After explaining the battle plan set by Neverwinter, Agatha, Iron Axe and Edith took the train to the front line.
In order to meet the dual needs of firepower and material transportation, the double-track rails have been turned into four fork roads to advance together, and their configuration is exactly the same as that of the station area. Although the increase in the amount of work has caused the progress to be much slower, the people in the headquarters understand that the tower No. 10 site, which is the terminal of the Torch Project, is likely not to appear in the decisive battle.
If the fortress-like station is built, the devil will not be able to change the defeat no matter what he does. The commander of the other side should know very well that the Heihe made of steel is extremely difficult to destroy. Even if the transportation is interrupted for two or three days, humans can pass through. The site supply is supported until the line is repaired, which makes the commonly used post-break tactics useless. And attacking a well-defended site against the line of fire is undoubtedly a death sentence. The devil's only chance is to stop the advance of the First Army before the tenth station is put down.
In other words, the decisive battle will not have a definite time point and it may break out at any time.
Therefore, the bunkers, trenches and dark fortresses on both sides of the railway are all arranged according to the battle scene.
In addition, Agatha noticed that the track that was originally facing the Holy City was deflected by a slight angle, making the side of the train tend to be parallel to Taquila. In His Majesty's words, this is the most suitable for the on-board artillery to exert its power. "Battle line" arrangement.
And standing at the end of the track, are two Heihe armored trains.
They act as mobile fortresses. Four sets of rotatable machine gun turrets can fire at the devil trying to approach the position at any time. The mobile version of the 152mm fortress gun mounted on it is pointed at the sky, always aiming in the direction of Taquila City. .
Step by step to the watchtower in the center of the camp, the ruins covered by lush various plants gradually appeared in the ice witch's field of vision.
Although she knew this ending for a long time, she still felt an indescribable shock and grief when she saw only a ruined home.
Even after more than 400 years, she can still find the shadow of the former holy city from the dilapidated outline.
"Were you born there?" Edith asked.
Agatha nodded, and the memories of the past flooded into her mind again.
"Congratulations, starting today, you are a member of the Federation."
"As expected of the youngest high-level awakener in history, the quest will welcome you to join us."
"Sister, you are amazing!"
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"Do you know what you are doing! They are all warriors who gave everything for the Federation, and now they are just unconscious, but you are turning them into test materials?"
"You don't know how low the chance of recovering from a severe head injury is. They must also hope to make a greater contribution to the experiment than dying in a hurry like this."
"I can not accept."
"This is an order signed by Akalis-sama personally. If you can't accept it, then you should quit."
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"Master, the city wall has been breached, and the coalition may not last long! Let's go!"
"But my sister hasn't come back yet."
"She is a soldier of the garrison, and it is impossible to leave the line of defense without authorization. If you die here, won't you betray her intentions!"
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"Take this opportunity to run away!"
"But... my lord, after leaving Taquila, where can we go?"
"Don't give up, we still have hope! Over the mountains, over the rivers, to the wild land... to restore order!"
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"Why did you hold on till the end? If you run away now, you might be able to survive."
"Although I don't have magical powers, I understand that it is my duty to protect you."
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"Your Majesty, she is awake."
The screen flashed one by one, like a reincarnation.
In the eyes of most witches of the Federation, she is an anomaly. Although she has the name of a genius, she is controversial because of her attitude towards mortals. Later, she was excluded from the Quest Club because of the God's Punishment Army plan. Continue your research in a private test tower in the Hidden Forest.
But even so, Agatha still had an indelible affection for Taquila.
This city was once regarded as the last fortress of mankind, and countless heroic deeds were born. Thousands of witches and hundreds of thousands of ordinary people fell on the battlefield against the devil. Her sister is also one of them, and it is still unknown under which section of the collapsed city wall she was buried.
Instead of a sense of relief, escaping from life became a heavy responsibility.
As long as you close your eyes, there will be countless calls for help from the dead compatriots in your ears.
She is not an escapee. Whenever she has nightmares, Agatha tells herself repeatedly that she lives to be able to take revenge and to retake this land belonging to human beings one day.
She believed that those witches of God's Punishment also held on to this belief and persisted until today.
Their lives do not belong only to themselves.
In the ruins on the horizon, two giant skeletons standing tall are faintly visible, which are the devil's new war weapons, and also represent the source of nightmares.
She looked at Iron Axe, "I have a request."
"Please speak." Mo Jin nodded.
"If the First Army can successfully advance the front to within ten kilometers, and the first round of artillery shells fired at Taquila City, I hope it will be sent by me and the witches of God's Punishment."
Only thunder and flames can end this nightmare. The roar of artillery will inevitably raze the ruins of the holy city to the ground, and the few remaining city ruins will also be turned into fly ashes along with the bones of the dead compatriots, becoming the fertile plains. part.
But Taquila will be reborn in destruction.
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Three days later in the evening, when the engineering team worked overtime to lay the rails to a position about 12 kilometers away from Taquila, Sylvie was the first to notice the devil's change.
A large number of mad demons climbed out of the red mist-corroded land at the foot of the giant skeleton and poured into the trenches one after another. Then two huge groups of "black shadows" appeared in front of the broken city wall and slowly moved towards the position.
She immediately realized that they were two huge God's Punishment Stones, just like the God's Punishment Stone Pillars discovered in the Battle of Beipo Mountain, and their size might be comparable to some small primary ore bodies in the mine. The black shadow covers an area of nearly 150 meters, and more importantly, it completely blocks the sight of the magic eye, so that the scene behind it is completely hidden in darkness.
There are two blind spots in the perfect detection circle.
No matter what the other party wants to do with the divine stone, dispatching thousands of mad demons at a time is already a desperate fight for the Taquila devils, who are now waning.
This is undoubtedly a sign of a war to come.
Sylvie immediately picked up the phone leading to the underground command post.
After a few breaths, a piercing alarm sounded throughout the camp!