Chapter 111
The passage between the turret and the ammunition depot was opened, and the soldiers quickly transported the shells to the turret. At this moment, dense gunfire sounds came from outside the turret.
"The enemy is attacking!" The anxious shouts of suicide squad soldiers came from the passage.
When Weis heard this, he hurriedly said, "Let me go up, I'll command the battle."
"We must guard this turret, it is our only hope." The "Leader" quickly reminded.
"I know, of course I know." Weiss responded. He stepped on the bomb lifter and came to the turret with the help of a lift. At this time, the soldiers guarding outside the turret retreated step by step under the enemy's attack and had retreated to the entrance of the turret. Outside, groups of Normans were launching a frantically attack. Of course, they knew what this turret and the ammunition depot below meant. Even without a comprehensive battle plan, they launched the attack desperately.
After Weiss went up, he immediately took out his pistol and threw it into the battle, commanding the soldiers to consolidate their defense while fighting. Before he came, the soldiers had raised two shells and some launching medicine bags into the turret, and according to the guidance of the "Leader Party", he drove the turret to the human-powered turret through the mechanical turntable. Following Weiss, the "Leader Party" also climbed up. He looked at the situation and did not enter the battle, but instead invited several other soldiers to move the shells to the gun position.
There was no latch handle on the bulwark before, and it was difficult for the soldiers to open the bulwark for a while. Fortunately, this guy found the parts taken away by the Normans in the ammunition warehouse, and quickly installed them, opened the bulwark, and took the soldiers to load them.
The "Leading Party" focused on operating artillery, and Weiss was focused on leading the soldiers to resist the enemy's attack. There were many enemies in this artillery, but a considerable number were gunners. They were good at operating artillery, but they were not good at melee combat. The real threat came from those elite land soldiers. Fortunately, they were not large in number and had heavy weapons in their hands. Once they lost their momentum of fighting, they fell into a state of embarrassment of being strong and unable to exert force. Moreover, the passage to the turret was very narrow, and no matter how many enemies were, they could not be used. In just a moment, the ground ahead was full of enemy corpses. Weiss led the soldiers to defend their lives and did not give in, but they were not machines and did not have weapons of unlimited ammunition. Once the machine guns replaced the magazine, the enemy would approach. When their firepower was fully opened, the enemy would retreat.
"We can't hold on for too long!" Weiss opened fire while shouting at the "leader's party".
The soldiers had packed the heavy shells and the subsequently raised launching medicine into the gunbore. These people had some basic artillery skills, but they were not professional artillery soldiers and did not know how to reasonably control the Norman heavy artillery. Fortunately, the "Leader" was not only good at melee combat, but also seemed to be skilled in artillery skills. He quickly made proper arrangements, and then personally controlled the artillery aircraft, playing the role of gunner and gunner alone. After two or three minutes, when Weiss was already difficult to withstand the next wave of the enemy's impact, they finally heard the sound of relief.
"Be careful! Open fire!"
Although the sound was shouted in Norman, because it was simple and had similar pronunciations, they could understand it.
A huge roar was like the rumble of thunder in the sky. At that moment, the ground was trembling, which was the power of heavy artillery! Two shells broke out of the chamber and smashed towards the target ahead. Hearing this sound, Weiss and the "Leader Party" rushed to the forward observation port of the turret. Perhaps disturbed by the movements on the cannon, the white warship had left the original berth. Perhaps in more than ten or twenty seconds, it could leave this dangerous area and return to the unrestrained sky.
It is really not a good idea to say that the artillery technique of the "leader" is really not a cover. Without any "warm-up", the first shot was on the target. Two shells seemed to have eyes, and they hit the white and arrogant body of the Norman warship without bias. One shot hit the stern of the ship and the other shot hit the bottom of the ship. If the warship exploded, then everything was over and the goal was completed. The next thing was to try to evacuate. However, that guy was like a guy with strong muscles hidden under his gorgeous coat. He was punched twice. He felt that he might be hung up, but in fact he remained unmoved.
"Quick, hurry, load quickly!" Seeing that there was no obvious abnormality in the white warship, the "leader" shouted impatiently.
The power system of this turret is roughly the same as that of a flying warship, namely: steam drive as the main and human drive as the auxiliary. However, the power system is not near the turret, and there is no command from the command center. Even if the steam boiler is in operation, it will not transmit power. Therefore, Weiss and the others can only use the most primitive human drive. The four soldiers turned the winch of the ammunition machine with all their might to lift the shells and launch the medicine bags from the ammunition depot. At this time, a sharp whistling sound came from outside, and almost everyone knew that this was the deadly counterattack artillery fire from the enemy. They didn't know whether they would be wiped out in the next second.
The terrifying screams were getting closer and closer, and then a series of explosions came, and the world began to shake violently. Many people subconsciously lay on the ground, only the "leader" held the cannon tail, and before the explosion could hit him, they shouted: "We still have a chance, don't give up!"
Is there still a chance? Weiss didn't have much confidence in this, but he decided to fight. Realizing that the enemy's artillery fire was not as terrible as he thought, he quickly called on the soldiers to push the shells and ammunition bags to the gun position.
The "Leader Party" continued to be responsible for the artillery operation. Weiss came to the observation port of the turret. He saw that the white warship was still climbing upwards, but it had not yet left the shooting range. During the ascent, it slowly adjusted its posture and turned the bow toward this side, and seemed to be flying towards this side.
Not only does this guy not escape, but he also has to rush over to fight? Is this the so-called "dominant spirit"?
Weis frowned. The only two Norman senior executives he had come into contact with were Alves and Balas. They had excellent knowledge and talents and very high IQ, but they always felt that their arrogance might become a fatal problem. According to the Norman logic reflected in them, it is not surprising that the big man on the warship in front of him would order a counterattack on the spot after being attacked instead of safely protecting it.
"It's coming, it's coming to us!" Weiss shouted to the "Leader Party", "Do you know what it wants to do?"
"Eliminating us is like crushing insects with your fingers." The "Leader" answered almost without thinking.
"Since that's the case..." Weiss said to the "Leader", "Let's fire two shots into its head and let it go to hell!"
The "Leader Leader" did not answer, but turned around to check the soldiers' loading shells, and then shouted in surprise: "Oh my God, one ordinary grenade, one armor-piercing shell! What I want is two armor-piercing shells! Forget it, it's too late, just like that! Load the shells! Load the medicine bags! One plus two! Hurry up!"
Weis continued to look out through the observation port. Although the enemy knew that there was a problem with the cannon base and that the turret was controlled by the enemy, so far, they had not invested much artillery fire in counterattack, and the shells were not powerful enough. Otherwise, the suicide squad and the turret had been erased. Seeing the white enemy ship straightened the hull and rushed over like a knight to welcome the enemy, Weis understood in his heart: this is the rebelliousness and pride of the Norman royal family. When negotiating with Balas and Alves in the town, although they wanted to kill themselves, they were disdainful to use ambushing and sniping and other unremarkable means, they tried every means to make Weiss self-destruct, which led to a reversal later. Now, when the king faced the threat again, he rushed towards him with unafraid fighting spirit, not the same routine as them?
Under the organization and guidance of the "Leading Party", the soldiers tried their best to complete the reload of the two heavy artillery. Accompanied by the shouts of "Attention, open fire", in this stormy situation, the main gun-level artillery of the two cruisers opened fire again.
Weiss widened his eyes and prayed silently in his heart. In a flash, a shell hit the flying warship that looked like a white dragon, and the bounce point was at the thickest bow of its armor. Theoretically, artillery of the same caliber was difficult to penetrate armor of the same thickness, but in theory it did not mean that it was actually not possible. Even though the killing of the level was often happening on the battlefield. This time, only one of the two shells fired was an armor-piercing bomb. No one knew whether the one hit the enemy ship was this one, but it was this shell that became a key factor that changed the situation - changing the course of the war - or even changing the world... A few seconds later, the proud Norman warship suddenly exploded, and the beautiful bow of the ship was swallowed by a ball of orange flames in an instant, and the smoke and dust gushed out was like the blood splashed by the warship.
"Oh my God! We did it! We really did it!" The "Leader" put aside his previous calmness and coldness and shouted hysterically. It can be seen that he sincerely wanted the big man on the white warship to be finished.
At this moment, Weiss was extremely calm. Killing the target was just the first step in his action. Next, he had to find ways to lead the suicide squad out of this place of failure and withdraw from the battle with the support of the main force of the guerrilla advance team. His thoughts were running rapidly. After just a dozen seconds, a heart-pounding loud bang came from the distance. The white dragon was cut off by the divine blade and stabbed it from the air. Are there any life on the person above?
The warship that the big man was riding on exploded and fell. The mood of tens of thousands of Norman soldiers in Slien was probably falling to the bottom of the valley. The artillery counterattack against the No. 9 artillery base ended abruptly, and the attack of the Norman troops did not continue. There were various shouts outside the turret, and the messy situation was a good opportunity to escape. Under Weiss' order, the soldiers guarding the ammunition depot quickly came to the turret and dragged the wounded to retreat on the same path. When they passed through the smoke-filled area and ran out along the mud, Weiss saw that the "white dragon" fell not far from the north. The slender hull was only half of the middle and the remaining hull still basically maintained its original outline. If the big man was in the cabin at the back of the warship at that time, he might not have died in the explosion and fall - this is completely possible!
Weis thought this way, and after walking a few steps, he suddenly saw a group of soldiers surrounded by a guy with gorgeous clothes on the falling warship. He quickly squinted his eyes and looked at it. There seemed to be nothing special among the attendants. All kinds of data were ordinary people. It was blood, bloodline, and noble bloodline that made him look so unique.
The group of people was not far away. If they led the suicide squad to rush over at this time, they would still have a certain chance to kill the enemy. However, Weis weighed the pros and cons, examined the situation, and decisively gave up this behavior of going to the death to help the enemy. Just as those people retreated to the fortress next to them, suddenly, Weis saw the man fall suddenly and squint his eyes to observe, the guy's vitality was declining rapidly.
In such a chaotic environment, is there such a sharpshooter in the suicide squad? If so, it should be him himself! No, we cannot kill him in this situation. Weiss said to himself with certainty.
It wasn't what we did, who was that? It must be his enemy. When Weis came to his senses, he found that the "Leader Party" was missing. In a hurry, he looked around and vaguely saw the guy mingling among the busy Normans, approaching the falling king. He thought that he would confirm the situation and put the last insurance for the absolute success of the action. Anyway, this man didn't say he wanted to leave with them, Weis decisively led the soldiers to fight and retreat. Relying on the team, there were soldiers in enemy uniforms, they fought and scammers and deceived them, and finally broke away from Slien's defense system. When he looked back, he could no longer see the figure of the "Leader Party". Anyway, after just a while, few people had seen through his identity. Weis had a vague feeling that after confirming that the king had no sign of life, this man might disappear quickly, and perhaps even more decisively - completely disappear.
Looking back at the road of Slien's retreat, it was a road full of thorns and bumps, shrouded by the breath of death. Weiss was even unwilling to recall the thrilling and dangerous details. The Hundred-man suicide squad lost one-third of the time at Fort Nine, fought fiercely with the enemy several times during the retreat, and lost more than one-third. In the end, only twenty people withdrew from the battle. The main force of the guerrilla advance team, which had more than two thousand people, won first and then lost in the support action that day. Although they were still alive, they won first and then lost.
However, a successful blocking battle was fought, killing and wounding thousands of enemy troops, but then the Norman army organized an air-ground coordination and launched an extremely crazy attack on them. Even though the guerrilla advance team escaped into the mountains and forests and moved under the cover of night and morning mist, they were still bitten several times by the group of wild beasts who had lost their minds. In the subsequent ten days of counter-chasing and anti-strangling operations, the overall casualty rate was close to 40%. It was not until the Federal Army achieved a critical victory on the Lorraine Front that it was finally rescued.
Soon, Weiss and the others learned from the intelligence that the king killed in Slien was really the crown prince of the Norman Empire. With the unexpected fall of the young crown prince, the power class of the Norman Empire experienced severe turmoil. The top leaders were not interested in the front line, and the front line soldiers were not interested in fighting. This battle, which was originally evenly matched, took a dramatic turn. In less than three months, before spring came, the Normans began to retreat like a tide until they evacuated from the riddled land of the Ulster Free Federation.
However, the victory of the federal front did not bring good news to the allies in the north. The Wessex army also wanted to take advantage of the chaos in the Norman Empire, but was ambushed by the Normans, defeated in a key battle with the advantage of strength, and lost the last elite troops. The loss of the front line led to a coup that might have been planned for a long time in Wessex. The Regent, who was in charge of the regime, quickly negotiated a peace agreement with the Normans, and took the condition of recovering 80% of the land and "pled" part of the land and resources in exchange for the Norman Empire to strike.
During the northern front, the Normans quickly transferred their energy and troops southward. In the last battle, the federal army invaded the Norman Empire through the Kingdom of Falake and the Kingdom of Fries. Now the two sides once again focused the focus of the battle on the Kingdom of Falake and the Kingdom of Fries, which had joined the Norman Empire camp, as if it was a wonderful cycle.
Chapter completed!