Struggle in the Steam Age

Just as Lawrence gave the order, a red flare rose from the fortress where Lawrence and the others were. In the next moment, a large number of lights suddenly turned on, and then all the firepower deployed on the side of the peninsula facing the sea simultaneously poured out towards the monsters on the beach.

In an instant, a large amount of ammunition fell into the murlocs who were preparing to attack. These murlocs who had assembled on the beach and prepared to attack immediately became the best targets.

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom..." The artillery group of six 120mm mortars fired quickly according to the direction reported in the observation post on the top of the mountain, even before the first shell hit the ground. The shells had already flown out of the barrel. As the core of Lawrence's current firepower, these large-caliber mortars first sent the warmest greetings to the murlocs.

The biggest problem with large-caliber mortars is that the range is too short, at least when facing ordinary cannons or howitzers, they can only be beaten, and the current situation is the most suitable for them to exert their firepower. A large number of 16-kilogram shells drew high-throwing trajectories in the air, and then fell into the attacker's queue at a nearly vertical angle. Then the high explosive inside exploded with a bang, throwing a large amount of deadly metal onto all living beings around.

Because the murlocs were in the whole team before, the formation was very dense, so these shells that happened to hit caused huge damage immediately after the explosion. It produced more than 500 dead and the same number of wounded, and at the same time scattered all the gathering points of the murlocs' landing troops.

At the same time, the Ratmen distributed on the entire front used the precision marksman rifles in their hands to concentrate their firepower on the sahuagin who escaped from the shells, especially the commander of the sahuagin, and shot them one by one with special bullets. overturned. And this further increased the chaos of the sahuayu people, making it easier for Lawrence and the others to eliminate the other attackers. ,,

"Damn it, didn't the previous investigation say that the defense here is very weak?" A sahuagin nobleman who escaped from the intensive firepower by chance said hoarsely, because Lawrence's extraordinary level is not low, so those murlocs Can only observe from a distance. Lawrence took battlefield concealment measures after entering the battlefield before, and the difference between mortars and ordinary artillery caused those murlocs who observed from a distance to greatly underestimate Lawrence's firepower.

"Don't worry, they don't have many cannons. We can rush up and entangle with them." Another sahuagin noble who was in charge of leading the investigation said vowedly, but now he stopped after firing three rounds The mortar fire made him more confident. After all, they also encountered artillery when they robbed ships before, so they are not completely ignorant of artillery.

"Okay, everyone, don't gather together when you go ashore, just spread out and rush up. I don't think there are many people and lights here, so we have a chance to rush up." The one with the highest status among the surviving sahuagin The murloc shouted, and then took out a palm-sized conch from his chest and blew it.

The murlocs who heard the order stopped the Brownian motion just now, and then began to rush upwards sporadically. At this time, the priests of the Church of Agriculture also activated the plant traps on the hillside and the beach to delay the enemies, and at the same time, the Ratman guided everyone to shoot at those guys who tried to use the darkness to touch them.

The lighting in this place is also pre-arranged. Those dark areas that seem to be able to hide are actually death traps. Lawrence and the others either arranged magical plants with powerful offensive properties there, or arranged some Elite Skaven marksman, all of which can cause heavy losses to the attacking side.

Just when the shooters started to kill the scattered murlocs who were already handicapped on land on the hillside, Lawrence commanded the artillery and started shooting at the two giant hermit crabs that entered the shallow sea area and were about to go ashore. These giant hermit crabs are about as tall as a two-story building and have thick carapaces on their bodies.

The first few ordinary blasting bullets were all stopped by the carapace mixed with magic by the hermit crab, and only some large and small pits were created on it. And the next round of solid bullets did break their shells, but the opponent's body quickly produced some blue gel-like objects to block these wounds, and then the whole big guy continued to move step by step as before. Head towards the coast.

"For the time being, we can't hit the same wound with two shells or hit the opponent's moving claws." The artillery officer said to Lawrence, "So if we can't add more firepower, even if our artillery can output at full capacity It can delay the opponent for at least 5-7 minutes, and it is basically impossible to kill these two big guys."

"Please don't worry, we will solve this problem soon." Lawrence said, just now he planned to organize a commando team to lead the team out to kill those two monsters, but Nora, who was connected with his soul, proposed a new one. plan. "I think it's enough just to wait a few seconds, and Nora should—"

Before his words fell, the little puppet flew in directly from the gun port of the fortress and said: "Now prepare some solid shells for me, and I will temporarily enchant them. If there is no accident, these shells should be able to Get rid of those damn big crabs."

In fact, Lawrence wanted to do this when Nora mentioned enchanting just now. Unfortunately, Bai Ze's power is not very effective on these pure beasts, because although these sea beasts are huge, they are only domesticated by murlocs. They are just beasts, so they are not evil, and Bai Ze's power will not have any bonus.

The little puppet walked to the side of the cannonball box and opened the lid of the cannonball box, then took out a handful of dusty powder from his arms and began to mutter something. Following a series of mysterious rhythmic sounds from her mouth, the powder quickly stretched out a few tentacles like a slime, and then flowed towards the six 76mm shells in the bullet box. .

After these tentacles entered the ammunition box, they were wrapped around the warheads of the several shells to wrap them up, and then penetrated into it bit by bit. With the infiltration of these tentacles, the ball of powder in the puppet's hand shrank visibly with the naked eye, and at the same time the original paint on the warhead began to peel off, revealing the original gray-black metal color underneath and gray patterns began to appear.

When all the gray powder disappeared, the warhead that was originally wrapped in it was completely exposed. Now those cannonballs are covered with gray patterns that seem to be flowing. It looks a bit like the patterned steel specialties of the ancient civilizations in the eastern part of the old continent, but it is far more beautiful than those patterned steels.

"Wake up, it's time to start work." Seeing that the artillerymen present seemed to be completely attracted by the flowing patterns on the warheads, Lawrence had to shout to them loudly: "Just use these shells to shoot that big guy, These shells of mine should be able to stop those two big guys completely."

Called by Lawrence, the artillerymen acted smartly as if waking up from a dream, and then quickly returned to their positions to start loading the artillery shells and pockets into the artillery, and then turned the handwheel to start fine-tuning the artillery. direction.

Because the movements of the two big guys were not fast and the distance was very close, the artillerymen quickly aimed at each other and pulled the matchlock. In an instant, six shells flew towards the two big guys respectively.

Because the previous shells were all ineffective, the murloc superhumans present did not take any action to intercept them, but watched the six light beams break through the defenses of the two giant hermit crabs and fly into their bodies.

"The shaman drank the magic potion for these giant war beasts before setting off and asked the gods for grace, so don't worry—" a sahuagin shouted loudly, not only for himself but also for everyone around him People encourage. But before he finished speaking, he saw the two monsters behind him suddenly stop their movements and tremble all over.

The murlocs who saw this scene couldn't help but panic, and then looked at the sahuagin nobleman who was cheering up just now. But the nobleman also had an expression of disbelief on his face.