Floating Ice Harbor fell, and the 11th phase of the Huangquan Training Camp sent to the front line for practical drills was destroyed except for the rebel... By chance, the ashes, who postponed the introductory assessment due to serious injury and coma, became the only one remaining in the entire 11th phase of the Huangquan Training Camp.

The training and courses not only did not stagnate, but became heavier. Ashes dragged their tired body into the dormitory almost every day... Although the medicinal bath can drive away physical fatigue, it cannot help Ashes adjust their mental state to the best. Apart from eight hours of sleep every day, he has not received any real rest time. Even when eating, taking a bath or being convenient, Ashes must force himself to digest the courses written in his mind to cope with up to six written tests a day.

The intensity of combat training is also increasing day by day. On the third day of entering the training camp, Ash was asked to conduct one-on-one training with the fighting instructors... Of course, the results of each training are basically the same. In terms of strength alone, the instructors in the Huangquan Training Camp are not inferior to the most elite special forces in the empire, and the level of close combat is even more comparable to that of Ash, a wild path that has not received systematic training.

But he was not blindly beaten. Every day, the time when Ash could hold on to it would become longer. Until a month later, he could even seize the gap in the instructor's attack and occasionally counterattacks. Although this level of counterattack basically had no effect, it could still be considered a huge progress.

To his words to the instructor who practiced, that is, "If you want to learn to hit people, you must first learn to be beaten."

The content of gun training has also begun to become closer to actual combat. The logistics department of Huangquan Training Camp has built a realistic block for ashes in just one week. Ashes must use two flint guns, one long and one short, to kill through this block at a limited time, and his opponent is a robot doll hidden in every corner.

Although the robotic dolls powered by black gold steam are not as flexible as real people, only when the ashes hit the "critical points" of the dolls accurately, they can make these dolls paralyzed, otherwise they will pour fire into the ashes without any pain...

But what made Ash care a little about this temporary realistic block, both in terms of architectural style and layout, seems to have a strong northern port city style, which reminds him of the city that just fell not long ago... Floating Ice Harbor.

So, are you planning to send yourself to that city?

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After the first month of training, Ashes finally got his first vacation after he came here. The holiday was not long, only three days, which was barely enough for him to wander around the Linfeng Castle.

This was not the first time that Ash came to Linfeng Castle. The last time I came and went in a hurry, the only impression that Linfeng Castle left him was the shouting in the underground fighting range and the stinking smell in the sewer.

Linfeng Castle is not a new city. It is built on the ruins of a city called "Hanopigrad". It was originally a city belonging to the Northern Federation. This name means "City of Cold Wind" in the language of the Northern Barbarians.

The mechanical civilization of the Northern Barbarians was far behind the Rhine Empire. When the steam tanks of the Rhine Empire rolled over the collapsed city walls of Hanopigrad, the barbarian warriors were still using spears and scimitars as their main weapons, and the distribution rate of flintstones in the army was even less than one-tenth.

The warriors could not compete with guns and cannons alone. The warriors roared, roared, and charged with heavy and sharp scimitars on the back of the sword, but fell in batches in the snow and tundra... What they faced was the musketeers in the Rhine Empire, and the explosion of the flints finally suppressed the Northern Barbarians' shouts and killing sounds.

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Although Linfeng Castle is the capital of the Rhine Empire, it cannot be compared with Lion Heart City in terms of its prosperity. Although Lion Heart City has been transformed into ruins, you can still vaguely see the grand scenery of the past from the ruins. Lingfeng Castle is not so much a city as a fortress, a fortress built for war.

If the city of Lion Heart is located behind Togras, I am afraid that the great nobles in the city have long been planning a route to escape. Although the walls of Lion Heart City are magnificent, they cannot stop the iron flow of the Northern Federation. If the Fortress of Togras falls, the army of the Northern Barbarians will break open the gate of Lion Heart City without any bamboo shoots, and the rolling smoke will cover the entire sky... For the residents of Lion Heart City, it will be a disaster that is no less than the day of its arrival.

But Linfeng Castle is different. This fortress full of metal and gunpowder is located on the fault of the mainland. If the Northern Barbarians want to knock on the gate of Linfeng Castle, they must first climb a cliff hundreds of meters high. It is a magnificent barrier given by heaven and the real wall of Linfeng Castle.

The Fortress Togras can only be regarded as a buffer zone. Anyone who understands the war knows that this is the real place for the decisive battle.

Although the war had not spread to Linfeng Castle, a strong smell of smoke had already spread in the air. Ashes noticed that not only did the number of guards at various street intersections in the city more than doubled, but even steel giant beasts such as steam tanks were dragged to several main roads to assist in maintaining public order.

The curfew system has been implemented in the Rinfeng Castle. After the dark season enters, there will be strict light controls... Of course, these regulations are not applicable to the great nobles living in the upper city. Various drinks and dances have never been interrupted. The smell of gunpowder cannot float in the nobles' mansions. There is only the sweet smell of wine and cakes, as well as elegant and moving symphony in the air.

Although it was tomorrow, you can still see the upper city area being brightly lit. The ashes can be imagined. In the bright golden hall, young noble boys and beautiful girls were spinning in pairs in the dance floor. The deep red wine with fresh wine was poured into the crystal cup with ice cubes. The black gel record was spinning in the phonograph, just like the girls dancing skirts.

The huge black shadow suddenly blocked the sunlight above his head. Ashes looked up and saw that it was an airship sailing over the Rinfeng Castle. It was the largest "Leviathan" class in the Imperial Air Force. This super airship with a body length of nearly 500 meters was not equipped with airbags for providing buoyancy. Instead, it used an extremely special ink crystal array as the source of power. The outside of the hull was covered with alloy cast armor, and dense gun barrels poked out from the window, pointing to the ground obliquely.
Chapter completed!