Volume 1: The Rise of Elanhill Chapter 0074 Battle of Maritza
"Bang! Bang!" Facing the giant dragon, a 30mm dual-purpose anti-aircraft gun on an anti-aircraft artillery position opened fire. The slender gun barrel spewed out flames, and the shells rushed towards their target rapidly.
The diving dragon sensed the danger and tried to dodge the oncoming object by turning sideways, but found that there seemed to be more than one object. In just a moment, it felt itself hit by a huge impact force.
"Roar!" This ancient and powerful creature let out a sharp roar, and then began to descend rapidly. A few dozen meters away from the city wall, the giant beast crashed into the ground, splashing a cloud of dust.
"What a joke?" Irdo, who had already accelerated his dive, widened his eyes when he saw his men being shot down. The battle had just begun, so how could a giant dragon be shot down?
In the previous battle, he had also checked the dragon's wounds. The opponent's weapon could break the dragon's scales, which was already a very difficult thing. Although the dragon looked bloody, it did not receive any fatal injuries. After all, these ancient creatures had amazingly strong defenses and were not so easy to kill.
The wounded dragon just happened to be hit in the eye by a bullet, which caused it to fall from the sky. Therefore, Irdo was still very confident in the dragon's defense. He felt that his troops could still stand on their own, which was the theoretical basis for his attack.
But now, these mortals actually have a way to kill the dragon so quickly. Doesn't that mean that the dragon knights, a type of soldier that has always crushed mortals, no longer have an advantage from this moment on?
You know, from the moment they were born, dragon knights have been a very powerful super soldier: they can maneuver quickly, have incredible abilities to avoid combat, can also attack from long distances, and have terrible destructive power over cities and armies.
When facing such troops, mortals lack effective countermeasures. If they gather troops and prepare a large number of heavy weapons, it will be easy for the dragon knights to bypass them and attack the city head-on. If they do not gather a large army to fight, the dragon knights can use their speed advantage to defeat them one by one.
Unfortunately , this situation seems to have been broken. The other side actually has a powerful weapon that can attack the air, which is more powerful than a single-shot crossbow! After all, although the crossbow is also very dangerous, its firing rate is very slow, and aiming becomes the biggest problem.
It is impossible to fire continuously, and the shooter needs to find the lead time and then fire each time. This kind of hit accuracy is very touching. As long as one shot misses, the dragon will have time to attack - this is also the fundamental reason why mortals are so passive when facing dragons.
Now, what kind of damn weapons are installed on the walls of these mortals that can defeat a dragon with just one attack? Irdo, whose mind was full of questions, was stunned for a moment before he rushed to a place not far from the wall.
"Bang! Bang!" The Maxim heavy machine gun covering the anti-aircraft gun opened fire. The Maxim heavy machine gun mounted on a tripod also had a very high elevation angle. When facing the giant dragon, the sustained combat capability of this weapon was fully demonstrated.
A dense row of bullets hit a giant dragon that was ready to attack. The dense bullets shattered the scales on the dragon's abdomen like a storm. The dragon felt the pain and began to flap its wings to climb, and was forced to give up the opportunity to attack.
"Bang! Bang!" Next to the heavy machine gun that kept spewing out tongues of fire, the commander looked up with a telescope, looked at the hideous-looking enemies, and shouted, "Keep firing! Don't let those damn guys get close to the city wall!"
"Bang!" On the city wall, hundreds of Elanhill grenadiers were holding their rifles and desperately firing at the terrifying dragons in the sky. They knew that this was their only hope of survival.
"Whoosh!" A giant dragon finally found a gap in firepower, and roared down from the sky, spewing a huge ball of flames at the Elanhill grenadiers on the city wall. In an instant, this section of the city wall was covered with burning flames, and the soldiers on it were also submerged in a sea of fire.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The anti-aircraft artillery position at the other end opened fire, and the huge shells flew into the sky, shattering the armor on the dragon's body and drilling into the dragon's flesh. Its residual force was not reduced, tearing the dragon 's muscles, crushing the dragon's internal organs, and penetrating the dragon's entire body.
The giant dragon that was still spewing flames onto the city wall suddenly lost its strength. Its two flesh wings struggled weakly in the air, and its entire body fell from the sky and hit the top of the city wall where flames were still burning.
Just one dragon breath turned a platoon of dozens of soldiers on the top of the city into ashes. This attack made all the soldiers on the top of the city fire even more frantically. They only had one thought in their minds: they couldn't let these damn guys get any chance to spit fire.
Standing by the window, Bourgeois saw the flames falling from the sky. It was the first time he had seen such a terrible attack, which actually happened before his eyes. He had only seen similar descriptions in books before, and the words were full of despair and sadness.
Now that he had witnessed this kind of attack that no human could resist, Bourjois finally understood where the despair that had penetrated deep into his bones came from. After facing such unbeatable opponents countless times, the lowliness of mortals had become a matter of course.
Just as he was praying that his troops would not give the enemy any chance, another ball of flames poured down and hit the city wall, leaving behind a thick smoke and a billowing wall of fire.
"Damn it! Fire! Shoot those bastards down!" Behind him, an officer clenched his fists, as if he wanted to use his thoughts to encourage the soldiers on the city wall not to retreat and to continue fighting.
"We are not needed here! Follow me!" Feeling that he should do something, Burjos finally made up his mind, holding the sword at his waist, and turned around to leave his command center.
His adjutant blocked the door and stopped his chief officer, saying, "You won't be able to do anything if you go over there. You should stay here and command the overall situation!"
"Get out of the way! I must let my soldiers see me! I want to stand with them!" Bourgeois pushed his men away with his hands, walked out of the room and walked down the long stairs. All the officers around him followed him out of the command center and followed their chief officer to climb the distant city wall.
There, the anti-aircraft guns were defending the city behind them with their barrels raised, but a giant dragon still broke through the large net of firepower and flew over the city. It swept from one side of the city to the other side, leaving a long straight line of flames wherever it passed, and all the houses it passed were destroyed.
However, it did not remain arrogant for long, because on the other side of the city, the anti-aircraft guns that had been stationed there immediately opened fire, welcoming the giant dragon that had crossed the city with a net of fire. After struggling for only a few seconds, the giant dragon fell into the city, crashed into a group of houses, and turned into a corpse.
"If we keep fighting like this... we might lose..." Seeing that the enemy's firepower network had killed 5 dragons, Irdo finally realized the seriousness of the problem. Although he successfully destroyed an anti-aircraft gun that posed a huge threat, he was unable to reverse the situation.
There are more than a dozen such anti-aircraft artillery positions distributed on the city walls, and they are heavily protected by heavy machine guns and infantry - it is very difficult to destroy one, let alone there are more than a dozen such threats.
Although the huge defense area dispersed these damn anti-aircraft guns, it was very dangerous for the dragon to get close to the city and cause destruction because there were still countless dense rifle and machine gun bullets.
We must gather more dragon knights! The current situation is no longer something that he, a knight commander, can handle - at least a great knight commander is needed, or, wait for General Moss to catch up?
For the first time, Irdo had the idea of waiting for reinforcements. This idea made him shudder, because he was facing an army of mortals, an army of mortals that he had disdained in the past.
"Bang! Bang! "Another anti-aircraft gun loaded its ammunition and began to pour its ammunition towards the giant dragon in the sky. The dense ammunition cut through the air and hit a giant dragon that was circling and looking for an opportunity, directly shooting it down.
As time went on, the anti-aircraft gunners gradually mastered some rules. Their shooting became more accurate, and the dragon knights' losses began to increase sharply. There were four teams of 20 dragon knights under Irdo, and now after a battle, there were less than ten dragons left that could fight.
Because he lost several dragon knights when he attacked the 1st Battalion of the 16th Regiment, but those dragon knights were injured and could not continue to fight, which was better than these dragon knights who were directly shot down in front of him.
The dragon knights being lost are real losses, especially the unlucky guy who fell in the city. Even if he is still alive, there is no possibility of rescuing him.
Soon, the seventh dragon had its wings broken and fell from the sky with a scream. The entire dragon knight army lost the courage to attack - they had even given up on getting close and circling, and one by one they soared into the farther sky, but were unwilling to leave for a long time.
This was their first defeat against a mortal nation since their birth. After suffering heavy losses, they did not destroy the city in front of them. Irdo was unwilling to order a retreat, but there was no better way. He could only grit his teeth and think about the next plan in the sky.
