As soon as he received the order, the artillery commander hurriedly urged the four artillerymen to go to the logistics to carry the shells.When the shells arrived, the artillerymen quickly loaded them from behind the guns, then raised their muzzles and aimed them at the skeleton mages in the distance.With the order of the artillery commander, the artillery once again let out a loud roar, and a live shell was fired out and flew towards the rear of the undead army.Boom!
Boom!
All the shells landed around the skeleton mage, with a deviation of more than ten meters, and missed the target.Huge expanses of snow are attached.Affected by this, the carrion black horse under the crotch seemed to be frightened, and suddenly lifted its forelimbs and made a strange sound that was not a horse barking.Clutching the reins, the skeleton mage hurriedly calmed the carrion black horse beneath him, quieting it down.When the carrion black horse stabilized, the skeleton mage jerked up at the red sand fortress in front of him, the dark red flames in his eyes were beating wildly, as if he was thinking about something.Since the skeleton mage only had a skeleton left, it was impossible to judge his state of mind at this moment from the expression on his face.Despite this, it can be roughly guessed that the skeleton mage must be surprised that the other party has a new weapon with such a long range.This is a serious threat to him.Last year, I was still using spears, bows, trebuchets, and large magic to defend against the enemy, but this year, why did I suddenly upgrade my weapons?
A variety of new weapons and equipment that have never been seen before.Bang-bang-bang-just as the skeleton mage was thinking, a new round of artillery bombardment came.He couldn't just die on the battlefield, he hurriedly pulled the reins and controlled the carrion black horse to turn around and run backwards.Boom!
Boom!
The cannonballs landed on the snow, kicking up a cloud of snow again, and the skeleton mage, riding a carrion black horse, tried to avoid where the cannonballs landed, and ran backwards in a zigzag way, away from the shelled area.When all the shells are on the ground, the skeleton mage tugs at the reins, causing the carrion to stop and turn away.Looking at the Chisha Fortress in the distance, the two dark red pupil flames in his eyes flickered large and small, flickering violently, as if stimulated by the other party's shelling behavior, and now he was very angry.But soon, a few faint rays of green light appeared around the skeleton mage, which quickly calmed his emotions, and the pupil flames in his eye sockets returned to their normal beating frequency.This forced calm is actually protecting the skeleton mage.As immortal beings with wisdom, they are destined not to have too strong mood swings, otherwise the soul fire in their body, which symbolizes self-awareness, will be easily extinguished.Once the soul fire is shattered, the flame in the skull mage's eye socket will be extinguished, and he will lose his consciousness and become an ordinary skeleton soldier, who can only kill, not think.After calming down, the skeleton mage immediately raised the Pure Ice Staff in his hand and opened his mouth to give orders.A whistling sound quickly spread across the battlefield, and after receiving the order, the undead monster immediately turned around and retreated.Yes, the skeleton mage decided not to fight and decisively withdrew his troops.Knowing that humanity possessed a new weapon, he thought that this wave of attacks could be stopped early, and it was more important to bring the news back than to continue to wear down the human forces.In this way, the Skeleton Mage led the undead army to retreat like a tide, and soon disappeared into the snowy sky in the distance.Orr didn't send Pegasus Knights to pursue or track down the undead army.Because it had been tried before, there was a large mysterious fog in the depths of the Mak's Great Desert in winter, and the undead army quickly disappeared when they entered it.A Pegasus Knight once tried to fly down into the mist, never to return.No matter how many teammates in the air shouted, they didn't get any reply, and they could only think that the Pegasus Knight had died.Since then, the Knights Templar's head at the time has forbidden anyone to enter the mist.The battle ended early, and the soldiers on the city wall raised their bolt-action rifles in their hands and burst into cheers."
Yay!
Fight them off!
”"It doesn't seem like there's anyone to die this time, right?""
That's right!
This is a big win!
”In the past, soldiers would be sacrificed in every battle, and it was no wonder that they were so excited this time, it was indeed a rare and easy victory.Looking upstairs, Theseus and Orr looked at each other, not feeling much joy at this victory."
I don't think the skeleton mage was scared off by the shelling just now."
Touching the stubble on his face, Theseus's eyes narrowed slightly, and Orr asked."
What do you think?""
Probably seeing the power of our new weapon, let's go back in advance and report and discuss countermeasures."
Orr guessed."
That said, the next battle we're going to face could be tougher than this one."
Hughes said with a solemn face.Hopefully, the skeleton mage will not be visible on the battlefield in the next offensive, and he will probably be hiding somewhere, giving orders to the undead army."
Perhaps."
Orr shrugged his shoulders, "No matter what, we must be ready for the next battle and defend the Red Sand Fortress with all our might." ”"Well, you're right."
Hughes nodded in agreement.…… Over the next month, Dawn City and Red Sand Fortress managed to repel several waves of undead monsters, keeping the people of the Dawnlight Kingdom safe.And on the side of the Red Sand Fortress, as Xius expected, the skeleton mage really hid and commanded the undead army to launch an offensive somewhere.In the past few days, Dawn City has ushered in two important events one after another.The first big thing was that the large ships built by the dockyard could be launched.The hull of this cargo ship, like the battleship King, is made entirely of steel, and is much larger than that of a cement steamship, and slightly smaller than that of the battleship King.Its function is the same as that of the cement steamer, mainly playing the role of transporting goods, and the carrying capacity is several times that of the cement steamship.Since the design drawings of the ship were left behind before Owen's expedition, it was still steam-powered.At present, due to the limitation of oil supply, the fuel production of oil refineries is not high, and only military vehicles of the People's Army can be supplied first.Previously, after the launch of the battleship King, due to the low steel production in Dawn City at that time, and the need for steel in many places, the dockyard did not build new iron ships.In order to assemble a fleet of transport ships belonging to Dawn City as soon as possible, Owen had to order a frenzied cement steamship.To put it bluntly, cement steam ships are just a contingency plan for insufficient steel production.While there are many advantages to cement steamboats, there are two obvious disadvantages.One is self-weight, which limits the ship's carrying capacity.Second, the strength is not enough, the impact resistance is poor, and in the congested wharf or waterway, once a collision occurs, it is easy to cause a shipwreck accident.