Magicless Extra: The Villain’s Survival Method – Chapter 140.2

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟒𝟎.2: 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐖𝐚𝐫 (7)

Iberian Lords’ Allied Forces garrison in Perpignan.

“Earl! The order has finally arrived from the joint command!”

Gilgamesh immediately checked the order. It contained instructions to capture Toulouse beyond the Pyrenees and then advance directly north to attack Nantes.

Nantes was the city where the Western Military District Command had been located, so it was a place with various military supplies. Of course, they were currently occupying Paris and operating from there, but. . . most of the supplies were still in Nantes.

The Iberian Lords’ Allied Forces had already unified their chain of command under Gilgamesh’s leadership.

“Tell the Allied Forces in Donostia City as well. The destination is the Marquisate of Toulouse.”

The 170,000-strong Iberian Lords’ Allied Forces set out all at once. Their destination was the Marquisate of Toulouse, located just beyond the Pyrenees.

During the Great War, a lord who had participated as a margrave and made great contributions was granted the area around Toulouse as his territory and was promoted to marquis. Considering that the Western margraves had originally been supporters of the Third Prince Douglas, it was perhaps natural that he had joined the rebel forces.

Following this, the mobile unit of the Iberian Lords’ Allied Forces moved first. Trucks were modified with armor and equipped with Quadra anti-aircraft machine guns to unleash firepower. They had become crude, but functional, armored vehicles.

Dozens of such armored vehicles were mobilized, and soldiers armed with Os rifles were loaded onto them.

Vroom!

Gilgamesh also moved with the mobile unit, riding in his Letona.

After four hours of travel by vehicle, the mobile unit finally reached the outskirts of Toulouse City. The sudden appearance of the mobile unit caused sirens to blare throughout the city.

“Fools.”

Gilgamesh scoffed at Toulouse City for not having prepared any defensive systems, such as trench lines, despite being located near the Pyrenees.

However, Gilgamesh’s mockery soon faded as they approached Toulouse City. The Marquis of Toulouse had not failed to prepare trench lines; he had simply not prepared them at all. More precisely, he had fortified the entire city.

“I thought he was stupid. . . but he’s surprisingly smart.”

Turning the entire city into a defensive fortress meant that they were prepared for an attack by tank units. No matter how many trenches they dug, they would be useless if tanks pushed through, so the Marquis of Toulouse had decided to lure the enemies into the city and engage in urban warfare.

In urban areas, no matter how powerful tanks were, their operation would inevitably be restricted. This meant that there was no point in rushing to Toulouse.

“We’ll have to wait for the towed artillery to arrive.”

In this situation, it seemed like they would have to use bombardment to attack Toulouse.

“But we can’t just leave the mobile unit idle like this.”

Gilgamesh planned to take this mobile unit alone and advance all the way to Nantes. The only fortunate thing was that there were no troops to block their path all the way to Nantes.

Although there were about 50,000 Western Lords’ Allied Forces stationed in Clermont-Ferrand City, located northeast of Toulouse. . . Nantes was located to the northwest, so there was no chance of encountering them.

“Alright, we advance to Nantes.”

That night. . . Gilgamesh, leading the mobile unit out of Nantes, headed straight for Bordeaux City, a port city on the western coast. If they used the road that stretched from Bordeaux City to Nantes, they could arrive in half a day.

And so, the next morning. . . the mobile unit led by Gilgamesh arrived at the outskirts of Nantes City. The appearance of the mobile unit with the dawn of dawn caused a commotion among the Western Military District guards remaining in Nantes City.

Unlike Toulouse, Nantes was indeed completely undefended. It seemed that they had built defensive lines in the Earl of Normandy territory, such as Rennes City and Le Mans City, so their defenses were relatively weak.

“We’re going straight into downtown Nantes!”

As Gilgamesh’s order fell, the armored vehicle drivers, instead of slowing down, sped up and charged towards Nantes.

Following this, firepower poured out from the Quadra anti-aircraft machine guns mounted on the rear of the vehicles, sweeping away the Nantes guards who tried to stop them. Due to the nature of the transport vehicles, the Quadra anti-aircraft machine gun turrets could only turn 180 degrees from the front, so they had to neutralize enemies as soon as they were spotted.

The place where the mobile unit arrived was not the Western Military District Command but a nearby military warehouse.

“Disembark! Disembark!”

As soon as the armored vehicles arrived at the military warehouse, the troops disembarked and quickly gathered into platoons and companies to carry out their operations. They engaged in combat with the remaining Western Military District guards inside the military warehouse and quickly subdued them.

“Earl, the Nantes Sword officers are coming!”

“Tsk.”

It seemed that Sword had also joined the rebellion.

“Use the vehicles to build a defensive line and then wipe out the enemies.”

Gilgamesh then contacted the Iberian United Military District Command and informed them that they had attacked Nantes and captured the military warehouse. He also requested that a transport fleet and troops be dispatched to Nantes immediately.

In particular, he requested that they focus on sending towed or self-propelled artillery, as the military warehouse here did not have weapons but was full of consumables such as ammunition. Therefore, if they brought artillery like towed or self-propelled guns, they would be able to suppress the enemies without running out of shells, so requesting both was a natural thing to do.

Rat-a-tat-tat! Rat-a-tat-tat!

“Damn it! Where did that army come from?”

Unlike the Imperial regular army, the Sword officers, still armed with Winchester V series, were unable to advance in the face of the enemy’s overwhelming firepower.

“Chief! A message from Paris! They say we must recapture the military warehouse at all costs!”

“Damn it! How are we supposed to subdue that force with just us?”

Just then, another officer delivered news from the Nantes Military District Command.

“Report that the remaining guards at the Military District Command have completed their assembly!”

“Good, tell them to come here for support immediately!”

As far as the chief knew, there was one regiment-level Western Military District force remaining in Nantes. He didn’t know how many enemy troops there were, but there were three battalions, 3,000 Sword officers, and including the Military District troops, it amounted to about 8,000. With that number, wouldn’t they be able to subdue the enemies?

While the Nantes City Sword chief was having happy thoughts!

Crash! Boom!

He witnessed a nearby building being swallowed up by a massive aura ball and being pulverized.

“Wh. . . what?”

The aura ball, as if not satisfied with consuming just one building, swallowed up the Sword officers behind it and ground them up. The chief trembled as he saw the Sword officers turned into pieces of flesh and bone, mangled by the aura ball.

Following this, knights clad in aura appeared. The knights, holding revolvers in one hand, used shield artifacts to defend against incoming bullets and cut down the officers with swords imbued with aura.

They also aimed their revolvers at those farther away and pulled the triggers. . . and in an instant, the Sword troops collapsed.

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