rise of empire total war

Chapter 445 Prepare for Siege
After resting for a night, Ahmed was finally able to get out of bed and walk around on his own. He staggered out of the barracks and looked at the scene outside the military camp. He was shocked to find that there were many cracks in the walls of Nyandipa, and there were many Through the holes made by artillery bombardment, the sun's rays rising from the east can still shine into the bottom of the city wall through these holes, giving a little light to the shadows under the city wall.

Not only were the city walls damaged in many places, but also the buildings and houses close to the city walls were damaged. They were either hit by stray bullets that flew over the city walls, or were affected by cannonballs that penetrated the city walls. Even the solid city walls could not be damaged. Stop the shells, not to mention these fragile houses.As long as it is hit by a cannonball, even if it is lucky enough not to collapse in the first place, it will still be seriously damaged and teetering on the verge of collapse.

Just as he was sizing up the damage from the shelling, a pair of big hands suddenly patted his shoulders, which made Ahmed tremble and almost jumped up. He quickly turned his head to look at the person who patted his shoulders, but Surprisingly, he found that the other party was Tal, the son of the blacksmith who rescued him.

"Tal!" he exclaimed. "Are you all right?"

"It's just a broken skin, I've recovered a long time ago." Tal said nonchalantly, while rolling up his sleeves, showing Ahmed's bronze-colored strong muscles, and then looked at Ahmed's body , asked: "How about you, how are you?"

"I'm fine too, but my body still hurts." Ahmed replied.

"That's good. Damn Winsters almost killed us both. If he has the chance, he will make them pay the price." Tal touched his fist and said through gritted teeth.

Hearing this, Ahmed smiled bitterly and said: "Tal, we were beaten like this without even seeing the faces of the Winsters. How can we make them pay the price? You'd better save your efforts."

"Damn, Ahmed, how can you say such frustrating words." Tal said dissatisfiedly, he lightly hit Ahmed's chest with a fist, but made the latter's center of gravity unsteady and staggered a few steps, He almost fell to the ground, but fortunately Tal caught him in time, otherwise Ahmed's ass would suffer again.

"Why is your body so weak?" Tal asked in surprise.

"I……"

Ahmed was just about to answer, but at this moment, he heard a dull roar suddenly sounded outside the city, followed by a series of loud noises from artillery bombardment, the expressions of the two changed drastically, and before they had time to react, He saw that the city wall not far from the barracks was hit hard by a shell, piercing a hideous hole. After the shell shot through the wall, it flew straight into the city and knocked down a tall tower standing on the top of the building.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

The rapid ringing of the bell resounded over the city immediately, waking up the soldiers who were still asleep, and then hurriedly put on their armor and rushed out of the barracks. Looking at the Winster position outside the city, behind the trenches and trenches, dozens of artillery were deployed in specially constructed emplacements, sending deadly shells one after another into the sky.

"Assemble! Assemble!"

"Don't panic! You damn pigs!"

"Assemble! Climb the walls! Climb the walls!"

"..."

Various slogans echoed in the barracks. Ahmed and Tal glanced at each other, and couldn't care less about chatting anymore. They hurried back to their barracks to get equipment. At this moment, several shells hit the wall of the city wall. On the surface, the whole city wall trembled, one of which directly penetrated the city wall, flew towards the chaotic barracks, and immediately smashed into the dense crowd, running over a bloody road inside.All of a sudden, human limbs and broken arms flew across the barracks, and a broken arm fell from the sky, hitting Ahmed who was about to enter the barracks.

The sudden shelling and tragic loss caused the morale of the soldiers in the barracks to plummet in vain. Some of them didn't care about the officer's scolding and orders, and ran around in the barracks like a headless fly, or He just took a chance and slipped out.Seeing this, the officers had no choice but to abandon these soldiers, and instead took the soldiers who had already been prepared to leave the barracks and head for the city wall.

Returning to the city wall again, Ahmed was filled with fear. Every shelling from the Winsters outside the city made him feel the ground shaking. He didn't know if a shell would hit him by accident. , making him become a piece of broken flesh on the ground like the soldiers who died.

"Stick to your posts, no one knows when the Winsters will attack, so you can't retreat without authorization!"

The officer's voice rang in his ears, distracting Ahmed's attention a little, but he soon focused on the artillery positions outside the city. "I will survive." He vowed inwardly.

……

In the next few days, the Winster army outside the city did not launch an attack. They only had continuous bombardment every day as if it was a mission, consuming a lot of gunpowder and shells on the city, but their bombardment was not in vain. It worked. After a few days, the walls of Nyandipa City collapsed in many places, and the buildings in the city were also damaged to varying degrees. A large number of soldiers died under shelling, or fled to the city with armor and weapons because of excessive fear. The intricate alleyways made it difficult for the army to hunt them down, just like finding a needle in a haystack.

In addition to the casualties of soldiers, there are countless civilians buried under the ruins of collapsed buildings. Hundreds of people are homeless and can only sleep on the streets. Although these homeless people have affected the security of the city, they have In the tense atmosphere of wartime, they did not dare to make much noise.

Seeing that there are more and more gaps in the city wall of Nyandipa City, the commander of the Winster army outside the city, Butters Stotzi, finally couldn't hold back, and gave an order to prepare to attack. As soon as his order was conveyed, he received Seeing the soldiers' positive response, they could only watch the artillery firing on the city wantonly every day, which made them very jealous who could only wait. Because there is only one end for doing so - being arrested by the gendarmerie to enforce military discipline.

But now, their chance to take the field has finally arrived. How can they not make the soldiers cheer for joy? In order to join the next siege battle, each of them is gearing up and eager to try.

Butters knows the feelings of the soldiers very well, and this is also the result he wants. As long as he can mobilize the enthusiasm and fighting spirit of his soldiers, then in the next battle, even if the battle has not started, they will be psychologically suppressed. The enemy is gone.

(End of this chapter)