Mage? Spell Engineer!.

Chapter 510: Unexpected Participants

The Fortress of the Burning Sun is the Lowland Principality's reliance on safeguarding its independence.

As the Valois Republic increasingly wanted to incorporate this small coastal principality into its sphere of influence and tried to incite the people to overthrow the rule of Grand Duke Ridenen, the Grand Duke chose to meet with the new emperor of the empire.

The result was that the Lowland Duchy received a large amount of military assistance from the Empire, and the Sun Fortress was also transformed.

Therefore, although it still belongs to the principality's fortifications, it has actually become the westernmost end of the empire's defense line.

Paul and his army, as well as the entire Western Front of the National Guard, were concentrated to focus on knocking it out and attack the enemy through the Low Country Principalities. No, it will soon be the Low Country Federation or Republic.
The battle started in the early morning. The mist on the seashore had not yet dissipated, covering the fortress not far away, which guarded the coastline of the principality and controlled the estuary of the Tam River.

The alarm of the enemy attack rang throughout the Fortress of the Sun, and soldiers and artillery fire from Valois arrived one after another.

At the same time, artillery fire from the attacking side and the fortress itself rang out. After a round of attack, the spellcaster from the Valois side confirmed that there was no forbidden magic area in the Sun Fortress.

"Six giant machines are deployed to the battlefield, and seven are ready in reserve." Compared to the old commander Drouot who only had one prototype giant machine in his troops, General Paul directly commanded all thirteen machines on the Western Front, and now he seemed to be ready to go all in.

Deputy Commander Pascal said worriedly, "There can't be no anti-magic device in the fortress. If it's not activated now, it might be a trap to lure us into the giant machine."

".I know." Paul stared at the battlefield and said affirmatively.

"You know? So you..."

"We should take advantage of the enemy's traps. Those profiteers in the lowlands think they are smart, but war is not business." After saying this, Paul actually left his command post and handed over all the soldiers to his senior brother for deployment.

The soldiers of the National Guard attacked the fortress and soon felt the "scorching sun" in late autumn. Their field artillery was not at an advantage, while the fortress had abundant firepower and solid defense, even better than the Moncado Fortress.

In the Fortress of the Burning Sun, everyone who faced the enemy saw a tall giant standing up. It was Valois's "Giant Mechanical Assaulter".

"They're coming! Quick, start!"

The first to be activated were the old "impact" devices. These devices that were eliminated by the Empire were transferred here to make use of their residual heat, but the effect it achieved was not as shocking as if five devices were turned on at the same time.

When the first batch of giant machines were still about two kilometers away from the fortress, the tsunami-like anti-magic impact caused them to stop, and they all knelt on one knee, with violent steam gushing out from the gaps in their bodies.

The fortress defenders concentrated their artillery fire as quickly as possible, trying to bombard these giant machines. As the cannon's target changed, the pressure on the ground troops was immediately relieved. Pascal ordered the entire army to attack according to Paul's instructions.

"It's crazy. Using such expensive giant machines as bait." Pascal saw two giant machines being hit by bullets. Fortunately, the power reactor was not hit, so there was still a chance to repair them.

What surprised the fortress defenders was that seven more giant machines appeared in another direction to the east, and they approached the fortress rapidly after the "tsunami" passed.

Fortunately, the Empire also built a long-term version of the device. The defenders of the Principality were shocked and sweating. When the giant machine was about 800 meters away from the core of the fortress, the long-term device was activated. Its range of action was not as wide as the impact type, so they had to wait until the giant machine arrived within range.

Just like the first batch, the remaining seven machines also entered standby mode. Wait, whether it was the defending army or the attacking National Guard, their pupils dilated - the middle machine among the seven, the giant machine called "Dawn Player", started to move!
At first, it relied on the built-in steam engine, but soon the amount of steam sprayed decreased, and the "red eye" turned into a "blue eye".

At this time, the magic weaving device installed in the power reactor has taken effect, and the machine in the "black coffin" is driven by Paul himself. He is not familiar with the way of casting "magic string", but the magic weaving device has preset a new operation mode for the giant machine, and the technical support is provided by a new elder who does not want to reveal his name and has a py transaction with other members of the Senate.

He and his machine moved slowly and clumsily, and only after adapting did they regain normal movement speed, and their shields also restored their performance.

Such an unexpected situation caused great fear to the Lowland Principality's defenders, and gave great encouragement to the members of the National Guard. A huge pioneer represented the dawn of victory, and the roar in the middle of its mechanical structure was the sound of the charge horn.

The "Dawn Player" driven by Paul ran under the shells, as if the whole fortress was shaking. It had climbed to the edge of the fortress and easily released flames at the firing windows of each concrete fortress or directly crushed and hammered them down.

Just as it was climbing towards the huge cannon at the highest point of the fortress, a huge whistle suddenly sounded across the sky of the battlefield.

Is it the seaside?
An ironclad ship suddenly appeared on the sea.

It was the latest weapon of the Istani Kingdom! Its main gun caliber even exceeded the fortress cannon that the Dawn Player was going to destroy. The flag of the Istani royal family was flying on the mast of the warship, and it was cruising majestically in the sea.

The naval guns on top turned around and aimed at the fortress, and also at the huge machine that was almost lying on it.

Are they going to fight both sides at the same time? Which side is it on? Paul sensed the coming of danger through the giant machine in the black coffin. You know, the giant machine has little energy left, and he is not sure if he can stop the heavyweight player who suddenly joins the battle by deploying a shield.

The ironclad ship's first round of shooting hit targets everywhere, some on the beach, some in the fortress, and some in a panic. Paul suddenly discovered that the magic weaver was connected to something called "magic cloud". He didn't have time to think about it, and condensed the [Hysteresis] in the giant palm, which actually worked.

Not only did he successfully cast the spell, but he also successfully caught a high-speed cannonball.

The impact fuse naturally did not trigger, so he instead hurled the shell hard at the top of the fortress.

This huge ship of unknown origin suddenly began to increase its horsepower and maneuver. Soon more ships appeared on the sea level, but they were all wooden sailing ships with the flag of Istani flying on them, but this time there was no royal symbol on the flag.

Although these sailing ships could not withstand a blow from the ironclad ships, they were able to maneuver at an abnormally fast speed and actually get close to the ironclad ships at full speed. There were also suicide speedboats equipped with explosive rams that were about to hit the waist of the ironclad ships.

These strange ships, also from Istani, drove the ironclads away from the battlefield. More ships landed under the hail of bullets, with humans and vaguely grey elves.

This was when the Istani royal family in exile and the Istani Republic joined the battlefield at the same time, the latter helping the Valois Republic break down the empire's western barrier.

Due to the war in the mainland, the changes on the island were not paid enough attention for a while. The main island of Istani seemed to have changed completely, while the original overseas colonies were still centered around the royal family, united together to form a federation and confront the main island.

On the Eastern Front, also at the end of the defense line, the three reorganized armies of the Empire, totaling more than 100,000 people, passed through Bavaria and broke into the northeast of Valois. Due to the almost neutral performance of the Kingdom of Bavaria before, and the fact that most of the National Guard on the Eastern Front were concentrated near the "Helmut" Line of Defense, the Imperial Army's surprise attack caught the Republic off guard.

Almost on the same day, the countries from south of Valois united at the call of the Church of Order and marched towards the grain-producing areas south of the Republic. They joined the war, vowing to "recover the territory belonging to God" even if it meant cooperating with the Empire.

(End of this chapter)