Chapter 25: One Step Loses and One Step Delays (Section 2)
After feeling the breath of the dragon, the dragon soldiers wisely chose to hold on to help again. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Although the dragon soldiers suddenly retreated, the rhythm of Generalissimo Kazan's encirclement plan suddenly slowed down. But such a change in the situation on the battlefield had no effect on the plan that Generalissimo Kazan's side was about to implement. Because the ballista unit, which is the final blow of this phase, has already been activated.
The ballista troops, which were constantly advancing towards the center of the battlefield, were accelerating towards the predetermined direction. Because they know that there is not much time left for their unit to export.
They must deal the deadliest blow to the dragon soldiers before the dragon Hess descends on their position. If possible, annihilating them all is the ultimate goal of their trip.
After a large number of soldiers were temporarily dispatched to pull the heavy ballistas, they moved at an alarming speed in the direction of the center of the battlefield. It only took eight seconds for the heavy ballista to leave their hiding place and reach their intended firing spot.
When the ballistas had just begun to move, at the same time, the phalanx of pikemen besieging the dragon soldiers also began to quickly retreat to the rear under the command of their respective officers.
This was extremely similar to the previous bombardment, and it immediately alerted the dragon knight who led the team. I saw that after he quickly glanced at a dragon knight, this dragon knight instantly rose into the sky, passed through the rain of arrows in the sky at a very fast speed, and flew high into the air.
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When the dragon knight who had come to observe the enemy calmed down, he saw the ballista position very naturally. The huge number of ballista positions was densely packed like flocks of frightened birds in the dense forest. The difference is that what is revealed in this position is Sen Ran's murderous intent. And this kind of murderous intent really made him sweat coldly, and his breath that had just calmed down seemed to be a little disordered.
I saw that after he was stunned for a moment, he quickly issued an angry warning.
The roar of an angry dragon quickly erupted from his chest and abdomen. Immediately, the remaining 8 dragon knights also rushed into the sky from the defense line temporarily set up by the dragon soldiers with the same smooth movements he had just had. Rushing in all directions.
They were going to destroy the ballistas quickly before they could unleash their power. Otherwise, at such a close distance, and under the attack of such a high-density ballista force, this group of dragon guards, who were already wounded, would probably have to suffer some losses in vain. As for how many dragon soldiers who can move freely under this round of possible imminent death offensive, that can only be summed up in a sentence of resignation.
Although the reaction speed of this group of dragon knights is already very fast, the general trend of Generalissimo Kazan's encirclement and suppression of dragon soldiers has taken shape. The temporary counterattack of the War Dragon Knights could not reverse the trend of the entire battlefield as they wished.
As soon as the swift figure of the Battle Dragon Knights had flown halfway to the scheduled distance, Generalissimo Kazan's ballista troops had begun to rain down iron arrows frantically on the lonely dragon fortress. These dragon knights were forced to rise sharply due to the power of the rain of arrows, but this evasive behavior caused them to fly to the position of the ballista troops for a few points longer. The rain of arrows that poured out was also extended for a few seconds.
For each additional second of output, the number of arrows fired at the Dragons' temporary fortress increases. And these extra arrows rain are counted in hundreds!
As the first rain of arrows descended, the iron shields began to resemble a barren and fertile soil that was rapidly overgrown with weeds. The difference was that on top of these iron shields, there were dark iron crossbow arrows that glowed with cold light.
While the dragon soldiers were rejoicing that this group of ignorant humans had left them such a good defensive weapon, something that made them almost collapse suddenly happened.
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One of the dragon soldiers suddenly smelled a puff of gunpowder, followed by a dense and loud explosion coming in from the perimeter of the defenses. And this improvised defensive fortress also collapsed rapidly in the sound of explosions that spread rapidly.
Yes, these poured iron arrows were filled with a certain amount of gunpowder. Such a design was not an improvised idea of Generalissimo Kazan, but a strategy that was collectively discussed at the original military conference.
In the process of encirclement and suppression, a large number of defensive weapons such as shields will inevitably be used, and on the battlefield where the war is in chaos, such defensive weapons will inevitably fall into the hands of the Dragon Legion because of the continuous stalemate of the war. If they formed a strong, makeshift fortress with these high-quality shields, their regular attackers would be useless. And he can't expose such a weapon of war as a magic cannon too early, because once the dragon side discovers the horror of these magic cannons, then these war weapons that have only been used once will definitely be attacked by them first. When the time comes, this encirclement and suppression force, which has lost its minions, will be just a group of "rabble" without any combat power.
Therefore, around such an issue, the senior generals have launched a heated discussion on this. During this period, there were those who said that they would give up the use of shields; It is also said that even if these shields fall into the hands of the dragon soldiers, they will not cause any trouble to our department. Proposals like this were immediately rejected by Generalissimo Kazan on the grounds of the urgency of the battlefield situation and the rapid changes in the situation of the war.
It wasn't until a long debate that a senior officer of the firearms battalion slowly expressed his opinion. I'm not afraid that this group of dragon soldiers is too smart, but I'm afraid that our tactics are not flexible enough. If, when they are at a disadvantage, they quickly form a temporary line of defense with the shields dropped by our troops, then they can only blow them up with the unique "flying thunder fire" of our firearms battalion.
Such a proposal was quickly approved by Generalissimo Kazan.
This flying thunder fire is this kind of domineering iron arrow that will explode on the battlefield now.
Although this iron arrow is thicker than a normal iron arrow, because its interior is hollow and the empty part is filled with gunpowder, the total weight of this iron arrow is still lighter than that of iron arrows made of pure iron.
Such a flying thunderbolt is limited by the length of the lead, so it must be fired at a suitable distance. If such a weapon is fired at a distance, it will explode on its own as it burns up the predetermined length of the lead during flight. The actual result is nothing more than an unusually expensive firework. Although it is also possible to increase the effective range by increasing the length of the lead. However, such an optimal design of such an outrageous destruction weapon will only greatly reduce the performance and stability of the weapon, and an unstable offensive weapon will also have a great impact on the rhythm of one's own battlefield. After all, no one wants to meet a pig teammate who drops the chain at a critical moment.
This is also an important reason why these ballista troops will be withdrawn from their hiding places en masse and move to the center of the battlefield under such an urgent battlefield situation.
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With a big wave, such flying thunder and fire poured down towards the temporary fortress of the dragon soldiers. The group of dragon soldiers who were cowering inside, under the leadership of the leader of the battle dragon knights, quickly abandoned this so-called "safe fortress" and quickly broke through in the direction of the Dragon Palace.
Just after he made such a decision, he suddenly found that the power of those iron arrows and arrows flying towards them seemed to have increased a little.
Yes, in this second wave of rain of iron arrows and arrows, there are both flying thunder and fire, as well as ordinary iron arrows. But this ordinary iron arrow, launched at such a close distance, must be much more powerful.
And this group of dragon soldiers is not as full of energy as at the beginning of the war, and now they can be said to be all wounded and tired. Even though a strong desire to survive arose in their hearts because of the imminent arrival of the dragon, they were also suppressed in the face of this dense spring rain of arrows.
Gradually, in this team of troops who wanted to forcibly break out, dragon soldiers began to be hit by arrows. As the number of seconds of the rain of arrows continued to increase, the number of dragon soldiers in the middle arrow also increased rapidly. As the dragon knight who led the battle team roared out in mourning, he was the only dragon who was left standing on this battlefield like Shura hell. As for his fallen subordinates, some of them closed their eyes forever because they were so badly wounded; Others fell to the ground and struggled because of the severe pain of the arrow wound. Although this behavior was very shameful to them, under the torture of several such shocking arrow wounds, even the strongest dragons couldn't help but frown slightly.
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Although the ten dragon knights did not suffer any substantial damage, the 113 dragon guards were completely scrapped under the fierce attack of Generalissimo Kazan's combination punch.
I don't know if after the mad dragon Hess arrived, he found that most of the subordinates he wanted to rescue had been damaged, and at that time, what kind of earth-shattering roar would he burst out?!