Chapter 1588: Blood Rose
The breastwork of the lookout was directly destroyed by an unknown force. This could block a ballista and even a solid stone wall with a fireball or two, but it was like a fragile piece of cardboard, and it was torn apart in an instant. And the impact was far from over, and it directly swept Major Thatch's entire arm into a spiraling blazing storm, and even the wrapped iron armor was stirred into a pile of flesh and blood on the spot.
If you were an ordinary person, you would probably have fainted from the pain at this time, but Major Thatch was also a veteran of the rest of the battle, and he was more fortunate than the pain. Just now, if he lowered his head for half a second late, it would not be an arm that would have exploded, but his upper body and head. Although the exact embodiment of this attack is still completely unknown, judging by the flying stones and smoke, the leopard people dare not doubt its power at all.
The battle-hardened Leopard Major lay behind the breastwork, clutching his broken wounds, gritted his teeth and rolled a few times, rolled directly to the door of the tower, and then struggled to stand up against the door.
"Enemy attack!" He yelled loudly. At this time, in addition to this line that has been yelled at by many people, and will definitely be yelled at by more people in the future, I really don't know what to say. Fortunately, his subordinates reacted in a timely manner, and they had already reacted quickly when there was a boom just now.
No matter how useless the aristocratic coalition is, the squinting Chenhai fleet is also very capable of fighting. No matter how much the Chenhai Fleet is in front of the veterans of the Sixth Legion and the Sky Rose Legion, the people who guard such an important position as the stargazing platform must be elite.
Now, this group of elites has quickly opened the door to the tower of the stargazing platform, and the two soldiers and the leopard man major are about to retreat inside. There were also more than a dozen people rushing to the city wall, presumably to operate the large flame crossbows. At the same moment, the lighthouse at the very top of the observatory began to flash in a continuous rhythm of one long and two short, which was an early warning signal from the Federal Navy.
Under the cover of flickering lights, a soldier ran with all his strength towards the fixed siren placed on the side of the city wall, but before he could reach his destination, everyone felt that a gust of wind was fleeting, and the soldier's head exploded like a balloon. The still intact torso threw itself on the city wall, convulsed twice, and for a while it was not completely dead.
Even if you are a survivor of a hundred battles, you will be a little stunned when you see this scene. However, the deceased's comrades-in-arms did not even have room to mourn for him, but they only saw that the city wall was shattered by a series of spiral shock waves, and the flame crossbow placed on the gun position naturally could not be left well, and fell apart on the spot. The alchemical crossbow projectile that had been placed on the gun carriage was ignited by the blazing wind, and it exploded, turning into a soaring flame. Many of the soldiers who had just run to the gun position were swept in, either reduced to ashes by the flames and crossbow machines, or directly thrown out of the city wall by the shock wave, and fell from the ten-story tower. Even if they were lucky enough not to fall into the sea of clouds, it was unlikely that they would still be alive if they were smashed to the ground.
The survivors were completely blinded by the sudden attack. In their chaotic hearing, they finally vaguely caught the sound of a large group of flying beasts flapping their wings. Then, countless flying cavalry, as if out of thin air, finally revealed their figures in the night. Without any resistance, they were already in the skies above the fortress of Daroshur.
More than a dozen cavalrymen landed quickly on flying beasts, and jumped down when they were still two or three meters away from the roof of the stargazing platform. These people are all dressed in sturdy and elaborate plate armor, but they are still as strong as monkeys, and they are obviously all masters. Looking at their mounts, one look at their physique and coat color showed that they were the finest adult horned eagles, and that among them was an even larger male griffin.
The griffon's owner was a young man in Oakland knight's armor, less than thirty years of age, with a sturdy appearance, carrying an Oakland-style knight's sword in one hand and a ...... in the other Holding a guided pistol.
With a single charge, he sent all the survivors to their lives, and then stopped in front of Major Thatch, looked at him with interest, and then sneered.
"Sosnes Leopard Man?" He sneered and said, "I said, it's not very good for you to stay honestly in the Southern Continent to grind stones and raise elephants, why do you have to come here to die?" ”
Well, the leopard people are a well-known fighting people in the steppes of central Sosnes, but in fact, their own civilization is still in the Stone Tribal Age. I thought that I didn't read much, so I was easy to be fooled if I was uneducated, and I was often fooled by the nobles of the city-states on the northern coast to be cannon fodder. Of course, it is also for this reason that the leopard people have the opportunity to get in touch with the flowery world outside. Many leopard men even crossed the sea to Gabya to beg for food, such as Major Thatch.
Of course, once the simple countryman comes into contact with these five turbid evil worlds, it is difficult to go back, and often what they are most disgusted with is to let themselves recall the fact that they were actually a countryman in the first place.
Sure enough, the leopard man major let out a roar of rage, then turned his head and ran, and then jumped directly off the city wall with a flying pounce - as an elite of a hundred battles, anger is anger, but the more angry he is, the more he must obey his inner voice. Now that he's lost an arm, how can he fight these menacing enemies? Not to mention......
"I saw it, I really saw it......" The leopard people's hearts were in turmoil. Just now, by the light of the fire, he had clearly seen the rose crest on the other party's shoulder armor, and he was even more ready to obey his inner voice.
"Sky Rose! He, how could they be here? ”
The Fourth Legion Sky Rose is an undefeated iron army established by Lucy Ringo Berencaster - although it has only been two years since the establishment was restored, its brilliant record is enough to make all the Federation troops unable to look directly - although most of the upper echelons of the legion have been replaced by their own people of the Gate Valve Nobles, and the current commander Eamon Wielambat is the younger brother of Father Seaweed, and he is also an outstanding talent in the Mesozoic Era of the Gate Valve Sect, But the Emergency Committee had never had such a high hope that they would be able to control the Sky Rose Legion. After all, that legion had already been marked with too many rose coats of arms since the day it was founded.
If there is no way to stabilize that man and let him reach Steelbrier, the Fourth Legion will "rebel"! This is already the consensus of the top figures in the Emergency Committee.
But the problem is, that man hasn't reached Steelrose Castle yet! Even if he had arrived, there was no reason for them to come so quickly! What's more, even if they really came so fast, how could so many flying cavalry, thousands of horsemen, bypass such a tight fortress surveillance network without being detected? Even those sentries at the outpost in front are bastards who should be beheaded for ninety-nine minutes, there is no reason why those demonic vigilant organs have not reacted!
Well, speaking of which, it's really possible...... The Federation's main suppliers of military magic guides are all enterprises under the command of the gate lords and aristocrats, but they have been exposed several times of fraud in the procurement of military supplies a long time ago. The military magic weapons bought back by the military are either fake and shoddy goods that are short of catties or old goods that are almost reaching their service life, and the senate and government controlled by the gate lords and nobles only took a few white-gloved heads out as substitutes for the dead ghosts, and nothing has changed.
…… Speaking of which, it's normal for the garrison's security organs to be shoddy and shoddy.
"National beetle! Moth! Your whole family should be condemned! You can't even let your pet dog go! Major Thatch was so shocked by his own brain that he was so overwhelmed with grief and indignation that he almost wanted to defect.
However, whether he wants to set things right or resist to the end, he no longer has this opportunity. The leopard man, who fell into the air, was volleyed by a bullet from a detractor gun and concentrated in the middle of his torso. There was no big bloody hole in his waist and abdomen, but his entire body was directly torn into pieces of bloody flesh and broken into two on the spot.
Major Thatch was destined to die under the lead gun, dodging the first sneak attack, but not the second. The knight, who had just finished a nice moving target shot, turned on his guide gun and began to reload with a small number of movements. It hadn't been too long since he had gotten his hands on this new weapon, which was so powerful, that he wasn't very proficient at playing - what? You said that since you are not very skilled, why did you hit so accurately just now? I'm with you, but it's more than 9 times easier to aim with a gun than a bow and arrow. A person who can play a crossbow as a marksman can easily play with a gun.
In short, in less than a minute, the stargazing platform at the highest point of the entire fortress, with its attached watchtowers, lighthouses, and lookouts, all fell into the hands of the raiders. The young knight, who had done all of the above, did not react complacently at all, and shouted to his men while loading his bullets.
"Nien, you lead your team into the tower, know all the enemies inside, and guard the gate! Put our kids in the gun emplacements on the third floor! That's right, the muzzle of the gun is facing the square over there. ”
"Larul, you and your men go up to the lookout. yes, take that flaming crossbow and replace it with ours! ”
"Rand, put cannons on the walls over there, yes! There it is! ”
Under the command of the knight, his men soon installed one on each of the watchtower, the third floor of the watchtower, and the zenith...... Guide cannon. Two of the gates are facing the port area in the distance, and the other is aimed at the street in the direction of the city. Although it looks like a small and portable cannon, even the barrel length is no more than that of an adult man of ordinary stature, and the muzzle of the cannon is only the size of a bowl.
However, it was indeed a guide gun.
"Stinger A" mountain cannon. The new product of the North Industry Chamber of Commerce is specially prepared for the battlefield with complex terrain. The disadvantage is that the power is much weaker than that of both the Reaper and the Avalanche General, after all, the caliber represents justice and is an objective truth; The advantage is that it is light and easy to carry and transfer, and it can be pulled away on the back of a horse after being disassembled, and it can be played far and accurately.
The first test firing of the two stingers facing the port area was completed. As soon as it hit a small two-story building in the port area, the first step of the demolition work was completed on the spot; The other shot hit a cruiser of the Tatsukai Fleet directly.
Wooden warships that don't activate the mana shield are really not as good as they could be. I saw that the ship was pierced through the hull on the spot. The shells fell into the hold, there was a violent explosion that overturned the half-pulled deck, and the bow of the ship was blown out of shape.
"Boom!" The stinger installed on the watchtower also came into play. The "small-sized" shells smashed into the street entrance facing the gun gate, and immediately bombarded a group of defenders who had rushed to reinforce them.
The Flying Knights who occupied the commanding heights were greatly boosted. They suddenly felt that all they needed to do was to clear the fortress of important hostile targets one after another, which might be a rather fun point-and-shoot game.
The young knight, who was directing the shot, glanced up at his comrades as they skimmed overhead, and his gaze lingered on a conspicuous male griffin for several seconds. He felt that the rider on the back of the griffin should be watching him now, so he waved his hand and saluted.
And that's exactly what happened. A knight on the back of a griffin, Valerius gave his most powerful eldest son an approving glance and bowed slightly.
"My brother is amazing. So much time to occupy the commanding heights. The young man behind him exclaimed, full of pride and longing. It was a young knight in his early twenties, also dressed in Oakland-style knightly armor, with a rose coat of arms on his breastplate and a female griffin riding under his crotch.
"Equipped with teeth, with an advanced guide gun in his hand, coupled with the suddenness of the surprise attack, if he can't take the stargazing platform so quickly, I won't have the face to see the lord." Although Valerius said so, the pride on his face was quite obvious.
His Excellency Valerius, the former knight of Yves Saint Laurent, was actually a winner in life, with six sons and three daughters. As a traditional Auckland warrior, he trained all six of his sons to be excellent warriors. When Tempest introduced the old knight to Luci, he left his wife, the two youngest sons and daughters in Neosfia's house, and he joined Luci with his four most capable sons, all of whom served in the Fourth Legion, of course. Among them, the eldest son Palasa and the fourth son, Yarg, joined the cavalry with him, and both served as junior officers.
This kind of operation sounds nepotistic, but the federal army has always been this kind of manipulation, and the seven aunts and eight aunts of the military commanders, and even relatives who can't be beaten by eight poles are all over the key posts of the army. In comparison, Lu Xi is already quite concerned about eating. What's more, Valerius's sons were indeed excellent, at least much better than the original officers.
"He knows what he should do. Now, Yarg, do you understand your mission? ”
"Understood!" At the age of twenty, Alg Valerius saluted his father, left the army with his men, and flew in the direction of the eastern fortress in the distance.
There were only a few hundred horsemen in this group, and they did not carry parts of the guide gun, but they all carried shotguns. So, when they flew over the defenders besieging Dongwang Fort, these unlucky bastards enjoyed the comfort of high-altitude bombing in the Middle World in advance.
With the sound of explosions one after another resounding in the stargazing platform, Dongwang Fort, Minato area and other military important places, the defenders of the entire fortress should be able to realize that the crisis is coming, right? However, it was too late to react at this time.
And at this moment, Andrel, who was already making a lot of noise in the warehouse area, listened to the explosions that were getting closer and closer, and watched the flying cavalry sweep across the sky in the firelight, but there was no joy on his face.
"Sure enough...... He's really prepared! Andreil muttered.
In her eyes, the rose crest on the shoulders of the knights was reflected by the firelight, and it was as bright as blood.