170 Outsiders in the Air
Du Yalan brought two children to the walls of Bretz.
The city wall is not very high, only two or three floors high. However, standing on the wall, you can see the firelight in the distance clearly. It is like countless glowing bubbles, which suddenly light up in the sky and disappear in an instant...
"It's really artillery fire," Du Yalan murmured, "This place is close to the Emma Empire, so is it the empire invading?"
Zuo Rong couldn't help asking: "Is this kind of war very common in this world?"
Duna rushed to explain: "It's not common at all. Logically, because of the central coordination of the Magic Association, there has been no war on the mainland for a long time. Of course, there are small battles, but they are all informal bandits, rebels, etc. Not to mention wars between big powers, even the scattered small countries have maintained peace for a long time."
Zuo Rong asked again: "How many major countries are there in this continent?"
Duna: "The real big powers are the Emma Empire and the Tani Federation... and there are also several middle-powered countries, as well as many small and scattered countries."
Zuo Rong: "There are only two major powers and no nuclear weapons. Such peace should be difficult to stabilize, right?"
"The main reason is that the magic association is suppressing it. I remember that it seems that countries are not allowed to recruit too many magicians or something, nor are they allowed to create too many magic items, especially for military purposes."
After saying that, Duna looked at her mother.
Du Yalan nodded and said, "Yes, the Magic Association has strict control over this aspect. It is like the United Nations on Earth, but it is many times stronger than the United Nations. Because of the strongest cutting-edge combat power, advanced magicians and great magicians, they all belong to the Magic Association."
Zuo Rong: "It's like... the Magic Association has mastered the button for nuclear weapons?"
Du Yalan thought about it and shook her head slowly: "You can't say that. If the association is really strong enough to that extent, how can it fight now? The top magicians are indeed invincible, but their influence on the battlefield is limited. For example, you see the artillery fire over there, even the forbidden spells of the great magicians."
The girl next to her added: "This is the power of industrialization. You should be familiar with it when you grow up on Earth. The technological level here is probably similar to the steam engine era on Earth, but there are a lot of magical techniques."
Zuo Rong: "Then, the artillery in the steam engine era should fire solid shells, right?"
Du Yalan looked at the artillery fire in the distance, pondered for a moment, and slowly shook her head: "The shells they used should be the product of magic technology. They contain magic power and will explode violently when hitting the target."
Du Na said in surprise: "But, this kind of shell is strictly prohibited by the Magic Association!"
Du Yalan: "So I also find it very strange. This war may be more complicated than we think."
Zuo Rong: "But what does this have to do with us?"
After hearing what he said, Duna came back to her senses: "Yes, aren't we going to Chuanduo? The Magic Association will definitely arrange it. As for this war, it has nothing to do with us."
While the three of them were chatting, suddenly, the magician he had received before rushed over.
He came to the three of them panting and as soon as he stood firm, he hurriedly said, "I just contacted the leader. He also asked the Supreme Consul for instructions. The instructions he received were to ask everyone to board the airship immediately."
Hearing this, Zuo Rong couldn't help but become excited and subconsciously blurted out: "Airship?"
The male mage looked at him in surprise, obviously not very clear about such a common thing, and there is something to make a fuss about.
Of course, this mage could not have imagined that the boy's mind was full of the image of Zeppelin and Kirov airship at this time. However, no matter how many you saw it in the game, you have never seen it in reality before, so he was naturally very curious.
Thinking about the steam engine and magic technology mentioned earlier, the appearance of the other world seems to be far more attractive to him, the otaku.
Of course, looking at the artillery fire in the distance, it is not difficult to imagine that there may be more painful victims in this world...
The mage said again: "Everyone should be as fast as possible. I heard from the municipal administration that this time, the Emma Empire is serious. The main defense line north of Bretts may no longer be able to bear it."
Du Yalan was surprised: "The Federation has invested a lot in this line of defense, right? So soon..."
The mage nodded with a wry smile: "No one knows that the empire is so fierce. The key is that those illegal magic shells are too unexpected."
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The airships in this world are indeed similar to those of Zeppelin on Earth. They are both narrowed at both ends and thick in the middle, and they are also stunningly large figures of size. They are also slow to fly in the air.
Zuo Rong stood by the airship window and looked out.
As the airship gradually rose, everything on the ground gradually moved away and became lower and lower. But this process of floating up made him feel a little anxious.
So Zuo Rong said to the girl beside him: "It's so slow..."
"You mean, compared to the plane?" Duna shrugged, "But I haven't taken the plane, so it doesn't make sense for you to tell me this."
Zuo Rong: "I will buy you a plane ticket when I go back. We will go to university and we must take a plane."
Duna suddenly frowned slightly: "Have you heard any sound?"
Zuo Rong: "I heard it. Is it a thunderstorm? But the weather is obviously very sunny..."
Duna suddenly pointed out the window and hurriedly said, "Look at it!"
Following the direction of the girl's finger, Zuo Rong saw countless ants - no, that was not an ant, but a person wearing black clothes and riding a horse.
There is no need for Duna to explain, Zuo Rong also understood that these were all cavalry of the Emma Empire.
To the north of Bretz is a large open wilderness. At this time, thousands or tens of thousands of cavalrymen were running in the wilderness and heading towards Bretz. The defenders on the city walls tried to stop these black-clad cavalrymen, but the scattered sound of gunfire could not splash a few water in the rumbling horse hooves.
Duna murmured: "I have never seen such a scene before, so many cavalrymen..."
Zuo Rong tried to analyze: "This tactic looks familiar. The artillery fire clears the field, the cavalry is close to the face, and the superior firepower breaks the defense line after the surprise attack."
Duna: "Do you have a strategy to deal with it?"
Zuo Rong: "Coping strategy?"
Duna: "What would you do if you were Bretz's defending general?"
Zuo Rong spread his hands: "Haha, after these cavalry surrounded Bretz, they would definitely consume a wave of ammunition from the defenders, and then they would probably pull up the cannons. We have also taken the city wall to see that the existing troops and equipment in the city cannot be defended at all. If the front line collapses, this city is not a fortress fortress, so there is nothing we can do about it."
Duna shook her head in disbelief: "The federal defense line is so fragile..."
Zuo Rong: "There is no way, they are attacking sneakily and are not moral."
Then the two fell into silence.
At this time, the boy and girl stood in the room of the airship VIP cabin, overlooking the battle situation on the ground. They realized that fortunately they had withdrawn quickly, otherwise they would have had a big trouble if they were staying in the city at this time...
Duna remained silent, but just quietly held Zuo Rong's hand.
Zuo Rong touched the girl's head.
Chapter completed!