As a last resort, the soldiers could only request the howitzer Golem to fire a round of salvos at the area where the new demons were located, attempting to use carpet-covering artillery bombardment to wipe out the enemy in one fell swoop, so as to buy time for the treatment and transfer of the wounded.
"Understood, artillery support is on the way."
A calm voice came from the Ling tribe member who was directing the howitzer Golem to fire in the rear.
"But then they need to cool their guns, and I can't get them to support for five minutes—the bombardment begins. Good luck."
Accompanied by the rumbling of cannons, two rounds of artillery fire covered the area in front of the barbed wire where the demon youngsters were gathering to seek cover.
The body of the demon larva was blown to pieces, and the soldiers on the position finally had time to treat their own wounded.
But they also knew that after the howitzer Golem's fire support ended, the demons' attack would become increasingly difficult to resist - and this was indeed the case.
Ten minutes after the artificial magic reactor was started.
After the howitzer Golem's fire support was silenced.
The high-level demons evolved armor with physical resistance, and the new demons also evolved organs on their shoulders that could shoot acid.
They went onto the battlefield and, the moment they stepped onto the battlefield, they put tremendous pressure on the front lines of the United Nations.
Chapter 10: Nia's Deal, Evolution of the Devil - 2/5 8K
High-level demons, as the most important and powerful component of the demon army, every time a high-level demon advances towards the human army, the fear and despair he brings to people is unmatched by any other demon except the Titan demon.
Although the demons on the floating continent are still primitive demons, and although the warriors of the United Nations have to tell the demons that "times have changed", no matter what, high-level demons are still high-level demons.
Especially after they evolved a new type of demon tubular organ that could spray acid bags, these already tall and strong demons naturally put more pressure on people.
"What the fuck?! Why are these guys so hard?!"
The elf who had just dealt with the wounded looked at the high-level demon slowly approaching from a distance. Not knowing whether the opponent's true form was a fire-breathing demon or some other kind of demon, all he could do was try to let the heavy machine gun position fire at the demon's weaknesses.
But it is obvious that with sufficient food and a long period of evolution, the chitin armor on the opponent's body has become so hard that even 12.7-108 mm bullets cannot penetrate it directly.
The heavy machine guns were unable to stop the advance of the high-level demons, and the only weapons that could physically penetrate their armor were the machine gun golems and the howitzer golems in the rear.
But the former not only has to fight against high-level demons, but also has to stop the demon larvae under the feet of high-level demons. The latter itself has low accuracy, so it is even more impossible to expect it to effectively kill high-level demons.
Therefore, after firing in vain at the high-level demons in the distance, the soldiers on the front line began to refocus their attention on the largest number of demon larvae.
After gaining a good view, the soldiers targeted the new demons and the high-level demons were dealt with by professionals.
Amid the sound of gunfire, the bodies of the demon larvae shattered and flew high in batches.
When the demons finally broke through the first barbed wire defense line under the leadership of the high-level demons, the elven wizard who was ready to cast spells in the distance also sent a signal to his own troops.
Now that firearms are in large quantities, magicians are used more as "killer weapons" rather than "conventional spellcasters".
They have the largest quota for magic usage, and they are even followed by several carriages specially used to transport magic storage equipment in case of emergency.
They normally do not cast any spells. Only when facing high-value targets will they follow the practices of thousands of years ago and apply elven magic that is enough to cause large-scale damage to the most intense parts of the battle.
The area where the high-level demons are located is where the fighting is most intense.
As the great wizards spoke, countless vines containing magical power emerged from the ground.
They easily used their magic power to destroy the armor on the limbs of the high-level demons, and they began to increase their own value on a large scale with one of the high-level demons as the center.
On the floating continent with strong magical power, the vines created by elven magic can move recklessly on the surrounding life forms and absorb all the nutrients they need for growth.
Especially at this time when almost all high-level demons chose to evolve physical defenses and ignored resistance to magic, the casualties caused by magic to high-level demons were even greater than initially estimated.
But the demons were not fools after all, and they quickly used their special abilities to fight against the growing and spreading vines.
The fire-breathing demon spewed out raging flames in an attempt to burn the proliferating vines, the sulfuric acid demon spewed out mouthfuls of thick green phlegm to corrode the center of the vines, and in the distance, some demons even summoned magic meteorites in an attempt to directly destroy the United Nations' position, but the magic meteorite was blocked by some special force halfway through its flight.
It was Elena - Yang Hao and others looked back and found that it was Elena who had just arrived who prevented the meteorite summoned by the devil from falling into the front line.
"Explanation: The artificial magic technology of the Kingdom of Eden. We can easily decompose objects formed by magic into harmless magic factors, and forcibly "bind" this part of magic into a resource that only we can use."
The petite synthetic doll with white hair and red eyes stated. After standing not far from Yang Hao and others under the gaze of them, she looked curiously at the battle line in the distance.
Elena was surprised. She was surprised at the discipline of the United Nations Army, and even more surprised that the "physical weapons" that the United Nations now had were so advanced.
It's not that Eden doesn't have similar weapons, but in essence, the magic launchers of Eden are just roughly pushing the magic forward and passing it through a certain "prism" to turn it into acid, fire arrows or other forms of launch.
In a sense, it is a blowgun weapon that does not require the mouth to provide kinetic energy, and does not require much technical content in essence.
If we have to say there is, the only technical content is the magic storage device and the artificial magic concentrated shooting device -
But when it is compared with the "rifle" currently in the hands of the United Nations, the obsolescence of its mechanical structure is vividly reflected.
(Thinking: In terms of structure, Eden's magic weapons cannot compete with the weapons in service of the United Nations... Our only advantage is the launch of "magic", but the "physical bullets" launched by the opponent are more powerful than our magic projectors.)
Elena stared at the firing device on the distant position. She wondered what those things that could fire continuously were, and why the weapons in the hands of those golems with strange structures were so powerful.
And it was at this moment that the offensive of the high-level demons was temporarily interrupted - after the magic meteorite was intercepted, the demons were busy dealing with the vines stimulated by the elven magic, and they were unable to advance or retreat for a while.
At this critical juncture, Yang Hao received news from the front-line troops that the soldiers on the front line had to go back for rest.
"Your Majesty, our soldiers at the front are almost out of ammunition! We have decided to shrink our defense while the elves' magic is intercepting the high-level demon troops. Please get to a safer place immediately!"
The on-site commander used magic to contact him. His voice sounded hoarse, and the cries of pain from the soldiers could be faintly heard around him.
"We cannot guarantee that all demons can be intercepted by the defense network. Moreover, those demons seem to have evolved specialized structures similar to ours. They are very dangerous - so please leave here, quickly!"
"Understood. We will leave this commanding height. You retreat immediately and evacuate to the second line of defense and wait for orders."
Yang Hao had no intention of letting the frontline troops hold on to the death. After all, the most important significance of multiple lines of defense was to give the frontline soldiers time and space to retreat and rest.
After hanging up the phone, Yang Hao ordered Elena, who had just arrived, to leave with him in an unquestionable tone.
They rode on the back of the black dragon to another high ground, where they could still clearly see the high-level demons fighting with vines on the front line, and they could also see soldiers gradually retreating.
The Hippogriff Knights were throwing shells made of explosive ore at the demons' heads from above, and from time to time they were shooting at the demons that had just evolved wings and decided to take off.
But the supplies that the Hippogriff Knights could carry were limited, and after a burst of random shooting, they could only immediately fly to the rear to replenish their ammunition.
Under their cover, the soldiers will evacuate to the second line of defense in two minutes. This thought had just occurred to Yang Hao when Elena asked first:
"Question... Mr. Yang Hao, can the armies of countries on the surface be as disciplined as the United Nations?"
She pointed to the troops that were evacuating in an orderly manner. With the help of magic, Yang Hao could clearly see that when the United Nations was retreating, the priority was to transfer the seriously injured, followed by the baggage and equipment that needed to be transferred and the lightly injured, and finally the main force that was retreating and intercepting the enemy.
Orderliness was their daily routine. What was even more admirable was that during the retreat, the soldiers did not even forget to have the last soldier set up the prepared barbed wire traps, and even sent people to cover them...
Yang Hao knew what Elena was surprised about, so he just touched the head of the little elf who came up to him for some reason and the antlers of the chief of the Ling tribe. Then, under the strange gaze of the re-transformed black dragon, he explained to Elena, who was puzzled:
"No, this is a discipline that only exists between our United Nations and... Isgard. On the surface, most countries do not have the strength of our military."
"Relax. I thought the surface world was this tough."
Elena was visibly relaxed. Was she worried that the gap between Eden and the surface was getting bigger and bigger
Yang Hao smiled, and at this moment, the demon army in the distance finally got rid of all the vines blocking the way and began to invade the retreating United Nations army.
They advanced very quickly, and because of their large size, they were able to ignore the barbed wire and reach their destination in one go.
But the demon larvae around them would be entangled in the barbed wire. In order to help the larvae break free from the barbed wire, the high-level demons sent out a small group to clean the barbed wire, while the rest chased after them aggressively, spitting fire from their mouths.
Elena watched the demons' every move until all the soldiers of the United Nations retreated to the second line of defense. Then she turned her head to look at the demon nest in the distance that was still spewing out a frenzy of larvae:
“Question: Demons seem to have a “kinship” relationship that goes beyond human concepts… Although they don’t care too much about the loss of young demons in direct combat, if they can “provide help”, they will provide assistance to young demons, and even help them resist large-scale damage.
Speculation: Demons are a kind of "weapon" that is more ethically and morally noble than most humans.
But perhaps because of their social structure, demons do not seem to imitate human structure before absorbing new "knowledge", and there will be no demons who betray the demons. "
"You mean, if the demons are likely to divide themselves into camps in the future?" Yang Hao asked curiously, "Or will they choose to maintain the current situation?"
"Hesitation: It depends on whether the demons will choose to accept the political knowledge of the human world. But in my opinion, the demons have the soil to develop a political structure similar to that of humans, but they chose to "reject". After all, the social structure of humans is not as efficient as the current structure of demons. "
Elena paused for a moment when she said this. She watched the high-level demons walking in front kneel on one knee on the ground with their hands outstretched to protect their heads and vital parts, and then watched them use their bodies to provide cover for the following demon larvae.
They were clearly at a distance where they could use their special abilities to threaten the second line of defense at any time, but perhaps because they had just dissolved the magic meteorite, the demons carefully chose to save the remaining special ability slots, and seemed to have sent out a special force to attack the flanks of humans and elves, and also to attack here...
Elena pulled out her dagger. Under the sudden vigilant gaze of Finn and the others, she focused some of her magic power on the dagger and threw it fiercely towards an abnormal light distortion in the sky.
The dagger flew a distance of nearly two thousand meters in an extremely short time with great force.
As the elves and others looked as if they had seen a ghost, the dagger cut a streak of purple blood mist in the air, and then a demon with its wings cut off fell from the sky wailing.
It seemed to be another new type of high-level demon. Before Elena could even utter the coined phrase "camouflage with reflective light", her ears pricked up because of Yang Hao's subconscious statement:
"It's optical camouflage... Have the demons evolved to this point? It hasn't even been fifteen minutes since we started fighting..."
"Question: Optical camouflage?"
"What are you talking about?"
Yang Hao's statement made all the women around him look surprised.
Elena was surprised at Yang Hao's knowledge, which further confirmed her belief that Yang Hao was not from this world at all.
She remembered Alexander's request to her, and she now realized that Yang Hao's existence was indeed very strange.
Finn and Black Dragon were more frightened by the power displayed by the demon. After all, they had witnessed the horror of the demon, and both sides had to learn more about the characteristics of the demon for the sake of their own people and country. Now Yang Hao once again demonstrated his wisdom and knowledge, how could they not be excited
As for Naluga...
Although she tried very hard to understand, in the end, the patriarch who knew almost nothing except golems only came to one conclusion: perhaps the optical camouflage could also be used on golems.
Faced with everyone's surprise, Yang Hao did not explain anything.
He only relaxed a little after he seriously asked Finn to contact the commander of the Hippogriff Knights in the rear and have them use lighting magic to illuminate the sky in broad daylight after they took off.
"Optical camouflage is a very energy-intensive technology that renders the wearer nearly invisible - but from what I understand, if someone wearing it is exposed to rain or sunlight... their form will be revealed."
Yang Hao's understanding of optical camouflage depends on his insights on Earth.
He knew that optical camouflage had many weaknesses when it was "imperfect". But to be honest, he was not sure whether the demons could evolve to perfection. In this case, all he could do was to give his soldiers the means to fight back.
It is unclear whether this method will work, but at least it gives people the possibility of resistance.
He looked down at the ground, then raised his head and looked at the Hippogriff Knight who was rising into the air again and said: How much time has passed now
"Answer: The fourteenth minute after the artificial magic reactor started up." Elena replied.
"But the Second Front doesn't seem to be able to stop the demon invasion - look there."
"Uh..." Looking in the direction of Elena's finger, Yang Hao couldn't see anything even with his eyes squinted. He had no choice but to continue observing with the help of Fen's magic.
The black dragon at the side looked at the image on the magic screen and subconsciously said, "Is this a tank?"
"tank?"
"It's something that we in Ishugard are trying to research, using steam as a power source to assist infantry in making breakthroughs... After seeing that the United Nations' army had such a powerful weapon, I told Ishugard about it."
Hei Long blinked. On the surface, it seemed like she was being stupid, but in fact... she was seducing.
After all, according to Black Dragon, Yang Hao is a person who can easily be provoked to feel a sense of crisis... If he can use this characteristic of his to lure him to Isugard to "personally inspect", perhaps...
She shuddered. The real killing intent coming from the elf made the black dragon a little frightened, but at least her goal was achieved.
Because Yang Hao was obviously very interested in the word "tank" - he seemed a little anxious, but soon focused his attention on the battle in front of him.
In order to fight against the barbed wire, the demons seem to have evolved into a new type of individual.
The whole thing looks like two side-by-side wheels. These special demon larvae have evolved extremely thick chitinous carapaces and protruding rhinoceros horns on the front, but their rears are so fragile that even their internal organs are directly exposed.
This new type of wheel demon seems to be focused solely on relieving the pressure on high-level demons while opening up new battlefields on the front line.
They seemed to be aware of the United Nations' current tactical shortcomings, and realized that as long as they could break through the barbed wire and hail of bullets in front of them and successfully break into the interior of the front line, the defenses of humans and elves would be vulnerable.
Fortunately, the demon larvae could only evolve armor that could withstand the fire from the Byers' small-caliber rifles.
When faced with the direct fire from the elves' Gappa 1404 rifles, machine guns, or even cannons, these new demons would always fall to the ground in the next second.
But to put it bluntly, being able to evolve from "only able to withstand two rounds" to [able to withstand four or five rounds head-on and be able to move at high speed]... Demons really should not be underestimated.
Yang Hao's face was serious and he immediately contacted the commander on the ground and asked them to abandon the second line.
"Hurry up and evacuate to the third line of defense - evacuate to the ruins of the city! There are many obstacles here that restrict the advancement of a new type of demon. If you face the sudden attack of the demons in the wild, you will only die in vain! Quick!"
The commanders seemed unable to understand why His Majesty would send them such an order.
But when they saw with their own eyes a wheel-like demon larvae break through several layers of barbed wire defenses in the hail of bullets before dying, and discovered that the number of these mutant individuals was not small, they immediately began to retreat.
In order to ensure that the soldiers could retreat to the third line of defense, the commander on the front line chose to pull the howitzer Golems that had been unable to continue firing to the front line to relieve the pressure of the demon charge.
Not only that, they also asked the Hippogriff Knights to provide support from the air, at least to avoid attacks from high-level demons - this was very effective, but at most it could only ensure safety in the air.
On the ground, the high-level demons were still advancing slowly but firmly. Someone had to stop their attack, but who could stop them from moving forward
Yang Hao was thinking. Although the elf wizards still had the energy to continue to release elf magic.