Magicless Extra: The Villain’s Survival Method – Chapter 89.2

‘Oswald Cannon’ fired simultaneously at the Marseille Musketeer Brigade, and the shells tore through the air and shattered the Musketeer Brigade that had come out to break through the cordon.

Kwa-kwang!

The destructive power of the 155mm high-explosive shell was comparable to a 5-circle fire explosion. The part that could be called the outer shell of the high-explosive shell was torn apart by the blast pressure, sending shrapnel flying in all directions, and the killing power of the shrapnel, along with the instantaneous heat of the high-explosive shell, crushed the enemy.

The physical force generated by the blast pressure was enough to tear through even shield magic.

“Brigade Commander! How about we try out the newly created shell this time?”

“You mean the one they used to call a cluster bomb?”

“Yes, didn’t it say in the manual that it was to be used in anti-personnel warfare?”

“Hmm. . . . . . . Very well, switch to cluster bombs for all of them!”

A moment later, 155mm cluster bombs were fired from ‘Oswald Cannon’ and exploded over the heads of the retreating Marseille Musketeer Brigade, releasing a massive amount of small steel balls onto the ground.

The steel balls, which had gained incredible acceleration from the blast pressure, pierced through everything in their path and literally swept away the Musketeer Brigade that was fleeing beneath them.

Musketeer Brigade soldiers gushing blood from all over their bodies. . . as a rain of steel poured down on their heads, the brigade that had finally left the city met an unfortunate end.

“In. . . . . . . . Incredible. . . . . . . Didn’t it literally wipe out thousands of troops?”

Not long after the brigade troops were wiped out, the artillery brigade resumed shelling the city. In the end, the mobile task force that had been staying at the port of Nice to rescue the Marseille Musketeer Brigade moved and evacuated the Musketeer Brigade from the port as a top priority.

As a result, the citizens, who realized that they had been abandoned, surrendered to the Empire through the mayor and raised the white flag.

The same was true of the port city of Nice. As soon as the mobile task force left, the people feared that they would be crushed like Marseille, and in the end. . . they surrendered to the Empire, and the Provence region also fell into the hands of the Empire.

In the month since the outbreak of war, three provinces of the Democratic Republic had fallen.

Even now, the lords of the Empire were arriving at the temporary headquarters of the Western Military District in Lyon.

Commander Ingol was wondering where to send them to use them on the front lines. For the time being, he planned to give the 3rd Field Army a week of rest and stabilization of the occupied territories.

“It would be good to replace the 3rd Field Army with the reserve corps and send them to the Provence region.”

In that case, there was only one remaining region. It was Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Currently, most of the troops were concentrated in Toulouse and Montpellier in the Occitanie region, so the northern and western parts of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region were in a state of disrepair.

The city garrison troops were fortifying the city. . . but that was enough to be solved by the lords and the reserve corps.

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Kingdom of Britannia, Paris, Parliament.

“This is madness.”

The Kingdom of Britannia’s parliament was horrified by the military power of the Empire, which was rapidly advancing on the Democratic Republic.

“If we make a mistake, the area just below us will be annexed by the Empire. We must declare war as soon as possible. I hear that the troops of the Empire’s Northern Military District have been completed and are moving to Bremen. If we wait any longer, the Empire will be ready to attack our country. . . and we will not be able to help the Republic!”

The problem was what they would lose if they decided to go to war. Because of this, no one had come forward to speak out for war. If they were to speak out and fail, the one who had spoken out for war would be held responsible for everything.

If it had been a monarchy, the blame could have been placed on the king who had decided to go to war. . . but that was no longer the case. If they were to hand over the decision-making power to the king now, the king would surely refuse, and in order to move such a king, there would have to be concessions made, so no one could come forward.

It was the same with other countries. The Kingdom of Francia and the Kingdom of Holland were also watching and wondering whether to go to war or not. If only the CID could mediate. . . but because the Madrid assassination of the royal family had been carried out by the Republican intelligence agency, mediation was also difficult.

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“Very well, now let’s produce it, experiment with it, and find areas for improvement.”

Oswald stayed in Karaz City in the Dragon Mountains for about two weeks, using the Blood Daemon to implement exoskeletons, power suits, chain swords, and Gigants and create blueprints, which he then entrusted to the Knowledge Dragon Quetzalcoatl and the dwarves of Karaz City.

As the dwarves of Karaz City, who had electrified energy, would surely be able to mass-produce these, he had no doubt about it.

“Then I guess it’s time to go.”

“Very well, may I send you back to where you came from?”

“Can you send me to Winchester City? I have some business to attend to there as well.”

“Of course. Is there anything you have forgotten?”

“Yes, there is nothing.”

“Very well, I will let you know through Aurei if the mass production is successful.”

“Yes, then I will look forward to it.”

“Of course.”

As Quetzalcoatl snapped his fingers, Oswald was teleported, and he soon appeared in Winchester City.

“Wow, there are cars now.”

Oswald whistled as he watched the trucks with internal combustion engines running along the road. It seemed that Oswald had successfully produced automobiles using engines during his absence.

As the Winchester Duchy was in charge of the Empire’s armament, jobs had naturally increased and new occupations had emerged, and the entire principality was bustling with activity.

“Now that we have received funding from Peacemaker. . . let’s start producing armored cars and tanks.”

Although the artillery had reduced casualties and made it easier to break through the trench line, there were still many casualties in street fighting.

“The armored mobile unit will be a new path for the knights who are gradually losing their place due to the development of technology.”

Perhaps there would be those who would fly aura into tank shells.

“Now, shall we go?”

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