After Bryce and the others left, Raymond sat in the empty tent and sighed deeply.

Now Raymond feels like he has fallen into a cave that is getting narrower and narrower, and the further he goes, the narrower the road becomes, but he can't go back, he can only move forward desperately. But the more this happens, the more hopeless it becomes, and in the end it is a dilemma until it is unable to move.

This is a fitting description of his current situation, Raymond has to face not only the pressure of the enemy, but also the pressure of his own side, but he has to hold on, waiting for the opportunity that will not know when it will appear.

Raymond has never felt a strong sense of despair like this time, I'm really about to be cornered...

"Just accept their request, after all, with artillery, it will be much easier to defend, and maybe you can repel the Dirk army. ”

Raymond couldn't help but think of it, but he quickly shook it off, and a look of determination came back in his eyes.

No, don't back down!

After all, the coalition is facing an enemy almost twice its size, and I must not leave anything to chance, I must persevere!

The perseverance that passed on to his mother re-established Raymond's confidence. He told himself very clearly that even if everyone was against it, he would never use the cannon until the time came.

Come on, Renard, it's up to us to make it to the end!

After redefining his goal, Raymond felt a sense of relief. But at the same time, I am also quite distressed, although I have to wait for the best time, but when will the opportunity come?

Renard was a shrewd man, and he would never act rashly until he knew what the cannon was. But unless he saw it with his own eyes...

Hey, wait!

Suddenly, Raymond realizes that he has been caught in a misunderstanding.

Himself has always kept the cannon a strict secret. For fear of revealing the secrets. And the more this happened, the more cautious Renard became, and finally got into the current stalemate.

Since he wants to see it, then give it to him.

Thinking of this, the more Raymond thought about it, the more feasible he felt, and he immediately ordered someone to call the dwarf Ozama.

Ozama enters the tent. Raymond's first words were: "Did you bring those iron balls?"

Whining!

The next day, with a long trumpet, the Dirk army rushed towards the fortress of the pass.

The coalition forces have long been accustomed to this. Under Bryce's command, the soldiers moved quickly, and all kinds of equipment to defend the city were moved to the front, ready to crush the enemy.

However, just when everyone thought that today's battle would be another long tug-of-war. But he saw a group of people led by the dwarves and walked up to the city wall.

The soldiers recognized those people, they were Raymond's "artillerymen", but since the beginning of the war, Raymond refused to use artillery, and they have been idle.

Now these people are on the city wall, does it mean...

"Mistress Raymond, who are you?" said Bryce, surprised and delighted.

Raymond nodded: "I've thought about it. It is not an option to continue to hide, so let Renard see the power of our cannons. ”

The move immediately drew cheers from the soldiers. After all, these mysterious weapons have been placed for so long, and now they are finally going to be in actual combat, and everyone has great expectations.

Subsequently, under Raymond's order, the artillerymen quickly removed all the cloth from the cannons, and at the same time the people had already brought up several boxes of shells.

Open the lid and take a look. It was full of solid iron balls. This is the most primitive solid shell, Marie and Alina have long developed better shells, a few days ago Haydington even sent a few real "shells", that is, at the suggestion of Saul, Mary's mother and daughter finally succeeded in developing a new type of shell.

That shell was filled with gunpowder. It explodes when ejected, and it is extremely powerful. It's just that the manufacture is really very difficult, especially the manufacture of shells is extremely precise, far more than solid shells.

Marie even used the shell of the monster, which led to the surprisingly high cost of such shells, and only a few have succeeded so far. In the future, unless the process is improved, it will be difficult to be used on the battlefield in large quantities.

But with so many improved shells, Raymond gave up all of them, and instead used these iron bullets that had been eliminated, what was his intention?

At this time, with all the cloth uncovered, the true face of the cannon finally appeared in front of everyone on both sides of the enemy. The huge barrel of the cannon pointed out of the fortress, and it was majestic.

The enemy immediately noticed this situation, and the Dirk army, which was preparing to attack the city, immediately stopped, and many soldiers looked at the barrels of the black holes, all showing fear.

The news soon spread to the camp in the rear, and Renard and the generals hurriedly came to the outside of the barracks and looked at the cannons on the city wall.

Raymond finally couldn't hold his breath. A general said in surprise.

In the past half a month, the Dirk army has also not had a good time, after all, they are different from the coalition army, they are alone, and the war has dragged on for so long, which is very unfavorable to them.

Even as Bryce feared, it was really proposed to leave a part of the forces to block the coalition army, and the army went back to attack the city of Orat and capture Sofia, but Renard refused.

In the face of his subordinates' strong request for an all-out attack, Renard refused because he couldn't figure out the reality of the cannon, and he was also under considerable pressure.

Now that Raymond has finally succumbed, this makes Renard secretly relieved.

"Very well, just let me see how powerful your 'baby' really is. Renard said secretly.

Then, he ordered: "Order the whole army to hold their positions, and no one is allowed to act rashly." Let the besieging troops continue the attack and not be allowed to retreat. ”

The heralds quickly passed the order, and the siege force of the Dirk army moved again, slowly approaching the fortress.

The front team of sword and shield men held their shields to defend against arrows from the walls, followed by assault soldiers and tomahawks. Some soldiers carried ladders, a crash truck, and a siege tower, but they were too heavy and fell behind.

Since Raymond evacuated all the people of Gaspard, the road was barehead. The Dirk army did not capture enough men, let alone plunder.

This severely affected their logistics, allowing the Dirk army to produce only a simple batch of siege engines. Fortunately, the fortress of the Giant's Seal has not been completed, and the situation of the two sides is half a catty.

Watching the enemy advance, the coalition soldiers on the city wall used the wall one after another, ready to meet the enemy. The archers kept pouring arrows downward. The rain of arrows in mid-air was as dense as locusts.

"Hurry up, get the rocks ready, and don't let the crashing vehicles approach!" one of the commanders shouted.

The auxiliaries who assisted in defending the city hurriedly moved the grease and boulders to the appropriate positions, and destroyed them when the enemy's siege equipment approached.

Up to this point, the war had been the same as before, until the artillery joined the fray.

In the midst of the hustle and bustle on the city walls, the dwarves commanded the artillery to quickly adjust their gun positions, aiming their barrels at the enemy soldiers below.

In this half-month battle. Raymond has never used the cannon, and these artillerymen can only sit on the cold bench all the time, and even be ridiculed by other soldiers from time to time, and he has already held back his strength. Now they can finally show their skills, and their movements are all fast.

The artillery is dominated by dwarves, with human soldiers serving as auxiliaries. These dwarves seem to be natural gunners, both for the operation of machinery and for varsity accuracy. Determining the attack distance, etc., are very well set. The original gunner's operating procedures. That's what these guys summed up.

Under their command, the artillery was quickly put into position. The human gunner then skillfully loaded the gunpowder, stabbed it with a stick, and then inserted the solid projectile.

After determining the aiming distance for the last time, the dwarven gunner ignited the arquebus behind the barrel.

Then. As the enemy approached the fortress, the soldiers carrying the siege ladder stepped forward quickly, preparing to put the ladder on the city wall, while the people behind were still trying to push the crash truck and the siege tower.

At this moment, the gunner pulled down the firing device. The burning fire wire then ignited the gunpowder in the barrel.

Boom, boom, boom...

A series of loud noises were heard, and the 20 guns lined up on the city wall continued to spew flames and smoke, and the solid bullets were driven by gunpowder to bombard the enemy.

The sudden loud noise shook the entire battlefield, and it was the first time that the coalition soldiers on the city wall saw the scene of artillery firing, and the loud noise almost stunned everyone, and some even trembled their legs, and even their weapons fell to the ground.

And under the fortress, the enemy army was even more chaotic. All they heard was a series of loud noises, followed by a choking white smoke from the enemy's walls, and flames erupted, followed by a loud whistling sound, as if something was flying towards them.

Immediately after, there was a scene of blood and flesh splashing. Huge iron bullets flew into the enemy group, except for a few misses, flying over the heads of everyone, other iron bullets crashed into the crowd, when all of them were limbs split, flesh and blood splashed, a few iron bullets had a low angle, and it was the same as playing water, rolling and bouncing after landing, rolling out of the crowd of flesh and blood blurred "tracks".

And an iron bullet hit the siege tower, and directly interrupted the tall siege tower. In a crisp cracking sound, the upper half of the siege tower fell to the ground, countless pieces of wood rolled around, and I don't know how many people were killed.

After the first round of firing, the enemy forces under the fortress were already in complete disarray. Seeing for the first time the loud sound and terrible power of the shelling, no matter how brave the soldiers, they were filled with deep fear like frightened children.

Especially when he saw the piles of minced meat that were blown out by the shells next to him, even the veterans who had experienced a hundred battles couldn't help but turn pale and their legs were weak, and many people just sat down in the flesh and blood, vomiting nonstop.

This was the first appearance of artillery on the battlefields of this world, and although the most primitive solid bullets were used, this terrible weapon had completely shocked the Dirk army. No one could keep their composure in front of them, not even their own people on the city walls, and the coalition soldiers looked at the cannons as if they were monsters.

"Boss, boss, that's amazing!" Harlot was the first of the crowd to react.

He cheered loudly, "These things are so strong, why don't you take them out sooner? ”

Harlot screamed in a bit of a gaffe, while the others came to their senses. Like Harlot's feelings, Bryce and the others were surprised and delighted, such a good thing, why didn't Lord Raymond use it earlier?

Not to mention the overwhelmingly shocked enemy and the enemy, after the first round of fire, the dwarf immediately ordered the gunners to adjust their positions. Clean the barrel and prepare for the second shot.

For a time, on the battlefield of Nuoda, only this group of people were able to move as usual.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid!" At this time, the Dirk army gradually recovered. Officers of all ranks immediately shouted for the soldiers to keep their composure.

"Keep attacking!"

After all, after being strictly trained, the Dirk soldiers, driven by instinct, rushed towards the fortress again. It's just that this time the formation was scattered, and many soldiers looked frightened, and they didn't have the momentum they had before.

After a few minutes, the shells were reloaded, and the muzzle was adjusted to a new position. Then, the dwarven gunner pulled down the firing mechanism for the second time, this time. The coalition soldiers on the left and left were all far away, and some of the smart ones even covered their ears.

Boom boom boom ....

Once again, there was a flash of fire and white smoke on the walls, and 20 solid bullets whizzed towards the enemy.

Due to the scattered formation of the enemy troops, the damage caused this time was not as great as the first time, most of the shells killed only a few people, and only one accurately hit the position of the enemy commander, breaking it into pieces of flesh along with a few guards.

Although the damage dealt this time was limited, the morale of the enemy was already on the verge of collapse. Completely disintegrated under this bombardment. Especially when I saw the commander turned into a puddle of flesh, I don't know who shouted first. Follow all the Dirks and turn around and start fleeing.

This was the first time since the start of the war that the Dirk army had fled in formation, and the coalition soldiers cheered loudly as they looked at the dense fleeing enemy troops outside the fortress.

And the artillery seized the time and rushed to carry out the third round of bombardment. Although the enemy fled too far, almost no one was killed this time. But the effect of deterrence was even greater, and the Dirk army was already completely frightened by the artillery, and even in the large camp in the distance, there was a commotion.

In the Dirk army camp, Renard and others saw the whole process of firing the cannon. The loud sound of the cannon being fired, like exploding in their ears.

All the generals turned pale and were shocked by this powerful weapon.

"So, is that what a cannon is?" muttered a mighty general with a dull expression, "It's terrifying." ”

"Could it be that Raymond really got some kind of powerful magic item? The other hurriedly said, "Can you use the barrier defense?"

He questioned several magicians. However, at this moment, these people were also frightened, and one of them shook his head and said, "No, it's not a magic item, we didn't perceive any magic fluctuations. ”

"How is that possible!" someone immediately shouted in disbelief, "If it's not magic, why is it so powerful?"

Several magicians were also at a loss: "I... We don't know either. ”

The preconceived notions of this world have made them stubbornly believe that only magic can cause such lethality, and they can't think of other possibilities.

"Alright, be quiet. Renard stopped the crowd from shouting.

Although he was also very shocked, he appeared much calmer than the others. I heard him say, "Go and get the officers of that unit, and I will inquire in detail about the situation." Also, send someone to collect what the cannon shoots out and see what it is. ”

"Your Majesty, did that army punish a group of people severely if they deserted?" someone suggested.

The Dirk army was about to flee, and all the generals felt disgraced and thought that they should be severely punished according to military law.

Renard snorted: "Even the soldiers here are scared to the point that their legs are weak, what right do you have to blame them for being there." On the contrary, every soldier should be well pacified, and the wounded should be properly treated. ”

"Your Majesty is wise. The generals immediately bowed in response.

"Alright, Raymond, you've shown your cards. Looking in the direction of the Giant's Seal, Renard sneered, "It's time for me to play my cards next." ”

At the same moment, the Giant's Seal Pass.

"That's it?"

Looking at the empty battlefield, everyone was a little stunned for a while. The Dirk army was defeated so quickly that they couldn't react for a while.

In fact, the damage caused by this shelling was not large, and only more than 100 corpses were left on the battlefield, although the deaths were quite horrific, but compared to the scale of the attacking enemy, they were nothing.

The enemy was more intimidated by the might of the artillery. Morale collapsed and fled. However, this was enough to make the coalition forces very happy.

On the city wall, all the officers and soldiers were excitedly discussing these new weapons. It was too easy to repel the enemy forces today, which filled everyone with confidence.

"These things are so powerful. ”

"I thought it was just a bluff, why didn't Lord Raymond take it out sooner. ”

"With them, I will never be afraid of enemy attacks in the future. ”

......

"Damn. It scared the hell out of me just now. "It's not just ordinary soldiers, Raymond's side, Harlot's unique loud voice is also shouting.

"I thought it was thundering. ”

And Bryce and others, who saw the power of the cannon for the first time, were also excited. Even Hermy, who had always been calm, couldn't stop his excitement.

"Lord Raymond, these things are so powerful. Hermmy said to Raymond, "In this case, our defenses will be more solid." ”

Compared with everyone else, Raymond seemed much calmer and didn't see much joy. In the eyes of others, of course. His performance is called unfathomable.

Now that he has "performed" to Renard, will he be fooled?

Raymond turned his head to look at Dirk's barracks and sighed silently in his heart.

I've shown my cards, now it's up to Renard to play.

"Is this what the cannon fired?"

That night, in the Dirk barracks, Renard's tent was brightly lit. All the generals gathered around a table and looked at what was laid out on it.

Those were two solid shells collected from the battlefield. It was quietly placed on a white tablecloth, and the blood and dirt on it were still clearly visible.

"How can you launch such a heavy iron ball so far, what method did the other party use?" said a general who stretched out his fingers and tapped the iron bullet, feeling palpitations.

"If you are hit by this thing, even if you have thick armor, you will not be able to attack. "Another humane.

His words were echoed by others. From the accounts of the officers just now, they also learned that the people who were hit by the shells could hardly leave their bodies intact, which added to the fear of the people.

Renard found some officers and soldiers on the battlefield at that time. They were asked in detail about the shelling, and then the shells were shown to the generals.

However, everyone talked about it, but he just sat thoughtfully from beginning to end.

Finally, after watching the cannonballs, everyone returned to Renard's side, and everyone had a sad face.

"What do you think?" asked Renard.

Generals, you look at me, I look at you, and one said: "The power is very great, and there is no way to defend it." ”

Others also nodded their heads in expressing concern about the cannon.

"So," Renard said suddenly, "apart from its power, do you think it's anything terrible?"

"What?" everyone was stunned when they didn't understand why he asked.

Renard said slowly: "I asked the people at that time carefully just now, the first shelling, the most people died, by the second shelling, the number of people was greatly reduced, and when the third shelling, almost no one was hit, do you have any ideas?"

Hearing this, the generals all showed a look of thought. After a while, a person tentatively said: "These cannons, the hit rate doesn't seem to be high." ”

Alerted by him, others reacted.

"Yes, if you say that, it's like a stone to defend the city, just throw it farther away. ”

"It's just an iron ball, if you don't hit it, it's not a big deal. ”

"The main thing is that the sound and smoke are scary. ”

......

After saying such nonsense, everyone gradually understood what Renard meant, and felt that the cannon didn't seem to be so terrifying.

Seeing that he had succeeded in relieving the fears of the crowd, Renard continued: "Also, I have noticed that the frequency of fire from those cannons is very low, and it often takes several minutes to attack once, which limits their lethality even more. ”

"In addition, the accuracy of shooting is not high. According to people at the time, the enemy could not accurately hit the crowded places, so as soon as the formation was dispersed, the lethality of the artillery was much smaller, and there were many empty shots. ”

After Renard's analysis, the generals' fear of the cannon gradually decreased, and they began to think calmly.

Just having seen the shelling once, and then from the relay of the person concerned, you can accurately see through so many weaknesses of the cannon, and Renard's shrewdness is really admirable. No wonder Raymond is so afraid of exposing the existence of the cannon in advance, with such an opponent, he has to be extremely careful. (To be continued......) u