nucmednet Chapter 99: The Attack! For the Nation and the People!
Chapter 99: The Attack! For the Nation and the People!
"Fire!"
"Fire!"
The Magic Sky departed from the artillery line of sight as planned. Next, it was the King of War's turn to speak. The artillery under each division and regiment was concentrated. There were thirty artillery pieces per kilometer on the front line of the Carpath Campaign.
The roar of artillery fire came from behind, raining down on the Carpathian fortress. Heavy artillery and howitzers exploded between the mountain and the stone bricks, causing the earth to tremble.
Alice looked around. In her field of vision, she could see that the soldiers and officers were exhausted, but now was not the time to rest. They had entered the most critical moment of the battle—the enemy's main threat—the heavy artillery—had been more than half destroyed, and the shelling had used up the last of the artillery's ammunition. Both the enemy and they were exhausted, but whoever could hold out until the end would win.
"radio!"
Alice is coming with a radio. The Magic Telecommunications Equipment Factory, under the Ministry of Telecommunications Industry, has overcome the challenges of developing a backpack-type team radio, achieving a higher yield rate by sacrificing a larger size.
"Commanders and soldiers of the Amelansi Sofia Front, this is Alice Delalaye!"
Alice stepped onto the edge of the trench with one foot. A shell exploded fifty meters in front of her, the flames reddening her cheeks. Alice turned around and saw the deputy commander-in-chief, John Reed, and many other officers, with even more soldiers behind them.
"Warriors! Warriors of the Sofia Front! Today, we face the firepower of the invaders from the Lasvia Empire. These old empires have been relentlessly eroding our homeland for years, corrupting our proud civilization with their barbaric old order, making our people weak and cowardly. Their messengers are raving that they will annihilate everyone in Amelansi—demons, vampires, orcs, elves, dwarves, humans—all people within Amelansi's borders will be enslaved! This is their declaration! This is blatant provocation and insult!"
"Our answer is only one—to hell with Las Vegas! Our great Amelia has risen again from the ashes of antiquity. Under the tricolor flag, all the races of our continent are united as one, and we have built our great motherland! We have established civilization, created a new order, and revived the old history. Our industry produces everything, our cities are filled with towering skyscrapers, and our homeland is peaceful and serene!"
Inside the trench, the communications soldier turned up the radio volume so that all the soldiers around could hear it. Alice's voice immediately spread among the soldiers, and many people turned their attention to her speech. The roar of artillery accompanied her, and the dust kicked up by the explosions became her background.
"And we! The Amelansi Vanguard, are the sole defenders between the barbaric order and the civilized order! Ahead of us, the last remnants of Lasvia, raise their blood-stained banners, they want to slaughter our children, our partners, and burn our homes and land!"
"Arise, citizens of Amelancy! Arm yourselves! Raise our rifles and bayonets! Raise our flags!"
Several officers raised their whistles and put them to their mouths. Soldiers gripped their battle flags and rifles again, their hands stained with sweat, dirt, and blood. It was time.
A small hand drew a gleaming silver command sword, its blade reflecting a terrifying crimson hue in the sunlight. Alice raised her hand, pointing forward: "I command! Launch the general offensive! For the nation and the people, for freedom!"
Equality! Fraternity! For Amelia! Warriors! Charge!
Beep beep ————————————————————
As the whistle blew, figures in olive green uniforms, rifles in hand and helmets taut, emerged one after another from the trenches. Boots with integrated canvas leggings stepped into the muddy no-man's-land. The roar continued as the Maxim machine guns at the machine positions raised their muzzles to fire overshoot, while the 75mm howitzers at the front lines, serving as infantry guns, began to roar, striking any possible firing positions.
A silver-white figure charged ahead. Before the officers could react, Alice leaped out of the trench, gripping her sword and pistol as she charged forward.
The armored trucks of the armored regiment also joined the battle. The roaring engines, the acrid smoke and dust, and the flying bullets became commonplace. However, the fully enclosed cab made these drivers one of the few soldiers who could avoid facing the battlefield directly.
A bullet grazed Alice's shoulder, blood flowing from her torn clothes, which quickly healed. Alice took the lead, her crimson pupils radiating the scarlet light of war.
The Lasvian army, unable to lift its head from the barrage of fire and having lost its heavy artillery, was struggling to cope. The Minié rifles were slow to reload, and the 12-pound mountain howitzers, once pulled out, were immediately bombarded by machine guns. In a bunker, several soldiers were pushing forward a weapon with multiple tubes, about the size of a cannon.
"Fire! Fire!"
The breech-loading single-disc multi-barrel machine gun made by the dwarves was about the size of a cannon, with 20 barrels and chambers. This primitive automatic weapon was cumbersome to use, but it could indeed provide machine gun fire suppression for a short time. The gunner pulled the trigger, and the Nimi ammunition loaded in the 20 barrels immediately fired in sequence, taking down several soldiers who were charging with their heads down.
"Reload disc!"
Inside the bunker, soldiers were frantically changing ammunition reels when a violent explosion ripped the stone bunker apart.
"Hit the enemy's firing point!"
In the sky, the Magic Sky-class space battleship played a solid role in aerial firepower, using its high vantage point and optical aiming equipment and 75mm howitzers to strike the enemy.
By some twist of fate, they became the earliest air gunships, with long loiter times and air superiority, which were almost lethal to ground troops.
"Gentlemen! You are all the finest warriors of Amelansi! This is a daring operation; you will infiltrate from the air to the ground, at the highest point of the enemy fortress!"
"Are you confident?"
"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"
"You will immediately face a counterattack from the enemy upon landing!"
"Paratroopers are born to be surrounded!"
The leading officer smiled. Their clothes and equipment were all experimental, and the weapons they carried included Carcano carbines, clipped shotguns, and pistols.
The 20 paratroopers on board the Magic Sky didn't actually sit in the internal troop cabin. Paratroopers simply didn't have time to train for parachuting, so the Emeransi Aircraft Design Bureau, which designed it, simply designed a small glider, which normally served as the rear part of the troop cabin and could be detached when needed.
In any case, they are all experimental equipment—advanced, expensive, experimental, and unproven—the Magic Sky has them all.
"Sit still! These toys haven't undergone many reliability tests, and nobody wants any problems, so sit still!"
"Break free! Eagle One, good luck!"
The gliders detached from 1500 meters in the air and glided forward without power against the headwind. Their destination was the same as Alice's, who was charging forward—the Carpathian Fortress.