"Get ready to shoot, 1200 meters, shrapnel, three rapid fire rounds." Lawrence shouted as he watched the group of fishmen on the sea getting closer and closer. He quickly judged that the fish in front of him was coming from the back and fins exposed to the sea.
The Loka man was escaping, followed by the sahuagin in pursuit. So he immediately gave orders to the artillerymen around him.
After receiving the order, the artillery that had been fully loaded immediately adjusted the artillery elevation according to the position calibrated by Lawrence, and then pulled the gun's match rope at the same time.
Following a burst of artillery firing, more than a dozen shells flew out of the barrel accompanied by flames, and then exploded close to the sea surface, scattering a large number of hot steel balls the size of pinballs onto the sea surface.
The underwater target effect of this kind of grenade is very average. In other words, unless you use special weapons underwater, the lethality of all land weapons underwater is so small that it can be ignored.
For example, this is the case with this kind of cannonball. Those steel balls the size of pinballs may be able to make a finger-deep hole on land, but in the water, they may lose all their kinetic energy as long as they are separated by less than 1 meter of water.
It's just that because there is a shoal nearby, the pursuing sahuagin had to surface, so the steel balls of these shrapnel shells quickly hit the gray-green backs of the sahuagin and the sharks they drove that were exposed from the sea.
A large piece of blood then entered their bodies and completely destroyed their internal organs.
The overall number of sahuagin pursuit troops was not large. It seemed as if the escape time chosen by these Loka fish was too sensitive, so the sahuagin had no time to mobilize more troops to pursue them.
Therefore, after this burst of shells fell into the dense team, causing hundreds of casualties, the sahuagin quickly stopped, then dispersed and retreated in the opposite direction toward the depths of the ocean.
In the following time, the artillery fired several more rounds. However, because the opponent gradually began to dive and dispersed the dense formation, the effect of these shells was not very good. Only the first sahuagin killed just now
Less than 1/5 of the round. Upon seeing this, Lawrence immediately sent an order to stop all artillery fire.
"Thank you, thank you so much. Thank you for saving our compatriots!" Seeing this scene, Hua Fin, who had been watching the battle on the side, and the Loka fish people who came here with him kept bowing to Lawrence, and
At their feet, a large group of Loka fishmen, under the command of some leaders and elders, maintained basic order through the shoals at the mouth of the bay.
"Nothing, this is what we should do." Lawrence smiled and waved, then looked at a body floating on the sea in the distance and asked, "By the way, there are some remains of your people over there. You guys
Do you need us to help you collect all those remains now?"
"Well - thank you, but no need." Hua Fin looked at the pile of murloc corpses floating in the distance, with an unknown look in his eyes. But he soon returned to normal and said. "
Just let their souls return to the sea like this. This does not violate the customs of our Loka fish people. And anyway, I don’t want you to pay too much for this."
Hearing what Hua Fin said, Lawrence pursed his lips slightly. Then he waved his hands to signal everyone to follow him down from the artillery position on the cliff. In addition to them, the artillerymen also roughly placed the artillery and followed.
Together they descended from this position to the flat ground below.
"Hey, why do you all want to go down?" Hua Fin asked a little strangely after looking at the artillerymen who were going down the cliff with him. "The war is obviously not over yet, why don't you continue to defend up there?
I see there are obviously so many fortifications up there.”
"As long as those heavy weapons are on top, it's enough." Lawrence said with a smile. "Because if the large sahuagin army wants to attack, the movement will definitely be detected from a long distance. In this case, our troops
There is enough time to set up defenses from below without having to make everyone wait stupidly above."
After returning to the resort below, the previous silence here has been completely broken. The various chirping sounds of the Loka fish people and the sound of lapping the sea surface made the place become like a shopping mall in the city during the day.
The city is almost as noisy. The places near the coast are even more crowded with fish, making it look extremely lively.
Upon seeing this, Hua Fin immediately saluted Lawrence and ran to the waterside and shouted loudly. Soon, the Loka fish people on the shore became quiet. Then more than a dozen leaders and elders of the Loka fish people
They got out of the water, and then they all knelt at Lawrence's feet and knelt down to him, while chattering in the language of the fish people.
"Sir, they are thanking you." Hua Fin said to Lawrence. Although the Loka fish people have intelligence equivalent to humans, most of them can only speak the language of fish people. Therefore, Hua Fin took the initiative to translate to Lawrence
arrive.
"And they hope to provide them with some relatively quiet waters where the elderly and the weak can live, because the chasing battles just now caused serious damage to the bodies of many old and weak people, so they hope to have a place to recuperate."
"Quiet waters?" Lawrence frowned at first, then looked at the artificial lake filled with seawater in the resort. "Can you tell me how many old and weak people need to rest? If there are few people, I think this
The artificial lake not far from the place should be enough for you to rest."
"I think that artificial lake is enough." Hua Fin bowed to Lawrence again and said, "
They just told me that the number of people who need to be cultivated is about 700-800 people. The size of the artificial lake is enough for all our wounded and part of the caregivers to enter there. On behalf of the Loka fish people here, I thank you for your help. Now
Please allow me to retire, I need to help my compatriots temporarily establish order here."
"Your Excellency, our command center has successfully retreated." After Hua Fin and his men retreated, Lawrence returned to the cellar. However, unlike the busy scene just now, the cellar had returned to its original appearance at this time.
, only a young officer is waiting for him here.
"Your puppet flew out after the small-scale battle. It was said that it was going to the battlefield to find some important things. When it is retrieved, it will naturally meet up with our No. 2 command center."
"Command Center No. 2? Okay, let's go there now." Lawrence said, nodded, and then followed the staff officer out of the resort.
However, they did not go all the way down the road that led directly to the city. Instead, they turned left and passed through a bush. Then they pushed open a door disguised as a rock and entered a road that was completely illuminated by a fuel lamp.
in the tunnel.
"This place feels a lot better than I thought before." Lawrence said, looking at the smooth side under his feet and the cave walls that had obviously been renovated, "I heard you say that this is a backup temporary shelter.
At that time, I thought this place was just a natural cave, but I didn’t expect you to have built it so well.”
"This is one of the most important national defense projects on our island. In fact, the construction of this cave began when the White Eagle Federation began to establish the island." The staff officer sent by the National Guard on the island in front of him passed by.
Face said.
"It's just that this place was just used as a temporary warehouse near the shore in case of a full-scale attack. We never thought that the enemy would choose this place to attack."