A phalanx of 10,000 people from the Titan tribe marched towards Shamakaro Fortress in neat steps. When these Titan tribe warriors entered the attack range of the dark elf catapult, they all raised their left shields under the order of their commander. Looking up, the shape of this shield is generally rectangular, but it is concave downwards at the top, just leaving a gap for Titan warriors to observe the enemy's situation, and there is a protrusion at the bottom of the shield. This protruding part coincides with the concave part above the shield.
Therefore, when 10,000 fully armed Titan warriors raise this large tower shield diagonally upwards, the lower end of each shield will be pieced together with the upper end of the shield of the warrior in front, thus creating 10,000 separate shields. It is pieced together into an airtight whole. This is the strongest defense method of the Titan phalanx infantry. The shield wall. It is not that humans, dark elves and other races have never used such defense methods, but the defense effect must be considered. , and it must be the phalanx infantry of the Titan clan,
There are independent defensive magic arrays on those shields, which can naturally exert their due effects when fighting alone. However, when they come into contact with each other, these magic arrays become large-scale defensive magic arrays throughout the entire shield wall. Although the defensive effect of being a part of the magic circle is not directly superimposed, it can allow the Titan phalanx infantry below to share the damage suffered. In this way, even thousands of kilograms of stone projectiles fired by heavy trebuchets can , there is no way to break out a blank in the dense phalanx of the Titans. Instead, it will be bounced away by the shield wall composed of tall and strong Titan warriors.
Seeing the Titan phalanx gradually approaching, and ordinary stone-throwing attacks seemed to have little blocking effect, more trebuchet lifting platforms appeared on the flat walls on the surface of the fortress. Countless dark elves struggled to twist the cables. Under such circumstances, heavy-duty trebuchets were raised one after another from inside the fortress to the outer city wall. This heavy-duty trebuchet is completely different in appearance from ordinary trebuchets. Its spring rod is not at the rear but vertically. Under the tower-like trebuchet, various gear winches are used to generate huge projectile force to launch projectiles. Therefore, as long as the design is precise enough and the materials used are strong enough, there is almost no restriction on the shape of the trebuchet and the distance to be thrown. And the projectile weight is also theoretically infinite,
Of course, this is just a theoretical calculation. After all, the farther the projectile is, the greater the projectile is. The precision and overall size of the trebuchet also increase exponentially. The launch gap is even more outrageous, and it is easy to lose its practicality. Therefore, in the Shamakaro Fortress, the range of the dark elves' heavy trebuchets is basically concentrated within the area of 20 kilometers in front of the fortress, and the stone projectiles fired usually do not exceed 1,500 kilograms.
When the Titan phalanx entered the range of the dark elf trebuchet, there was a "creak" sound of intensive gear rotation on the walls of Shamakaro Fortress, and then the roulette wheel that had been tightened suddenly suddenly It lost the restraints that restricted its rotation, so the heavy object that was hoisted high fell quickly toward the ground. The fall of the heavy object also drove the operation of the internal gears, winches, etc. of the entire heavy-duty trebuchet, allowing the vertical ejection to The projectile rod began to swing from back to front, and the force generated was enough to throw heavier stone projectiles farther.
A familiar sharp whistling sound came from the sky, letting the Titan warriors marching on the ground know that danger was approaching. They didn't need their superiors to say anything. They all held their breath and prepared for the impact. A huge crash was heard. , several Titan warriors in the phalanx felt a suffocating and terrifying impact force coming from their arms. If it were not for the protection of the "coordinated defense" magic array on the shield, no matter how strong these Titan warriors were, they would not be able to do this. Even though they were unscathed by the attack, the few people who bore the brunt were still involuntarily bumped into the back. Fortunately, due to forming a shield wall and moving forward, the area occupied by the Titan clan's phalanx has shrunk a lot. The warriors in the square formation were almost all closely connected with other comrades in the front, back, left and right, so those Titan warriors were blocked by the bodies of their comrades behind them before they had time to leave their positions. The tight shield wall was naturally There wasn't even a single flaw due to this,
A dark elf officer who was standing on the city wall observing the enemy's situation expressionlessly stopped using the farsighted spell. All the scenery clearly reflected in his eyes more than ten kilometers away quickly blurred. The officer waited until the magical effect of the farsighted spell was lifted. After that, he immediately turned his attention to the heavy trebuchet that was turning the winch rapidly. If it were an army of other races, it would have at least smashed a large blank in the dense phalanx. However, now it only brought If the opponent cannot drop boulders more intensively, such small chaos will not have any impact on the Titans' phalanx.
"You haven't eaten yet? Move faster." The officer scolded a few words loudly, and then patrolled back and forth on the city wall, constantly urging the heavy riprap trucks he was responsible for to speed up the firing frequency. , but those dark elf warriors have undergone strict training, and the fastest speed they can maintain is the speed in front of them. Even if someone is supervising them with whips and scimitars, they can't go much faster.
After six consecutive rounds of projectiles, the neat Titan phalanx in the distance could be seen clearly without the need for farsightedness. The dark elf officer felt quite resentful after discovering that his attack did not damage the opponent's formation, so he At this time, a herald brought the latest order from the military intelligence command room, so the dark elf officer quickly shouted loudly: "Fen Yun, switch to Fen Yun to launch."
After hearing the name "Feng Yun", the soldiers beside the dark elf officer all showed expressions of fear on their faces. However, under the supervision of the whip, they quickly forgot about other things and devoted themselves to the task in front of them. During the work, when everything was ready for the heavy riprap truck, the thousands of kilograms of stone projectiles that originally required a dozen people to move no longer appeared. Instead, there was a new type of projectile that weighed about 300 kilograms. This It's the trebuchet projectile called Fenyun that the dark elf officer just mentioned.
Because the weight is greatly reduced, Fenyun only requires four people to transport and install it quickly. In terms of weight, such projectiles are undoubtedly inferior to those thousands of kilograms of stone projectiles, but these new projectiles are not It is carved out of rock but cast out of mithril. The inside of the projectile is hollow and sealed with potent fire oil. On the surface of the projectile, many fire magic arrays are drawn.
When Fenyun was placed, the dark elf warrior did not immediately start the trebuchet. Instead, a dark elf magician quickly stepped forward and inlaid several fire magic cores that had been prepared long ago. In the specific hollows on the surface of Fenyun, under the action of the fire magic core, the magic arrays on the entire surface of Fenyun projectiles all appeared with a faint red halo. It was obvious that these magic arrays had been activated.
The dark elf magician who completed the final steps quickly moved away from the prepared stone trebuchet as if escaping from hell. Before he could run a few steps away, the towering heavy stone trebuchet behind him immediately emitted the sound of gear rotation. The dark elf magician didn't care about his grace. He quickly crawled to the ground and covered his head with his hands. He had just finished all this, and Fen Yun, who was placed on a heavy riprap truck not far behind him, The projectile was thrown out with a huge roar,
As soon as the Burning Cloud Projectile left the trebuchet, its mithril-made surface ignited with raging flames. The dark elf magician lying on the ground only felt a heat wave hit him from behind. Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough to advance. Lie down on the ground, otherwise he would be the first to bear the brunt of the heat wave generated by the Fenyun launch, which would first ignite his clothes. After making sure that he was safe, the dark elf magician jumped up and cursed a few words, but was The scolding warriors in charge of the launch didn't take this to heart at all, but stared straight ahead at the flame trail caused by the burning clouds passing high in the sky in the distance.
The burning cloud flying out from the wall of Shamakaro Fortress roared towards the Titan phalanx on the ground like a meteor. The burning cloud projectile was still dozens of meters away from the ground, but the high temperature generated inside it had already A wave of air formed and swept towards the Titan warriors. Looking from the distant city wall, the scene looked very much like the clouds in the sky being ignited and then falling towards the ground in blazing flames. This was probably the burning cloud. That’s where the name Yun Danwan comes from, right
When the burning Burning Cloud Bomb whizzed against the Titan shield wall on the ground, the large amount of kerosene poured into the bullet was ignited in an instant and produced a violent explosion. The huge impact even caused the Titans' The special shields cannot withstand it. Although the magic array on them can distribute the damage received to everyone in the square array, when the damage received exceeds the limit that the shield material itself can withstand, the damage will be shared. Naturally, the magic effect could no longer take effect, so a ball of hot flames mixed with billowing smoke rose from the ground, instantly shining a dark alien world like daylight.
The violent explosion of Fenyun in the distance not only lit up the sky, but also caused the ground underfoot to shake slightly. Naturally, such shaking was quickly noticed by Ryan and Farasi deep in the fortress. Due to the magic barrier, Protection, Ryan is not worried that such shaking will affect his continued study of wishing. However, since such a situation has occurred outside, it also shows that this fortress sniper battle has broken out, and the strong men on both sides will take action soon. There is less and less time left for Ryan to continue practicing.