The Dagos army scouts tailing them certainly thought that they were sneaky, Dominic decided.
They didn't realize that the Cygnia scouts had magitech scopes to see in the dark. So, the invaders were still crouched low to the ground, blades at the ready, as they approached the village.
{Two hundred metres. One seventy-five. Begin bombardment.} Commander Dax ordered.
The mortar rounds made a sizzling whistle as they launched, the same as a flare or a firework. But nobody was waiting to see where they landed before they loaded more rounds and continued the bombardment.
Dozens of explosions rippled across the field over the next thirty seconds, with some landing less than half the distance to the enemy, from launchers that were set at an angle instead of flat.
But the effect was everything that they could have hoped for.
