In the next second, the firelight and the shockwave swelled under his crotch, lifting his whole body into the sky. There was darkness in front of his eyes for an instant, and only a roar was left in his ears.

The explosion seemed to sound the horn of the Irlanhill grenadiers' attack, and as a huge black smoke rose into the air, countless Irlanhill soldiers with M42 steel helmets, holding their own weapons, crossed the bodies of the Arrant soldiers who had already piled up.

"Long live Iran Hill!" Seconds later, a pistol-wielding lieutenant Iran Hill stepped on the blackened and shattered body of the Arrant general, looked at the gates of the City Lord's Mansion that had been smashed open, and ordered his men.

"Rush!" Following his order, countless soldiers with rifles rushed through the gates of the City Lord's Mansion. Soon, the green banner of the Arrant flying over the city lord's mansion was thrown off the roof, and the black banner of the Golden Eagle King of Irlanhill was hung on a towering flagpole by the soldiers.

Dressed in leather boots, Officer Iran Hill looked at the décor of the Lord's Mansion, which was even more luxurious than the castle of His Majesty Chris, their Grand Duke, and walked up to Adam, the Lord of Naru, surrounded by soldiers.

"I ...... It's Adam, the lord of the Arrant Empire! I'm a knighted man! I ask for aristocratic treatment! Adam, who already knew that his great momentum was gone, looked at the Iran Hill soldiers in front of him, who were "poor and not even armoured", and shouted: "I am willing to pay a ransom for myself!" ”

"Hahahaha!" Carrying a pistol to Adam was a battalion commander from Iran Hill, who couldn't help but laugh when he heard Adam's gibberish, which made the atmosphere in the city lord's mansion very cheerful.

Then, the battalion commander looked at Adam, the fat city lord of the Arantite Empire, and raised his pistol and aimed it at the other party: "I'm sorry, according to General Waglon's order, Adam, the city lord of Naru City, is extremely guilty and must be executed." ”

At this point, the battalion commander ignored Adam, who was already trembling like chaff, and he pulled the trigger of his pistol, and the bullet flew out of the muzzle of the gun and pierced through the forehead of the city lord of Adam - the sound of the gun echoed in the empty hall of the city lord's mansion, like a death knell, one after another: "Bah......"

Outside the city of Naru, Wagron, who had turned over and dismounted, threw the horsewhip in his hand to his new lieutenant. His former lieutenant, Klya, had become a commander in one direction.

He looked at a very special toy in front of him, and commanded with great interest: "With this thing, we can send the news from the front back to the rear?" ”

"Come on! Kick hard! Fast! Several non-commissioned officers gathered around this iron frame and cheered on the four soldiers who were sweating profusely: "There has been a reaction over there!" It worked! ”

That's right, this is the legendary human-powered generator, which relies on equipment like a spinning bike exercise machine, and relies on people to pedal to generate electricity. On the other side of this device is a radio transmitter.

"There it is! Pregnant! Hurry up! Send back the news of the capture of Naru! Fast! Several officers of the command headquarters saw that the electrical energy pointer on the machine began to tremble, and immediately came to their senses and urged the mechanical and electrical personnel.

The mechanics immediately began to bang on the firing pin in front of him, and sent out the message that it had been reduced to the point that it could no longer be streamlined: "Conquer Naru!" ”

And almost at the same moment, in the distant city of Seris, more than a dozen alchemists were using the test tubes in their hands to make a new synthetic rubber. Their experiments were cautious, and Chris, who was in charge of supervising the experimenters, kept rummaging through the experiment reports in his head, hoping for more useful information.

The orb of knowledge brought by the great magician Frentzberg helped Chris cultivate more than a dozen "artificial timers" who could help him complete some of his tasks. However, these people are still in the experimental stage of debugging the knowledge in their minds, and once they are ready, the expansion rate of industrial civilization may increase by more than ten times.

William is now working hard to document how to make the orb of knowledge, and this is one of his most important recent jobs. In addition, one of the auxiliary tasks he needs to do is to dictate some secrets of the Holy Demon Empire.

As the saying goes, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is invincible, Chris must fully understand the strength and weaknesses of the Magic Empire, so that he can prescribe the right medicine and seize the initiative when facing the Magic Empire's army in the future.

Frenzberg has been working on a new machine lately, and according to him, he should find a way to combine magic into the machine to make it work better. Unfortunately, his research has been basically in the wrong direction lately, and Chris can't give him any clear guidance in this regard.

After all, Chris is an industrial civilization, and he doesn't know anything about magic. So he could easily draw a blueprint for a car without knowing anything about a car powered by magic.

"Whew...... an alchemist, or now a chemist, put down the test tube in his hand and let out a sigh of relief, and completed his experiment: a kind of elastic and non-aging artificial rubber was born, which was a special material that Chris had requested.

With this material, Chris had to miniaturize his internal combustion engine and began to work on gasoline engines: in his opinion, the car was a means of transportation that would allow his combat troops to assemble and move more quickly.

If we add in the economic benefits of the automobile in terms of transportation, then the transformation that this means of transportation has brought to Iran Hill will be obvious. After all, it takes time to lay a railway, but cars don't need to do it – as long as the roads aren't too potholed, cars can make do with them.

"We started laying the railroad in three sections, and each section was built from both sides to the middle, and the speed was actually very fast." This is Desser's report to him yesterday on the work of the railway, which is expected to be completed and opened to traffic within 70 days, and will become the main artery of Iran Hill.

Had it not been for the sudden outbreak of war, the railway would not have been built at such a rapid pace, and because of the need to mobilize more supplies, Chris ordered to speed up the construction of roads up and down the country.

What's even more interesting is that in addition to the railway from Ferry City to Seris and then to Tubao, the railway from Hanhai to Beijun was also being built at the same time. The speed at which it was built was really jaw-dropping – because no one would build a railway like that, just like a joke.

Even the most sensible people, when building a railway, will think about whether they will lose money if the railway does not meet the requirements for use. Chris didn't have to think about such boring questions, he already knew the answer, and he put 120,000 enthusiasm into building railroad tracks that no one knows about the future.

This construction model was only used by Chris, who had a golden finger, and he began to invest in the construction of railways before the locomotive was produced! Now, a nearly 100-kilometer railway is almost complete, and Chris's locomotive is still being assembled and tested in the factory......

Now, the monarch of Ellanhill was thinking about whether to start construction at once and build a railroad from Seris to Naru, so that he could get his troops to the front line and go to war.

"Dangdang ......" Just as he was thinking wildly and pulling his thoughts to the distant front line of war, there was a knock on the door of the laboratory from outside. An officer pushed the door open and walked into the lab, standing behind Chris.

"Your Majesty! The news that we have just returned from the front line has won a complete victory, and the target of the first phase of the attack is Nalu City, which is already under our control. Seeing that Chris had stopped what he was doing, the officer immediately bowed his head and whispered the latest news from the front that he had just received.

"Oh? Naru has already taken it? Chris was also excited to hear the news, put down what he was holding, and took the telegram from the front from the officer's hand.

This thing can be said to be precious, because this is the first time that the telegraph has been used to transmit the news of victory in actual combat, and the battle situation on the front line has only taken a few minutes to transmit back to the rear hundreds of miles away.

"Conquer Naru......" Looking at the short sentence in the message, Chris smiled: "Good job! Get the word out! Then he ordered the soldiers to spread the news of the victory in the city and the factory! This is a victory for all the people of Irlanhill! This is a victory for all of us! ”

At the same time, on the front line, Wagron did not have a happy expression, he frowned slightly, a little unsure whether he should continue to attack south or east, or should stay in place.

The previous attack was too fast, everything was going too smoothly, and the smooth progress made him a little confused: if he attacked further south, his troops would have to rush to "Bude" and "Maricha" respectively, and counting Naru would be tantamount to dispersing his already valuable troops.

If you include the city of "Volavo" to the east, as well as the roads and land connecting these cities, then the assault force of Elanhill is almost completely dispersed. Wagron was the front-line commander of the campaign, and he had only 12 regiments under his command, and 5 divisions were less than the combat strength of the division.

The current situation is that the two divisions to the south are not the main divisions and are not fully manned, the 5th Division under the command of Kolya in the direction of Bude, and the 6th Division under the command of Bourchos in the direction of Maricha.

The forces attacking to the east were the 4th Division commanded by Modryer, the 3rd Division under the command of Wilkes in the general reserve, and the 2nd Division commanded by Vagron...... Except for the 3rd Division of the Reserve and the 3 regiments under the 2nd Division, the rest of the troops are all 2 regiments, and the strength is actually not sufficient.