"That's the kind of Mecha!" The Asgarite frontline commander recognized the Marine Armor Legion as it charged out. These Mecha had recently made a name for themselves in the Number One Void World.
"Quick! Have the artillery open fire! Destroy those iron coffins..."
The Asgarite artillery soon roared to life.
The Asgarites had no fewer Enchanted Cannons than the Lorenzo Kingdom. In terms of equipment alone, they were exceptionally well armed; in some respects, they rivaled even the elite troops of the Divine Eagle Empire.
But even the finest weapons had to be used by people, and that was where the Asgarites' weakness showed. Their soldiers were undisciplined, their training lax. They did whatever they pleased instead of following the procedures in their training manuals.
Their bombardment made that plain enough.
Hundreds of Enchanted Cannons spat furious flames, but fewer than a quarter of the shells landed anywhere near the charging Mecha Legion. The rest of the gunners seemed to have aimed at random, sending their shots into empty ground.
It was as if those gunners had never bothered to sight their targets. They simply fired their shells and considered the job done.
Several shells in that very first salvo even landed among their own men.
The Magic Barriers that could withstand artillery fire all faced forward. No one had expected the deadly attack to come from behind. After a few explosions, the losses were severe: at least several hundred soldiers in the advancing infantry legion were blown apart.
And the farce did not end there.
After the shells struck, the Asgarite infantry stood dumbfounded. From soldiers to officers to frontline commanders, none of them knew what had happened or why shells had come from behind them.
Then one soldier with more mouth than sense muttered, "Damn it, we're finished!