【Three more done】

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"Reload!"

"Calculate the angle!"

"Winch scale minus five ......"

"Ready to launch ......"

When the heavy artillery on the enemy platform on the city wall opened fire one after another, the five giant trebuchets in the city were also busy preparing to drop bombs.

In Earth 2, heavy artillery has appeared, and trebuchets have not yet been eliminated, which is a phenomenon unique to Earth 2, a world with extraordinary power and the technological level of the early stage of the steam revolution.

In other worlds of extraordinary power, it's not that there aren't cannons. However, the cannons of those worlds basically use energy crystals as propellants, and even do not use cannonballs, directly emitting energy beams converted by energy crystals.

Although Earth No. 2 also has energy crystals such as spirit stones and magic crystals, the reserves are not abundant. It is not for nothing that special cannons that fire beams of energy. For example, when Li Qing and the others first arrived on Earth No. 2, there was a big battle between the detachment led by Long Linghan and the Amaterasu detachment, and the captured "Dragon Slayer Cannon" was a special cannon that emitted energy beams.

However, due to its huge cost, this kind of cannon is simply impossible to use in conventional troops, and there are not many similar weapons in the world. The few similar weapons are generally in the hands of big forces or powerful people.

But then again, in other worlds, similar energy cannons are extremely rare. Even in a few high-level high-magic worlds, the magic crystal cannon cannot be popularized as a conventional weapon.

Therefore, in those high magic worlds, trebuchets are quite important "heavy weapons". And the technical content is not low, and ordinary barbarians can't make it. Even if it is barely built, it will fall apart after a few launches, and the accuracy is extremely pathetic.

On Earth No. 2, after the appearance of artillery, trebuchets have not been eliminated, and they are even quite important, because the trebuchets on Earth No. 2 have an important role that cannot be replaced by artillery at this stage.

For example, the five giant trebuchets that are now erected in the castle are more than 20 meters high. If you stand on the top of the trebuchet, you can even look directly over the walls and see out of the city.

And these five giant trebuchets are not ordinary projectile weapons. Their main materials are all spiritual plants similar to sycamore bronze wood, and the shaft parts are cast from spiritual metal. This kind of trebuchet, which has reached the level of spiritual weapons, can project a stone the size of a room to three kilometers away, and the power is simply terrifying.

Even if a gold-level powerhouse is hit by the stones projected by this trebuchet, he will only end up with broken bones. You have to be a strong person at or above the national level, and with strength and physique as your strength, to shake the huge stones projected by this trebuchet, and you have to pay the price of injury.

Of course, trebuchets have a mediocre accuracy and are difficult to use against strong and nimble players. However, when used in siege warfare and to destroy large equipment of enemy troops, it can be more effective than artillery. Even the blow to the morale of the enemy army is more than the artillery at this stage.

After all, the cannonball is very small, although because of the problem of propellant, the speed of the cannonball is slow, and ordinary people can see it with the naked eye, but a small cannonball, even if it has the power to break the bones, the pressure on the bystanders is actually average.

As long as the troops with normal morale and strict discipline can set up a phalanx and march forward in the face of artillery fire.

And the power of the shells is actually very limited. Although they can crush black iron and red bronze fighters, silver fighters can generally shake small-caliber shells with their bare hands.

And the giant stone projectile projected by the trebuchet flew in the sky, and it could be seen from afar.

Just imagine, seeing a stone the size of a hut falling from the sky, it feels like a stone crashing in, the oppressive force is so great that even a gold-level powerhouse has to retreat, how can ordinary soldiers not be deterred? What kind of army can maintain its formation without changing its face when such a huge stone projectile is bombarded?

At this time, the five giant trebuchets in the castle were loaded with stone projectiles the size of a hut.

Stone projectiles are rounded to increase range and accuracy. After reloading, the casters of the mixed legion began to perform ballistic calculations to help the engineers operating the trebuchets adjust their angles.

After being busy for a while, the eighteen heavy guns on the enemy platform had fired three salvos one after another, and the five giant trebuchets were ready to be fired—this giant trebuchet was far superior to the artillery at this time, both in terms of power and deterrence. It's just that the firing speed is ridiculously slow, and someone who is proficient in geometry and even mechanics has to help calculate the trajectory.

In the end, it was not easy to make stone bullets, and there were only a dozen round stone bullets the size of a hut in the city.

The rest of the stone bullets were just round bullets the size of a human head.

But that kind of small stone bullet is actually very powerful.

Dozens of small stone bullets are loaded in huge rattan baskets, and the entire basket is projected when fired. Flying into the air, the rattan basket fell apart, and the full basket of stone bullets flew all over the sky, bombarding like a rain of stones, covering a positive and large area. Although the deterrent power is not as good as that of giant stone bullets, the lethality of personnel is actually stronger than that of giant stone bullets, but it is only insufficient for the damage of equipment.

After the five giant trebuchets were ready to be fired, the engineer commander in charge of the five trebuchets gave an order, and the five trebuchets made a loud bang and threw five huge stone projectiles at the same time.

When the stone bullet crossed over the city wall, the huge shadow cast made Li Qing, Xiaolongnu, and Chu Lingfeng all can't help but chill the back of their necks. Scarlett, Song Qiqi and even Ni Yuanyuan shrank their necks and made dodging moves.

Su Su's face did not change, and he made a grimace at the frightened Scarlett and the others, and said with a smile: "Look at you cowardice...... Does this scare you? In the future, if you encounter a dozen high-level mages summoning a meteor burst at the same time, and dozens of flaming meteors fall from the sky, you still have to be scared alive? ”

Scarlett and the others were speechless, quite embarrassed by their talents.

Song Qiqi saw that Flora, who was standing behind Su Su, also looked like something had happened, and couldn't help but ask quite unconvinced: "Flora, aren't you scared either?" ”

"Don't be afraid." Flora smiled, "I've seen meteor bursts." When my mom took me on the run, she fought a bounty hunter. The bounty hunter had a meteor burst scroll, and although his mana was lost, he still summoned two flaming meteors. The appearance of a flaming meteor falling from the sky is much more terrifying than the stone projectiles fired by trebuchets. After seeing such a scene, how could you be frightened by stone bullets? ”

"I've seen meteor bursts too!" Song Qiqi frowned and said, "When I was on Zhongshan Island, Su Su summoned a meteor burst to destroy the fortress......

"Then you must be at a safe distance, watching from afar." Flora smiled, "I've watched the flaming meteor fall straight down from overhead!" At that time, my legs were so frightened that I tried desperately to escape, but my body didn't listen to the command at all and froze completely. If my mother hadn't pulled me away in time, I would have died. With that experience, I was much bolder, and the general danger could not frighten me, let alone the stone projectiles fired by our own trebuchets? ”

"You've had a lot of experience." Song Qiqi imagined that if she faced a flaming meteor and hit her head, she was afraid that she would be paralyzed and unable to move. And if you can survive such a crisis, you will definitely become bold.

The two didn't just talk. Even during the conversation, their eyes kept following the five stone bullets.

Not only the two of them, but Li Qing and the others, including Su Su, all stared intently at the five giant stone bullets, their eyes full of anticipation.

And those five stone bullets did not live up to their expectations.

When the stone bullets were still in the air, the servants of the Holy Light Alliance, who had been blessed with an aura of glory by the battle priest and were no longer plagued by low morale, dared to march forward in the midst of artillery fire, began to riot.

Due to the large size of the stone projectile, it is easy to deduce where it landed. The Holy Light Alliance Army, which was not within the range of the stone bullet attack, was slightly better, but the riot did not disperse. And the Holy Light Alliance Army, which was within the range of the stone bullet attack, even if it was only a small possibility of being hit by the stone bullet, its formation directly collapsed.

The servant sergeants under the shadow of the stone bullets scattered in all directions with screams, and the neat phalanx was torn apart in the blink of an eye. The chaos affected at least two or three thousand people, and even the officers of the Holy Light Alliance in the servant army did not care about maintaining discipline, and ran in panic to dodge like their soldiers.

However, although the stone bullet looks very slow, it is actually extremely fast. Before the crumbling minions could get far, five stone bullets had already landed.

In the earth-shattering loud noise, an arrow tower and a boarding car were shattered under the bombardment of two stone bullets.

The arrow tower and the city climbing vehicle were behemoths more than ten meters high, and under the collapse and shattering, a large number of servant sergeants and soldiers below and around them were crushed to death and crushed. Countless fragments were splattered in all directions, and huge logs flew dozens of meters away, smashing the heads of the nearby coalition soldiers to the point of bleeding.

And the two round stone bullets that smashed the arrow tower and the city car, due to the collision with these two behemoths, slightly changed the trajectory of movement, and after landing, they actually rolled at high speed, and walked out of two blood alleys tens of meters long in the dense Holy Light Alliance army before they were exhausted.

The other three stone bullets, because they fell almost vertically, even if they were not absorbed by the kinetic energy of the arrow tower, the city car, and other equipment, only rolled slightly for more than ten meters after landing. However, the damage they inflicted was also considerable, and in a long way, there was a blur of flesh and blood, as if it had been run over by a road roller, and not a single intact corpse could be found.

Although the killing scene caused by the five stone bullets was extremely terrifying, the actual number of casualties was actually less than 300 people.

But the blow to the morale of the Holy Light Alliance troops with these five stone projectiles was heavier than the salvo of several rounds of eighteen heavy artillery. Before landing, it had caused two or three thousand people to collapse, and after landing, the bloody scene where they passed was full of minced meat, and some nearby phalanxes showed signs of collapse.

The Holy Light Alliance is pouring out this time, although there is enough space for tens of thousands of troops to deploy, but if a few thousand people collapse and chaos, it will still affect or even disrupt the rest of the complete array.

It's a pity that the Holy Light Alliance has long anticipated the morale situation, and has long made plans for the possible collapse of a heavy blow. Before the chaos could spread, a group of knights in shiny armor, riding heavy horses with the same heavy armor, rushed into the army of crumbling and chaotic servants, wielding double-edged axes with large wheels to slash and slaughter.

It was none other than the five hundred private soldiers of Viscount Turlock, the commander of the coalition forces.

Whether it was an ordinary servant sergeant or an officer from the core countries of the Holy Light Alliance, as long as they were running around and screaming, they were all ruthlessly cut down to the ground by the heavy cavalry who only obeyed Viscount Talok.

The heavily armored knights seem to be slashing indiscriminately, but in fact, they have a clear goal, picking up the loudest and fastest routs to slash and kill. He also drove the rout from all sides, and encircled them in a fixed range, so that they would not attack the vicinity that remained intact.

Viscount Talloch's personal mage advisor, also under the protection of several shield-wielding knights, stood on a chariot and cast spells loudly, unleashing clouds of mist at the rout. The rout soldiers shrouded the clouds and mist, and soon they staggered to the ground and fell asleep.

As the knights and mages suppressed the chaos, groups of musketeers and crossbowmen drove over, forming a tight encirclement around the routers, aiming their black muzzles and shining arrows at them.

At the same time, there are constantly auras that erupt in the rout. Those auras carry a sober meaning, which is exactly the "sober light" aura that the priests of the Radiant Holy Sect are good at, and it has a soothing and calming effect on people who are flustered.

With a multi-pronged approach, the chaos was quickly stopped. Hundreds of routers were killed, and dozens of officers of the Holy Light Alliance who failed to perform their duties and collapsed with the servants were beheaded. The rest of the rout was driven to the edge of the battlefield and put in place by new officers. There are also priests involved in pacifying, and it is obvious that after the rectification is completed, it is still necessary to continue to participate in the war, and it is not possible to flee the battlefield because of this.

While the Holy Light Alliance suppressed the rout in time and stopped the chaos, the rest of the unaffected troops continued to advance. The heavy artillery on the head of the city was also bombarding unhurriedly.

The vanguard army of the Holy Light Alliance, which was covered by hundreds of large shield vehicles and suffered few casualties in the shelling, had already crossed the middle of the field, and was only less than two kilometers away from the slope below the city. The number of siege cannons, which numbered as high as fifty, was also transported to the firing range, and the gun positions began to be selected for placement.

The heavy artillery on the castle did not bombard the siege artillery - the distance was too far, although it was within range, but the accuracy of the artillery at this time was basically a matter of luck if it wanted to accurately hit a specific target. Eighteen heavy artillery shells bombarded for a whole day, but they may not be able to destroy a few enemy heavy artillery pieces.

And the enemy's siege artillery actually has a limited threat to the city. The walls of Guancheng are three hundred meters long, tall and majestic, and the target is so obvious that as long as it is within the firing range, it can almost be hit. However, it is also impossible for the Holy Light Alliance to accurately hit a specific target, and can only roughly hit the city wall.

However, the walls of Guancheng are made of stone throughout, and they are integrated under the power of magic. The top of the wall is 12 meters wide and the base is 16 meters wide, so strong that even the armor-piercing shells fired by the main guns of the super battleships of World War II on Earth cannot penetrate and blow it up. Not to mention the solid shells fired by the poor black powder cannon of Earth Two.

Therefore, even if the enemy's fifty siege artillery bombarded the city for a whole year, they would never want to collapse this wall. Of course, the Holy Light Alliance Army is not a fool, they did not use the siege heavy artillery to destroy the city wall with artillery, but just wanted to use long-range firepower to cause casualties to the Imperial Army and cover the siege of the city.

However, it is easy to hit the city wall, and if you want to hit the defenders on the city wall, it all depends on luck. Of course, with a full fifty siege artillery, under the heavy bombardment, even if the distance is extremely far, there is a good chance to try your luck and cause casualties to the defenders.

But since it is war, casualties are inevitable. If he was really killed by the artillery fire of the Holy Light Alliance Army, it could only be regarded as bad luck.

Since the siege artillery was not a big threat, the eighteen heavy artillery pieces on the closed city, of course, continued to bombard the middle of the enemy formation behind the forward army. Focus on siege engines such as climbing carts, arrow towers, trebuchets, etc.

Compared with the fifty siege cannons, the dozens of large trebuchets of the Holy Light Alliance Army were more threatening.

The large trebuchet of the coalition army is far less than the giant trebuchet of the imperial side in the city.

The Empire's giant trebuchet, because it is so large that once it is in place, it is difficult to move again, and can only be used as a fixed point battery. The large trebuchets of the coalition army can move on the battlefield, and it can be seen from this that the trebuchets of the coalition army are much smaller than the trebuchets of the imperial side.

However, even if the allied army's trebuchet is relatively small, depending on its size, it should be able to fire hundreds of pounds of stone projectiles. The stone projectiles fired by trebuchets have a large enough arc to fly over the city walls and directly hit the Guancheng, causing damage to the Guancheng.

If you drop some fire bombs, oil bombs, bombs, etc., it will cause great trouble in the castle.

Therefore, compared to the siege artillery of the coalition forces, those trebuchets are more threatening and valuable targets.

As the allied army's trebuchets gradually entered the firing range, not only the heavy artillery on the enemy platform in Guancheng began to focus on it, but even the five giant trebuchets in Guancheng also listed trebuchets as the primary target.

After the first round of projection, the lookout calculates the distance and direction of the enemy's trebuchet, and calculates the wind direction and speed, and reports the number jù. The caster calculates the trajectory with a manuscript paper and a quill, and after obtaining the result, instructs the person operating the trebuchet to adjust the angle, and when it is ready, fires the projectile again.

By this time, the heavy artillery on the enemy platform on the city wall had fired four more rounds, and even destroyed a trebuchet and damaged an arrow tower. And until this time, the giant trebuchet had just begun its second salvo.

However, the power of the giant trebuchet is beyond the reach of the heavy artillery. Five trebuchets destroyed two trebuchets in a single salvo. It also inflicted no less than 200 casualties on the Holy Light Alliance army. There was even a stone projectile that happened to roll in front of a siege cannon and knocked the erected cannon out of the air, and the barrel of the cannon was twisted.

Seeing the giant trebuchet show its might, Li Qing was happy, but he couldn't help but shake his head with regret: "It's a pity that there are too few giant trebuchets in Guancheng. If there were hundreds of giant trebuchets, under a salvo, the tens of thousands of servants of the Holy Light Alliance would collapse in an instant. Let's chase and kill again, ha, it's another big victory to annihilate tens of thousands. ”

"Hundreds of giant trebuchets? Do you really dare to think, how can a small closed city be placed? ”

Su Su said with a smile: "Look at the five trebuchets, the base area of each one is no less than 100 square meters. And every giant trebuchet must have at least 500 square meters of space before it can be deployed. How can there be so many places in Guancheng to put a hundred giant trebuchets?

"Besides, it's not easy to make stone bullets from trebuchets. Especially the giant stone bullets, each of which costs a lot of money. In the city, there are only fifteen giant stone bullets in reserve. In the first two rounds of salvos, ten were hit, and only five were left, just enough to play another round. After that, you can only fire those small stone shells. Although small stone bullets are powerful against miscellaneous soldiers, they are far from enough for the destructive power of large equipment. ”

"Yes, it was my whim." Li Qing smiled and said, "But speaking of stone bullets, Su Su, don't you have a spiritual weapon that can shape stones?" I remember that your stone shaping artifact can shape 70 cubic meters of stone at a time, and it should be able to make some large stones to pop out, right? It just so happens that there are cliffs on both sides of the city, and some of them are stones. ”

"I don't need you to remind me of this, I've thought of it a long time ago!" Su Su took out a palm-sized black stone plate from the storage bracelet and said with a smile: "I'll go and make some stone bullets." Well, it's not cost-effective to make a giant stone bullet the size of a small house, so let's make a large stone bullet with a diameter of one meter, and you can make a hundred and a few at a time! ”

Li Qing nodded: "A large stone projectile with a diameter of one meter is enough, enough to destroy the enemy's large equipment." ”

Su Su chuckled, took the stone spirit weapon off the enemy platform, and went to make a big stone bomb.

If you drop some fire bombs, oil bombs, bombs, etc., it will cause great trouble in the castle.

Therefore, compared to the siege artillery of the coalition forces, those trebuchets are more threatening and valuable targets.

As the allied army's trebuchets gradually entered the firing range, not only the heavy artillery on the enemy platform in Guancheng began to focus on it, but even the five giant trebuchets in Guancheng also listed trebuchets as the primary target.

After the first round of projection, the lookout calculates the distance and direction of the enemy's trebuchet, and calculates the wind direction and speed, and reports the number jù. The caster calculates the trajectory with a manuscript paper and a quill, and after obtaining the result, instructs the person operating the trebuchet to adjust the angle, and when it is ready, fires the projectile again.

By this time, the heavy artillery on the enemy platform on the city wall had fired four more rounds, and even destroyed a trebuchet and damaged an arrow tower. And until this time, the giant trebuchet had just begun its second salvo.

However, the power of the giant trebuchet is beyond the reach of the heavy artillery. Five trebuchets destroyed two trebuchets in a single salvo. It also inflicted no less than 200 casualties on the Holy Light Alliance army. There was even a stone projectile that happened to roll in front of a siege cannon and knocked the erected cannon out of the air, and the barrel of the cannon was twisted.

Seeing the giant trebuchet show its might, Li Qing was happy, but he couldn't help but shake his head with regret: "It's a pity that there are too few giant trebuchets in Guancheng. If there were hundreds of giant trebuchets, under a salvo, the tens of thousands of servants of the Holy Light Alliance would collapse in an instant. Let's chase and kill again, ha, it's another big victory to annihilate tens of thousands. ”

"Hundreds of giant trebuchets? Do you really dare to think, how can a small closed city be placed? ”

Su Su said with a smile: "Look at the five trebuchets, the base area of each one is no less than 100 square meters. And every giant trebuchet must have at least 500 square meters of space before it can be deployed. How can there be so many places in Guancheng to put a hundred giant trebuchets?

"Besides, it's not easy to make stone bullets from trebuchets. Especially the giant stone bullets, each of which costs a lot of money. In the city, there are only fifteen giant stone bullets in reserve. In the first two rounds of salvos, ten were hit, and only five were left, just enough to play another round. After that, you can only fire those small stone shells. Although small stone bullets are powerful against miscellaneous soldiers, they are far from enough for the destructive power of large equipment. ”

"Yes, it was my whim." Li Qing smiled and said, "But speaking of stone bullets, Su Su, don't you have a spiritual weapon that can shape stones?" I remember that your stone shaping artifact can shape 70 cubic meters of stone at a time, and it should be able to make some large stones to pop out, right? It just so happens that there are cliffs on both sides of the city, and some of them are stones. ”

"I don't need you to remind me of this, I've thought of it a long time ago!" Su Su took out a palm-sized black stone plate from the storage bracelet and said with a smile: "I'll go and make some stone bullets." Well, it's not cost-effective to make a giant stone bullet the size of a small house, so let's make a large stone bullet with a diameter of one meter, and you can make a hundred and a few at a time! ”

Li Qing nodded: "A large stone projectile with a diameter of one meter is enough, enough to destroy the enemy's large equipment." ”

Su Su chuckled, took the stone spirit weapon off the enemy platform, and went to make a big stone bomb.