Struggle in the Steam Age

Before the start of this poisonous gas battle, what Lawrence was most worried about was that the magic users on the other side changed the wind direction on the battlefield to make the poisonous gas blow back. So he not only prepared a large amount of lime water near his own position, but also dug a temporary shrine for the horned rat under the small hill in the settlement, and asked the priest of the horned rat to be ready to counter the opponent's magic at any time.

But unexpectedly, after the release of poison gas began, the magic of the goblins was not released as expected in the worst state. According to Nora's detective results, this has a lot to do with Lawrence and the others hiding the range of the mortar.

Because Lawrence previously limited the range of mortars on the battlefield, the priests of this group of goblins placed the altar within the range of those large-caliber mortars without knowing it.

Although the threat of naval guns brought by the existence of warships made these goblin priests hide behind a certain hill with their altars, after all, according to the nature of traditional artillery, these not very high hills can indeed block those direct artillery s attack. But they really didn't expect that the shells of a new type of artillery such as mortars would actually fall from the sky.

Therefore, after the first round of artillery fire, those large-caliber mortar shells mixed with explosive shells and chlorine gas shells killed the group of unsuspecting priests in the first place. This not only makes it possible for the opponent to use divine magic to change the direction of the wind, but also eliminates the threat of the poisonous gas rewinding. At the same time, it is equivalent to completely killing the core command organization of the goblins.

The direct consequence of this is that the goblins immediately fell into chaos, not knowing whether to retreat or move forward. The result was a mass of goblin hordes congregating near the first trench.

Naturally, the coalition forces on the human side couldn't let go of such a great opportunity. Everyone quickly concentrated all their firepower and poured it on the goblins stranded in front of the position.

However, due to changes in the wind direction and the precision of the ground, many goblins in front of the positions still survived the poisonous gas, and then subconsciously rushed towards the human positions that are not covered by the poisonous gas.

For the soldiers on the second line of defense now, they can only see countless khaki goblins rushing out of the yellow-green fog like mudslides and then stumbling towards their positions, many of them Rushed, he clutched his throat and fell to the ground. However, those goblins who were still active didn't care about the fallen compatriots at all, but stepped on the corpses of their compatriots and rushed towards them frantically.

Faced with such a situation, the soldiers in the second trench inevitably became a little nervous. After all, most of them are just ordinary people who have never faced such a situation. Fortunately, following the whistles and roars of the captains of each team, they were still able to mechanically shoot, reload, and shoot according to the steps of previous training, and the goblins in front of them also fell down layer by layer.

But watching the goblins in front of them fall down layer by layer, even some goblins who rushed into the trench were beheaded by Safir with the commando, and they didn't cause much damage. The mentality of the soldiers also slowly adjusted, and the frequency and accuracy of shooting became higher and higher, which further curbed the momentum of the goblin's charge.

The smoke and dust from the explosion on the battlefield and the chlorine gas released before permeated the entire battlefield, forming a cloud of smoke that could not be dispersed temporarily. This made the goblins hiding in the mist appear vaguely like monsters in the shadows.

Fortunately, with Nora's aerial reconnaissance, Lawrence can still temporarily grasp the situation on the battlefield. With the continuous killing in front of the front line, time slowly passed by. At the same time, the chlorine gas prepared before had been released, and under the blowing of the sea breeze, it began to slowly move away from the trenches where the humans were.

"Stay alert and start cleaning the battlefield." When the yellow-green chlorine gas group moved forward, there were no goblins desperately attacking in front of the trench. Only a few scattered goblins wandered there in despair.

"This is - we have won." Those followers who were temporarily recruited on this island looked at the land full of goblin corpses in disbelief. In their memory, while individual goblins are not terrible, swarms of goblins can destroy everything in their path like locusts.

What they didn't expect was that the largest group of goblins in the archipelago for decades was so easily wiped out by themselves, which completely exceeded their idea of ​​sacrificing at least half of the people before they came.

"Everything is brought about by the development of productivity." Lawrence said to the senior commanders around him. Now the fog on the battlefield is beginning to clear, revealing the corpse of the goblin that was covered by the grass-green fog just now. "If we use magic, we can't afford it if we want to achieve such an effect."

On the front of the position, some militiamen, led by the guards, hung their bayonets on the muzzles and climbed out of the trenches to make up for the goblin corpses on the ground, while most of the main force began to move to the two wings, chasing those who were not in front of the chlorine gas release. Goblins fleeing for their lives to the woods.

As the fog slowly dissipated, Nora also had a comprehensive understanding of the current situation of the battlefield, and then transmitted everything observed to Lawrence. From this common sight. Lawrence found that most of the goblins died on the battlefield, and only five or six thousand scattered goblins escaped the range of fire and ran into the woods.

In other words, Lawrence's poison gas battle just now killed more than 90% of the goblins. And the following large-scale hunt will further eliminate more goblins, which means that if the cave full of goblins can be conquered according to the original plan, they can completely settle down in Niujiao Bay, the largest coastal plain. .

At this time, the human army was also organized, and then divided into many small groups and chased them into the forest. The most special thing is that there is a Ratman as a guide in each team.

Although it is said that the Ratman and the goblins are at the same level in the jungle, if the huge gap in organization and equipment between the two sides is taken into account, it is impossible for the fleeing goblins to fight against the Ratmen's pursuit team. How much harm is caused.

The pursuit lasted until four or five o'clock in the afternoon, and the last chasing troops retreated from the jungle. After counting their results, the final result appeared on Lawrence's desk.

Ten minutes later, Lawrence walked out of the door, waved the documents in his hand, and shouted to those standing outside the door: "We almost wiped out the invading goblins, there are only about 2,000 or nearly 3,000 of them. The goblin escaped from this fight.

So we won, and now everyone can cheer. "

"Long live the Earl!" After hearing the good news, the people waiting outside the door first paused to digest what Lawrence said, and then shouted almost simultaneously.

What followed was a series of post-war work. Those old and weak women and children began to cook all kinds of food, while the young and middle-aged, except for some patrolling characters, went to the hilly area to cut down bushes. He set up a pyre and began to burn the goblin's body, and then began to dig a hole in the selected place.

After all, these goblins are all dirty, who knows how many germs they have on them. So according to the plan, Lawrence put them all together and burned them all together, and then buried them deep with lime.

That night, everyone held a joyous bonfire party on the battlefield, which washed away the overall tension that had been caused by the strong enemy's pressure. Because this victory is so important to them, it determines the future of everyone present.