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Chapter 624 Rapid Shooting!

Doss was so angry that several of the gold glasses in his hands were smashed to pieces.

The Griffin Knights and half of the Royal Knights were wiped out in one morning. This was an unprecedented defeat.

Not to mention the frightened infantry, who were in chaos outside the city.

"Rearrange the campsite today and reorganize the team." Doss ordered in a deep voice, "Set out at dawn tomorrow morning. Don't give them a chance to react."

"And!" Doss thought of someone, "The Baron Harry Potter provided false information to allow him to go on the road with dignity."

The news of the chaos in the Madeira Kingdom's army reached Eugene's desk, and someone advised him to take advantage of the chaos to attack now.

Eugene shook his head and said, "No, we need to defeat them head-on and understand their combat capabilities at the same time."

He had some ideas. It was good to defeat the enemy by beating them when they were down, but he could gain greater reputation by defeating the enemy in the frontal formation.

Eugene's father was a famous commander of the Kingdom of Gaul, and he wanted to achieve something greater than his father.

The battle report was delivered quickly. More than 3 people of the rd Cavalry Regiment were slightly injured in this battle, and five were seriously injured in the final close combat with the iron cans. No one died.

Eugene ordered to be on high alert to prevent the enemy from making a desperate sneak attack.

But the Madeira army did not have such fighting power, and the rest of the day passed in peace.

Before dawn the next day, Metzger was at the mountaintop outpost checking the work status of each post.

Yesterday, a wounded Griffin Knight made an emergency landing here and became a prisoner of their company.

In order not to expose the mine, Metzger had the prisoners tied with ropes and lowered down the cliff at dark.

As a result, the young captive thought that these pagans were going to hang him on the mountain, so his legs went weak and when he reached the foot of the mountain he smelled a strong smell of feces and urine, so the person who received him threw him directly into the river to wash him clean.

"The person who invented the canned eggs was a genius." Chrome said regretfully as he opened the can. "Why didn't I think of that?"

He used a fork to take out the twelve boiled eggs from the can and gave one to each student in the class.

There was still some brine in the jar, so he sniffed it, covered it, handed it to Zikel and said, "Here, give it to your little lover and use it to brine the meat."

Zikel took the jar and put it beside him.

When they finished breakfast and arrived at the outpost to start their shift change, it was just dawn and Metzger was already carefully observing the direction of the enemy through the telescope.

Metzger held a cookie in his mouth and slowly scanned the telescope.

"Report to the headquarters," he said, "There are a large number of people moving in the woods ahead. It seems that the enemy is moving out on a large scale."

The communications soldier who was about to hand over his shift immediately reported the situation.

Soon, Eugene's voice while eating sounded in the communicator: "What's the situation now?"

Metzger went over and said, "I am Metzger, reporting to the commander, I have noticed a large number of birds flying in the woods to the west, ranging from west to east."

Eugene gulped down the instant noodle soup and said, "Understood. Continue to observe."

As Metzger had judged, the Madeira army marched through the woods, many of them yawning.

Yesterday they were first frightened by the defeat in front of them, and then they were busy all day changing the location of the camp. After finally having a meal and sleeping, they were woken up in the middle of the night to prepare for the deployment.

Many were exhausted both physically and mentally as they dealt with today's errands, praying to Mother Earth that they would not be chosen to test the enemy's lines.

When attacking the enemy's defensive position, you don't just rush in right away. You have to send out some unlucky guys to test it first, and then launch a large-scale attack after finding out the enemy's combat effectiveness and loopholes in their defense.

This kind of thing is only done by small nobles without any backing. If they die, that's fine, but if they win, they will have the capital to curry favor with the powerful.

Metzger stood behind the telescope and reported the enemy's progress from time to time.

"The enemy has come out of the woods and is assembling shield vehicles."

"The enemy has a strange gun that is more than one and a half men long and is mounted on a shield vehicle."

"What the hell is that? Twelve guns that are half the height of a man packed together?"

"The enemy has a small cannon like the Ghazi Empire's gunpowder cannon."

The headquarters' intelligence staff immediately found relevant information from earlier intelligence on the armaments of the Ghazi Empire, and after verifying it with Metzger, quickly sent it to various departments.

The one and a half meter tall gun is a gunpowder gun from the Ghazi Empire. Frederick called it a musket. The bullet is as big as an egg. The effective range is three to five hundred meters, and the firing rate is about one shot every three minutes.

The small cannon should be the "apple cannon", which got its name because the shell is as big as an apple. It has an effective range of six to eight hundred meters, and it still has considerable lethality at one thousand meters.

These two weapons have appeared in the army of the Kingdom of Gallicus and caused considerable damage to Archduke Suarez when they first appeared.

According to Metzger's estimation, the enemy had about 500 muskets and 30 cannons. Judging from their clothing and flags, they should be an elite force like the Royal Guards.

Eugene thought for a moment and gave Metzger an order: "Metzger, from now on, the artillery and rocket launchers are under your command. Find where they store gunpowder."

Wei Senjun is a veteran in this business and knows very well how to surprise the enemy.

Metzger replied: "Yes, sir. I will command the artillery to destroy the enemy's gunpowder as soon as possible."

Eugene continued to give orders to his men and get ready.

Metzger continued to report the enemy's numbers, about 30,000 combat soldiers, followed by a militia group of 60,000 to 70,000 peasant soldiers.

"God of Light!" Metzger suddenly shouted, "How did they get these four big guys?" Yu Jin Gang was arranging defenses and immediately asked, "Metzger, what big guys?"

Metzger immediately replied that the intelligence staff had found the relevant data.

The "rooster cannon" of the Ghazi Empire has a barrel that can hold a rooster and has an effective range of two thousand to two thousand five hundred meters.

Eugene just told Metzger to focus.

At this time, Mary contacted Eugene to ask about the battle situation.

Eugene said that the enemy was approaching the position and there had been no exchange of fire.

Mary said that the new Osmaga army was ready and could launch an attack on the flank of the Madeira army if necessary.

The two sides maintain contact.

The Madeira army formed up on the east side of the woods and began to move towards Wesson's defense line.

Doss was wearing a suit of glittering golden armor and sitting on a tall horse, full of confidence.

Not only do they have a large number of people, but they also have new weapons supported by the Kingdom of Gaul. They will definitely be able to regain the upper hand in the next battle.

The army stopped one kilometer in front of the spit bunker. Doss's requirements were not high. Today they only needed to blow up the bunker and capture the high ground.

All the large and small artillery in the army were concentrated in the front, with spearmen protecting the front, the two wings were the most capable nobles, and the rear was the mage corps.

Doss intended to let those nobles who were usually unruly see the power of artillery and intimidate the restless guys.

After the artillery positions were set up, the group came behind the four largest rooster cannons.

At this time, Doss heard two groups of people arguing.

Doss went over and asked, "What's going on?"

A little baron talked a lot and Doss understood.

The instructors sent by the Kingdom of Gaul requested that the gunpowder be stored in scattered piles, but the officers of the Madeira Guard felt that it would be too troublesome as they had to travel a long distance.

Doss thought for a moment, then said to the Gallic instructors, "It's okay. The Wesson Army doesn't know how powerful we are. If you feel tired, you can go back to the castle for tea."

Instructor Gaul, you look at me and I look at you, feeling like you're trapped in your own web.

In order to brag, they initially said that Wesson's army's guns were powerful, but their barrels were short and could not compare to rifles, and they were certainly not as powerful as artillery.

Doss believed it after seeing the power comparison between the musket and Wesson's foreign trade folding shotgun, and was full of confidence.

What else can the instructors say? Just run away.

At this time, after reporting the discovery of the enemy's gunpowder storage point, Metzger asked Eugene: "Commander, do you want to play a big game?"

Eugene thought he was going to light a big firework, and asked for permission for such a small matter, so he said unhappily: "All the artillery is under your command now, you can do whatever you want."

"When the gunpowder explodes, I will have the 33rd Regiment launch a charge while you lead the artillery to provide fire support."

Metzger carefully observed the golden armor behind the enemy's artillery position through the telescope, and thought that since Eugene said so, he would give the order: "Miss Qiwu's troops, pay attention, Miss Feitian's troops, pay attention, target 100 horizontal bar 86 area, all firepower rapid fire, one base number!"

He repeated it three times.

Wei Sen’s army had already divided the areas into blocks in front of the position, and the firing parameters for the artillery and rocket launchers had been set, so the firing data could be obtained simply by looking up the table.

Yu Jin Gang arranged for the 33rd Regiment to prepare for a charge after a large explosion in the enemy position, and then asked Metzger: "Why do we have to fight so many bases?"

He thought that it was just a matter of detonating the gunpowder and two or three shots would be enough.

The shells are transported from far away, so we should use them sparingly.

Metzger replied: "If I observe correctly, the king on the other side is next to the gunpowder barrel behind the artillery position."

Eugene was stunned for a moment, and only came to his senses when the sound of gunfire rang out. He remembered that Metzger had the nickname "Emperor Killer" and had specialized in killing powerful targets since his debut.

At this moment, there was a muffled sound like thunder outside, and the coffee in the cup shook slightly.

Both sides saw that after a loud bang, a huge white smoke rose straight into the sky.

Eugene immediately yelled into the communicator: "[Gallic swearing]! Pig butcher, report the situation quickly!"

Born into a top noble family, he knew very well what it meant to kill the other king, and he had to get the information as soon as possible.

Metzger replied: "There is too much smoke at the explosion site at the moment, and the shelling has not stopped, so we can't see clearly."

"Many people and horses fell around, and many people began to disperse."

Eugene didn't care about that anymore and immediately ordered: "Quick, 33rd Regiment, Cavalry Regiment, all those who can move, chase them to the edge of the woods!"

Chief of Staff Erich asked: "Why not wipe them out in one go?"

Eugene shook his head and said, "The enemy's numbers are still too great. If the elite troops hold their ground, they will be in trouble."

"Let's prepare to implement the third combat plan."

Erich's eyes lit up. This was a good idea.

(End of this chapter)