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The captain didn't know what a Gatling gun was, he just smelled the bloody smell of the name.
Chapter 348: Hunt with magic sniper rifle.
As the Gatling gun roared wildly at the top of the slope, the elite team of a hundred men at the bottom of the slope suffered a devastating disaster without any surprise.
The Gatling gun's revolving muzzle fired thousands of bullets in a minute. In the face of the powerful kinetic energy, the enemy's armor was as fragile as paper and shattered piece by piece.
The ending for the soldiers protected inside was naturally not going to be good.
The ambush ended extremely quickly and easily, but the victorious soldiers of the Third Army did not relax. Instead, they immediately dug trenches along the top of the slope with their companions who came to support them.
According to intelligence from the city of Kedun, coalition reinforcements are on the way and may arrive at any time.
The commander of the Third Army took into consideration that this team of 100 people were enemy scouts responsible for gathering intelligence, so there would not be much follow-up rescue, and it was even more impossible for the main force to come, so the number of reinforcements sent was not large.
I did bring a lot of ammunition and weapons.
He felt that after the coalition spies ran into a wall on this path, they would be tactful and leave.
However, the result was somewhat beyond his expectations.
The reinforcements that arrived from the coalition forces were indeed limited, with only a thousand-plus soldiers, not many professionals among them, and no high-level professionals at all.
Such a small number of troops naturally could not break through the defense line of three Gatling guns.
But just when the reinforcements were about to be killed or wounded, thousands of soldiers suddenly arrived from afar.
The captain also saw through the telescope that there were several figures running very fast in front of the enemy team - intermediate knights.
Are the coalition forces crazy?
The captain put down the telescope in astonishment. While contacting the city of Kerton for support, he asked himself blankly in his heart, are they crazy?
Not to mention that there are many roads to Kedun City, the road I am defending is not suitable for a large army to pass through?
Is it necessary to capture it?
Thousands of soldiers, led by professionals, approached rapidly. The captain came to his senses and ordered the soldiers to turn their guns around, his face gradually becoming solemn.
It's not because of these support soldiers.
Although the captain's troops were far less numerous than those of the enemy, he was defending the dangerous position and had sufficient ammunition, so he was not afraid that they would attack the top of the hill.
What he was worried about was whether the coalition forces would send more support.
After all, the coalition forces are far stronger than ours, so some casualties here don't matter at all.
The captain was having a headache here, and Novak in the distance was also confused.
When he first received the news of the ambush, he learned that the enemy only had a few hundred ambushers. He planned to eliminate this small group and seize their weapons to display in the army and eliminate the soldiers' fear of unfamiliar weapons.
But what no one expected was that after the scout team was destroyed, more than a thousand soldiers sent out were also wiped out.
Novak became furious and immediately sent more troops.
It wasn't that he was impulsive or concerned about his reputation, and he didn't want to get back at the enemy after suffering a loss, but...if a small team of a few hundred soldiers couldn't defeat the enemy, how would he deal with the large enemy force?
Do you still want to seize weapons for display and research?
Send more troops, send more troops!
The commander of the Third Army, who was far away in the city of Kedun, was also confused and wondered in his heart what was wrong with the coalition forces?
Why do we have to open up a mountain path?
Could it be that the path has some secret use that I'm not aware of?
Based on the principle of obstructing the enemy's goal, the commander of the Third Army did not order a withdrawal, but made the same decision as Novak - to increase troops.
In this way, the two sides inexplicably launched a small-scale offensive and defensive battle on a small road that had little military use.
At the beginning of the battle, the Third Army had the advantage.
Relying on their advantages of high attack and firearms, they inflicted heavy casualties on the coalition forces.
Although the coalition forces sent out several mid-level knights to lead the charge, Zhang Mu was well prepared for this.
In addition to basic training such as shooting, the Third Army's daily training spends most of its time on building dense firepower networks, relying on continuous bullets to block the strong knight professionals.
Judging from the fact that the intermediate knights were beaten back in several charges, the training results were quite good.
Novak received the battle report that the attack was blocked and hesitated whether to send out high-level professionals.
He was worried that this was the enemy's bait. Once his own high-level professionals showed up, they would be immediately ambushed by Lake's high-level professionals.
After careful consideration, he finally decided to send out high-level professionals.
The coalition forces had great momentum in their efforts to wipe out Lake, but were blocked at the border and unable to advance, which was a huge blow to their morale.
To this end, even sacrificing a few high-level professionals is worth it.
Novak was very careful in selecting high-level professionals, and he only looked for high-level professionals from his own country.
When the war first broke out, it was always the high-level professionals of other countries who died, so it was inevitable that other countries would be suspicious of him.
Moreover, the adverse effects of the destruction of the three legions have not yet been completely eliminated. If it happens again, even if the coalition forces do not disintegrate, it will be difficult to unite.
Novak gave the order to march, and three wizards and two great knights quickly arrived at the front line.
The Third Army was not equipped with magical weapons, and Dam led three special teams with other tasks. Faced with such a force, the Third Army was unsurprisingly quickly defeated.
The thunderstorm was raging on the top of the slope. Fortunately, the captain was not hit. He immediately led dozens of soldiers who were as lucky as himself to retreat to the city of Kedun.
"Captain." The soldier gritted his teeth, "That's a wizard. We can't escape. Let's fight—"
"Excuting an order!"
"Yes!"
The captain understood that his subordinates were right. Their mobility was far inferior to that of high-level professionals. If they simply turned around and fled, they would be caught up before they could get far.
But he had no choice. It was the legion commander who told them not to fight back and to retreat at full speed.
The captain rushed down the slope, the three headless bodies falling from the sky a few days ago emerged in his mind, and he couldn't help wondering, are they coming?
the answer is negative.
The captain did not hear the slightest sound of breaking air until he ran out of the forest. He turned his head and saw five high-level professionals of the enemy army standing side by side safely on the slope.
Why... don't they give chase?
The captain couldn't figure it out, so he just gave up thinking about it and quickened his pace to escape.
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Top of the slope.
"Arnold." The man on the far right of the five professionals standing side by side asked, "Why did you let them go?"
"According to the Marshal's orders, occupy the hillside, seize the weapons, and do not chase the fleeing soldiers."
The person who spoke in the middle looked down at the strange weapons scattered on the charred ground and said, "Our mission has been accomplished."
"But..." The woman in the magic robe on the far left wanted to say something.
"This is a war, not about driving out thieves. Let alone us wizards and great knights, didn't you know about the death of the three legion commanders a few days ago?"
"of course I know."
"That's fine."
After taking a final look at the remnants of the fleeing soldiers, the man in the middle turned and ordered the soldiers who were rushing up: "Collect all the weapons left by the enemy and bring them back to the camp."
"As ordered."
"Let's go back too."
The five men turned around and returned along the way they came, but the battle report arrived at the camp before them.
Novak sat in the tent. After listening to the adjutant's report, he looked at Brando, who was sitting opposite him, with a happy expression on his face: "The enemy was repelled. They lost a lot of weapons and have already transported them back."
“It’s good news.”
"That's right." Novak nodded, then asked in confusion, "Strange, the appearance of their weapons is the same as the weapons of the captured soldiers before, why... is the power so different?"
Brando shook his head: "When I led the troops to attack Lake and was ambushed, due to considerations of concealment and speed, the soldiers were not wearing armor and were hit directly by those weapons, so I don't know what effect the "arrows" have on armor."
Novak suddenly realized: "No wonder you lost... Sorry, that's not what I meant."
"It doesn't matter. A disastrous defeat is a disastrous defeat. Covering it up will only make it more shameful."
"Your character is admirable." After praising him, Novak smiled and spread out the map on the table, "As I speculated, the weapons that can destroy the Rose Legion do have a long attack range, but there is still a limit.
We spread the high-level professionals around the main army, and we did not suffer any attacks along the way."
Brando lowered his head and looked at the map: "But be careful of Lake's high-level professionals who are targeting us."
"Hahaha, don't worry. I have carefully designed their patrol range to ensure that if any team is attacked, the left and right teams can immediately discover it and provide support."
"That would be great." Brando smiled.
"Haha, knowing that the enemy has the means to kill high-level professionals, if I still don't take precautions, then I'd be really stupid..."
"Marshal!" The adjutant pushed open the door curtain and rushed in, looking panicked. "One of our scouts led by a magician was ambushed and killed!"
Brando was stunned for a moment, and his expression became strange.
Novak didn't care about being slapped in the face at light speed, and jumped up while slamming the table: "Did the enemy catch him?!"
"Well, they... you should go..."
"go!"
The three quickly arrived at the scene.
Four headless bodies were scattered by the stream at the foot of the mountain, three of them were close to each other, and the last one was a little further away.
It is not difficult to speculate that the former were killed together, and the latter was shot dead after fleeing for a distance in panic.
Novak's face darkened as he looked at the eight high-level professionals standing aside: "How many enemy troops are there?"
“I’m sorry, Marshal.” One of them took a few steps forward and said awkwardly, “According to the regulations, we contacted them every three minutes. They didn’t respond the last time, so we realized something was wrong, and then…”
"When you arrived, you only saw corpses?"
"Yes."