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However, even a target is a target covered in spikes. As if seeing an opportunity, Theresis' armored vehicles rushed madly toward the warship that could not be repaired in a short time.

However, they also encountered strong resistance from the anti-armor and light firepower set up by the soldiers inside the forward and side hatches. The biggest difference between land-based ships and surface warships is that they cannot sink. Before they are completely destroyed, even if they are stopped, they are still fortresses containing thousands of soldiers, tons of munitions, and light and heavy firepower.

When a land-based warship's mobility is destroyed, its upper-level guns cease fire, and the side platforms and supply channels open, revealing the pre-prepared sandbag breastworks and metal gun shields, that's when you truly begin to destroy a land-based warship.

Otherwise, this thing will be stuck in your marching route like a fortress with abundant supplies and ammunition. That's why Terra has so many boarding designs—because even if you cripple the enemy in a long-range firefight, you still have to board and wipe out the remaining enemies.

On land, there's no seawater to kill the survivors on the ship, and unlike at sea, they aren't just adrift on the water, posing no threat to warships or passing supply convoys. They can still carry guns and cannons, forming new defensive positions on the wreckage of warships, making it impossible for your subsequent infantry and supply convoys to pass safely.

Similarly, the reason why there are so many melee units is because of this boarding action. In the cramped and narrow space of a ship, where there are flammable and explosive materials, pipes and metal ricochets everywhere, knives are indeed more useful than guns, and you won't see the tragic situation of ricochets knocking down your own men.

Spells, explosive crossbows, and swords dominate this kind of battlefield; even Old Xia's MA12 assault rifle seems somewhat inadequate in this terrain.

However, the warriors of Theresis could only teach those rookies who had only recently put down their hoes some fighting skills if they could break through the defenses around the landship and rush into the ship along the ramp.

The land-based ship was like a mobile castle, and its halting only meant the start of the siege. Not to mention, to launch a siege, the attackers also had to deal with a new threat—the Titans! The fleet spun out two old-fashioned combat ships (frigates) to gang up on the Aretosha, mainly to suppress the resistance of its crew and firepower to create an opportunity for their own personnel to charge forward.

However, the warships themselves would not get too close to the enemy wreckage, because at close range, infantry could easily use the shadows of both warships to avoid upper deck fire and destroy their transmission systems with explosives.

The biggest advantage of Originium Power is that it doesn't use fuel, so there's no way to trigger a secondary explosion by blowing up the fuel tank. "Thump thump!"

An assault ship bypassed the lower side of Aretosha and reached the raised side, which, because its hatches couldn't touch the ground, couldn't directly charge upwards. So, it deployed a dozen or so cables.

"The enemy is coming up, intercept them!" The deck, tilted at least 12 degrees, made movement difficult, but the tilted hull also served as a sandbag for them, firing at the Therese fighting team who were trying to board the ship using the grappling hooks.

This is a perilous operation akin to a beach landing, where the enemy will use all available long-range firepower, including shipborne weapons, to destroy any enemy attempting to climb up the grappling hook. Soldiers moving on the grappling hook are no different from sitting ducks.

However, the enemy fleet will also take advantage of the sloping decks that expose the blocking personnel to fire from the other side, while the assault ships carrying out the boarding and clearing operations will also unleash rapid-fire firepower to sweep across the enemy positions.

"Chop, chop, chop!" A row of steel nails appeared on the platoon leader's head. Because he was assigned to the fleet, the infantry platoon leader, who did not have an exoskeleton or protective gear, turned his head and looked at the steel nails that were deeply embedded in the bulkhead. His face turned a little pale.

The raised hatch allowed some of the sandbags to slide backward, level with the enemy's lower deck, allowing the ship's crossbows to easily suppress them at close range.

Meanwhile, the comrades on the upper decks were busy operating the ship's onboard thermobaric weapons and other weapons to prevent the enemy from boarding, and had no time to care about those below.

"Second Squad Leader, where's our thermobaric cannon?!"

"It's been hit, and we're repairing it!" The recruits' lack of experience was already glaringly obvious. The heavy weapons operator was frantically repairing the infantry's thermobaric cannon, his hands trembling. He was even struggling to pick up the parts on the ground, which undoubtedly slowed down the repair speed significantly.

"Whoosh!" A crossbow bolt with a rope attached pierced through the hatch and lodged in the side of the hangar. "I'll fucking kill you!" A streak of blood appeared above the platoon leader's head from the arrow. "They jumped on!"

"Watch out for drones!" The assault ship released attack drones, which would carry out a round of suppression on the position.

Although the Terrans didn't have rifles before, they did have warlock spells at this range.

If war mages team up, they can indeed inflict considerable damage and destruction on the fragile assault ship.

"Boom!" Half of the crew was thrown into the air, while the other half rolled down the tilting deck due to the shockwave. Some people struggled to grab onto pillars or other fixed objects to hold themselves up, but most slid to the bottom of the cabin.

"Hold on tight! There's more!" The second wave of self-destructing drones sent smoke and fire billowing from the hatch, followed by a barrage of crossbow bolts striking metal and sandbags. The platoon leader and the remaining half of the platoon kept their heads down, trying their best not to expose themselves.

These magical crossbow bolts may be called crossbows, but their accuracy at close to medium range is surprisingly good. Their close-range penetration is comparable to, or even better than, the steel nail bullets fired from a rifle.

However, as the Originium particles dissipate rapidly, once they reach mid-range, they are at their limit. Beyond that, they are practically useless except for scratching, and if you get hit, you just need to be tough enough to endure it.

"Medic!"

"Here it comes!" Being hit by this kind of piercing crossbow bolt is worse than being hit by a bullet, at least in terms of medical treatment. The unique hollow slotted structure makes it impossible to stop the bleeding. The wounded's blood sprays everywhere as if it were coming out of a faucet.

"A tourniquet!" Thanks to Lao Xia's wet kit and simple blood-making machine, the medic quickly applied a tourniquet and a blood transfusion bag after determining the wounded man's blood type. He then used a medical gel made in Terra to seal the area around the wound. Next up was... the metalwork.

The arrow shaft was cut off with a small handsaw. The barbed arrowhead was difficult to dig out, so the two ends had to be cut off and then the arrow was pulled out. The whole emergency rescue process was almost a chaotic mess.

After securing the position, the professional fighting team recruited by Theresis charged up using the grappling hooks.

However, just as these recruits were completely unaware that real war was different from what they had seen on the training field, the performance and equipment of these recruits were also completely different from what the combat team had seen on the training field.

Both of them had the exact same thought, but at different times—"Damn it! The company commander screwed me over!"

"They're here, open fire!" The remaining half-platoon of assault rifles and the light machine guns that had been painstakingly set up immediately sliced ​​the fighting team in half off the zipline. The remaining half managed to escape by releasing their hooks and using them to grab onto the raised hatch panel during freefall.

Not only were the fighting team unlucky, but even the gunners on the assault ship's deck, who were overjoyed and thought the enemy had been wiped out by this level of firepower, were instantly wiped out as well.

"Thermal Cannon!" A crimson pillar of flame swept across the deck, instantly leaving a gaping hole where molten steel was still flowing. The automatic crossbow that had been causing casualties and bloodshed ceased firing.

"Get ready, they've climbed up, prepare for close combat!" Compared to the situation on the lower deck, the upper deck was in even worse shape. It was completely exposed to the enemy's rapid-fire fire, and it was a pincer attack from both sides, a veritable bloodbath.

Fortunately, Xia Lin overruled objections and added turrets to all the deck weapons, or at the very least, gun shields. So, while the port side suffered heavy casualties, the starboard side was in good condition.

However, the starboard side faces greater pressure than the port side. Not only are enemy warships closing in due to the tilt of their own decks, which significantly reduces the range and firing arc of their railguns, attempting to use ship guns to take out the two railgun turrets and suppress deck and ground fire, but it also means that a large number of armored units on the ground are frantically approaching.

"Abandon the vehicle!" "Boom!" A Titan exploded completely, its bright beam disappearing like a gradually dimming silver needle, leaving a penetrating wound.

However, the Titan's heavy cannons also caused great damage to the enemy. They never expected that such a thing would have such a range. Half of the superstructure of a warship was shredded away.

"Crew, shoot their tracks!"

"It's firing now, but this thing won't obey me!" The mechanically driven turret rotates extremely slowly, and both sides are on the move, so hitting the tracks is not an easy task.

"Close in, fire the thermal cannon directly!"

"We can't get close, damn it!" The enemy's city defense artillery is quite powerful. Although it is direct fire, it still makes the crew here go crazy. Titans are not designed to go head-to-head with warships. Even if you bring Rat or Stalin's Hammer to go head-to-head with World War I cruisers, you will still get blown to bits.

"Their light infantry are advancing!"

"Abandon the mission, focus on clearing out the light units!" Finally, someone realized that sending Titans to fight the warships was unrealistic. Changing the target to the Theresis armored vehicles was much simpler. "Go to hell! Die!"

A single shot from a light railgun can vaporize an armored vehicle or a mobile infantry fortress, leaving only a crater.

The molten metal cannons swept away the trucks and off-road vehicles that were carrying out the boarding operation, sending them flying far away.

As for the light infantry, let's leave it to the shipborne weapons that can reach the front of the position due to their tilted angle.

If the port side was being thoroughly ravaged by enemy ship-borne weapons, then the starboard side was the enemy's turn to be mowed down by their own ship-borne weapons, with the communication channel almost filled with curses from Pegasus, the captain of the combat ship responsible for support.

What kind of firepower are you suppressing? If you don't suppress the enemy's firepower, sending light infantry to attack the city is just throwing lives into the trenches, sending wave after wave of soldiers to be harvested by machine guns and explosive crossbows.

If armored vehicles can't get close, light infantry will be slaughtered by enemy fire. For armored vehicles to get close, warships have to clear out the Titans chasing the infantry. For warships to clear out the Titans chasing the infantry, it means that enemy naval guns can take over the role of the Titans and happily continue to slaughter the light infantry.

For a moment, the battlefield fell into a strange stalemate, with both sides unsure of how to deal with the other. One side was experienced, while the other was poorly equipped.

Chapter 50 The French Fry Battle

Chapter 50

It must be said that although the Kazdel fleet suffered heavy losses in this battle, it still fought quite well.

After all, they were a bunch of greenhorns who had never been on a tank before. Most of them were never even touching a weapon in their family for the first time. The fact that they could fight against those retired veterans from Victoria to this extent was an extraordinary performance given their extremely rudimentary equipment.

On the other side, the lone patrol ship, unable to hold out, had to retreat and eventually withdraw from the battlefield, the result of which was that a Theresis landship was completely smashed into scrap metal.

However, as mentioned earlier, smashing a land-based warship into scrap metal would only create a fixed fortress on the battlefield with ample manpower and firepower.

Without the cover of friendly forces, the wreckage of the Aretosha was quickly engulfed by dense fire. Under the powerful and continuous bombardment, the thermobaric guns with only gun shields soon fell silent. Without the cover of the thermobaric guns, the railguns had too slow a rate of fire, and the continuous rapid sniping caused the cooling units to overheat and cease fire.

Ultimately, after the fleet cleared out the remaining Titans, Theresis's fighting force stormed the ship's interior under cover of fire. The two sides engaged in fierce fighting over the ship's various compartments and passageways. The Kazdel Defense Forces, participating in the battle for the first time, fought with astonishing willpower until the very last moment, until they were completely wiped out, and only then did they relinquish control of the ship.

However, before losing control, they also destroyed all the critical equipment, including the railgun system, which was stuffed with several thermite bombs and turned into a pile of scrap metal.

Although Theresis gained the upper hand in the first fleet battle, he also suffered significant losses; the casualties of half of his boarding force forced him to suspend his plan to continue the attack immediately.

Because if he were to do it again, he wouldn't have many troops left to capture the enemy's Perimeter Bay.

Moreover, fighting a naval assault with the support of large ground fortresses and long-range weapon arrays would only result in greater casualties. At that point, a piecemeal approach would be completely ineffective.

Therefore, the battle known as the "Battle of North Cazdale" ended with Theresis gaining an advantage in ship tonnage.

In reality, comparing the losses of both sides, or rather, the manpower and combat strength, it can only be said that Theresis had a slight advantage, or even that both sides suffered heavy losses.

The Battle of North Kazdel, the first battle in the entire Kazdel Civil War, was often used as an important case study for generals and staff officers to analyze. This battle once again highlighted how new weapons could change the course of war.

The most prominent new weapon in North Carolina was the rapid-fire gun, which inflicted heavy casualties on the Regent's army in the battle before they were able to capture the wreckage.

This highlights the similar difficulties faced by modern infantry in attacking the wreckage of mobile warships as in ancient siege warfare. Defenders, relying on complex terrain and abundant ammunition and firepower, had to pay a heavy price to capture the wreckage. This underscores the urgent need for a weapon capable of breaching the bulkheads and armor of land-based warships and directly killing the defenders inside.

At the same time, everyone also saw the remarkable fighting spirit of the North Kazdel soldiers. Their modern equipment allowed these soldiers, who were once farmers or even slaves, to demonstrate a fighting ability that was in no way inferior to that of a professional noble army composed of "good men".

This resulted in a large number of ordinary people and lower classes being conscripted during the Terra World War, especially the infected, who were used as cannon fodder in the trenches.

On the one hand, it finally allowed ordinary people to close the gap in military strength with the Originium Arts inherited through bloodlines. On the other hand, it made the infected and lower-ranking soldiers increasingly dissatisfied because they could not get the promotion they deserved due to the extremely unfair noble promotion system.

This discontent exacerbated the collapse of aristocratic politics and the disintegration of traditional bloodline theory in the postwar period.

Because on the battlefields of the new era, an army composed of ordinary people can completely annihilate the elite of the nobility, and what cannot be obtained on the battlefield, cannot be obtained politically either.

Meanwhile, the battle in the central theater, which was less than 16 hours away from this one, was about to begin. The fleet battle had deprived the central theater forces of half of their Titan tanks and the support of the fleet.

However, Theresis was also unable to send the fleet to continue fighting in the central region; they had to stabilize the situation in the northern desert and put enough pressure on Kazdel's fleet.

The main offensive was launched from North Kazdel, while Theresis chose to let the central region bear the attack, concede to the southeast, and the northwestern fleet delivered a powerful left hook to the Doctor's face, much like the German revolving door posture, sacrificing the depth of the Rabbit Valley area in exchange for stable defense in the central region and a heavy blow from the north.

However, this strategy was severely hampered from the outset. Although the initial blow successfully struck the enemy, and a massive artillery battle ensued along the "yellow-green" dividing line in the northern desert region, the advance did not proceed as expected. In other words, the enemy was not knocked down by the punch, but instead stood firm and withstood it.

Now it's time to test whether Therese's stomach can withstand the enemy's counter-punch, "Boom!"

The enemy's mobile formations were advancing steadily, and the low tremors transmitted from the ground made every Therese soldier on the front line feel a chill run down their spine. The low-quality cannon fodder were deployed in the mountains, relying on the terrain and numbers to wear down the enemy's southern assault force.

The damaged railway tracks did make it difficult for Petrenko's 2nd Division to continue its advance, but the time these cannon fodder could buy was limited.

If they cannot deplete the enemy's First Division's fighting strength as much as possible in the central region, then Therese will have to endure extremely painful abdominal wounds, and even more painful kidney wounds.

"Buzz buzz buzz!" The rotors emitted a buzzing sound that grew louder and louder, eventually transforming into a grand, resonant sound like the chirping of birds. The first "Hummingbird" gunship began to glide on the side platform deck of Rhodes Island, followed by the second, the third, and so on. Along with the six Hummingbird gunships taking off, the "Bad Boy" low-altitude transport aircraft and hundreds of spell drones took off from the upper deck of Rhodes Island.

In order to ensure that the aviation mages could be protected as much as possible and go to the front lines, the Terrans ingeniously developed the use of aircraft carriers, making the Rhodes Island landship their base.

The air strikes dealt with the first wave of attacks on the Theresis defenses, while Theresis had prepared enough anti-air crossbows and artificial high platforms. These simple high-rise buildings, constructed of concrete and steel and resembling vertical structures, were designed to level the heights of both sides, allowing sniper operators and crossbows to engage the air.

Don't underestimate this kind of fortress. Without a complete advantage, it will be extremely difficult to dismantle. Similar structures exist on Earth, such as the air-raid shelter in San Dezi.

It has to be said that it's hard to say whether it's effective for air defense, but it is certainly quite useful for slaughtering infantry.

Concrete high ground with anti-tank capabilities was a real challenge for infantry and armored forces. If the Soviet Union hadn't completely lost air superiority and didn't have enough troops to defend it, it could have really driven both the US and the Soviet Union crazy.

If you think it's not exciting enough, go play the 2042 high-rise map and you'll see. That's a low-end version, without anti-all-cannons (AA cannons), which is enough to make the attacking side give up.

In addition, he did carry out a lot of groundwork and launched the same drones to find and kill the enemy's operators in order to reduce the intensity and duration of the air raids.

"Hawk-1 enters the combat zone!" The flight team, whose perception had been almost entirely transferred to the Originium components of the drones, loudly reported their positions. These flight units could not be equipped with radar; if they were, the warlocks' brains could be used as heating pads, meaning that two massive amounts of sensory information would burn their brains.

Therefore, reporting, location, and communication relied entirely on verbal communication and maps. Fortunately, the remote control method allowed everyone to be in the same area, which prevented serious delays.

Observing the earth through the sensor link from the mid-altitude drone is a wonderful experience. The ground seems to be composed of undulating columnar objects, with fine lines outlining the terrain and general situation. As the Originium components slowly adapt, this mosaic-like state gradually becomes a clearer area.

However, their field of vision was quite limited, so they had to assign another sorcerer as a substitute, to act as their eyes and transmit what they saw as sensory information to their hearts through the donkey network.

This is also a problem for the combined warlocks operating drones and manned aircraft: the field of vision is too small, and if there are multiple people, how can they share what the observation warlocks see?