Chapter 611: Besieged City (Part 3)

The frontline fortress of the coalition forces and the distribution center for supplies.

The fortress standing on the dark gray land is constantly receiving resources from behind the defense line. The original commercial and economic facilities have been converted into specialized military facilities. The troops on duty in the fortress have dug multiple extended trench defense lines with the fortress as the center.

The first batch of trained coalition infantry has arrived. The coalition infantry is equipped with standard infantry weapons and uniforms, and is working hard to build temporary bunkers and concrete barriers in the trench defense lines.

Trench and fortifications are infantry's best partners in any era.

The French built the Maginot Line, but the Germans bypassed this line of defense... But in fact, if the French had not built the Maginot Line, the Germans probably would not have needed to take a detour through the Ardennes Forest...

The French did not have enough army groups to stop the Germans, and the Maginot Line was exactly the method that could help them save the troops they needed.

The French had paid too much for World War I and were no longer qualified to have a strategic decisive battle with the Germans.

In a sense, the Maginot Line achieved his goal perfectly.

The long and solid defense line forced the Germans to bypass this line of defense and launch an attack from another direction, allowing France to hold on for 42 days.

Otherwise, this humiliating defeat for France...

The shame may become even greater.

The lessons of modern warfare prove that even high-intensity air strikes and artillery bombardments cannot completely destroy a troop hiding in the ruins of a bunker. In the end, soldiers still need to complete the final cleanup.

Without soldiers going in to clean up, there is no way to confirm safety and no way to confirm victory.

The more technology develops, the more clearly humans realize that war will inevitably involve brutal close combat. The so-called technological omnipotence does not make much sense at this stage.

In the end, the decisive factor in the war still fell on people.

Moreover, the coalition forces are not afraid of fighting a static war with the Holy See. The reason why they do not take the initiative to launch an attack is because the entire fortress currently has only 30,000 troops stationed.

"Sixth Battalion, we are in charge of perimeter patrol today... Take it, here is the ID for patrolling." Gao Yu looked at Hui Xia and said, "Don't lose it. If you don't have the ID, they will shoot directly... Then only See you on the resurrection stage.”

They have meritorious service and outstanding achievements.

Naturally, they are qualified to be trained and reorganized in advance, and receive the first batch of equipment to serve as a 'model teacher'.

Distribute corresponding interwar infantry equipment.

"Brother, are you going to such trouble?" Hui Xia touched his head and waved a ball of undead fire: "Look, isn't this the best way for me to prove myself..."

Although the people in the Holy See have a more flexible bottom line, they should not have a way to cultivate necromancy...?

"Rules are rules. Only recognize the rules and not the people. Get used to it." Gao Yu coughed slightly and turned his gaze slightly to the second-generation steam spider on standby.

The thickened armor, the 12.7 heavy machine gun on the back, and the pipes on both sides specially used to release small smoke screens, you know that they are the best among steam spiders.

It is not that difficult to make a free lord obey rules and regulations.

For the sake of these big guys, he could get used to it.

If there are troubles and difficulties, we can adapt to them.

"I just thought of some past memories, and it feels weird." Hui Xia folded the ID and put it in his collar: "Speaking of which, the undead are still not allowed to come in? How about setting up a separate camp?"

Others can bring their troops to station on the fortress defense line, even the orcs and goblins, but his undead cannot.

As a member of the model division, he could only take Gao Yu's human infantry troops to patrol... and he could also bring a few auxiliary lichs and necromancers.

Liches and necromancers can live in ordinary houses, but the undead really need to find a cemetery to bury themselves.

"I have given feedback to the superiors. In short, we cannot be stationed in the main camp. We will wait for follow-up planning." Gao Yu shrugged: "The camps of orcs and elves cannot be put together. The superiors will not be able to stand duels every day."

"Well, the undead can't do much anyway." Hui Xia sighed and checked the rifle in his hand: "The low-end undead are useless now. I hope the mages I trained can help..."

They are not limited to magic, nor are they limited to thermal weapons.

Some units in the lower era are quite embarrassed at this stage. They cannot teach low-end undead to complete a very simple rifle aiming and firing action. Liches and necromancers can use rifles to shoot... Their accuracy is quite good. Well, you can even use erosion contamination to give each rifle round its own unique desolate contamination.

But that's just turning your special unit into a unit like a sniper squad in the army.

Perhaps they can only show their talents when setting and dismantling traps.

Hui Xia is also thinking about whether they can organize a special undead mortar team, rat poisonous wind mortars, and they can also send undead spells to assist in the production of similar special ammunition. . .

"It will take some time for the people above to mobilize the troops. If we perform better, we may get more resources..." Gao Yu smacked his lips and counted his fingers and said: "Let's try to get some heavy machine guns back. It's best to order more. 75mm gun...hey, I'm old with this thing..."

Heavy shelling sounded, interrupting Gao Yu's words. They all knew that it was the fortress cannon firing at the Holy See camp in the distance.

The artillery position not far away flashed with fire. In this dark environment, the flames produced by the firing can be observed with the naked eye from a long distance.

The irregular bombardment of the fortress cannon, 1-2 rounds of bombardment each time, can make the spirit of the church army more tense.

Gao Yu likes the sound of the bombardment. Many lords like to watch the heavy artillery fire and gather to watch the mechanical structure of the 203mm heavy fortress cannon reset in the airflow.

With a "click", it repeats over and over again.

The power itself, the most essential power.

Hui Xia narrowed his eyes and looked at the horizon in the distance, which was slightly bright. He felt that the light was different from usual.

The white light in the distance looked like a horizon during the day.

And now, this horizon is approaching them?

Gao Yu's sight fell on the monitoring post of the fortress. The soldier on the high platform used a special glass lens to observe the distance. He saw the soldier turned around and grabbed the alarm behind him, shouting and pulling it down.

"Enemy attack!"

The sharp sound of the air defense alarm swept across the entire fortress, and the hoarse electric alarm awakened every defense node in the fortress at a rapid frequency.