Magnus, one of the most eminent emperors in the history of the Human Empire, once famously said a quote that was widely circulated in the Warhammer world, and was revered by Imperial players in the game:

"Three things make empires so great, faith, steel and gunpowder."

This is not to put gold on your face.

From a historical point of view, since the establishment of the empire by Sigma, it has been an important force in the order camp, active in every stage of resistance to the invasion of chaos, with the blood and lives of countless people, repelled the attacks of chaos and alien forces, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as great.

Faith, steel, and gunpowder are the foundation of the empire.

In these three things, faith symbolizes supreme devotion to Sigmar, the "Emperor of Men", and piety can be exchanged for the power and protection of the god of war, while steel and gunpowder represent the empire's mastery of the most advanced technology of mankind.

As a country modeled after the Holy Roman Empire of the Renaissance in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the empire is indeed superior to other surrounding countries in terms of technology, and the top embodiment of its technology tree is the perfect combination of steel and gunpowder, the steam tank.

Yes, in a fantasy age of swords and sorcery, the Empire not only had a large number of pistols, rifles, and artillery to equip its troops, but also tanks.

The hard body forged by steel, the indestructible cannon, and the super horsepower powered by steam make this open weapon quickly break the balance on the field as soon as it is put into the battlefield, destroying and crushing all the bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods in front of it.

It's a pity that such a powerful war machine is no longer able to be produced by the empire now, and the entire country is searched, and there are only eight of them, and one of them is missing, which is extremely precious.

In addition, the steam tanks themselves are antiques from hundreds of years ago, and the boiler engines installed in them are not very reliable, and they may blow up on the battlefield one day, so they can only be seen in a few major battles.

The reason for this embarrassment is that since the death of Leonardo, the inventor of the steam tank and a genius scientist from the Tyrell city-state of Miragliano, the "Angel Hand", this method of building this war machine has been lost.

Leonardo can be said to be the Warhammer version of Leonardo da Vinci, who became famous at a young age, versatile, proficient in mathematics, architecture, astronomy, and geography, and his name spread throughout the Old World at that time, and the Elector of Rick invited him to "Aldolf" at great expense and founded the Imperial Academy of Engineering.

This proved to be an extremely wise decision, and the Imperial Engineering Academy, together with the Imperial Academy of Magic established by Magnus the "Pious", and the Imperial Artillery Academy of "Nuen", together known as the three major academies of the Empire, sent countless military and magical talents to the Empire, as well as a variety of advanced weapons of war, and made great contributions to establishing it as the most powerful country in the Old World.

Among the various weapons and equipment invented by the Imperial Academy of Engineering, the most striking is the steam tank created by the original Dean Leonardo, which greatly enhanced the combat effectiveness of the Imperial army when it appeared, but due to the complexity of the manufacturing process, after Leonardo's death, there was no one in the entire Empire who could copy his greatest masterpiece.

Neither the most gifted and experienced teachers in the engineering academy, nor the dwarven engineers who had been banished by the Dwarven Engineers' Guild, could not replicate a new steam tank from scratch in the finished product, so to this day, they have only carefully maintained the few remaining tanks.

However, after such a long time, although it was impossible to overcome some technical difficulties, there were still some achievements, the most famous of which was the land warship invested by the newly independent port city "Fort Marion", and jointly built by the Imperial Engineering Academy and the Imperial Artillery Academy.

That's right, it's the big guy who appeared in front of the gate of "Thunder Cliff" at this moment.

So here's the problem, in Stone's memory, the land battleship in the game has never officially appeared, although there is a grapevine that it can be seen in the next expansion, "Throne of Chaos".

But according to the historical background of Warhammer, the time of that story should be around 2510 in the imperial calendar, which is still a few decades away!

At that time, the land warships should have just been successfully developed, and there were only four in the Imperial Artillery Academy of "Nunn" in total, and they were all destroyed by the invading Chaos army, how could it appear in the army of the Chaos Dwarves now?

By the way, if memory serves, it was the Chaos Dwarves who appeared as allies of the Chaos Cultists who fought head-on with the land warships at that time, and ended up suffering heavy casualties......

What's going on? It's all messed up.

The stone Adam's apple moved slightly, and he swallowed involuntarily, and before he could figure it out, the huge steel monster over there was pulled by the three bull centaur rippers and headed towards the city gate.

Wait a minute? Pull?

No, neither steam tanks nor land warships have such things, they are machines powered by steam boilers, not this kind of "horse-drawn carriage" that has changed its taste.

The stone soon saw the chimney on the deck of the ship again, so the steam engine should have it too, but it was dual-purpose, maybe it just happened to be similar in shape to a land warship.

Lose! Now is not the time to worry about that.

Seeing that the giant warship was getting closer and closer, there was no intention of stopping, and the goblins with bows and arrows around them made gasping sounds, obviously, for these little guys who were only more than a meter tall, the visual impact of such a behemoth was too great, not to mention that it was still rushing towards itself.

If it weren't for the effect of the "Iron Claw Battle Banner", I am afraid that most people would have turned around and ran, even so, there are still many people who can't help but shake under the instinctive fear in their hearts.

Fortunately, although Shi has not seen much of the world, he has seen a lot of photos and videos of aircraft carriers and spaceships before, although there is a huge difference between seeing it with his own eyes, but he still maintains the image of a wise and martial artist, and there is no timidity on his face, as for his heart, it can really only be a scolding mother.

Just now, before seeing the Chaos Dwarf, he thought of several sets of battle plans, if he really started fighting, no matter how big and twenty-one he shot first, and then found an opportunity to open the city gate and take the initiative, if he didn't do it, he jumped down and opened Wushuang by himself, etc., but he never thought that the other party would come out like this.

the hair! Does it really want to hit it directly? This is more reckless than the green skin!

Two hundred meters, a hundred meters, just as the stone was about to give the order for the archers to release their arrows, a loud voice came from the opposite side, and it spread almost throughout the battlefield.

The other party spoke the dwarven Kazali German, and although it was very obscure with a thick accent, the hanging stone could still be heard clearly.

"Stop!"

Before that, on the deck on the opposite side, which was only three or four meters lower than the city wall, the middle hatch had opened at some point, and a dozen or so Chaos Dwarves with different equipment, but all exuding a fierce aura, rushed out, each one a head taller than the most elite Purgatory Guards next to them.

The only exception is a very familiar and beautiful face.

As soon as the stone looked at it, he was about to speak, when he suddenly felt a murderous aura as strong as substance envelop him, and he turned his head to see a black shadow that was stronger than the dwarves in front of him walking out of the cabin.

He was the one who just spoke.