Shells shrieked as they hit the ground, blasting the dirt apart like fireworks and sending it spraying in all directions.
A red-hot shell fragment flew into the trench and landed right beside Su Xiao's foot.
Su Xiao grabbed a handful of bullets from a nearby ammunition crate, loaded five into his sniper rifle, then tossed the rest back into the crate.
The assault had been going on for half an hour. During that time, their troops had advanced roughly 400 meters, leaving them a little over 300 meters from the enemy trenches and less than 400 meters from Saint Limon Fortress.
Having advanced this far, the Goya Alliance forces had no intention of digging their trenches any farther forward. Any closer, and they would enter the accurate range of the fortress's heavy machine guns. Those weapons fired a terrifyingly large caliber, and at most two bullets were enough to blast a soldier to pieces.
With the two sides' trenches more than 300 meters apart, both sides had assumed battle formations, prepared to fight to the death. If the Goya Alliance won, it would become the most powerful nation on Blue Sea Star. If the Sun Kingdom lost, it would never have a chance to rise again.
The little assistant poked her head out of the trench and observed the situation at Saint Limon Fortress through a telescope.
"What a bunch of cowards hiding their heads."
The little assistant sneered. Over the past half hour, with her assistance, Su Xiao had made life miserable for the heavy machine guns and artillery at the numerous firing slits of Saint Limon Fortress. Anyone who dared reveal themselves at a firing slit would have their skull blown apart by Su Xiao within seconds.
The truly terrifying things on the enemy's side were not the