Section 457 Molotov cocktails
A few minutes later, all the giant "Sixes" began to disperse. Although the wall of fire in front of the rungs was not high, and the rising flames were no more than one meter between them and the ground, and even if the red giant stepped over with a body of more than thirty meters, the tongues of fire could not touch it, but they still looked afraid, and walked around both sides of the line of fire, walking out for more than two hundred meters, and then continuing to chase in the direction of the escape of the "food".
Shi Li looked at the area where the bow brigade was concentrated with great anticipation. At this moment, an unprecedented pride rose in his heartββββYes, I have discovered the secret of the red monster, and my achievements have surpassed Hu Yongxian and Shi Zhenghao, and I can be called one of the wisest commanders in the history of the lion clan."
In the darkness, there were dense flames that ignited, and as many as two thousand rockets with oil-soaked cotton cloth wrapped around their tips were ignited. The scene of their collective launch is spectacular, as if another starry sky in the night, with its own spirituality, flying into the distance at an astonishing speed in the night.
"It's so beautiful......" Shi Li muttered to himself as he rode his horse. He wondered how lyrical he was. For a man who is known for his boldness, this is indeed a bit out of character.
That damn red monster is really afraid of fire. They clearly have no experience in dealing with rockets, or should we say defenseless against such weapons. The dense rain of arrows instantly enveloped the entire area, in order to avoid the previous fire ring, the position of the giant "Six" was relatively concentrated, and the huge torso became the best bearer, even the red monster with the least number of rocket hits had dozens of arrows stuck in its body.
"Whew!"
The giant "Six" led by him erupted into an extremely high-pitched howl. It didn't have a mouth before, and the most important organs of the head were the eyes and nose. This determines that the basic behavior of the giant "Six" is mainly influenced by sight and smell, and then transmits information from the outside world to the brain. At this moment, it really feels fear and pain, especially the latter.
Hundreds of flaming rockets fell from the sky without warning. The "food" hidden in the darkness would resist and cause so much damage to themselves...... All this is simply unacceptable in the eyes of the giant "Six". Since its birth, all it has experienced is hunting and eating, which is the clearest picture that remains in the depths of its retarded brain.
It staggered backwards, a frightened expression on its face made of countless flesh and blood, indistinguishable from a suddenly frightened human in terms of movement and the direction of its body movement. The rockets that were fired into the body were soaked in flesh and quickly extinguished, failing to inflict deeper damage on the giant "Six" in a sustained burning fashion. However, the heat of the combustion caused the steel arrowheads to become hot, leaving black holes in the surface of the giant "Six", oozing a large amount of blood.
This is the self-healing method of the giant "Six", which is the same reason that humans achieve self-healing through cell regeneration.
"They're afraid of fire!"
"Everyone, come on!"
"These monsters are nothing remarkable, just use fire against them."
Everyone in the bow brigade fell into a state of euphoria. They are veterans carefully selected by the division. On the day that was about to pass, they experienced panic and fear, but it turned out that the red monsters that broke through the Lock Dragon Pass were not as powerful as they imagined, and they did not expect that they would be so vicious that they were as afraid of fire as children.
Soldiers with torches walked in front of the archers standing in a row and lit the arrows in their hands. The lead officer gave a loud command. The second and third waves of rockets were launched one after another, and the giant "No. 6" was forced to retreat continuously. All of them had their heads cracked open and wailed in their makeshift throats and internal organs.
Under the reflection of the shaking firelight, Shi Li's side face appeared contoured. He was equally excited by the victory in front of him, and issued a series of orders one after another.
"Infantry ready, let them seize the opportunity."
"Have the follow-up troops prepare torches, and everything that can be burned."
"You must pay attention, the fire cannot be extinguished, this is the key!"
The adjutant recorded and dispatched the heralds one by one. Looking at the giant "No. 6" wailing and retreating in the distance, he hesitated for a moment, leaned closer to Shi Li's ear and whispered, "My lord, I think...... Shouldn't you send someone back and report the situation here to Your Majesty? Meantime...... Let the reinforcements of other tribes know about it too? β
Shi Li slowly turned around and glanced at the adjutant.
The focus of these words is on the second half.
The unknown red monster is indeed powerful, and Shi Li has learned in detail about the combat methods and part of the information of the giant "Six" from the previous rout. At present, the effect of the rocket attack is very good, but Shi Li is not sure what level of damage this level of attack can cause to the giant "Six".
Fatal?
Seriously injured?
Or can it just knock them off?
After hesitating for a moment, Shi Li said slowly: "Send a herald to report the situation to the reinforcements of the Tiger Clan and the Dragon Clan respectively...... Especially the dragons...... Also, equip the herald with two horses, as soon as possible! β
Deep down, Shi Li actually rejected the dragon clan very much, and he was not willing to do this at all.
The contradiction between the dragon and the tiger has risen to the level of "the possibility of extinction".
These undead red monsters could be an opportunity for them to attack the dragons, which would be good for the lions.
The question is...... It's the whites who are driving these monsters.
Looking at the back of the adjutant in a hurry, Shi Li's side face illuminated by the firelight showed a touch of determination.
Even if the dragons are enemies, I have the confidence to defeat the young regent.
There must always be an order in which things are doneββββ first kill the whites, and then fight the dragons.
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A few hours later.
Shi Li has lost his previous confidence. He began to grow uneasy, and fear once again prevailed, overpowering arrogance.
Rockets can indeed cause damage to the giant "Six", but very limitedly.
Although the battle takes place at night, it can be seen that these red monsters have no real sense of the word. Even when shot in the head, they only shook slightly, stood (or sitted) in place for nearly half a minute, and then became active again. From this, it can be guessed that the head has a control center over the body, but it has a strong ability to repair itself.
The fuel in the stone trough on the ground had long since burned out, and for the giant Six, their fear of rockets was only the hot metal part. But burns are not fatal after all, and they are not willing to let go of the food in front of them after having tasted the taste of fresh meat. On several occasions, the frenzied giant "Six" roared, striding at the oncoming rockets in spite of the opposite direction, trampling the archers who had no time to escape, and then grabbing the bodies of the dead from the ground and throwing them into the huge red mouth that emitted a strong stench.
The division had to give successive orders to let the infantry gathered in the defensive positions retreat. At the same time, all the feathered arrows are gathered and wrapped in cotton cloth to make rockets.
Only with more than fifty archers firing at the same time, that kind of small, dense rocket can contain the giant "Six", making them feel that they are "too threatening" and turn to other directions for opportunities.
The tug-of-war continued all night, and the sun was already shining on the distant horizon.
Shi Li's face was covered with sweat, and the salty liquid washed out light traces from the dust, dirt, and blood clotted blood accumulated on his face. He didn't know how many times he had developed a deeper understanding of the giant "Six". Every time, apart from deepening the fear and letting the despair slide deeper and deeper into hell, there are no superfluous thoughts in the mind.
No wonder Hu Yong and Shi Zhenghao will lose first.
I'm running out of arrows.
If it weren't for the soldiers below who took advantage of the fact that the giant "Six" was not paying attention and secretly collected used arrows from the battlefield, the battle would not have lasted until now.
Shi Li thought about setting fire to this old riverbed and burning all the red monsters to death. This idea is only a flash in my mind, and it is not realistic at all, and it is not feasible. This required a lot of grease and flammable materials, and reinforcements rushing from Roaring City were unlikely to carry them in large quantities.
Holding on for more than an hour, watching hundreds of soldiers being grabbed by the giant "No. 6" and swallowed alive in their mouths, the collapsed division finally issued a retreat order.
It was a nightmare! One of the guards beside him was grabbed by the right leg by the giant red hand and dragged backwards like this. He kept screaming, his hands clutching at the ground. Shrubs, stones, soil...... Anything he could catch was cleaved tightly with all his strength as if it were a talisman. Ten fingers scratch blood on the ground, like a tug-of-war with the human body as a rope. In the battle of unbalanced strength, he still lost in the endββββ giant "Six" buckled his shoulders and stuffed it into his mouth, probably because he felt that the two feet that were kicking in the air and desperately separating to the sides in order not to enter the mouth were too annoying. The bright red giant hesitated for a moment, then freed his other hand, grabbed the guard's legs respectively, and pulled them hard to the left and right, directly tearing the person in half.
He would never move again, let alone struggle violently. The giant Six was very happy with this, and that was the food it liked and needed.
When he turned around and ran away, the clearest image that remained in Shi Li's mind was hanging on the mouth of the giant "No. 6", and a piece of intestines had not yet been swallowed.
Escape is a game of death.
Now Shi Li finally understood what the rout was sayingββββ although the giant "Six" was slow, their tall size offset the weakness in this regard.
A soldier fires the last rocket, and the flaming arrow hits the red monster in the left shoulder. Its mountain-like body shook slightly, and then it strode to catch up, bending down to grab the soldier who had no time to escape.
It was like a peasant woman catching chickens in a small yard.
Shi Li rode a horse and whipped desperately. He didn't care about that much, he didn't know exactly how long he had been running or how long he had escaped. Dominated by a strong desire to survive, he gradually overwhelmed the fleeing infantry brigade and rushed ahead of most of them.
Directly ahead, there was a dense gunfire like bursting beans.
Shi Li was stunned. The distance is very far, and I can faintly see that there are many people. Under the rapid search, the words "dragon people" rolled out from the depths of his mind. The overjoyed Shi Li picked up his whip again out of instinct, whipped his crotch violently, and galloped towards the reinforcements on the opposite side.
The helper is here!
Only the armies of the Dragons in the entire northern continent were armed with muskets.
Shi Li did not have a very deep understanding of this weapon, but he knew that the musket was necessarily associated with "flame" and "temperature".
The pained war horse galloped wildly on all fours, rushing towards the front at an astonishing speed.
Shi Li saw that there were neatly arranged soldiers in front of him, and the muzzles of countless black holes were pointed at him.
On the ground, there were hundreds of corpses of lion soldiers.
Stunned again, the frightened thoughts could not be contained, and the sharp spread spread to every space of thought.
Shi Li remembered yesterday, those Suolongguan routs who were shot in front of the defensive position.
How did I forget this?
The rout must not charge into battle!
Before the word "no" could be shouted, the gun on the opposite side had already gone off.
Shi Li felt that his body was pierced by countless sharp and hard objects, and he was constantly divided in an irresistible violent tear. More than a dozen explosions, large and small, all over the body. His eyeballs were blown off, his ribs in his chest were blown off, and even the hardest skull gave him the concept of "smashing" for the first time.
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Tianhao stood on a high platform made of several large rocks, and used his monoculars to look at the giant "Six" in the distance with his back to the rising sun.
He didn't know about Shi Li's death. It is common knowledge for all clan commanders to shoot the rout before the battle, and even the king of the clan does not have any privileges in this regard.
The retreating leon soldiers brought some news that confirmed Tianhao's previous suspicions.
This is indeed a powerful biological weapon, with obvious weaknesses.
The four red monsters rushed forward and were already in attack range.
Tianhao maintained the posture of holding the telescope in his hand and observed, and ordered in a calm and powerful tone: "Fire!" β
Yun Kai, the leader of the Praetorian Guard Legion, who was standing beside him, nodded knowingly and gestured to the adjutant, who stood on his feet and saluted, and turned to leave.
The powerful 105-millimeter cannon roared, and the shells whistled and exploded between the giant "Six" that was striding head-on, and then a large field of flames was generated.
The principle and structure of the incendiary bomb are simple.
As early as the time of the Rock City Lord, Tianhao discovered a large amount of oil that penetrated from the ground to the surface in the interior of the territory. It is not difficult to make oil refining, and the iron water tanks of the Syrian rebels in the era of civilization can make gasoline. Of course, this practice is extremely wasteful and will also cause environmental pollution.
In Tianhao's view, these problems can all be ignored.
Gasoline, a certain amount of sugar, and other combustibles, plus a metal casing and primer, is an improvised incendiary projectile.
Thanks to the early news from the people sent by the intelligence department stationed in Suolongguan, Tianhao replaced all the shells when he set off from Rock City.