Chapter 22: The Great War (1)
The Shurima stopped two hundred meters from their position.
There was a strange smell of iron in the air, and a strange smell of burning.
It's like being in a steel mill.
An important part of Blue Feather's knowledge was military knowledge, and he knew what was going to happen in an instant.
Shurima's artillery preparations have begun!
Artillery preparation, that is, the concentrated use of artillery to carry out an organized and planned fire assault on the enemy before the impact of infantry and tanks, is aimed at killing and injuring the enemy's vital forces and enhancing the effect of the assault.
In World War II, the maximum density of artillery in the breakthrough area was nearly 300 guns per kilometer of frontage, the duration of artillery preparation ranged from 2 hours to tens of minutes, and the depth of fire suppression was usually about 3 kilometers.
And there are exactly hundreds of Shurima battleships attacking in the air! In a sense, the Shurima army has the level of firepower of a modern army!
Everyone looked up and saw that the high-speed spinning sphere on the magic ship began to burn, emitting a blazing light that illuminated the dark half of the sky.
The surrounding priests swung their canes downward.
A ball of fire broke away from the central sphere and was thrown into the air, flying towards everyone.
Chen Yang deserved to have been a soldier, and when he saw the conditions, he shouted in reaction: "Shelling! Lie down! Cover your ears and open your mouth wide! ”
As soon as the words fell, everyone immediately fell down, only Akzam, Lan Bing, and Liu Xiaoxiao were still standing in place.
Chen Yang and Shen Mengfei were quick-eyed, they didn't have time to think about it, they pounced on Akzam and Liu Xiaoxiao respectively, and Lan Yu pounced on Lan Bing.
Blue Feather immediately activated the power of entropy, preparing to plunder the order from the battlefield.
There was a loud bang --- a bang, and a heat wave with a burnt smell came.
Beads of fire fell in the middle of the infantry formation, exploding a cloud of pale green flames and a scream. Another bead of fire followed, followed by another.
There was a wave of heat with the smell of barbecue in the array, almost causing the five people lying on the ground to vomit.
A fireball exploded exactly 100 meters away from everyone, and several Acacia warriors melted into charred ash on the spot, while many more people did not know how to lie down and were swept away by the shock wave.
When they hit the ground, they bled - they were shocked to death by the shockwave!
A corpse smashed right into the queue of five, blood flowing from the corner of his mouth on Blue Feather's shoes.
Despite the horrific scene, the Aecasia warriors did not break up like the ancient armies and still held their ground.
The three of them held back the buzzing ringing in their ears and spat out the mud that had gnawed into their mouths.
Lan Yu immediately used the healing effect of the power of entropy, and everyone's tinnitus disappeared immediately—except for Liu Xiaoxiao!
Akzam saw the "shelling" for the first time, and he was not mentally prepared, and it is understandable that he could not react. But Lan Bing and Liu Xiaoxiao shouldn't be unable to react.
Faced with questioning, Liu Xiaoxiao trembled and couldn't say anything. Lan Bing explained: "I just .... Feel the emptiness...... It feels like being targeted by a sea monster in the dark sea... I want to move... But I can't move..."
Hearing this, everyone was relieved, and then they all looked at Liu Xiaoxiao dissatisfied.
The latter remained stunned, as if he had been stupefied.
More beads of fire flew out, instantly igniting the sky, but instead of hitting the position, they swayed in the air.
A fleeting bright light illuminates the gloomy afternoon.
Acacia sorcerer floated his staff in the air, veins of magic pulsing between them. The air around them was shrouded in a shimmer of light, as if a curtain had been drawn. This is a magic shield that intercepts flying items.
The orb then turned around and smashed into the ranks of Shurima's pikemen.
"Ah~" a scream came.
More screams: "Uh~..... My leg! My leg! ”
The advance of the Shurima was halted, and the military qualities of the slave soldiers were not comparable to those of the elite troops, and they did not lie down in the artillery fire like the elite soldiers who led the group.
They tried to escape, but all the deserters were beheaded by the Overseers behind them.
More fireballs shot out of the Shurima battleship, but all of them slammed into the magical barrier around the army, exploding in mid-air.
Loud cheers rang out from the front, drowning out the screams of pain. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, glad that they had not been directly hit.
The miserable wounded were dragged to the rear by their comrades and handed over to the care of the women. It was tempting to stay behind, but the Aycasias were descendants of the Explorer King, and they were so brave that the warriors who escorted the wounded rushed back to their positions in the line as quickly as possible.
The mages of Acacia were obviously under a lot of pressure, but their power kept the Shurima bombardment at bay.
Blue Feather glanced back at the tent on the top of the pyramid, the priests were using all their strength, and the summoning ceremony was about to be completed.
Void......... Once the Void erupts, Acacia will be engulfed in an instant.
He looked at it for a little longer before his eyes felt a tingling pain, and he protected them with the power of the stars and continued to observe.
(My eyes stinged after looking at it for a while, so how strong should the mage casting spells in it be?) )
"Steady!" Sejax said to the army that had begun to panic after being shelled.
"The enemy is marching now! The time has come to test us! ”
Only then did Lan Yu turn his attention back to the enemy army in front of him.
The Shurima regrouped and began to charge, charging towards the Acaciates.
The archer line fired a round of arrows, and dozens of Shurima soldiers fell. Bronze plates and shields saved some lives, but at such close range, some arrows pierced the breastplate and killed the enemy.
Under the coercion of the warlords, the slave soldiers no longer retreated, and everyone knew that at this time, the only way to retreat was death, and only by defeating the enemy could they live.
Another round of salvo shots hit the Shurima people, followed by another.
At the same time, the ballistae on the walls of Acacia were firing in unison, and the bolts with explosive magic pierced through Shurima's slave soldier phalanx one after another!
Hundreds of people fell. Shurima's front was uneven and disorderly.
After a rain of arrows of hatred, the Acacians rushed to charge at the enemy line with a deafening sound of killing.
"Up!" Sejax sensed the fighter plane, and he yelled. "Rush in!"
Hearing this, he immediately threw the "negative entropy field" gain of the monomer to Sejax and Cogelin.
Akzam's teeth "clucked" and fought, not knowing whether it was excitement or fear. Everyone set up a formation, Chen Yang, Lan Yu, and Shen Mengfei, wearing cloth armor and standing at the front of the team with a long sword in hand, forming an arc that formed the front wall.
Liu Xiaoxiao and Lan Bing stood behind with spears, they were responsible for stabbing the stopped enemies with their spears and supporting the front row, and Lan Bing and Akzam were responsible for fire support. And always ready to throw grenades - Akzam has been told how to use grenades.
The team had just taken a step, but Lan Yu found that Liu Xiaoxiao was standing in place and was stagnant.
(I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I can't die)
Liu Xiaoxiao's lips pursed, and she said something indistinctly, her face bloodless.
Lan Yu shouted at him, "Don't be in a daze! Get ready for battle! ”
The infantry formation slowly flattened its spears and prepared to charge.
Seeing this, Chen Yang was anxious, he stepped forward and grabbed Liu Xiaoxiao's collar, and said quickly: "If you want to be killed or trampled to death by the Overseer team, just be in a daze here or simply run away." ”
Hearing the word death, Liu Xiaoxiao was excited, sobered up, and stood silently in his position.
......
The army charged forward like a wedge, and the crowd was swept forward by those behind them. As they ran, the Acacians drew their weapons and shouted to give themselves courage.
The scratches on the Shurima's visors, the metal pieces on their helmets, and the blood stains on their weapons were clearly visible. Their faces were equally hideous, excited and fearful.
The Acacians thundered into their wavering line. There was a violent tremor from the thrusting spear, and the long handle split and snapped under the strong impact.
The arms were raised, the iron blades clanged against the helmet, the screams of death, and the weakened and staggered body......
The officers let out a wild and brutal roar, leading the shouting soldiers to maintain the battle formation.
Others were stunned, standing in a battlefield full of dead bodies in confusion and bewilderment, and then the next second, they were in a different place.
Lan Yu looked at the human wall lined with spears and motioned for Lan Bing to throw a grenade.
A graceful arc crossed, and there was an extra "stone" under the feet of the Shurima people.
Before the Shurima could figure out why the enemy was throwing small stones at them, there was a "boom" and the grenade exploded, sending shrapnel flying.
The Shurima people despised the power of the grenade and did not lie down. The few unlucky ones closest to each other absorbed most of the power and were killed directly. The "negative entropy field" exerts a "vulnerable" effect on the enemy, and the bronze cuirass cannot block shrapnel at close range, even those who are a little farther away are also wounded by shrapnel.
The shrapnel was pronounced dead when it was embedded in their bodies - the Shurima doctors had the ability to surgically remove the shrapnel, but it was impossible for these slaves to be treated like this, and the problem of infection was unsolvable in this day and age.
The "Harvest Mark" on the hands of the five is shining rapidly.
The slave soldiers were shocked, unable to understand why their weapons had been in the hands of the enemy. Seeing this, Lan Bing threw several grenades in a row and fed them them.
After a few loud "booms, booms", the mentality of Shurima's soldiers completely collapsed, and the fear of death overwhelmed the fear of harsh military discipline.
In the midst of the commotion, the formation of the squad in front of them was completely disorganized, and the soldiers were forced to fight separately, and now everyone could rush in and kill them.