After touring the reinforcement camp, Vivi immediately adjusted the city defense plan.
The defensive strength on the city walls could be appropriately reduced.
Then, half of the mages and warriors above the seventh rank were drawn to form a temporary guard, stationed around the reinforcement camp and artillery positions.
This was to ensure the safety of these output positions.
Although the city's defensive strength was weakened after people were drawn from the city walls, the firepower was much stronger than before.
Ideally, a single volley from these thousands of 155mm howitzers and one thousand rocket launchers would be enough to turn most areas outside the city gate into dead zones.
Even if half of the defensive forces on the city walls were drawn away, there was no longer any need to worry about the city gate being breached.
Because it was highly likely that these allied forces wouldn't even be able to touch the city gate.
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The war outside the city continued, while inside the city, efforts were fully focused on cooperating with this army from the Otherworld to dig fortifications and set up positions. The commanding officers and senior military officers in the reinforcements were discussing how the battle should be fought.
After receiving Vivi's assurance that they just needed to blast away and didn't need to worry about their own safety, these officers were eager to get started.
It didn't matter if the supporting technology wasn't enough; having such a comprehensive temporary field command post was sufficient for processing information and giving commands.
This was an extremely pure artillery unit.
Without needing to worry about logistical supplies, and without needing to worry about positions being threatened by enemy counter-battery radars, ground-to-air missiles, fighter jets, and other things, what kind of strength could an army with thousands of cannons and over a thousand rocket launchers display?
Even they themselves dared not imagine.
This truly fulfilled the saying, "I've never fought such a rich battle in my life!"
There was nothing else to say; once preparations were complete, they would just open fire.
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The siege outside the city never stopped.
After a busy afternoon of preparations and a night of rest, the reinforcement command center learned from the senior military officers of Mengchuan City that the allied forces besieging the city would change four shifts every day, and as soon as the time came, people would be replaced to continue the attack.
The first shift change for the siege after waking up was around 8 AM.
Therefore, the command center had ordered last night for all soldiers to rest early, wake up before 6 AM, and then return to their respective positions.
When the allied forces outside the city changed shifts, they would immediately open fire.
Just in the early morning, they would give the enemy a little firepower shock!
Directly disrupting the enemy's siege rhythm.
Vivi naturally also knew about the reinforcement's plan to open fire. She had no objections to this; professional matters should be left to professionals.
The female officer sent by Lin Yilong had told her: "While directly bombing the besieging army would indeed cause their engineers to falter and create a huge psychological shadow for the enemy through such firepower delivery, the attackers have already reached the city walls. To protect the city walls, and also due to blind spots in firepower, it's difficult to hit the people directly beneath the city walls. If any enemy observer is sharp enough, they will immediately discover this flaw. Rather than exposing this weakness, it's better to let them continue attacking for now. When the shift changes and there's no one in the firepower blind spot beneath the city walls, we can then bombard them. This will not only create a greater shock for the enemy but also conceal our own shortcomings."
In fact, such a minor flaw was not really a weakness; even if exposed to the enemy, the allied forces' quality was too low to exploit it.
But the concepts of the enemy's attack having blind spots and advantages/disadvantages, versus the enemy's attack being all-pervasive with nowhere to hide, are two completely different things.
The latter would definitely lead to the collapse of the allied forces' morale and their disintegration.
Many times, a weakness isn't necessarily truly weak, but the biggest problem with exposing a weakness is giving the enemy hope.
Warfare in the Magic World had previously remained at the stage where both sides openly clashed.
Vivi, who had learned a few small tricks from sun tzu's art of war and hadn't even had a chance to implement them, was already considered to have a considerable tactical mind in this world.
As for the 'clever maneuvers' in the minds of these reinforcements from Blue Star, she simply couldn't understand them and could only exclaim how awesome they were.
Just like this firing incident, her original intention was to just blast the enemy as soon as the positions were ready.
But the reinforcement command center even had a specific timing for opening fire, and when she heard their explanation, it really seemed to make sense.
It was simply too meticulous.
What is professionalism? This is professionalism!
Now she was a little impatient to see what expression that little elf named An Qi would have after they opened fire.
Just as Vivi was estimating the time and wondering whether to go to the city wall to find a place for a front-row seat to the explosion, the latest news came from the front line:
"Your Royal Highness! The allied forces have changed shifts, but they haven't continued their attack. Their commander is calling for a parley and wishes to speak with you!"
"Commander? That elf named An Qi?"
"Yes!"
"Good!" Vivi immediately stood up and walked out without thinking.
She had just been thinking about this matter a second ago, and she didn't expect it to come so quickly.
Isn't that a coincidence?
Thinking of how that little bitch had mocked her under the city a few days ago, she now couldn't help but want to mock her back, and her steps quickened considerably.
However, halfway there, she remembered something, turned back, picked up the walkie-talkie, and said into it:
"Are you ready?"
"We are fully ready here, we can open fire at any time!" The female officer's voice came from the command center.
"Will it be too late to open fire when you hear my command? Or do you have a fixed firing time that you must control yourselves?" Vivi asked.
"No, that's not the case. When to open fire can be based on your command, but it's best not to let the enemy get too close to the city wall."
"Of course."
Receiving a positive reply, Vivi's mood immediately brightened.
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"An Qi greets Your Royal Highness."
Below the city, the elf princess named An Qi was as gentle, dignified, and graceful as ever.
Even her light armor, far from detracting from her beauty, added a touch of heroism, making her exquisitely beautiful.
"What is it now?" Vivi asked expressionlessly.
"It's been three days, is Your Royal Highness still not planning to surrender?" An Qi said softly:
"I can assure you, if you open the city and surrender, the allied forces will not harm anyone after entering the city. We only wish to secure enough territory for ourselves to survive."
"After these past few days of battle, you should be very clear that you cannot defend this city."
Her expression was calm and composed, as if taking Mengchuan City was a matter of course for her.
"Are you that confident?" Vivi said with a half-smile:
"Since you're so kind as to offer me a promise of no harm after the city is breached, then I'll also give you a promise: after your allied forces are defeated, I won't do anything to you. Instead, I'll send you to a good place."
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