Sword of Dawn

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Melita Purnia walked into the barracks that served as the command headquarters. She didn't care about others and walked straight towards Gao Wen, but after taking two steps, she suddenly sensed an aura that made her care. Looking at this aura, she saw the black-haired maid standing not far from Gao Wen at a glance.

The latter was looking over with a complicated expression, which was mixed with tension and restraint, as well as a trace of vigilance.

The agent of the Mithril Treasury couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly: "Persons with genetic defects?"

Then she nodded slightly to Maggie, and said lightly, "Hello."

At this moment, Maggie seemed to have countless things to say. She opened her mouth and her eyes were complicated and inexplicable, but in the end, she just nodded slowly: "Hello."

All of this was seen by Gao Wen.

He was very curious, he wanted to know how the dragon society was functioning, what happened to a deformed dragon like Maggie, how healthy dragons like Melita looked at Maggie, and wanted to know why there were dragons living in Human society, but he knew that now was not the time to ask about these things.

He waved away the irrelevant people at the scene, leaving only himself and the two dragons.

Gao Wen pointed to Maggie who was standing beside him: "She is also a dragon, so she should be able to listen to our conversation here, right?"

"Yes." Melita glanced at the black-haired maid, "All dragons know the secret behind the Mithril Vault, including... her."

"Then let's talk about it," Gao Wen breathed out, "I have something I want to ask for your help."

"Let me guess..." Melita's lavender eyes shone slightly, "Do you want to use my power, or the power of the mithril treasury, to deal with those mutated 'monsters'?"

"...Almost, but I never thought of directly using the power of the Mithril Treasury. This is highly unlikely. I want to ask you..."

"Unfortunately, neither can I," Melita interrupted without waiting for Gao Wen to finish speaking, "Dragon must not participate in wars on the mainland, this is our law."

Gawain stared into Melita's eyes: "But our war with the Crystal Cluster Legion is no longer an ordinary war. It has already involved the power of the gods, and may even involve the tide of magic."

"This is indeed a debatable point," Melita said frankly, "but it is only debatable. From the perspective of the Dragon Clan as a whole, the crystal cluster monster you are talking about can also be regarded as a new form of intelligent creature , Maybe you don't recognize their birth, their behavior, or even their social structure, but from the perspective of the Dragon Clan as a whole... this war is no different from the change of dynasty in any country on the mainland."

Gao Wen expected that Miss Blue Dragon would not agree to him so easily, but he didn't expect the other party's attitude to be so firm, and the angle would be so hard to refute. However, after a short thought, he still grabbed Melita. The main points in the discourse: "You said, this is from the perspective of the Dragon Clan as a whole..."

"...Yes, from the point of view of the Dragon Clan as a whole," Melita was silent for two seconds before exhaling slightly, "But as an individual, I, as well as a large number of Dragon Clan, will probably be aware of the fact that those crystal cluster infected people The birth and spread of the virus is a disaster, a disaster that should be stopped in time, but... as a member of the collective, we can't take action so easily. You know what I mean."

Gao Wen quietly looked into Melita's eyes for a few seconds, and understood the deep meaning of the other's words.

Give me a step, I'll go back and catch up with the top.jpg.

Gao Wen thought about it, and after thinking for a long time, he had an idea.

"Well, let's change the direction." He adjusted his sitting posture on the chair and looked at Melita leisurely. "As far as I know, your Mithril Treasury also has transportation business."

"Indeed there is."

"Then I entrust you to send something to the crystal cluster commanders in Red Maple City..."

"what?"

"...Three tons of crystal bombs, delivered by air, pay on delivery."

Melita stared at Gao Wen with wide eyes, and remained silent for a long time: "..."

Gao Wen was a little worried: "Is there a problem?"

"...my upbringing prevents me from swearing in this situation, excuse me - but I must admit, this is the most brilliant loophole I've ever seen."

Gao Wen breathed out: "That's no problem."

"No, there is another problem," Melita interrupted Gao Wen immediately, "I don't think... the target customer will pay after receiving the goods. This problem is very important."

Gao Wen blinked, but he couldn't see the slightest hint of joking from Melita's face, so he had to think about it seriously, and tried to say: "Do you still remember the 'God Metal'? If you are still interested , I can give you a piece that is bigger than last time, which we just unearthed not long ago."

He was talking about the "Zentraedi Relics" found in the Rebellious Fortress. As far as he knew, the Dragon Clan had been collecting similar things, and those ancient device fragments were hard currency for the Dragon Clan than gold, silver and precious stones.

And in his hand, there is half a warehouse.

Melita couldn't help breathing quickly, and she wanted to shirk it again, because after all, this matter was playing around with the Supreme Jury, and there was a high possibility that she would be punished, but...

"make a deal."

But Cecil's asking price was too high.

After the deal was concluded, Gao Wen finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said casually: "Your attack... I mean, your delivery will be a secret operation, and I will prepare the 'goods' in advance on the mountain on the west side of the camp." Post, you go and get it yourself."

"I understand," Melita nodded, but then her expression became serious, "I just want to remind you, this is probably the only time I can help in the whole war, and this is already a drill. There is a loophole in the rules——Your timing is very good. If it was earlier, I would not necessarily think that those cluster infected people are such a big threat, but if it was later... the jury will focus on this On this continent, they don't allow me to exploit loopholes under their noses."

The jury... sounds like the ruling body of the Dragon Clan?

Gao Wen silently kept these information that might be useful in the future in his heart, and before Melita left, he asked a question curiously: "You just said that dragons cannot participate in wars on the mainland, right? "

Melita nodded: "That's what I said."

Gawain pointed to Maggie next to him: "Then what about her?"

Melita glanced at Maggie with a slightly complicated expression, and then looked into Gawain's eyes: "Except for her and her group.

"She comes from the Holy Dragon Principality, and is a descendant of exiles."

After saying this, Miss Lanlong didn't seem to want to stay here any longer, so she turned around and left the room.

"What do you mean by descendants of exiles? If this question offends you, you don't have to answer it."

After Melita left, Gawain raised his head and looked at the silent black-haired maid standing beside him.

Maggie's mood had calmed down at this time, she took a light breath, and said in a tone that didn't seem to fluctuate: "It's nothing to offend—everyone in the world knows that the people of the Holy Dragon Principality have always called themselves Dragonborn, but very Few people know that there is a reason for this claim.

"The ruler of the Holy Dragon Principality and some members of the nobles are indeed dragons—due to genetic deterioration and certain faults committed by some ancestors, they were exiled from the hometown of dragons 'Talrond'."

Then she smiled, shook her head, and said with a self-deprecating tone: "So no matter how the years change, how the countries rise and fall, these poor people will never leave the bitter and cold mountains, and will always call themselves 'princes' ' rather than kingdoms or empires..."

Gawain listened to the unexpected information with some astonishment, and suddenly realized something: "So...you are a noble from the Holy Dragon Dukedom? Or from the Dragon Blood Duke..."

Maggie interrupted Gao Wen's words with some resistance: "Sorry, it's just a marginal family that is not taken seriously, and that is already a thing of the past, I don't want to have any contact with it anymore."

"I see," Gawain sighed, "Anyway, let's take a break, we're leaving in over an hour."

……

The chariot was launched, the anchor of the battleship was pulled out, and Cecil's war machine embarked on the journey of iron and fire after a brief repair.

On the Gorgon River, the Pioneer led the Aurora and the Morning Star, led several inland warships converted from cargo ships, and two light gunboats to ride the wind and waves. The magic energy wings were covered by black cloth, and the sound of the engine running was sound-proofed Covered by barriers, the bow made of steel splits the river, and the fleet sails north like a silent ghost;

On the east bank of the Gorgon River, chariots and various troop-carrying vehicles advanced along the marching route explored by the Iron Rangers and Giant Eagle Scouts in front, rolled over rocky beaches, and crossed ravines, distributing night vision potions and The low-light filter installed on each tank allows this army to move forward quickly in the dark wilderness;

This day is the 43rd of the month of recovery.

Red Maple City, as well as the mountain corps trapped in Boulder City, are just ahead.

Chapter 0626 War Machine

If there is no such disaster that will be caused by the end of all things, perhaps this war that brought the Cecil Legion to the fore will have to be delayed for a long time-but if there is no if, the end of all things will set off a battle in the Holy Spirit Plain Man-made natural disasters, then the Iron Legion from the southern border will inevitably appear on the stage.

This Iron Legion is still immature, and the tactical and ideological training of soldiers still needs to be honed, and the battlefield of the Holy Spirit Plain is their best training ground.

At dawn, the First Corps, which had been marching secretly and hurriedly, came into contact with the first blockade line of the Crystal Cluster Corps in the small plain south of Red Maple City. This inevitable encounter was the starting point of the entire battle. Starting with the three artillery bombardments on the Ergon River, the chariot troops of the corps assembled into front arrows and launched a fierce attack on the crystal cluster defense line.

The iron-gray giant eagle passed under the clouds, reflecting the scene of the battlefield into the eyes of the rider. Sonia Frostleaf looked down at the scene of the attacking front of the legion, and captured all the fighting methods of the Cecils in her eyes—— She saw that the tanks with strong shields and powerful guns assembled an offensive array, and attacked the weak point of the crystal cluster army's defense line with the maximum firepower, and at the same time kept moving forward. They are not afraid of death, but it is impossible to maintain the front line in the face of such concentrated shelling—whether it is the strengthened flesh and blood, or the solid fortifications formed by relying on the city wall and magic shield, they all collapse quickly under the concentrated artillery fire.

After such a gap is opened, the offensive array formed by the tanks will start to accelerate, and quickly disperse into several small front arrows as they advance, and begin to rely on continuous advancement and shelling to further tear the gap in the defense line. The infantry coordinating the attack of the chariot unit will also enter the battlefield, and start to further cut and infiltrate the enemy's position with their "core chariot" as the center. They will be responsible for destroying close-range enemies that may threaten the chariot, or indicating The bearing of the enemy's fortifications directed the tank bombardment until the end of the operation.

During this whole process, the long-range magic cannons on the high ground in the rear will maintain a near-continuous bombardment—the bombardment covers the rear of the crystal cluster army's defense line, which almost completely eliminates the possibility of the enemy's reinforcement defense line, and a large number of people are urgently attacked. The cluster infected people gathered were blocked several kilometers away, and they continued to die under artillery fire until the entire defense line disappeared, until their originally safe "rear" became a new front line...

Such an attack will consume an astonishing amount of physical shells (even if it is an energy weapon, it will burn a lot of focusing crystals), but the Cecils' weapons reserves should be enough to last until the end of the entire war—Sonia knows that the entire The southern border has been preparing for this war since last year (in fact, they may have been preparing for the war since the establishment of the principality, but their enemies at the beginning may not be crystallized monsters), factories, production lines, Thousands of workers, they produce shells and weapon crystals day and night, assemble guns and chariot chassis around the clock, metal from the east, magic materials from the royal family, and a large amount of resources in the south itself , almost all of them were transformed into these things that roared through the air and exploded on the battlefield——

And until today, until this moment, the factories in the southern border are still producing non-stop, and even new production lines are still increasing day by day. Every day, countless materials go along the Gorgon River, along Kingdom Avenue, along the temporary road in the war zone, was sent to the front line by mechanical boats or magic vehicles.

The entire southern region seemed to have turned into a huge machine, and all resources were integrated into the machine's feed hopper. The gears and levers were rattling, and their weapons and equipment were even hitting more and more.

Gawain Cecil called this state the "war regime."

"We observed a magic power cluster in the northwest c12 area, and it is the enemy's reinforcements," Sonia Frostleaf controlled the giant eagle to skim through the clouds and mist, and she sent back the latest observation information when the ground tilted and the altitude dropped. , and broke away from this area before the cross lightning network from the ground enveloped itself, "Call naval gun support."

"This is the Pioneer, received, it will arrive in 1 minute after the bombardment."

In the beginning, the tactics of Cecil's Legion were actually not so clever.

They did create a brand-new and powerful army, but this army was completely new to themselves. Gawain Cecil designed a series of supporting tactics and training programs for it, but from the command It is difficult for officers and soldiers to understand those contents out of thin air - they can only perform training mechanized, relying on their absolute trust in the lord, and record those skills that are not supported by any actual combat evidence. In [-], almost no commander successfully implemented those training contents.

Sonia saw with her own eyes that the tanks swarmed into the enemy's formation, and the infantry who should have coordinated the attack were left far behind by them (the fact that no soldiers were crushed to death by their own tanks is already a result of the previous mechanical training) , I have also seen combat teams nervously and exaggeratedly describing the frontline situation, causing the commanders in the rear to misjudge the size of the enemy, which not only wasted fire support, but also confused the original attack plan.

If it wasn't for the powerful enough advanced weapons and equipment, and if it wasn't for the crystal cluster army being at a loss when facing the southern border army, it would be impossible for the army of the Principality of Cecil to advance so fast.

In the command vehicle, Gao Wen was learning about the situation of the entire front through the magic network communication. Just now, a company had withdrawn from the battle due to an accident.

They made a mistake in the order and entered the enemy's encirclement during the march. Although they finally broke through, seven of the twelve chariots were damaged, causing serious casualties and had to be withdrawn for repairs.

The reserve company filled the vacancy of the fourth company and continued to dismantle the giants' defense.

The battlefield of the Holy Spirit Plain is the best stage for actual combat, and the legion of the Principality of Cecil will get the best experience here, and until now, the soldiers and commanders are still honing in and proficient in what they have learned on the training ground , What they are doing now is not good enough, but in Gao Wen's view, they are making rapid progress.

This should be attributed to the literacy rate of the soldiers.

More than [-]% of the soldiers have basic writing and computing skills, which is enough for them to have better logical thinking, enough for them to quickly accumulate relatively complex battlefield experience and understand various instructions from their superiors.

On the other hand, the tactics conceived by Gao Wen are more or less constrained by the inherent experience of the earth, and may not necessarily adapt to the actual situation of this world. In this regard, the commanders of the legion obviously must learn to adapt to local conditions and learn to actively adjust ——This also depends on the higher education level of the soldiers and the professionalism of the non-commissioned officer class.

After this war ended, the Cecil Legion might not be considered a master of a hundred battles, but at least it was a qualified modern legion that could properly use their advanced equipment.

The Cecilians are advancing northward, at an astonishing speed, like an out-of-control beast.

This "advance" can even be described as "charge".

When Heaton woke up in astonishment and listened to the report of the subordinate in charge of the southern defense line, the first line of defense set up by the Godly Legion in the plain area had disappeared—not broken through, but the entire Disappeared.

It was as if it had been burned to ashes, and a gust of wind blew it clean.

A priest of the death of all things that has been completely transformed into a godly form lowered his head, and reported nervously and slightly terrified: "They have broken through the line along the cypress manor, and are now attacking our second line of defense...Gorgon Huge battleships appeared on the river... There are six brigades... No, nine brigades just lost contact again!!"

Heaton stared: "How did they get so close?! Why didn't anyone find out before?!"

The dark priests were silent, but Heaton himself didn't expect to get an answer from these people - the attack of the Cecilians is already an established fact, and it is meaningless to study their previous course of action now.

"They came here for Hongfeng...Damn...how could they be so fast!!" He cursed in a low voice, and finally for the first time felt frightened by the power of the Cecils in his heart.

He was indeed afraid of the pioneer who came back from the dead, and his power to unify the southern border within a year...but that should have been in the past tense!

The Doom Society has created a powerful army of gods and evils. This powerful army can even overthrow the entire Ansu Kingdom within a month. It should be extremely powerful. It is fighting against the royal family and the noble army in the east. During the process, this legion did show its strength, but... what's going on now?

"Quickly gather the converts in the plain area, strengthen the second line of defense, and let the legion in the southern area retreat to block the back of the Cecils—attack them from behind!"

After a short moment of astonishment, Heaton forcibly suppressed the shock in his heart, and began to use the best plan he could think of to deal with the attack of the Cecils—he noticed one thing, that is, the Cecils were They directly rushed to the Red Maple Plain by some kind of secret march, which means that the army of gods stationed in the south of them is still intact...then as long as they can stop the Cecils in the north, the army of gods in the south can escape from the enemy. attack from the rear.

Even if Clode was here, he probably couldn't come up with a better plan.

However, shortly after his order was issued, a priest in the form of a giant said tremblingly: "Your Excellency... our second line of defense... has disappeared... the enemy... the enemy..."

The priest couldn't even finish his sentence, but Heaton no longer needed to hear any more information from the other party——

He heard a faint explosion!

The wind of magic power rolled up out of thin air, and Heaton's figure was quickly enveloped by a group of twisted black vines. In the next second, he reached the city wall in the south of Hongfeng through the network of vines set up in various places in the city.

He saw a huge cloud of smoke and dust rising from the southern plains, and many metal vehicles with strange shapes were rolling over the scorched earth and driving towards this side, and the god-evil converts patrolling on the plain were constantly being exploded and flashes, and those explosions and flashes that are obviously magical effects are emitted by those metallic things.

As described in the previous intelligence, those are the Cecil Legion from the south.

The guards of the Red Maple City acted at the first time. Countless tall god-giant giants stepped up to the city wall to prop up the line of defense. Quickly formed—as one of the important cities in the middle of the Holy Spirit Plain, Red Maple also has a city-level shield system, but it is not a heavy fortress like the Rock Fortress after all, and its shield device cannot be kept open for a long time. When threatened, the shield will temporarily rise.

Heaton watched the magic power in the air gradually condense into a barrier, but before the shield was completely closed, he suddenly saw a flash of light in the smoke in the distance——

A strange-looking thing wrapped in a light blue magical airflow cut through the air and flew straight. It passed through the unclosed red maple barrier and fell straight to the city wall.

An evil giant transformed from a transcendent in the Eastern Realm stretched out his hand, and grabbed the flying thing curiously—the force of that thing was so great that the powerful commander-level giant was holding it Afterwards, they were almost taken away on the spot. The giant stepped back again and again, stepped on a series of terrible pits on the city wall before barely standing still, and then curiously raised the obelisk-like metal bump in front of him: "This is What? Except for this layer of air mass, there seems to be no magic power inside..."

"Idiot!" Heaton roared angrily after being astonished—under normal circumstances, grabbing weapons thrown by the enemy with bare hands on the battlefield has always been regarded as a symbol of strength and superb martial arts skills, but what the Cecils shot Can it be caught casually?

The Doom Society has long had experience inside: When fighting the Cecils, no matter what they throw at you, even if it is a pumpkin pie, you must never reach out to grab it!

Almost anything they throw blows up!

However, before he reminded, the "metal bump" in the giant's hand had already exploded.

The mechanism activated the pre-set runic mechanism—and now, it magically responded.

The huge flash of the explosion completely enveloped the reckless giant commander, and countless shattered crystals and metals scattered in all directions. Heaton immediately propped up his shield to block all the fragments that might hurt him, and waited until the explosion dissipated Afterwards, all he could see was a broken leg where the giant had once stood.

The next moment, the city shield of Hongfeng City finally closed.

Chapter 0627 Monsters and Machines

Hongfeng's city-level shield closed.

A dense and thin energy barrier shrouded the plain city. The powerful magic power was drawn from the magic power focus of the city's underground, and through the channeling and projection of the rune array, it turned into a barrier stronger than rocks. As the barrier closed, artillery fire from the plains rained down on the city wall.