Black Rose sat quietly in her seat, listening to the report of her subordinates with some astonishment.
"You mean, they only used five to six thousand people to surround Mount Hermos?".
The subordinate said:
"Yes, but since they set up camp, they have been digging holes and putting some strange things in the holes."
Black Rose grasped the key point and asked:
"What's weird?".
The subordinate said:
"They are some iron pipes, some thick, some thin, some tall, some short, and some pipes are connected together. I don't know what they are used for."
The second master laughed and said to Black Rose:
"I can be sure this time, boss, we don't have any worries anymore.".
Black Rose kicked a skull away from her feet, her beautiful eyebrows knitting together.
"No, something is definitely wrong. If they didn't really want to attack us, why would they cut off our food and medicine?".
The second master was speechless. Since Black Rose said there was a problem, there must be a problem. He believed in Black Rose, believing it deep in his bones.
In the combat command room, Ke Lei, Xu Kuang, and Zhao Congfeng were sitting together. In front of them was a group of combat staff officers who were busy.
A combat staff officer walked in and said to Xu Kuang:
"Report to the Commander-in-Chief that our army's artillery positions have been completely established, the launch angles have been fully adjusted, and they are ready for launch at any time."
Xu Kuang picked up the walkie-talkie on the table and said to everyone:
"Fire immediately! Attack the mountains and forests below in full force."
Kore walked out of the camp and quietly looked at the running position not far away. He really wanted to see what tricks these cannons could do.
The next moment, all the artillery fired in response, instantly turning a large area in the distance into a sea of flames.
Viscount Corey looked at all this in confusion. At this moment, the rocket car opened fire.
There were ten rocket vehicles in this position. At this moment, hundreds of rockets were launched. It was like a rain of fire falling in the sky. Kore could hear the huge explosion even though he was several kilometers away.
In the mountains and forests in the distance, the crowd was even more chaotic. Cannonballs landed on the heads of the bandits, immediately blowing them to pieces in the forest.
Black Rose frowned as she listened to the booming sound of cannons in the distance.
She quickly asked:
"what happened?".
It’s the same messenger just now:
"Those pipes sprayed fire. The fire they sprayed fell in the woods and directly caused an explosion!".
Black Rose directly grabbed the order soldier's throat and strangled the order soldier to death.
"Everyone, please don't mess up. Immediately..."
A cannonball fell next to Black Rose. Black Rose quickly dodged, but was still affected by the gunfire and was thrown away by the shock wave.
This is an artillery calibration error.
Xu Kuang looked at the continuous explosions in the distance, waited for nearly half an hour, and picked up the walkie-talkie again.
"One minute later, artillery fire extended up the mountain, and all battalions immediately pressed forward to clear out the remaining enemies as soon as possible!".
Kore stared blankly at the bombed-out hillside in the distance, and was stunned. He looked at Xu Kuang and asked:
"Can this weapon of yours...".
Before he finished speaking, Xu Kuang said:
"It can't be sold now. My troops haven't been equipped yet. When my troops are all equipped, it won't be too late for you to ask again."
Corey couldn't help but ask:
"Can you tell me how much each of these equipment costs?".
Xu Kuang cleared his throat and said to Ke Lei:
"Mortars start from 40 caliber. For every twenty calibers, the price increases by 2,000 gold coins. The price of a 40-caliber mortar is 10,000 gold coins. The same calculation applies to artillery shells. 40-caliber shells cost 20 gold coins per shot. 75
A caliber artillery piece costs 65,000 gold coins, and a shell costs 100 gold coins. A 105-caliber heavy cannon costs 300,000 gold coins, and a shell costs 2,000 gold coins."
Kore's face looked a little embarrassed and he asked:
"Brother, are you kidding me? Aren't they all junk?"
Xu Kuang smiled and said:
"Brother, I'm not kidding you. Do you think those are all scrap metal? If you look carefully, you should be able to tell how high the temperature of the barrel is at the moment of firing, right? What kind of iron can withstand it?
Living in this level of high temperature? In terms of material cost alone, I need hundreds of thousands of gold coins for each 105 cannon, not to mention how many gold coins and time it takes to train a skilled worker. Do you agree with this?"
Kore sighed and said to Xu Kuang:
"Just pretend I haven't said anything about this, and I'll go buy some from your territory after I think about it."
Xu Kuang didn't laugh at him. After all, this was also a big customer, bracket, and future customer.
Soon, the frontline troops reported that the remaining enemies in the woods had been cleared.
Xu Kuang immediately said:
"Did you see that mountain wall? Aim at that mountain wall, change your armor-piercing ammunition, and fire immediately!".
Dozens of cannons were aimed at the mountain wall and fired together, causing the mountain wall to tremble continuously.
Black Rose was organizing people to retreat into the mountain wall when they suddenly heard a huge explosion, and even the mountain wall began to tremble.
Black Rose's face changed drastically, and she said to everyone:
"Quick, retreat to the back road!".
The Third Master is hiding in what Black Rose calls the back road. This is a tunnel that leads to more than ten kilometers away.
At this moment, the upper part of the tunnel was blown up by continuous explosions, and earth was leaking out. This made the third master doubt whether the tunnel could withstand it.
Black Rose led people to the tunnel, and she said to the third master:
"Third brother, leave quickly, we can't hold on here much longer.".
Everyone hurriedly walked towards the front of the tunnel.
Xu Kuang also announced a ceasefire at this time.
At the same time, two wind demon eagles and a dozen nature priests began to circle over Mount Hermos along different routes.
After a while, the nature priest reported:
"There is no one left on the mountain wall, everyone has disappeared out of thin air.".
Xu Kuang listened to the news in disbelief and immediately ordered:
"Everyone immediately evacuated Mount Hermos, and the artillery fire immediately extended down the mountain after the personnel evacuated."
Xu Kuang did not believe that there was a way for them to retreat in front of the mountain, only behind the mountain. Fortunately, he had deployed a considerable number of artillery behind the mountain before, and now he was not very worried that this group of people would run out.
A group of people walked in the tunnel for a long time, but were shocked to find that part of the tunnel had been blown apart.
Black Rose made a quick decision and said to all her subordinates:
"Dig up, otherwise we will all be suffocated here.".
A group of people must have listened to Black Rose and immediately started digging upwards.
It didn't take long for a group of people to dig out the tunnel.
Black Rose and others came out and were frightened when they saw the back mountain that had turned into scorched earth.
Black Rose took a deep breath and said to herself:
"Where on earth did this person come from and how could he...".
Before she could finish her words, a series of shells hit their heads.
The position where the Black Rose was was hit by four or five shells in a row. The Black Rose was not made of iron and was blown into several pieces.