Even if they had already expected this result, seeing the heavy cavalry fall into chaos after being hit by the Magic Cannons of the Lu Xin army, the generals of the Kandla Empire and the Malor Empire still had ugly expressions.
These heavy cavalry that were even riding horses were the strongest military force in the entire Sines that only the two empires had the strength to form an army. In the past wars, as long as they sent out these heavy cavalry, on these endless plains, there wasn't a single enemy that could stop them.
There wasn't even a single enemy that could slow down their charge, they would just be crushed by their wild charge.
But now, with a single Magic Shell that fell down, there would be a large gap in the heavy cavalry formation. With just a single attack, the dense and orderly heavy cavalry formation had fallen into chaos.
The heavily-armored cavalrymen, horses, and their heavy armor totaled more than two tons. In the past, they could face the endless crossbow bolts and spears of the enemy and press forward. But in the face of the incomparably powerful explosive power of the magic cannonballs, they could no longer press forward.
As the Magic Shells exploded one by one, countless heavy cavalry soldiers were blown into the air like scarecrows, as if their terrifying weight of over two tons didn't exist at all.
There were even many heavy cavalry soldiers who had been blown into pieces when they were sent flying, having already lost their breath.
When they were three kilometers away from the Lu Xin army, when they were two kilometers away from the Lu Xin army with great difficulty, of the twenty thousand heavy cavalry soldiers from the two empires that were charging in all directions, there were less than 30% of them left.
Scattered across the vast plains of Tara, they looked even more sparse.
Seeing this scene, marshal Sudiman gave a long sigh.
"It seems like it's time for us traditional soldiers to withdraw from the battlefield."
The surrounding generals of the Kandla Empire all had dim expressions.
Even if it was clear from the countless battles that the military magic machines invented by the New Flyer had completely changed the way wars were fought on the continent, it was very hard for these old generals that had been on the battlefield for many years to change their fixed ideas. It was very hard for them to accept the military magic machines dominating the battlefield, so they always had a bit of resistance towards the military magic machines.
However, the countless battles they had experienced had continuously struck a blow to their inner perseverance. Today, in this battle on the plains, under the circumstances where the heavy-armored cavalry was supposed to be the easiest to display their prowess in actual combat, they could only achieve such a miserable result. This caused the last trace of perseverance in their hearts to crumble.
"Sir marshal, let the two new armies come out. As for us old fellows ….. we'll work hard to cooperate with them." Chief of staff Porogol put down the binoculars in the distance and had a serious look on his face.
"This is our last chance, I think we don't need to have any scruples."
"It should be like this." Marshal Sudiman with a slight nod and gave the order.
"Send a signal to the Malor Empire, tell them our thoughts."
Seeing the messenger leave in a hurry, a general worriedly said: "Sir marshal, if we show our trump card so early, what if the Malor Empire is still holding back ….."
"Don't worry about that." Marshal Sudiman waved his hand.
"This is the final battle of our Kandla Empire, we have no other choice.
If the Malor Empire is smart enough, they will know what to do. "
"I don't think we need to worry about this.
Since the Malor Empire is willing to send reinforcements, it means that they are very clear about the current situation, so I think they won't hold back. "
Porogol's words were unanimously approved by the group of generals.
So the order was quickly passed down, and the army of the Kandla Empire moved closer to the encirclement of the Lu New Coalition Army.
"Count Dulcie, since your Kingdom of Ruhr formed an alliance with us, you have always been taking the initiative to attack, this is the first time you are defending, right?" Captain Hart in the Lu New Coalition Army suddenly spoke.
Count Dulcie froze for a moment, his eyes turned, and quickly went through the battles of the past few months in his mind, he was surprised to find that Captain Hart was actually right.
Since the alliance formed to invade the Kandla Empire, the Lu New Coalition Army had always been on the offensive and won every battle.
Facing the Lu New Coalition Army's offensive, the Kandla Empire could not even put up a decent resistance, so it was naturally impossible to force the Lu New Coalition Army into a defensive situation.
After fighting for a few months, this was the first time the Lu New Coalition Army defended against the Kandla Empire's attack.
Thinking about this, Count Dulcie's expression became a bit strange.
He did not think about it before, but now that he thought about it, he felt that it was a bit too inconceivable.
Their enemy was the Kandla Empire, one of the two most powerful empires on the continent!
And they were only a small Kingdom of Ruhr with a Chamber of Commerce, yet they were able to force the Kandla Empire into such a state. It was truly inconceivable.
But thinking about it again, the facts were right before his eyes, and he had to believe it.
But … what was the meaning of Captain Hart's words?
Seeing the doubt in Count Dulcie's eyes, Captain Hart laughed and patted Count Dulcie's shoulder, "You probably don't know, our Chamber of Commerce's military magic machines are indeed powerful when used for offense, but they are even more powerful when used for defense."
Count Dulcie forced out a smile. Although he believed that the military magic machines were stronger when used for defense, there were over four hundred and fifty thousand enemies and they were the elite army of two empires. How could it be that easy to defend against the enemy's attack?
Captain Hart ignored the strange look in Count Dulcie's eyes. He grabbed the Magic Communicator and roared, "Magic Cannon team, pay attention, fire at full power for me!
If any enemy cavalry can come within a kilometer of us, I will write a report and deduct a month's worth of wages and bonuses from each of you! "
Count Dulcie's lips twitched.
God above, on the battlefield, he had seen a lot of people use disobeying military orders to urge their soldiers to fight bravely. However, he had never seen someone like Captain Hart who used salary and bonuses as a threat.
But thinking about how the lowest wage of the New Flyer guards was twenty gold coins a month and adding in their bonuses, it was over thirty gold coins a month, Count Dulcie felt that this threat was very terrifying.
If it was the soldiers of the Kingdom of Ruhr, if you were willing to give them thirty gold coins, most of them wouldn't hesitate to give up their lives.
After all, although the lives of the Kingdom of Ruhr's citizens had greatly improved, thirty gold coins was still very important to many families, it was enough to buy a life.
Perhaps they really were affected by captain Hart's threat, but the Frestech Chamber of Commerce's Magic Cannons of the Lu Xin Army's Frestech Chamber of Commerce guards were filled with countless flames, like there were countless fireworks exploding.
Countless Magic Cannonballs fell down in all directions like a storm, instantly covering the Sera Plains around the Kingdom of Ruhr's army in flames and explosions.
The first batch of heavy cavalry that the two empires had sent out to launch the assault was reduced to less than 30% in the first wave of counterattack by the Lu Xin alliance. After this earth-shattering bombardment, they were completely annihilated.
Behind the heavy cavalry, the two empires had sent out large amounts of light cavalry. They were planning on finding a gap to charge into the Kingdom of Ruhr's army while the heavy cavalry attracted the firepower of the Kingdom of Ruhr's army.
However, under the dense cannon fire of the Kingdom of Ruhr's army, they didn't have a chance to find a gap at all.
At first, they could rely on the high mobility of the light cavalry to dodge the cannon fire, so their casualty rate was much lower than the heavy cavalry.
But now that the Kingdom of Ruhr's army was wildly releasing this kind of terrifying cannon fire, it completely surrounded the Kingdom of Ruhr's army and they couldn't dodge at all.
"Hong, hong, hong, hong, hong!"
The continuous explosions rang out across the Sera Plains. As far as one could see, there were flames everywhere and people were thrown off their horses.
In less than two minutes, more than half of the forty thousand light cavalry had been killed or injured. Not a single legion could maintain a complete formation.
In the Kandla Empire's army, several generals looked at the miserable situation on the battlefield with pale faces and couldn't say anything for a long time.
They had expected that the battle would be very fierce, but they had never expected that it would be so fierce.
Up until now, this battle had only started for less than twenty minutes. The two empires' heavy cavalry, which was originally known as the strongest force, had been completely annihilated. The light cavalry, which they had high hopes for and had the highest mobility, had also been killed or injured in an instant. They had almost lost their ability to fight.
In contrast, the Kingdom of Ruhr's army didn't suffer any losses at all.
So much so that ….. the heavy cavalry and light cavalry couldn't even charge into the Kingdom of Ruhr's army.
"Marshal, why don't ….. we have the light cavalry withdraw ….." A general couldn't help but suggest in a low voice.
"No.
Pass down the order. Have them continue to charge forward. Whoever dares to escape will be beheaded on the spot! "Marshal Sudirman's face was gloomy and there was no hesitation in his voice.
"Remember, if you want to win this battle, you have to be ruthless enough!
The sacrifice of these knights wasn't in vain because they have already consumed a large amount of the enemy's ammunition for us. "
The generals looked at each other with gloomy expressions.
They had always been proud of the heavy cavalry and light cavalry, which were known as the strongest fighting force, but their role was only to consume the enemy's ammunition.