Tomorrow's Ark, the Battle of the Sick

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Chapter 81 War and Peace

The heavy rain that covered the sky poured down, making the desolate wilderness even more muddy.

In the trenches less than three kilometers away from the frontline headquarters, Ma En crossed his hands on his chest and leaned against the trenches, silently enduring the bombardment of heavy artillery and the explosion of mechanical guns.

The shelling of the rebels has lasted for three hours, which shows that they have received quite sufficient supplies to carry out such a long-lasting firepower suppression. Compared with the pitiful counterattack firepower of their own side, Marne has never been able to adapt.

The force and equipment of the rebel army is better than that of the counter-rebel army. The pressure generated by this absurd fact is not only physical, but also brings huge psychological pressure and morale blow.

Who are the rebels?

Faced with the northern "National Defense Army" that is superior to its own side and is invincible from the north, this idea gradually emerged and spread in the Victorian army.

Although the responsibilities of soldiers require them to maintain courage and continue to fight, although they cannot fight abroad for the glory of Victoria like their ancestors, they must at least shoulder the responsibility of defending their homeland.

"Company Commander, the command requires us to hold the front line within the next three hours. Ammunition supplies and reinforcements are arriving."

The deputy braved the heavy rain and came to Marne's side. His helmet and face were covered with mud, but this was the result of the heavy rain washing over and over again.

"Three hours—do you think the other side will wait for us for another three hours?"

"—According to the observation of my subordinates, the enemy infantry has already entered the attack position and will not give us too long."

The deputy clenched the shield in his hand, not as optimistic as the command expected, and Marne was even more so.

"No matter what the headquarters says, as long as they attack, we must hold our position, and we must defend it if we can't."

After another heavy shelling, Marne poked his head out to observe the enemy's trenches, and saw helmets surging in the trenches. Obviously, the rebels had completed their firepower sweep and were preparing to launch a frontal attack.

Marne turned his head, leaned against the muddy trench, took a deep breath of air, and kept himself calm.

Then look to the deputy.

"How many fellows do we have left to fight?"

"Our company has 83 people left to fight, and the wounded have been sent to the rear."

"What about the next door?"

"It's about the same as us, but their fortifications have just been flattened by artillery fire, and they may not have time to take care of us afterwards."

"—that's enough."

As soon as the voice fell, bursts of harsh whistles came and went in the opposite trench.

Ma En clenched the long Victorian sword and heavy shield in his hand, covered the visor of the helmet, and gave orders to his deputy in a deep voice.

"Ready to fight!"

In the enemy's long front, countless soldiers dug out of the trenches and launched an attack on Victoria's position.

The fierce offensive of the northern rebels lasted for about three hours. In front of the several kilometers long trenches of the Victoria Army, thousands of soldiers wielded straight swords and fought with each other. From time to time, sexual weapons rolled up dirt and gravel and threw them into the air.

Fortunately, although the muddy ground and heavy rain affected the vision and actions of the Victorian soldiers, they also became a natural barrier to stop the northern rebels. Many rebel soldiers were blocked or even tripped by the muddy ground during the charge.

The heavy rain washed the ground. Although the northern rebels stopped shelling, it also affected the fighting environment of both sides. The key to testing both sides was almost only the courage and willpower of the soldiers.

"Don't let them pass, hold the front line!"

In the crowded trenches, Marne swung his long sword to chop down the enemy, and cheered up the morale of the surrounding men with angry shouts.

"For Victoria!"

The subordinates who were caught in the fierce battle had no more words to express. They just repeatedly hit the shields and swung their warhammers or long swords to attack the equally well-equipped and well-trained northern rebels in front of them.

After boosting his morale, Marne, who was a little defenseless, was hit by a huge figure's shield, and his body retreated several steps, but a heavily armored sergeant wearing multiple layers of armor came oncoming.

"The magician team is ready!"

After leaving these words, Marne clenched his weapon and shield, and took the initiative to attack the heavily armored sergeant.

Hearing the company commander's order, the two magicians on the side quickly constructed the origin stone spell, and the deputy who had just finished the battle also quickly joined the battle to support the company commander.

I saw Marne's long sword swung down continuously, slashing heavily on the thick shield, leaving only shallow scratches, and the movement of the heavily armored sergeant was not slow, and after moving the shield to block the attack, he took advantage of the opportunity to launch the shield Blow, knocking Marne back two steps.

At this time, the deputy swung the warhammer from the back opening of the heavy armored sergeant, and the warhammer hit the armor plate heavily. The blunt damage finally slowed down the heavy armored sergeant's movements. Rearm the sergeant's right arm, and attack the opponent's defense flaws with all his strength.

On the trenches where fierce battles were fought across the board, the battle between heavily armed sergeants gradually became the focus.

Heavy armored sergeants are usually served by the most experienced veterans. They are tall and well equipped, and they are the core backbone of each combat company.Because the armor is very expensive, except for Rhodes Island, which is well-equipped and outrageous, even Victoria, which has sufficient funds, can only maintain 100-3 for each company of 5 people.

For example, the rebel army attacking the Maen Company at this time was an elite company of the northern rebel army, with more than 7 heavily armored sergeants, and the Maen Company also had 5 of them, except for the 5 heavily armored sergeants fighting each other. , the other two heavy armored sergeants need to be dealt with by the company commander and other veterans, and the pressure is enormous.

"It's tough!"

In a short period of 1 minute, Marne swung his long sword and slashed at the heavily armored sergeant frantically. However, in addition to the increasing number of gaps in the long sword, the armor of the heavily armored sergeant was only slightly damaged. The main threat to heavily armored units.

"Don't underestimate us, bastard!"

When the heavily armored sergeant pushed away Ma En with his shield, and then swung his big sword to attack his deputy, Ma En gritted his teeth under the scratched mask, suddenly threw himself on the heavily armored sergeant's back, and then swung his long sword heavily.

when!The scarred long sword finally broke under the pressure, and Ma En's full-strength sword finally broke through the opponent's armor, causing damage to the opponent for the first time, and slowing down the opponent's movement of resisting the off-hand warhammer.

This momentary hesitation directly led to the final defeat of the heavily armored sergeant.

And when the heavily armored sergeant was wounded for the first time, the magic strike that the two sorcerers had been brewing for a long time finally arrived.