Chapter 919: The Eagle Over Dragon City (II.)
The moonlight was hazy, and the tulip-like black gauze dress dragged a long silhouette on the deck, and Tamara muttered verses, amazed at how magical the simple words could be combined, and the artistic conception contained between the lines was in tune with her mood, and she couldn't help but be fascinated. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Tamara wanted to include a poem in response to her reply, but after thinking about it for a long time, she couldn't find the words that could fully express her feelings, so she patted her forehead in frustration, complaining that she was useless, and where had her usual cleverness gone?
At this time, there was a magic wave in front of him, and another ball of communication light appeared. Tamara reached out to hold it expectantly, but to her disappointment, it was Andrea who wrote to her.
"Look at Longjiao Heights, there is an abnormality!"
Tamara became more and more reluctant to bother with this gossip, but she had to take care of the overall situation, hurried back to the bridge hall, and projected the "observation crystal" onto the Dragon's Point Heights, and she was surprised by the scene.
In the darkness of the night, the engineering unit that had built the railroad for the train cannon was busy again, and this time their project was even more incredible - they had to push the railway towards the Dragon Point Heights!
"These guys, are they trying to ......" Tamara suddenly had an ominous thought.
During the lull in the fighting, the Kolas Corps of Engineers was the most active group of men on the position, digging up a large amount of earth and gravel, building a sloping roadbed up the hillside, laying sleepers and gravel, with the obvious intention of extending the railway all the way to the heights of Longjiao.
Considering that the terrain was too steep and that it was difficult to complete the road construction project in a short time with the engineering corps alone, Roland summoned the mechanics of the Ordnance Institute and the mage regiment of Merlin to assist the sappers in building the military railway across the mountains.
Soft stone, stone plastic, soil moving, fossil into mud, mud into stone, ghostly axe, high ghostly workmanship...... Problems that would be difficult to solve in the eyes of ordinary sappers are easy with the help of magic, and the seemingly impossible project is advancing at an astonishing speed, and in just one night, four brand-new steel rails have climbed the heights of Dragon's Horn over many obstacles, shining in the morning light.
Including those mages who pay the most attention to sleep time on weekdays, the people involved in this project stayed awake all night, and after dawn the engineer regiment withdrew, and the mage regiment was still busy under the leadership of Merlin to shoot hundreds of "levitation techniques" for the two "Roland Hammers". The magic contained in this 2-ring spell can cancel out part of the gravity of an object, and Mage Merlin's ingenuity lies in inventing a special spell array that can combine multiple "levitations" to work on the same target, which in Roland's opinion is the same way Sukhoi solved the airship levitation.
Airships can still be sent into the sky, and train guns can theoretically fly, but when you think back to the fact that the Yangbo family almost went bankrupt financially in order to develop an airship, you know that it is too expensive to do so, and it is not necessary. The purpose of the mage group is only to temporarily reduce the weight of the "train cannon" so that it can be sent to the dragon horn heights faster and safer, and on this premise, the magic effect of the "levitation technique" can only last for a few minutes - just make up for it in time when the spell is about to fail.
Magic is only a supporting role, and it is the Highlanders who really need to make a big effort. When the rising sun stained the clouds in the east, and the sixteen Highlanders all put on tow ropes, Roland personally led the team, shouting trumpets to cheer for the most respectable animals on the plateau, and the sixteen Highlands beasts marched in order, the wheels rumbling against the railroad tracks, and dragging the two train cannons up the mountain. This spectacular scene lasted from early morning to dusk, resting for an hour on the way, and finally before sunset, the two huge guns were successfully dragged up the Longjiao Heights and placed on the pre-prepared positions of the artillery brigade. At the same time, the smaller forts on the high ground were also rebuilt, and the more than 200 fortress guns were all reversed, and the muzzles of the black hole pointed to Dragon City.
Dragon City, the conference hall of the royal palace.
The five-colored dragon will see the changes on the dragon horn high ground by observing the crystal, and they will break out in a cold sweat at the same time.
"What do they want to do!" The shrill and trembling voice of the Green Dragon General Jabela echoed through the hall, "Do those damn guys think that cannonballs fired from the Dragon's Horn Heights can hit here?" ”
"It seems that they do have such a plan......" The White Dragon General Racine tried to estimate the possibility of the cannonball flying over Dragon City based on the projection of the crystal ball, but he didn't know the range of the train cannon, so he could only say to himself with a hint of luck, "The cannonball shouldn't fly so far." ”
"We'd better open the force field enchantment right away and block the whole city!" Blue Dragon General Oscar's face was gloomy.
"No...... Wait, don't mess around and see what happens next. The Black Dragon General Yakov stared at the crystal ball with a hesitant expression.
Andrea did not participate in the argument, got up and walked to the window, pushed it open and looked up at the sky, as if waiting for something.
She knew that Roland would rarely do something that he was not sure of, and since he had spent a lot of effort to push the two train cannons up the Dragon Point Heights, she must have calculated the possibility of shelling Dragon City in advance, and when the cannons sounded, the people in Dragon City would never be at peace.
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"The vertical height difference, three thousand four hundred and sixty feet!"
"The east wind is southerly, and the wind speed is level five!"
"The temperature is 5.1 degrees and the atmospheric visibility is good!"
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There was a bustling scene on the heights of Dragon's Point. Lieutenant Colonel Yuri yelled and urged his men to secure the train cannon, while Jack and Tafka watched intently at a sealed glass tube stuck upside down in a jar filled with mercury.
"Barometric scale 420...... This place is so high, no wonder it's a little hard to breathe. Kafta took off his monocle and rubbed his cheeks, looking a little tired.
Jack looked at the warlock sympathetically, "The air on the top of the mountain is thin, and it is very easy to get tired, so I will take care of it here, you go down and rest." ”
"No, I'm fine." Kafta barely pulled himself together, "The data collection is almost done, let's set the cannon elevation angle to 45 degrees first and see how it works?" ”
"I'm going to report to Mr. Roland." Jack nodded cheerfully.
At the command post of Longjiao Heights, Roland was still in good spirits after not sleeping all night. After listening to Jack's report, he immediately agreed to fire a test shot in the direction of Dragon City.
"Aren't Your Excellency the General and Your Excellency the Lord here?" The little dwarf was a little surprised to find that Roland was the only one left.
"Last night, I discussed with His Excellency the General and Lord Beowulf, and decided to divide the theater into two parts, with the Longjiao Heights in charge of me, and the two adults going down the mountain to sit in the main force to guard against the enemy's counterattack." Roland replied.
Jack nodded thoughtfully, "If the train cannon can really hit the streets of Dragon City, those rats cowering in the city will not be able to sit still, and it is indeed very likely that they will launch a counterattack desperately." ”
"So you have to be on guard." Roland looked at the hand-drawn map spread out on the table, a large black circle was marked at the location of the Dragon City, and two red arrows dragged an arc pointing to the black circle, indicating that Rudolph and Beowulf's corps were encircling the Dragon City.