Cowardice is not a shameful thing, especially when life is at stake, and it is not only not shameful to suddenly coax, it can even be said to be a very wise move.

You don't have heavy weapons, you don't have automatic weapons, and you need to wait at least a quarter of an hour for support to come. And there may be many people on the other side, and they are all a group of "thugs" who have almost no expectations for life and are ready to exchange their lives for a piece of black bread at any time.

Such a "thug" is capable of bursting with shocking impact. They can be cowardly, they can be cowardly. But driven by hunger and the leader, they were able to make the entire planet's large animals disappear into their stomachs.

There have been more than one time in the history of the empire when homeless mobs stormed towns. While it is no surprise that every shock event ended in a resounding victory for the Imperial Army, the graves of more than 30,000 Imperial Army soldiers in the "Honorable Soldiers" cemetery in Orin are a reminder to everyone in the Empire.

Don't underestimate the power of the thugs.

Dussaint was probably the nobleman in the entire empire who understood how terrible such a "crowd" was. The first Qin Liu Pavilion was in the front, and the Yuan Dynasty was in the back, and these people who tied their heads to the waistband of their trousers and risked their lives to fight for a fight can burst out with a power that can be passed down through the ages.

Dussaint doesn't want to be a stepping stone or backdrop for the other side's story that has been passed down through the ages.

Therefore, there is no shame in cowardly a little.

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After receiving a warning from Dussand, the naval officers quickly made the decision to call the landing ship to enter the field immediately. To do this, they activated the machine that looked somewhat like an armillary sphere mounted on the carriage.

The brass instrument quickly adjusts the angle according to the commands entered by the officers, and then completes the angle following and locking with a crisp "ding-ding-ding" prompt. A small square lens protrudes from the brass arm and wraps around the huge calcite in the middle of the armillary sphere.

A flame erupted from the crack in the lens. After about a few seconds, the flame disappeared in the middle of the lens. Instead, there is the intense sound of high-pressure gas gushing out of the combustion port.

This armillary sphere is actually a huge calcium lamp with its own reflector.

As the planetary engine-like heating continued, the calcite began to shine brightly. A pillar of white light went straight up to the sky, like a white jade pillar that reached through the sky.

"That's what the Navy uses to mark the entry of landing ships?" Dusson looked at the huge pillar of light curiously, and then exclaimed, "This thing looks more like an artillery bombardment indicator than the army's black chimney......"

Before the words fell, a sharp "tugging" sound suddenly sounded in the sky.

Everyone heard the voice, but the only one who responded to it was the captain who had just put on the armor of the Steam Knight and stood guard in the distance.

"Shelling, lie down quickly!!" Mr. Captain's voice even drowned out the ominous sounds coming from the sky for a while. But the officers of the Newsar garrison were still not as quick to react as they could have been, and it took them several seconds to understand the maneuver, and only after the logistics officer from Orin had rushed out of the carriage and collapsed down.

The reaction speed of an active-duty officer is actually not as fast as that of a logistics officer.

Compared to them, Dussand's movements are a little faster.

At the same time as Mr. Captain finished shouting, Dussaint directly twisted the knob in the Steam Knight to the fire gear.

He kicked his feet out and rushed to the side of the logistics carriage as fast as he could. Stretching out his giant steel hand, he directly tore open the carriage.

Lorraine was curled up in a wooden crate covered with cotton to sleep, which saved Dussander a lot of effort. He directly held the wooden box in his arms with Lorraine, and then grabbed Polina who turned her head to look at the situation.

Where he grabbed was the back of the one-piece overalls that Polina was wearing.

A few seconds later, Dussand, carrying his arms, found a naturally recessed dirt pit. Without hesitation, he shoved the awakened Lorraine and Polina inside, and then covered the mouth of the pit with the steam knight's breastplate.

"Open your mouth, cover your ears, and squat on the cotton and don't move!" These were the last words that Dussander shouted.

Subsequently, the shells fell to the ground.

When a shell explodes, a strong shock wave is the first thing to be perceived. It was as if there was a large, invisible hand that slapped Dussander on the back - Dussand, who was directly stimulated by the strong shockwave, began to cough.

But he immediately stopped coughing.

To his horror, Dussaint found that he could barely fill his lungs with any air. No matter how hard he tried, it was as if his lungs couldn't expand at all.

The shelling time of more than ten seconds was incomparably long in Dussand's subjective feelings. When the dense sound of metal clashing on the armor plate behind him stopped, Dussand, whose face was almost purple, eased up. He took two sharp breaths of the earthy air and gunsmoke, and then picked up the wooden frame containing Lorraine and Polina, who had lost their faces and were scared to cry together.

In the smoke and dust, the experimental vehicle No. 2 and the other two carriages were all destroyed. The most damaged was the logistical carriage in which Lorraine and Polina had been riding. The gas canister on the cart seems to have burst into flames during the shelling – of course, it is also possible that a large-caliber shell hit it directly, and the entire wagon has completely disappeared.

Instead, there is a huge crater that looks deep.

Dusand himself carried Polina and Lorraine through the smoke of gunpowder, moving forward a little confused. Reason told him that it was time to leave the scene of the shelling as soon as possible and move towards a sheltered place. But he had no idea what he was moving in.

My father and the other naval officers didn't know what was going on. He wanted to go on a search and rescue mission, but he had to settle the two women he was carrying first.

With vague thoughts and thoughts, Dussander trudged through the smoke one foot deep and one foot shallow. The Steam Knight's right foot probably had some impact, and it always felt a little out of place when he moved.

After an unknown amount of time, Dussander suddenly saw a light flash in front of him.

"I've finally found you!" A pitch-black crow's beak burst through the smoke and dust and appeared in front of Dussand, along with the somewhat frightening beak of the bird, and the rough but happy voice of Mr. Captain.

Dussaint was about to greet Mr. Captain happily, when his gaze suddenly swept to the right hand of the steam knight.

Or rather, there should have been a right hand place.

There is nothing there.

The Captain seemed to be completely oblivious to the fact that he was missing an arm, and he patted Dussand's shoulder with his remaining arm with great enthusiasm. The two Steam Knights collided with each other with a loud metallic crash.

"We need to get out of here." Mr. Captain said, "The caliber of the artillery they use is not small, and it will take about a minute or two to fire again. Get out of here now, and we'll be safer. ”

"Sir, your hand ......" Polina finally reacted from the shock, and then looked at Mr. Captain's empty arm, and fell into shock again.

"It's just a bite from a bug." Mr. Captain looked at his bleeding arm and replied with a smile, "Let's leave quickly, so that I can take emergency measures to stop the bleeding later." ”