Idle game leads to another world.

Chapter 301 Test Firing and Aiming
Intuition is a difficult thing to explain, especially for an old general like Wang Guozhihu who has been in the military for half his life. His intuition on the battlefield is likely to be terrifyingly accurate.

It is obviously no coincidence that both sides acted at the same time.

Although the port of Leon Territory is small, it can accommodate ships. Princess Viola is likely to have contacted Sailing City, and the two sides have agreed on a time for unified action.

It must be said that they chose the right time. The army of the Subia Demon Kingdom was not adapted to the climate of the north, and with the lack of supplies, they were in their weakest state of being unable to move.

The Tiger of the Kingdom guessed that Viola's months-long dormancy was probably for today.

But then again, even though the Subia Demon Kingdom's army was indeed in its weakest state, and even though both sides were acting at the same time, tantamount to a two-pronged attack, in terms of combat power, the Subia Demon Kingdom still had an absolute advantage.

The army of Qihang City is not good at field combat, and its number is at most 20,000 to 30,000, and this number includes the urban management personnel.

There were even fewer on Viola's side, with scouts reporting only four or five hundred cavalrymen.

Even if the entire army were to attack with such a small number of people, it would be a bit like hitting a rock if they tried to flanke the 120,000-strong Subia Demon Kingdom army from both sides.

However, the Tiger of the Kingdom does not think that Viola is a fool. The princesses of other Demon Kingdoms are all delicate and dainty ladies, but Princess Viola is a princess in military uniform in the literal sense. She was able to lead two thousand remaining soldiers through the encirclement of the four-nation coalition forces and run to the Leon territory. This cannot be explained by simple luck.

Since they dare to come, they must have some confidence. Now is the time to counter their moves.

After thinking for a moment, the Tiger of the Kingdom gave the order:

"Let the third, fifth, and sixth regiments go forward to block the troops from Sailing City. Isaac, you go and supervise."

Perhaps with the idea of ​​training his grandson, the Tiger of the Kingdom asked Isaac to stop the army of Sailing City.

Isaac was obviously very happy to be entrusted with such an important task at such a young age. Although he wanted to fight Viola again, this idea was nothing compared to being able to lead three legions.

After Isaac happily left the tent, the Tiger of the Kingdom said to his staff:

"Princess Viola, keep a close watch. I think the troops from Sailing City are just feinting. The princess's troops are the main force."

"But Princess Viola only has four or five hundred cavalrymen, which is not enough to pose a threat to our army..."

"It's not that simple."

The Tiger of the Kingdom shook his head. Somehow, his mind suddenly recalled the sky full of lightning that he had seen across the Spine of the World Mountains a few months ago.

There has been no reliable explanation for that terrifying power so far. The fact that Princess Viola dared to lead a few hundred cavalrymen to charge directly at an army of 120,000 may be related to this.

So, assuming that Viola is the main force, what is her goal?
forage?

supplies?

Or maybe…
The Tiger of the Kingdom pressed his temple and his fingers moved to the hilt of the sword at his waist.

He realized that Princess Viola's target might be the Tiger of the Kingdom himself.

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At the same time, outside the Subia Demon Kingdom military camp.

The cold wind blew across my cheeks carrying scattered snowflakes, and the feeling I brought was not coldness, but pain.

Patrolling on a night like this is a tough job, but the military is all about enforcing orders. Not to mention the cold wind, even if it's raining knives from the sky, you still have to go out on patrol if you get a military order.

From afar, blinding flames could be seen coming from the direction of Qihang City. The patrolmen knew at a glance that it was the soldiers of Qihang City who had launched an attack at night.

This kind of thing has happened before. Even the patrol soldiers knew that Qihang City was short of troops and that they had already exhausted all their strength just to defend. The offensive they launched would soon be repelled.

Besides, if the situation was really critical, a messenger would come to inform them soon, so the patrol team just stopped and watched for a while, and then continued to move forward along the planned route.

About ten minutes later, the wind became stronger and stronger, and the snowflakes seemed to be getting bigger and bigger. Large flakes of snow mixed with fine snow powder fell from the sky, making it difficult to tell whether it was real snow or blown down from the Spine of the World Mountains.

The members of the patrol team took out flat wine flasks from their arms, intending to use strong liquor to drive away the cold.

At this moment, they heard a muffled banging sound, which was mixed in with the cold wind. It was not loud, but it was easy to distinguish. Several people looked around in confusion, but could not find the source of the sound.

"Could it be that a rock fell from the mountain?"

"Impossible, that's not the sound a rock would make when it falls."

It was like a muffled sound and sounded very far away.

At this time, three muffled bangs were heard. This time the soldiers distinguished that the sound came from the World Spine Mountains on their right.

They also immediately realized that the sound was obviously caused by human factors. Although they didn't know why, they had to report the matter.

It was at this time that the soldiers discovered something with sparks slowly falling from the sky. The fire was very conspicuous in the dark night and could be seen even with the wind and snow blocking the view.

There was a loud bang and something exploded, sending up large, multicolored sparks, some of which ignited the thick fur-covered tent.

With such a loud noise, the soldiers who were originally sleeping also got up one after another. At the same time, explosions sounded one after another around them.

However, the scope of the explosion was not large, and the materials ignited were very small, so the fire could be extinguished easily, and it was far from causing chaos.

But at this time, the muffled banging sound appeared again, and it was much more frequent than before, perhaps dozens of times.

This gave the soldier a strange idea. The previous shots were just test firings of the cannon...

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At the same time, on the southern mountain range of the Spine of the World.

After some advance reconnaissance, they found a relatively flat piece of land filled with metal oil drums, which were like cannon barrels pointing at the Subia Demon Kingdom military camp below where sparks of fire were burning.

There are cannons in this world, and their technological level is probably similar to that of early smoothbore cannons, which can only fire solid projectiles.

However, due to problems with casting technology, only the dwarves who were best at casting can stably produce qualified gun barrels. The output of cannons was not high, and the gun body could not be made too large, let alone launch large projectiles.

Therefore, cannons are generally only used on city walls or warships. Field combat environments are too complicated. In addition, due to the existence of unscientific things like magic, enchanted city walls are too powerful for primitive cannons, so they are not widely used in the army.

For Viola, cannons were out of the question, as they were completely beyond the capabilities of the blacksmiths in the Leon territory.

There are no real cannons, but we can think of other ways, such as using gasoline barrels as cannon barrels.

What it fired were not real shells, but just explosive packs.

Wendy wrapped herself up into a ball, stretched out her hand and measured the distance with her thumb, and then referred to the explosion positions of the previous test shots, and gave the order:
"Raise the elevation angle to 5 degrees, and shoot one round!"

The gasoline barrel made a series of muffled bangs, scattering the explosive packs.

The range of this cannon is not far, generally only about one hundred to two hundred meters, but because it has occupied the commanding heights in advance, its range is much wider than on flat ground.

They also used a little trick by tying a small parachute to the explosive pack and extending the fuse.

This operation is the same as the firework called "Parachute", which increases the range by gliding with the parachute.

"Is this really reliable?"

Alde, who was standing nearby, looked at the flames below, tightened her collar and said:

"Although I provided the propellant and technology, I still don't think it's good enough."

"Don't say such things that will undermine the morale of the troops when the war begins!"

Wendy had a headache.

I caught a cold again recently. I don’t know what it is, but it’s very uncomfortable. I feel like my brain is about to solidify. Please pay attention to your health.
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