Re:Zero - Starting a Different World Industry

The army stopped a few kilometers outside the city of Zonia, and Nasyado came over with several elk cavalry.

"Duke Lyon, what are you doing?"

Nasyado didn't know that Xinina had agreed to let Lyon send troops, and even Xinina didn't expect that Lyon would send troops so soon.

So there was no time to notify Nasyado.

Leon and Nasyado explained the situation.

I also learned how these refugees came here.

Originally, after the demon proposed the marriage, the two sides fell into a brief peace, but after a few days, the peace was broken.

After the marriage was agreed, the demons began to prepare for war, but the forest elves in the south relaxed.

Although the war faction has been emphasizing this, it is still no match for the peace faction that has the upper hand.

But what was unexpected was that the peace-loving faction of the forest elves did something stupid.

They have been forcing Laiya to marry him as soon as possible, and even forced the emperor to abdicate to put pressure on Xinina.

But what they didn't expect was that the war faction would directly raise an army to suppress them.

So much so that the capital of the Forest Elf Kingdom, Nasus, was in chaos.

When the demons in the north saw that the Forest Elf Kingdom was in chaos, they immediately ordered their troops to march south.

Burning, killing and looting were carried out along the way, and half of the forest elf kingdom was shattered and withered.

The demon army fought all the way to Nasus, intending to persuade Xinina to surrender.

However, Xinina still had some backbone and did not surrender. With the help of the pro-war faction, she planned to defend the city of Nassus to the death.

Buy time for refugees fleeing south.

Most of the refugees outside Zonia now have fled all the way from the north.

Most of the elves fell on the road of escape...

Leon glanced at the time.

2 p.m.

"Do you know the approximate location of the demon army now?"

Leon asked Nasyado.

"I don't know, but it has been three days since the demon army arrived in Nasus."

Nasyado spoke.

"Three days?"

Lyon took out the map and fell into deep thought as he looked at the mountains and rivers on it.

Lyon roughly estimated that the straight-line distance from Nassus to Zonia City was about 500 kilometers.

The vanguard of the demon army was composed entirely of cavalry. According to their marching speed, they should have covered a maximum of 300 kilometers in three days.

and so……

Leon pointed the pen to a location on the map.

That's a bridge.

Currently still under the control of the elves.

Under the bridge is the rushing Cangjiang River.

This bridge is a stone bridge, and the load-bearing capacity was measured when Lyon and his team passed through it last time.

It was found that it could only withstand a weight of 30 tons.

The Tiger tanks were impassable.

So this bridge must be in Dayan's hands.

Lyon immediately called Stein, the commander of the mechanized infantry regiment of the armored brigade, and asked him to send a battalion of soldiers to occupy the bridge first.

Stein immediately dispatched the First Infantry Battalion.

The company commander of the first company of the first battalion was William.

William led his company and set off without saying a word.

The other three companies did not stand still either, but they still could not keep up with William and his team's speed.

William's company is the most powerful company in the entire battalion.

And it's not just an ordinary infantry company, but an armored reconnaissance company.

The company has the largest number of half-track armored vehicles in the entire regiment.

But the company's speed is worth the equipment they get.

Following William was an engineering battalion.

Their responsibility was to reinforce the bridge so that the Tiger tanks could pass smoothly.

One day and one night passed.

William and his party soon arrived at the bridge.

The armored brigade completed its rest and set off half a day after William set out, so the follow-up troops will arrive here in one day at most.

William and his team had to complete the reconstruction of the bridge within 12 hours.

The soldiers of the engineering battalion immediately began reinforcement.

The bridge is 8 meters long and no more than 3 meters wide.

The width does not reach the 3.5-meter width of the Tiger tank.

Steel was then used to reinforce the bridge piers, a large amount of steel bars were laid on the bridge deck, and cement with cement accelerating agent added was poured on it.

To reinforce the bridge, engineers used more than 40 tons of steel and 20 tons of cement.

After a few hours, the cement solidified.

However, William's Company, which was conducting reconnaissance on the opposite bank long before the reinforcement, discovered the situation.

I saw a group of fleeing elves coming from the north.

They found a camouflaged half-track armored vehicle in the jungle nearby.

He was suddenly shocked and started screaming.

But soon they stopped shouting.

Because the Dayan soldiers wearing full-body ghillie suits came in front of them.

When they saw the gun pointed at them, they immediately became obedient.

Because they had seen this kind of weapon among the fleeing elves, and it was extremely powerful and could kill a demon in one blow.

"We are the Great Yan National Defense Force, and we have been ordered to help you elves. Now hurry across the bridge. It will be safe after you cross the bridge."

The soldier spoke.

William saw what was happening and came over from the car.

It turned out that they were just a group of refugees.

Looking at these refugees, William suddenly had an idea.

"I'm a captain in the Wehrmacht. I'd like to ask where you are from?"

William spoke up.

"We escaped from Kaina Village not far to the north. The demon group appeared near the village..."

"Wait, you said that demon scouts appeared near your village? How far is your village from here?"

William interrupted the elven refugee.

"Yes, I'm sure they are demon scouts. Our village is no more than 10 kilometers away from here."

After hearing this, William roared.

"Look for cover!"

The next second, several sharp arrows flew over.

Fortunately, William's reminder prevented the bullet from hitting anything.

I saw several demon scouts appearing in the distance.

The machine gunners on the half-track immediately opened fire on them.

"呲~"

The next second, these demon scouts were turned into minced meat.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Everyone get into the armored vehicles! Block the road with the armored vehicles! Cover the elves' retreat!"

William exclaimed.

As William's order was issued.

More than a dozen half-track armored vehicles rushed out from the forests on both sides.

Hundreds of demon scouts who had just arrived happened to see these dozen or so steel behemoths.

Both sides paused for a second.

Then the fight started right away.

The demon scout subconsciously bent his bow and shot an arrow.

The machine gunners of the half-track armored vehicles spoke directly.

Come! Look at the camera!

"呲~"

The dense bullets directly shattered the hundred or so demon scouts.

Even the demon horses they were riding were torn to pieces.

By the bridge.

The engineer battalion heard the gunfire.

The battalion commander immediately shouted loudly.

"Everyone get into combat position! Get ready to meet the enemy!"

When the frightened elf refugees saw the demon coming, they ran away without saying a word.

The sound of gunfire from more than a dozen MG42s spread all around.

After dealing with these demon scouts, William immediately ordered a retreat.

But at this moment, the ground shook violently.