Outworld: Rise of an Industrial Empire

Dozens of shells from the city of Heinz

flew towards the city walls, all of which flew over the walls and landed in the residential buildings behind the walls.

"Shhhhh TN's! It's high again! Let the artillerymen aim at the point!"

the commander of the first regiment angrily lowered the tricorne hat on his head and slapped his leg angrily.

Yesterday when he was still holding a feast to celebrate the capture of a city without any damage, the news suddenly came from above that the other two regiments had taken two cities in one day, and there was no damage.

So he hurriedly ordered the team to move out early in the morning, intending to quickly complete the remaining two siege missions.

But I didn't expect it, but I actually encountered a hard bone!

I bit down, not only did I not bite it, but I also made my teeth hurt.

I thought that it would be the same as yesterday, after the first salvo, the enemy would directly lose the will to fight, and then only need to arrange for grenadiers to get close to the city and take the city directly.

As a result, what surprised him was that today, the city actually organized a bow and arrow counterattack.

Fortunately, after a round of artillery bombardment, most of the soldiers on the opposite wall were disorganized, and only a small number of archers drew their bows to fight back under the supervision of the city lord.

Only then did there be no widespread casualties, only a few soldiers were shot.

After that, the enemy set fire to wood and coals at the city gate, and the grenadiers did not have a ladder or anything to put out the fire, so that the grenadiers could not enter the city through the city gate for a while, nor could they climb the city walls.

Then the counterattack on the opposite side became more and more intense, and he could only order the team to withdraw first.

The first charge came down, not only was it unsuccessful, but there were also people who were injured or even killed.

At this time, the commander of the first regiment was trembling in his heart, this was the first battle when he first took office, and it was also the first battle of outward expansion, and then he poked such a basket, and it is estimated that his lifelong military career is over.

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On the city wall, the lord of Heinz City: Wilhelm Heinz, a middle-aged man in his fifties, looked at the cannon position in front of him with a heavy face.

He used to be the captain of the royal guard of the Xinqiong Empire, and he had rich social experience, and in the face of such a shocking scene, he quickly regained his composure and responded calmly.

However, even though he had seen magicians using fireball and lightning magic, he was still shocked by the scene in front of him.

Dozens of cannons fired in a salvo, in the eyes of those who didn't know the existence of cannons, they were dozens of

magicians who could use special spells! But Heinz's brain was racing, and as a captain in the royal guard, he had a wider vision than most counts, and he knew very well that so many magicians who could use special spells might not necessarily be able to make up ..... in the entire empire

After that, the soldiers who rushed to the bottom of the city wall shocked him again, and the hundreds of people in their hands could actually produce an explosion, and at the same time sprayed out an invisible death, harvesting the lives of his soldiers one by one.

Seeing such a scene, an idea emerged that made him feel incredible and unbelievable to himself, these are magic weapons that mortals are using!

There are thousands of troops in front of him, and it is impossible for all of them to be magicians, even if the magicians of the Xinqiong Empire are gathered, there are not so many.

"Your Highness, you can find out that the enemy is only to the west, and there is not a single enemy in the other three directions! At your request, the horses of the whole city have been requisitioned, and the cavalry has been assembled! It is ready to retreat!" said

one of his heavily armed men, who ran to Heinz's side.

Heinz turned his head to look at him and said,

"Retreat?

Why retreat?" "Ah... Aren't you going to retreat?"

"Boom, boom"

Just as the two were talking, the cannon opened fire again, and the shell landed at the foot of the city wall, and the explosion made the entire city wall tremble.

Heinz looked at the grenadiers attacking outside

the city, and said with a serious face: "Even if it reaches the dragon's mouth, I will break its fangs!" Then

he looked at his men next to him and said

, "Let the troops retreat, each of you will hide in the streets with a team, and when the enemy enters the city, you will attack them by surprise! I will personally lead the cavalry from the flank back to their rear and attack them! Only in this way can we defeat them!"

"Okay, I see!".

The artillery outside the city was shooting at the foot of the city wall, the accuracy of the cannon was too low, the shells either flew over the city wall, or smashed under the city wall, and it was difficult to fall on the city wall, so the commander of the first regiment simply ordered the artillery to attack the foot of the city wall, intending to directly blow up the city wall.

"Regiment commander, you see

that the enemy seems to be retreating!" "Haha, the enemy can't hold on, immediately order the grenadiers, prepare to attack!" "

Through the binoculars, the officers of the first regiment found that the soldiers on the city wall were gradually decreasing, and they immediately smiled, but when he thought of being delayed for so long, and there were casualties, he was a little anxious in his heart, and he was thinking about whether to lie about the battle situation, after all, the losses were not too big, and they could not be traced from above.

At least don't make a bad impression on your boss when you first start your job.

Just as he was thinking, the adjutant on the side asked

, "Hey, regiment commander, will there be any fraud?" "

Don't be afraid, we have muskets, after the next round of shelling, let all the troops press over, and the team must always be on guard!"

The regiment commander was also anxious at this time, after all, it had been delayed for too long, and now he had to speed up in order to capture the next city today.

The adjutant nodded, mounted his horse with another officer, and came to the grenadier phalanx, and then the adjutant drew his command knife, swung it towards Heinz City, and shouted, "Attack!" With the adjutant's order, the grenadier phalanx began to rush towards Heinz City

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The soldiers on the walls had all been withdrawn, so the grenadiers rushed to the gates of the city unhindered.

Led by two officers, the grenadiers quickly poured into the city, and there were some broken soldiers in the streets, and when they saw the grenadiers rushing into the city gates, they immediately threw down their weapons and knelt on the ground in surrender.

The two officers and grenadiers rushed all the way towards the city lord's mansion, and suddenly, there was a burst of gunfire from the team behind them.

Both officers grabbed the reins and stopped, then turned their horses to look behind them, and saw soldiers rushing out of the alleys and houses on both sides, and attacking the grenadiers who were marching rapidly.

However, the grenadiers were not vegetarians either, and reacted quickly, raising their guns and shooting at them.

At such a close distance, the bullet could even penetrate a soldier, and the soldiers in the front row fell down in unison, and the soldiers behind were so frightened that they didn't dare to step forward again.

The grenadiers raised their bayonets again and rushed towards the attacking soldiers.

After stabbing a platoon, he immediately retreated and crouched, and the grenadiers behind immediately opened fire on these soldiers.

At such a close distance, the hit rate of the musket was very high, and the soldiers who attacked were knocked down in large numbers.

It was a completely one-sided massacre, and the rest of the soldiers, who had never seen it, immediately collapsed, dropped their weapons and surrendered.

However, although they withstood the sneak attack, the grenadiers also suffered many casualties.

The two officers realized that they had been careless, and hurriedly reorganized their ranks, formed a phalanx, slowed down their advance, and were always on guard all around.