Chapter 52: Bombing Crow
Chapter 52: Bombing Crow
Before the sun rises.
Jiang He walked into the city of Leva carrying the Scarlet Baptism on his back, and Charles XIII followed silently. In fact, someone did not hide the easy-to-remember title of "Charles XIII", but any soldier with normal thinking knew the danger involved.
The city of Lewa was one of the largest industrial towns on the Prussian Western Front, with at least four main railways passing through it. Before the Battle of the Somme, the city of Lewa served as a logistics operation center, but with the continuous bombing by fighter planes, the once prosperous city has become a devastated ruin.
The morning light was rising slightly from the horizon. Jiang He was walking through an abandoned chemical plant. There were building debris everywhere. The ceiling above had collapsed and disintegrated, leaving only bare steel supports.
A British machine gun position was set up here, with a total of twelve people guarding the outer street entrance. The leading sergeant had dry yellow hair, an extremely thin face, and crazy eyes.
"Destroy that firing point for me!"
On the first floor of the soap factory opposite, a group of Prussian soldiers were busy setting up mortars. Dense bullets hit the wall and brick chips flew. The firepower of the Lewis machine gun was not as fierce as that of the Maxim machine gun, but it was still in an absolute crushing position compared to the rifle.
"You stay where you are."
Jiang He jumped out directly from the collapsed second floor of the chemical plant, rolled across the street, and crawled into the soap factory where the enemy was located through a hole.
Charles XIII stood there at a loss. He pounded his thigh dejectedly, turned around and went down the stairs to follow. There were machine gun positions in the chemical plant, which must be a thorn in the enemy's side and it was not advisable to stay there for long.
Jiang He crouched behind a broken conveyor belt. The fierce gunfire covered up the noise caused by the advance. When the artillerymen fed shells into the grenade launcher, he suddenly raised his sniper rifle and without aiming, a bullet disappeared into the magazine.
The bullet with a fragmenting effect hit the grenade launcher, shattering the steel and detonating the bomb at the same time. The shock wave and flames created brilliant fireworks, and the smoke and dust rushed straight to the second floor. Six Prussians were killed and two others fell to the ground, one fainted and the other screamed.
Jiang He took out his revolver and shot the remaining soldiers to death with two shots. Eight more horizontal lines appeared on the code page, representing eight D-level military merits.
Almost at the same time, gunshots were heard from the bell tower in the distance. The bullet shattered the glass of the soap factory and hit someone directly in the back. The sudden impact made him stagger, but he rolled over to the conveyor belt and crawled into a blind spot.
"Dodge!"
When Charles XIII heard his superior's reminder, he immediately lay down on the spot. The next second, a bullet hit his thigh, and blood overflowed and soaked his trouser legs.
"Ahhh!"
After the meaningless scream, Charles XIII looked extremely terrified and shouted, "Sir, save me!"
Jiang He slapped his forehead. He didn't know why this guy followed him, just like he didn't know why the reaction after hearing "dodge" was to lie down. Including the previous parade-like attack on the British front, it was a huge makeshift team inside and out.
"You wait."
"Don't go, save me, sir!"
Jiang He crawled to the door of the soap factory. The sergeant in charge of the machine gun position opposite almost ordered to open fire. He heard the explosion and thought that the Prussians were killed by his stupidity.
"I'm Captain Rhine. There's a sniper in the clock tower at four o'clock. You guys take cover with the machine guns."
The sergeant's eyes were extremely bloodthirsty. When he heard the enemy's position, he immediately walked out of his position and came to the street, holding up his Lee Enfield rifle and firing continuously.
"Tear down that bell tower for me!"
No one knew where the rifle bullet flew to, but the sniper's shot was quite accurate. Blood spurted out from the back of the sergeant's head, and he fell backwards and died as if he had lost weight.
Two infantrymen rushed out to drag the sergeant's body, but were shot dead one by one. The remaining nine members of the team dared not show their heads again, and the corporal took over the command.
Jiang He was stunned for a moment when he saw this, then returned to his original position after coming to his senses. Charles XIII wanted to crawl into the factory, but the Prussian sniper who used him as bait shot him in the arm, making his screams even more piercing.
"There are two grenades in your supply bag. Throw them out to block the view of the bell tower!" Charles XIII was in unbearable pain and extreme fear made him unable to hear anything.
Jiang He simply moved to another location, set up his sniper rifle and aimed at the clock tower, but before he could focus his sight, a bullet hit the bunker in front of him. The enemy attacked later but arrived first, and had sniper skills that dominated the battlefield.
Intelligence Agent Wuhe: You have been targeted by the Grey Eagle Knights. My Crow No. 22 is right next to you. Retreat quickly before the ground infantry surrounds you. His ability is Eagle Eye.
Executive Officer Jiang He: What do you think of birds?
Intelligence agent Wuhe: See if there is qualified wisdom. The ordinary ones are consumables. I can share vision with the recruited birds. Now the team has been expanded to more than 3,000 birds. The monitoring range covers the whole Prussia, but the violator has not been found yet. He is a tortoise.
Jiang He secretly thought that this was amazing. This kind of intelligence capability was crucial even if it did not have direct combat effectiveness.
Executive Officer Jiang He: Are you interested in bombing crows?
Intelligence agent Wuhe:?
……
A moment later, a normal-sized crow flew into the soap factory. Jiang He took out a black gem and handed it to it. The current inventory of chaos bombs was 245, which was enough for daily use.
Crow No. 22 took the black gem and left. Jiang He raised the sniper rifle above his head and fired repeatedly to attract the attention of the other side. Charles XIII had fallen into a coma due to blood loss and fear.
The third shot, from the bell tower, hit the decoy in the shoulder.
Charles XIII began to tremble all over.
At the same time, a crow swooped down from a high altitude, threw the black gem in, and then quickly climbed up. When it hit the ground, shock waves and heat radiation burst out like a tide. The top of the clock tower exploded and shattered immediately. Rocks hit the air, and a figure flew out and fell into the factory building in the distance in tatters.
The codex page records this kill, and C-level military merit +1.
Intelligence Agent Wuhe: Send me a few, and I will dispatch 300 birds to help you gain military merit in Leva City. Besides, the more knights die on your side, the more likely the violators will show up under pressure.
Executive Officer Jiang He: Yes.
……
Berlin, on the ancient mottled stone wall of the castle.
The large crow pecked at the feathers patiently, combing them carefully one by one. During this time, he switched his perspective back and forth among the flock of birds under his command, comprehensively compiling the situations happening in various places.
The owner of the castle accompanied his family to appreciate a bird war going on in the sky. Dozens of crows surrounded three finches and launched a fierce attack, constantly shooting the finches down from the sky.
The fierce battle lasted for half an hour, and finally the sparrow gave up resistance and joined the crows.
Wuhe raised his head and stared at the man's face. Generally speaking, a knight has extraordinary powers and is aware of supernatural powers. When he sees an organized mixture of crows and finches, he will most likely become alert. On the contrary, the possibility of being an ordinary person will increase. However, this judgment is not absolute and needs to be verified through several subsequent procedures.
"24?"
Wuhe was shocked when he received the news from Leva City. His exclusive executive officer was simply a mobile artillery regiment, and was very generous, which was beyond his expectations.
"Observe for a while longer."
Wuhe flapped his wings and left. The item bag could not transport living things, but he also had a large flock of birds in the real world. In the beginning, in order to complete the task, he mostly gathered birds of prey, which made it difficult for them to integrate into society as a group. If he didn't want to disperse, he had to find a suitable owner.
(End of this chapter)