Meat Grinder

The battle resumed the day after the arrival of the German advisory mission. The entire morning was consumed by artillery exchanges between the two sides.

Texas went all out. With the advantage of higher ground, they temporarily suppressed the English artillery. After all, the hastily established artillery positions were fully exposed to the batteries' line of sight.

Even when the English later sent Paladins to protect their artillery and dispatched several infantry companies to attack, Battery Number Two, equipped with white crystal grenades, easily drove them back.

Judging by these results, Giuliano's original idea of hunkering down and defending the city had not been mere fantasy.

If the interference of extraordinary combatants and airships was excluded, even throwing the entire expeditionary force of over a hundred thousand men into the assault would not guarantee that the English could capture New Basilicata. Such losses were clearly beyond what they could bear.

Since ancient times, assaulting fortified positions had always been an immense challenge.

That was why Land Cruisers—giant mobile fortresses capable of reaching the very front lines and sheltering soldiers—had become the most advanced weapons of the great powers, regarded as kings of war capable of changing the age.

But New Basilicata was a mountain city built by the New Werewolves regardless of cost or losses. Its perilous terrain made Land Cruisers completely useless. The English could only grind it down with artillery and human lives.

"If we cannot kill the enemy's magical dragon and free up the grounded air fleet, then unless we use those forbidden weapons, it will be absolutely impossible to capture the enemy city in the short term."

General George frowned as he looked to the sky. Yesterday, right before the advisory mission, they had watched helplessly as an Imperial airship was shot down. Even if it