What's wrong with building a steel torrent in a dungeon?

Fran must capture the Wolf Fort of Huang Silang as soon as possible before the Vienna Alliance is announced and before she runs out of food.

And this time, at most, is only seven days!

But the defense of Wolfburg is known for its abnormality. There are three walls, each with countless fortifications! It is already very difficult to break through these three walls. After that, she must fight a hard and arduous street battle with Huang Silang's troops!

The Wolf Fort covers a very large area, and there are many bunkers and secret passages built inside. Without enough manpower, it would be impossible to capture the Four Yellow Wolves.

In order to capture the Wolf Castle within seven days, Fran must seize every minute.

As the sound of artillery resounded over the Wolf Fort, the siege finally began.

The soldiers in the Wolf Fort had obviously never seen a firearm before. The loud noise of the cannon frightened them so much that they hid behind the city wall and did not dare to look outside, fearing that this terrible weapon would suddenly take their lives. Some soldiers even began to pray.

Taking advantage of this gap, Fran's soldiers immediately rushed up with ladders. As soon as the soldiers above showed their heads, they would be hit by a volley of bullets.

However, the brutality of the ensuing battle far exceeded Fran's imagination.

After the initial panic, the soldiers of Wolf Fort relied on the dense fortifications, continuously fired crossbows, threw stones and poured boiling oil, and unexpectedly defeated Fran's attacks several times in a row. The soldiers on the wall also found that although Fran's attack was very powerful, with artillery and guns, their effects were very limited.

Generally speaking, the battle lasted so long that almost no one was killed by artillery fire.

Seeing that there was no benefit to be gained and that continuing like this would only result in more casualties, Fran had to order her troops to retreat.

When the soldiers in the Wolf Fort saw Fran retreat, they immediately let out a thunderous shout.

Is this the legendary invincible Lord of Flan?

Is this the heavenly soldier who defeated the Holy Roel Empire?

That's it? That's it?

They stood up one by one from their hiding places, and after confirming that Fran's troops had left, they began to cheer arrogantly! For a while, the sky above the Wolf Fort was extremely lively, and there were even direct members of the Yellow Wolf Clan who urinated on the city wall to provoke the people of Orila who had pointed at their noses and scolded them.

Huang Silang was also very excited when he heard the news. He personally climbed up the city wall, encouraged them, and distributed a lot of gold, silver, and jewelry. The morale of the wolf clan members on the wall was instantly boosted. After comforting them, Huang Silang couldn't wait to write a battle report and send it to the other major families.

The members of the Yellow Wolf Clan were immersed in the joy of victory, and no one noticed that under the dark night sky, one huge cannon after another was slowly being transported from Thermopylae to Wolf Fort. The caliber of the cannon was so large that even Fran's soldiers had never seen it before.

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Chapter 82: Race against time

In Fran's main camp.

Several officers lowered their heads, waiting for Fran's criticism.

According to the plan Fran had made earlier, they should capture the first wall of Wolfburg tonight.

The officers originally thought that this should be a very easy task. After all, the elite soldiers of the Yellow Four Wolves were defeated outside the city of Orila, and the remaining guards were seriously undertrained and could not be compared with them at all. In addition, the soldiers of Fran had basically popularized firearms. They could even defeat the people of the Holy Roel Empire and capture the city.

Isn't it easy to build a wall?

Some officers even thought they could take down three city walls in one go.

However, they soon ran into trouble against the towering city walls.

Although the artillery was powerful, because the range of the top of the city wall was so small, most of the scattered cluster shells hit the open ground, and basically had no effect on the soldiers of the Wolf Fort. It could be said that it was only used to hear the noise.

When fighting for the city wall, they underestimated the power of the fortifications. The large number of arrows and rolling stones made them unable to raise their heads. The crossbows on the city wall showed great power.

The crossbow arrows from high above made the muskets look inadequate in terms of power and accuracy! The thick barrels became a burden to them.

More importantly, they had rarely conducted siege warfare-related training before this, which led to a lack of coordination between the troops, chaotic command, and the soldiers fighting on their own, completely lacking the tacit understanding they had during positional warfare.

"Okay, everyone sit down first."

The expected punishment did not come. Fran motioned for them to sit down first, and then said: "I am also responsible for the failure of this battle. I underestimated the strength of Wolfburg and set too high a goal. But failure is not necessarily a bad thing. This battle exposed many of our problems! You go and communicate with each other! The important thing is to communicate with everyone.

Communicate with the soldiers on the front line! Listen to their ideas. I think we will be able to use them in the next battle soon."

"I'm sorry, Lord City Lord! We will make a good summary, a good summary, and we will never let you down in the next battle!" The officers said immediately

Having officers listen to the experiences and lessons of soldiers is something that is simply unheard of elsewhere.

Not to mention the Holy Roel Empire, there is no such precedent in the entire continent. But it is common in Fran's army. After all, his officers are all selected from civilians. There is no insurmountable gap between officers and soldiers. As long as they have talent, anyone can command the troops.

To have bloodline or identity.

After a night's rest, the siege began again.

Seeing that Fran's soldiers were rushing towards them as before, disdainful smiles immediately appeared on their faces.

"These peasants really don't know how to live or die!"

"You keep fighting despite repeated defeats. You don't know how high the sky is or how deep the earth is!"

The confident Yellow Wolf Clan soldiers immediately manipulated the fortifications and poured down towards the soldiers attacking the city below.

Originally, they thought the battle would be as easy as before, but what they didn't expect was that this time it was actually a feint! These people calculated the number of their fortifications and knew that there would be a break after each wave of attacks, so they deliberately lured them and then launched an attack during the break.

This really made the soldiers of the Yellow Wolf Clan panic. Why didn't the other side play by the rules? Why did they change their tactics? Couldn't they just stand still and let them attack?

After intensive communication training, the officers quickly compiled the experience summarized by the soldiers into formulas and then passed them on to each other, which greatly improved their combat flexibility.

After several hours of fierce fighting, Fran's warriors finally reached the city wall. After standing on the solid top of the city wall, their daily training finally came to the fore.

Without the protection of fortifications, the soldiers of the Yellow Wolf Clan were no match for them and were quickly beaten back. As more and more soldiers climbed up the city walls, the soldiers of the Yellow Wolf Clan finally collapsed. Some fled, some surrendered, and soon they lost all will to fight! The first city wall also changed hands smoothly.

Seeing the Huang family's flag being thrown down from the city wall and replaced with the flag of the Lord of Orila City, the surrounding civilians immediately cheered. In their opinion, since the first wall had been breached, the next two walls would naturally be within reach! They would soon be able to kill the beast Huang Silang with their own hands and celebrate their dead.

Revenge of relatives.

However, unlike these optimistic people, Catherine and other officers under Fran's command looked solemn.

It took them two full days to break through the first outer city wall. And this was based on the fact that Huang Silang intentionally or unintentionally abandoned the first city wall and moved a large number of fortifications to the back.

The next two walls were not only higher and more densely fortified, but most importantly, they could protect each other. That is to say, unless they could capture these two walls in succession, no matter how much advantage they had accumulated, it would be taken back.

But that's not the worst.

Just as the officers came to Fran's tent to discuss the next battle plan, another piece of bad news came in. The other eight families assembled a coalition army and were marching towards Wolf Castle.

"Let's talk about the coalition first." Fran said to the scout.

"Yes! The coalition forces of the eight families total about 6,000 people! They started to gather when we started the siege. Now they have finished gathering and are heading towards the Wolf Fort." The scout said: "But their marching speed is very slow. It will take at least two days to arrive here."

"What is the composition of the army?"

"According to the spies, these are the last elite troops of the eight legions." The scout said, "Although they are not as good as the troops we locked in Orila City, they are at least stronger than the garrison troops in Orila City."

After listening to the scout's introduction, Catherine said, "My suggestion is to send a troop to attack them directly. If it is just the strength of the Orila City garrison! Give me a troop of 500 people, I am sure I can defeat them before they arrive."

"That's not necessary." Fran said.

"But if we don't deal with them, what if they suddenly attack us at the critical moment of the siege?" Catherine said, "Although the confidants of the eight major families have expressed their willingness to join us in dealing with the Yellow Four Wolves, they are not clan leaders after all. Those clan leaders have a close relationship with the Yellow Four Wolves. What if they share the same hatred for the enemy...we

It will be very passive.”

"Yes, Lord City Lord." Another officer said, "If we can't spare the troops for a surprise attack, we can only set up defenses two thousand meters south of the Wolf Fort, which will require more troops. And we may not be able to stop them! You know, we don't have time to deploy artillery positions... If they are determined to charge,

We simply can’t resist it.”

"Don't worry." Fran said, "I know the eight families very well. They are marching so slowly because the outcome is unclear, so they want to wait and see. I know very well that they don't care whether I win or Huang Silang wins. Whoever wins, they will help. So instead of thinking about how to defend

Instead of following their example, it would be better to take down Wolfsburg in one fell swoop."

"I understand." Catherine said with a resolute look: "Tomorrow I will lead the team myself, and everyone will work together to take down all the city walls, and try to enter Wolf Fort within 20 hours."

"No, no, no!" Fran said, "There's no need to be so hasty. Let's all have a good rest tomorrow! Regain our energy. We'll launch the general attack the day after tomorrow."

"But...we don't have much time left." Catherine said.

"I know..." Fran said with a smile, "Because the new artillery made by the research institute will not be installed until the day after tomorrow."

"New artillery?" Catherine looked puzzled. "But didn't our battle a few days ago show that artillery is not suitable for siege warfare? It's too difficult to accurately hit the city wall with a cannonball. Do you want to see the cannonball penetrate the city wall?"

"Yes..." Fran said, "These newly-made cannons don't fire shotgun shells, but solid boulders!"

Chapter 83: Breaking the Wall

"Solid boulder?" Catherine immediately understood what Fran meant, and then asked, "Do you want to blow down the city wall?"

"That's right." Fran said, "In order for the Yellow Four Wolves to build such a high wall, the thickness of the wall would obviously not be very thick! Moreover, in order to add so many fortifications, they had to hollow out the wall and dig out many warehouses. This further reduced the strength of the wall. The power of the catapult may not be able to knock down the wall, but

My artillery is different.”

"Excuse me, Lord Fran..." At this time, another officer said, "Even if we can barely penetrate the city wall, but..."

"I know what you want to say. If you want to occupy the entire Wolf Castle, you still need to capture the city wall!" Fran said.

"Yes." The officer said, "If we don't capture the city wall, our troops won't be able to enter the Wolf Fort freely, and we won't be able to fight the street battles later."

"I don't plan to fight him in a street fight." Fran said as she walked to the bottom of the map and said, "Tomorrow night, all artillery will focus on attacking this point! After the city wall collapses, Catherine, you lead all the soldiers into the Wolf Fort, and try to avoid contact with the soldiers inside the Wolf Fort."

"Do you want to behead the Yellow Wolf?"

"It's a good idea! Unfortunately, it's not right!" Fran said, "I want you to set fire inside to create momentum. In short, the louder the better, so that the people outside will believe that we are fighting a war in there."

"Then what?"

"Wait for five or six hours, and then you can return triumphantly..."

"Triumphal, how to triumphantly return?" Catherine was stunned.

But Fran did not answer Catherine. She clapped her hands, and then two soldiers came out carrying a corpse.

"Take him with you when you come out, and Wolfburg will fall by itself!"

Inside the Wolfburg.

Huang Silang was leisurely drinking champagne in a sturdy bunker and tasting fruits taken out of the ice storage. Next to him was a rabbit monster that was rubbing the sensitive parts of his body with its tail.

"Master?" Hu Qian came into the bunker panting.

"explain……"

"Flan and the others didn't launch any attacks the entire day today." said Hu Qian.

"Humph! It took them two days to capture the first city wall! That's because I felt sorry for them and deliberately moved part of the city defense to the back. I don't think they will be able to break through the remaining two city walls no matter what." Huang Silang said while humming a little tune.

"There is another good news!" Hu Qian said, "The coalition forces of the other major families are on the way."

"Oh? Is this true?" Huang Silang immediately sat up from the recliner.

"It's absolutely true." Hu Qian said, "According to Chief Naranisuoya, they will be able to reach the Wolf Fort in two days, and by then they will be sandwiched between you and them."

"Well said!"

Just as the master and servant were singing in unison, a shocking explosion suddenly came from the distance.

"What...what is this sound?" Huang Silang immediately became nervous.

"Don't worry, Chief. This is probably just Fran's artillery."

"The power of this artillery is a bit too great!" said Huang Silang.

"Mr. Huang, you don't know. Although the cannons make a loud noise, the actual effect is very bad." Hu Qian repeated what happened during the battle two days ago, and then said: "Don't say that this cannon is useless. Even if it really blows a hole in the city wall, what can it do? As long as the city wall cannot be captured,

They will not be able to completely capture Wolfsburg."

"Go watch outside! Report to me immediately if there is any movement!"

"Yes, Master Huang!"

Boom boom boom!

After a few thunderous cannon shots, the huge stone flew forward quickly and then hit the city wall heavily. At this time, the wall was already covered with cracks, and a large number of bricks and stones collapsed, with fragments scattered all over the ground.

The soldiers on the wall covered their ears and looked at everything in front of them in disbelief. They had never thought that the wall of Wolf Fort could be broken in this way.

Not long after, another round of terrifying cannon fire resounded through the sky, and this time the city wall could no longer hold up and collapsed with a loud bang.

In this way, after more than four hours of bombing, both walls of Wolf Fort were breached. Catherine, who had already been ready, immediately raised the flag high and launched an attack on the gap in the wall.

When Hu Qian returned to the front line of the battle, he had already noticed the precariousness of the city wall, so he quickly gathered the servants and soldiers to fill the gap. As long as he could block the first wave of Fulan's attack, then he would be trapped in a jar and would be attacked from all directions on the city wall.

However, just as the two armies were about to come into contact, Fran's troops suddenly changed their formation into three rows.

Three rows of people were standing, bending or squatting, with their gun barrels pointed directly at the enemy in front!

"Fire!"

Following Catherine's order, all the soldiers pulled the trigger at the same time. The dense bullets rained down on the enemy. In an instant, a large number of soldiers from the Yellow Wolf Clan fell to the ground, and the originally dense defense line immediately fell apart!

"Charge!" Catherine immediately drew out the long sword from her waist, urged the spiritual energy in her body, and rushed towards the vacant space. Seeing this, the other soldiers also put their muskets behind their backs, drew their weapons, and followed Catherine.