Struggle in the Steam Age

One of the biggest advantages of mortars is that they can be fired from behind cover, which is especially advantageous when facing sahuagin. Because the sahuayu people don't have many long-range attack weapons, and basically all of them are direct shots. So the mortar can be placed in a safe place most of the time and pour firepower on the enemy.

It is also for this reason that Lawrence directly placed the mortars he brought behind the mountains near the port, ready to provide fire support for the main battlefield at any time. At the same time, a half-buried underground observation post was set up on the high part of the mountain, which will be used to correct the ballistic trajectory when the battle breaks out later.

Of course, in order to prevent the enemy from coming up from behind. So Lawrence and the others also set up a line of defense on the back of the mountains. However, considering the main attack direction and the distribution of personnel, the defense facing the port area is much smaller than the fortified area facing the open sea.

However, the shrinking of the fortified area does not mean the decline of the defense ability, because the defense line here is closer to the top of the mountain, so after the defense line shrinks, they can defend more places with fewer people, but if they do so, they will be closer to the defense of the port area. On the surface, the lethality will naturally be insufficient, but fortunately, there is no need to consider too many issues related to lethality, so such an arrangement should not be bad when facing a battle.

"These mortars can quickly adjust the design direction by 180 degrees, so they can provide sufficient fire support during the battle." Lawrence said, pointing to the double mortar units located in small fortresses behind the hillside. "And we have measured and divided the various shooting areas, and we will be able to form crossfire at that time."

"It's a very good design. We want these brutal meat-eating guys to appreciate the power of iron and fire." Safir looked at the soldiers checking the mortars below and nodded with satisfaction, then looked at The direction of the beach. On the beach, under the command of the priests of the Church of Agriculture, some soldiers buried some things on the beach and in the woodland behind the beach, and a few people even took some things out of the baskets they carried and threw them into the sea.

"What are these priests doing, aren't they farming?" Safir looked at the busy priests of the Agricultural Church with some puzzlement and said. "If I remember correctly, all kinds of food on the island should be said to be sufficient, and our supplies are also sufficient. There is no need to temporarily produce food."

The priests of the Agricultural Church often give people a gentle and harmless feeling, and at the same time their best magic is also the magic that promotes the growth of various crops. Therefore, when Safir saw the members of these agricultural churches doing something, his first reaction was what crops they might be planting again.

"Ha, it seems that your carefree personality has not changed." Lawrence smiled and patted Safir on the back, then pointed to the group of busy soldiers and priests and said, "The priests of the Church of Agriculture It doesn't mean they have no fighting power. For example, they are now planting some defensive plants, such as poisonous ones, those that can entangle the enemy, or those with hard thorns. In this way, those plants can be delayed as much as possible. Sahuagin trying to climb ashore."

"Ah, it does sound like a good idea. After all, our current barbed wire is not enough to enclose all the places we have blocked." Safir raised his eyebrows and said. "However, there is a small problem. What if the population of the island still needs to use this peninsula after the war?"

"This is also a good solution. In fact, the plants produced by magic have no reproductive ability, and after being produced by magic, they can survive for a month at most, and then they will wither directly. So after the end of the war, there is no need to It will not permanently change the area."

"Ah, that's good." Safiel nodded contentedly after hearing Lawrence's answer, and just when he was about to say something more, suddenly there was white smoke coming from the chimney of a steam sailing team in the distance towards the direction of the port. Sailing over, "Why is there a fleet of ships entering the port at this time?"

It is normal for Safir to have such doubts, because basically no ships have entered or left the port since three days ago. Since the large-scale sahuagin attack is about to begin, these monsters have become active and started to attack all ships on the nearby sea. In the process, they will snatch everything on board and kill all life on board and at the end. Destroy these ships, leaving basically no survivors.

"Let me see—ha, the people from the White Eagle Federation have finally arrived." After seeing the flags on the ships, Lawrence identified the ownership of those ships, "Actually, they should be the first group of people to set off, but Because it is too far away from here, they were the last batch to arrive."

As the mother state of this island, the White Eagle Federation naturally brought the most powerful reinforcements. For example, an elite army, a large number of weapons and ammunition, and a lot of super-related supplies, most importantly, their arrival greatly boosted morale. Let the defenders of the island realize that they are not alone.

However, their arrival also brought news to the island that made everyone nervous, that is, the sahuagin had finished all preparations before the war and had already started to set off. This is the information that was tortured by the Transcendents on the ship after they defeated three or four small groups of sahuagin troops on the road.

After receiving this information, the island officially entered a state of preparation for war, and all non-combatants began to withdraw to places far away from the coast of the island, while all the soldiers entered their posts and were ready to fight at any time. Even on the peninsula, Lawrence could hear the sound of various weapons testing from the port area.

In the first two days, everything was normal. At most, a dozen or twenty sahuagin teams went to the shore for a small-scale assault. Because everyone was always vigilant, such an assault did not cause any losses. . Instead, let everyone take this opportunity to kill many superhumans among the sahuagin.

But at around 12:00 on the third night when the White Eagle Federal Army entered the port area, Lawrence was snoring in bed, but was suddenly woken up by Nora's voice in his head. "There are sahuagin approaching us in the direction of the sea. I think it should be a large-scale attack by the enemy."

Because Nora is a puppet, she simply gave up her habitual sleep at night these days, and flew out to a place far away from the coast every day to detect possible movements of the enemy. Anyway, the sahuayu people The air defense ability of her is close to zero, so this kind of action of hers is not very dangerous.

"How far are those sahuagins from us now?" Lawrence asked the little puppet through the connection of the soul while wearing his clothes and rushing out, "If possible, you'd better tell me the forward of the other party's large army How long will it take to reach the first line of defense set up on our island?"

"According to the current speed of the sahuagin, I think the first collision between their striker and the island's defense line should be three hours later." After hearing Lawrence's question, Nora thought for a few seconds, then Said in a positive tone, "The marching speed of the brigade of murlocs is relatively fixed, so generally there will not be too much deviation."

"Understood." Hearing what Nora said, Lawrence immediately said to her. "Your mission can be over now, come back quickly, in case those sahuayu people find you will be in trouble."

"Don't worry, my lord." Nora said, "Anyway, you don't need to get too close to monitor the movement of a large group of sahuagin, so you don't need to worry too much about my safety. Correspondingly, I conduct reconnaissance in this way. It should be able to play a lot of roles.”

"Okay, but I still have to say safety first." After hearing Nora's words, Lawrence urged again. "If something goes wrong, protect yourself first."