I became a witch, but I started the industrial revolution

"The Allies will not have time to dig trenches. Until the last second before death, they will not believe that a new history is coming!"

Chapter 231: A Defensive Battle with a Huge Disparity

Cassius looked in silence at the composition of the invading forces written in the intelligence in his hand.

Led by the two empires of Britian and Mantogle, together with four kingdoms, they formed an army of over 500,000 people with extremely powerful armaments for the Tsar.

The officers are basically elite officers from each country, but the soldiers they command are Roshek~

Whether it is various types of artillery, aircraft, tanks, or even the "scepter"-level super weapons of the Holy See, they have everything.

This is just the supporting army. Each of the Allied Powers also has an intervention force of 2 to 5 troops landing in the White Army-occupied areas closest to them. Except for the side close to the sea, Ernesto is already facing a situation of being surrounded on three sides.

However, most of the soldiers under their command were made of flesh and blood, and they lacked food and clothing. Signs of the cold and long winter had already begun to show.

The cold ice and snow will cover the entire land of Ernesto and the road ahead. If they cannot win this civil war where the odds are quite different between the enemy and them, then everything they have done before will be meaningless.

If this war is not fought now, their descendants will eventually have to fight it.

Cassius and Yadov both knew very well what they were facing. If the battle dragged on, the White Army, which received continuous support, would become increasingly powerful.

But they may not be able to live until the day when the alliance is free...

The only advantage at present is that we have the support of the Allied Air Force in the air, and we can have air support for a certain period of time.

And this is not always available.

After Surya intercepted the alliance's fixed-wing aircraft, other countries also began their own reverse research and development.

With the fall of the Surya Kingdom's territory, more and more frontline airports were occupied. If the Alliance wanted to deliver supplies, it could only use extremely slow airships or transport ships by sea.

The initial aircraft is not that difficult to build. In the final analysis, it is nothing more than an engine, wings, and propellers. That’s it.

The power core was not difficult for them at the beginning. The magic pack itself is a power source and is also very strong in power output.

Due to the lack of theoretical science, they cannot make anything advanced, but if they can make it look similar, they can borrow most of the prototype's external lift logic, and they can still create a powerful enough force to make a brick fly.

If a few homemade machine guns were installed on the wings, it would pose some threat to the Alliance Air Force.

Because of the problem of extremely long range, the bomber fleet that provided support did not have fighter escort from the Alliance Air Force.

Forcibly breaking through the enemy's barrage of magic fighters and anti-aircraft magic cannons would also result in heavy losses. For this reason, the bombers can only gather together and form a hedgehog formation with machine guns.

But as the scale increases, every time a large number of bombers are mobilized to support Ernesto, it would be better if they can hit high-value targets, otherwise it would be a complete waste of effort.

When the first legion of the alliance was preparing to land on the main continent to fight under the escort of the navy, the first round of confrontation war in Ernesto officially broke out.

The situation that Cassius had predicted before began to happen in reality. The 112th Division, the first army to fight against the White Army, suffered a defeat.

Officers who generally wore mechanical suits could lead their soldiers to charge forward. The 112th Infantry Division, which lacked heavy firepower, suffered heavy casualties even with the protection of trenches.

Under the large-scale destructive attack of the Vatican's staff, the trench defense system was destroyed and occupied before it could play much of an effect. A division lost more than half of its troops before it successfully retreated.

In terms of soldier quality, the technical and tactical levels of both sides were basically not much different. Especially in the situation where the officers took the lead in charging, the morale of the White Army soldiers was not lower than that of the generals.

The total number of troops on both sides was roughly equal, but their equipment was far behind. In the end, Yadov made up his mind to accept the advice of the Alliance General Staff and canceled the production of all heavy equipment except artillery.

Instead, they began to mass-produce anti-tank and anti-aircraft mines under the guidance of Alliance technology authorization, as well as anti-tank/aircraft rocket launchers and infantry support fire grenade launchers that carried black powder and gasoline as propellants.

The army strives to make the most destructive weapons with the least loss of resources. As for the protection of other personnel and survival on the battlefield, the army can no longer take that into account.

As the army consciously retreated to await weapon replacement and the latest orders, it repelled the obstacles that hindered the White Army and began to rapidly occupy the surrounding towns and villages.

All factories in the city were shut down, and all food and supplies in residents' homes were looted. A strategy of annexation and clearing the land was adopted to completely disrupt the normal operation of the area.

Anyway, the White Army has the material supply support from the Allied Powers. Although it will be difficult for them if production is interrupted, it is definitely not as seriously affected as the Japanese army.

As for the most basic high-consumption products, coal and food, the alliance can only help the army solve half of them at most. Unless the army is willing to take out the magic crystals as military supplies to provide ordinary people with firewood and heating, the army will definitely be shaken by the lack of food and coal.

As for how these ordinary people who have lost their supplies will survive the winter, that is not something they need to consider.

In the direction of Wuyanchi, the returning Vatican army deployed two armies with nearly 11 troops at one time in an attempt to break through the defense line of Wuyanchi State.

Wuyanchi is located on the river and is a transit station for the Allied Forces' sea transport of supplies.

A steady stream of supplies will be unloaded from ships here, loaded onto train cars and sent to other military states for use. If this place is captured, it means that the time spent on transporting supplies will become longer and less.

The three state armies on a line each arranged an army garrison, but the commander of the Holy See was very shrewd.

He chose to dispatch one of the armies to besiege Uyanchi, while he took the rest of his troops to force a crossing several hundred kilometers upstream, trying to join forces with the White Army in the direction of Izaven and cut off the waterway.

Coincidentally, the closest to here is the 112th Infantry Division, which was defeated and retreated by the Allied Forces some time ago and has just completed its preparation and replenishment of troops not long ago.

"Chris needs to stay in place for at least five days, giving the other two state armies time to deploy divisions to the rear to build fortifications."

Yadov looked at the withered trees outside the window and said, "Five days. An understaffed infantry division with 9000 men will fight against 6 regular troops for five days. Can Chris hold on?"

“It’s difficult, too difficult, but it has to be done.”

Cassius shook his head and continued, "The pressure on the western front is even greater. We don't have the spare capacity to send more troops back for reinforcement. We can only play with the existing cards."

"Don't worry, there is not a single coward among the students who graduated from the Alliance Military Academy. Even if we have to die, we will die on the battlefield!"

Upon hearing this, Yadov sat down somewhat dejectedly: "I believe in you. Perhaps without you our uprising would have failed long ago, but we may never be able to repay you for what we owe you."

Cassius chuckled and said, "You are too kind. If that is what we want, for money and honor, I'm afraid there wouldn't be so many people traveling thousands of miles to come here."

"We don't have any special ideas, it's just that... we are living a good life and we want others to live as well as us, that's all."

Chapter 232 I, Olgovich, am back again!

Chris, who received the telegram, looked serious: "Five days?"

"Five days? How can you do that, Commander? Even if 60,000 people were piled up, they would kill us!"

'Yes, this order is basically equivalent to a death sentence for us.'

Chris raised his hand to stop his men from talking. "Don't panic. No matter how difficult the situation is, there is always a solution. There is a low hill about one kilometer in the middle of the river. Perhaps we can use it as our position."

Chris shook his head and pointed to the bare, rocky hills clearly visible in the distance:

"If we hollow out the back and dig a tunnel, the front slope can defend against enemy artillery and magic bombardment. Using the top of the mountain as the main position for counterattacks should minimize the losses."

"But what if the enemy bypasses us?"

Chris rolled his eyes at the person who was speaking. "Did you fall asleep in night school again? The total number of our division plus the two divisions in the rear is not much less than that of the enemy. How dare they bypass us and let us cut off the baggage line? Then I really have to thank God for his reward."

The young officer who asked the question couldn't help scratching the back of his head in embarrassment: "Captain, please don't talk nonsense. I've studied very hard."

Chris looked him up and down and said, "You should save this for later when you talk to those female comrades."

"Everyone, listen now! Move out of the mountain immediately. Comrade Engineer will lead us to build defensive fortifications. Break the mountaintop into smaller units, with the mountain as the core, and set up more than 200 small positions."

"Nine thousand people, nine thousand people are scattered on these positions like sesame seeds. Nine thousand people! Nine thousand of us are scattered like sesame seeds. More than 9 small positions will be taken down one by one by the damned Church! We will make them take them down for five days!"

"Ula!!!"

Chris dispersed his men in company and platoon units at various points throughout the mountain, and dug tunnels behind the positions as defenses against artillery fire, as well as places for supply and rest.

Like scattering sesame seeds, with the positions as points and the mountains as lines, the entire division was connected together with an invisible net.

This defensive tactic will not have any impact on the overall situation if a single position is captured, but if one is not taken down, the enemy's attack route will continue to be hit by fire from other positions, forcing it to take down the position.

But the biggest disadvantage of doing this is that this is a fixed position. The soldiers in the position have no way of retreat during the battle. Once the enemy attacks, they will have no way out.

In less than half a month, the Vatican's large army arrived at the river bank. Looking at the empty river in front of him, the Vatican's commander was a little confused. Logically, there should be enemy troops here sniping him, but he didn't see a single one.

It was not until they reached the top of the mountain that the army magician corps reported that there were a large number of life signals on the mountain. Although the total number was difficult to calculate, compared with the signal base of the Vatican's troops, it was at the small Karami level.

Looking at the hill which was only 600m high, the commander sneered: "That's it? I don't know what Olgovich is afraid of."

The magician leader's face changed when he heard the voice, and he quickly looked at the soldiers around him. Seeing that they all looked as if they were used to it, he was relieved, but he still advised: "Your Excellency the Duke, please be careful with your words. That person is now the Pope."

The commander said nonchalantly, "So what? If he hadn't been lucky enough to survive and happened to have some experience fighting against the Alliance, the goddess wouldn't have given him the position."

It is said that after the Great Depression caused by John, the Vatican paid a heavy price to appease the anger of the people at home.

First, the king was put on the grill, then Prince Farhad was forced to the guillotine, and several cardinals in the church and the Pope himself who were involved in the incident also abdicated and became ascetics in the church.

They are not allowed to touch any worldly products such as money or meat throughout their lives. They can only beg on the streets by reciting sutras in exchange for vegetables, water, noodles and other basic necessities for survival, and pray for blessings and atonement for the citizens of the Vatican.

And it was under such circumstances that Olgovich took advantage of a missed position. In the Holy See, there was a lot of work to be done and supplies were in short supply, and the atmosphere was depressed. However, this also brought one benefit, that is, there were obviously more people joining the army to make a living.

They simply started a large-scale expansion of the army, recruiting all refugees into the military system, regardless of whether they were refugees or not, and then looked for targets to vent this pressure externally.

At first, the Goddess of Light wanted to fight the Alliance, but Olgovich was obviously more eloquent and he persuaded the Goddess of Light to adopt a gradual strategy.

First cooperate with the Allies to dismantle the wings of the Alliance, and finally encourage the Allies to fight a decisive battle with the Alliance. The Holy See can complete its revenge without losing too much of its own strength.

No matter what, population is the root of faith after all. When there were other better plans, the Goddess of Light nodded her chin to express her agreement.

It was this kind of flattery that made the officers who had seen Olgovich in his downfall look down on him.

However, due to the massive recruitment of soldiers, the Vatican is now seriously biased, and the growing power of officers has forced Olgovich to tolerate it, which further encourages their arrogance.

"No matter what they are trying to do hiding in there, I now order all troops capable of launching long-range attacks to attack with all their might. Don't they prefer to be rats hiding underground? Then trample them into the mud!"

After giving the order, the commander leisurely returned to his luxurious carriage to rest. Under the commander's command, the others began to use large-scale magic and artillery to launch a sweeping attack on the hilltop.

Under the high-density firepower, the few green leaves and trees on the mountain were all turned into dust and dissipated in the smoke.

Chris and the others hid behind the rock wall, feeling the violent vibrations from time to time, as well as the temperature changes from high heat to extreme cold, and they couldn't help but gasp:

"Division Commander! Fortunately you said to dig through the mountain, otherwise with this firepower density, many of our brothers would have died in our previous positions."

"Yes, yes! Is the Church crazy to fight like this? Are they trying to bury us alive with magic?"

The sudden change of temperature plus artillery fire could easily destroy many fortifications, but although the L-shaped and U-shaped tunnels deep inside the mountain were also severely damaged, the thickness of the rock layer on the surface, measured in meters, was still enough to withstand such an intense attack.

Chris sighed when he heard this: "After being bombed so many times, even the dumbest person has to figure it out if he wants to survive~"

Ever since rifles became mainstream equipment on the main continent, major countries have developed endless ways to deal with the problem. The simplest one is to stop charging at the position and instead use long-range large-scale magic to directly kill the entire position.

The human body is originally weak and naturally cannot withstand the power of nature. However, after being subjected to this force many times, countries that use firearms have gradually begun to explore various ways to deal with it.

It's rare to be like the Alliance, directly use magic to counter magic, use professional shield generators to protect the safety of the position, and use more explosive or more accurate long-range weapons to shoot turkeys.

The simple way is to dig complex or C-type trenches or simply go deep into the mountain and use other media to reduce the damage caused by magic and artillery.

Chapter 233: The Bombing

Both armies are the more elite forces of the Holy See, configured with a mecha division, several magician regiments, a heavy artillery regiment and tens of thousands of ordinary soldiers. They have both firepower and numbers.