One of the biggest advantages of mortars is that they can be fired from behind bunkers, which is particularly advantageous when facing sahuagins. Because the sahuagins do not have many long-range attack weapons, and basically all of them are direct fire.
. So the mortar can be placed in a safe location most of the time to pour firepower on the enemy.
For this reason, Lawrence directly placed the mortars he brought behind the mountain range near the port, ready to provide fire support for the main battlefield at any time. At the same time, he set up an observation post half buried underground high on the mountain range.
, used to correct the trajectory when a battle breaks out later.
Of course, in order to prevent the enemy from coming up from behind, Lawrence and the others also set up a line of defense on the back of the mountains. However, considering the main attack direction and personnel distribution, the defense facing the port area is better than the defense facing the open sea.
The fortified area over there is much smaller.
However, the shrinkage of the fortified area does not mean a decrease in defense capabilities, because the defense line here is closer to the top of the mountain, so after the defense line shrinks, they can guard more places with fewer people, but by doing so, they are closer to the defense of the port area.
On the surface, the lethality will naturally be insufficient. Fortunately, there is no need to consider too many issues regarding lethality, so this arrangement should not be bad in the face of battle.
"These mortars can quickly move 180 degrees in the design direction, so they can provide sufficient fire support during battles." Lawrence said, pointing to the double mortar teams located in small fortresses behind the hillside. "
And we have measured and divided each shooting area so that we can form a crossfire."
"A very good design. We want these savage meat-eating guys to experience the power of iron and fire." Saifeir looked at the soldiers below who were inspecting the mortars with satisfaction and nodded, then looked towards
In the direction of the beach. On the beach, some soldiers were burying some things on the beach and in the woodland behind the beach under the command of the priests of the Agricultural Church. There were even a few people who took some things from the baskets they carried and threw them into the sea.
"What are these priests doing? Isn't it farming?" Saifei looked at the busy priests of the Agricultural Church with some confusion. "If I remember correctly, there are various foods on the island.
It should be said that it is enough, 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. At the same time, their best magic is the magic that promotes the growth of various crops. Therefore, when Saphiel saw these members of the Agricultural Church doing something,
The first reaction was what crops they might be growing.
"Ha, it seems that your carefree character has never changed." Lawrence smiled and patted Saifei on the back, then pointed at the group of busy soldiers and priests and said, "Priests of the Agricultural Church
It does not mean that they have no fighting power. For example, they are now planting some plants with defensive properties, such as those that are poisonous, can entangle the enemy, or have hard thorns. This way, they can delay those plants as much as possible.
Sahuagin trying to climb ashore."
"Ah, it does sound like a good idea. After all, our current barbed wire fence is not enough to surround all the places we are blocking." Saphiel raised his eyebrows and said. "But there is a small problem. In case of war,
What will the island’s population do if they still use the peninsula after this is over?”
"Let's solve this problem. In fact, the plants spawned by magic have no ability to reproduce, and after being spawned by magic, they can survive for at most one month, and then they will wither. So after the war is over,
It will not bring permanent changes to the area."
"Ah, that's good." After hearing Lawrence's answer, Saphire nodded with satisfaction. Just when he was about to say something more, suddenly there was a steam sailing fleet in the distance with white smoke coming out of its chimney toward the port.
Sailed over, "Why is there a fleet entering the port at this time?"
It is normal for Saphiel to have such questions, because there have been basically no ships entering or leaving the port since three days ago. Since a large-scale attack by the sahuagin is about to begin, these monsters have begun to become active and
Start attacking all nearby ships on the sea. In the process, they will steal everything on board, kill all life on board and finally destroy these ships? Basically, there will be no survivors.
"Let me see - ha? The people from the White Eagle Federation are finally here." After seeing the flags on the ships, Lawrence identified the ownership of those ships? "Actually, they should be the earliest group of people to set off? But
Because it's too far away from here, they were the last ones to arrive."
As the mother state of this island? The White Eagle Federation naturally brought the most powerful reinforcements. For example, an elite force, a large amount of weapons and ammunition, and a lot of extraordinary-related supplies? The most important thing is? They
The arrival greatly boosted morale and made the island's defenders realize that they were not fighting 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 begun to set off. They defeated three or four groups on the road.
The information was interrogated by the superhumans on the ship after a small force of sahuagin.
After receiving this information, the island officially entered a state of war preparation. All non-combatants began to evacuate away from the coast of the island, while the soldiers all entered their posts and were ready to fight at any time. Even on the peninsula, Lawrence
You can hear the sound of various weapons being tested from the port area.
Everything was normal in the first two days? At most, there were only a dozen or twenty small teams organized by sahuagins to go to the shore for a small-scale assault? Because everyone was always vigilant, such an assault did not cause any losses.
.Instead, everyone took advantage of this opportunity to kill many extraordinary beings among the sahuagin.
But around 12:00 on the third night after the White Eagle Federation troops entered the port area, Lawrence was snoring in bed and was suddenly woken up by Nora's voice in his mind. "There are sahuagins heading toward the outer sea.
As we got closer, I felt it was a large-scale enemy attack."
Because Nora is a doll? So these days she simply gave up her habit of sleeping at night, and instead flew far away from the coast every day to detect possible enemy movements? Anyway, the sahuagin people
The air defense capability is close to zero, so her actions are not very dangerous.
"How far are those sahuagins from us now?" Lawrence asked the little puppet through the soul connection while rushing out with his clothes on. "If possible, you'd better tell me the forward of the opponent's large force.
How long does it take to reach the first line of defense on our island?"
"According to the current speed of the sahuagin? I think the first collision between their forward and the island's defense will 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 large group of fishmen is relatively fixed, so there will generally not be too much deviation."
"Understood." After hearing what Nora said, Lawrence immediately said to her. "Your mission can be over now. Come back quickly. If those sahuagin find you, you will be in trouble."
"Don't worry, brother." Nora said, "Anyway, you don't need to get too close to monitor the movements of large groups of sahuagin, so you don't need to worry too much about my safety. Correspondingly, I conduct reconnaissance like this
It should be able to play a lot of roles.”
"Okay, but I still have to say safety first." After listening to Nora's words, Lawrence warned again. "If something goes wrong, you should protect yourself first."