When the order was officially issued, Jinna found that all her tension and anxiety had disappeared, and the instinct of the soldier gradually became the master. She took a light breath. While transferring the order to the entire Dragoon squadron, her hands also calmly held the joystick in front of her, feeling the power and coldness conveyed by the steel machinery, and her heart was calm.

One anti-gravity aircraft shaped like an inverted cone quickly drew an elegant arc between the clouds, broke away from the previous cruise trajectory, and rushed towards the shining battlefield on the earth.

The wind direction and wind speed have been calculated, the altitude velocity is within the expected value, and the bomb drop angle and distance have been confirmed several times. The bomb dropper placed his finger over a rune trigger in the center of the console and counted silently.

"The entire unit lifts the bomb insurance - releases the safety lock - drops the bomb!"

...

The night offensive of the Cecils showed endless signs, and deafening artillery fire kept exploding over the city walls. This was a harsh test that this fortress had not experienced since its establishment, and even the scene of war that had never been experienced since the founding of Tifeng. Even the brave soldiers of the imperial army and the proud fighting mages were shocked in the face of this massive attack - but in any case, the defense line was still stabilized, and the solid shields and walls of the Winter Wolf Castle could stand the test. At least for a short time, the Cecils' "sky fire" could not be attacked.

Palin Winter Castle observed the magic flow on the surface of the shield above the west wall and breathed a sigh of relief: "The magic cycle has stabilized again... It seems that the magic focus has been supported."

"But it is not a solution to stick to it," said Andersha. "Earl of Winter Castle, do you remember what we just talked about? We must find a way to break the current situation and regain the grasp..."

She suddenly stopped halfway through her words, and some vague buzzing sound that was almost indistinguishable in the background of the roar of artillery fire attracted her attention. She raised her head and looked at the dizzy night sky with a strange expression.

Palin Winterburg didn't react for a moment: "Antersha, what's wrong?"

"Earl of Winter Castle, have you heard... what's going on in the sky?"

The Count of Winter Castle was stunned for a moment, and then looked up. Finally, his eyes captured some shadows between the accumulated clouds and the dim starlight that were almost impossible to detect with the naked eye.

The shadows were passing by high altitude, and even the legendary powerful men were probably difficult to sense whether they had magical aura or malicious intentions here. However, the Earl of Winter Castle still felt a huge sense of crisis in his heart. At that moment, he felt that his breathing was intermittent. The next second, the powerful mage waved his hand to summon the messenger rune and shouted in the greatest voice: "Come on the high altitude!!!"

"Reset the magic flow - the enemy is coming from the air!" "All mages in the first to sixth echelons adjust the resonance direction and prepare to intercept the air attack!" "It's too late!"

The order was issued at the first time. Although all the soldiers and combat mages were confused, they still began to respond to the commands from the commanders at the fastest speed. However, no matter how fast their reaction was, it was too late. Almost all the defensive forces and personnel energy in the entire fortress were firmly restrained by the offensive of Cecil's ground troops, not to mention that commanders at all levels did not even have much concept of "deadly attacks will come from high altitudes". In this era when the concept of "battlefield" was still mainly concentrated on the surface, all of this became the deadliest loop of the Winter Wolf Castle...

The bomb fell.

Andesha's eyes widened. She looked up at the sky and saw that the stacked clouds were almost blocking all the starlight. She saw a glimmer of light flashing between the shadows, and then flashing bright spots broke away from them and fell like meteors.

The explosion that was far more terrifying than when the magic cannon bombarded the sky blew up over the Winter Wolf Castle.

The huge fire light bloomed like fireworks, and the shock waves visible to the naked eye were blown away on the surface of the shield. Circles of ripples continued to spread in the night sky, and ripples were connected into pieces, and then quickly covered by pale clutter. The entire Winter Wolf Castle shield shook violently, and the deafening roar echoed inside the shield, as if a big invisible bell was ringing. In this terrible roar, the Count of Winter Castle heard an even more terrifying sound-

He heard the whistling sound coming from all directions, which was a sign that the shield was at its limit.

Immediately afterwards, more bombs began to fall from high altitude, covering the entire shield from south to north like a carpet. The shield nodes in the Winter Wolf Castle exploded one by one. Many buildings in the city were burning due to the magic turbulence. The burning fire illuminated the high walls and towers. Under the reflection of the fire, Andessa saw that the shield above her head was disappearing quickly.

A bomb finally penetrated the thin Winter Wolf Castle shield. It fell like a meteorite and fell between the outer city and the inner city. The surging fire stinged Andesha's eyes. She felt a loud bang in her ears. The terrible heat came from the left. She didn't even have time to feel the severe pain, but she only saw a darkness.

...

"All bombs have been dropped, confirm that the target shield has been extinguished." "Visually confirm that the barracks and arsenal have been destroyed..." "The core castle area is still intact...the shield still exists."

Jinna looked through the observation window at the Winter Wolf Castle, which had been trapped in a sea of ​​fire. The results of the air strikes were gathering in front of her one by one.

The large shield of Winter Wolf Castle was destroyed as planned, but the castle area, as the core of the fortress, seemed to survive the bombing - this solid fortress deserves its reputation. It obviously has two independent shield systems at the same time. Even if the outer city and the large shield were all destroyed, the fortress seemed to be able to resist stubbornly based on the core castle.

But Jinna did not feel regretful about this - all of this was in the judgment of the staff. An air strike could not completely destroy the fortress of the Tifeng people. The current heavy damage was already in line with the expected results.

Losing large shields and half of the city defense facilities, coupled with the huge blow in morale and casualties, it was only a matter of time before the fortress was taken down—and in a very short time.

"Return, reload," Jinna gave the order, "maybe we will do it again tonight."

...

Roar, hot, bloody breath, the feeling of constant unbalanced fall...Andersha felt as if she was wrapped up and down in an invisible storm in a dark abyss. For a while, she even felt that she had completely lost her perception of her body, but in the last strong sense of weightlessness, she suddenly returned to this world.

The pain as if the body was falling apart was violently turbulent in all the nerves. She felt herself lying in a soft place, but her body was soaked in the cold, and her mind was roaring like thunder. She could vaguely hear the sound of someone talking around her, but a louder noise buzzed in her ears, making her unable to hear anything clearly.

A violent irritability surged up, and she wanted to dispel the noises angrily, but she didn't know if this anger had worked. She heard that the noise in her ears had really weakened a little, and at the same time she vaguely saw a light appearing in front of her eyes.

"General is awake! General is awake!" "Water, come and bring water!" "Go and notify the Count of Winter Castle!"

Excited shouts from the side of a soldier came, and it sounded more than one.

Andesa struggled to open her eyelids (she never thought that her eyelids were so heavy). After a few efforts, she made the faint chaotic light in front of her into a shaking scene. The left eye seemed to be blurred by something, and only the right eye could barely open a little. With this blurry sight, she saw several familiar figures standing beside her, and above it seemed the ceiling of a room in the castle.

"General," a familiar voice came from the side, "How do you feel? Can you hear me?"

Andesa barely turned her gaze and saw her adjutant standing next to her.

Her eyes stayed on the adjutant for a long time, and it was not until more than ten seconds later that she struggled to withdraw her gaze and asked in a hoarse voice that surprised her: "How long have I been in a coma?"

My throat was like fire, but after careful perception, it seemed that there was no fatal internal bleeding or tracheal tear. This was a blessing in disguise - but it was a pity that it was difficult to do more carefully, and I could only confirm that my physical condition must be very bad.

"You were only in a coma for half an hour..." said the adjutant, "The large dose of alchemy potion and healing spells worked..."

"Half an hour...I thought a century had passed," Andesha pulled the corner of her mouth, "talk about the damage."

The adjutant hesitated for a second or two before whispering: "The fortress shield was completely destroyed and permanently extinguished. The inner and outer cities were severely damaged, and there were fires everywhere. We lost the barracks and arsenals. When those magic weapons fell, they just passed through the shield and smashed the 22nd Regiment. The 22nd Regiment... has been removed from the list."

Andesa took a breath, and she struggled to distinguish the sounds from all directions in the roaring noise in her ears. After two seconds of silence, she whispered: "What about the current situation?"

"...Palin Winterburg's command of the people who could still act were withdrawn to the castle area. The outer city could no longer defend it, and he ordered us to continue to resist in the castle area and the inner city. Before evacuation, the Black Flag Magicians collapsed the seriously damaged city wall and lit a fire in the outer city. The ruins and fires somewhat delayed the Cecilians' offensive..."

"I did hear the sound outside," Andesha said slowly, "Did it delay... so, they have already entered?"

"...Our soldiers are resisting them in the ruins and streets of the inner city. We are very damaged, but no one retreats."

At this moment, Andesha heard some commotion coming from nearby, and some soldiers were whispering: "The Earl of Winter Fort is here!"

She saw Palin Winterburg appearing in a corner of her vision. The familiar elder was bent down at her, as if observing her injuries. She saw a heavy and almost sad look on the other person's face.

"It's OK," Andesha said to the adjutant and the other soldiers around him, "you go back first and continue to command the battle. I'm going to talk to the Earl of Winter Fort."

"General, your body..."

"This is an order."

"Yes, General."

The adjutant and the soldiers left, and only the Earl of Winter Castle remained in Andesha's sight. She pulled the corners of her mouth: "It seems that the situation is so bad that it can't be worse..."

"It's really bad, we failed, Andesha," said the Earl of Winterburg in a deep voice. "The Cecils will soon occupy the place completely--they haven't used that terrible air attack again, perhaps to occupy a better base of advance... This somewhat prolonged our resistance, but it couldn't be long."

After this, there was a long period of silence, even until Palin Winterburg began to doubt whether Andesha had fallen into a coma again, but in the end Andesha spoke: "Earl of Winterburg, what do you think of the duty of the soldiers?"

Palin Winterburg did not answer Andessa's question. He just stared quietly at the girl who had almost grown up by himself. After watching for a moment, he asked, "Anessa, what do you want to do?"

Andesa tried hard to open her eyes and looked at the face of the Earl of Winterburg: "I have the last 'activity'..."

Then, she told her what she wanted to do.

Palin Winterburg widened his eyes. He could not believe what he heard, and could not believe that it was the decision that Andersa would make. Then he reminded in a low voice: "This will make you lose your honor - no matter what the truth is, you will not have a glorious record in future history books. Andersa, you are not an ordinary commander, you are the 'Wolf General', you should know the meaning of this title and the constraints behind it..."

"Times have changed, Uncle Palin," Andesha seemed to smile, and she shook her head gently, "The old rules... cannot keep up with the changes in the times."

"...even if this will discourage your honor?" Palin Winterburg frowned, "I can give orders for you, after all, you are no longer capable of it..."

"I've decided."

"...I get it," Palin Winterburg looked at Andersha deeply before nodding his head with a serious expression, but then he asked again, "Do you think this will not be disturbed by the contaminated soldiers and officers?"

"I have probably guessed what the god wants," Anderssa said quietly, "He wants to fight, He only wants to fight - and surrender is also a part of the war.

"Let me be the first 'Wolf General' in Tifeng's history to surrender with his flag before the castle was captured. I'm ready."

"...Okay, I'll go and prepare."

The Count of Winterburg left.

Andesa was lying quietly on the bloody bed, her left eye still couldn't open. In the other eye that was barely opened, she seemed to see some memories of the past, and things that happened many years ago that had faded in her memory. She remembered the first time she followed her father to "visit" this fortress when she was very young, remembered that she listened to her father telling her the stories of the ancestors of the family to herself, and those oaths engraved under the head of the wolf. Her lips twitched gently, as if she was still reciting those sentences with her father--

"...I swear with my family and with my honor. I will guard this fortress, even when I reach the end of my life...even if my blood is shed... to pieces...the winter wolf flag will never fall..."

She shook her head.

She doesn't want honor.

She wants her motherland to be safe—
Chapter completed!