There is a mountain road at the bottom of the hillside, but no one has appeared on this mountain road for a month.
Werewolves will not take this mountain road either. Werewolves do not need roads. Hillsides and even cliffs cannot stop them.
This is the third infantry regiment on Hill 912. The first two infantry regiments have been eliminated by werewolves. This hill has changed hands several times and is now back in the hands of the Constitutional Army.
Leader Luke turned his head and looked at the sky. The airship in the sky is the source of his courage. The poor terrain of the Luberon Mountains makes it very difficult to transport artillery, and large artillery cannot be pushed up at all. Only airships can carry powerful artillery, and only airships can provide fire support for various highlands in complex mountains.
Fortunately for the leader, werewolves and blood clans are enemies in the wilderness. If blood clans also come to attack Xierba, the advantage of airships will be greatly reduced.
"Cheer up! The airship will deliver food and water to us in an hour. By then, the werewolves may attack and interrupt our supply! Only after we repel the next wave of wolves can we have a hot meal."
The infantry regiment's supplies were delivered by airship. They dared not fight the werewolves in the mountains without fortifications. That would be courting death.
It would be great if there were cavalry. Luke's infantry regiment was transferred from the Eastern Front. The Unicorn Knights seen on the Eastern Front had extremely strong mobility. That cavalry regiment would definitely be able to defeat the werewolf tribe in mobile warfare.
Unfortunately, they were enemies. The noble knights always wanted to turn everyone into their personal slaves, which made the citizens who were accustomed to freedom very annoyed.
Luke walked towards the artillery position of the highland stronghold, which was equipped with a level 7 alchemical cannon that could fire level 7 alchemical shells. This main gun was the key to their ability to hold on.
Once a level 7 werewolf tribe appears, this cannon can fire precious level 7 alchemical shells into the center of the werewolf tribe, delaying the attack of the level 7 werewolf tribe.
The sound of the level 7 alchemical cannon is very special. A sound-generating device is designed on the barrel. The hot air waves created by the gunpowder will enter a whistle, making a very sharp sound, proving that they have encountered a level 7 werewolf.
The airship cruising in the rear will come over immediately, and then use the level 7 alchemical rocket on the airship to kill the level 7 werewolf.
Even a level 7 werewolf tribe with 50,000 werewolves cannot withstand the saturation attack of alchemical weapons.
Luke was a little panicked when he saw that there were only the last 3 shells left in this level 7 main gun.
I don't know if the rear can withstand the consumption of this kind of ammunition. The daily output of a medium-sized iron mine can only extract the refined iron required for a level 7 alchemical shell.
I heard from the logistics department that more than 70% of the factories in the rear have become arsenals, and all arsenals are manufacturing weapons and shells in three shifts day and night.
After Luke checked the main gun, he came to the place where the werewolves were imprisoned.
The infantry regiment has been keeping a few werewolves, and these werewolves are skinny. This is Luke's special way to motivate morale. Luke repeatedly explained to the soldiers not to be afraid of the large number of werewolves. Although the wolf tide is fierce, they also have a fatal problem, that is, supply.
Werewolves need to eat a lot of meat every day. Meat is not like wheat, oats and other grains. Wheat and oats can be grown on a large scale. Alchemists have developed various fertilizers, phosphate fertilizers, nitrogen fertilizers, potash fertilizers, etc., which can increase production. Werewolves' food is meat, and they don't have so much supply at all.
The stupid werewolves have occupied the wilderness for thousands of years. They only have simple animal husbandry, which is an industry only available in high-level werewolf tribes. Most werewolves will only attack wild animals like wild beasts.
A level 7 werewolf tribe has 50,000 werewolves. These werewolves need a huge amount of meat every day. Luke deliberately imprisoned the skinny werewolves to prove to the soldiers that the werewolves in the wolf tide can't eat enough.
If the wolf tide cannot advance as fast as the locust plague, plunder quickly, and kill and prey quickly, a large number of werewolves will fall into hunger and their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.
In the early stage, Commander Stein organized several blocking battles. After killing two level 8 werewolves in succession, the speed of the wolf tide could no longer pick up.
Alchemists can become the masters of most of the continent. Although the knights have recently restored one after another, the United States of several alchemists is the richest, most abundant in resources, and the most powerful country on the continent.
Luke often joked with the soldiers. The wolf tide sounded fierce, but in front of the main force of the Constitutional Army, they had to stop. They couldn't move at all. Where could they move?
The attack frequency of the werewolves decreased because the werewolf tribe had to send a large number of werewolves to hunt for food for the large army. The livestock brought by the werewolf livestock farms were not enough for them to eat.
Captain Luke told his soldiers the operating principles behind these wars, asking his soldiers not to despair and not to be scared by tens of thousands of werewolves. As long as they persisted, they could drag down the werewolves. What about tens of millions of werewolves? They would be dragged down sooner or later.
Of course, what Luke didn't say was that his infantry regiment defended three waves of werewolf attacks in a row, so he dared to beautify the war situation with the soldiers.
In fact, many highlands had been taken away by werewolves long ago, and the Constitutional Army's front line had been retreating. There were millions of werewolves in the Luberon Mountains. No matter how efficient the weapons of the Constitutional Army were, they could not gain an advantage in the face of so many werewolves.
Once the battle line is completely torn apart and these millions of werewolves are scattered in the mountains of the Luberon Mountains, the Constitutional Army will also collapse. The scattered werewolf tribes of all sizes will instantly defeat all the order in the Luberon region.
Even if they lose two level 8 werewolves, even if hundreds of thousands of werewolves die in the artillery fire of the Constitutional Army, the werewolves are not very anxious. Their werewolves are not worth much. As long as the Luberon region is captured, the number of werewolves will quickly return to its peak.
Luke inspected the wounded tent with a kind smile and told them that the airship would send them to the rear when it arrived.
After coming out of the tent, Luke ended his morning inspection and walked towards his command tent.
As soon as he entered the command tent, his expression immediately became cold. He persuaded the soldiers with one set of words, and deep in his heart he had another judgment on the trend of the war.
Without the help of the Carolingian Constitutional Army or any other forces, the Luberon region cannot be defended.
He closed his eyes in pain, then stood up with all his strength and came to the map on the side, which showed the distribution of troops in the wolf tide and the surrounding highlands.
What Luke didn't know was that there was another person standing next to him, and the other person was also looking up at the map.