The story of the black silk female knight

“The enemy is less than 3000 meters away from us, General Maser.”

An officer from the Allied Second Fleet, watching the mechanical behemoth Xuanwu approaching on the screen, couldn't help but swallow hard.

"They've all come within the effective range of our coastal defense weapons. Shall we open fire?"

"No rush, just wait."

The general in sunglasses calmly waved his hand and tapped the table with his finger:

"You've all seen the defensive capabilities of those mobile fortresses before. Even the Seven Rainbows Fleet's powerful bombing couldn't break through them, so our coastal defense weapons are even worse... Opening fire now would only be a waste of ammunition and expose our strength."

So we must continue to wait, wait for the enemy soldiers to begin their charge. Our task is not to destroy the mobile fortresses, but to kill as many enemy soldiers as possible.

"What if the enemy doesn't use soldiers to charge?"

A young officer immediately asked with concern:

"When the enemy used the Xuanwu to attack the mountains in the eastern part of the Witch's Forest, they also used a very powerful magical artillery attack. If they use that kind of magical artillery attack to attack this place..."

"Then we're going to have a really tough time... but I don't think they'll use it."

The general in sunglasses still looked relaxed, even methodically unwrapping a piece of toffee and licking it.

"Why do you think the Seven Rainbow Fleet no longer uses those high-powered bombardments? Isn't it because they're afraid of accidentally injuring our own people? If the enemy breaks through our defenses with magical artillery, would the Seven Rainbow Fleet still have any reason to worry about accidentally injuring their own people?"

The enemy commander isn't stupid; he'll surely figure this out... so he definitely won't launch a devastating attack on us. Instead, he'll order his soldiers to charge, rendering the Seven Rainbow Fleet's powerful bombardment unusable until they find a way to eliminate the Seven Rainbow Fleet threat.

"So this is ah……"

The officers then understood the general's plan and were convinced that experience still mattered.

As expected, when the mechanical behemoth Xuanwu approached to within 1000 meters of Sword Island, the landing charge of the Central Continent Empire soldiers began.

Chapter 69 Electromagnetic Weapons and the Vermilion Bird's Flame

As the front line of resistance against the invasion of the Central Continent Empire, Sword Island began a comprehensive fortification transformation three years ago.

Besides the numerous bunkers and coastal defense weapons deployed on the island, the largest project was the 50-meter-high city wall built around the island.

The basic structure of the city wall is an earthen wall directly created by earth magicians using magic. It is then covered with an alloy steel plate mixed with anti-magic metal. Magic circles are also engraved on the steel plate, which can be activated to charge magic power when needed, further strengthening the city wall's defensive capabilities.

This kind of city wall is definitely not comparable to the fortresses in northern France that took decades or even centuries to build. It cannot withstand many strong attacks, after all, it was built in a hurry.

But intercepting the enemy's landing charge and delaying their offensive pace as much as possible should still be no problem... at least that's what General Maiser, the designer of this city wall, thought.

However, when the Central Plains Empire's army actually began its charge, the allied forces discovered that city walls were simply no match for them.

Because the Central Continent Empire's charges do not require ground attacks.

When the mechanical behemoth Xuanwu approached within about 1000 meters of Sword Island, the misty aura surrounding Xuanwu changed its formation again, transforming into a carpet-like thick fog that directly connected to the top of the city wall.

The generals and soldiers of the Central Continent Empire charged directly onto the thick fog formed by the misty breath, as if walking on flat ground.

While the generals and soldiers launched their charge, the Xuanwu and a few surviving Lanternfish warships were also busy, firing a large number of flying swords at the allied forces on the city walls to suppress them with firepower.

"Tsk... These bastards, they've got a lot of tricks up their sleeves."

The ladder charge was a tactic that the Allied forces had never seen before, which made the sunglasses-wearing general slam his fist on the table with a sneer.

However, the allied forces had prepared contingency plans for the possibility that the city walls would be ineffective, not to mention the flying swords that the Sword Pavilion disciples loved to use. The allied forces had even devised many plans to counter flying sword attacks.

"Execute B4 tactics!"

So the admiral in sunglasses quickly issued another order, then, after thinking for a moment, added:

"Contact Duchess Sunflower again and ask her Seven Rainbow Fleet to find a way to provide us with some more long-range fire support."

"Yes!"

As the new orders from the Admiral in Sunglasses began to be carried out, the coalition forces also quickly began to change their formation.

First, some of the weapons originally used to snipe the charging soldiers of the Central Plains Empire on the city walls were quickly replaced with a weapon similar to a catapult.

The firepower of the dual-purpose sword-and-cannon turrets of the Central Continent Empire was simply too fierce. If the allied forces continued to attack the charging Central Continent Empire soldiers directly as originally planned, the allied forces, exposed to a large number of flying sword attacks, would likely suffer heavy losses first.

Therefore, dealing with the countless flying swords must be a priority.

The small catapults that the Allied soldiers quickly replaced on the city walls amidst the rain of flying swords were a secret weapon used by the Allied forces to counter the flying swords.

Whoosh whoosh!

As the small catapults were used by the Allied soldiers, pieces of metal the size of watermelons were launched into the sky in parabolic arcs, landing above the rain of flying swords.

These metal constructs are shaped like thick cylinders, with numerous coils wrapped around their surfaces. Inside, they contain magic crystals and are also engraved with magical patterns.

After the metal artifact flew above the rain of flying swords, the magical patterns inside were activated, and the magic crystals began to output energy.

They first remained suspended in mid-air, then a crackling sound rang out as a very powerful current passed through the coil, generating a considerable electromagnetic force.

At this moment, the flying swords of the Central Continent Empire had already shot out of their sword cases hundreds of meters. Their initial momentum had long been exhausted, and they were only maintaining their speed through inertia.

In this situation, if suddenly subjected to a huge electromagnetic force from above, it will inevitably be impossible to maintain the original flight trajectory.

Swords with a higher iron content were directly and firmly attached to the floating electromagnet, while swords with a lower iron content were affected by the magnetic force and deviated from their flight trajectory, making them unable to hit the allied soldiers.

Even the few flying swords made of materials that contain no iron at all will collide with those out-of-control flying swords containing iron, or be pulled along and attracted to the electromagnet, or fall into the air.

Of course, this method cannot eliminate all flying swords at once, but it does reduce the firepower density of the flying sword rain by more than 60%.

It's not as threatening as it used to be.

"Attack!"

At this point, the generals and soldiers of the Central Continent Empire were less than 300 meters from the city wall. It would be too late to replace the catapults with shore-based defenses. The allied forces could only take out their individual weapons and begin to engage the Central Continent Empire's army.

After nearly four years of hard work in the Allied Forces' combat laboratory, Tia vigorously promoted the industrialization of weapons and equipment for Allied soldiers, and naturally, she would no longer let the soldiers engage in close combat with the enemy with spears and swords.

Tia's initial idea was to learn from the experience of the undead legion and equip all the allied soldiers with automatic rifles and other weapons. To this end, she even asked Valensa to hire some undead from Vie's world to serve as instructors for the soldiers and teach them how to use firearms.

However, based on Himiko's reminder and the testing of the armor dropped by the vanguard fleet, Tia later discovered that the effectiveness of firearms was likely not ideal.

According to Himiko, cultivators in the Eastern Continent, before reaching the Celestial Realm... that is, below the Radiant Rank, do not distinguish between warriors and spellcasters. Everyone first cultivates their body and then their Qi, until they break through to the Celestial Realm and then develop a fighting style similar to that of a mage or warrior.

The elite soldiers in the Central Continent Empire's army were almost all at the Innate Realm, and each of them had innate true qi protecting their bodies.

In addition, the special craftsmanship of the Xuan Tie armor made the soldiers of the Zhongzhou Empire extremely formidable in terms of defense... Back when the Zhongzhou Empire was conquering all sides of the Eastern Continent, the arrows and swords of many weaker countries could hardly penetrate their defenses.

Based on Himiko's estimation and actual testing of the power of automatic rifles, she believed that bullets would have difficulty inflicting effective damage on Imperial soldiers at the Innate Realm.

Because the mass of a bullet is so small, and the thrust provided by gunpowder is also limited, the kinetic energy of the bullet also has an upper limit.

After some calculation and consideration, Tia accepted Himiko's suggestion and completely overturned the previous idea of ​​arming ordinary soldiers of the Allied Forces with automatic rifles.

Bullets have their limits; even the most powerful automatic rifle bullets are unlikely to inflict significant damage on the elite soldiers of the Central Continent Empire.

Those powerful bullets made with rare materials and then enchanted would certainly work, but they would be extremely expensive to produce. They could be used to equip a small number of elite troops, but it would be impossible to equip all the soldiers of the Allied Forces with them.

Therefore, it is necessary to develop another inexpensive weapon suitable for ordinary soldiers.

Tia racked her brains over this, and repeatedly communicated with Vi and Asakura Mai through Valensa, seeking technical assistance from the technological civilization, and even looking for inspiration from various games.

Ultimately, of course, it was a success.

A weapon called the Gauss rifle, which has appeared in many science fiction games, quickly caught Tia's attention.

The upper limit of kinetic energy that electromagnetic effects can provide to alloy steel nails is much higher than the upper limit of kinetic energy that gunpowder can provide to ordinary bullets.

The main reason why Gauss weapons are difficult to widely use in reality is not because their technology is so complex, but because it is difficult for a single soldier to carry enough energy for combat for a long time.

However, this problem does not exist on Eve, where there are abundant lightning-attribute magic crystals and the air is filled with lightning elements. There are many ways to solve the problem of Gauss weapons' endurance.

So what Tia ultimately developed and equipped the entire Allied Forces with was a single-soldier Gauss weapon that combined magical power.

It is a rectangular metal box about 0.8 meters long. It uses lightning-attribute magic crystals that can be replaced at any time as its main energy source. Spellcasters with magic power can also charge it with their own magic power.

The ammunition consists of steel nails that are 10 millimeters thick and 150 millimeters long. These nails are launched at an initial velocity of more than 10 times the speed of sound under the electromagnetic effect that combines magic and technology, easily penetrating most physical armor that does not reach the level of the Radiant Rank.

Even spells specifically designed to defend against ranged attacks, such as deflection spells and arrow defense spells, would have difficulty blocking the attack of this weapon... The steel nails traveling at 10 times the speed of sound have exceeded the reaction limit of most spellcasters below the Radiant rank.

Now, this single-shot Gauss sniper rifle, combining magic and technology, is in the hands of every Allied soldier, who has been firing volleys at the soldiers of the Middle Kingdom.

The soldiers of the Central Continent Empire who were at the forefront didn't even realize what was happening. At most, they saw a flash of orange-red light from the weapons in the hands of the allied soldiers on the city wall, and before they could even hear the sound of air being cut, they felt a sharp pain and lost consciousness.

A 150mm x 10mm steel nail is launched at 10 times the speed of sound; such force is simply beyond the resistance of innate internal energy and armor.

Soldiers of the Central Continent Empire who were hit in vital areas such as the head, chest, and neck died on the spot. Even if their limbs were only grazed by steel nails, the immense force would turn them into a bloody mist, leaving them crippled.

In an instant, thousands of soldiers from the Central Continent Empire fell forever during the charge. Even the leading generals, many of whom possessed the power of a Radiant Rank warrior, were wounded by steel spikes.

However, the charge did not stop. The soldiers of the Central Continent Empire continued to rush forward, causing many of the Central Continent Empire soldiers who had fallen but were not dead to die under the trampling of their own people.

"What kind of weapons are these?"

Xiao Hu frowned, surprised that his soldiers would suffer heavy losses right from the start of their charge.

He carefully surveyed the battlefield and quickly identified the crux of the problem, his gaze falling on the electromagnets suspended in the air:

"Send out the Celestial Warriors and sharpshooters to shoot down anything that's interfering with the flying swords!"

"The sharpshooters have already set out."

A military officer immediately replied with a wry smile:

"But the Celestials... many of them were injured and exhausted before, and now they still have to take turns intercepting the enemy's long-range attacks... I'm afraid they can't spare any more manpower."

"...Tsk."

Xiao Hu looked up again at the missiles and carrier-based aircraft still attacking from afar, and snorted angrily:

"Hopefully Prime Minister Turtle can act quickly; the church's technology is really difficult to deal with."

"But if we rely solely on archers, it will be difficult to shoot down those obstacles, and without the cover of flying swords, the soldiers will suffer heavy losses under enemy fire."

Another staff officer carefully considered and offered Xiao Hu a suggestion:

"Should we halt our attack and await the outcome from Prime Minister Turtle's side?"

Do you think stopping the attack would be useful?

Xiao Hu glanced coldly at the staff officer, then pointed towards the magical Gauss sniper rifles in the hands of the allied soldiers:

"This weapon can be equipped to individual soldiers to attack our troops, and it can also be enlarged and deployed on the city walls to directly attack our fortresses and warships... If we stop the charge, the enemy will definitely attack the fleet directly, and we will still have to defend and be attacked on one side."

"But... but it's not right to let our soldiers die in vain, is it?"

Looking at the battle situation at the front, the staff officer smiled bitterly with great heartache.

By this time, the allied soldiers on the city wall had fired multiple volleys with their magic Gauss rifles, killing at least 3 soldiers of the Central Continent Empire.

There was even a general from the Central Continent Empire who tried to charge through a rain of steel spikes. When he finally reached the city wall with his body covered in steel spikes, he was ambushed by two Star Glory Mages who had been lying in wait on the wall. They killed him instantly with a Disintegration Spell and a Death Finger.

Seeing this, the other generals of the Central Plains Empire who still wanted to lead the charge also chose to be cautious. Instead of rushing to their deaths alone, they tried their best to protect the soldiers around them and charge together.

Overall, the charge is still effective. The soldiers of the Central Continent Empire have already broken through to within 200 meters of the city wall and will soon be engaged in close combat.

However, the cost was also enormous. Of the 150,000 generals and soldiers of the Central Plains Empire who charged, more than one-fifth had already been lost after only 100 meters.

At this rate of casualties, by the time the army actually reaches the city walls, there may not even be half left.

Unable to send more powerful warriors to participate in the charge, Xiao Hu had only one option.

"...Let the Suzaku unit move."

Taking a deep breath, Xiao Hu gave a helpless, bitter smile:

"One of the trump cards that was originally planned to be saved for a large-scale decisive battle is about to be exposed."

But the other military officers all breathed a sigh of relief and clasped their hands in greeting to Xiao Hu:

"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief, for your consideration of the soldiers' lives!"

Xiao Hu didn't say anything more, he just waved his hand.

Tweet!

A clear cry suddenly rang out continuously in the Central Continent Empire fleet, followed by red dots flying out from the Xuanwu's body, covering the sky and heading towards the city wall.

"what is that?"

The sunglasses-wearing general, who had been keeping a close eye on the front lines of the battlefield, spotted the red dots immediately. He quickly cast a farsightedness buff on himself and looked at the red dots.

He then realized that all the red dots were birds, each about the size of a turkey, but without a trace of normal flesh and feathers, their bodies made of blazing flames.

"...Is it some kind of elemental creature?"

The man in sunglasses muttered something under his breath and immediately made a decision:

"Have all mages who know water or ice magic prepare for battle, and at the same time collect as much data as possible on this new enemy weapon and send it to the commander."