Chapter 475 Ten Minutes
Although this was just a dispute over face, Kallen had to ask her brother to mobilize a support force as quickly as possible to reinforce the fortress.
After all, no matter what, this is the face of the Revolutionary Army, and it is also the capital for them to obtain more benefits in the negotiations, so even if Kallen does not want this unnecessary battle to happen, She also has to do something as the leader of the revolutionary army.
However, even though they had quickly mobilized an elite force from Stansol City to rush for reinforcements, it was regrettable that when the Flying Knights invested seven knights, whether it was a fortress or reinforcements, all was broken.
If Purficott hadn't given the order not to kill, I'm afraid these flying knights would have killed everyone.
Because in addition to being equipped with specialized steam armor capable of flying, flying knights also have much more powerful weapons than ordinary knights.
For example, what they carry in their hands is a 20mm grenade launcher, which uses a special drum connected to a bullet chain to feed ammunition. Each flying knight can carry two 100-round drums.
In addition, they also have a shoulder-resistant 75mm recoilless rifle, which uses ammunition pods to feed ammunition. Each ammunition pod contains five rounds, and the Steam Knight can carry three ammunition pods.
As for the 12.7mm three-barreled automatic machine gun, it only carries two hundred rounds of ammunition and is a self-defense weapon used for protection when necessary.
This kind of firepower can also fly. Even if a flying knight is placed in the original world of Perfect Court, it is equivalent to an armed helicopter. This kind of thing was still using muskets. On the battlefield with flintlocks, it was really...
All in all, twenty minutes after Purficott gave the order, Webb had already returned with the other flying knights.
They landed. Apart from the smell of gunpowder on their bodies, there were not even a single scratch on the surface of their polished armor.
This undoubtedly gave the representatives of the Revolutionary Army a great shock. After all, even if their people were defeated, they wouldn't be able to leave a mark on the opponent, right?
But before these flying knights spoke, they still had some unrealistic expectations in their hearts, hoping that these steam knights were afraid of the defense of the fortress defenders and did not launch an attack, so they came back in despair.
However, when Webb opened his mask and returned to Purficott, they knew that their expectations were completely disappointed.
"Your Majesty, you have lived up to your command! According to your order, we flew to the fortress, sent five cavalry to attack the fortress, and successfully captured the fortress." Weber gave a brief mission report to Purficott, and also Specifically explaining the situation of the reinforcements sent by the other party: "In addition, we noticed that the other party sent reinforcements, so we sent two cavalry to block it.
They do not have any weapons that can attack us. The morale of the fortress defenders is at We used howitzers to blast the tallest tower of the fortress and then collapsed.
If you hadn't ordered no killing, we could have cleared the fortress within five minutes if all twelve knights were involved in the battle.
But even so, we destroyed the fortress's gates, towers and some defensive bunkers, and captured the fortress' headquarters
During the occupation, some of the fortress defenders were injured for various reasons, but no one was killed.”
"Well, you did a good job. For the Flying Knight's debut, you did well." Purficott nodded slightly, satisfied with the results achieved by the Flying Knight. She could tell from Weber's words that Weber did not send all the knights into the battle. Only five of the twelve knights in a flag team participated in the attack on the fortress, while two went to block the reinforcements of the Revolutionary Army. The five of them could almost be said to be watching a show the whole time.
Under such circumstances, they could still capture a fortress in ten minutes without killing anyone. This was indeed a valuable battle.
As for why Weber spent twenty minutes in total, it was just that he spent some flight time on the road.
After all, the fortress is still a little far away from the city. Under normal circumstances, it should take half an hour to ride a horse, but for a flying knight, it only takes five minutes.
Knowing the results of the Flying Knights, Purficott also looked at the representatives of the Revolutionary Army: "Now that you have tried it, the Empire has the strength to crush you at any time, so now you choose to accept my gift. , become a dominion of the empire?
Or do you want to reject my kindness, choose to continue to be an enemy of the empire, and then be completely crushed by me? "
Faced with this question that seemed like an ultimatum, Kallen seemed a little undecided. She hesitated for a moment and then said: "Can you give us some time? I need to discuss it with other people."
"Since you have been polite before and are sincerely willing to negotiate, I will give you 48 hours. After 48 hours, I need a clear answer." Purficott looked at Kallen, but still did not push these revolutionary troops too hard. represent.
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"Do we really want to surrender to the empire? Is our career going to collapse like this?" One representative reluctantly held his hat in his hand, looking inexplicably sad and angry.
Karen sighed and said helplessly: "I don't want this either, but you have all seen that it only took the Flying Knight ten minutes to capture the fortress of Stansol City. , and this is the result of them not wanting to kill anyone.
I really can’t imagine what terrible consequences it would have if the steam knights let their hands and feet go to attack.”
“For the sake of the revolution. We are not afraid of sacrifice!" The representative who had previously contradicted Purficott still had a firm face at this moment, but his pale face and slightly trembling hands still betrayed that his heart was not as firm as it seemed at the moment.
"Yes, we are indeed not afraid of sacrifice, but the lives of comrades should not be wasted." Kallen persuaded everyone, with some compassion on her face: "Although surrendering to the empire is not what we expected .
But if an autonomous territory can be established and autonomy is obtained, this may not be an acceptable compromise.
After all, our real goal is always to liberate all people who are oppressed, and the most fundamental purpose of the revolution is also to overthrow feudalism and capital and build a new world where everyone is equal.
The establishment of the Dominion means that our cause has a truly stable external environment, doesn't it?
And everyone, I also hope that you will realize that the end of the world is not just an empty talk. If the empire had not been dealing with the end of the world, I am afraid that the Earl of the North would not be so benevolent and not kill people today. ', but will completely destroy everything with the Steam Knight. ”
(End of this chapter)