Chapter 479： Battle of the Mullen

On the Malun River defense line, in a messy position, an ordinary soldier of the Puppet Empire was squatting in the trench with his weapon, complaining about this desperate war.

He hasn’t eaten lunch for two days, because at noon every day, Ailan Hill’s artillery troops will greet the Mullen River defense line on time, using their arrogant way...

During this period of time, Ailan Hill’s artillery units will suddenly fire a round of rockets. It may be 12 o’clock or 12:05. Anyway, the time depends on the Ailan Hill’s artillery. Mood changes are very random.

Those who participated in the bombardment were usually all the rocket launchers of Ailan Hill. They would fire a salvo of about 200mm rocket launchers, with a 155mm caliber howitzer, and only fire one round!

This round of shells fell on the Mullen River defensive line, and it would immediately flood several defensive positions and blow up the puppet Empire soldiers who were on standby in the defensive positions.

Therefore, the puppet empire, which had been short of food, simply stopped serving lunch, and avoided being bombarded and wasting food...

In the early days, most of the front-line combat troops of the Puppet Empire relied on puppets to fight, so they didn't need to prepare too much food, so this link was very weak.

It is different now, because it is very difficult to replenish the production of puppets. The final result is that they have to replenish a large number of ordinary people to fight on the front line. This also increases the consumption of food in a disguised form and increases the difficulty of logistics supply.

The puppet empire lacks such large-scale scheduling capabilities, because they themselves do not have much experience in this area. Now that the northeastern part of the Puppet Empire is covered by wildfires, it is more difficult to mobilize personnel and materials, and food replenishment has become an empty talk.

In fact, the frontline has not been able to replenish new grains for a few days. It is only because there is some grain in stock that it has reluctantly persisted until now.

However, this kind of persistence is almost at its end. In the rumbling of Ailan Hill, not many people still have the courage to continue fighting when they are hungry.

"Boom!" Another heavy artillery shell over 200mm landed on the position of the Puppet Empire, splashing a piece of black mud, and raising a cloud of thick tumbling smoke.

However, the entire defensive position of the Puppet Empire was still lifeless, as if there were no living people quiet.

The artillery of the Puppet Empire has long stopped firing back. Their artillery shells are not enough, so they can only avoid waste, and they can only dream about things like blasting with Ailan Hill in their minds.

As for the actual firing, the artillery of the Puppet Empire would never dare. Not to mention the long-barreled artillery that couldn't beat the other side, the troublesome ballistic detection radar, was enough to make the artillery of the Puppet Empire squat under the camouflage net and pretend to die.

Speaking of camouflage nets, the camouflage nets on the front lines of the Puppet Empire have been replaced three times. The soldiers of the Puppet Empire on the front line gave full play to what they had, and improved these camouflage nets as much as possible...

At the very beginning, the camouflage net of the Puppet Empire was green camouflage, which was a copy of the captured Ailan Hill standard camouflage net, but this kind of camouflage net will soon become unusable.

Because of the large-scale bombing, shelling, and the rapid degradation of vegetation near the battlefield, the continued use of this camouflage net is no different from telling the Ailan Hill people "I am here."

Therefore, this camouflage net was artificially painted into the color of earth, initially withered yellow and green, and later completely changed to yellow.

Despite this, this kind of camouflage net still cannot guarantee the safety of the Puppet Empire's heavy weapons and equipment. Ailan Hill's detection methods are no longer limited to visual observation. A variety of advanced viewing and sighting equipment are emerging in an endless stream, and methods such as infrared thermal induction have also begun to become popular.

Therefore, those large-scale, expensive, puppet empires used one less heavy weapons and equipment, and basically all disappeared on the Malun River Defense Line.

Of the heavy artillery they modified, dozens of them were completely destroyed. The remaining 130mm caliber howitzer is not the opponent of the 155 or even the 203mm caliber heavy artillery.

"If it weren't for those demons, let's just surrender..." The soldier holding the gun knocked the helmet twice with his hands, shaking the floating soil on it, and whispered.

Just like what he said, half of the people on this line didn't want to fight anymore. If it weren't for the troops to help them stabilize their positions, or to monitor them in disguise, they would have surrendered long ago.

Even if you just look at the scene in front of you, you know that the two sides are not in a heavyweight at all. The opponent's rocket artillery can hit more than 1,000 rockets in one salvo. How can I fight this battle without the courage to fire a shot on my own side?

"Boom!" Another shell fell. This time the bombardment was obviously longer and larger in scale.

It seems that the entire Malun River defense line has been attacked, and the puppet Empire soldiers stationed in the position finally realized that the shelling this time was different from the previous shelling!

So a curious soldier climbed up the ladder in the trench and looked at the north bank of the Mullen River controlled by Ailan Hill.

At this look, he let out an exclamation. He fell back into the trench in embarrassment and was so scared that he couldn't even speak clearly.

The puppet imperial soldier who had been holding his weapon and complaining watched his comrades trembling with fright, and re-climbed the ladder with disapproval.

He lay on the edge of the trench, poking out his head cautiously, and his eyes under the brim of the helmet went big instantly: "Oh my God! That... is that... Ailan Hill's battleship?"

At the other end of the sky, the silhouettes of the three sky-class floating warships gradually became clear. On the bows of the three warships, the huge golden eagle emblem was shining in the sun. This light caused Ailan Hill's ground troops to cheer like a mountain, and it also made the soldiers on the Puppet Empire's position completely desperate.

Wagron sat at the commander-in-chief seat where Chris had once sat, and gave the command to Captain Sky One standing next to him: "Gentlemen! The attack begins!"

The captain stood at attention and saluted, and then repeated the command loudly: "Command! The attack begins!"

Following his order, the turrets on both sides of the three sky-class floating warships began to rotate slightly downwards, aiming the 500-millimeter-caliber heavy artillery muzzles at the Mullen River defense line that had been bombarded like the surface of the moon.

In the next second, sounds like landslides one after another, dozens of heavy artillery roared one after another, and the entire Malun River defense line was instantly submerged in an explosion.