MTL - I Made Scientific Magic-Chapter 355 Internal and external difficulties, the crisis in the capital!
Chapter 355 Internal and external difficulties, the crisis in the capital!
The sound of artillery resounding through the capital awakened the generals and civilians from their sleep. After five days, the fear of war filled everyone's hearts again.
Regarding the war outside the city, the people in the capital were divided into two situations.
Those more pious believers prayed from the bottom of their hearts that the messengers of the great Lord could drive out the evil and return the Kingdom of [Hadrata] to the embrace of the Lord, while the rest fell into panic and confusion.
At the same time, in a courtyard of the palace, Lin En and others, who were discussing a counterattack plan, also received an emergency notification from the attendants—the crusade army of the Holy See outside the city suddenly launched a large-scale attack. The regiment has already been dispatched, and Sanchez who is stationed urgently asks them to send more manpower for support, otherwise the city gate is likely to fall.
"They came so fast, it seems that they are already waiting anxiously before we do anything!" Raphael said with a sneer.
"But it's only been five days, since Adwell dares to do something, he must have something to rely on!" Adela frowned, guessing worriedly.
Before the crusade retreated in a disastrous defeat, leaving more than 20,000 corpses behind, he thought that the opponent would need to rest for at least ten days and a half months before launching the second wave of offensive, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly.
"I received news earlier that a support army of about 40,000 people has arrived at the capital city and joined the crusade army. I think they are probably planning to use the cover of night to launch a general attack." Lin En pondered.
"In this way, the advantages of the new weapons we have will be weakened..." Everyone present immediately realized the problem.
The range and power of muskets and artillery have always been the basis for them to easily defeat the imperial army and achieve an excess casualty ratio. Now that their field of vision is limited, musketeers and artillerymen cannot effectively strike the enemy at long distances.
Once entering hand-to-hand combat, these temporary signs show that a musketeer who has only been trained for a few months is absolutely impossible to be an elite opponent of the Holy See, and may even be directly defeated.
Thinking of this, Raphael said eagerly. "In other words, the number of enemies outside the city may exceed 100,000. We must immediately send reinforcements to Sanchez and the others!"
Since Sanchez took the initiative to ask for support, it means that the situation is very urgent, and the plans they made alone are far from enough to deal with the powerful offensive of the Holy See crusade.
Lin En nodded, looked around the conference hall, and then asked five great wizards including Anthony and Adela to lead 200 official wizards to the city gate for support.
In addition to this, five thousand musketeers and ten thousand guards will be dispatched...
"Is this a little less? I remember that there are at least 7,000 musketeers in the capital." Adela asked puzzled.
There are about 30,000 musketeers trained by them, of which 18,000 are responsible for defending the city, and they rotate three times a day to ensure that their combat effectiveness can all be put into the battlefield when necessary.
The remaining 5,000 people are used as a reserve force to support at any time, which is the manpower that Lynn is currently dispatching.
In addition, there are 7,000 people scattered throughout the capital, 4,000 people guarding granaries, ammunition depots, and various key nodes, and there are still 3,000 people who can be called...even more extreme. Defenders also went into battle.
The number of enemies may be beyond imagination. Now any force is very important, and these people can be used.
"No, the army guarding the capital can no longer be mobilized. They need to be responsible for maintaining the stability in the city!" Lynn said firmly. "Also inform Alex and the others to let the airship go into the air, get rid of those arsonist Griffin Knights, and then support the frontline battle, that should be enough!"
Compared to Raphael and others who experienced such a large-scale war for the first time, Lynn is still extremely calm in the face of such a crisis.
Although the crusading army of the Holy See is menacing, he knows that it will never be so easy to capture the royal city from the front!
The city wall of the capital is 18 meters high, and it has been reinforced by magic, and there are hundreds of wizards to help defend it.
On the contrary, it is inside the royal capital. In any case, it is necessary to reserve a part of the new force. Otherwise, once there is internal chaos, it is easy to cause a chain reaction, and the whole line will be defeated!
"Okay, since you insist." Adela shook her head, but didn't say anything else, and immediately stood up with Anthony and the others, calling a group of wizards to rush to support, without daring to delay for a moment.
Raphael who stayed behind was a little worried about whether air combat in the dark would affect the performance of the airship. Although laser transmitters had been installed on each airship, how to aim was a problem.
"It doesn't matter, day and night are the same for them!" Lynn said, but he didn't mean to explain in depth, and then called Ai Luoke and asked him to turn on the power device located in the Alchemy Research Institute.
Of course, he has also considered the possibility of night battles, so it's not like they haven't done nothing in the past two months since they captured the capital. The crude electric lights researched a month ago were placed in various places in the streets of Wangdu.
However, because the reserved power is not sufficient, it has to be supplied to power-hungry consumers like electromagnetic guns, so it has never been turned on. Now that Adwell is planning to launch a decisive battle, there is no need to save power!
Lin En thought about whether there was anything missing, and suddenly remembered something. "By the way, where are the speakers? It's been a few days, haven't they arrived yet?"
He remembered that before leaving the wizarding land, Harov had promised him that they would rush to [Hadra Tower] after they finished dealing with the affairs of the council.
After all, after the Holy See knows that the fall of the kingdom is related to the land of wizards, it is very likely that they will dispatch legendary power. Unless these great wizards attack together, it will be difficult to compete with them.
"I heard that two speakers have left the Land of Wizards, but I don't know why they haven't arrived until now!" Raphael said hesitantly.
Procrastinated? Or is there something temporarily delayed?
Lin En thought to himself, it is unlikely that the Holy See sent another army to attack the Land of Wizards at the same time, right?
Even so, they should have received some news...
But since Harov and the others haven't arrived yet, they can only rely on themselves tonight!
(end of this chapter)
