Infrastructure Throne

After a winter rain, the morning dew condenses into frost among the yellow and green weeds, and the whole Northland is shaken by the howling wind.

The temperature is dropping a little bit, and in another month, we are about to enter the severe winter with wind and snow.

At that time, the imperial legion that is not adapted to the severe cold climate in the north will have to withdraw its troops. This massive and anticlimactic expedition will be completely declared a failure and change the power structure of the entire Dawn Continent.

After both defeats in the east and west battlefields, the two empires had to put aside their prejudices for the time being, and concentrated their 30 troops forward.

The combination of the enemy's forces into one and the increase in strength also meant the shortening of the defensive front.

Faced with an enemy ten times larger than himself, Yan Zui, the commander of the Beiyuan Army, made an extremely bold decision——

He gave up on laying out long fortifications on the national border, directly put the enemy into the hinterland of Beiyuan, and set up a net in a satellite city five kilometers outside Yuanliu City, the capital, and concentrated 30 troops to make the final battle with the [-] troops on the opposite side. decisive battle!

The attraction of capturing the enemy's capital is too great, and the King of Beiyuan is in the palace five kilometers away. Even though they knew that this place was a trap prepared by the enemy, the imperial army stepped in without hesitation.

Even if the other party transports a few more "Iron Houses", with such a disparity in military power, such a short distance, no matter how much sacrifice is made, as long as they can attack Yuanliu City, everything will be worth it.

What's more, as the most powerful and long-standing forces in the Dawn Continent, the two empires still hold the real "trump cards"!

This is a big gamble, and neither side has a way out.

This time, the two generals of the Imperial Legion thought that Beiyuan would repeat the old tricks like Linfeng City.

Unexpectedly, what greeted them was deep and criss-crossed battlefield trenches, scattered and complicated sharp barbed wire, indifferent and quiet bunkers, and minefields full of traps that could not be laid.

That was the first time that the Imperial Legion saw the power of the minefields with their own eyes. The person who tasted it last time had long been buried under Yuanliu City and became a pile of fertilizer that nourished the vegetation.

Today, the mines produced by the armament factory are more innovative than the original serial mines.The stampede mines are buried in the soil one by one, and there is no lead wire that will expose the position. It is really invisible.

The landmines after the explosion were like meteors and fire raining across the border, blasting out circular deep pits one after another on the battlefield. Any enemy who detonated the landmines, all companions within three to five meters around, would either be killed or injured.

After paying a heavy price, the Imperial Legion had no choice but to put ropes on the horses and form a tight row, dragging branches or broken armor behind them, like oxen plowing the field, clearing out the minefield in the center of the battlefield.

Over [-] war horses were lost in the minefields in one day, and even so, there were still fish that slipped through the net.

I thought I had crossed the minefield and would be able to face the Beiyuan Army head-to-head, but coach Noria and Gu Ban were once again disappointed.

What awaited them was a dense barbed wire fence, and within a hundred meters behind the barbed wire fence were deep trenches and dark bunkers.

It was extremely quiet there, and the round blockhouses made of cement and lime were like graves, waiting to be buried.

At first, Noria and Guban didn't pay attention to non-aggressive dead objects like barbed wire, but with a little effort, they could be cut off or turned over.

They might stop the horses, but they couldn't stop the brave soldiers of the Empire at all.

The two ends of the wire blocking net are two iron pillars driven deep into the ground, with three or four thin iron wires stretched horizontally in the middle.

The height is just stuck in the lower abdomen, and the position is very embarrassing. Those iron spikes can easily scratch the skin and clothes. Whether it is turned over from above or drilled from below, it is difficult not to get hurt.

Although each wire is not too thick, it is extremely tough, and it is impossible to cut it with ordinary swords.

If it takes a few minutes to turn over carefully, the Beiyuan army hiding behind the bunker can easily target them, and even a single bullet does not need to be wasted, one shot saves one life!

The most infuriating thing is that most of the barbed wire is densely buried with landmines. Without horses, who would dare to take risks?

Behind the legion, Noria and Gu Ban were holding binoculars on a small hill, cursing the guy who came up with this line of defense, he must be a bad bird.

When people encounter an obstacle, they often subconsciously want to bypass it.

Since the gains outweighed the losses by climbing over the block net, the vanguard of the Imperial Legion began to wander outside, looking for a breakthrough in the wire block net defense line.

Soon, they found out that the barbed wire barrier was not endless, but section by section, with some weak points, which just separated a hole for one person to pass through.

The soldiers discovered this weakness, raised their morale again, and swarmed towards several gaps in the defense line like fish that have been drilled through a fishing net!

At this moment, several longer and larger machine gun barrels protruded quietly from the pitch-black hole of the bunker. No one could see how many Beiyuan troops were inside the bunker, only the tongues of flames suddenly gushed out!

The continuous gunshots of "bang bang bang" completely kicked off the prelude to death. The Beiyuan machine gunner didn't even need to aim specifically, or change the direction. Harvest the enemy's life without hesitation!

Puffs of hot blood were poured on the dark brown soil, and the frequent gunshots were covered by screams and shouts.

The soldiers of the Imperial Legion lost their horses and formation, and even iron shields couldn't stop the bullets ejected in high-speed spirals!

A horrible scene happened——

The densely packed imperial soldiers seemed to voluntarily slam into the muzzle of the Beiyuan army. You pushed each other and got stuck in the gap that only one person could pass through, desperate to rush forward!

Because there were too many people, the shoulders and backs of the heads of comrades were all around, and the people in the back row couldn't see what was happening in front of them, and it didn't help how the people in the front row screamed and asked to retreat.

There were even soldiers in the front row who were pushed onto the barbed wire, stabbed to death by the pressure from the rear, and hung coldly on the barbed wire.

Finally, one after another, they fell at the narrow entrance one after another, under the almost non-stop gunfire, and within a moment, the piled up corpses almost blocked the small opening!

It seemed that it wasn't the Beiyuan Army that killed them, but the soldiers of the Imperial Legion stepped forward and lined up to die.

When the gunmen in the trenches joined the fray at the same time, the attack was completely declared a failure.

On the small hill behind, the telescope in Nolia's hand fell to the ground with a slap, and he couldn't help but began to tremble, and even vomited, it was too tragic!

As an heir to the nobility since childhood, Noria has never seen such a bloody and cruel battle!

In less than one morning's battle, successively going through minefields and barbed wire defense areas, the loss of the Imperial Legion has exceeded [-]!

Beside Nolia, the major general of the Great Xia Kingdom was pale and almost aphasic. What is even more desperate than such a terrible loss is that the Beiyuan Army on the opposite side has so far suffered no injuries or deaths!

Not to mention the fights between you and me, they didn't even see the face of the enemy on the opposite side.

What they thought was a decisive battle turned out to be a one-sided cemetery of ground meat!

The damn Beiyuan army hid in solid bunkers one by one, protecting themselves tightly, only the black barrels and the ruthless bullets were exposed outside!

"How could there be such a war in this world?" Noria sat down on the sandy hills feebly, no longer caring about appearance and cleanliness.

The two commanders of the Imperial Legion searched through the collection of military books, but could not find any way to break the situation. No matter how unwilling and humiliated they were, they had to admit their failure.

At noon, the soldiers of the Imperial Legion were finally able to withdraw from the front line. They will never forget the fear and tragedy of today. War is not terrible. The terrible thing is that you never know how strong the enemy is, and you are still blindly dying.

The camp was shrouded in heavy shadows and low morale, everyone's face was covered with mist, and letters of appeal and battle reports were sent back one after another.

The two warring parties ushered in a period of calm.Beiyuan has few people and is weak, unwilling to give up its defensive advantage and take the initiative to attack, while the imperial army was frightened by the attack, and huddled in the camp and did not dare to move.

After a whole week of peaceful confrontation, the calm before the storm was finally broken by a special reinforcement team.

Noria and Guban greeted the reinforcements sent by the empire almost with tears in their eyes—they were not many, only one or twenty, and most of them were over fifty years old, with white hair and beards, and they did not look like officers at all.

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At the Beiyuan defensive position more than ten kilometers away, the scouts on the hot air balloon had a panoramic view of the enemy's changes, and sent them to the temporary headquarters along with the brief information, presenting Yan Zui's desk.

"The thing that should come has finally come." Yan Zui's drooping brows and eyes were deeply tired, and after reading such unfavorable information, a strange excitement appeared instead.

"No one knows how many wizards are hidden in this continent. In the Northland, they are so precious that one person can support a big city, but now we at least know that the two empires took out more than [-] wizards at random. .”

Several military ministers all looked solemn, and Xiao Meng looked at him worriedly: "In the past, one or two wizards were enough for us to have a headache, but now there are so many people here, the two empires are really fighting. Spend your money and fight us!"

Teng Changqing said anxiously: "There must be a healing wizard on the opposite side. In this way, the enemy is completely invincible. Once we run out of ammunition and food, we will be overwhelmed by their crowd sooner or later!"

"In the face of extraordinary existences like wizards, conventional military forces are useless at all. Tanks are our last trump card, and they have been exposed..."

Yan Zui held the glittering golden medal in his hand, stroked the edge with his slender fingers, and smiled slightly: "No, we still have real hole cards."

"I've been holding back, waiting for today!"