I became a witch, but I started the industrial revolution

Soon the troops guarding them completed the rotation, and the attitude of the newly arrived troops towards them suddenly took a 180-degree turn.

If the captured soldiers were even a little slow, they would be scolded and insulted. If they dared to show dissatisfaction on their faces, they would be hit in the face with the butt of a rifle.

However, those who were confirmed to be Alliance soldiers turned a blind eye to this. They either looked up at the sky or chatted around, but they didn't look over.

They pretended not to hear the occasional wailing, screaming and gunshots.

These people were auxiliary soldiers recruited from Surya, that is, local residents.

Because of the abundant natural resources such as oil, Surya used to be very prosperous in the main continent with the support of the alliance, and every household lived in a building and drove a car.

And because it is located on the main continent, Surya is considered a place where the cultures of the two continents meet, and its consumption capacity is strong, so the living standards of its people are much higher than in most parts of the alliance.

But all this was gone after the allied forces attacked the Surya Kingdom under the pretext of Prince Surya.

When the nest is overturned, all the eggs will be broken. If the Allied Forces want to maintain the combat capability of the army, the best solution is to eat locally, except for requisitioning supplies from far away home.

There is no simpler and more effective way than to rob directly, especially when you come to the famously wealthy Surya.

Now that you are here, it would be a shame not to take some souvenirs with you.

The ideas within the alliance were prevalent in the Kingdom of Surya, which gave the allied forces an excuse to cause trouble.

After arriving in Surya, the allied forces robbed almost everything they could from the local residents, including food, money, women, and young and middle-aged men were also captured and taken to the front lines as cannon fodder or free laborers.

No normal person would like to have everything he has plundered, and bloody conflicts between the two sides occurred all the time in every Allied-occupied area.

The Allied forces fought all the way to Trerenta after the mobile warfare began. The internal conditions of every occupied area along the way were extremely harsh.

Not to mention the smoke of war and rubble that was everywhere, the local residents were all ragged and looked half-human, and there were hardly any small children to be seen.

The moment they saw the alliance soldiers, they felt closer to them than seeing their own fathers, and they cried so miserably.

The once prosperous city was almost reduced to a wasteland. Apart from rubble and gravel, there was floating white dust and deep pits everywhere for the centralized disposal and burning of corpses.

The two sides fought on the battlefield for so long that the total casualties were only about one million.

However, the population of the Surya Kingdom was conservatively estimated to have dropped by 30% during this turmoil, and far more ordinary people were hit by bullets than the soldiers on the front lines.

When they finally waited for the rescue by the alliance force and successfully escaped their previous hellish life, after the excitement and relief passed, they were filled with overwhelming resentment and anger.

Strictly speaking, the Alliance did not consider the idea of ​​recruiting local people into the army at the beginning.

Because they are not used and difficult to coordinate, it is hard to say how much combat effectiveness they have. At least the alliance has to consider the face of King Blatter, as his country has not yet been destroyed.

But after a large number of areas in the country were liberated, Blatter immediately launched war mobilization and handed over all military command to the Allied Military.

Although his front line was still in a tense state, the overall situation had now been reversed. The allied forces that had previously besieged the royal capital were now trapped in the alliance's encirclement and were about to be caught in a dilemma.

Having survived the fatal moment, Blatter naturally wanted to fight back with an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. Not only him, but his people also needed to vent their endless anger, which led to the establishment of the local support force.

A large number of civilians could not bear the transformation from human beings to animals to be slaughtered again, and chose to unconditionally support the resisting government. They also needed to have weapons in their hands to ensure their own safety, so they were continuously recruited into the army to carry guns.

Surya broke through the limitations of traditional countries and completed a nationwide mobilization, using local resistance forces as the framework to establish a number of national defense forces in the name of states.

Their main task is to cooperate with the Alliance's second-tier mechanized infantry to split up the vanguard armored forces and recapture isolated towns.

As for how they will treat the surrendered prisoners, that is not within the jurisdiction of the Allied Military. You can do whatever you want. We don't know, and we won't interfere, let alone express our opinions.

"Hey! It's an honor to meet you, Brigadier General Sergei!"

Sergei, who was training in the barracks, turned his head subconsciously when he heard the voice. He looked at the two women walking towards him with pilot helmets on their waists and asked curiously, "Who are you? Do you have a new mission?"

"Mission? Yes, you need to get to know me and my partner, because in the future your airborne troops will mostly reach the battlefield through us, including when you need fire support~"

"Let me formally introduce myself. My name is Nellie Dart, a senior pilot of the Alliance, and her name is Goodney Hayes, the co-pilot and weapons operator."

"Sergey Andal"

Sergei stood up and politely shook the hands of the two ladies. He then said, "From what you said, we will be colleagues in the future? The comrade who flies the bomber will be assigned to the airborne troops? The Queen is very generous."

"No... We don't fly bombers. That big thing is too heavy. Come with us and you'll know~"

Chapter 278 SB-1 Challenger Coaxial Counter-propeller High-speed Helicopter

Under Nellie's guidance, Sergei came to the control area inside the airport, and he immediately understood.

He said he didn't know there was anything new, it turned out that it was put in the control area. The control area has authority restrictions and is not universal for different military branches and professions. The single transparent review mechanism has a very good level of confidentiality.

Although he had prepared himself mentally, he couldn't help but look a little strange when he actually saw a strange-looking aircraft in the hangar.

Different from the bomber's somewhat round style, the streamlined fuselage of the aircraft in front looks more comfortable, but the two large propellers on the top of the aircraft and the ship-like propulsion propeller design at the back look a bit out of place.

"This... looks a little um, petite and cute?"

"puff..."

Naili and Dadang looked at each other and couldn't help laughing, then they suppressed their laughter and explained seriously:

"She just looks small, but in fact her rotor is 18.5 meters long and 17.25 meters in diameter, so she is not small at all."

【SB-1 Challenger】

"It is equipped with two 1700 horsepower engines, a cruising speed of about 340km, a maximum range of 1200km, and is equipped with a small anti-gravity device. Its maximum take-off weight is 12 tons, and it can carry a fully armed team of about 8 people. A 5-barrel Vulcan cannon can be installed on the nose and belly to provide short-term fire support. Moreover, it is very flexible."

"The coaxial reverse propeller design allows it to hover in the air. The ultra-low-altitude flight provides you with support for rapid low-altitude parachute landings without the threat of anti-aircraft artillery. It is safer, more concealed, and faster."

Sergei thought it was good, but said, "It can only carry a few people. Given our current battlefield needs, what use can such a small number of people have?"

"If it is purely for transportation and does not require fire support, it can carry a maximum of 18 people, including two pilots, which is an airborne division squadron. Is that enough?"

"...That's barely enough."

Co-pilot Goodney explained: "You don't need to worry about the load. We won't be the only one providing you with an airborne platform in the future. We're just giving you more options."

"The work we can do is much more sophisticated than the fighters. For example, we can flexibly clear temporary fire points everywhere, so we don't need to call for air support."

Sergey: "Okay, but I haven't seen it in person, so I think I have to ride it and experience it for myself."

Naili nodded and said, "No problem. I just wanted to tell you that this type of helicopter is fundamentally different from a fighter jet. It takes training to get familiar with it. Call your teammates and we will take off on time in 15 minutes."

Helicopters, or rather slow-reacting helicopters, do not have very good living conditions in the magic continent. Because the stock base of magicians is very large, helicopters in this world face more than just the threat of one or two rockets.

However, high-speed helicopters are obviously much better. Better acceleration capabilities allow coaxial counter-propeller high-speed helicopters to maneuver and dodge flexibly, and the implementation of anti-gravity and magic packages also greatly enhances the helicopter's battlefield survivability.

After solving the problem of survival, you can naturally play its advantages.

With the alliance's current mobile warfare tactics, large-scale parachute operations by airborne troops and small-scale mobile infiltration behind enemy lines will be carried out on two fronts. High-speed helicopters have great advantages in low-altitude precision reconnaissance and infiltration operations carrying small special forces.

After being converted into an armed helicopter, it can also provide air fire support to the front-line troops at any time, which is much easier than calling for an air strike, and can also greatly reduce the mobilization pressure of the air command in the rear.

【Hosas State】

Another snowy season has arrived. The white snowflakes from the sky flutter down to the ground, making slight noises and gradually covering the entire forest.

Violent roars coming from deep in the woods broke the quiet and harmonious atmosphere. As the vibrations became more and more obvious and intense, a large number of trees with withered branches and leaves fell down. The tow truck equipped with a bucket in the front quickly pushed down and away the trees blocking the road, emitting white smoke.

Behind it, there are a number of obstacle clearance tanks waiting to take over its work, and further behind it, there are densely packed tanks of various types and tracked infantry fighting vehicles lined up in neat rows and maneuvering along the cleared road.

From time to time, two modified Challenger armed helicopters flew quickly across the sky. Two six-barreled large-caliber Gatling machine guns were hung outside the specially dismantled cabins, emitting a breathtaking cold light.

The double-row rocket launcher rack mounted on the belly of the aircraft rotates slightly from time to time to change direction, ensuring that the rocket launchers can launch air strikes on enemy targets outside the Gatling gun's firing range as soon as possible.

It took more than two hours for the tank convoy to pass before the tail end of the convoy was finally seen.

The snowflakes in the forest gradually stopped, and as the convoy moved away, the earth returned to silence. Only the dead branches and leaves covered with snow were still shaking slightly.

At this time, on the outskirts of the forest, an allied force of about 50,000 troops were setting up camp and preparing to make a fire and cook.

As the weather turned cold and heavy snow arrived, it became increasingly difficult for the baggage train to deliver supplies to the front lines. The troops near the border of Trelenta naturally had to find ways to reduce the consumption of reserve materials to the best of their ability.

The forest is nature's treasure trove. Staying nearby can save a lot of trouble. The forest itself is also a barrier that can help them resist one threat.

The Allied commander was furiously writing a letter in the tent, in which he complained bitterly to the Allied commander-in-chief, trying to get more supply quotas.

After all, he had also heard the news that a battle had broken out between the brother troops on the front line and the alliance. As one of the troops closest to the battle area and the most likely troop to join the battle next, he was naturally a little panicked as a commander.

He had heard a little about the alliance's strong military power, but without some resources allocated to him, he really didn't have the confidence to confront them head-on.

But he soon didn't have to worry about this problem anymore.

The commander who was concentrating on writing quickly soon found that his handwriting began to become crooked, and the ink was sometimes light and sometimes heavy, which was very ugly. When he came to his senses, he noticed that the ground beneath his feet was shaking.

"Is this... an earthquake?"

Just as he was wondering, there was a loud noise suddenly outside the door.

"What is that? It looks like a large monster is active! It has great destructive power."

"Oh no! It's the Allied Forces!"

"Report to the general! Enemy attack!!!"

In the sky, a team of dive bombers let out a shrill whistle that attracted the attention of everyone present. The Allied soldiers cast their own attack spells in an attempt to shoot them down.

At this moment, four Challenger armed helicopters flew out of the woods, the probe positioning was completed instantly, and rockets were activated and launched.

With a "whoosh" sound, a large-scale sea of ​​fire engulfed the camp, and countless soldiers were blown to pieces with screams.

Many people died without even knowing what weapon killed them.

The tanks advanced in parallel in the forest, pushing the trees aside, and the Sherman tank followed closely behind and was the first to break through the woods and open fire at the weak point of the Confederate army in the rear.

Chapter 279: Seven Steps Away, the Gun is Fast

If humans are at their most vulnerable when they are halfway through using the toilet, then the military is at its most lax when preparing to eat.

Apart from the defense forces on guard at the outer gap who were still holding their posts and waiting for relief, the soldiers resting inside were not so weak as to completely lose their vigilance, throw their guns aside and eat with empty hands, but the disorganization of the formation was still unavoidable.

After a long march, most of the Allied soldiers were already at the limit of their physical strength and were hungry and tired. At this time, they were basically squatting on the ground, stuffing hard black bread into their mouths with hot water.

Before being hit by rockets from Challenger helicopters, many Allied soldiers stared blankly with their mouths full of food, and then were sent into the sky.

This was considered lucky, because many soldiers near the woods were stuck to the tank tracks when the tanks charged in the first round. Some of them who were chatting and laughing just now were stuck to the tank tracks.

30-ton medium is the Alliance's own definition of tanks. In fact, the Allies' definition of the 30-ton level is heavy.

In terms of motor-chemical time-efficiency and cost-effectiveness and traffic conditions, 30 tons is already one of the heaviest tanks seen on the battlefield in the world.

It is almost impossible to see tanks weighing more than 40-70 tons on ordinary battlefields. Even the tanks imitated by the Allied Forces are basically in the range of around 40 tons. Above that, the road conditions are very high and they cannot be driven in most environments.

"Enemy attack!!! Counterattack on the spot!!"

"Where are the mecha soldiers? Where are the tanks? Quick! Push them back!"