Different World Development Manual - Chapter 213

[Chapter 41 Battle Daily]

There are 260,000 troops in the Duchy of Capet. Although more than 30,000 troops were eaten up by the Carinthian Army during the war, there are still more than 220,000 troops on the north bank of the Aran River.

There were 170,000 troops stationed on the entire north bank of the Aran River, and 140,000 troops were stationed in the Fort Mantuen and Brie Island.

In the Guangmantuen Fortress, there are 60,000 troops stationed.

Although the Carinthian army of more than 18,000 people in An Rui’s hands was equipped with flintlock guns and artillery, it was almost impossible to attack this Mantuen fortress head-on.

Unless a strong man like An Rui goes out in person, of course, there must be many strong men stationed in the Mantuen Fortress, and An Rui’s current level is not as high as before.

Therefore, An Rui had no choice but to choose covert actions. Before the news of the Carinthian Army’s appearance in Duran had reached Jon’s ears, he used the cover of the Valois Forest in the west of Cape Duchy to head directly to the east. The Mantuen Fortress marched, ready to be caught off guard by the Mantuen Fortress.

Outside the Mantuen Fortress, the magicians built one after another magic array, aiming at the Carinthian garrison on the south bank, ready to fight at any time to prevent them from crossing the river.

And one by one, the water elements were also summoned from the river by these mages through the magic array, and began to board the south bank, launching a harassing attack on the Carinthian army on the south bank.

The Carinthian Army on the south bank was also fully prepared. On the opposite side of the Mantuen fortress, there were 3,000 Carinthian troops stationed at this time. They made wooden horses and placed them on the bank of the river to stop Mantuen. The harassment of the garrison and mages in the fortress of Thun.

Outside the camp, many watchtowers were erected, and soldiers stood on them, constantly observing the situation on the other side.

As the magic array on the other side of the river radiated light again, the vortex on the Alan River also spun.

With the sound of water flowing, the water elements suddenly gathered together under the guidance of magic.

Bunch of liquid slowly grew from the river surface, and then gathered into a human shape, standing on the river surface, twisting, and began to move toward the south bank.

When their bodies were fully opened, their fluid heads like cobras slowly opened their eyes.

He grinned, revealing a row of sharp teeth condensed with water.

With a sudden wave of the left hand, the water on the river surface immediately gathered on their arms, turning into a ball, and then forming a water shield made of water.

The right hand also grabbed fiercely, and a long hair of water column appeared directly in the hands of the water elements.

The watchtower outside the Carinthia Barracks discovered the situation, and immediately rang the manually-generated horn.

“It’s a water element attack!”

“The mages of Mantoun have begun to harass us with water elements again!”

“Damn, can’t they use up all the magic spar in their magic array?”

“Recorder, record me the names of Fort Mantuen and the mages who are our enemies. When the battle is over, the old papers will be liquidated one by one!”

“Yes!”

The number of water elements organized by the mages was not large, and nearly a thousand water elements were dispatched in one batch of harassment.

Of course, such a large batch of water elements consumes a huge amount of magic power in the magic array.

After the alarm in the Carinthia Barracks sounded, a group of soldiers ran out of the barracks one after another, lined up, and walked slowly to the riverbank listening to the drums.

Behind them, a door of artillery was slowly retreated by the artillerymen.

“The Musketeers! Ready!”

“Wow!”

Following the commander’s order, all the infantry formations stopped immediately after reaching the designated area.

“Kakaka”, he flattened the flintlock gun on his shoulder and aimed in the direction of the river beach.

The soldiers put their fingers lightly on the trigger, waiting for the commander to issue a firing order.

They are no longer the recruits who were more than half a year ago,

Having experienced the baptism of blood and fire, let them know the importance of discipline to the “modern” army.

Once the commander gives the order to shoot, they will turn into emotionless shooting machines, mercilessly firing the projectiles out of their barrels.

“Artillery! Enter the firing position!”

“crunch crunch.”

When one of the artillery was pushed into the firing position, they also stopped.

The artillery commander waved the Tang knife again and continued to order: “Calculate the shooting of Zhu Yuan, prepare to shoot!”

The artillerymen of the Carinthian Army are all people who have studied mathematics, and these artillerymen have fully mastered the ballistics of this era as standard.

Observe the area, calculate the data, and aim.

“Get the grape bomb!”

After all, the other party is a water element with no emotions, not a human with emotions.

With solid bullets, the fear brought by the bombardment would not be able to deter the summoned creatures at all, nor could it dampen their morale.

So use grape bombs and try to kill them as much as possible.

As the water elements rushed to the probe, they were immediately blocked by the horses on the probe, and the speed of their charge was also reduced.

The artillery commander slashed down the Tang knife, pointed the tip forward, and shouted, “Fire!”

“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!”

The artillerymen immediately fired the grape shells in the pounder guns, and the dense shells flew over the sky and covered the sky, “swish swish”.

Once the water element condensed by magic power is heavy cannon, the huge inertia and impact force will suddenly stir the magic power in the water element body into instability, and the entire element cannot be maintained.

After a round of shelling, dozens of water elements were immediately killed.

However, there are too many water elements, and this group of water elements with no emotion continue to charge fearlessly under the control of the mages of the magic array.

“Reload ammo!”

“Keep shooting!”

“Fire!”

“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!”

Another burst of shelling, and dozens of water elements were killed by the artillery’s grape bombs.

After the shelling lasted for 4 rounds, and after destroying more than 300 water elements, the artillery commander immediately ordered: “All are there, return to the barracks!”

The remaining more than 500 water elements have rushed out of the horse and beachhead, and entered the shooting range of the infantry. The infantry commander quickly commanded: “Everyone, fire!”

“Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam!”

A series of smoke suddenly appeared in front of the Carinthian Army infantry phalanx. The three shots made it easier to identify the bright red clothes and the red tassel on the flying saucer in addition to the firelight.

Flintlocks are less accurate, but more powerful.

The infantry didn’t need to aim at the enemy at all, and they wouldn’t necessarily be able to hit the water element they aimed at anyway.

As long as you follow the infantry in the phalanx to attack synchronously, the water elements in that area will always be shot.

Compared with ordinary human infantry, the water element is much stronger.

However, the combat effectiveness of the water element in the ashore battle is definitely not as good as that in the surface battle. When facing the attack of the flintlock troops, the water element was quickly reached the sieve on the road of charge.

The magic power can no longer maintain their “human” shape. After being shot, the magic power in the water element’s body became disordered, and then it turned into a puddle of water and sprinkled on the ground.

The twenty-minute battle ended hastily, and the water element still did not rush in front of the Carinthian army.

The mages of the Magic Array outside the Mantuen Fortress looked at the steel magic weapon called the “musket” in the hands of the Carinthian Army, showing a bit of jealousy.

A civilian who has no combat power, only needs to have such a weapon and a little training, he can fight against the water element.

The scientific and technological power of the Huaxia people is so terrifying, it seems that no magic can defeat them.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!!”

After a few cannon shots, the mages immediately followed the sound and forgot about the past, only to see that the high platform built by the Carinthian Army on the other side of the river was finally completed.

Just above the high platform, several artillery shells are greeting several magic arrays near the beach on the north bank of the river.

“boom!”

The solid bullet suddenly fell in the magic array, hit the ground, bounced, and then reversed at a high speed.

Before the unfortunate magicians in the magic array could react, the cannonball cut off his pelvis, causing his upper body to fall to the ground.

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

The magicians who were farther away from the magic array were secretly glad that the magician in the array over there was not themselves.

However, to the surprise of the mages and the defenders on the north bank of the river, Carinthia had built a high platform, and the artillery on it could barely reach here.

After a burst of shelling, the Carinthian army stopped, because the results of the battle were not very good.

Although 3 magic arrays were destroyed, less than 10 mages were killed by bombardment.

In desperation, the commander of the Carinthian Army on the south bank continued to order the construction of more high platforms to increase the range of the artillery.

And this kind of battle is almost the daily life of the defenders near the Mantoun Fortress and the Carinthian garrison on the other side of the river.

[End of this Chapter]