Chapter 261 New arrival, out of the city, gust level
Three days later, at noon, the scorching autumn sun was scorching everything on the earth like a furnace. The air was dull and windless, as if solidified, with only a rotten smell that was hard to dissipate surrounding the several square kilometers of land around Rheinburg.
on, unable to disperse.
In the distance, in the fields about two kilometers away from the high castle wall, a large number of little devils were "lazy" lying around, trying to hide under the shadow of a few upright wheat ears, as far away from direct sunlight as possible
.
Although demons are not actually afraid of heat, because according to legend, the demon plane is a terrifying world that has been ravaged by sulfur, volcanoes, and beasts for tens of millions of years, but the only thing there is not there is sunlight. It is said that in the sky of the demon plane
There is an unimaginably thick layer of lead clouds in it, so that no matter how strong the sunlight is, it cannot penetrate the clouds. At the most, it can only dye the clouds into a weird bright red, and the demons use this method.
A bright red halo that resembles blood serves as the only natural light source. But when you come to the Antagrich continent, the sun becomes one of the devil's biggest enemies. Although there will be no direct harm to the body if it is illuminated by the sun.
, but it can make all demon creatures from the little devil to the great devil feel a kind of disgust and discomfort from the bottom of their hearts, and even seem to have difficulty breathing. So many times, the real battle of the demons is actually
In fact, the power cannot be exerted 100% during the day. Only at night does it feel like returning to the home field, where you can kill and roar to your heart's content.
However, the newly arrived demon warlord seemed very angry at the laziness and passive avoidance of the demon soldiers under his command. Just three days ago, it was assigned to the "Rheinburg Theater" and became the supreme commander of the demon army in the region.
But what the high-level demons didn't expect was that what they saw here was no longer the "qualified demons" who fanatically killed humans or tried their best to attack human castle strongholds like other areas, but a large group of "qualified demons" who seemed to be frightened out of their wits.
"Deserts". Even in the past three days, the demon warlords roared many times in an attempt to reorganize the scattered demon warriors and launch another attack on Rheinburg, but they failed without exception. Even those who should have been brave
Abnormally, the middle-level horned demons who regard life-and-death battles as rushing to a feast also seem to be as weak as "smoking a big cigarette". They only obey the orders of the demon warlord on the surface, but in fact they are passive and sabotage.
In this regard, the high-level demon also planned to "kill the chicken to scare the monkeys", but after a few horned demons quietly told it the story of its predecessor, the demon warlord became "steady" and no longer had any intention of being reckless.
It turns out that the demon army surrounding Rheinburg had not tried to counterattack in the past period. Especially when a considerable number of mid-level horned demons and a pair of high-level demon brothers were added a month ago, the "Rheinburg Demon Army"
The "Front Army" launched a non-stop offensive against the castle for a week. But unfortunately, every round of the attack on the demonic city ended in a disastrous defeat for our side. Even the night attack a week ago.
The twin high-level mutant horned demon brothers even entered the city because they underestimated the enemy. They were surrounded and killed on the city wall by a group of strong men from the other side. But in front of thousands of little demons, a kind of immobility had never appeared before.
The terrifying dragon gun fired from the armored crossbow platform directly skewered the pair of high-level demons and nailed them to death under the Rhineburg City.
That is to say, after that failed night attack, the demon warriors seemed to be really frightened. They no longer had any morale to "touch" the city wall of Rheinburg. Even if the newly arrived demon warlord tried to organize several times,
A new round of offensive failed, so they had to stay in place together with these helpless subordinates and "sit and besiege" the enemy city.
And just when all the devils thought that today would be spent "peacefully" in the heat, suddenly, the gate of Rheinburg, which had been tightly closed for a long time, slowly opened.
"Click...click...click..."
Under the interlocking rotation of the rear winch and the huge gear, the newly installed copper-iron composite gate was slowly raised. And behind it, the steel city gate also slowly opened under the strong pull of the Nagas on both ends. In just a moment
, Rheinburg, which was once like an iron barrel, actually opened a "gap" from the inside.
Before the demons in the distance could react, a group of nearly a hundred sword-and-shield infantrymen wearing battle armor and marching in neat steps strode out of the castle, then directly crossed the cut-off moat and lined up in an open field below the city.
Ready and waiting.
Suddenly I saw a large number of human warriors leaving the city, and the demon army in the distance finally became commotion. However, most of the thousands of little demons just looked around or looked left and right, but few of them had high morale to rush forward to kill the killer. It seemed that even if
Despite the protection of the fortified city, the demons still seemed a little timid to fight the enemies in front of them.
In response to this, the new high-level demon finally became angry.
It’s no wonder that the Demon Overseer originally came from the front line of Windsor Castle and is not completely ignorant of the excellent defense capabilities of the human capital. It has even suffered deeply from the towering walls and sharp arrow towers of Windsor Castle. Therefore, it
Although I hate the low morale of my subordinates before, it is not incomprehensible. But now, those human cowards who usually only dare to hide behind high walls and shoot cold arrows take the initiative to step out of their "tortoise shells" to provoke, as if they have "taken the wrong medicine". Demon Warlord
Of course, I think this is a God-given opportunity. I no longer have to worry about the obstacles of the human castle and can eat the opponent's soldiers who are out in one go. Then I can take advantage of the situation to capture the city and recapture Rheinburg.
Under this consciousness, the high-level demon could no longer tolerate the passive avoidance of the demon warriors below. It roared and wildly twitched the "Whip of Death" in its hand, and actually rushed directly to its own camp, keeping a group of people behind.
The little demons were beaten to pulp alive. Then in the midst of frightened and trembling eyes, the high-level demons sneered and actively summoned several demonic abominations from the fresh flesh and blood they had "created" and surrounded themselves.
Seeing this horrific scene, the other little demons around them finally "awoke". When the cold eyes of the high-level demons slowly turned around, all the demon warriors clearly received the death threat from the commander. So.
, faced with the unanswerable multiple-choice question of either going to die in battle, or being beaten to death by the demon warlords and turned into "flesh and blood", the little devils had no choice but to choose the former.
Then, in the chaos and noise, hundreds of demon warriors were gathered together, and then formed the simplest group charge formation. Then, under the personal leadership of the demon warlord, they howled toward the sky in front of the distant city.
The humans on the ground rushed over.
However, the process of the Demon Legion's rendezvous was too chaotic and too lengthy. By this time, a large number of human warriors and war machines had arrived outside the city through the open city gate, and together with the leading armored infantry, formed a huge
Battle formation.
At the front of the array, there are three parallel "camps" with a distance of about twenty meters from each other. The periphery of each camp is defended by a company of armored infantry and ten war iron fists, and the core is
A "Rafale-class" heavy-duty crossbow vehicle is sitting in charge.
Different from Erathia's traditional ballistae, the "Rafale-class" originated from the Brakada goblin tribe and is an important weapon to compete with the humans in the north and the Titan and Naga tribes who also live in the southern ice sheet. It is not only in size
The simple ballista, which is much larger than a human, has an even greater internal complexity. Excluding daily maintenance, more than thirty goblin auxiliaries are needed to complete battlefield control, guidance, and ammunition loading. Of course, in
There are not that many goblins in Kent, so apart from the technical work of controlling the ballista, other physical work is left to the human trainee warriors.
Relying on excellent engineering design and reliable mechanical structure, the "Rafale-class" heavy-duty crossbow can not only launch many different crossbows including "horizontal ballistic impact crossbow", "elevation angle throwing crossbow" and "curved side attack crossbow".
The gun can maintain a very efficient firing speed. If according to the local standards of Erathia, a crossbow vehicle is fully qualified if it can fire one crossbow gun every five minutes, then the "Rafale" is directly
This standard has been pushed up five times, reaching a "terrifying rate of fire" of at least "one round per minute". With such powerful mechanical performance, as long as a considerable number of "Rafale" are deployed on the front and maintained at a certain level,
The combination of depth and front and rear strikes can ensure the continuity and concentration of the bombardment of the ballista position. In this way, even Nagas and even giant warriors do not dare to use their fronts lightly for fear of being shot by crossbows that can easily penetrate steel armor.
To "make dumplings".
It is a pity that so far, the Olympus Legion has only produced three "Rafales", which is far from the scale of the so-called "horizontal coverage of the battlefield" of the Goblin Ballista Brigade. Therefore, Moriarty gave the gun squadron commander
Gustav's order was to use three heavy ballistae vehicles as fixed turrets to snipe the mid-level horned demons in the demon legion at fixed points, or to carry out piercing strikes against enemy cluster targets, disrupting their formation and damaging their morale.
Such tactics were also used many times in the recent Civil War in Bracada, dealing a heavy blow to NATO soldiers. Moriarty was naturally very impressed by this.
Of course, as an improved version suitable for the Erathian battlefield, the "Rafale" manufactured by Olympus not only retains its original excellent technical and tactical attributes, but also installs a dual-purpose command and combat platform on the vehicle.
, used to carry three magic swordsmen. In this way, even if the enemy breaks through the perimeter of the infantry and magic puppets and approaches the "Rafale", the ballista will not be completely unable to fight back. Moreover, the magic swordsmen standing high and looking far away
You can also summon magic arrows to attack the demon warriors outside the camp.
