The test firing of the pneumatic cannon has begun, and a dull rumbling sound can be heard on the battlefield.
Whenever a shell landed on the gate, it would create a ripple of magical light. However, the bombardment of these shells did not hit the gate itself, but was blocked by the shield attached to the gate. It was unknown what technology this ancient shield used, but it was much more powerful than ordinary city shields. Although it looked very thin, it blocked all attacks outside the gate.
However, the purpose of the test shells was not to break the gate, but to calibrate the angle of the artillery. At a distance of more than a kilometer, it was not difficult to hit a tall gate. Soon, the cannons adjusted their firing parameters and began to hit the city gate.
Other artillery pieces began to cover the city walls of Heimu Pass, but from what the Mage's Eye could tell, there were almost no enemies on the city walls, and the test firing just now caused almost no casualties to the enemy.
"I originally thought that they would rely on their military strength advantage to send out troops to raid us, but I didn't expect them to use this kind of cowardly tactic." Xiao Chen said, looking at the Heimu Pass opposite.
Wang Jiyuan said: "The strength of the troops cannot be judged by the number of people alone. As long as the enemy commander has some understanding of the combat effectiveness of our guards, he will not think that he has the advantage in terms of troop strength. Even if they send out 10,000 troops to fight against our two regiments, I am afraid they will not get any good results. The strength of individual soldiers cannot offset the generation gap of weapons. As long as they are not invulnerable, a head-on attack on a unit equipped with more than 80 pneumatic cannons will only lead to a one-way return."
"But this is a bit troublesome now. The other side has learned very quickly." Xiao Chen said, "They know to use this method to avoid harm. Now looking from the Mage's Eye, there are no figures on the top of the city or on the ground. I guess their troops are hidden in the room in the city wall. The back of the city wall is a hypotenuse of a triangle, which is a reverse slope for the trajectory. It will not be easy to hurt them with artillery shells."
Wang Jiyuan said: "That's not necessarily true. If the enemy keeps hiding in the room, how can they stop our siege team after we blast open the city gate? If that's the case, then our artillery cover purpose will be achieved. I guess they are now testing the landing point of the shells. In the previous battles, our pneumatic cannons mainly used flat shooting to fight them. Maybe in their understanding, the attack trajectory of this pneumatic cannon is similar to that of a large crossbow. But what they don't know is that the design of our two types of cannons takes into account curved shooting. When they show up, haha, there will be a good show to watch."
"I hope so. Then let's get started." Xiao Chen flew off the ground and onto the top of a slope nearby. Luo Ling, Mao Kai and Liu Yisheng were already waiting for him there. The three of them stood at a corner of the slope, and together with Xiao Chen, they formed a diamond-shaped position.
Xiao Chen stood still at his position, and under the unified command of Liu Yisheng, who was most familiar with stardust annihilation magic, they began to cast spells together targeting the city gate.
It was the first time that the four great magicians cast a spell together in the Tower of China. Anyone around who was sensitive to magic could feel the powerful magic flowing between the four people. Although the four people had just started to cooperate, their control over magic was not comparable to that of ordinary magicians. Xiao Chen had overcome his unstable mental power, Luo Ling had healed her hidden injuries, Mao Kai had studied magic theory more deeply than anyone else, and Liu Yisheng was originally a saint. Without any commands or instructions, they were able to maintain the resonance between the four people in the best state.
Soon, dots of light began to float around the four people. This is also the biggest feature of the magic of the Star Tower. The magic effects when casting spells always remind people of the brilliant stars in the sky. These starlights began to slowly gather around Liu Yisheng, who was in the main control position. He pointed at the city gate in the distance, and those dots of light were like a streamer, running towards the city gate, spanning a distance of more than one kilometer, connecting him and the city gate together.
After the test firing, the pneumatic cannon responsible for attacking the city gate had stopped, and there was no longer any magical fluctuation on the city gate. However, when these seemingly insignificant starlights fell into the range of the gate opening, it was like adding a ladle of water to a boiling oil pan, and the magic patterns on it suddenly flashed.
Unlike the magic halo caused by the shells just now, the magic light now was no longer a stable and spreading ripple, but a small and chaotic jump. Those inconspicuous starlights began to cut into the magic circle through the magic light on the gate. They appeared in the middle of the magic lines and began to block the operation of the magic circle.
Although the ancient magic circle on this gate was very complete and had multiple lines to supply energy, as time went on, more and more passages were blocked, and in some places, clusters of sparks even began to erupt due to the blockage of magic channels.
Ten minutes later, the magic array on the gate began to flicker, and sparks kept bursting from different positions. It was obvious that there was a serious problem with the energy supply of the magic array. Wang Jiyuan put down the telescope in his hand and gave orders to the artillery: "Start to break through the city gate!"
More than 30 guns, led by two 00mm pneumatic cannons, were equipped with armor-piercing shells and began to attack in batches. The situation this time was very different from the previous test firing. As long as the shells hit the part where the light of the magic circle dimmed, they would actually hit the city gate and cause damage to the city gate. Although this door is made of very thick metal, the shells would explode on it and a deep pit would appear. Without the magic protection, it was only a matter of time before the door was smashed open. The impact caused by the shells was constantly tearing the connection parts of the gate. Both the bolts and hinges were less sturdy than the door panels themselves.
One shell after another was like a drumstick hitting the gate, making loud noises. This was a sound that had not been heard in Heimu Pass for thousands of years.
After more than ten rounds of artillery shells, in Wang Jiyuan's telescope, the door was covered by rising smoke and dust.
He ordered the attack to stop. After a few minutes, the smoke and dust cleared, and the doorway was completely unrecognizable. The door on the left had completely fallen to the ground, and the door on the right was twisted and deformed, and half of it had fallen off. From here, the light on the other side of the doorway could be seen.
Wang Jiyuan remained calm and said to the messenger beside him: "Notify the reconnaissance troops to carefully observe the reaction of the enemy in Heimu Pass." (To be continued)