Dr2618-12-31, pm11:05
The last day of the recovery calendar year 2618, less than an hour before the new year.
Even though it was late at night, the walls of White Tiger City were still brightly lit and bustling with people. Countless incandescent lamps illuminated the night like day, and a large number of construction vehicles came and went on the four-lane city wall.
People of all ages, men and women, some carried sandbags and ammunition, some set up machine guns, and piled walls. In short, they were all helping.
White Tiger City has the tallest and most solid city wall in the world. After more than two thousand years and hundreds of repairs, expansions, and strengthenings, the city wall is 30 meters high, 50 meters wide at the bottom, and 15 meters at the top, which can accommodate four trucks in parallel.
The total length is 60 kilometers, and the walls are made of granite and reinforced concrete poured in layers. It is so impregnable that even the nuclear bombs of the old era cannot be destroyed. It is the largest city in the world.
Because of its tallness and grandeur, it is unique in the world and has been compared to the "Wall of Sighs" in myths and legends that separates the underworld and the land of bliss.
The reason why such a huge amount of manpower and material resources were invested in building such a huge city wall was because of the extremely important strategic position of White Tiger City.
White Tiger City is the bridgehead for the Red Kingdom to intimidate the entire Red Continent, but it is also the bridgehead for attacking the Red Kingdom.
Once it falls, the attacker can attack the Red Country from three directions. To the north is the Wolf Tooth Castle, to the west is the Twin Great Walls, and to the east is the Principality of Nice. Its strategic importance is self-evident.
Standing on the tower of the city wall, looking down, there were dots of firelight in the darkness, and countless figures were shaking.
The layers of trenches spread outward until they were submerged in darkness.
"We are a regular army, why don't we defend the most advantageous position?"
A soldier stopped shoveling and turned to look at the city wall above, seeming a little confused about the arrangements for going up the mountain.
"Just because we are regular troops, we should leave easy-to-defend positions to the people." The team leader glanced at the other party and asked, "Is it possible that we let these new recruits stand in front of us?"
"I understand." The soldier nodded vigorously, then picked up the shovel and continued digging the trench.
On the other side of the trench, a young soldier was extremely excited, dancing and boasting to a middle-aged veteran, "You know, Princess Nangong just shook my hand and told me to come on!"
"Also, Prince Nangong is here too. He puts his arm on my shoulder and tells me jokes, just like old friends."
"Can you imagine, I'm a man who has met princesses and princes!"
The middle-aged veteran listened, suddenly sighed, then took out his cigarette, leaned against the trench and started smoking.
"Are you sorry that you missed the meeting with the princess because you urinated just now?" The young soldier comforted, "Maybe there is still a chance..." and then emphasized, "But I can't guarantee it!"
"You are still young..." The veteran took a puff of cigarette and slowly exhaled it.
"Young? What do you mean, I don't understand." The young soldier looked confused.
"Don't you find it strange that these princes and nobles usually don't even bother to look at us, but now they are so enthusiastic?" The middle-aged veteran sighed, "I think there is a high probability that we will not be able to go back."
"It's impossible..." the young soldier said with some disbelief, "The superiors said that we only need to guard for one day, and domestic reinforcements will arrive."
"We have two supreme beings, and Sand Dog is no match for us!"
"They have a truce?" The middle-aged veteran looked puzzled, "How come I haven't heard of it? What made them put aside their prejudices against each other?"
"We encountered an invasion by foreign enemies, so we have temporarily reconciled." "Who did you listen to?" "Isn't this how it should be normally?" the young soldier said innocently.
"This..." The middle-aged veteran was speechless and smoked silently.
At the same time, at the edge of the trench, two soldiers were lowering their heads and whispering.
"Where are you going?" A soldier said, his eyes constantly looking around, as if looking for an opportunity to escape.
"I have an aunt in Eastwatch who might be able to take me in for a while," another soldier said, and then asked, "What about you?"
"I'm going to bypass the red rock volcano and go to New Edo."
"The prices in New Edo are very high, and jobs are hard to find. It's hard for people like us to survive there."
"If it doesn't work, go to the City of the Living Dead. It's better than dying here."
"The military police are gone." "Then what are you waiting for? Run!"
The two soldiers dropped their shovels, crawled out of the trench on their backs, and ran toward the dark fields.
There are many deserters like this, and the military police cannot control them at all. They can only turn a blind eye and let them escape.
After a long time, a white light appeared on the horizon, indicating that dawn was coming. After fighting all night, the defenders' fortifications were basically completed.
The city walls were piled with sandbags, and trenches on the ground crisscrossed each other and stretched for dozens of kilometers.
Opposite the city, in the vast fields, a large number of troops appeared.
Brown-skinned sand people ride camels and bathe in the morning light. A large number of trucks carrying mechas followed behind, the roar of their engines deafening.
The radio he carried with him was playing the speech of the great chief Saladin IX.
"My brothers and sisters, what is in front of you is our former homeland, the holy city of Yugaris!"
"One thousand seven hundred years ago, our ancestors settled here and created a great tribal civilization."
"However, the barbaric and greedy Red Country people were not satisfied with the land full of water and grass in the Ambergris River, and brought the war to the Holy City."
"Our cities were sacked, our tents were burned, our men were killed, our women were ravaged, and our great chiefs were tied to the stake and burned alive."
"We will never forget the blood feud of our ancestors. We will keep our ancestors' last wishes in mind!"
"Take back the Holy City, take back our homeland!"
"The God of Set has given a prophecy, and victory will definitely belong to us!"
"Desert warriors, raise your scimitars and let the world tremble again!"
The passionate and bloody pre-war speech completely ignited the fighting spirit of the sand people, who let out a thunderous war cry and tried their best to instigate the camels to charge.
There was no declaration of war, no traditional artillery duel, and a massive and brutal war began.
"For the Holy City!" "For the glory!" "Long live Gratamu!" "Kill!"
In an instant, hundreds of thousands of camel cavalry rushed towards the trenches in front of White Tiger City, like thousands of beasts galloping, unstoppable.
"The sand dog is coming!" "Don't be stunned, get your gun and hit me!"
The defenders of White Tiger City had just put down their shovels, and before they had time to take a few breaths, they were forced to pick up their guns and shoot at the enemy troops who were charging crazily.
There were gunshots everywhere on the battlefield, fire was flying, and the bullets grazed the camel cavalry's bodies, streaking with blue light.
"Fire the black titanium bomb!"
Following the garrison commander's order, the soldiers in the trench stuffed a box of black titanium bullets into the chamber of their guns and fired at the enemy.
Black titanium warheads have special effects on psychic armor, making it easier to penetrate defenses and kill the main body.
A flurry of bullets burst out, exploding a large ball of blue flame on the camel cavalry. When the black titanium warhead hits the psychic particles, a violent explosion will occur.
The powerful impact knocked a large number of camel cavalry to the ground. The weaker ones were punched through the body on the spot and died on the spot.
But this damage could not stop the desert army from charging. The camel cavalry advanced one after another, trampling on the corpses of their companions.
The next moment, countless camel cavalry rushed into the trenches. The first batch of camels missed their front hooves and rolled into the trench. Their heavy bodies crushed a large number of defenders.
The sand people on the camels swooped down, drew their scimitars and slashed at the defenders. The Red Army soldiers were equally brave and drew out their tactical daggers to attack.
In the narrow and muddy trenches, soldiers from both sides struggled with each other, leaving blood and flesh flying everywhere, and they kept wailing.
Countless camel cavalry passed by overhead, as if what was beneath their feet was not a ravine but flat ground. The madness and toughness of the sand people were clearly demonstrated at this moment. Regardless of casualties and costs, they would overwhelm the enemy in terms of momentum even if they injured the enemy a thousand times and suffered eight hundred losses.
The criss-crossing trenches and defense lines stretching for dozens of kilometers were all washed away in just a few minutes.
The defenders' positions were like rice fields that had been eaten by locusts, leaving no trace of armor behind. Only twenty minutes into the battle, the desert army advanced to three kilometers within the walls of White Tiger City.
Tezera's main force and heavy firepower equipment were concentrated here. With the powerful firepower support, the desert army finally slowed down.
But all this is just the beginning...
