The brave man opened the coffin and rose

Chapter 312 If there is divine help

Just become the most annoying person, it is better to have advantages than no advantages.

Abes even dragged the Nass captives outside when the transport iron bird arrived, so that they could observe carefully how the medicines, medical equipment, heating facilities and clothes were delivered.

And how did they transport the small number of wounded soldiers that they had defeated with great difficulty back in such a short period of time with 24 flights?

This kind of psychological warfare is extremely useful.

At least, Abes wouldn't be insulted right from the start.

They will need to reflect carefully, and if they really have any ambition, they will eventually understand the power of change, evolution and transformation.

After counting the supplies received, what Abes needed most was actually a replica of the magic radio.

The morning and evening contacts that were previously maintained through "earphones" were obviously no longer suitable for the current battle that lasted for more than two days.

Besides, what's the point of just contacting Abes? What is most needed now is communication between the top and the bottom, and it has to be active communication, not just passive communication like "headphones".

This is what war requires.

So, seven magic radio stations were airlifted here.

Although it is much larger than the portable radios in TV dramas, and is absolutely incomparable to modern handheld radios or mobile phones, it is not a big transportation pressure if it is carried by a team of several hundred people.

One of them was naturally placed in the Breland family's castle as the main command center, used to communicate with Abes.

The remaining six, Abbess, gave them to any column with more than five hundred men.

After obtaining the radio station, the situation on the battlefield also quietly changed.

On the first day, the soldiers were full of curiosity and awe about this new equipment.

But after several brief training sessions, they mastered the basic operations.

In fact, in order to avoid misoperation or accidental touch, the magic radios delivered to these soldiers have certain functions blocked.

It is unable to dial, send and receive calls on its own, nor can it change more complex functions such as adjusting the parameters of teleportation and text messaging.

In addition to a push-to-talk button, the other seven buttons exposed on the shell represent the other seven contactable radio stations - including the seven near Breland's home and the one in the royal capital.

But no matter what, the power of a useful communication tool cannot be eliminated by any conventional means. The use of the magic radio makes the entire battlefield more orderly and efficient.

Abes first used the radio to issue orders and made comprehensive adjustments to the tactics.

Unlike the past when messengers were needed to deliver information, information delivery is now quick and accurate.

So now they are no longer receiving vague commands with longer time spans and more random targets, but more precise commands.

Instead, the frequency of issuing orders will increase a lot, and some shorter, more direct and precise requirements will fall on each middle-level commander.

This requires commanders to understand the situation through feedback and then immediately predict the next step.

If used well, it would be possible to do what Abes did now, on the fourth day, which was the second day after getting the radio, he could directly reinsert Nas's army.

If used improperly, the machine gun position would move five meters to the left.

In the afternoon of the same day, even though Abes was unable to issue such short and quick instructions again because the battle line was stretched again, the coordinating role of the radio station still played an important role.

That is what helps with the use of firepower.

Using firepower without convenient means of communication is a troublesome matter.

This is why in reality, firepower to clear the way has been around for a long time, but infantry-artillery coordination appeared very late and was rarely used.

Because when you open the way, you aim at the prepared attack position where there are no people of yours yet and fire a few rounds hard;

As for coordination, you have to ensure that your firepower can suppress the enemy instead of dunking on friendly forces.

At this critical juncture, what is needed is not the breakthrough of one or two technologies, but the joint effect of multiple technologies.

The projection in the air must be more precise, and the movement on the ground must also be more precise, to avoid the landing point of the artillery fire, or avoid the time period of artillery explosion.

The transmission of information is an important part here.

After acquiring the magic radio station, this efficient method of communication made some of the Nass army's raid and encirclement tactics difficult to succeed.

After all, as long as you observe a large-scale enemy group, then all you need to do next is to clearly explain where you are, where the enemy is, where you are going to go and when, and where the enemy is likely to go in the next period of time.

The threat from heaven will take care of everything.

On the fourth night, the National Salvation Army launched its own night attack counterattack for the first time to deal with the undead's night attack.

Taking advantage of the radio, Abes coordinated multiple columns to carry out the raid.

Under the command of the radio, after repelling the enemy forces that attacked every night, the teams did not shrink back and stay still, but instead gathered at the designated time and place precisely.

They had to hurry, take advantage of the time when Nas's army was empty due to their night attacks every night, and take advantage of the time when the repelled enemies had not yet retreated, to complete the encirclement of the large number of troops that had penetrated deep into the Łomza-Nas border.

----------

Under the cover of night, the cold wind howled in the woods and the leaves rustled, as if playing a prelude to the upcoming battle.

Abes himself also came to the vicinity with the soldiers from the Breland castle and carried a magic radio as big as a whole long table.

He stood on a high ground suitable for command, looking at the fire of the enemy camp in the distance, his heart calm and determined.

After the hissing signal check, reports from various teams came one after another from the magic radio, indicating that they had assembled at the designated location.

"Attention all teams, the action begins!" Abes gave the order in a low voice, with an unquestionable firmness in his voice.

Under the cover of night, the soldiers of the National Salvation Army sneaked silently around the enemy camp like ghosts.

Compared with the natural advantage of the undead night attack, the National Salvation Army has to make much more preparations.

Their faces were covered with camouflage paint, blending in with the night and the woods.

In order to eliminate the smell, the body is covered with mud or smeared with tree sap or leaf sap, plant-based substances or volatile substances to suppress the sense of living things.

Everyone's magic arm armor has spells prepared and magic crystals loaded, waiting for that moment to come.

"Follow the procedure, the attack begins!"

As soon as Abes finished speaking, a series of explosions sounded in the night sky.

Calling in air firepower to clear the way in the dark was a dangerous method before the advent of night vision or tools such as radar that can see the enemy and the environment without the need for visible light signals during the day.

Not to mention whether it can hit the enemy's head, the big problem is whether it can hit our own people's heads.

In the dark, taking off and landing of airplanes would be a big hassle.

However, the Iron Bird is not an airplane.

If it weren't for the unique rules of this world such as magic and bionics, which gave the Iron Bird the technology to fly by flapping its wings and stop by touching the ground -

That is the vertical take-off and landing technology that countless countries in the world are eager to obtain;

If Abes's order that night was given, it would probably cause a lot of damage to the iron birds.

There is no need for taxiing, take-off speed, and timing to raise the nose, retract the landing gear, and a series of other actions -

The difficulty of flying an iron bird and the time required for training are much shorter than the time required to train pilots in the real world.

Only an iron bird can take off and land in the dark without causing any loss of life.

Because it can fly vertically off the ground, and when landing, it just needs to fall vertically towards the position indicated by the light.

The same principle applies to asking them to provide fire support. Just let them see it and it will be done.

Since they can hover, they don't have to worry about the position deviation caused by the parabola when the planes drop bombs in the real world.

As long as you see the indicating signal appear, everything will become clear.

The signal that Abes chose was the classic spell of the priest, tracer bullet, or light-guided arrow.

A flash of light flies quickly toward a target designated by Abeth within a casting distance of 120 feet.

While causing radiant damage, the faint light of arcane magic shining from its body will make it conspicuous to anyone who wants to target it.

----------

Now that the target has been marked, the iron bird in the sky no longer hesitates, but quickly adjusts its flight trajectory and locks onto the target.

In the night sky, strange, blazing white shells were dropped first, cutting through the darkness, as if marking the final moment of impending destruction.

"New shells?"

Beside Abes, several mid-level commanders asked.

And Abes also smiled and nodded.

"This can be considered as a sudden move after hiding one's weakness."

Throwables that can be used by a single soldier include magic grenades and magic bombs;

The former is a pure explosion, and the latter is a special attack with anti-magic effects.

The shells that are proportionally magnified and have increased charge and quantity naturally include pure explosive shells and magic bombs.

Because there was no preparation before, Tie Niao only used the former, and the soldiers were only equipped with magic grenades.

When the transport-type iron birds began to deliver combat supplies continuously, the latter was quietly fully equipped.

However, in order not to alert the enemy, Abes still only allowed Tieniao and the soldiers to use the former during the whole day of fighting.

Because when the Necromancer and the Necromancer apprentices are not focused enough, the effect of using the latter is not obvious.

It is not wise to use a magic bomb that costs much more and takes much longer to make than an ordinary shell to attack, but it can only paralyze the undead temporarily, but they will be controlled and stand up again immediately.

It would be better to kill directly, which would at least reduce the pressure on the frontline soldiers.

Therefore, the enemy has completely equated the means that Wommza's army can use with explosives.

but--

The situation is completely different this time during the night attack!

Because this time, it was a night attack.

Unlike the dispersion on the battlefield, when entering the camp to rest at night, I am afraid that not many mages and apprentices will sleep directly with the undead - the undead do not need to sleep or rest at all, so there is no problem at all in aiming at those tents and hitting them hard.

This was a rare opportunity for mages and apprentices to gather together, and it was also the first time that magic bombs were allowed to be used in this battle, and were required to be the first shells to fall on the enemy camp.

Disaster! It's coming soon!

----------

Boom!

Different from the roar of an explosion, the sound of a magic bomb is duller and more vibrating.

Back in Nas's camp, the mages and apprentices who were hit by this attack also lost all their spell abilities and spell effects.

The chain reaction this brings is huge.

The few undead guarding the camp fell to the ground one after another like robots without electricity.

Unlike naturally generated undead, this kind of undead that is transformed, created and linked by themselves will not become wild monsters after losing the control of their masters, but will most likely "freeze" directly like this.

Of course...if the number is particularly huge, the situation will be difficult to say.

Once the number becomes huge, it will be easy for some exceptional cases to emerge among the undead.

But fortunately, the camp under siege has not reached the threshold for such an exception to occur.

As the mages and apprentices lost their abilities, most of the figures in the camp seemed to be frozen in time, and all movements came to an abrupt halt.

Only a small number of living ordinary soldiers were able to continue the action.

However, the first shot was a magic bomb, but it does not mean that all the things in the iron bird tonight are magic bombs.

Next, the familiar explosive fire swept in.

This time, there are no undead to take the damage for them, and no mages can use the undead to perform troublesome responses such as damage transfer, healing and shields.

The explosion was deafening, and the earth seemed to tremble at this moment.

Flames shot up into the sky, instantly illuminating the entire camp.

The area hit by the shells was quickly engulfed in flames and thick smoke rose.

The few living soldiers around were knocked to the ground again by the huge shock wave, and some were even thrown into the air and fell heavily.

Screams and cries for help mixed together, creating a hellish scene.

No, this is the effect that artillery shells should have when facing a primitive army without air superiority.

This is... like having divine help!

The iron bird continued to circle in the air, dropping more shells.

Each shell brought a devastating blow. Buildings in the camp collapsed one after another, and the flames spread quickly, engulfing everything.

The soldiers fled in all directions, trying to find cover, but any cover was futile in the relentless bombardment.

In coordination with the explosive firepower, Abes immediately commanded the surrounding soldiers who had been prepared to work together.

They blocked all possible gaps and did not let anyone escape from the camp.

In the firelight, Abes did not go down to the scene personally, but stood on a high ground in the distance, calmly watching everything in the camp, especially paying attention to whether there was anyone running too far from the edge of the camp.

There was rarely any trace of pity in his eyes.

He is not a saint.

This airstrike was part of his careful planning and was an important step in striking the enemy.

And this important tactic can be used several times in the future.

If he wanted to be a saint and let the enemy go out of pity when he saw them running away, it might mean that this tactic was ineffective.

It may mean that their soldiers will have to pay more blood and sacrifice.

Letting go of one person would harm hundreds and thousands of others... I won’t do that!