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Chapter 759 General Attack
Before arriving at the Redwaterwheel Village fortress, Maria's only direct understanding of the battlefield came from the oil paintings on the walls.

The warriors in the oil paintings are mostly stabbed and wounded by arrows, with a trickle of blood flowing out. There are absolutely no wounds with flesh torn open, internal organs exposed, or broken bones, twisted or charred corpses, dark red earth, not to mention the nauseating smell of decay.

At this moment, Maria finally understood why Frederick always gave vague answers and quickly changed the subject whenever she asked him to recount his battlefield experiences.

The battlefield is not a topic of conversation to satisfy curiosity, but a cruel place filled with pain and death.

Seeing that the Rhine Alliance had actually left the fortress to launch a counterattack, Snellman snorted coldly and ordered, "Move out all the Bear Cavalry and flank them from the side!"

The war bears of the Suomi Kingdom maintain a state of semi-starvation; if they are too full, they will hibernate, and if they are too hungry, they will lack strength, thus maintaining their most ferocious state.

The thousand bear cavalry is Snellmann's trump card. If this counterattack force is destroyed, the morale of the Rhine Alliance will be completely crushed, and they won't even be able to hold the fortress. Therefore, it is appropriate to use it at this time.

The bear cavalry charged forward like an overwhelming tide, their roars unstoppable.

"Ow~"

The war bears running in front suddenly stopped, as if there was something in front of them that terrified them. No matter how much the knights on their backs urged them on, they dared not take a single step forward. The bear knights behind them were blocked and squeezed together.

Just then, a whooshing sound came from behind.

Based on the coordinates provided by Theodore, Reiner laid fire on the location where the bear riders had stopped.

Theodore's men immediately turned on them, adding insult to injury, and fired at the disorganized bear riders.

Maria breathed a sigh of relief. Soul magic was somewhat difficult to use on humans, but it was much easier to deal with animals.

However, casting Fear spells on charging bear cavalry was completely different from what they usually did in training, and they almost messed up just now.

Tony breathed a sigh of relief and almost ordered his men to carry Maria away.

At this moment, the commando team was close to the enemy's magic group. Tony ordered, "Iron Fist, prepare!"

When the mages of the Kingdoms of Sverrière and Suomi saw the charging enemies raise their "pike-headed hammers" and the bombs stopped falling from the sky, they placed shields in the front and prepared to attack from the back.

"Whoosh!"

They didn't expect that the hammerheads of those "pike-headed maces" would fly at extremely high speed and crash into the magic shield.

Streams of metal pierced through the shield in the blink of an eye; the simple leather armor was utterly useless against them.

The mages in the back row were stunned, not understanding why those in the front row had all collapsed.

Maria seized the opportunity and began to cast a spell.

An invisible energy erupted from the faintly lit magic circle in front of her, surging towards the mage group like a tsunami.

With Maria's current strength, she could easily take on a single mage, but she would be far from being able to deal with the entire mage corps.

But on this ever-changing battlefield, a moment's distraction can be the difference between life and death.

Tony and Gunnar's commando team seized the opportunity when the enemy's spellcasting paused, first firing to mow down a group, and then wielding their weapons to cut them down at close range.

Maria charged into the enemy ranks with the commando team, protected by a squad.

They moved across the battlefield, and whenever Maria saw something that looked troublesome, she would use her magic to launch a sneak attack, while the guards would focus their fire to finish it off.

"careful!"

A magician who had been feigning death realized Maria's identity was not simple. When she approached within five steps, he suddenly attacked, his fiery fists aimed at her head. Maria's usual martial arts training was limited to defense against assassination attempts. Fortunately, Weisen's martial arts emphasized close combat within seven steps, requiring speed and accuracy. In the blink of an eye, he emptied all the bullets from his revolver, but was also splattered with blood.

Tony, who was standing not far away, was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. He immediately turned around and ordered the mountain mercenaries who had followed him to finish off all the people lying on the ground!
Behind the assault team, Delden led the elite Royal Knights to break through the breach and penetrate behind the enemy's attack line. Instead of participating in the annihilation of the mage corps, they broke into smaller groups and used their superior individual combat skills to attack the enemy attacking the fortress from the rear.

"Sigh..." Kosdorf sighed and said to Snellman, "Let's hold off on this for now and attack later."

Snellman nearly ground his teeth to powder. He never expected that this group of Wessen soldiers would be so powerful, instantly changing the situation on the local battlefield.

"Alright," he could only say, "We have a numerical advantage; we'll set a trap to ensnare them."

The allied offensive was halted on one side, and shortly afterward, the Piast Kingdom's army, which had been holding back the attack, also temporarily withdrew.

The assault team, seeing that they had gained the upper hand, slowly withdrew, first retreating to the foot of the wall, then circling around to the water's edge, and entering the fortress through the city gate there.

Shu Yunshidega breathed a sigh of relief and immediately arranged for the guards on the city wall to rotate shifts.

Tony, Delden, and Gunnar deliberately let Maria walk in front, while they themselves lagged two steps behind.

The nobles and soldiers who had just retired to rest lined up on both sides of the road, raised their weapons, and saluted Maria, who was covered in the blood of her enemies, their eyes burning with reverence.

“Luckily she married Frederick,” Reiner joked with Theodore. “If she had stayed in the Duchy of Mainz, you might not have been able to secure your position as heir.”

Theodore rolled his eyes at him, secretly relieved. He never expected his sister to have such a fierce side; only Frederick, that monster, could keep her in check.

Pistor was feeling stifled when he saw Rudolf refuse to fight in the main tent, so he made an excuse to come out for some fresh air.

He watched the entire counterattack from the city wall not far from Theodore, hesitated for a moment, and then suddenly felt relieved.

Pistor walked silently to Theodore and Reiner and said in a low voice, "If only our queen were so brave and fearless."

He seemed to be lamenting the fact that he had previously wanted Queen Antonia to serve as the supervisor of the reinforcements, but the queen had already fled. However, to the other two, this was a significant political signal.

Meanwhile, in a tent ten kilometers west of the battlefield, Heinz, the commander of the northern front corps, glanced at his pocket watch and said, "It has begun."

The counter-offensive was planned by Heinz. After days of comprehensive reconnaissance, the defenses of the western kingdoms of Sverrières and Suomi were already clear. The number of attacks each defensive node could withstand and the number of people that could travel on each road had been calculated in detail.

When the second hand pointed to "12", it was as if a switch had been pressed, and Wei Senjun started to run like a pocket watch.

Air Force transport planes streaked across the night sky above the military camp like ghosts, while airships flew in formation high in the air, and aerial bombs rained down from the sky.

At the same moment, the artillery, which had been poised to fire, roared deafeningly, and the outposts, bunkers, and camp walls to the west were reduced to ashes in a series of explosions.

The 1st Division's two main regiments and reinforcements were deployed in full force. The commanders of the 11th Regiment, Matthias, and the 12th Regiment, Oliver, led their troops to attack the camps of the Kingdom of Sverrières and the Kingdom of Suomi, respectively. The 13th Regiment was deployed as a reserve force at the junction of the two countries' camps, waiting for an opportunity to strike.

The 1st Division is theoretically the strongest force in the Duchy of Weisen, but its combat record was initially surpassed by the 3rd Division. Not long ago, the assault corps led by the 4th Division shone brightly in the north, and the entire division was eager to prove itself.

The artillery, under unified command, unleashed a textbook barrage of fire along the attack lines of the two main regiments. Infantry followed closely, breaching the enemy camps and reaching the rear of the troops preparing to attack the fortress.

To the east, the assault troops joined forces with reinforcements from the Osmaga Empire and together they attacked the army of the Kingdom of Piast.

Richard Nar said to the top combatants, "Let's go, it's time to end this war."

The war, and the lives of countless people, will end tonight.

(End of this chapter)