Malrev, the front-line commander of the Kingdom of Elsa, watched as the armed helicopters in the sky lowered their noses. He immediately understood that they had locked onto their target and were about to unleash their firepower.
Despair instantly engulfed his mind.
His hands instantly fell limp, knowing it was too late.
The next moment, a dense line of rocket launcher lights appeared in the sky, stretching for kilometers.
Twenty-five thousand rockets rained down on the Elsa Kingdom's defensive line.
The smoke trails from the rockets alone obscured the sky, turning the entire front line dark, making the flames of the ground explosions and the screams of the soldiers seem even more like hell!
But that wasn't all!
The twin-bladed armed helicopters in the air opened fire, suppressing the Elsa Kingdom's defenses. The Rhino tank division revved their engines and charged towards the Elsa Kingdom's front line.
The charging Rhino tanks didn't stop firing for a second.
The anti-tank trenches dug by the Elsa Kingdom troops were effortlessly cleared by the leaping Rhino tanks.
There were even god-level crews who took advantage of the moment the tank was in the air to stabilize it and fire upon a distant bunker!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Whiz! Whiz! Whiz!
The sounds of explosions from the artillery barrage were densely packed together.
The roar of the shells grew closer and closer to the Elsa Kingdom's defensive front line.
Before the twin-bladed helicopters even reached the Elsa Kingdom's defensive line, the front-line soldiers were already completely despairing.
They huddled in their trenches, clutching their heads, trembling.
"My God, they're serious!"
"Are they crazy? Don't they care how much all those shells cost?"
"Get down!"
The shrill whistle of the shells grew rapidly louder.
The hearts of all the Elsa Kingdom front-line soldiers were in their throats.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The dense explosions melded into one continuous roar.
Among the barrage of shells, the helicopter rockets, filled with incendiary fuel, would burn an area of nearly 20 meters around each explosion.
The barrage of fire turned the entire Elsa Kingdom front line into a fiery hell.
Their only means of retaliation, 30 artillery pieces, were reduced to scrap metal in the bombing.
The Elsa Kingdom's front-line commander, looking at the fiery hell before him, couldn't stop trembling.
"This is impossible, the Soviet Bear Alliance couldn't have recovered this quickly.
"It's all fake!"
As he screamed and yelled, a rocket flew directly through the window and into the room.
The front-line command center, along with the entire Elsa Kingdom's defense line, was turned into the original source of ketchup.
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Vladmir, the commander of the Red Alert Legion, learned that the Elsa Kingdom's front-line situation was progressing according to plan, and immediately contacted Konev.
"Report, President, the Elsa Kingdom's front-line defense line has been destroyed by artillery fire. Should we call for their surrender?"
Konev remained expressionless upon hearing this, his mind even more resolute.
This was the first shot fired by the Soviet Bear towards the Western world.
There was no surrender in this shot!
They had only themselves to blame for standing on the opposite side of the Soviet Bear Alliance.
After a brief silence, Konev coldly replied, "Keep bombing, level the ground!"
Konev looked at the battle map in front of him and shook his head helplessly.
They wouldn't listen to reason, so they would learn by force.
Would it work?
Konev had no pity for the Elsa Kingdom.
The Elsa Kingdom was unique, unlike Gru and other countries that had already declared independence.
Strictly speaking, the Elsa Kingdom was only a prospective member of the Soviet Bear Alliance, set to declare independence.
Such a country was destined to play a crucial role.
If they achieved independence without any resistance, or even any sanctions from the Soviet Bear Alliance, it would set a dangerous precedent, emboldening other members of the Soviet Bear Alliance.
But if they struck hard this time, crushed them once and for all, the other members, even if they had any thoughts of rebellion, would have to keep them to themselves.
Otherwise, the Elsa Kingdom would be their fate.
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Simultaneously with the Elsa Kingdom's front line being easily overrun, the Soviet Bear Alliance's force, nearly three times larger, was launching a relentless bombardment against the front line of the Via Kingdom.
Dense artillery fire rained down like a storm!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
"Take cover! Third Company, get back here! You can't run!"
"Fire! Fire!"
Moritz, the front-line commander of the Via Kingdom, was red in the face with rage in his command tent, his eyes bloodshot.
He had never imagined his troops would act like cowards.
The artillery barrage had barely begun, and they were already trying to retreat and become deserters!
But he had to admit that if he weren't two kilometers away in the forest behind the front line, he would have wanted to retreat too.
Feeling the constant explosions in the distance, Moritz couldn't help but curse, "Damn it, what's going on?! Didn't the Soviet Bear run out of men and ammunition?"
Pop! Pop! Pop!
The gunfire on the Via Kingdom's front line never stopped.
They had never imagined that the Soviet Bear Alliance could assemble an army so quickly.
They even had tanks as far as the eye could see, pouring shells onto the Via Kingdom's front-line defenses.
This military force was far more powerful than anything they had seen in the Via Kingdom!
They couldn't really fight back, but they could still hide in bunkers and try to slow down the Soviet Bear Alliance's advance.
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