Chapter 1367： Thunder and heavy rain

Dark clouds are gathering, covering the entire sky above Greta Fortress at an astonishing speed. In less than a minute, the originally clear sky has been shrouded in a cloud like night. The wind filled with moist moisture blew between the plains and the hills, and even the swaying of the trees from the direction of the jungle sounded like there was a vague sound of splashing water—the soldiers on the battlefield were desperately resisting the offensive of the deformed body. He quickly noticed this extraordinary change. The soldier who had enough energy looked up at the top of his head, and immediately saw the "smiley face" that was halfway across the sky, and that was still constantly magnifying.

"Then what the **** is it?!" A knight captain with a hideous scar on his cheek looked at the smile floating in the clouds in astonishment. The level of weirdness of this thing is too evil no matter how you look at it, that it has a lot of experience. The fighting knight felt all over furry at once, "That cloud is grinning at me! And it looks like a girl's face!"

A roar of missiles breaking through the air came from nearby. Next to the Knight Captain, a war mage in charge of suppressing the firepower of the squad shot a series of arcane missiles towards the enemy's direction. Then the extraordinary man who had cast the spell and cast his consciousness also He raised his head and glanced, subconsciously rubbing his eyes, muttering like a dream: "Am I dying... I heard that when people are dying, they will see the face of the closest person in the sky... My grandfather will arrive after his death. Has the sky turned into a beautiful girl?"

Before the battle mage's words fell, a rush of footsteps suddenly sounded from nearby, and then a knight in light armor rushed from the corner of the bunker, and the young evangelist shouted: "The king's Order! The friendly fire is about to arrive, immediately leave this area, and the whole army will withdraw to the direction of Greta Fortress! The king's order, the whole army will withdraw to Greta Fortress!"

"Withdraw?!" The captain of the knight caught the messenger knight who was about to run past him. "Friends? Where are the friendly forces? Didn't it mean that there are no reinforcements?"

"I don't know! Do what you tell me!" The Lingling knight said quickly, turning around and quickly ran to the other side of the bunker fortifications, continuing to loudly convey the direct commands of King Odris while running.

The order received a moment ago was to hold the position at all costs. At this time, instructions came for the whole army to retreat. This made the Knight Captain a little confused, but it did not affect his obedience to the order in the slightest—all doubts in his heart were quickly suppressed. After coming down, the experienced captain grabbed the battle mage who was obviously weakened next to him, and his loud voice echoed on the front he was in charge of: "Retreat!"

On the long and narrow wasteland leading to the wasteland, between the layers of bunkers built to fight the deformed body and the blocking steel rods, the soldiers of the Gaoling Kingdom who have been fighting for almost a day and night began to retreat quickly, and they retreated while retreating. Do his best to leave a large number of magic traps and mana crystals in a dangerous and critical state on the front line, and in the temporary headquarters behind this front, King Odris’s sight is constantly sweeping across the sky, growing more and more In the dense rain, I watched the changes of the converging clouds.

"The order to retreat has been issued, Your Majesty," the commander's voice came from the side, "The deformed body is quickly occupying our previous position."

"Very well, we are also going to withdraw to the fortress," Odris nodded and said quickly, "Remember to leave some explosives-it turns out that those charged Rebecca crystals can be very powerful even if they are fired improperly. Role."

The commander immediately accepted the order. At this time, the prince Lorraine next to him couldn't help but ask: "Father, do we really want to completely withdraw from here? Maybe we can leave some elite rangers to cooperate with Cecil and Hai The demon..."

"You don't understand their way of fighting—especially those of the Cecils." Odris shook his head, looking at his heirs who hadn’t been a long time in adulthood and lacked many experience. A good cooperation is to leave their firepower coverage as soon as possible. The sooner the better. If you have seen those video data, you will know that the new magical cannons they use are not a concept at all with the "long-range firepower" in your perception. …"

Soon after, the temporary headquarters where Odris was located also began to retreat in an orderly manner. The flag representing the Highmountain Kingdom was lowered from the rapid wall constructed by the technique of "turning mud into stone", and behind them, The dark clouds covering the entire battlefield have reached a critical point. The sky almost like night is filled with water, and between the thick clouds, there is a huge figure shrouded in faint light. Suddenly passed through the darkness.

Ashalena, in the form of a dragon, passed through the thick clouds. She was covered with mechanical armor made of steel. The faint light of the beacon light flickered on and off at the end of the dragon's wings and tail, and the surroundings looked quite terrifying. The clouds spread out beside her as if consciously, and did not affect her flight and observation of the ground in the slightest—after a short circle of two circles, Ashalena activated the magic net terminal on her chest.

"They have already evacuated... well, there are people who can understand the'signals' sent by the siren. Those human's savvy' is really extraordinary. Byron, prepare to cover fire, those monsters have already entered the target. Area, listen to me to report points—"

After a while, a sharp whistling sound pierced the dense sky, and from the far away Aldo Holy River, several "bright lines" with light cyan light flickered into the sky, and they drew out as if they were about to be shredded. The arc-shaped trajectory of the sky flies straight to the vast wasteland northwest of Greta Fortress, and standing in the direction of Greta Fortress, you can see a series of flashes suddenly appearing in the dark clouds covering the sky, like thunder. Shutting through the clouds, another spark fell from the sky-after a short delay, the sharp whistling from the sky turned into a terrifying explosion that rose up on the earth.

On the earth, just "breaking through" the last line of defense of mankind, just like the tide, the aberrations who occupied the position held by the soldiers of the Gaoling Kingdom were suddenly swept by a series of explosions and deadly shock waves, the commander behind these monsters We didn't even have time to feel the slightest joy of breaking through the line of defense, and in a flash received the signal feedback of the death of a large number of frontline troops.

On the towering walls of Greta Fortress, King Odris, who had just retreated to safety before he could take off his cloak and dry the rain on his hair, heard the thunderous noise coming from the northwest. The terrible thunder-like sound tumbling between heaven and earth, even at such a distance, it still shook this ancient and glorious barrier. The windows protected by the steel frame trembled slightly, and the shelves and weapon racks were shaking. With a disturbing sound of friction, the prince Lorraine ran to the observatory. The huge mushroom cloud rising from the distant earth and the bright arcs constantly drawn in the clouds made this person who has just stepped on the battlefield for a long time and has not understood much." The young man of "Contemporary Art" was stunned.

He even shivered slightly in front of the mighty power that looked like a natural disaster—not because of fear, but simply shock.

King Odris also came to the observation deck. When looking at the sky covering the earth and seeing the "truth" shells projected by the Cecil expeditionary fleet from the direction of the holy river, the king was actually no better than his own son. How calm is he—after all, all he knows about Cecil’s modern weapons is limited to the video materials in Cecil’s official propaganda and a few imported small and medium caliber magic guided guns, and he witnessed the bombing of battleship’s main guns and that It's a completely different concept.

"Father..." Lorraine finally fully understood the necessity of his father's order for the entire army to retreat. "That kind of powerful shelling can also be produced by the'Magic Cannon'? That is what we are using..."

"The Cecils call it'truth', and some of their soldiers prefer to call it'contemporary art'. The small and medium-caliber magic guided guns we can import are far from the main guns. ," Odris said in a low voice, "but compared to the power of those cannons, I hope you can think about a deeper problem from now on."

Lorraine didn't realize the meaning of his father's words for a while: "A deeper question?"

"What kind of country can create and maintain such power?" Odris put his hand on Lorraine's shoulder, but his gaze crossed his son's shoulder, looking down at the person who had just evacuated from the battlefield. The soldiers of the kingdom resting in the courtyard of the fortress, "I really envy you..."

…

"The first wave of attacks landed within the predetermined range, and the error is acceptable." In Winter's bridge, Byron was standing on the platform of the captain's seat, and Ashalena's voice was from the magic in front of him From the network terminal, the holographic projection above the terminal is shining, showing the ground under the cover of gunfire. In that continuous flash, the dirty tide formed by the distortion body continues to rise like a huge boulder. "Spray", a large number of hideous and distorted flesh and blood remains and the dust rising up into the sky one after another blooming, looking thrilling, "you can continue bombing."

"The bombing is effective. All main guns are charged at full power and fired at full speed for fifteen minutes." Byron immediately ordered the gunner next to him, "The engineering ship is ready to dock, and immediately repair the hub tower that was spotted by the air. We want to restore direct communication with the Highmountain Kingdom and the Silver Empire before the sun sets today."

"Yes, sir!"

The army moves quickly like a sophisticated and efficient machine. The expeditionary fleet led by Bitter Winter throws amazing firepower on the river. In the sky of the eastern region, thick dark clouds are still spreading and starting to move in the direction of the east. Spread quickly.

Byron glanced at the dark clouds covering the sky, and couldn't help turning his head to look at Cassandra standing next to him, with a somewhat weird expression on his face: "Speaking of you, the'signal' for the defenders of the Gaoling Kingdom It was really understood..."

"The main reason is that the communication between His Majesty Gawain and the southern battlefield is relatively good," Cassandra laughed, "Of course, General Vanessa's battlefield wisdom is more important..."

"Seriously, I don’t think it’s'battlefield wisdom' to hang a smiling face in the sky that is bigger than the city. That thing can scare people with average tolerance out of their psychological shadows-just that you can all make'friends' The news of'Come for aid' passed smoothly. In my opinion, it is almost a miracle." Byron chuckled. "It's also fortunate that the savvy on the other side is in place..."

"No way," Cassandra stretched out her hands helplessly. "After arriving here, we found that all the magic net hub towers on the border had been destroyed by the distortion body. The magic environment on the battlefield was still unprecedentedly chaotic. The communication equipment of the Bitter Winter was basically I can't reach the Greta Fortress, and the front line has already been out of the brain, it can only be a stopgap measure. Anyway, the details are not discussed, the final effect is not good."

"...Anyway, next time I hear what you say about'battlefield wisdom' and'adaptation', I must inquire carefully." Byron sighed, and then his attention returned to the distant battlefield. In the aerial reconnaissance picture sent back by Ashalena, he can clearly see the process of disintegration of the distorted army's offensive under fire bombardment, but he knows that only with these firepower support, Greta Fortress cannot be used. The entire narrow plain in the north was recaptured.

From the Greta Fortress to the Propulsion Base of the Stars Temple in the east, the entire southern battlefield has a long and complex front line, and this front line has been turned into a deformed body and the firepower of the mortal defenders in the repeated seesaw of the past winter. A fragmented chaotic place full of ruins, trap belts and magical chaotic points. On such a broad and complex battlefield, fire support has its limits.

"After this round of firepower is over, it's time for the expeditionary force led by General Vanessa to'land'," Byron glanced at the mechanical clock fixed on the column beside him, and said solemnly to Cassandra, "As planned. , We will first ensure the safety of the northern area of ​​Greta Fortress, and establish a frontline base after you seize the area, and then my marines will ensure the safety of the northwest border of the Gaoling Kingdom here, and completely block it from The Aberration Corps in the Ogure region going south, and you continue to move to the east in the form of rain until you merge with the Millennium Legion of the Silver Empire-no problem, right?"

Cassandra closed her eyes slightly, communicating with General Vanessa who is currently controlling the weather environment at high altitude in the psychic echo. After a while, she opened her eyes and nodded slightly to Byron: "I have confirmed with General Vanessa again. For follow-up action, she is only waiting for your signal flares."

"Okay." Byron sighed softly, and then watched the beating hands on the mechanical clock, feeling the vibrations of the ship under his feet from the main artillery bombardment, and his mood calmed down like never before.

Fighting side by side with allies from the deep sea—this was not in his original plan, and because of the surprising differences between the Kraken and the land race in terms of technology trees, combat methods, and physiological structures, the initial cooperation between the two parties was also tailored. Without much tacit and subtle cooperation, instead of formulating a lot of tactics and finally in the chaotic battlefield due to poor communication and constant conditions, both he and Vanessa believed that simple and rude methods should be used to solve the problem.

In the first step, the Imperial Expeditionary Fleet with long-range heavy firepower launched firepower on the Aldo River to clear the field, smashing all the most powerful shells within the range, and directly blasting the leading troops of the deformed body, and the emptying is large enough. The landing field came out.

In the second step, before the aberrations can react, the fighters of the Kraken Expeditionary Army will directly deliver justice-with sufficient preparation and advance form switching, well-trained Kraken can perform it in the form of rainfall. Airborne operations do not have to worry about casualties. They will quickly establish a frontline position on the landing field emptied by Byron. At the same time, this carefully prepared "rain" will also transform the environment of the entire region in a short period of time and bring it closer. The "water environment" is convenient for the Krakens to play.

The pointer on the mechanical clock reached the last frame, and the continuous roar of gunfire on the river ceased.

"Send a signal," Byron ordered in a deep voice, "it's raining."