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Chapter 1961 - 592: Steel Torrent

Chapter 1961: Chapter 592: Steel Torrent

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom..."

The cannon fire echoed throughout the Machinery City.

Leonard Churchill went out to watch the commotion, while Catherine Carter led Darcy and Isabel to the command center.

Upon arrival, the command center was already bustling with activity. Dozens of imagers were transmitting images from the major fortresses surrounding the base, and the staff was using communicators to direct the troops outside in battle.

The Alliance Headquarters was staffed with battle-hardened professional soldiers, and the command center was busy yet orderly.

"Commander!"

As Catherine entered, everyone saluted.

Everyone was familiar with Leonard Churchill’s two disciples, and their gazes carried goodwill.

Catherine immediately entered command mode, efficiently and precisely arranging combat deployments.

Duke Simon’s Mansion had been prepared for a long time, gathering hundreds of thousands of elite troops to initiate an authoritative charge, with the first line of defense outside the headquarters engaging the enemy.

The projection images showed countless cannons firing simultaneously, and various magic energy flame tongues flashed like fireworks in a fierce scene.

The Lionheart Family, from the first day they entered the Old Continent, were almost constantly in combat, so the current situation was already familiar to them.

On the other side, Duke Simon’s Legion’s attack seemed a bit behind.

Although they possessed some mechanical equipment purchased from the Black Market, it was all outdated products discarded by the Allied Forces; the main assault legion of the Dragon Descendants still relied on traditional magic equipment.

They exerted effort pushing forward with moving Magic Towers, siege hammers, catapults, and city assault troop carriers towards the frontline.

In the Southern Continent, these were still considered top-tier large-scale siege equipment.

These devices were capable of causing destructive damage to the most magnificent cities in warfare.

However, compared to mechanical cannons, the Magic Towers seemed like outdated antiques. Whether in terms of range, quantity, or attack frequency, they were not in the same league.

The average cannon range easily reached twenty kilometers, not to mention the massive, super-large caliber cannons. Magic Towers of the seventh tier or above had a range barely reaching ten kilometers.

Under the firepower coverage, the gap between both sides was even larger.

Furthermore, the firing cost of mechanical cannons might be only a fraction of a percentage of that of a Magic Tower.

If not for the energy barriers burning money-like protection, those antiques would have already been shattered by the cannons.

Duke Simon’s Legion’s first wave of cannon fodder slaves almost fell into a passive situation the moment they entered the range, covered by a barrage of cannon fire.

However, having fought for so long, the enemy had measures in place.

In the imager’s display, although the cannon fire produced large smoke zones, triangular iron-backed dragons, resembling small hills and clad in metal armor, pushed through the barrage slowly; in the sky, flying dragons rapidly assaulted, breathing dragon’s breath and throwing magic energy bombs at the cannon positions with great maneuverability; and war mammoths, mixed-blood Behemoths, along with various other giant Demon Beasts carrying siege equipment, stormed forward...

Both sides had their strengths and weaknesses, making for a back-and-forth battle.

Darcy watched quietly from the side.

Although this Mushroomhead was encountering command in warfare for the first time, there was no trace of surprise in his eyes, only a calmness beyond his years. He seemed to have an innate ability to control the big picture, with the combat images in his eyes converging into a chess-like scene in his mind.

Isabel, as the most favored lady of the Iris Legion, had naturally witnessed war.

But this was her first experience of a mechanical legion in warfare, and everything in the command center was novel to her.

Indeed, communications in the Southern Continent still largely relied on trained owls, with only a few large corps possessing some magic energy communication relics. Yet, the Alliance Headquarters had a dizzying array of monitoring equipment. Communicators could efficiently transmit orders to every combatant, heat-present life detectors could accurately analyze enemy numbers, and even the Dragon’s Might level could be monitored for precise assessment of enemy commanders’ strength...

The Allies Headquarters owned the most advanced military equipment on the entire plane, which opened Isabel’s eyes, quietly subduing her innate arrogance.

She now understood the deeper meaning behind her father’s advice to study well when she left home.

Mechanical technology was an unavoidable trend in future battlefields, and the Iris Legion needed someone truly knowledgeable about mechanical technology to lead.

Catherine keenly observed their performances.

....

The armies from both sides engaged in fierce battles around various positions in the Red Ridge Mountains.

Nobles in the Southern Continent had a standard process for warfare, initially using large slave armies to clear minefields and restrictions, followed by elite charges.

The scenes were fierce and bloody, with tens of thousands of slaves blown into pieces, blood, and flesh flying under cannon coverage.

They fought for half a day.

Both sides had clashed many times before; the Alliance’s positions were as hard as a tortoise shell, capable of breaking even the sharpest beast’s teeth.

After losing numerous cannon fodder slaves without progress, retreat would often be chosen.

This time, however, Duke Simon’s Mansion seemed determined to capture the Alliance Headquarters, with the momentum of their charge unabated.

Gradually, seventh and eighth-tier Dragon Descendants appeared on the battlefield, cutting through the Alliance’s defenses like blades, prompting intense close combat in certain areas.

Intel indicated that the Simon Family originally intended to consume the Allied Forces, monopolizing those mechanical technologies.