Warhammer in a box

Chapter 69 Artillery Cleansing the Ground
There were a lot of longship wreckage floating on the sea, and Ulfric actually destroyed all the remaining ships.

Now all the Norsemen here have no choice but to fight to the death!
Ulfric is planning to burn his boats!
Zhang Heng adjusted his perspective as quickly as possible and told Ludwig everything he saw.

Geisel, who was standing by, saw that Ludwig, who had originally looked relaxed, became increasingly solemn. He was about to ask Ludwig if he was feeling unwell, but before he could open his mouth, he did.

Ludwig shouted to Geisel in panic.

"Gesser, quickly order the troops to stop! Those Norscans have an ambush, they are not a defeated army at all. Ulfric is back, and he has brought his war beasts with him!"

Hearing what Ludwig said, Geisel also frowned.

"Ludwig, what are you talking about? How did you know that?"

"It was Him, He told me, He saw it!"

"The god you believe in?"

"That's right!"

"Tell me! Tell me what it is!"

"There are at least 6,000 Norscans still in the city. Ulfric is back. He didn't run away! The Frost Dragon! The Dragon Demon! And the Soul Reaper! They are all in the city! We can't move forward!!"

"Impossible! Dragon Demon?! How could the Dragon Demon appear here? This is impossible!"

Geisel obviously didn't quite believe what Ludwig said.

The team also stopped when they saw Geisel and Ludwig arguing.

Lele also rode forward and asked, "What's wrong, you two?"

But when he learned the content of their conversation, he was also stunned.

"If Geisel is really like what Ludwig said, many people will die this time," Lehrer said tentatively to Geisel.

"I don't believe it! And we have more than 10,000 people here! Even if what Ludwig said is true, so what! We have artillery! We have muskets! We even have the so-called God-given weapons under his command. We have the advantage in numbers, so there is no reason not to fight this battle!
Should we let them occupy Dist Harbor? Should we let them flee back to the North and make a comeback later? Even if they don't flee, the damage caused by so many barbarians scattering inland is not something the Nords can afford! This war must be fought, there is no war without casualties."

After weighing the pros and cons, Geisel still said that it was not easy for the electors to send reinforcements, and then waiting for the empire to ask for help would take another ten days, half a month or even longer!

"Ludwig Geisel is right. If we retreat now, no one knows what these barbarians will do. If we really annihilate this group of Norsemen, they will not be able to move south for at least several years.

It will take time for His Majesty the Emperor to gather reinforcements, and it will not be possible in a short time."

Lehrer has a good relationship with Ludwig now, but he still puts the interests of the empire first. Compared with the death of some soldiers in battle, the strategic value of victory is obviously higher.

Ludwig still didn't fully understand that a kind army cannot be commanded.

Seeing that his persuasion was useless, Ludwig had to give up. He could only tell Geisel and Lehrer to be careful and at least let the soldiers know that the next battle would be difficult.

"Ludwig, don't worry, we will. If those giant beasts really appear as you said, we will need your help!"

“We will do our best!”
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Before the sun set, the attacking troops had arrived outside Dist Harbor. The troops were neatly arranged into square formations, waiting for the battle to begin.

On the other side, the harbor of Dist was eerily quiet. From a distance, not a single Norseman could be seen!
"Are these Norsemen really still in the city?" Geisel asked doubtfully. These barbarians always rush in recklessly. Why would they do this this time? He looked at Ludwig, as if to ask, are you lying?

Zhang Heng constantly told Ludwig about the Norsemen's movements from a God's perspective.

"Lord Geisel! These barbarians have learned their lesson! They are hiding and waiting for us to go in!" Ludwig said, looking at Dist Harbor.

Ludwig didn't want to engage in brutal street fighting, as this would mean losing his numerical advantage and having to face the strong physical fitness of the Norsemen.

"Hiding? Really?"

"You'll know soon! Marcus! Do you have enough ammunition?!" Ludwig said to Marcus from under the car.

"The main gun still has 25 rounds left. If we don't waste them, it should be enough!"

"Great! Do you see the third red-roofed house on the right side of the gate? Give it a shot! There are a lot of people hiding there!"

"Don't worry! I promise to complete the mission!"

"Brothers of Nuln, set up your mortars." Ludwig told the artillerymen of Nuln the approximate distances to the houses where Zhang Heng had discovered the Norsemen were hiding.

The three terrifying beasts hid in the center of the city. The mortars could not cause much damage, and the Leman Russ's main gun had no range. It would be better to kill more Norse raiders to reduce some pressure on the front.

Nun's engineers began to assemble on the spot. Shells loaded with black powder were stuffed into the barrels one by one, and the engineers began to adjust the shooting angles!
"Lord Ludwig! Everything has been adjusted!" Nunn's engineer said quickly.

"Very good! Ferrell! Be ready to fire at any time. Brothers of Noon, when you hear the sound of artillery fire, you should also fire together! Give those barbarians a good bath!"

The loading system inside the Leman Russ began to operate, a high-explosive bomb was loaded into the barrel, and the turret of the Leman Russ began to rotate and aim at the target.

"Cover your ears! Don't be deafened! Dogs of Chaos, feel the Emperor's wrath! Fire!"

"Bang~" The huge sound of the artillery made the horses in the team become restless, and as the shells pierced into the target roof, huge fireballs shot up into the sky, and the bodies of the Norse raiders were even blown into the sky.

"Fire!" Nunn's engineers also lit the fuse, and 10 mortars were lined up in a row. The shells drew an elegant parabola and smashed into the port. Although the accuracy was a bit off, half of the shells still hit the target.

The Norsemen were stunned by the sudden artillery fire. They didn't know why these shells could hit them so accurately even though they were hiding so secretly.

The looters hiding in the house were scared. They didn't want the house to become their own grave.

"Marcus! Save your ammunition! Noon's brothers can fire freely! Bring up the fireworks! Give them a barrage of fire!"

Hearing the screams coming from the port from the raiders who were severely injured by the artillery fire but not dead yet, everyone realized that Ludwig was not lying, and the people of Nun became more excited.

"Fire, fire! Bring up all the shells, and where are the fireworks! The positions are roughly right, shoot the shells!"

As fireworks and mortars fired together, Dist Harbor was soon engulfed in flames, with explosions and fleeing Norscans everywhere.

"Attack, attack! Infantry advance! Kill these barbarians before they come to their senses! For the empire!"

(End of this chapter)