Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 710 Cleanup and Rout

Even though they were two or three miles apart, the sheer scale of the massive floating island, as large as a small mountain, when it collapsed and sank made the human army in the distance clearly visible.

The battle was still in its final stages, with sporadic machine gun and artillery fire continuing, but soldiers in the trenches couldn't help but raise their hands and fire into the air, and cheers like a tsunami rose and fell.

The remaining hundreds of demon lizard soldiers were relentlessly pursued by the special forces warriors and soon had nowhere to escape. They jumped into the still churning sea mouth, which was like a sea of ​​fire. The intensely burning sea caused them to float back to the surface like dead fish after a short while, struggle for a moment, and then fall silent again.

The airship force automatically split into several groups and scattered to pursue the fleeing enemies. More soldiers, led by the bloodline warriors, leaped into the crisscrossing ice trenches dug by the demon lizardmen and engaged in close-quarters combat with the scattered alien races that were still putting up a stubborn resistance.

The process of clearing out the remaining enemies, cleaning up the battlefield, treating the wounded, and tallying the results of the battle is ultimately compiled into a written report. This report is then relayed from the forward command post of the Ice Sea Base back to the capital, thousands of miles away, and finally delivered to His Majesty the Emperor's desk.

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As dawn approached, Commander Vaughn, along with a group of officers and staff, flew to the ruins of Floating Island No. 2 and listened attentively to the battle reports from the frontline officers.

All the high-ranking military officers on the battlefield knew very well that the sinking of Floating Island No. 2 did not signify a complete victory in this counter-offensive. Floating Island No. 4, hidden in the fog at the No. 17 estuary, might still be storing a large number of alien forces. Although judging from the strength of their attack on the Ice Sea base, the enemy probably wouldn't be able to launch an attack of the same scale for a long time to come, no one dared to be complacent, believing that the battlefield situation was completely in the hands of humanity.

After all... no one dares to guarantee that the "Evolver," who is as bizarre and powerful as a legendary spellcaster, will reappear in the near future.

After a quick inspection of the battlefield, Vaughn and his staff officers immediately returned to base and engaged in a heated discussion about the direction of the next military operation. Before dawn, they reached a preliminary consensus: a garrison base with early warning and blocking capabilities should be established near the Thirteenth Sea Outlet, similar to that at Big Bear Lake.

Although the second floating island has sunk into the deep sea beneath the ice, they still need to be wary of the enemy deploying new floating island fortresses to launch a counterattack. Therefore, necessary surface blockades, reconnaissance and early warning systems, and mobile combat units should be rotated to guard these areas. In His Majesty's words... a "hammer" pre-laid by humans has been suspended at the entrance of every "rabbit hole" along the entire icy sea coast. As long as these deep-sea aliens dare to show their faces easily, they will be met with the fastest and fiercest attack!

Similarly, the Northern Army did not ignore the new floating islands hidden in the fog of the No. 17 Sea Surge... After the Ice Sea Base completely defeated them, and after a whole night had passed without finding any new "Evolvers", Vaughn decisively ordered the army to set off, advancing towards the target by land and air.

The artillery units, which move slowly, are positioned far behind, ready to provide ample long-range fire support at any time.

With the support of numerous alchemy vehicles, the distance of less than a hundred miles could be covered in an instant. Under the cover of air forces, the Northern Army quickly set up defensive positions and rested for a short while before launching an artillery barrage into the churning fog at the mouth of the sea as evening approached.

Twenty-four hours ago, the scene was completely reversed... Now, the roles of friend and foe have been reversed, with human troops steadily approaching and launching a strong attack on the demon lizardmen hiding in the sea of ​​fog.

The howling artillery fire, with lightning-fast trajectories, sliced ​​into the misty area. The sudden bursts of fire, however, clearly revealed the twisted, mangled figures of the alien race, thrown about by the explosions.

After all, fog can only obscure vision, not stop the artillery's sweeping attack... The blind spot with a diameter of only two or three miles can be easily covered by nearly a hundred magic-powered heavy cannons firing in a progressive manner.

After half an hour of high-frequency bombardment, the Northern Army once again deployed incendiary bombs. The intense light and heat from the large-scale fires dispersed much of the steam rising from the intermittently erupting hydrothermal vents. Once no more Lizardmen soldiers were visible, and the Seashell Beasts that had fled back from the Ice Sea base had collapsed and died, the charge finally sounded.

Two special operations battalions, led by nearly a thousand bloodline warriors, took the lead and entered the fog sea area, rushing straight towards the vicinity of the sea estuary... The remaining ordinary soldiers were divided into dozens of assault teams, half of them remaining on guard and waiting for orders, and the other half following closely behind the vanguard.

Although the fog near Haiyongkou was thick, once they entered it, they found that visibility was not completely restricted. At least with the advance paving of the way by the targeted bombing of the burning points, they did not encounter any enemy counterattacks or ambushes along their way.

When they finally reached the edge of the cliff near the estuary... everyone suddenly realized what was going on.

The No. 4 floating island, which never revealed its true form, had long since sunk back into the water and disappeared... And the enemy that had been fighting the Northern Army head-on but had no power to resist was actually a small group of remnants of the Demon Lizardmen who had returned to the Sea Surge after their failed raid on the Ice Sea Base.

Without a doubt, upon learning of the defeat and death of the evolved beings and the failure of the main force's raid on Floating Island No. 4, the main consciousness immediately decided to control the floating island to descend and evacuate... Those ordinary black lizard soldiers, red lizard leaders, or winged beings sent to the front lines were all expendable pawns that could be abandoned.

After successfully seizing control of the No. 17 sea swell, it is also necessary to establish an early warning base for rotating troops. After the offensive and defensive situation has completely changed, the steaming sea near the sea swell naturally becomes a natural cover and smoke screen for human troops. All that is needed is to keep an eye on the enemy who may come back from the sea below.

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Shortly after nightfall, Harvey, who had been quietly waiting for news from the front lines, immediately received the final battle report of this counter-offensive. The moment he picked up the communicator, his heart, which had been hanging in suspense for so long, finally settled down.

Also keeping a close eye on the situation at the front were the two chiefs, Salas and Dawson. In order to get first-hand battle reports from Harvey, they even shamelessly stayed in the emperor's study for an entire day, which was unprecedented for them.

"Your Majesty, news has come back from the front? What's the situation?"

Salas rarely showed such a slightly anxious emotion, and Harvey naturally understood what he and Dawson were thinking, as well as the additional worries... How would the way spellcasters and mortal soldiers cooperated to fight the enemy perform in this large-scale long-distance military operation?

"Please rest assured, both of you. We have almost achieved a great victory. The two sea swells near the Ice Sea coast have been completely wiped out of the enemy. The spellcaster force has also killed a rare and powerful evolved human, which will undoubtedly severely damage their main consciousness."

Salas nodded slightly, exchanged a glance with Dawson, and then simultaneously let out a long sigh of relief.

As it turns out, His Majesty's words were true... Uniting all forces that can be united, and all social classes that can be united, the united front formed by extraordinary individuals and ordinary people is indeed an important reliance for them to defeat the great enemy of the alien race in the future.

(End of this chapter)