I Became a Witch and Started an Industrial Revolution

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The ‍​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍Allied troops attempting to come out and reinforce the railway were greeted with a rain of shells. They fled in utter panic, leaving corpses strewn across the ground before scrambling back into the city. Various large-caliber artillery pieces and magical attacks then indiscriminately blanketed the area occupied by the tank division.

The ‍​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍protective barriers of several tanks overloaded and shattered. After rescuing the surviving wounded, the division commander decisively ordered, “This city’s defenses are a bit too strong. Hall, call in an additional bombing run ahead of schedule. Don’t let the brothers coming up behind us suffer.”

“Understood, ‍​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍sir!”

The ‍​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍division commander no longer paid attention to the city as the main force rapidly charged toward the railway junction.

“The ‍​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍entire army will continue accelerating. Closely monitor the combat situation of every company.”

“Air Command Center 443, this is QZ11 Division - Sector 02 - Line 21. Requesting Level 2 fire support on target. Coordinates 8-3-6-2-0. Over.”

【443 copies. Confirming coordinates 8-3-6-2-0. Fire support request: Level 2.】

Inside a large mobile command trailer, more than a dozen air controllers continuously transmitted and received radio messages. On the magical projection screen before them, twenty-five glowing markers continuously flashed in various colors.

After recording the data, one of the operators marked two white indicators in red before switching radio frequencies.

【12-07, 01-24. This is Sub Command Center 443. We have received a request for aerial fire support. Proceed immediately to coordinates 8-3-6-2-0. Ordnance expenditure: Full payload.】

“1207 copies.”

“124 copies!”

High above the kingdom, thousands of aircraft of various types flew in formation.

One fighter wing and one medium bomber wing broke away from the main formation, banked through the sky, and regrouped together.

Forty fighters escorted forty bombers.

A total of eighty aircraft headed toward the designated coordinates.

The four fighter squadrons each secured one sector, tightly protecting the bomber formation within the inner ring.

“We’re about to enter the designated anti-aircraft engagement zone. All units, prepare to maneuver.”

Only after approaching the target area and the bombers had begun descending without detecting any aerial threats did the fighter squadrons disperse into free-engagement mode.

“Wooooooo~~~”

The shrill air-raid siren startled the Allied defenders, who were still manning their artillery positions and relentlessly bombarding the area where the Alliance’s tanks had previously appeared.

Instinctively, they looked up toward the sky.

Dozens of aircraft were already directly overhead.

The agile Zero Fighters were the first to lower their noses into a dive.

Rows of synchronized machine guns unleashed dense curtains of bullets that swept across every inch of ground below.

Large numbers of Allied soldiers who had only just reacted and attempted to flee were instantly riddled with bullets.

The entire artillery position was stained crimson with blood and shredded flesh, becoming a living hell.

The slower Gringor bomber pilots, meanwhile, used instruments capable of detecting magical energy fluctuations to lock onto the locations of magical weapons and high-density protective barriers.

As the bombers flew overhead, their bomb bay doors opened.

Rows of densely packed bombs were released one after another, falling vertically toward the ground.

Countless explosions erupted across the earth in succession, carving blazing paths of fire.

Only then did the city’s anti-aircraft units finally awaken as though from a dream, beginning a scattered counterattack.

The Zero Fighters danced across the sky almost as if performing an aerial exhibition, constantly changing position while strafing one anti-aircraft position after another.

The defenders appeared to consist almost entirely of newly conscripted soldiers with virtually no air-defense experience.

Every attack by the Zero Fighters turned another area into a bloody massacre.

Only after their remaining ammunition had been reduced to the minimum required for self-defense did they finally withdraw.

After hiding for more than ten minutes without hearing the death-like howl of aircraft overhead again, the surviving soldiers cautiously emerged from every corner to rescue their comrades lying in pools of blood.

However, outside the city, the Alliance’s mechanized forces had already arrived.

One division detached itself from the main force and began constructing fortifications outside the city.

The towed artillery pieces were unlimbered and prepared before commencing massive bombardment against the city itself.

The remainder of the main force continued advancing along the corridor previously opened by the armored forces.

Under the guidance and opening bombardment of the dive bombers, the Airborne Divisions conducted low-altitude parachute drops behind enemy lines, launching surprise attacks against the Allied defensive strongholds, railway systems, logistical transfer centers, and military supply depots.

At the same time, the rapidly maneuvering armored army dispersed by armored division, each serving as an operational node to provide direct fire support for the airborne troops, systematically eliminating every strongpoint that the tank divisions were capable of removing.

If they encountered particularly stubborn objectives that could not be eliminated quickly, they refused to linger.

After reporting the positions to the regional command center, they immediately moved on, leaving those targets to be dealt with later by aerial bombardment and the artillery of the mechanized infantry advancing behind them.

Meanwhile, countless citizens of Suria were also armed, forming the fourth echelon responsible for reclaiming their homeland.

They did not need to launch costly street-by-street assaults.

They only needed to help the Alliance hold the defensive lines and prevent the enemy from breaking out of the encirclement.

A city cut off from every source of support would surrender sooner or later.

Throughout the entire campaign, aside from essential resupply, rest, and unit rotation, the airborne troops and armored army groups never stopped advancing.

They relentlessly smashed through one Allied defensive node after another.

The airborne troops and armored divisions conducted point breakthroughs to seize transportation hubs and every high-value objective.

The mechanized infantry then used those captured positions as strongholds, expanding laterally while bombarding the Allied forces whose retreat routes had already been enveloped.

The second-line forces subsequently took over the territories secured by the mechanized infantry, maintaining constant pressure.

Individual breakthroughs became multiple breakthroughs.

Those breakthroughs connected into continuous fronts, forming enormous spearheads of attack.

The Alliance rapidly devoured the territories occupied by the Allied Nations within Suria, transforming city after city into isolated fortresses cut off from one another.

In less than a week, the three-pronged offensive had completely pierced through the territory occupied by the Crown Prince of Suria.

The fastest army group had already advanced to Trelenta, the outermost ring of the Allied main force.

Because such vast territories had fallen in such a short time, the overwhelming majority of defending units remained utterly bewildered even at the moment they surrendered.

Only then did the Crown Prince of Suria finally begin receiving the flood of battle reports arriving from every direction.

The contents of those reports made his head pound with pain.

Nearly every report stated that his own forces had come under attack.

Every one of them requested reinforcements.

Every single one!

How was he supposed to save them?

Which one should he reinforce first?

Ashadron encountered exactly the same problem.

Battle reports from the Trelenta Front poured in continuously.

One location reported coming under attack.

Then another.

Then another.

At their peak, dozens of such reports arrived in a single day.

However, the overwhelming majority of those attacks had ultimately been repelled by the defenders.

Only a handful of locations failed to send any further reports, confirming that their defenses had collapsed.

This gave Ashadron the impression that the Alliance was failing in its offensives across most sectors.

It seemed highly likely that they would reinforce those areas and increase the intensity of their attacks.

As for the few sectors that had actually been breached...

They were so insignificant on the enormous strategic sand table at headquarters that even if someone noticed them, no one considered them important.

The reasoning was simple.

Across the broader battlefield, the Allied Nations held an overwhelming numerical advantage.

A breakthrough in one or two isolated sectors meant very little.

Because even if the Alliance succeeded in breaking through, it would never dare continue advancing deep into enemy territory.

Otherwise, its lines of retreat could easily be severed.

As a result, the overwhelming majority of Allied officers—including the commanding field marshals—believed that these few breakthroughs merely represented Alliance units unwilling to withdraw after creating temporary salients.

The reality, however, was completely different from what they had imagined.

The sectors breached along the Trelenta Front were precisely where the Alliance’s main spearhead forces were advancing.

The attacks that had failed elsewhere were nothing more than diversionary assaults carried out by small airborne detachments.