Crunch crunch...

Once reloaded, the dwarf in charge of aiming begins to orient. At their command, the gunner pushed the gun mount, adjusting the muzzle to the right position.

With the sound of mechanical turning, 20 cannons quickly took place, and the muzzles of the black holes pointed directly at the dense Dirk army below.

"Launch!"

With a loud shout, flames erupted from all the muzzles at the same time.

Under the fortress, a group of Dirk soldiers was storming the coalition defenses. The coalition had suffered heavy casualties, and the reinforcements had not yet arrived, leaving the rest of the men to fight to the death, and the situation was precarious.

Seeing that this was a breakthrough, all the nearby Dirk troops gathered around and gathered in large numbers on a short defensive line, the people in front were fighting, but the people behind were so many that they couldn't squeeze in.

At this moment, everyone heard a burst of cannon fire from the fortress.

"The enemy opened fire again. Many of the Dirk soldiers just whispered without even raising their heads.

They know that the enemy's shell is just an iron bullet, and if it hits the ground, it will kill a few people at most, and if they are unlucky enough to encounter a ricochet, as long as they dodge quickly, there is nothing to fear. These days, under the propaganda of the officers and their own actual feelings, the whole Dirk army has long lost the fear of artillery.

This time, however, they were destined to pay a heavy price for this contempt.

A cannonball roared in, and while it was still in mid-air, the whole shell suddenly separated, and dozens of small projectiles were shot out of it, which were propelled by gunpowder and slammed into the crowd at a very high speed.

Pss

A series of dense cracks of flesh were heard, like a stone smashed into the water, and a scarlet blood mist rose in Dirk's army in an instant.

The flying projectiles swept through the crowd mercilessly, killing several people in almost every one of them until they were exhausted. Suddenly, a large "gap" appeared in Dirk's army, and the corpses that had been mutilated by iron bullets were spread on the ground. A soldier clutched his pierced stomach and wailed in a pool of blood.

In an instant, everyone looked at this terrible scene in amazement, and their minds couldn't react for a while. Is this an enemy shell? How is it different from what we've encountered before?

At this time, the entire battlefield. The same scene was seen everywhere in the dense Dirk army, where bloody holes burst open in enemy formations, and grapeshots took a large number of lives with the first shot.

However, the battlefield was very large after all, and although the first shot killed and injured a large number of enemy soldiers, they were not greatly affected by the fierce battle. Except for some panic among the enemy soldiers around the place where they were shot, the fighting continued in the rest of the place.

And this anomaly on the battlefield has not yet been known to the enemy army.

Not long after, the second round of shelling of the fortress arrived. This time, except for grapeshot. Chain bombs are also added.

With a loud bang, a chain bullet came out of the chamber, still in mid-air, the wax that sealed the two iron bullets melted at the high temperature, the shells split in the middle, and the iron chains connected inside were stretched straight, and under the action of centrifugation, the shells dragged the iron chains and rotated rapidly. It's like a blade flying towards a dense group of enemies.

At this time, a group of Dirk soldiers lined up in a neat phalanx. He was about to take over his companions to attack the coalition defenses, when suddenly a chain bullet flew in and rushed into the crowd.

The soldiers standing in the front row only felt a flower in front of them, as if something was flying from mid-air. But before they could see clearly, the spinning chain projectile was already in front of them, and the iron chain between the two projectiles was spinning rapidly. Sharper than a blade, like slicing butter, it cut off the five soldiers in the front row without hindrance.

Because the chain bullet was so fast, when the five men broke in two, their faces still maintained a look of shock. A man bows his head. Just like that, I watched as half of my body fell to the ground, internal organs gushing out from the severance in my waist, and blood soaked the earth.

And after rushing into the crowd, the power of the chain bullet was finally fully realized. The alternating power of the two iron bullets was staggering, constantly passing row after row of unsuspecting Dirk soldiers. I heard a puffing ** tearing sound, and the severed limbs flew up, bursting into a brilliant blood flower in the crowd.

Finally, after the diagonally flying chain bullet severed the bodies of a platoon of soldiers, one of the iron balls smashed to the ground. However, the force of the whirling flight was not exhausted, so the chain bullet was like an energetic carp, bouncing wildly on the ground, one iron ball clinging to the ground, and the other centered on it, the taut iron chain spun rapidly under the feet of people, as if cutting grass with a long knife, and I don't know how many soldiers' legs were broken by it.

There was a moment of confusion in the Dirk formation, and people were constantly swept to the ground, and the soldiers fled in terror, trying to get away from this terrible thing.

"Steady, steady!" the commander of the unit shouted as he tried to control the situation.

At this moment, the iron bullet that was torn in the air spun violently, and before the officer could react, the iron ball had already hit him in the head.

There was a crisp sound like squeezing a walnut shell, and the officer's head burst open in front of everyone's eyes, two eyeballs came out of their sockets, and countless red and white objects flew in all directions, and then the headless corpse rose off the ground under the force of the impact, spun in mid-air a few times, and fell several meters away.

Finally, with this last blow, the chain bullet finally came down, and the two iron balls fell to the ground, and the iron chains that had been tight hung down weakly, and they were covered with bright red minced flesh, and a little blood couldn't stop dripping.

This period seems to be a long time, but in fact, from the chain bullet rushing into the crowd to the end of the ground, but in just ten or so seconds, the vast majority of soldiers have not even figured out what happened.

It was only then that the frightened people were finally able to see what was happening in front of them.

The eye is a blinding scarlet.

In the center of the originally dense military formation, a large "open space" was swept out, like a harvested wheat field. It's just that the "wheat stalk" that fell to the ground was a mutilated corpse. Almost every corpse was torn apart, all kinds of internal organs were thrown around, and the feces and urine flowing from the intestines were mixed with a thick bloody gas, turning into a kind of nausea-making irritation.

Stumps and minced flesh covered the ground, spilling blood like a cauldron of boiling flesh, and the soldiers who had not yet died struggled and screamed in it, and the blood squeaked as it rolled and squeezed. This is a scenario that can only happen in hell.

The Deerke army was defenseless, and the chain bullet caused dozens of casualties in the dense phalanx, and its terrible scene like a meat grinder deeply irritated the nerves of the surviving soldiers.

They were all pale, and their eyes were glazed to look at the large piece of broken corpses in the middle, and their companions who were still standing by their side not long ago. In an instant, it had become a place full of flesh and blood, and this strong contrast was enough to break anyone's psyche. And the intense bloodshed couldn't stand even the battle-hardened ones, and many of them bent over and vomited violently.

Just one, one shell, put an entire team of Dirk troops on the verge of collapse. At this time, almost everyone has lost the strength to fight again, and this kind of devastating blow from ** to spirit is incomparable to any kind of weapon, including magic that everyone is in awe of.

This is the first time in this world war that such a lethal and extremely cruel weapon has appeared. Just like Hitchis's cry of madness. This simple killing weapon is a demonic thing that will bring countless disasters to this world.

In fact, from a broader perspective, it doesn't matter what the outcome of the battle was. The important thing is that with the official appearance of artillery on the battlefield, the historical trend of this world has completely changed.

This cannon. It seems to herald the arrival of a new era of war. Although this is just the beginning. In the future, it will be accompanied by decades, even hundreds of years of development and change, but he is here after all.

Of course, it will also be a bloodier time.

Putting the future aside for a moment, let's turn our attention back to the battlefield.

The fate of that group of Dirk soldiers was also played out in other parts of the battlefield. With this round of shelling of the fortress. Several Dirk units were devastated.

Subsequently, the artillery of the fortress quickly changed ammunition and constantly bombarded the Dirk army below. As more rounds of shelling passed, the panic and confusion that had spread from the attacked troops began to spread on the battlefield.

"You... Did you see that?"

In the reserve of a Dirk army that was at war with the coalition forces. A soldier asked his companion with a pale face.

"Look, see. His companion's face was equally terrified, and his eyes had a deep palpitation.

Just now, a unit next to them was attacked by grapeshot and chain bullets, especially the chain bullet, which caused damage and the terrible scene left behind by the attack, which terrified all the soldiers who witnessed it.

Because, this is not at all the same as they know, the enemy's artillery.

"What's the matter, didn't the higher authorities tell us that the enemy's weapon would only fire one iron ball?" a soldier muttered quietly.

"But what happened to that just now?"

"That's right, we attacked every day a while ago, and all we saw were that kind of iron balls, why has it changed today?" said someone else.

"Could it be that the enemy has been hiding the power of the artillery until today's decisive battle? "Finally someone has made such a guess.

"It must be so, just waiting for us to be fooled. ”

"No wonder we've never seen the kind of shelling we just saw, and the people on it are all pig brains?"

"The team next to me died so miserably, I don't want to die like that. ”

......

It's not just this group, it's the same discussion happening elsewhere in the team... No, it should be said that the entire battlefield of the Dirk army was plunged into panic and suspicion.

"Shut up for me, and anyone who talks in private will be executed on the spot according to military law!" an officer shouted at the soldiers around him, carrying a knife.

Under his suppression, the soldiers did not dare to speak anymore, and order in the ranks was slightly restored.

It was at this moment that a new round of shelling of the fortress began.

With a loud bang, the hearts of all the Dirk soldiers rose to their throats. Their fear of the cannon, which had been suppressed, was reawakened with the two rounds of shelling, and it became stronger and stronger.

A pouffle of grape bullets roared, and in an instant a popping sound was heard, and the flying projectiles knocked down more than a dozen people in an instant, and the corpses were all over the ground, and blood was splattered everywhere.

The commander was also hit, and an iron bullet slashed off half of his shoulder with his hand, and a piece of his right chest was dented. Bai Sensen's sternum was exposed, and his flesh was blurred.

The officer let out a terrible scream and rolled in a pool of blood, his lungs hurting him and coughing and blood spurting from between his mouth and nose. Such injuries make it impossible to die immediately, but it cannot be saved. In extreme pain, the officer rolled on the ground and wailed, his body spasmed like a fish about to die.

His fate completely ignited the long-suppressed fear of the soldiers.

"It's not at all like what I said before, the enemy has a demonic weapon. The soldier who had been talking to his companion muttered in horror, "There's no way we're going to win." ”

"I don't want to die!"

With a thud, the weapon in his hand fell to the ground. The soldier shook his head, stepped back, and finally screamed loudly, turned and ran.

His panic spread to the soldiers around him. Soon a... Two... Three... Soldiers are constantly dropping their weapons and joining the fled.

As more and more people turned and fled, the team was completely out of control.

The same scenario took place all over the battlefield, and as the troops continued to be attacked, the huge damage finally made it difficult for the Dirk army to maintain discipline.

Originally, the soldiers' fear of artillery has not been completely eliminated, after all, this weapon has appeared on the battlefield for less than a month, and its huge momentum will make people instinctively fear it.

Previously, Renard had the various troops take turns on the battlefield, plus the constraints of military orders. Only then did this fear be suppressed temporarily. But the extremes must be reversed, when the soldiers see the true power of the cannon. This fear flares up again, and it intensifies.

Although only a small fraction of the tens of thousands of people have died so far, the panic caused by this is by no means merely measurable by numbers. It's a terrible emotion that can be quickly amplified.

Therefore, in a state of extreme panic, the soldiers no longer obeyed the restraints of the officers. No one wants to stand there stupidly waiting to be bombed, and if there is an escape, there must be followers, and then the panic of running away quickly spreads.

Thereupon. The front of the Dirk army gradually collapsed.

"What's going on!?"

The abnormal movement on the battlefield also spread to the Dirk army's main formation.

Renard suddenly got up from his seat and walked quickly to the high platform where he was directing. Looking from his point of view, he saw that the originally neat Dirk army had fluctuating like a tide, and he could already see people fleeing back, and the army was in chaos.

Due to the fact that the artillery only attacked the enemy troops involved in the attack, and the information transmission on the battlefield was not smooth, it did not attract the attention of Renard at first.

It wasn't until someone reported that the enemy fire was a little different from the previous ones that Renard noticed it, but that was all. He and his generals both had contempt for the cannon because of Raymond's "confusion" before, and felt that even if it was different, it had nothing to do with the overall situation.

After all, no matter how smart Renard is, he can't escape the limitations of this era, and he can't completely see through the new weapon of cannon.

This led to a great delay in the command of the Dirk army, and Renard did not issue an order to deal with the situation in time, and the Dirk army was bombed many times in vain according to the old tactics, and finally caused an irreparable disaster.

At first it was just the panic of individual soldiers, then it was transmitted from them to their companions, who in turn affected the whole squad, then spread from the small squad to the squadron, to the brigade, and finally from the point to the surface, and finally to the whole army.

Once a troop of tens of thousands of people becomes chaotic, it will spread far faster than imagined, after all, no matter how well-trained a soldier is, he is also blind and can only move with the overall situation. Therefore, when the whole army panicked, the situation was irreparable.

That's what Renard is seeing at the moment.

He saw that his army had gone from a situation where it had the upper hand, and at some point it began to be chaotic, and the entire front was fleeing.

"What are the people up front doing?" he asked angrily.

The generals also looked at each other, not understanding what was happening. They are all battle-hardened veterans and certainly understand what the current situation means.

"Your Majesty, I'll take someone up. One of the generals volunteered: "We must stabilize the situation." ”

Before Renard could speak, he saw a herald rushing towards him. He was covered in blood, disheveled, and terrified. Apparently greatly frightened.

Rushing in front of Renard, he knelt down violently: "Your Majesty, the situation in front of you is no longer controllable!"

"What did you say!?" Renard grabbed his collar, "What the hell is going on?"

"It's a cannon. The herald said with a frightened face: "The enemy's artillery fire is so strong that the soldiers have begun to flee because they are afraid." ”

"Impossible!" said a general in disbelief: "After so many days of adaptation a while ago, you should have been not afraid of shelling." ”

"But this time it's different. The herald cried, "The enemy's artillery is completely different from what it used to be. It's so terrible that no one can stand it. ”

"What about the Shagnars, why are you watching things turn out the way they are?" asked Renard angrily.

Shagner was the commander-in-chief of tens of thousands of troops in front of him, and he was a general who was deeply trusted by Renard.

"General Shagner, not so long ago, was killed by enemy fire. The herald said, "The general was interrupted by a strange cannonball, and I was ordered by him before he died to report to you." ”

Renard threw the herald away and looked at the chaos ahead. He kept muttering, "How did it become like this?"

This is the first time that he has shown such a confused expression.

"Your Majesty, you must find a way immediately, otherwise once the whole army collapses, it will be irreparable. One of the generals hurriedly shouted.

Others said, "yes." Your Majesty, there are still 8,000 soldiers in this formation, please give them the order to dispatch them quickly to stop the rout in front. ”

Renard gritted his teeth. Said decisively: "Okay." Hurry up and lead your troops, and whoever escapes back. Kill or kill, no matter what, you have to stabilize the situation for me. ”

Now that the critical moment of life and death has come, Renard knows that the situation must be restored, otherwise it is not a question of whether he can win the war, but whether the army can be preserved.

The generals said yes in unison, and then hurriedly left to lead the troops. Prepare to stop the rout ahead.

After everyone had left, Renard looked at the Giant's Mark Fortress in the distance. After a moment's hesitation, he said to the guards beside him, "Immediately put up my royal flag." ”

The guards were ordered to soon raise the royal flag representing the king. When the soldiers around saw this, their morale was greatly boosted. For the rout troops in front, it will also have the effect of stabilizing the morale of the army.

"Your Majesty, it is too dangerous to tell the enemy where you are. Some guards worried.

Renard snorted: "Don't worry, the enemy's artillery can't hit here yet." ”

"I want the soldiers to know that their king is here, with them!"

In order to stabilize the rout ahead, Renard has not hesitated to use all means.

At this point, turn your gaze back to the front line.

When the Dirk army fluctuated, Raymond, who was on the fortress, immediately keenly caught the situation, which was what he had been waiting for.

Soon, the order passed to Bryce, who commanded the operation, as quickly as possible. Being at the forefront of the army, he also noticed the abnormality of the enemy, and the artillery attack finally had an effect.

Bryce then understood the reason why Raymond insisted that the army leave the fortress to fight. If you stay inside the fortress to defend, your side will never move so fast.

So, he immediately gave the order to fight back.

Relying on the defensive formation, the coalition forces did not suffer much loss and maintained most of their strength. At this time, with the fluctuation of the enemy's forces, the assembled coalition forces immediately launched a strong counteroffensive.

In the beginning, the part of the enemy that was connected to the coalition front resisted for a while for the sake of maintaining the fighting. But as the troops behind continued to break and flee, the enemy troops on the front line finally couldn't hold on and joined the ranks of fleeing.

The collapse of the enemy's front gave the coalition the best chance, and Bryce and Hermy immediately led their troops in pursuit, and Bath, Harlot, Lorna, Sylnis, Ehita, Fiddy and others also joined the pursuit.

Under the pursuit of the coalition forces, the already chaotic Dirk army was completely unable to clean up, and the balance of the battlefield finally tilted to Raymond's side. (To be continued......)