Within the Defense Force soldiers' positions, deafening artillery fire rose and fell without end, echoing across the entire battlefield.
Shell after shell poured down like rain, carrying boundless fury and destructive power as they gradually extended toward the rear of the destroyed Chimera armored personnel carriers.
The Defense Force soldiers mercilessly fired dense barrages, forming a chilling web of firepower that completely engulfed the Astra Militarum regiment tasked with the attack. For a moment, flames soared into the sky and smoke filled the air, as though the end of the world had arrived.
"Rumble!"
One earth-shattering blast after another rang out as violent explosions erupted in succession.
Each explosion unleashed massive shockwaves and blazing flames, ruthlessly devouring everything around them. Faced with such ferocious artillery fire, the brave Astra Militarum soldiers had no time to react, much less escape.
They were instantly swallowed by the powerful blast waves, their bodies reduced to tiny clouds of ash in an instant and scattered into the air.
In the command room at the rear, Tim, who was directing the battle, anxiously observed the situation at the front through his binoculars.
When he saw an entire regiment of tens of thousands of soldiers under his command utterly destroyed by a single enemy artillery barrage in such a short time, he was completely stunned.
He slowly lowered his binoculars. Disbelief filled his face, his eyes turned vacant, and he muttered:
"The attacking force... was wiped out just like that..."
A regiment had tens of thousands of men! Such a massive force had vanished into nothingness in the blink of an eye. For any commander, it was a crushing blow beyond endurance.
Yet just as Tim sank into profound despair and self-reproach, Kam suddenly burst into the command room in high spirits.
"Tim! Good news! The