[Maggit Island]

Raymond Montecucoli staggered, his deserter with fear on his face ran wildly in the trench, approaching the outpost less than twenty meters away from the explosion site.

The "rebels" are so close that Montekukoli can not only hear the "rebels" soldiers shouting with their own ears, but can even see the faces of the rebel soldiers on the boat with the dim moonlight.

That's right, the boat.

When did the "rebels" have ships?

Why didn't the scouts find it?

You should know that before the "fence stakes" were erected, the Southern Front Command never stopped sending outskirts outside the city, and even took away the officer's horses and gave priority to the reconnaissance personnel out of the city.

But why didn't anyone find that the "rebels" have transported so many ships to the front line?

Montekukoli leaned beside the trench, counting the small boats passing by the river, and his teeth were itchy.

What the Artillery Lieutenant Colonel didn't know was that the investigators of the Southern Front had done everything they could, and even many people in the "rebels" admired their tenacity and courage.

But unless the Southern Front investigators can rush into the rebels' transport team, lift the masks on the chariots, and escape the pursuit of the "rebels" cavalry, bringing the intelligence back to the royal forts alive...

Otherwise, the Southern Front Command would never have known that the rebels had ships.

Because in order to save transportation capacity to the greatest extent and to avoid being discovered by the scout cavalry frequently dispatched by the Southern Army, a major artillery in the rebels specially ordered people to remove the boxes and guardrails of all the carriages, and then directly fixed the small boat collected from the rear to the beams, filled the supplies, and covered them with cloth. Unconsciously, the ships and supplies were transported to the front line.

"Suddenness is the winning condition for gaining combat advantages." A certain artillery student remembered the knowledge points taught by the teacher.

But at the moment, Montecukoli has no time to be proud of himself.

To his left, there was a noise in the monastery of Domoncos—Ltd. Colonel Lodweck's troops were mobilizing.

But ahead of him, the landing site of the "rebels" was extremely quiet.

Gunshots, metal and dying wails come from further south.

Montekukoli judged that after the rebels broke into the coastal defense line, they did not rush to develop towards the Bishops' Fort, but pointed their finger to the south.

It seems that the "rebels" are cleaning up their strongholds and defenses at the southernmost end of Magit Island.

In contrast, although the actions of the "rebels" follow-up troops were inconspicuous, they seemed even more dangerous to the lieutenant colonel of the artillery:

The rebels on the boat were crazily destroying the water fence on the south side of the explosion site; at the same time, the other side of the river was brightly lit and crowded, and a pontoon bridge was extending towards Maggit Island at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Raymond Montecucoli immediately realized that the "rebels" were not in a hurry to rescue the remaining soldiers in the Bishops' Fort, nor did they expect to rely on a small number of elite troops to seize the Island of Maggit; the "rebels" commander who planned this offensive was a guy who was so stable that he could not be more stable; he was going to build a landing ground at the southern end of Maggit Island, a bridgehead and a beachfront position, first invincible, and then pursue victory.

At this moment, the sound of water splashing footsteps came from the trench behind me.

Montekukoli subconsciously touched his thighs and found that he didn't bring any weapons.

Fortunately, the person who came was his own - the adjutant of the artillery director, the guards and the fortress star officer each held a fire-pressing short spear gun and came carefully.

Montecucoli's movements were too fast. Before the three young men could react, the middle-aged man had disappeared from sight.

The rebels were outside the trench, and Montekukoli made a gesture of silence, and the three young men nodded immediately.

The four of them squatted in the trench. Montecucoli pulled the adjutant to his side and whispered the order, "Go to the Monastery of Domoncos immediately and find Lieutenant Colonel Lodveck, and tell him that the rebels are attacking the defense positions in the south with all their might, so that he will not hesitate and come to fight the rebels' landing site immediately."

The adjutant nodded, stepped back for a while, quietly climbed out of the trench and headed towards the monastery.

"Go back to the fort," Montekukoli pulled the fort star officer to his side again, "Call all those who can pick up weapons, engineers, artillery, my subordinates, Lieutenant Colonel Lodwich's subordinates... Everyone! And cannons, push the cannons too..."

"What should I do with Bishop's Castle?" asked the star official.

"Even if the rebels in the Bishop's Fort are fought, don't worry about them!" Montekukoli gritted his teeth, "The pontoon bridge is the key. Once the pontoon bridge is docked, we will be completely finished!"

He pulled the collar of the star-worthy official, wishing he could engrave the words he uttered into the ears of this poor young man, "Remember! Cannon, even if he lifted it with his arm, he would carry it over..."

As he was talking, a series of cracked guns suddenly came from above his head.

In the direction of the Monastery of Domoncos, Lieutenant Colonel Lodwich's troops occupied the slopes of the shore and fired a round of gunfires at the landing site of the "rebels".

Then the second round, the third round...

Lead bullets hit like hail, and the "rebels" soldiers on the river beach leaped into the trenches.

Most of them did not bring muskets, so they could not fight back, so they could only stick to the inner wall of the trench to avoid firepower from the island.

But the "rebels" showed no sign of panic. A powerful voice echoed in the trench, ordering the "rebels" soldiers to collect the defenders' muskets.

The "rebel" soldiers who heard the order immediately took action.

The Montekukoli and the other two in the trench also heard the orders of the rebel commanders clearly.

The artillery Lieutenant Colonel immediately realized that something was wrong. He grabbed the roulette from the Star Official, then pushed the roulette, and asked the latter to leave quickly. He pushed to the entrance of the outpost, picked up the roulette, and aimed at the corner of the trench.

The star official was stunned for a moment, saluted and left with a quick glance.

The "rebel" soldiers who were searching for weapons immediately heard the footsteps of the star officer.

"stop!"

A loud shout with a strong Paratu accent came from the trench outside the post, and then a figure rushed out of the corner of the trench.

Montekukoli gritted his teeth and pulled the trigger. A red light flashed, and the smoke instantly flooded the entire trench.

Regardless of whether the attack was hit or not, the artillery lieutenant colonel grabbed the guard and ran away. He ran to the next corner, grabbed the short gun from the guard and fired a shot in the direction of the "rebel" soldiers.

Immediately, Montekukoli pulled the guards and retreated to the next post.

Meanwhile, Lieutenant Colonel William Lodweck arrived at the battlefield.
Chapter completed!