Empire West, Grizzly collar.
It was just dawn, and the morning mist in the mountains had not completely dissipated. The tall fortress was shrouded in the mist, and the guarded soldiers were still standing on the city wall, patrolling back and forth from time to time.
Under the hills on the south side of the fortress, soldiers in gray military uniforms lowered their waists and held muskets. They carefully walked through the shade of the forest, jumped over the water-filled potholes, and shuttled across the mountainside as quietly as possible. middle. With the help of the shade of the trees, they avoided the detection of the roaming griffin knights in the sky, and approached the huge fortress standing in the mountains from the side step by step.
At 8 o'clock, the sun slowly rose, and the white fog in the mountains gradually began to dissipate.
A squad leader quietly walked through the hidden gully and gestured to the soldiers, then watched them nod one by one, and got ready answers.
Time passed by, these soldiers crowded in this narrow ravine, hot and crowded, no one spoke, only could hear each other's slow beating heartbeats, smell the sweat that was exuding, among them were Mixed with some early morning dew and earthy smells.
Some people began to close their eyes and take a deep breath, while others slowly touched the black gun body in their hands, carefully checking it over and over again.
The golden sunlight penetrated the gaps between the trees and slanted into the corners of the forest, forming a visible grating in the faint morning fog. Occasionally, one or two rabbits and forest deer crossed the grass, nibbling on the green grass, and then raised their heads to look at them. Look around to see if there are any enemies.
The temperature in the gully is getting higher and higher, and the outside world is still silent.
"Peng-Peng-"
The dull sound of shooting broke the silence of the morning.
The screaming sound of breaking through the sky pierced the sky and landed on the city wall, and then exploded.
A long horn began to sound in the fortress, and then more rapid artillery fire continued to bombard the fortress in the mountains.
Unfortunately, this was not very effective, because the defenders did not leave too many soldiers on the city walls, and their commanders were already familiar with this attack and adopted a more multi-layered defense system.
Soon, the counter-attacking artillery fire also sounded in the fortress, and the attacking artillery positions began to be bombed. Even with the interference of witches and mages, the bombardment of some artillery shells began to cause casualties.
The artillery, which was finally brought into the mountains from the south, was blown to pieces by the artillery fire of the counterattack. The soldiers who shot were killed by the explosion of the artillery shell, and the remaining soldiers also began to evacuate.
But this sacrifice has finally brought a rare opportunity.
A wall of the fortress collapsed, revealing a rare gap.
In the past, when the attacking coalition forces rushed forward, this gap had long been guarded by heavy troops, erecting dense war machinery and laying out a sandbag defense line.
This situation has played out many times in the past few months of offense and defense. The general defending the city is not a mediocre, but a general star of the new generation in the western border of the empire. He has formulated many counterattack plans for this fortress, and every time a flaw His performance will be quickly repaired by him, unless there is an absolute gap in strength, it is basically impossible to break through the elite legion he leads on the battlefield.
But today's situation is not the same as usual.
At the moment when the gap appeared, the crimson signal flare pierced the sky with a whistling sound, and then the desolate attack horn began to blow.
The dark figures in the gully jumped out and ran towards the gap that appeared at the fastest speed in their lives. They held muskets and ran and jumped among the rugged rocks and bushes like crazy.
"Boom-boom-"
In the crenels of the city wall, the muskets erected began to shoot, and black and red blood flowers appeared from time to time in those running figures, and then fell to the ground in pain, the rich blood overflowing from the covered palms, mixed in the soil, As they struggled and wriggled, the gravel and dust were dyed a deep red.
As the blood flowed more and more, he began to feel that the vision in front of him became dark, his consciousness gradually became weaker, and his body also had the illusion of being cold.
Slowly, the soldier stopped struggling and lay motionless under the early morning sky.
The battle continued, and soldiers in gray uniforms ran past him. They charged into the exposed gap, crawled over the huge gray rubble, and then picked up their guns and fired at the enemy.
Blood flowers bloomed on the gray military uniform. The first soldier who broke into the city was smashed into a sieve by the focused bullets, but the successors also poured in one after another. Shoot.
The bullets hit the rocks and the ground with a crisp sound, and there were sounds of shooting and shouting everywhere. After the sacrifice of dozens of people, the soldiers who rushed into the fortress finally began to fight back and take cover.
"Get down, don't stop!"
The squad leader's shouting sounded amid the roar of gunfire, and then he rushed out of the narrow bunker with a gun to make room for the following soldiers.
After that, one soldier after another rushed out of the bunker and charged towards the enemy who was shooting in front. They could not stop, they had to expand the results in the time they had, and the bunker could not stay, always leaving space for subsequent teammates.
The dazzling firelight bloomed at the muzzle, and in that shaky and sour vision, the existence of the enemy was obscured by the dust and firelight, making it impossible to see.
In the violent heartbeat, the teammates in front and side fell from time to time, but the fire of the enemy's shooting never decreased.
Another painful tumble, a sharp pain in the left shoulder, and then ignored, lying on the squad leader's body, he finally gained a precious breath, and this time also saw clearly the enemy shooting in the dust and fire .
Slowly, he fumbled for the musket in his hand, took a deep breath, and then rolled around, assuming the butt of the gun on the ground, aiming and firing.
A blood flower bloomed in response, and then the shooting figure on the opposite side fell down. Soon, the soldiers in the garrison also reacted, and three bullets shot at him a few seconds later, two of which were deflected and one hit the ground. On the left arm, it pierced through the tear.
Before he could scream in pain, he focused on aiming again, hitting another guarded enemy.
It was a pity that before he could finally smile, a bullet shot down from diagonally above, penetrating this young life.
The scorched black smoke and gunpowder smoke filled the air, dyeing the originally blue sky gray, the pungent smell spread everywhere, and there were dead corpses everywhere.
The cannonball fell to the ground, swayed a huge impact, and brought up several floors of soil. Some soldiers were buried in the scattered dust, and they had to quickly wipe their cheeks and climb out to continue the charge.
After the soldiers in the front opened the fleeting fighter plane, the positions of the Southern Alliance Army also began to support. The heavy cavalry in white armor roared forward in the narrow mountain road, rushing towards the gap under the fortress where the gunfire continued.
The gryphon knights in the fortress also scrambled into the air to the sound of the artillery. They did not pay attention to the battlefields that were fighting in the complex terrain of the fortress, but went straight to the heavy cavalry charging from the bottom of the mountain.
Compared to ordinary soldiers with no extraordinary abilities, these armored white lion heavy cavalry are the biggest threat.
In the gray sky, the 'Thunder Flames' poured with special kerosene shot down in the air, the gun body of the dark gold broke open on the ground, and the crystal fragments exploded to detonate the kerosene, forming a spreading hot flame, drowning the lower ones. Heavy cavalry.
The defenders who occupy the sky can always gain more and even crushing advantages on the battlefield.
But this time, they finally met an unprecedented opponent.
The dull roar of the propeller came from the distant sky, the iron-ash body, the wide wingspan, and the hanging burst machine.
A special aircraft lined up across the silent sky, and the diffuse roar was like announcing the arrival of the end, so shocking.
With the adjustment of the fuselage, these iron-ash 'giant birds' swooped down, and the four-door continuous-shooting machine that was suspended quickly rotated, and bullets poured out, smashing the griffins flying in the sky into white feathers and A sieve of blood.
Southern Craft, a brand-new aircraft jointly developed by Southern Islands and Southern Masters, has achieved unexpected results after being equipped with war machines, and because the first production line was laid in Longyi Province in the Southern Border, it was named 'Dragon Wing Aircraft' .
With anti-gravity devices, the lift gained by the wings can carry more weight, and the defenses of sturdy steel and war machines can also be installed on these dragon wing aircraft.
Paired with special enchanted bullets, and a burst device taught by Crancia, the craft is a work of art, and it can be a terrifying slayer on the battlefield.
Accompanied by the swooping roar that almost shattered the heart, these dragon-wing aircraft rushed through the sky in front of the fortress, sweeping the Griffin Knights who were interfering and shooting. Pulled into a line visible to the naked eye, the Griffin Knights who could not dodge in the future swept across, smashing into pieces of shattered cloth.
"Do not!"
In the battlefield full of gunpowder smoke and roaring, the old knight riding on the golden-maned griffin was unwilling and irritated. He held a thunder gun in his hand and shot out with a roar of filial piety.
The dazzling electric light instantly illuminated the white earth, and then disappeared.
The wings of a dragon-wing aircraft were broken in the sky, and the fuselage was charred and damaged.
The black and red flames and thick smoke swept across the long flame tail in the sky, smashed onto the city wall of the fortress, and exploded again, directly piercing the city wall and blasting away.
After facing the diving fire of these dragon wing aircraft, the head of the Griffon Knights Ludes had to lead the rest of the people to climb urgently and spread out to avoid the fierce bullets and artillery fire of the dragon wing aircraft. .
Without the interference of the griffin knights, the white lion knights in white armor finally rushed into the fortress. Their sturdy armor and bodies were like iron walls, resisting the continuous shooting on the street and becoming a bunker for the rear troops. And the bunker, began to dash forward rapidly.
The situation finally opened up, and the battle entered a white-hot stage.
After the defense of the outer city wall was lifted, the southern allied forces began to enter the fortress on a large scale. The battle in the sky still did not stop. The knights who rode the griffins quickly dispersed after facing the attack of the dragon wing aircraft, and they kept spinning in the sky. Move, avoid the dangerous and ferocious artillery fire, and then drop the lightning-encrusted thunder gun when staggering with the Dragon Wing.
The sharp gun blade is enough to break open the steel casing of the dragon wing aircraft. With a flash of electric light, the internal devices are often directly destroyed. The powerless dragon wing aircraft falls into the sky with thick smoke and many drivers who have no time to escape. In this way, he died in the sea of fire and explosion together with the Dragon Wing.
But there are also drivers with extremely resolute will. After realizing that the crash of the Dragon Wing is inevitable, they will try their best to adjust the direction, let the Dragon Wing rush towards the direction of the fortress, and use the enchanted bullets of Feijin to penetrate those strong fortresses, enemy The army's position, until finally hit the towering shooting towers and stone walls.
"Follow me!"
At the forefront of the fortress, Jerain wore a lion's mane cape and strode forward with a wide blade. His blade slashed horizontally, swaying white air waves, and directly overturned the bullets and arrows that were facing him.
In the face of this powerful son of the Griffin, the garrisoned guards were trembling with fear, but they had to suppress the shock and kept shooting and blocking.
The dense bullets slanted towards him, and the silver-white armor burst into continuous sparks. Soon after, a fiery fireball flew out from the side of the tower of the fortress, then circled around and flew directly towards the son of the Griffin. .
The dazzling and suffocating white flame drowned his figure, and the oncoming scorching air wave prevented the knights behind him from retreating temporarily.
After waiting for a few seconds, the flames dissipated, and the knights in the back could clearly see the scene in front.
Jerain used his sword to hold the great sword that was cut from the face, and the person holding the sword on the opposite side had a face similar to Jerain, the same blond hair, and even the same griffon armor and white lion cape.
"Garson." Jerain looked at the pair of blue-eyed resolute-eyed boys, and the brother who was connected with his own blood was now also unfamiliar.
The other party did not respond to Jerain's greeting, but frowned slightly and continued to stare at it, and soon he launched an attack again.
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The heavy sword is like a light feather in his hand, slashing flexibly and swiftly, and the occasional slash marks directly cut the stone walls and buildings on the side smoothly.
In the face of this continuous and fierce attack, Jerain became more and more serious from the beginning, the snow-white holy sword tossed in his hand, and the overflowing white flames blew the blond hair on his face like a flame. Shaking, the Foehn that it brought up made it impossible for the weaker to approach, and could only watch the battle between the two sons of the Griffin from a distance.
As time passed by, the situation on the battlefield changed rapidly, and the two of them fought more and more fiercely. , the trembling vibration also spread to the arms of the two, and felt a numbness.
After another confrontation, the two spread out again and stood opposite each other.
"Retreat, Garson. Although you are my brother, if you still block here, then I will have to be ruthless."
"Retreat? My brother and brother, you are still so proud." Garson's eyes flashed with anger again.
"What's wrong with the family? You actually gave up the glory and dignity of a lion and bowed down to a woman's knees. Is the holy thing in your hand so useful, making you so humble and shameful!"
"So that's how you view this matter, my stupid brother." Jerain looked at the angry face opposite, a hint of helplessness and worry flashed in his eyes.
"Oh, what, don't you want to refute it?" Garson asked the formerly respected brother.
"That day you injured your father, defected, and made the Salius family a disgrace. I don't know how many Western nobles are talking and laughing behind their backs."
"Yes, then let them laugh, I think they will cry one day too."
"You..." Hearing the elder brother's almost rogue and self-defeating answer, Garson was so angry that he was speechless.
"You alone can't beat me. I taught you and Blake's swordsmanship. I am even more familiar with your preferences and reactions to swords than you are."
"Are you kidding me, Jerain." Garson finally stopped calling him brother, but called him by his first name.
"It doesn't matter if I tell you, Blake and I are divided into two groups, each leading the family's legion to suppress the incoming enemy army."
"So, you arrogantly chose me to go this way. You are really confident, Garson."
After getting the answer he wanted, Jerain no longer struggled, and once again raised his sword and moved forward.
The splendid and fiery holy sword was raised high, and the rising white flame spread out instantly, and then slowly pressed down. Obviously, the speed of the sword's cutting down was so slow, but it gave people an extremely depressing momentum. Dodging, unstoppable, and irresistible.
Facing the brilliant holy sword that released its power, Garson felt that the lung cavity and the surrounding air were being drawn away, a scorching and suffocating feeling filled the surroundings of his body, and he wanted to move, while his legs seemed to be filled with lead and iron. Incredibly heavy.
In the peripheral light reflected by the eye boy, the blade of the white flame was getting bigger and bigger, and the burning breath was getting heavier and heavier. Garson felt that his hair and eyebrows were already burning, and his eyes seemed to be covered by the dazzling white flame. swallowed up.
Using his last strength, Garson raised the legendary great sword that was close to the holy relic in his hand and poured magic power into it.
The dull crashing sound exploded between the two of them, like a giant hammer hitting a rock, and then the gathered high-temperature white flames slammed down and brushed Garson's cheeks and body.
After a few seconds, Jerain took a step back, put away the great sword in his hand and planted it on the ground.
Opposite him, Garson slowly knelt on the ground with his dark and dull sword body, and fell to the ground limply, kicking up a little dust.
After staring at Garsen silently for a few seconds, Jerain drew his sword and walked to the battlefield in front of him again, fighting against the Western Allied Forces entrenched in the city. The younger brother, who lost his resistance, was bound by the knights behind him and escorted to the positions and military camps behind.
He will spend a long time in the cell, and by the time he comes out, the world may have changed a lot.
The roaring roar of the Dragon Wing aircraft continued, and the blazing thunder and fiery bullets staggered in the air. Over the limestone fortress, street fighting began.