The Revolutionary Era in One Piece

After Draven took the outer position, Darius did not immediately launch an attack on Zaun City.

It is obvious that the enemy had no intention of fighting for positions outside the city, so they were preparing to engage in street fighting in the city.

Judging from the tragic scenes of hand-to-hand combat between the two sides in the outer positions today, I am afraid that the street fighting will be even more brutal.

Therefore, the attacking army of the Kingdom of Norse needed to rest for a day before they could launch an attack on the city of Zaun in a more complete state.

In the evening, Darius was thinking in the tent. As the commander-in-chief of the army, he needed to be aware of every aspect of the army.

To be honest, the battle today also had a great impact on Darius. According to the usual battles, the enemy should have collapsed at the first blow and abandoned the city and fled.

The result was beyond his expectations. After the main force was wiped out in large numbers, the Deya army led by Galen still fought tenaciously and inflicted huge losses on the Norse army during the day. In the short battle during the day, hundreds of people were killed, hundreds were injured, and thousands lost their combat ability.

Therefore, Darius was full of worries. If the army suffered heavy losses, it would be unacceptable even if Zaun was captured.

You know, the army is the foundation of the Kingdom of Norse. The Kingdom of Norse, which is weaker than the Kingdom of Deya, cannot withstand such a big blow.

No matter how far his thoughts went, on the next day, Darius mobilized the main force of the army and prepared to attack the city of Zaun.

Again, the Kingdom of Norse has no way to retreat. Once the army stops, the entire kingdom will collapse, so Darius has no choice.

At the same time, inside the city, Garen divided Zaun City, which was separated by the main road, into the front city and the back city, and the enemy was about to attack the front city. The back city was backed by Zaun Port and was the distribution center of the army's supplies and a possible retreat route.

In order to deal a heavy blow to the army of the Kingdom of Norse in street fighting, Galen deployed forty of the sixty cannons in his army in the front city area, and all of them were deployed at points that the enemy must pass through to capture.

Galen also used solid fortifications to transform these cannons into gun positions and artillery batteries.

In this city, the Norse army's artillery could not bring into full play, and they could only fight head-on with the defenders of the Deya Kingdom along the narrow streets.

Galen wants to use this city to bleed the Norse army dry.

Soon, the soldiers of the Kingdom of North, led by their officers, launched an attack on the city of Zaun.

The sturdy fortifications built by Galen before the war really achieved great results. Faced with the firepower of the cannons huddled in the turrets, the Norse Kingdom army had a hard time moving in the narrow streets.

In order to cover the advance of the infantry, Darius ordered the artillery unit to pull the cannons into the city to engage in a firefight with the enemy's artillery. However, facing the fortifications of the artillery, the cannons of the Kingdom of Norse could not destroy the enemy's artillery.

Moreover, it was not possible to deploy all the cannons on the streets, so they had to be moved up one by one to fire at the enemy's artillery.

Faced with this situation, Darius had no good solution and could only order his own artillery to suppress the enemy's artillery, and at the same time ordered Draven to lead the infantry to charge and seize the artillery position as quickly as possible.

The sunlight turned into sunset and the remaining rainbow fell on the battlefield. It was no longer possible to tell whether the red color was the rainbow light or the blood of the soldiers.

The two sides fought fiercely for a day. The army of the Kingdom of Norse, led by Draven, fought bloody battles and captured ten artillery positions. However, before sunset, Zhao Xin counterattacked and recaptured half of them. As a result, at the end of the day, the attacking side only captured a few artillery positions.

In contrast, more than a thousand soldiers of the Kingdom of Norse were killed in this day, and some were injured and left the battle. It can be said that the cruelty of the war was beyond the expectations of not only Darius, but also the soldiers and officers of the entire Kingdom of Norse army.

At the same time, the Kingdom of Deya was also in trouble. Facing the powerful combat power of the Kingdom of North, the Kingdom of Deya's army suffered twice as much casualties as the enemy today.

Mainly in the final counterattack stage, many casualties were suffered. Even Zhao Xin, the vanguard general, was slightly injured in the final counterattack.

However, the defenders of the Kingdom of Deya had no choice. Galen knew that they could not defend the city rigidly. The city was so small, and if the enemy occupied more, the defenders would occupy less.

Therefore, counterattack is necessary, which can not only make it more difficult for the enemy to defend after the attack, but also boost the morale of our own side.

However, the casualties on the battlefield were still too heavy, so in order to give his army time to rest, Garen decided to have hired war mercenaries and pirates guard the recaptured artillery tomorrow. But what Garen didn't know was that the situation was undercurrents that he couldn't see.

"General Galen orders you to garrison the newly recaptured artillery position tomorrow," an adjutant ordered.

"No problem, the little ones all know."

"We will not go against the agreement if we are paid for it." The leaders of several small pirate groups and mercenary groups replied.

"Well, I would like to ask, according to the agreement, we should not be obliged to accept the command of General Galen, right?" asked a big man with an eye patch and a beard.

"Moreover, even if there is a mission, it should be the nobleman who is in charge of us. After all, we are receiving money from him, and he is our employer."

The adjutant who delivered the message looked at the big man speechlessly. The noble had long been deprived of his command by Garen. After all, the defenders in Zaun City could not afford any mistakes.

If the army was commanded by a noble, after seeing the carnage on the battlefield today, he would probably mobilize his troops to escape immediately.

"This is a warrant. The noble lord has transferred all command authority of the troops to General Galen. All you have to do is obey his orders." The adjutant took out a sealed bag and took out a document regarding the transfer of command rights from the bag.

Now the big man had nothing to say and said he would send his men to take over the defense of the fort.

The big man returned to his base with a sour face, and someone in the team immediately came up to him and asked, "Boss Planck, what should we do next? Should we run away? We went to the battlefield today and it was really terrible."

The irritable man was about to say something, but suddenly remembered something, and scolded with a stern face, “Parker, what are you talking about, what do you mean by running away?

We have been paid, so we have to work hard for them. The higher-ups have decided that we will be on the front line tomorrow."

Pike was shocked when he heard this and was about to say something else. "But if the boss is like this, then the brothers will..."

Before he could finish, he was interrupted by Planck, "No buts, just follow orders."

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Limestone was originally a villager from the countryside of the Kingdom of Deya, who went to the big city to make a living for his village.

Because he heard that there was food in the army, he and several fellow villagers joined the army, eager to make contributions in exchange for food to help the village.

As it turned out, things were not as good as he had imagined. When he first joined the army, Yan and his friends still had some ideas about doing it for the kingdom, but reality taught him a severe lesson.

The military had a perversely strict hierarchy, and the monthly pay was never enough. Most importantly, the generals commanding the army were completely mediocre, having become officers because of their family background.

The result of this was that the army collapsed at the first blow. Yan, who was assigned to the baggage camp as a new soldier, ran away with his companions as soon as he was defeated.

This was the beginning of a nightmare, and what followed was one defeat after another on the front line. Yan also went from a new soldier to a veteran.

But fortunately, with the support of fellow villagers, there were no deaths and at most there were only some injuries.

This is also related to Yan's keen intuition. Once he finds that the nobles have left the battlefield, Yan will retreat directly with his fellow villagers.

He even violated orders several times, with the result that almost no one came back from his superiors who obeyed the orders, but Yan ensured the safety of himself and his fellow villagers.

But the recent battle situation was beyond Yan's expectations. The new general actually planned to fight to the death, given the dangerous situation in which a considerable number of the troops were lured and forcibly conscripted recruits.

However, the newly appointed vanguard general led the charge, and the commander-in-chief was also commanding the battle in the city, and did not flee like the previous generals.

Yan Ye can only fight desperately in the city to fight for a chance of survival. As an ordinary person, he has no right to choose, only the fate of being chosen.

At night, Yan, who was injured in the fierce fighting during the day, was in a daze in the camp.

The fierce fighting during the day greatly stimulated his mind. After only one day of fighting, Yan and his friends, who had escaped the war through loopholes before, lost one person to death and one seriously injured on the first day. The pressure of the battlefield almost made him collapse.

Just then, some unexpected people came looking for limestone.

"You said you were the person entrusted by the village. Do you know the current situation of everyone in the village? And how is the village chief now?" Yan asked anxiously.

“Don’t worry, Captain Limestone. We are indeed the people entrusted by the village, and I was asked to come to you.

Why don't we find a quiet place and talk about the village slowly?" the man said kindly.

So Limestone walked to a quiet corner with the visitor, but he did not call his fellow villagers over. Instead, he wanted to find out the situation himself first.

"Hello, my name is Shi Lei Li, just call me Li. We are here to find you at the request of your father, the village chief of Dashi Village." Li said straight to the point.

Limestone finally relaxed completely in this unnoticed corner. "Thank you very much, we are almost collapsing in this damn battlefield.

Thank you for bringing us hope. After this battle, we will definitely leave the army and return to the village. Also, have you solved the food problem in your village?"

Afterwards, Li talked to Yan in detail about the situation in the village and mentioned that he was a revolutionary.

Limestone was very happy to know that all the problems in the village were solved. "It's Mr. Maan! I have known for a long time that Mr. Maan is an upright man!"

Then Li asked Yan about various things about the war and learned that the current situation was not optimistic.

Li asked Yan and others to ensure their own safety. The city was under strict blockade due to the war, and when the war was over, someone would be able to take Yan and others home.

Li watched Yan leave happily, and felt very emotional. Since receiving the request from the village chief, the revolutionaries have been trying their best to find limestone in various towns, but there has been no news.

But this time, due to the war, in order to import the last batch of supplies from Port Roland before the war began, Li decided to handle the matter personally.

He also brought along the villagers who were the first to join the revolutionary party in Dashi Village to assist in this matter. As a result, the news of limestone was discovered in the army by accident.

Li thought that perhaps he could place comrades who were devoted to revolution in the army of the Kingdom of Deya, and perhaps they could play an unexpected role.

After returning, Limestone quickly gathered the members of his own team. As a veteran who had survived many wars, he also became the captain of a team with dozens of people under him.

"Everyone listen to me. As far as I know, you are all from the countryside. What do you think about the army?" Limestone asked.

"Captain, there's no need to test us. If it weren't for you leading us, we would have died in some corner of the battlefield long ago." A soldier answered, and the other soldiers obviously agreed with him and nodded.

"Okay, I'll be frank. I want to escape from the army after this war is over." Limestone said solemnly, "I have received some external help to help me escape from the army. If everyone wants to escape, I will ask them to help everyone.

When the time comes, escaping from the army, whether returning to the village, going overseas, or even hiding in the mountains for a while, is better than staying in the army."

Everyone echoed, "Captain, we all listen to you." "Without the help of the captain, we wouldn't be where we are today."

Of course, there are some bolder suggestions, "Captain, I have friends in other teams. They must want to run with me, can we take them with us?"

Hearing this, the others also looked at the limestone. They also wanted to know whether this could be accomplished.

Limestone looked at the expressions of the crowd and found that everyone looked reluctant. When he looked over, many people lowered their heads humbly.

Yan thought about it again and realized that if he were to leave behind his fellow countrymen and friends who had joined the army with him, he would definitely not be able to resist and would definitely take them with him.

Yan said firmly, "If you are a reliable person, you can join our team and go together. As for external aid, I will ask for it again. Even if there is no external aid, I will lead everyone to run together."

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On the next day, the Kingdom of Norse continued to attack the city, but strangely, the offensive did not seem as fierce as the day before.

After a day of fierce fighting, the Norse Kingdom army only captured one artillery position, and the hired pirates did not lose many people.

As if seeing that the offensive was not that strong, the mercenaries sent a messenger to tell Galen that they could continue to hold their ground, provided that the bounty would be increased after the war.

This was exactly what Garen wanted. Garen had always regarded the mercenaries as pawns to consume the enemy's strength. Although he didn't know why the enemy had slowed down their offensive, the mercenaries would hold out for as long as they could.

It just so happened that the withdrawn Deya Kingdom army had more time to rest. However, this also made Garen feel nervous.

However, after thinking about it carefully, he really couldn't find anything wrong, so Galen could only order the army to step up their alert.