Chapter 1435: Prologue to the Battle of the Holy City

Falling Hammer Mountain, on the defensive position of the Heavenly Sword God Sect that the Ailan Hill Empire has just captured, the main force of the Ailan Hill Empire is unfolding.

Countless armored vehicles ran over a clearing filled with fallen trees. In a corner on the side, a puppet was burying the dead body of the Heavenly Sword God Sect.

The roar of the launch overwhelmed the sound of the wind, the tracks of the tank were crushing the soft soil, and the artillery had begun to arrange the position, slowly raising its slender barrel.

Their goal is the Holy Church. The original uninterrupted Holy Church Mountain has collapsed, and now the mechanized troops of the Ailan Hill Empire are unfolding in the broken valley.

The UPIA-1 mech took heavy steps and walked beside the 99D main battle tank. The heavy armored grenadiers with 10mm caliber assault rifles stared at the distant city that seemed to be close at hand.

"Boom!" The sky warship floating on everyone's head was pouring ammunition toward the enemy's position in the distance.

The 500 mm caliber cannon roared, and the enemy's position began to vibrate violently under the heavy bombardment of a car.

A plume of smoke rose to the sky, and on the edge of the huge bullet crater, the **** Heavenly Sword Shenzong swordsmen were lying there, apparently no longer breathing.

What made the defenders of the Heavenly Sword God Sect desperate was that all this was just the beginning. Just when everyone felt that they had seen hell, more intense artillery fire ransacked the entire line of defense.

The dense shells fell like raindrops, landing on the ground almost at the same time, and at the same time they lifted up dust in the sky.

Shrapnel flew across the battlefield, screaming everywhere, and the sound of bomb explosions that drowned the screams.

The self-propelled artillery fired with different ballistics could almost perfectly land three volleys of shells at the same time. This technique is nothing for modern artillery. The artillery of the Ailan Hill Empire has long started to use this tactic.

The first round of artillery strikes is always the most effective, and some enemies will hide and be hidden later-and the shells that fall in the first round, everyone can only simply lie down.

Hundreds of artillery shells landed at the same time, causing huge damage to the Tianjian Shenzong's defense forces. They died one after another under the cover of the artillery fire, and the bodies were covered by the dust that was thrown up.

When the artillery finally stopped, the main battle tank of the Ailan Hill Empire was crushed in this way.

Unlike the M4 tanks driven by puppets, the Type 99 main battle tank of the Ailan Hill Empire is more flexible and has more terrifying firepower.

The ballistic computer and the hunting and destroying system cooperate with each other, so that the tank of the Ailan Hill Empire has a hit rate of more than 90% in the first round. With the grenade, the killing effect on the swordsman is very powerful.

What makes the swordsmen even more daunting is the almost invincible humanoid monster in heavy armor! Those UIPA-1 heavy mechas with golden eagle emblems printed on their shoulders are simply invincible among the crowd.

Flying swords directly attacked the steel plates that could not penetrate these mechas to protect themselves. Using magical tools would easily expose themselves and cause more severe blows. The poor worms of the Heavenly Sword Shenzong stationed on the ground found that they were not at the same level as their opponents. Level.

They once thought they were on the fifth floor, overlooking the enemies on the first floor. But now they find that although they are on the fifth floor, the enemy is in the stratosphere...

Burrison put down his binoculars and looked away from the enemy's position where there was basically only thick smoke left in the distance.

He looked at the adjutant next to him and asked: "Has the follow-up troops arrived at the designated position on time?"

"Yes! They arrived 2 minutes earlier." The adjutant smiled and replied: "The enemy army is retreating, and their two-wing forces are shrinking very quickly. I don't know if they are disintegrating or gathering towards the Holy City."

"If they want to build up their troops, then it's just the fat delivered to our mouths!" Burrison smiled, walked to the front of the map, pointed to the location of the two wings and said: "Let the two wings continue. Launch an attack! Use a pincer attack to encircle Shengjiao City!"

"Tell the 3rd Division of the Expeditionary Army and let them bypass the Holy Church and attack directly in the direction of Cambridge! Within 24 hours, I want them to appear near Cambridge!" Burrison tapped on the map and ordered.

"Okay! Commander!" The adjutant smiled and stood up and saluted, and then went to deliver the commander's order.

Over their heads, a new round of shelling began, the sky battleships lined up one by one, and all the gun barrels on the five battleships had been aimed at the targets on the ground.

In this volley, countless fires spewed out the muzzle of the black hole, and the automatic smoke extractor let thick smoke out of the barrel, which diffused in the sky, as if it were a thin layer of cloud and mist, covering the sky. A fleet of battleships.

The dull sound of artillery fire made Burrison feel a strong sense of urgency. He wanted to assault to Cambridge within 24 hours, and also pulled out the nail of the Holy City within 24 hours. There was still a bit on his shoulders. pressurized.

"It depends on whether the idiots of God Sword Sect cooperate or not." He thought to himself in the bottom of his heart.

At the same moment, the swordsmen of the Heavenly Sword God Sect who were stationed on the road between Falling Hammer Mountain and Shengjiao City were retreating desperately.

No one can stop them from retreating, because they know that the same door behind them is retreating, and they will all be left as cannon fodder.

The feeling of being abandoned is definitely not good, not to mention that they have to face enemies that are countless times stronger than them.

Although there are still people insisting, most swordsmen are retreating backwards. They gave up the line of defense they were supposed to guard and threw them to the doormate behind them.

In this way, the defeat all the way allowed the Seven Elders to harvest more than 20,000 disciples who fled from various places in the Holy Religious City. These people joined the troops guarding the Holy City—because the Seven Elders are sitting in town, they dare not retreat without authorization...

Now, there are about 100,000 wounded in Shengjiao City, and there are about 40,000 defenders, which can be regarded as "strong soldiers and strong horses".

Those who attacked these swordsmen were the main force of the Ailan Hill Empire. The heavy armored grenadiers alone had 3 divisions and more than 60,000 troops!

If you count the puppet's coordinated combat troops, the Ailan Hill Empire has more than 100,000 troops, and it has also strengthened the sky battleship and various heavy equipment.

The combat effectiveness of the two sides is not on the same level at all, even if there are masters like the Seven Elders in charge.

After all, even though the Seventh Elders are in the Holy Religious City, the lovely Lanhill Empire is not without masters...