In the sky above the battlefield where explosions were flying, several different surveillance magics were paying attention to this place.
Fluder is from the empire. You must know that although the empire has not sent a main force to this place, it has no intention of handing it over to the enemy.
One is from the Theocracy, and the other is from the Council. They are also somewhat concerned about this war. Since the era of the Eight Desire Kings, rank magic has begun to rise, and the era when the dragons who master the original magic have completely ruled the world is gone.
Return; and now this situation seems to be shouting - Times have changed again!
Rank magic still plays an indispensable role in battle, but it does not play a direct killing role in battle. Perhaps the existence of magic can greatly simplify the manufacturing costs and labor hours of weapons such as cannons and shells. But during battle, magic
But it plays more of an auxiliary and defensive role, because the combat distance between the two sides is beyond the magic range that ordinary people can cast.
The city defense commander of Andalu City shed a sweat.
Fortunately, the power of the Kingdom's artillery is still far behind that of the Empire. In addition, the siege can only focus on one direction, so the pressure on the Empire's army is not so great. However, the disadvantage in numbers cannot be made up. If this continues, as long as the Kingdom's army does not
There were casualties and the morale of the army was suppressed, otherwise it would definitely be the Imperial Army who would be suppressed. At that time, if the Imperial Army concentrated its firepower to blow down the city gate and launch a charge...
"Isn't the Demon Cannon ready yet?"
At this time in Andalu City——
"Hey yo, hey yo." A group of strong men were sweating and shaking the handles that adjusted the pitch angle of the Demon cannon.
Although in the style of the empire brought out by Crownpith's interest, any cannon that can be mobilized with the army rather than used for city defense will inevitably be equipped with a crawler chassis that is convenient for walking and off-road, and can be tilted, loaded and finally various
Fine-tuning operations still rely on manpower. At this time, I am a little envious of the cannons on the defense tower. Because the internal space of the defense tower is large, various automatic loading equipment and steering and pitching equipment can be installed - using skeleton soldiers as the power source because of its large internal space
It won't be tiring, so it can be considered automatic.
As for why skeleton soldiers are not dispatched from inside the defense tower to assist in operating the Demon cannon, it is because those skeletons can only do the actions set by the Necromancer. There is no way to put the cannon on the city wall because it is too big.
It's too big to be put up, and even if it is put up, it's still a living target. The size of the cannon gives it a range advantage. If that's the case, why not launch it in the city, which is still safe at the moment?
Not long ago, the propelled wind generator that had been charged in advance had been sent into the barrel of the cannon together with the cannonball. A faint vortex seemed to appear above the cannon. It looked like wind but was not wind. It was produced by the absorption of natural energy in the air.
optical phenomena.
"Stop!" Elulu, who was holding a gun rope with magic transmission function, raised a flag and waved it. A small bat familiar in the sky sent a new signal? Elulu continued, "Replace the horizontal rotation.
Wheel, clockwise... twenty-six times."
At this time? The imperial troops on the city wall were still fighting back desperately.
Fight! Life goes on? Fighting doesn’t stop—that’s what only the Bolviks could do.
At this time, the two sides had been bombarding each other for more than ten minutes. The Imperial Army's firepower was obviously relatively sparse, but the Royal Army's artillery collapsed first.
The number of the kingdom's artillery is quite large and dense. The angle of the cannon has been adjusted by the initial artillery. What if it is unfortunately killed? The replacements from behind will come up in time. As long as the cannon is not destroyed, the firepower can still be fired without any delay.
Keep firing. The combat distance is only that much. In such a big city? Even a blind man can hit it, right? It doesn’t need many well-trained soldiers.
But is that just wishful thinking of the nobles of the kingdom? In their eyes, the number of soldiers is as if it will increase as long as they are recruited. This is equivalent to exposing many soldiers who are temporarily on standby to do nothing to the firepower of the empire!
Different from the besieged imperial army who only fought to the death, behind them was their far away hometown. Explosions created piles of horrific corpses among them. And the screams of the wounded, they began to be unbearable. As they took the lead in escaping,
Soldiers appeared, and many of them abandoned the artillery and cannons that were still firing and scrambled to run back.
"No retreat? Fight! Fight!" A kingdom officer waved his sword vigorously. Obviously as long as he wins this battle, he will have no worries about his official career? These people are too useless...but he will never use it again.
Are you worried about this kind of thing? When people run away? You, an officer who wants to maintain order, are really conspicuous.
"Bang!" A ballista shot landed at his feet. Although he wanted to hide immediately, the negative explosion immediately caused him to fall down.
Now there was no way to stop the soldiers from escaping. However, sword strikes and screams were immediately heard from behind.
How could the nobles who had been responsible for ruling the common people for a long time not know the possibility that soldiers who had not been trained for a long time would desert in battle? A group of elite troops who faithfully carried out orders were specially selected to form a war supervisory team.
Escape is a capital offense! Defeat the enemy and you can still survive!
This is the message the nobles want to convey to the soldiers.
Moreover, the Kingdom's army has not yet been defeated. If they want to surround a city, even a small city, the army must be spread out very widely. This problem has not yet extended to a large scale. All it takes is to kill some deserters to serve as a warning.
At the same time, the temple army, who noticed this situation, also began to cast faith-based magic on the soldiers that could reduce fear.
Suddenly, a huge ball of light flew across the sky, causing some kingdom soldiers to look up.
what is that?
Isn't it the legendary cloud bomb?
The principle of what is said to be able to amplify the power of fireballs countless times is not difficult. It is just a mix of fire magic and gas generation magic. However, no country has been able to achieve the level of a strategic weapon. The difficulty lies in how to ensure it.
The time it takes for the gas to spread and the flame to release and ignite, even if activated at the same time, can increase the power of the fireball several times. However, due to the general magic range, it is difficult to increase the power - it will hit itself.
It's not that they didn't consider making it into a cannonball, but in this era of the world, there are no fuels that can volatilize and spread quickly, high-pressure storage technology, and timed explosion fuses.
What about sealing the corresponding magic scroll or the magic itself in a cannonball with a longer range? This is possible, but like the artillery battle just now, once such a method is intercepted by the opponent's magic, it will be equivalent to destroying the magic weapon.
It will not explode like a conventional artillery shell and become a dud. For humans, magic scrolls and enchanters that can make cloud bombs are precious, but they cannot be used as consumables that waste the enemy's magic. The Kingdom has
There is a small amount of this thing, but to use this thing, you must first completely incapacitate the opponent's magic caster.
