Three hours later, reinforcements arrived...

It took only half an hour to assemble and carry supplies urgently, another half an hour to inspect vehicles and weapons and equipment, and two hours to get to the outside of Blackwater.

After all, it's heavy artillery, and you can't bump into it! Even experienced drivers only dare to drive up to 60 miles.

Such a gathering speed is okay according to the regulations, not fast or slow, It can be called decent! Compliance with regulations.

Seeing the reinforcements' truck parked in front of him, Ted put on his helmet and slapped Steve on the head who was dozing off: "The reinforcements are coming, don't sleep!" Get ready for the show! ”

Feeling the roar from afar, the soldiers of the assault platoon yawned and stood up, ready to meet the reinforcements who came to support!

With two infantry companies and an artillery battery, there would not be many trucks to help, at most 30.

But in fact, in order to give the team the combat ability to get out of logistics in a short period of time, a total of 120 trucks were brought this time, loaded with all kinds of weapons and ammunition, which seemed to be enough to arm a regiment!

Once all the troops had assembled, Ted ordered his troops to deploy their artillery and the infantry company to be deployed on the spot.

While everyone was making preparations, Ted called the commander of the artillery company and asked thoughtfully, "How much equipment and ammunition did you bring?" ”

Looking at the unloaded bullets and ammunition, the artillery company commander turned around, took out a notebook, took out a list from it, and read: "I didn't bring much... The bullets brought 40,000 bases, 3006, that is, 12 million rounds, filled ten trucks, and the rest were loaded with shells and spare parts, which could be bombarded for a long time~"

This way of reporting is normal, but the shell did not say it in terms of the cardinal number, but deliberately avoided answering.

But these could not escape Ted's sensitive ears, and he guessed that there should be something hidden here, so he quickly grabbed the company commander's hand, pulled him aside and asked, "You said bullets, why don't you tell the specific number of shells?" Could it be that you didn't bring enough? I remember when I registered ammunition in storage, there were quite a few of them! ”

The company commander hurriedly waved his hand to signal Ted not to think about it: "Sir... Actually, this is not a problem, it's just that our military department is arguing over the question of 'what should be the ammunition base'! In the end, the ammunition base of a cannon was not decided..."

Based on years of military common sense, as well as his own ambition and strong productivity, Ted put his hand on the shoulder of the company commander and said his thoughts: "Set 350 rounds, tell the military department, and say that it was set by me, the marshal..."

"But..."The company commander was stunned, he raised his hand and gestured for a long time, he didn't know what to say, he could only look at the list in front of him, and then look at Ted with wide eyes, and he couldn't say a word...

Seeing this reaction, Ted thought he was talking less?

But when you think about it, even if it's a rich old beauty, that's just the number! And that's just the ammunition base of one gun, if you add it to an artillery battery, that's 3,500 rounds!

Moreover, the march to fight is not just a base number of shells, but logistics supplies are sent one after another to meet the needs of the attack!

At this point, Ted may feel that he is detached from the masses again! He put down his lofty appearance, put on an approachable and kind face, and asked the junior officer what he thought: "What, do you think this number is not enough?" Should there be more? ”

The company commander hurriedly waved his hand, he reached out to wipe the beads of sweat on his forehead, and threw out the contradiction: "It's not... Commander! We're all thinking... Is it 100 rounds? Or 50 rounds? For the ammunition base of a cannon, you have so much more at once..."

Hearing this explanation, Ted finally understood what this group of people were thinking!

They thought that everyone was a regular army, just like in the previous era of cold weapons, ordinary soldiers didn't need to wear full body armor, they could use it...

But Ted doesn't think so! He, as a leader who intends to take the line of elite soldiers, shells and ammunition will definitely not be saved! In the era of cold weapons, then everyone has to be a plate knight and push the opposite side!

According to the standard of the north, the 120-man artillery company is equipped with 10 105mm Krupp howitzers, 8 people have one gun, and the rest are used as drivers and technicians, the number is just right! The ammunition is also based on accurate calculations, 2,000 rounds of high-explosive shells, 1,000 rounds of incendiary rounds, and finally a small number of flares and 500 rounds of multi-purpose rounds.

Not for anything else, just to show that he is arrogant and loves soldiers like a son!

Imagine that before the start of the war, you would bombard comfortably for a few hours, then eat the perfectly sugar-colored sweet and sour loin fried by the cooking class, wait for the shelling to be over, let the infantry and heavy machine guns shoot targets in the trenches for a while, and finally, let the commandos go up to harvest corn with submachine guns...

"Perfect!"

Using equipment to crush to reduce the dimension of the attack is much easier than using your brain...

As a qualified successor of a certain country and a certain doctrine, there is a cancer that has long been in the bone marrow and cannot be cured!

That's the phobia of lack of firepower! If you suffer from this disease, as long as the ammunition depot is not full, you will panic! If you want to slow down the symptoms of this disease, you can only produce shells endlessly, and fill the outside of the warehouse!

In addition, there is a saying that always alerts Ted: If you are poor, you will be interspersed with tactics, and if you are up, you will bombard him! If it doesn't work, then bomb it again, and if it doesn't work, then bomb it all day until it's solved!

Beside me, the mountain of ammunition boxes is not pride, but full of security! Cannon fire after cannon sound, like a heavenly sound, and like a divine punishment, brought devastating disasters to the enemy!

But 3500 rounds as the ammunition base is not the limit of the artillery battery, the accompanying 2 infantry companies are also equipped with 60mm and 81mm mortars, and the amount of ammunition they carry is again a long list of numbers ...

After careful consideration, Ted came back to his senses and told the artillery company commander: "Listen to me, the base number is set so much, stop arguing, go and prepare!" Be prepared for a direct bomb, but avoid the cages that hold people, they are innocent, and only those outside are damned..."

After listening to the order from the Supreme Command, he crossed out the number of shells on the list and changed it to 'Shell ammunition base: 30!' "No problem, you see! Sir! We've had a lot of training during this time, and it's a breeze to do that! ”

Ted looked at the ammunition base of 30, and was instantly full of confidence! That's more than 10,000 shells! No wonder there are 120 trucks!

"Ahem... Go ahead! I await your good news! You bomb for 2 hours first, and then decide whether you want to continue bombing or not! ”

...

At the head of the eastern city of Blackwater City, the fire that burned before because of the incendiary bomb has stopped, and the mountain of corpses that was originally ten meters high has been burned half!

Now only five meters tall remains, and there is almost no threat to the city!

But just when everyone was about to breathe a sigh of relief, the cannibals attacked again!

This time, because the fire had just scorched the corpse mountain, the human flesh was already cooked!

They rushed while picking up the corpses of their companions to eat, so as to replenish their energy!

This... It can be regarded as their original belief that 'death must be a full ghost'

On the city wall, seeing the cannibals rushing over like a tide again, Baron Tomato held on to the stone bricks on the city wall and said in a trembling voice: "They are here again, how much do we still have?" ”

"Back to my lord... It's only enough to last 2 days, and after that, I can only choose to demolish the houses to replenish the war equipment..."

Fortunately, there are indeed a lot of houses in the city, and if they are demolished, they can still hold on for a while: "In this case... Let's go ahead and mobilize the people... See if they..."

As soon as the words fell, I only heard the sound of 'whoosh' piercing the air one after another and coming into my ears...

Just when everyone was speculating about what this thing was, a roar that was louder than the previous explosion exploded in front of them again!

"Holy!" Baron Tomato leaned down and hid behind the city walls, only showing half of his head to observe, and by the way, he burst into a foul mouth: "Blyat! What the hell is this! ”

Because it was about to blow up the mountain of piled corpses, this time the 105mm high-explosive bomb directly hit the pile of corpses not far away! The resulting shockwave even reached the guards on the city walls.

Seeing that the lord felt unwell, the guards quickly came up and helped them walk back: "My lord, we are staying here, you better go to the back and rest!" ”

At the same time, the loud sound of the cannon firing mixed with the explosion was also noticed by Baron Tomato.

"This voice, from the east?"

He ignored the soldiers' support, but ran along the walls to the northeast of the city...

"This..."

It wasn't until he came to the northeast of the city that he could find the direction of the sound.

Based on his racial talents, he quickly pinpointed the specific direction, and in addition to that, he saw a thin layer of smoke!

Although this group of people is well hidden, they are still seen by the keen Tomato Baron!

"What is this? It's so powerful, it's even more powerful than kerosene? And you can hit so far! ”

...

In the distance, Ted jumped off the roof of the car and said to the artillerymen, "Well done, just bang at this frequency!" When their attack stops, we'll go up and observe the situation! ”

Just as he was about to cook himself a tomato pasta for lunch, he noticed that some of the infantry around him seemed to be fishing...

Once they set up the mortar, they stopped moving or firing, but sat in a daze.

"Huh! Why don't you open fire? Just let those big guys fight? ”

When the soldiers saw Ted coming to ask questions, a squad leader stood up and answered truthfully: "Sir, we just fired 20 rounds, and then the cannon switched to steel ball high-explosive shells, and the company commander told us to stop... Because in this case it is purely superfluous to fire, and it is also a waste of ammunition ...

"Oh? Switching to high-explosive steel balls? That's really unnecessary, if the cannon goes down, everyone will become a hornet's nest..."After saying this, Ted turned his head and pointed to the artillery company and ordered: "All change to high-explosive!" Don't use the ones with steel balls! Give the mortars some training opportunities too! Don't just buy heads! You have to share the training opportunities with others, too! ”

"Yes! Sir! "The artillery company commander quickly erased the number of heads from the record and signaled the artillerymen with large howitzers to exchange shells ...

Next, there was a mix of artillery and mortars, which continued to fall on the cannibals' offensive routes.

The cannibals rushed forward stupidly with cannonballs against the cannonballs because their brains were devoured by the virus, and even if their companions in front of them were blown into pieces of minced meat, they would not stop attacking.

Only fire can stop them! Because the constant pain will make them retreat.

So... Ted kept an eye on it and did not let the troops use incendiary bombs, but only used high-explosive bombs to bombard his face!

The originally planned shelling for 2 hours did not inflict a fatal blow on the cannibals, and each gun carried 3 bases of ammunition...

It's still the same saying, the belt has been brought, there is no need to pull it back!

It's like live-fire training...

As a result, the shelling escalated from 2 hours to 6 hours, from noon to dusk.

The residents of Blackwater City, from the original shock, then ran to the city to watch, and finally lost interest, and then went home to sleep.

Baron Tomato understood what was going on.

But he couldn't think of who did it?

According to speculation, these people are definitely not bad people, after all, with such a powerful weapon, it is easy to bulldoze Blackwater City!

Now, instead of attacking Blackwater City, they are helping themselves deal with the cannibals not far away!

In other words, when they came here, they must have something to do with themselves! And these cannibals happened to delay him!

"That's at least a thousand meters! How did they control this weapon? Could it be that they can see it directly? It can't be, even me! Eyesight and hearing aren't so good either! ”

This touches on the blind spot of knowledge, and no matter how much Baron Tomato racks his brain, he can't figure out why.

"Forget it, let's wait until they come..."

...

"Boom!"

Outside the city, as the last explosions ended, the six-hour shelling finally stopped...

"Oh my god! It's finally over! My ears are deaf..."

Baron Tomato took a bite of the tomato, got to his feet tremblingly, pressed his temples, and tried to settle his mind.

"Half a day! Half a day! OMG! I'm sure to ask what kind of weapon this is! ”

He didn't even dare to touch his ears, and when his fingers got into the piercings, the slightest touch would hurt him!

"Forget it, let the soldiers prepare, and welcome this mysterious guest well!"

...

On the artillery position, Ted wakes up Steve and the commandos.

"Eh, don't sleep, everyone! Pack your things and we're ready to go! Infantry and artillery companies are stationed here! The assault platoon came with me to take a look! ”

"Yes!"

According to the instructions, the commandos followed Ted into the two trucks and moved towards Blackwater.

Just as the vehicle reached the city, a monkey cry resounded in the sky!

In the woods not far away, the last remaining group of cannibals rushed straight towards Ted with sticks and machetes, without any rules!

"Someone is coming, there must be 2,000, what are we going to do?" Steve pulled out his weapon, loaded a fifty-round drum, and waited for Ted's order.

At the same time, the gates of the city were opened, and out of it came at least 1,000 heavily armed soldiers.

The captain strode out and made a gesture of please: "Gentlemen! Let's deal with the remnants outside the city, please enter the city quickly! ”

Ted didn't pay attention to the captain's words, and without waiting for the heavily armored guards in the city to line up, he asked the assault soldiers to pack their drums and line up to meet the enemy...

"Everybody, change to the drums! We've got 2 million cannibals, not less than 2,000! ”

After saying this, Ted turned his head to look at the captain of the heavy armor: "You're the captain, right?" It's none of your business here, you go tell Baron Tomato first, and say that the Earl of Hellington in the north has something to see him! In the team, there is also the fifth prince Steve! Let him prepare! ”

According to the etiquette of the empire, when making an introduction, people with high status must be reported first, but this is not a formal meeting, but similar to a kind of private interview, so there is no need to be so popular, and the registration is more casual.

I heard that two nobles came to visit, and one of them was a prince! Although this prince doesn't have much power... But it's also royal: "This... I'll go! Wait a minute! ”

As soon as the words fell, the cannibals from a distance rushed to a distance of 500 meters!

The phantom at this distance, coupled with the background of dusk, combined with their hysterical oozing laughter, made the scalps of the commandos present numb and uncomfortable.

On the contrary, the heavy-armored guards on the side, after so many days of brainwashing, seem to have gotten used to it...

"Everyone! Crossfire, don't hold the trigger and fight for a bullet to eliminate an enemy! ”

Hearing Ted's high demand, Steve rolled his eyes fiercely and raised the bar, "Isn't it wrong?" This is a submachine gun! How is it possible to have one enemy with one bullet? ”

Ted smirked and responded, "Don't mess with me!" I mean fight! Just listen to it and it's over, there's no need to be serious! ”

"Oh...!"

300 meters...

200 meters...

Once the cannibals were within range of their guns, Ted shouted, "Fire at will!" ”

At the sound of an order, more than thirty Thomson spewed fire, and even illuminated the path ahead! And the ogres who rushed to the front also fell to the ground.

After they died, inertia made them rush into the street, and the dog gnawed and dragged ten meters before stopping!

Even if the person in front falls, the person behind will not slow down, some will trip, and some will rush out!

Such a scene is like the grandparents who are about to rush into the discount mall, even if the person in front of them falls, they have to step on them and rush in in order to grab the cheapest eggs.

It was also because of this scrambling and disorderly suicidal charge that the soldiers gained enough time to shoot.

The one in front fell, and by the way, tripped the cannibals in the back ... Even if you don't fall, your body will be shredded by the flying bullets.

The enemy, who had a certain impact, ran slower and slower under the hindrance of the corpses all over the ground.

Their impact was finally consumed by the buffer belt full of corpses!

More than 2,000 cannibals, in just 10 minutes, turned into a mountain of carrion corpses.

Once Ted confirmed that no one was alive, he ordered the soldiers to drop Molotov cocktails in front of him to make up for it...

At this time, the heavily armored soldiers who stayed on the side were all stunned in place, you look at me, I see you are at a loss!

It seems that their arrival is completely superfluous, like clowns, contracting all the embarrassment.

"Let's go, take us to your Tomato Baron! We're here to help! No malice! ”

"Uh... No problem, my lord! This way, please..."

Boarding the truck, following the road, under the guidance of the leading deputy captain, the group stopped in front of the city lord's mansion...

Now, the outside world is more dangerous, full of refugees, and caravans can't get in and out, so Ted and the soldiers take up the work of merchants, carrying goods for short distances.

This time, they introduced Valentine's goods to Baron Tomato: "Everyone! Bring our specialties and expand foreign trade by the way! ”

"Yes! Sir! ”

But after this time, there will be no trouble in the short term...

It's just that those who are in cages, they don't eat people, they won't be killed by Ted.

According to the number estimates, there are about a million people, and that... That's the real problem!

Because of the war, but also because of the nobles' wanton accumulation of wealth and malicious grain! Their original stable life was disrupted, and now. No matter what remedial actions are made, it will not help...

But Ted's mind and previous plans weren't covered!

Since you want to promote the Sun God Cult, starting with this group of people is the best choice!

The pain of their displacement, the suffering of displacement, all the disasters and pains they encountered along the way! All can be thrown to God who has done nothing!

Get them done, all you need is a cheap turkey burger, and french fries and cola! Afterwards! In the name of the sun god, you can accept these ignorant cultists!

No matter how sincere their previous beliefs were, driven by their stomachs and intimidated by the cannibals not so long ago, they would abandon their faith in God and instead believe in the Sun God, fueled by Ted!

What fosters the growth of religion is never a peaceful and prosperous era! This period of war and chaos is the breeding ground for religion.

Now's the right time!

When everyone was about to starve to death, a man bathed in holy light stepped forward! He! Standing on a truck covered in white paint, handing out burgers inside the truck one by one to the hungry victims...

Even if you are a non-believer, you want to eat the food in front of you and fill your stomach! At this moment, he also had to shout 'Allah to the sun god!

...

In the auditorium, Baron Tomato couldn't hold a dinner according to the specifications because of insufficient supplies, but this was exactly what Ted meant~!

"The two of you smiled, our strategic granary is in the barren mountains 20 kilometers to the north, and now there is no way to go over to get food, so we can only use these to entertain the two of you first..."

Ted waved his hand and motioned for the soldiers to place the two boxes they had brought with them in the empty seats on the table.

"It's alright... Ahem... Let's not say polite words, the main intention is to talk about the last thing, let's talk about these things I brought, I~ I am also a businessman, I want to do a business with you! Please see..."

As he spoke, Ted pulled out a glass-filled can of tomato pasta sauce from the box and unscrewed the lid again!

"Bang~"

The moment the lid of the can was opened, a rich and mellow tomato flavor quickly spread until it filled the entire reception hall!

And the blood of Baron Tomato, at this moment! Forced to wake up! He calmed his violently beating heart and straightened the neckline of his clothes so that he didn't look excited: "This... What does it taste like? Is it a tomato? But the taste is more violent! ”

Ted nodded, motioning for the person next to him to hand the open pasta sauce to the tomato baron in front of him!

"This is concentrated, one can is about equal to the nutrition of 16~22 large tomatoes! The jar in front of you is about 20 pieces! Speaking of this, Ted put down the water glass and continued to joke with a smile: "I didn't expect Baron Tomato to be so obsessed with tomatoes, it's really worthy of his reputation!" ”

Although it was a joke, the attentive Ted noticed that something was wrong!

Normal people, even if they love tomatoes, will not behave like this! It's like a man who sees a beautiful woman, although he drools, he will wait until he gets home to do what he likes to do, not on the street!

But the tomato baron in front of him, his sharp eyes, as if there was an ancient call from the blood, were about to erupt immediately!

Even if the people of this world are white-skinned... But under the temptation of tomatoes, Baron Tomato's skin is a little white...

"Shall I taste it first?"

"Please~"

When Baron Tomato opened his mouth, Ted noticed that the teeth in his mouth didn't seem quite right...

At the same time, the system gave Ted a warning!

"Didi! Dark creatures detected! Please be careful! ”

"Creatures of Darkness!?" Ted muttered quietly in his heart, and then turned on the system's scanning function...

[Target: Baron Tomato, Name: Ben West Lew...]

[Race: Vampire!] 】

“blyat！”

Ted cursed fiercely in his heart, and the sudden situation made him completely unsure of what to do with this matter next?

"Helped a man-eating vampire yourself? Even if it's the same, it's tantamount to being embarrassed! ”

Judging by his impressions, Ted couldn't think of even the slightest beautiful legend about them!

This group of vampires, no matter at any time, is not a good thing, whether to talk about honesty or not is one thing, just sucking human blood is unacceptable!

[Didi! Note: This branch of vampires evolved from fruit bats, whose ancestors are one of the largest bats, flying foxes, and the source of their power is not blood, but lycopene...]

"Poof..."

Ted almost laughed out loud when he saw this commentary, but he was professionally trained! I can hold back.

"Since the source of power is lycopene, it does not suck blood... That saw the reaction of the concentrated pasta sauce... It makes sense! ”

There was nothing to talk about, but after learning that this group of vampires didn't suck blood, there was a turnaround...

The tomato baron in front of him, if he wants to become strong and powerful, he must eat a lot of foods containing lycopene!

But even if you only eat tomatoes, 20 a day, it's just a drop in the bucket for awakening power...

And the ketchup they made was not successful, and a lot of tomatoes were wasted! At most, the effect was only one-eighth of Ted's product, and they didn't continue to do it because of the lack of productivity.

According to the inscription on the stele, to gain the power to awaken their ancestors, they needed a lost condensed ketchup! One bite is equal to 20 raw tomatoes!

According to calculations, they need to eat a full 100 tomatoes a day to gain vampire powers! But their bellies are not so big that they simply can't achieve it!

But! With this amazing ketchup, you only need to eat five bites a day to maintain your strength!

...

As soon as Ted came to his senses, he found that Baron Tomato was drinking the pasta sauce in the jar in the most elegant way possible!

Seeing this, Steve was stunned, and he kindly reminded: "Well, that one is eaten with noodles... It's not for drinking..."

The Tomato Baron did not feel embarrassed, but played the specialty of the 'Tomato Baron'!

He smiled and picked up the scarf to wipe the residual juice from his mouth, pretended to be in tears, and said slowly with gratitude: "I didn't expect the Earl of Highrington to make such an outstanding tomato product!" I was touched! Because Baron Tomato is my title and a gift from my ancestors! Looking at such excellent tomato food... I can't help it... and ashamed..."

After saying that, he lowered his head again to hide his face and weep...

In this situation, Steve could only keep silent and wait for Ted to deal with the rest of the matter.