The Saga of Tanya the Evil - Volume 01 - Deus lo Vult by Carlo Zen

Author:Carlo Zen
Language: spa
Format: mobi, pdf
Tags: Fantasy, Fiction
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

The ground forces trying to leave the fighting area were in disarray, and the enemy was having a field day. Their breaching formation may have been ideal for speed, but it made them vulnerable to fire.

Their only advantage was direct mage support that let them focus on breaking the line. Unfortunately, Control couldn’t get around to assisting them, so they were intercepting about as well as if they were shooting at random with their eyes closed.

Though they had taken out the solo enemy observers, a warning must have gone out. There were limits to how well jamming could be maintained. Enough time had elapsed that they had to assume that a decent intercepting force or quick reaction force was on its way. In the worst case, their own retreat would be cut off in addition to the ground troops’. That was how much time had gone by.

“If you got time to flap your lips, cast some formulas! You bastards!”

To support their infantry’s retreat, they had to neutralize the enemy artillery somehow. And that was the problem: How? The simplest way would be to attack them, but from the scale of the bombardment, it seemed like corps level artillery.

If it were artillery attached to a division or a battalion, charging in prepared to die would give them a chance, but corps level artillery would anticipate anti-mage combat. That’s why their only option is to hunt down the weak points, the observers. But not only did that take a lot of time and effort, the effects weren’t immediately obvious.

“Aye, sir. Agh, there’s only so much we can do with opticals. Give us authorization for explosion formulas.”

If they blew up the whole area with explosion formulas, that would catch any observers hiding on the ground, too. They didn’t have time to scan the surface for each optical cast. Not only did they have to drop their altitude to a certain extent, but also they had to do multiple flyovers to ensure they didn’t miss anything. At first they caught them off guard, but their enemies weren’t stupid. The ones

who expect their opponents to be fools are the real idiots.

News of their attack must have spread quickly, so the other observers had probably gone into hiding. Finding them would take a terrific amount of effort.

“At this rate, we won’t even be able to get half of them.”

Hence the idea of blowing the entire suspicious zone away. That was one valid method. Actually, in the preliminary stages of artillery battles, both sides would send out scouting parties to search for the enemy position and lay down high-explosive anti-personnel suppressive fire. If they were lucky, they might take out the observer squad. But this method presupposed a certain amount of firepower.

Basically, they would need at least an entire mage company sustaining maximum available firepower. That would certainly give them a boost, but it would be too heavy a burden for the current forward direct support unit. And if they suppressed them with a formula big enough to burn up the whole area, it would seriously hamper them in sustaining combat later.

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