The battle quickly began, and a Demon God Offspring spat out lightning. As expected, the tank’s enchanted coating directly blocked it, and the scene then replicated that of the siege on the Royal Capital. Holy Water suppressed, cannons fired, everything was developing in the direction both sides had envisaged.
At this moment, the Demon Clan cavalry, which had been ambushing for a long time, rushed out, conducting a physical counterattack on the vehicles in the most ancient manner.
“For the Demon King, long live!”
These Demon Clan members, who viewed death as insignificant, launched suicide attacks directly from the blind spots at the sides and rear of the tank.
However, sharp-eyed Demon Soldiers noticed those soldiers crouching behind the tank, as well as the soldiers running alongside the tank.
The human soldiers, seeing the approaching Demon Clan shouting long live, displayed brilliant smiles, as if saying, “Hello.”
Immediately, the Demon cavalry saw those soldiers moving alongside the tank unloading a large barrel from their backs.
Even more terrifying was that the large barrel seemed to be equipped with a long ammunition belt, and some Demon Clan members familiar with human artillery quickly understood what was about to happen.
The Demon cavalry at the forefront, after shouting long live to the point of exhaustion, suddenly felt themselves being blown away.
“Boom!”
The good news was that this enemy weapon was not very accurate and could not hit the rushing Demon cavalry head-on.
The bad news was that although the accuracy was terrible, the killing radius of each shell started at six meters and could fire continuously.
In fact, the Northern Border army soldiers were not even aiming; they just needed to mechanically operate the grenade launchers in their hands and fire at the charging Demon army.
This was the first time the Demon Clan experienced what fire coverage felt like, and no one expected the firepower carried by the Northern Border infantry to be even more exaggerated than the artillery, even more than the steel monsters paving the way in front of them, directly conducting a saturation strike.
Watching the continuously falling Demon cavalry, Monroe swallowed hard. Where did this army come from? Was this still a human army?
Amidst the booming noise, grenades landed among the Demon cavalry charging forward, massive smoke and explosive debris startled the horses, which were tossed into the air by shockwaves, and this was considered better, as the cavalry within the strike radius had already become as fragmented as the current formation of the Demon cavalry.
The middle and rear ranks of the Demon cavalry tried to regroup, wanting to break through this impenetrable firepower net. Even if some Demon cavalry managed to burst through the firepower blockade due to sheer luck, the human infantry waiting for a long time, wielding automatic weapons spitting fire, completely extinguished the last hope of the Demon Clan.
The suicide attack turned into a simple act of self-destruction.
Although the tank’s magical coating also had limits, under the continuous attack of the Chosen, some tanks chose to maneuver and temporarily withdraw. Tanks were not invincible; given the battle losses, Antipa could only shake his head.
Antipa did not initially expect these cavalry to destroy those tanks. As long as they could alleviate some of the frontline pressure, it would allow the Demon God Offspring to charge and directly crush these tanks with their size advantage. Even if the enchanted coating could withstand long-range magic attacks, it couldn’t block the most straightforward physical assault, could it?
With the enemy’s firepower, Antipa could not imagine how many Demon God Offspring it would take to trample these tanks.
It seemed that although the Northern Border came hastily, it was indeed as Daniel said; with such an obvious weakness, the Northern Border Governor must have been prepared. The tactics of infantry cooperating with tanks appeared quite seasoned and were clearly not thought up on the spot.
Daniel, watching the Demon cavalry being blown apart, cried out, “It’s over, it’s all over.”
Then, Daniel rushed in front of Monroe, grabbing him by the neck and said, “It’s all your fault! You’ve gotten our brave Demon warriors killed. You must be the spy sent by the Northern Border! Not one of you humans is worth a damn!”
Monroe, squeezed by Daniel, spat out foam, his eyes rolling back. Antipa’s men quickly restrained the crazed Daniel, and Monroe, still feeling shaken, retreated, while those human nobles awkwardly supported him.
One has to say these human nobles were indeed useful; even if Antipa made a decision mistake, these human nobles could bear the blame, and Antipa just needed to continue being a good politician, keeping these human nobles safe.
“Do not panic, we will definitely not lose!”
Antipa quickly adjusted his strategy as the Demon God Offspring began to rapidly withdraw.
The Demon Clan here also learned from Doug’s experience and built trenches. Although the local steel monsters exerted significant pressure on the enormous Demon God Offspring, the Demon soldiers depended on the trenches and were not too affected.
Among them, some local artillery aimed at the Demon God Offspring, and the trenches indeed helped the Demon soldiers block some of the direct damage.
The withdrawn Demon God Offspring formed a surrounding network with the Demon soldiers remaining in the trenches. As long as the enemy’s tank units dared to step into this area, the Demon Clan could organize an effective counterattack.
Moreover, the fleeing human nobles were not entirely useless. They quickly realized that the trenches obstructed tanks. Tanks were large and had low terrain; once they encountered trenches that were too wide, it would throw off the tank’s balance.
Monroe began to flatter Antipa for his foresight in digging the trenches.
The trenches were initially dug by the Northern Border resistance forces, and the Demon Clan learned from the Northern Border resistance army’s trenches. Clearly, the tank crews would not be foolish enough to drive their tanks into the trench.
At this moment, the value of the surrounding infantry was once again manifested. Under the cover of the tank’s firepower, they began systematically clearing out the Demon soldiers within the trenches. The Demon soldiers were like fries in a pot, being scooped up repeatedly by the human soldiers wielding automatic weapons.
Though not without elite Demon Clan members stepping forward, soon some special scarlet figures descended from the tanks, accompanied by the roaring of molten-cut chainsaw swords.
This triggered Daniel’s PTSD once again, causing him to back away in fright.
“They’re here! They’ve come!”
The trenches directly turned into a scene reminiscent of a splatter film, as the Demon soldiers had no idea which trench corner would meet those Sisters wielding chainsaw swords. The tanks outside even muffled the cries of the Demon Clan; the so-called elite were completely no match for the fully armed Sisters.
“Prepare to retreat!”
Although the Demon Clan also had the Chosen Demon God Offspring providing continuous magical support, Antipa knew morale had already collapsed; if they continued fighting, they would all be left here to accompany the dead.
The power of the Northern Border exceeded Antipa’s imagination. He prepared to follow Daniel’s suggestion and first retreat into the Black Fog to stabilize the situation at the Eastern Border.
Just then, a massive tremor echoed from behind the main camp.
A Northern Border army appeared behind the Demon army.
“Where did this Northern Border army come from?”
Antipa was about to curse; how could there be Northern people everywhere?
“My lord, it seems to be coming from the Northern Border railway.”
“Damn, how could this be so coincidental?”
Antipa had already arranged for someone to blow up that Northern Border railway. The sections that could be destroyed were quite limited, and it was impossible to completely obliterate it. Clearly, the Northern Border reinforcements had come along the railway and timed it perfectly to intercept the Demon army.
Those Northern Border reinforcements also drove the same steel monsters. It seemed these steel monsters enabled the Northern Border army to still reach the battlefield even with large segments of the railway destroyed.
Although there were not many of them, given the situation, Antipa dared not gamble; who knew how powerful these humans’ firepower was. If they got bogged down, it would all be over.
The great retreat of the Demon Clan began.
