Volume 1: The Rise of Elanhill Chapter 0064 Big Shots and Small Characters
"41 soldiers were killed, and more than 4,700 enemy troops were annihilated..." Modler sat on a chair in the town hall, listening to the report of his officers. All the furniture in the town hall was from Ailan Hill, even the iron candlesticks.
Although not very beautiful, Ailan Hill's industrial products destroyed the local handicraft industry in Alante, leaving countless people unemployed and even more impoverished, and causing countless people to resent the Alante Empire for exploiting them...
"The consumption of bullets has increased exponentially. The effect of the heavy machine guns is really... amazing. However, their consumption is also very terrifying. A total of 6,000 bullets were used up in less than ten minutes..." An officer said to Model with a little awe.
"Not much." Modler waved his hand and said to his subordinates, "If we get into street fighting, the losses will be greater and the consumption will be greater. In fact, we are lucky to be able to annihilate the enemy at the battlement."
Two machine guns fired for ten minutes, an average of 300 rounds per minute! Such firepower was unimaginable a year ago, and it is definitely a miracle of industrial civilization now.
The Ailan Hill troops, which had made up for the last shortcoming, were now invincible. The only thing they had to face now was the final test, the magic corps from the Holy Demon Empire.
"Deploy the anti-aircraft guns on the top of the city. Place two machine guns at the gap, and disperse the remaining machine guns on the four walls ! I want to form a complete air defense network here! Don't let the dragon knights get close to the city!" Modler, who had won the victory, was not happy at all and gave the orders himself.
On the one hand, the victory at this moment was an outcome he had already guessed, so he was not excited at all. On the other hand, the dragon knights of the distant Holy Demon Empire were like a nightmare, and before the actual fight to determine the winner, Modler was worried.
Another reason was that Modler had just received accurate news that the defender of the city of Volavor, the man who fought to the end, was an acquaintance of his, the old man who had worked with him before and was upright and graceful.
Franky… This name made Modler feel heartbroken. He felt that such an excellent person should not die in such a battle. He even thought that Franky could work for Elan Hill. If he was there at the time, he would definitely have a good talk with the old man.
Unfortunately, when Modler arrived at the breach in the city wall, the Second Battalion had already occupied the top of the city wall, and the First Battalion had already taken control of the City Hall. The soldier who stayed at the breach to maintain order briefly briefed Modler on the battle situation, and then Modler saw the long sword still stuck in the ground.
Modler was quite familiar with the long sword, which had Franky's personal emblem on it, and was also a very famous long sword in the empire. But now it was stuck alone on the pile of corpses, covered in blood and it was difficult to see its original appearance.
After Modler walked over, he saw Franky's body. The old man who once taught Modler swordsmanship was lying peacefully on the ground, his body covered with dried blood and holes that no longer shed blood.
The old general who was invincible in swordsmanship was finally killed by a group of farmers who had only practiced assassination for a few months. The way to kill the old general was not a desperate fight, but a calm aim and a fatal shot.
Even though he saw corpses all over the ground, even though he had seen live artillery firing and witnessed the fierce firepower of heavy machine guns and anti-aircraft guns, it was only when he saw General Franky's body that Modler truly felt that the times had changed.
"Go send a telegram!" After signing his name on the battle report of the capture of Volavo City, Modler suddenly felt that he was not like a general. He felt more like a clerk, a thief who could taste the fruits of victory without charging into battle.
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Like Modler, there was also Bourjois. After his troops advanced to Maritsa, they only fired two shots and waited for the enemy to surrender: not everyone was as stubborn as Franky, especially after seeing the power of the cannon. The cowardly defender not only surrendered the intact city, but also brought a full 20,000 prisoners...
In this way, Ailanhill has almost achieved its offensive goals. They have captured most of the cities they wanted to capture and obtained many of the resources they wanted.
The many stories heard from the great magician Frunzberg gave Ailan Hill a very clear goal for this southward attack. They hoped to gain control of the magic concentrate that Alante had through this attack!
Among all the campaign goals, this goal was placed at the top. Among the magic concentrates of the Alante Empire, the northernmost one was just east of Volavor. This was also the reason why after the plan was drawn up, the 5th and 6th divisions were placed in the front, and the 4th division with a higher number was placed on the side.
According to the plan, the reserve regiments that entered Alante later would basically be deployed to fight in the direction of Wolavo. What they had to do was very simple, that is, to control the area east of Wolavo, advance all the way to the mountains, and capture the valuable mine.
As long as he has this piece of concentrate, Ailan Hill can create the Magic Ball of Knowledge. With the Magic Ball of Knowledge, Chris can spread his knowledge and create more scientists and engineers.
With these engineers and scientists, the industrialization and modernization will be faster, and the entire country will enter the fast lane of rapid development and become an "industrial empire" that even the magic empire will be afraid of.
Don't say anything stupid like the Magic Empire has forbidden spells or super magic. Industrial civilization is no less capable than those powerful magics in terms of destroying the world. Let alone those far-flung future technologies, just counting nuclear weapons, the ability of modern industrial civilization to self-destruct is already amazing.
If, if we add in those scientists who wake up every morning and create the sun in their own laboratories, it becomes really hard to say whether the magical civilization will go faster or the industrial civilization will go further on this path of self-destruction.
Even the craziest forbidden magic spells can't be strong enough to create a sun, right? Think about those terrifying chemical weapons and bacterial weapons...even the genetic weapons of the future - the courage of industrial civilization to constantly test the edge of death is definitely not inferior to that of the magic empire.
War weapons are only a small branch of the many products of industrial civilization. What really makes industrial civilization take off is its incredible productivity and terrifying construction speed.
Of course, all this must be based on the fact that this war to the south can withstand the attack of the Magic Empire. If the Magic Empire's army wins, then Ailan Hill will fall into destruction, and Chris will become another "hero" written into history.
"The Alante troops near Maritsa have been cleared out. They surrendered as fast as we advanced." Bourjois commented on the Alante soldiers and commanders in the combat briefing: "A group of troops worse than peasants."
In fact, his evaluation was very pertinent. The powerful Alante border army had actually surrendered and was crossed by them - those soldiers stationed on the border were the elite border troops of the Alante Empire, but they chose to stand on the side of Elanhill.
The remaining elite troops have all been transferred south to join the battle against the Dosen Empire, so the remaining troops, especially those in the heart of the Alante Empire, are actually just for show.
Therefore, before the reinforcements of the Alante Empire assembled under the order of Alante Hook arrived at the front line, the combat effectiveness of these guards defending the city was actually very limited.
What is regrettable is that the reinforcements of the Alante Empire are still on the way, and all the places that need reinforcements here have been occupied by Ailan Hill.
The only uncertain direction at the moment is the direction of Budd that Kolya is attacking. The battle there has not started yet, and Budd is still in the hands of the Alante Empire.
There are many reasons for this situation. The most direct reason is that the border troops in the direction of Bud were not actually weakened. On the contrary, they were strengthened because Alante had to be wary of the Higgs Kingdom.
These border guards, originally aimed at the Higgs Empire, have now become the biggest obstacle for Kolya to attack Bud. The other side has a total of more than 40,000 field troops, and even 10,000 very combat-capable cavalry.
Kolya only had more than 5,000 men, about one-tenth of the enemy's. With this number of men, he also had to undertake the task of attacking the city of Bud - including the defenders in the city, Kolya's numerical disadvantage was even more obvious.
However, there is also good news. At least the reinforcements of the Steppe Empire have arrived. These cavalry can offset the cavalry advantage of the Alante Empire. After waiting for 10,000 steppe cavalry, Corea finally launched a tentative attack.
This battle, known as the Battle of Bud, broke out in the spring of the year 1743 in the Magical Calendar, but it was not a large one. The total number of troops deployed by both sides was less than 80,000.
The commanders of both sides were very interesting: on Ailanhill's side was General Wageron's fledgling adjutant, Corea, a minor character that no one knew before the battle.
The battlefield commander of the Alante Empire is the famous general Alante Lunbach - not only is he a famous general of the time, he also happens to be the uncle of the Alante Emperor Hook, a legitimate royal relative.
