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After a large number of senior magicians were killed or injured, Novak had no choice but to order the magicians to retreat, and then used the inefficient method of having senior knights dodge bullets to break through the positions, and ordinary soldiers followed up.
Fortunately, although the advancement speed is slow, it is not as bad as the city of Kton, where it is firmly blocked and unable to move forward.
Moreover, the coalition forces brought with them a number of clergy from the church, and as long as the ordinary soldiers were not killed on the spot, they could be rescued. Therefore, although there were losses in soldiers, they were not serious.
Lake, for its part, lacks an effective medical system.
Some people may wonder, since all Lake’s gods are gone, can’t he send doctors to treat the soldiers?
A slow cure is better than no cure, right?
Unfortunately, there is no such profession as "doctor" in the continent of Thor, and treatment depends entirely on the priesthood.
Zhang Mu has accelerated the training and tried to establish a wartime medical system similar to that of Blue Star.
The progress is pretty good, but it’s still some distance away from being large enough to be put into use, so it will take time.
As a result, the problem of casualties in the three legions was extremely serious, and once they were injured and retreated, there was almost no possibility of them ever returning to the battlefield again.
This dire situation can only be improved once a team of light magicians is formed.
As one side gained strength while the other lost strength, although the coalition forces advanced very slowly, they were advancing steadily.
When half of the trenches in the plain area were removed, Novak thought it was too slow and couldn't help but send high-level professionals to the front line to destroy the positions.
When he found that the mysterious team that had attacked the camp before did not show up and no Saint-level personnel came, Novak was overjoyed and sent out most of the high-level professionals to quickly flatten the position.
The pressure on the three legions' defense lines suddenly increased.
Bullets cannot break the defense of high-level professionals, but magicians can withstand the impact of bullets, fly over the trench and cast high-level magic onto the ground.
The three legions were still using ordinary weapons and had no power to fight back against magic, and were wiped out in large numbers.
Domit understood that the coalition forces had realized that the special forces team could not go into battle for the time being, and immediately ordered the Second and Fifth Corps to retreat, with the Seventh Army covering their retreat.
Novak was confused when he saw Lake's soldiers desperately trying to stop the Allied forces in the trenches.
They thought that Lake's demise was inevitable, so what was the point of their loyalty to Lake?
Brando guessed what he was wondering about and explained that the soldiers selected by Zhang Mu were all non-professionals.
The combat capability of ordinary people is indeed far different from that of professionals, but the advantage is that their belief in gods is almost non-existent.
In fact, the reason why Lake soldiers risked their lives was not only this, but also the "military merit system" promoted by Zhang Mu.
In the eyes of Lake's soldiers, they had a chance to advance into the aristocratic class.
For ordinary civilians, risking their lives for this is inevitable.
Of course, ordinary people's life-threatening struggle cannot hinder the pace of the coalition forces.
As the coalition's high-level professionals wreaked havoc on the front lines, all positions in the plains were cleared.
At this point, half of Lake fell into enemy hands.
Novak was in no hurry to continue the attack. Instead, he built many outposts on the plain, intending to completely control the area and wait for reinforcements from the rear.
Chapter 352 Sniper War
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Zhang Mu put his hands behind his back and wandered among the instruments, touching this and kicking that from time to time.
"Bang——" He kicked an instrument a little too hard.
Joffrey, who was busy at his workstation, turned around helplessly and said, "My Lord, isn't Lake at war?
How come you still have time to stay with me instead of going to the front line?"
Judging from Joffrey's expression, he was obviously very unhappy with Zhang Mu for interrupting his work, but due to their respective identities, he could only give him a subtle reminder.
Zhang Mu was a little embarrassed and straightened the instrument that he had kicked off: "We are waiting for your magic radar and weakened magic sniper rifle to come out. On the front line... the coalition forces have not made any major moves for the time being, so there is no need to worry about it for now."
Hearing him say this, Joffrey took a deep breath, turned around and continued to work.
He understood that the only way to get rid of his city lord was to quickly develop the two weapons he mentioned.
In fact, what Zhang Mu urgently needs at this moment is not only a magic radar, but also a "medical class", special team training, and so on.
Although the coalition forces remained in the plain area at this time, both the enemy and our side understood that it would not last too long.
What Zhang Mu needs to do is to prepare for the final battle in "not too long".
Through the attack and defense of Kedun City and the sniper battle in the plains, Zhang Mu has roughly figured out the conditions for defeating the coalition forces.
The coalition's advantage was that they far outnumbered Lake's soldiers.
This soldier not only refers to the legion of ordinary people, but also the saint level, high-level professionals, low-level professionals, logistics, and all other factors related to the outcome of the war.
Originally, Zhang Mu was not afraid of human wave tactics, but there were magic and professionals on the Thor Continent, so the power of ordinary firearms was very limited.
It is not difficult to reverse this unfavorable situation.
As long as all the special forces team members are promoted to magic apprentices and the number of teams is continuously expanded, they will be able to restrain the high-level professionals and saints who are committing atrocities in the sky.
As for the large number of low-level professionals, it is difficult for the special forces that follow the elitist principle to deal with them properly.
There are more than 100,000 low-level professionals. If they were to line up and stand still for Dam to call out their names, it would take them ten days or half a month. Besides, they are not idiots and will definitely hide.
Therefore, low-level professionals can only be confronted head-on by the legion.
But if they were to clash head-on, several corps, including the First Army, would find it very difficult, even if they deployed the hidden armored army.
It is easy for the Armored Corps to deal with the mutated rhinoceros, but it will be a bit troublesome if the opponent is a low-level professional.
Especially the agile knights.
They would dodge the shells, jump onto the armored vehicles, and then swing their swords, cutting the armored vehicles into pieces like tofu.
To solve this problem, Zhang Mu came up with a weakened version of the magic sniper rifle.
The so-called "weakened version of the magic sniper rifle" means abandoning the core of the gun array.
In this way, soldiers only need a little training to form a two-person sniper team and go to the front line to fight.
Zhang Mu came back to his senses from his thoughts, ran behind Joffrey and leaned his head forward.
Seeing that his work would not be finished in a short time, Zhang Mu decided not to disturb him. He opened the light gate and went to the plain area to check the battle situation.
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The entire eastern part of Lake fell. Novak followed a steady and cautious approach and built outposts on a large scale in the plains, aiming to consolidate control over the region while suppressing the space for Lake soldiers to move around.
Domit and Zhang Mu had anticipated today's situation before the war began.
In other words, today's situation was deliberately caused by them.
The two men knew very well that it was undoubtedly a luxury to stop the coalition forces outside the border with only Lake's existing army.
Since the enemy's entry into the country cannot be reversed, we might as well take advantage of it.
The tactics they developed were also simple.
The coalition commanders dug trenches in the plains to give the enemy a head-on blow. Even though they were stubborn, they did not dare to advance rashly.
He would inevitably choose to eat the fruits of victory first, that is, to strengthen his control over the plains, and then plot against the remaining territories of Lake.
The time when the coalition forces stayed in place to build outposts and eliminate unstable factors was a good opportunity for Zhang Mu and Domit to accumulate strength.
Zhang Mu took charge of the "medical class" and other things, so I won't go into details.
On Domit's side, although large-scale battles will not happen for the time being, small-scale encounters have never stopped.
After the three legions withdrew from the plain to rest, Domit immediately selected a group of people from several legions that had not yet been put into combat and had been practicing with non-magical sniper rifles, and split them up into small groups to hunt on the edge of the plain.
The targets of the hunt were not professionals, but ordinary patrol soldiers sent by the coalition forces.
The purpose of this arrangement is to prepare in advance for the mass production of the weakened version of the magic sniper rifle.
Once the weakened version of the magic sniper rifle is produced in large quantities, it can be distributed directly to snipers.
Domit did not hide this news and told the soldiers clearly that the first batch of "advanced sniper rifles" had a limited number of units and the criteria for selecting users would be based on the number of enemies killed.
The soldiers who had deeply felt the power of the sniper rifles became fanatical in an instant.
Ordinary sniper rifles are so powerful that they can blow the head of a low-level professional with one shot. How terrifying must the power of high-level sniper rifles be?
In order to become the first snipers to use the weakened version of the magic sniper rifle, the soldiers formed two-person teams and frantically hunted down the Allied soldiers in the plains.
This operation lasted for half a month.
This morning, five sniper teams, after a short rest in a temporary camp, set out on their hunting journey again.
According to regulations, they should rest for three days before setting out again, but the teams did not report the number of enemies they killed to each other. They did not know how many enemies other teams had killed. In order to ensure victory in the selection, they could only try their best to increase their own kill count.
In the forest at the edge of the plain, two soldiers wearing ghillie suits and holding military green AWMs were walking through the forest.
After reaching the edge of the woods, they found a spot on the top of a slope on the side of the path outside the forest to set up a sniper position.
After completion, the two men lay down in the grass, one with a gun at the ready, and the other holding binoculars to look for enemy traces and mark surrounding objects.
"Damn it." After looking around for a long time and not seeing any enemy soldiers, the observer couldn't help but curse, "Where did those guys go?
It’s almost noon, and I haven’t seen anyone yet.”
The sniper whispered to comfort him: "Don't worry, have you forgotten the instructor's warning?
Anxiety is the biggest taboo for a sniper."
The observer put down the telescope and said, "We only killed seven people yesterday. Team 3 had twelve people, which is five more than me!
I was thinking about catching up with the number of people who have fallen behind today, but looking at the current situation... I'm afraid the gap will get bigger and bigger."
The sniper was very optimistic and said with a smile: "We lost, so we just have to wait for the second batch of advanced sniper rifles."
"Then how... the same." The observer raised his voice, but when he saw the sniper's stern eyes, he quickly lowered his voice, "The instructor said,
No one will remember the second place. To be a good soldier, you must have the determination to pursue the first place.
And the Marshal mentioned the army... the army..."
"Military merit system."
"Yes, it's a system of military merit." The observer touched the back of his head, "As long as we kill enough people, we can become nobles!"