Advance

The Bazooka's projectiles, trailing flames, left a straight column of smoke in the air, and the screeching sound of the shells rubbing against the air was deafening on this silent land.

In the wide-eyed eyes of the Middle East Soldiers, the shell grew larger and closer. Although he could see the shell whistling towards him, his body had no time to react. He opened his mouth and could only manage to utter the words "Enemy..." before he could not utter any more words.

The shell flew straight into the firing port of the Fortress. In the blink of an eye, the shell collided with the Fortress's sturdy wall. Instantly, the shell's fuse was triggered, and a fireball, carrying countless fragments of the shell, exploded violently inside the cramped Fortress.

The fireball from the explosion instantly depleted the oxygen in the cramped Fortress. All the Middle East Soldiers Fortress first felt a desperate sense of suffocation, and the next second, countless flashes of fire and shrapnel engulfed their bodies.

From the outside, Yago only saw a muffled rumble coming from inside the Fortress, followed by several bursts of fire emerging from the firing ports.

Yago and his men remained still, waiting to see if the Bazooka weapons would actually work, but after a long time, all was quiet.

Selina couldn't hold back any longer. With a wave of her right hand, several nimble Soldiers carrying Rifle immediately emerged from the trenches and cautiously made their way towards the Fortress.

Everyone's breathing became heavy, and they stared nervously at the Soldiers, fearing that Machine Gun might suddenly erupt from the Middle Easterners Fortress.

But the Middle Easterners did not fire a single shot until several Soldiers reached the Fortress.

Selina watched her subordinates nervously until they vigorously shook their hands behind their backs. Only then did Selina breathe a sigh of relief, followed by an excited shout, "Great! It worked! It was effective!!"

Yago's anxiety subsided, and the Soldiers of the Third Regiment were greatly encouraged, their morale soaring.

Yago: "Attention everyone! Attack!"

"Yes!"

One after another, muffled rumbling sounds began to echo through this Stone Forest.

Inside a large Fortress at the very back of the Fortress complex, the Middle East Officer in charge of the Fortress's defenses was now bloodshot. He roared at his men, "What are you all doing?! What are you doing?! Why have all of the dozen or so Fortress at the front lost contact?! It's only been two hours! And you're telling me you haven't even seen a single Marleyan! Useless! You're all useless!!"

His subordinates were submissive and dared not refute him, but the intelligence they had gathered from the front was truly limited. The Marleyan had used some unknown method to silently destroy more than a dozen of their seemingly impregnable Fortress. Did the Marleyan possess witchcraft? Weren't they supposed to rely solely on the power of the Titan? But Titan were such conspicuous creatures; there wasn't a trace of Titan found here at all!

Bang! The Middle East Officer slammed his hand on the table, his face contorted. When he came to defend the Nanbu Fortress complex, he had boasted that he could hold off 50,000 Marley Army for five days. But now, he had lost more than a dozen Fortress on the front line without even seeing the enemy. It was an utter disgrace!

"Contact the artillery immediately! Give them full firepower for a devastating bombardment! We must blast these damned Marley monkeys out!!"

The dozen or so Fortress in front of the position were mostly isolated and poorly connected, which gave the Third Regiment the opportunity to eliminate them one by one. But now, the Third Regiment was facing a truly connected group of Fortress, with overlapping fire networks.

To deal with these Fortress, Yago came up with a new tactic: digging a tunnel! He dug a tunnel straight to the Middle Easterners Fortress with a shovel, making it so deep that he wouldn't have to worry about Middle Easterners bullets.

So the Middle Easterners inside the Fortress witnessed a bizarre sight: dust billowed and shovels flew across the Marley Army's position, but no Marley Soldiers appeared. This left the Middle Easterners, who had never seen this kind of fighting before, completely bewildered.

But the Middle Easterners had no way to deal with the Third Regiment hiding in the tunnels. The expected weapon of mass destruction was a deadly network of Machine Gun fire, but now even the soldiers weren't showing their faces.

Left with no other option, the Middle Easterners could only keep calling for artillery support.

Thus, an interesting phenomenon occurred in the Nanbu of the Grayle Fortress: the Middle Easterners artillery fire continued to pour down, but the Eldia Third Regiment on the other side simply did not retaliate. When shells came, they would dodge; when there were no more shells, they would dig pits to approach the Fortress.

Faced with this almost cheating tactic, the Middle East Officer flew into a rage, several times losing his temper and wanting to duel the opposing Marley commander with a scimitar. He also cursed the other side for being shameless and lacking in martial ethics, saying, "If you're going to fight, then fight! If you're so capable, set up battle formations and fight with real swords and spears. What kind of skill is this cheating?"

But no matter how angry the Middle East Officer were, they could not stop the Third Regiment's advance.

One Fortress after another fell silent under the barrage of Bazooka shells. Gradually, the Middle East Soldiers in the surviving Fortress began to despair, and some even tried to escape. The scales of victory had tipped in favor of the Eldia Third Regiment.

"Gabi! Watch out!" Falco leaped forward and pinned Gabi beneath him. The next moment, a shell exploded in front of their trench, splashing dirt all over Falco.

But after pushing Falco, Gabi didn't thank him. Instead, she used both hands and feet to climb to the edge of the trench and looked at the three remaining large Fortress in front of her. These were the last Fortress of the Middle Easterners, and also the Fortress with the fiercest firepower. Under the almost impenetrable barrage of bullets, the Third Regiment had an extremely difficult time advancing even a meter.

Because the Middle Easterners' firepower was excessive; it was practically a hail of bullets.

Seeing Gabi stick her head out of the trench, Falco was terrified and his face turned pale. He quickly pulled Gabi down and shouted, "Danger! Gabi! Get down! Older Brother said we're going back as soon as we deliver the supplies! Hurry!"

But Gabi remained unmoved. Looking at the three Fortress spitting fire from Machine Gun, she said, "I'm not going back! I want to prove myself! Blow up the biggest Fortress! We'll get recognition!"

Falco was stunned by Gabi's words. "Are you crazy? Gabi, we can't do it! Leave it to the more experienced Soldiers! Let's go back right now!"

"No! I must prove myself!" Gabi jumped off the trench and ran in the opposite direction from where they had come from.

Falco was momentarily stunned, until his two Comrade, Zofia and Udo, arrived. Zofia, "Falco, what are you standing there for? Hurry up and go back! Hey, where's Gabi?"

Falco's hand trembled as he pointed ahead, "Gabi went there..."

"Oh, going there? (°ㅂ° ╬) Ah!?? What?"