to approach the location of the Hippogriff Knights, but they were confused by the Hippogriffs' flexible flight trajectory.
"Eat ashes!"
Even with the elves on board, the Hippogriffs are more agile than the Harpies. Perhaps it is because the Harpies carry too many heavy props to deal with the city defense equipment, or it may be because the Harpies have to fly and try to launch attacks at the same time, which reduces their efficiency.
In short, the Hippogriff Knights used their flexible bodies to lure the harpies to run around. They were as annoying as flies, and the worst thing was that if the harpies didn't pay attention to the attacking movements of these flies and dodge, then they might really be killed by the weapons in their hands.
In order to gain flexibility in air combat, the Harpy had to give up all the props on her body.
All those explosive or heavy objects were thrown at the prismatic fortress without any accuracy. Apart from causing a few unlucky guys to be accidentally injured by the shrapnel and have to be treated with the elves' magic, they did not achieve much results.
Of course, there were cases where the Harpies tried to launch attacks on the enemies below who were obviously operators of the city defense equipment under the cover of their teammates - but the problem was that the Harpies were not facing traditional enemies, let alone traditional weapons.
If the Hippogriff Rider is wielding a longbow or spear, the diving Harpy can try to dodge by using the speed of the dive.
And once the Hippogriffs followed, the elves would give up their advantage of being on the high ground and become the attacked party.
But the problem is that the Hippogriff Knights are holding rifles with bullets that fly even faster, so they don't need to move behind the Harpy at all. They just need to order the Hippogriffs under their crotch to fly while aiming at the Harpy with the crosshairs.
Even if the harpies fluttered their wings like hummingbirds and dived with all their might, they could not avoid the high-speed bullets.
They were not wearing any armor, which meant that if they were injured and fell, they would die.
Death is not scary. What is scary is that not only will you die, but after death you won’t even be able to cause any trouble to your enemies.
In this situation, the harpies had no choice but to chase after the Hippogriff Knights.
They were so angry about the weapons in the hands of the Hippogriff Knights that they didn't even bother to respond to the horn signal from the Khan's tent behind them to retreat.
Because they really couldn't retreat. If they retreated, they would all die. If they charged forward, they could at least survive for a while - is this all because of the Polan people's unauthorized actions? ! If you hadn't insisted on taking sudden action tonight, how could we have ended up like this? !
At this moment, the harpies gritted their teeth and remembered the troubles that the Polans had brought to them.
In the prismatic fortress, Black Dragonia was thinking while watching the air battle in the sky, while checking the bodies of the fallen harpies around her.
"We don't have this kind of alien race in Ishgard... The alien races that can fly there are mainly dragons and dragon wings, and normal creatures such as griffins and birds - but what's up with these birdmen? Eh? They don't wear clothes... They seem to be hermaphrodites? Very weird..."
Black Dragon muttered to herself. After storing more knowledge in her mind, she calculated that today's war should go very smoothly and she would not need to appear on stage. She gave up the corpses beside her and chose to go to the city wall to watch the battle.
It is no surprise that the enemies called "Northern Barbarians" by the United Nations are savages living in the era of cold weapons.
They were still using ancient cold weapons to fight. Due to the limitations of cold weapons, they suffered countless casualties in front of the two barbed wire fences and could not even advance to the distance where they could use bows and arrows to projectile at the fortress...
The armies of the cold weapon era were doomed to be crushed when faced with well-supplied modern armies in open terrain.
This was a done deal for Nia. But for her, the most interesting thing was the shock brought by the golems and the cannons now installed on the city walls!
(A cannon that can be pulled by two soldiers or a carriage... It is light and can fire powerful enough shells.
Not only that, but these guns appear to be able to fire at high angles! How on earth did they solve the problem of barrel explosion?)
If Miss Black Dragon realized that the mounted artillery in the hands of the Bayerjans soldiers today was made using the elves' enchantment magic and the overall structure was forcibly strengthened by magic, perhaps she would directly speak out wildly and ask Yang Hao with the most flattering smile whether he could sell some Ishgard products to satisfy her itching hands
But now Nia did not find the problem in the dim light. She just watched the rumbling of the artillery with interest. Every artillery attack would directly cause a large number of casualties among the nomadic soldiers in the distance.
But then again - why did the main force of the barbarians watch this group of people suffer losses but not rush over to provide medical treatment
Nia used her night vision ability as a dragon to look at the location of the main force of the barbarians in the distance.
She was very curious about what the enemy commander was thinking - after all, if he allowed his own soldiers to be annihilated without sending anyone to rescue them, wouldn't that just mean his own army would be demoralized
After all, not everyone is willing to be loyal to a leader who may abandon them at any time.
After the precedent of abandoning a unit and letting it perish, there must be a lot of soldiers who will have resentment, and then their morale will be low or even defect, right? So why don't you send the main force to provide treatment now
Even if it's just for show, it's better than causing the morale of our own troops to collapse further, right
Why
Miss Black Dragon was filled with confusion. At this moment, she suddenly realized that she would not only work for the United Nations for nothing for one day, but also for the next few days...
After all, judging from the barbarians' indifferent style of behavior, it is impossible for them to give up moving south just because of this setback.
Moreover, they seemed to have quite a few reserves of those hermaphroditic birdmen flying in the sky. One of the conditions that he agreed to in order to study His Majesty Yang Hao's technology was to assist the United Nations in industrial development while helping them ensure their air superiority during the barbarian invasion.
(Although I agreed with the thought that if I didn’t help stop them, those barbarians might also affect the colonial army...
But as expected, have I become the mother of the colonial army? How can such a mama's boy need his mother to work so hard...
If this were put in the current movie market in Isgard, I could have come up with some kind of plot like "For the sake of her incompetent son, the mother had to become the secretary of the boss of the company next door"... Colonial Army! General Pies! I beg you, please stand up quickly...
Otherwise, I will really become a United Countryman with Isgardian nationality?! You guys need to work harder...)
Miss Black Dragon sighed heavily. Thanks to the efforts of the Hippogriff Knights, the Harpies finally took advantage of the moment when the lighting magic failed and ran away.
As Khutot Khan's most elite air force, this time the Harpies left behind nearly thirty corpses, which was the biggest loss they had suffered in the past two years.
The only loss for the Hippodrome Knights who had enjoyed a full round of actual target practice was their ammunition. Through this battle, they became familiar with their new weapons and accumulated experience in aerial combat.
The knights descended from the sky to take a break. Nia thought that she should go up and help look after them, but she found that the main force of the enemy also ran away with the group of birdmen after they evacuated
"Do they really not care about the casualties of soldiers on the front line?"
Nia was puzzled. At this moment, she suddenly heard the sound of someone kneeling behind her...
Looking back, I found that the person who came over via teleportation was His Majesty Yang Hao, accompanied by an elven wizard.
Yang Hao asked all the soldiers to stand up and return to their posts, and then he continued Nia's words:
"It is said that the Great Khan is a strong man who can win the hearts of the people. He was so cruel that he did not send troops to rescue. Either he saw clearly that it was a trap, or the troops actually launched the attack without authorization. Of course, the most likely possibility is both."
"Both?"
"Because between the Khutot Khanate and the United Nations, there is a small country called Polan. If nothing unexpected happens, the military force of this small country will be integrated into the Great Khan's army after it is conquered, just like a rat dropping mixed in a pot of porridge.
It is fortunate that soldiers with different cultures would clash with each other. What is even more tragic is what the Khan is facing now."
Yang Hao walked up and patted Miss Black Dragon on the shoulder. Then, under Miss Black Dragon's angry gaze, he confidently stated that Nia should continue to stay here until the end of the war. He pointed to the pile of corpses of nomads in front of the barbed wire:
"If our intelligence is correct, it should be that the Polan army launched the attack "without authorization", and the Khan, as the main force, could neither keep up nor prepare, so he could only watch the Polan people die in vain...
This was actually a common occurrence in the early days of the Roman Empire. When I was still following my brother in battle, we took advantage of the reckless nature of the nomads to achieve too many victories. Now, although the Khan is willing to make changes, he also faces the same problem I faced at the time. "
"question?"
The black dragon tilted his head, obviously very curious about this question.
"There was not enough time. I did not have time to carry out sufficient reforms and gather strength. The Khan had time to gather strength and reform in his own country, but he had no time to re-educate the soldiers in the occupied areas."
Yang Hao didn't mean to keep the audience in suspense. He simply explained the dilemma he had faced and the Khan's dilemma in a simple and easy-to-understand way, and then he stopped talking.
After all, Black Dragon still needs time to digest, and Yang Hao didn't come here just to chat with Black Dragon.
He still had a lot of work to do, the first of which was naturally to check the effectiveness of the barbed wire defense line against the nomads.
The second thing is to check the power of the artillery. Finally, it is to confirm whether the enemy has any noteworthy weapons or tactics.
There is nothing much to say about the "barbed wire". The barbarians launched the attack at night and did not even notice the existence of the barbed wire buried shallowly in the grass.
Their horses hit the barbed wire at high speed and broke their legs. For the people on the horses, they would probably just fall to the ground and become dizzy, but for the centaurs, it was a real death sentence.
In addition, the impact of barbed wire on ordinary infantry is also very significant, especially with the enhancement of rifles and artillery. Every nomad who wants to break through a barbed wire line of defense has to pay an extremely high price.
It's a pity that Yang Hao didn't send the rare machine gun Golem, let alone the Gappa 1405 heavy machine gun.
If the two of them were here, those Polan ruffians would probably have no chance to evacuate at all.
We still have to increase production capacity - Mr. Yang Hao muttered, but when he remembered that the output of the Oak Mine could no longer meet the appetite of the Barbarians' current factory, he felt a dull pain in his stomach...
The plan to invade the Roman Empire must be advanced... When we can reach an agreement with the barbarians, the United Nations can release the garrison in the north and move south together...
But now that group of undead are heading north, following the retreating Ishgard colonial army. When will this end
Yang Hao shook his head, thinking that it was all this year's matter. Then he heard the Black Dragon beside him sigh:
"In fact, compared to what you said about the Polan people sending themselves to die... I am more concerned about how advanced the weapons of the United Nations are now.
Your Majesty Yang Hao, we are old acquaintances, so can you please satisfy my curiosity considering that I will be working for you for a long time
How on earth do you come up with that stuff?"
Miss Nia's curiosity brought the battlefield, where the flames of war were gradually dying down, into silence.
The soldiers began to clean up the bodies in front of the barbed wire in an orderly manner and burn them on the spot to prevent the bodies from rotting and bringing plague to the city. The elves observed from a high place and covered the soldiers' work.
In the distance, the Great Khan's army had already withdrawn to the camp. They were indifferent to the fleeing Polan people, which seemed to confirm Yang Hao's speculation just now.
When Yang Hao faced Nia's question, he just smiled and shook his head:
“This is something only my wife knows.”
"oh… "
Nia shrugged, apparently realizing that she had no way of knowing the secret of why Yang Hao was so smart. But not being able to obtain the secret didn't mean that she couldn't make a deal now, right
So Nia once again offered a new price - she hoped that Yang Hao could sell one of the mounted artillery and the howitzer Golem to Ishugard, and let them transport it back to Ishugard for research.