Chapter 51: The Barrier Weakens
The six mage classes were divided into two groups, taking turns to shine the dispersal rays on the shield on the west side first, and the three dispersal rays were arranged in a zigzag pattern, covering a relatively large area as much as possible.
Immediately after that, the twelve 120mm pneumatic cannons equipped with shield-breaking shells began to fire in unison, which were not fired with gunpowder, the artillery positions here were much quieter than in that world, and there was no flamespray in the muzzle of the cannons, and the god of war seemed to have a little less momentum, but when the shells fell, the effect was quite shocking.
With a deafening explosion, the cannonballs exploded in clusters of dazzling sparks on the shield, covering the entire western shield as if it were burning. After the flames were extinguished, a clear notch appeared in the shield. It was about the size of a basketball court, roughly circular, and uneven around it. However, that position just left the West Gate behind the breach.
Then the remaining twenty-two 80mm pneumatic guns and more than a hundred mortars began to fire ordinary shells. There were quite a few shells that didn't hit the gap and still hit the shields around them, but at least nearly half of the shells went through the gap. In the first round, dozens of shells were poured on the tower of the West Gate.
The tower was covered in smoke and fire in an instant, and the stone bricks of the tower, even if they were reinforced by magic, could not withstand the ravages of the cannonballs, and after the first round of shelling, the tower collapsed a corner, and almost all the battlements on it were wiped out. And the soldiers who stood in the city turned into ashes at the first time. There was originally a Blackguard squad on the castle tower, with two mid-level knights and a mid-level mage observing the enemy. But under the cover of artillery fire, they had no chance to escape, and even the ice shield cast by the mage only blocked two cannonballs, and was blown to pieces by the shield of the man.
After two rounds of shelling, the shield in the sky seemed to have recovered somewhat, so the artillery commander replaced the twelve 80mm pneumatic guns with shield-breaking shells. Once again, the gap was blown out, and twelve more powerful 120mm cannons were involved in the bombardment of the city walls.
After fifteen rounds of artillery fire, the west gate was completely reduced to rubble, the rubble was piled up into a small slope, and the surrounding city walls were also shattered in several places. The entire western wall of the city had been evacuated from the enemy, and the walls that had not yet collapsed were empty, and from this side Suero looked like an abandoned and empty city.
Some of the fallen gravel piled up directly on the slope into the city, and it was difficult for carriages and horses to get in and out of this opening. Some of the shells crossed the back of the city walls due to the angle, and the flames caused by the explosion set fire to more than a dozen houses, and wisps of black smoke rose from behind the city walls, giving Suero a real taste of the arrival of war.
Wang Jiyuan watched as the shield gradually returned to its original state after the shelling stopped, and said to Gabriel: "The shield has recovered too quickly, and the gap has been maintained for too short a time, we can destroy the tower, but it is too late for the infantry to enter the city." ”
Gabriel said, "With our current strength, that's how it goes." If you change the attack point, you can constantly destroy the buildings in the city. ”
Wang Jiyuan said: "Do you mean to destroy the will of the enemy by destroying their cities step by step?"
"That's right. If you can't destroy the city defense barrier for a long time, then this is the only way. ”
"In that case, all I get is a ruin. I'm still looking forward to seeing what Xiao Chen can do. Wang Jiyuan said to the messenger beside him: "Order to go down, let the artillery battalion and the mage class repair and meditate for half an hour, and the other departments pay attention to protecting the enemy's counterattack." ”
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Xiao Chen hid in a corner and propped up a few ice shields on his body. Although the area is not yet covered by artillery fire, there are already houses not far away that have been hit by shells, and smoke is billowing up. He had just seen the destruction of the tower at the West Gate from afar, and he knew in his heart that even if he was a high-level mage, if he was covered by such artillery, he would not be spared.
The greatest power of human beings lies in the use of wisdom to create and use tools. No matter how powerful an individual's magic and martial arts are, it is impossible to put them into research and then harness those powers on a large scale and in an organized manner. No matter how high the realm of multiple people is, they are still weak in front of a collective that can wield similar strength. It's like the magic used in these cannons is only a low-level level, and the soldiers who manipulate them have no magic ability at all. But in the face of them, Xiao Chen couldn't confront them head-on. He even believed that even in the face of God, the silver lining of humanity was here.
He shouted to the following: "Wang Jiyuan has already started fighting." What's going on with you guys down there?"
"We have destroyed two key points in the circle. But the pillar of light still hasn't weakened significantly, and I hope the point will be useful this time. ”
She glanced at Xiao Bai, who was coiled in the formation and was a little sluggish, and said, "Xiao Bai is almost unable to eat." ”
"It's almost there! These stones must have been magically treated and are too tough. Elaina's hands were wrapped in black-purple light, and she pressed on Xiaobai's side on the circle, and the stone groove on the circle with the lines carved on the circle slowly turned into powder.
After about ten minutes, Elaine lifted her hands, and a pothole the size of a basin appeared where she pressed her hand. Then Xiaobai also broke away from the circle, and as soon as it left, the magic power would flow back to this position, but because the original route had been destroyed, a large amount of magic power gathered here in a disorderly manner, condensing into a ball of light that was getting bigger and brighter.
Tasia shouted, "No, this mana fluctuation is too dangerous, we have to retreat into the passage." ”
The four of them ran back into the passage as fast as they could, and as soon as they crossed the stone gate, there was a loud noise behind them.
"Get down!" Tasia roared.
A torrent of magic rushed out of the circular hole of the stone gate, and the warrior Charlie, whom they had just recruited, was hit by this magic because of his tall body and a little slower movement in the narrow stone passage, and after a dazzling light, only the lower half of his body was left on the ground, and the upper half of his body had long been gone.
"It's miserable!" Tasia sighed. She looked through the round hole in the stone door, and the circle in the room had completely dimmed, and the pillar of light was gone, leaving only some residual magical energy, fluttering in the room in the form of mist.
However, in the original position of the pillar of light, there were two more people, namely Xiao Chen and Master Kona.
"It's big enough. I was so frightened that I saw the pillar of light disappear, and I quickly jumped down from it. Xiao Chen said, he looked up at the void above, "However, we are still some distance from success. ”