Struggle in the Steam Age

When Lawrence and the others completed the construction of the two forts, if you look down from the air, you can see that the three forts and the trenches connecting the three forts are firmly nailed to the side of the peninsula on the outside of the harbor like a chain. .

According to the design, these three fortresses are the core firepower points for the defense of the entire peninsula, and the trenches connecting these three fortresses undertake the dual functions of communication and defense.

In addition to the series of defense systems built on the hillside of the small mountain range on the peninsula, Fatina with the horned rat priest and the others used some explosives and extraordinary power to build it in this small mountain range in just a few days. There are many potholes and short-distance communication tunnels. According to them, as long as the battle is not intense, they will take time to continue building these fortifications and strive to build a three-dimensional fortification.

After all these fortifications are repaired, they will be able to block a large number of sahuagin and possible vassal forces trying to flank the port area from the seabed in the offshore, and at least help reduce the pressure on the port area by about 1/3.

If the opponent didn't cross the peninsula from here, then these murlocs would either have to go deep into the island and cross a large hilly area at a very low speed, or they could only bypass here and join the main force.

But if the force attacking from the flank merges with the main force, it is equivalent to leaving a nail on the flank to threaten the main attacking army, and more importantly, the contact surface between the two sides is greatly shortened.

As for the murlocs, who had advantages in numbers and geographical advantages, the shorter the contact surface, the more unfavorable they were. Therefore, during the battle, they could only choose to attack Lawrence's defense line head-on, and there was basically no way to bypass the position.

"It seems that we can finish all the fortifications before the enemy attacks." Standing on the temporary watchtower built at the highest point of the peninsula, Safiel looked at the peninsula and said to Lawrence, then she turned to look at Lawrence and asked.

"By the way, I seem to have heard that there was a fierce battle between the referee and the island whale. However, the information on the island is very messy. There is no detailed information other than confirmation that the two sides have started a battle."

"That's because the battle situation is not very good. The island concealed the news in order to avoid damaging everyone's morale at this critical moment." Lawrence nodded and said.

"According to the contents of the telegram, the island whale has a living space in its body that was not discovered by everyone. As a result, when it attacked, it was caught off guard by a large number of undead creatures ejected from the island whale's mouth. Many The Transcendent died on the battlefield because of this incident, and a batch of ships were completely destroyed."

"Oh, this sounds too bad." Safiel raised his hands to cover his face and exclaimed, "This war will not fail, right? If I remember correctly, the source of infection of the power of the undead It is very terrifying. If it cannot be stopped in time, it may form an extremely terrible natural disaster of the undead—”

"Uh, actually the situation is not so bad for the time being." Seeing the anxious look on Safir's face, Lawrence shook his hand and said, "Because the team is too complicated, the referee There is no way to fully command one's own personnel. Therefore, in the raid of the half-dead island whale, the main force led by the court side did not suffer much damage, and the main loss was a free and peripheral force acting alone."

"Furthermore, the island whale, which was the source of the undead's infection in this confrontation, was not without any injuries. The main force of the court successfully injured the opponent. According to the latest information we received, the island whale was injured because of its speed. It has been greatly slowed down, and the power that could interfere with prophecy magic has also disappeared. So now it is being hunted down by the team organized by the referee."

"If that's the case, it's really good news." Safir nodded first, then suddenly thought of something and asked. "Then is it possible for them to kill the island whale immediately and then draw some people to support this side? I think the Tribunal, as the guardian of the civilized world, should not be entangled in the issue of the Republic or the Empire."

"Yes, as far as the referee is concerned, they really don't pay attention to these things that belong to the power of civilization. If they can have the energy, they will definitely come to help us." Lawrence shrugged helplessly when he said this. "But this time they are indeed unable to get away temporarily, because they are still chasing the island whale. According to some experienced judges in the tribunal, the chasing process may take more than a week."

"One week, why is it so long?" Safir asked a little puzzled. "Didn't you just say that you had injured the half-dead island whale in the previous attack, so why does it take so long to deal with the opponent since the opponent is already injured? In my impression, the battle of extraordinary strength Often it ends in a short period of time."

"Your impression comes from creatures of ordinary size, but this kind of traditional experience does not apply to some special situations." Lawrence waved his hand lightly and said, "At least creatures like the half-dead island whale It is more difficult to kill the opponent, because in addition to the strong vitality of the opponent being strengthened again after being eroded by the power of the undead and making it difficult to deal with, the power of disease and death in the body must also be properly handled. "

"Otherwise, even if everyone wiped out this island whale, it would not be considered a victory in the battle. After all, with the current pollution ability, if the power of disease and death in the body explodes, it is very likely to create a sea full of death and disease. The area of ​​the sea area of ​​the ocean. Therefore, it may take a long time to properly solve this problem.”

"So we basically have to rely on ourselves for the next battle." Hearing what Lawrence said, Safiel walked to the side of the observation tower, clasped the handrails with both hands and looked at the one under his feet that occupied more than half of the peninsula. said the small mountains. "I hope that the preparations we have made have enough effect-by the way, how are those heavy weapons prepared?"

"Our preparations are very good." Lawrence walked to her side, stretched out his left arm and gently put his arms around her shoulders, and then pointed to the fortress on the side of the mountain facing the sea, "12 Hedgehog bombs launched The 8 units in the equipment have been placed on the frontal position before, and then we have kept 4 units here, and they have been placed now."

"I remember that you seemed to recommend the hedgehog launcher to the reinforcements of the White Eagle Federation, but now it seems that they don't want it?" After hearing what Lawrence said, Safiel was a little puzzled. "I saw that your experiment worked very well, at least in the shallow sea area when facing a large group of flesh and blood creatures."

They had tested the first hedgehog launcher on Shaw Island before, and as a result, the entire explosion almost turned the sea area completely upside down. Moreover, after the explosion, almost all marine life in the vicinity were fatally injured in the explosion, and there was a piece of white fish floating on the sea surface that looked normal but had all its internal organs ruptured.

"Yes, this kind of thing is indeed very useful in this place. But the reinforcements of the White Eagle Federation believe that they have a complete combat system. Although one or two such weapons can have some effects, but from another angle Saying that this new type of weapon can’t match their existing system at all, and it will also disrupt their arrangement, probably won’t pay off.” Lawrence said helplessly. "Of course, I totally understand what they're thinking."

Speaking of which, he changed the subject and pointed to the newly built small fortifications with large-caliber mortars on the side of the mountain range next to the port, saying, "However, they have bought several large-caliber mortars from us. Cannons and a batch of mortar shells, because of the promotion by my partner, the dwarf Owen, they have a lot of experience in how to manipulate mortars. They think this weapon is very effective in this situation. So after learning that I Borrowed some from me when I had a spare."

"They still have vision." Safiel nodded seriously and said. "I recently looked at the income on our island, and I have to say that those arms are really profitable. I hope we can sell a batch of mortars here after the battle with the sahuagin is over."