The Fourth Calamity never believed in the steel torrent!

Chapter 58: Mission to capture the bridgehead fails; defend the town once more!
"Sulfur Fire Rain!"

As the battle mage in the Black Hawk Empire's army raised his staff, a large rain of emerald green fire bombarded the ground as the magic circle spun rapidly.

"Holy crap! This is outrageous! How come even mages are involved?"

Seeing the overwhelming rain of fire crashing down on their mechs, the two players piloting the Peacemaker mechs couldn't help but curse.

Are you kidding them? They're fighting and suddenly they're using magic! Is this some kind of world war they're familiar with?

Oh? You mean there were mechs and cyborgs appearing from the very beginning, and even special soldiers using necromancer guns before that?
That's alright then! This world is definitely not the normal world war they know!

Despite the fact that the Peacemaker mech was quite mobile, it still ended up getting drenched in flames from the relentless rain of fire falling from the sky, no matter how hard the player tried to maneuver the mech.

The Peacekeeper mech, which was not a heavily armored unit to begin with, was no match for the spells with extremely high temperatures and the destructive effect of thermite. Its top armor was completely unable to withstand the fire rain and was melted into a pile of scrap metal in the blink of an eye.

The next moment, both players suddenly felt dizzy and realized they were both in a state of waiting to be resurrected!
Damn! There's a cheat code! There really is a cheat code!

Not only was this unfortunate mech taken away by a barrage of fire from the enemy, but several cavalry players were also inexplicably wiped out by the fire rain from the sky.

This thing is incredibly lethal; within a small area, it's even more ferocious than continuous artillery fire!
An ordinary player would be finished off if hit by one of these things, and even cavalry would be unable to withstand two hits.

Without the cover of the cavalry behind them, and without the players' mortars, the players on the bridgehead, who were busy maneuvering their warhorses to fight the enemy at close range, were suddenly left isolated and helpless.

Although they were all like Zhao Zilong of Changshan, wielding their spears and sabers like the wind, cutting down one soldier after another around them.

However, faced with bullets coming from all directions, these cavalry players ultimately met their demise, leaving only their warhorses standing in place, now in a neutral state.

Seeing the warhorses standing blankly in front of them, completely motionless, the Black Hawk soldiers, having come to their senses, gathered around to examine what was so special about these warhorses.

They had noticed before that both the cavalrymen on horseback and the warhorses themselves were exceptionally resilient, even beyond their comprehension!

Therefore, they all suspected that this group of cavalrymen, along with their horses, were likely some kind of special cyborgs, just not as obviously modified as their Black Hawk Empire's technology.

Although I'm reluctant to admit it, what does this mean? It means the other side possesses more advanced modification technology!

If they could bring these warhorses back, could they gain some breakthroughs from the enemy's technology?

But the moment the Black Hawk soldiers touched the warhorses, it was as if time had stopped and then resumed its flow. The warhorses, which had been motionless and looked like robots, suddenly began to neigh and jump around wildly.

Judging from their appearance, these warhorses are clearly frightened, just like ordinary warhorses that have been startled!
"Strange, what's going on? Why are these horses suddenly jumping up?"

"Never mind, stop thinking about it for now. Let's get these horses under control. Damn Cambrian Empire, I wonder what kind of black technology they used to create such powerful warhorses?"

A group of Black Hawk soldiers scrambled to control the frightened horses, struggling to regain their footing, but a sense of unease lingered in their hearts. Were these the same warhorses that the cavalry had ridden on their backs and slaughtered them earlier?

Compared to the previous warhorses that displayed great might and were as disciplined as iron, they felt that these warhorses looked no different from their own horses, except that they were just a bit stronger.

The Black Hawk soldiers were unaware, and even Andrei himself was unaware, that once the vehicles he had redeemed were captured by the enemy, they would completely lose all their game characteristics and become units with the same performance and functions as those in history.

That's why, when the Black Hawk soldiers captured these warhorses, they were no longer the nuclear-powered warhorses they once were; they were just ordinary warhorses.

The Cambrian army, which had been rushing to the rear, finally arrived after the battle on this side had ended.

There was no other way. A 5-kilometer journey would take a normal army an hour to march. Even if they marched at full speed, it would still take them nearly half an hour to get here. Otherwise, by the time they arrived, there would be no point in fighting; they would have exhausted themselves first.

In comparison, the players on horseback and motorcycles were incredibly fast; you'd think they were racing Grand Theft Auto!

The fact that this Cambrian army was able to arrive so quickly is already a testament to their desperate efforts.

The Cambrian army that arrived was unable to make any significant impact; the disparity between the two sides was simply too great.

Not to mention that the Black Hawk Army on the other side had several times more machine guns than them, and most of the soldiers in the team were elite veterans with experience in several battles.

The mere fact that the mortars and infantry guns that had been re-erected on the other side of the river was enough to leave the lightly armed Cambrian soldiers with bloodied heads.

After respawning from behind, another group of players rushed over and quickly threw smoke grenades to block the enemy artillery's line of sight, then tried to continue acting as smoke demons.

But just then, they were suddenly told that the mission they had received to stop the enemy from occupying the bridgehead had been canceled, the original mission rewards were gone, and the next mission had become leading as many troops as possible to retreat and defend the town again.

Crow: [You scoundrel! What happened? How did the quest just disappear?]

King Gigi: [We probably failed to repel the enemy within the allotted time. There's nothing we can do; this wave of enemies is too strong. This mission doesn't seem like something that can be completed through normal means!]

The change in the mission sparked a lot of discussion among players in the chat area, all wondering why they had failed this time and whether they had missed some trick.
Unfortunately, the players didn't know that this wave was simply because the enemy's strength was too great, exceeding their combat capabilities.

Andrei had been keeping an eye on the players' combat mode. Although he was far away and couldn't see what was happening, he could guess what the players were doing from the conversations in the chat area.

However, it's pointless to fight this far, as more and more enemies are surging in, and the opposing side also has artillery and magic suppression.

Players might be able to withstand the casualties, but friendly forces could not. When Lieutenant Colonel Unere realized that the bridgehead could not be recaptured, he immediately issued a retreat order, sending a messenger on horseback to inform them.

For this reason, Andrei took the opportunity to cancel the mission and recall the player.

(End of this chapter)