Chapter 7-2 The main theme of time The historical fragments of the continental war

So in the autumn of 1543 in the Cambrian calendar, the first 'Bright Revival' war kicked off.

In fact, this is not so much a sacred battle for the revival of the light, but rather to win a breathing space for themselves to block the war. The momentum of the Demons attack had to be stopped so that humans could have time to gather their armies, and more importantly, behind the defense line was the food that had not yet been harvested and had to be protected, which was the first strategic priority at the time.

After the fall of the Scanvia Dynasty, the territories of the three remaining empires have bordered directly with the Demons occupation. The first one is the Shackleton Empire. The Mana River and the Don River flow from the north and south of the Shackleton Empire from east to west to surround the Shackleton Empire in the middle of the two river basins. The Don River turns a 60-degree bend into the sea at the junction of the Shackleton Empire, the Lanfaxit Empire and the Scanvia Dynasty.

After the fall of the Scanvia Dynasty, the territories of the three remaining empires have bordered directly with the Demons occupation. The first is the Shackleton Empire, where the agates and Don rivers flow from east to west from the north and south of the Shackleton Empire respectively, encircling the Shackleton Empire in the middle of the two river basins. The agates River makes a 90-degree bend into the sea at the junction of the Shackleton Empire, the Ottoman Empire and the extinct Scanvia Dynasty, while the Don River makes a 60-degree bend into the sea at the junction of the Shackleton Empire, the Lanfaxit Empire and the Scanvia Dynasty.

The rich land of the two river valleys created the Shackleton Empire's developed agriculture, but also because of the two rivers, the upward flow of the reason makes the Shackleton Empire unlike the other two empires have natural barriers to protect. The area bordering the Scanvia Dynasty is a flat land stretching 200 miles.

When the Scanian dynasty still existed, the Shackleton Empire spared no effort to build fortresses on the border in order to resist the threat of war from the west once and for all, and after spending 1 billion gold coins and 100 years, finally built 20 fortresses on the border and connected them with five thick 10-meter high walls. An Artificial Barrier was created on the land from the Agates River in the south to the Don River in the west, without a natural barrier. The Shackleton Empire once boasted that if it wanted to force its way through here, no matter who the opponent was, it would cost 5 million lives, and no one ever doubted it. Therefore, this line of defense is also known as "Watch over the Rhine" means that under the protection of this line of defense, the capital of the Shackleton Empire 'Rhineland' will always be in peace.

The human alliance hopes to rely on this line of defense to stop the advance of the demons is not without basis, the demons face the geographical conditions of two sides surrounded by water and one side of the plains, if not from here the only option to attack by water, then they will face the water width of more than 10 miles of two large rivers, as well as tens of thousands of giant stone throwers across the river and the many magicians further back.

If they can capture the "Watchtower Rhine", the Demons will have a flat plain in front of them, and at the same time they can successfully divide the alliance camp of the three empires. The alliance camp will be divided into two isolated countries that cannot respond to each other. From a strategic point of view, the strong attack on "Watchtower Rhine" is a choice that has more advantages than disadvantages.

Based on this judgment, the human alliance's army began to "watch over the Rhine" assembly, by the early winter of 1543 has been assembled in the rear of this line more than 1 million allied troops, the Demons also in the other side of the line concentrated 45 divisions of more than 500,000 people. A major battle was about to break out.

Regrettably, the Demons commander Ivan Sandrov did not launch a human allied forces as expected, a battle of positions hoped for, throughout the autumn "watch over the Rhine" continuous heavy rain also made humans believe that the rain blocked the general attack of the demons, and we even began to plan to the winter cold will cause the opponent how much of a blow.

For four months in a row, the two armies just faced each other on both sides of the defensive line, with almost no fighting, even the initial tentative attacks stopped at the end of October. It was not until mid-November that the situation finally changed drastically, and gossip began to circulate in the front camps that the rear lines of communication had been cut off by the Demons and that the army's winter rations had been burned. At first no one believed the news. But by the beginning of December the soldiers' food ration began to be reduced. At the same time the heavily armored cavalry was drawn out to form a special unit of 100,000 men to the rear.

At this point even every lancer already knew that the news that the rear had been captured was confirmed. But there was no great panic, even if a small number of enemies had infiltrated they could not be a match for the heavily armored cavalry, as long as they were eliminated everything would be restored to its original state.

By mid-December, the situation was already showing signs of being bad for the human allies. 500 miles behind the defense line the heavy armor cavalry pounced on the enemy's trail. It was a troop type that had never been seen in the past. It was later confirmed that this Demons contingent of less than 3,000 men was none other than the 'Imperial Armored Beast' that would later terrify the humans to the core.

Looking at the opposite side of these height of more than 2.5 meters, weighing almost almost 1 ton, all over the body with thick hard armor, head topped with a 27-inch horn black monster. The human heavy armor cavalry, who had been hoping to find the opponent's main force and fight a duel with it, were overjoyed, and in order to ensure that nothing could go wrong, the cavalry unit formed up at a distance of 1500 meters from the opponent and charged with orthodox tactics. According to past experience in fighting orcs, the opponent should be a type of soldier similar to 'trolls'. The type with superb single-armed combat ability but lacking in organization and cooperation, it was not difficult to defeat them through a wave-like continuous charge.

As the heavy armor cavalry began to assemble, they found that instead of scattering and fleeing or swarming like crazy as expected, the enemy also began to assemble in formation. Later survivors recalled: We felt something was wrong, but we had a definite advantage in numbers, 12,000 to 3,000. The other troops were also on their way, so we prepared to charge as planned.

Another survivor's recollection: both sides assembled and organized almost simultaneously. Then the attack started at a length of 1500 meters. Considering the large size of the opponent, we decided to accelerate early at 800 meters apart to increase the impact. 12,000 people were divided into 3 teams each 200 meters apart to ensure the continuity of the impact and the striking power. It turned out that the other side started to accelerate at a distance of 1200 meters, and the speed was even faster than ours. I felt this was an ominous sign ---- that the other side also belonged to the assaulting army.

The third survivor: a one-sided massacre, something I've never experienced even in a battle with 'trolls'. Our lances simply could not pierce their shell, at least I think the thing is growing, definitely not metal armor. Only after rushing in did we see rows of spikes growing on their backs and hands. Our first group of men were wiped out without even slowing them down. They were stopped only when they rushed to the second group. All wiped out, our men and horses were all wiped out in a few minutes, they should have had casualties, but how many I don't know, certainly not many.

These are the testimonies of the only three survivors of the first battle between the human heavy armor cavalry and the 'Imperial Armored Beast' of the Demons. No corpses of the 'Imperial Armored Beast' were found when the battlefield was cleared, and they were apparently carried away.

The results of the battle were naturally subjected to the necessary block. However, the news of the battle eventually reached the barracks at the front, and the rumors, which had expanded many times, had shaken the army. In order to control the army and save the situation as soon as possible, 10,000 light cavalry and 30,000 heavy cavalry were sent out to find these enemies and how they had infiltrated, but every time they brought back bad news. Many of the scouts went out and never returned, and the enemy was even faster than these light cavalry, easily intercepting them. There was more and more evidence that the enemy had not one team but three. That means there were 10,000 men.