soon.
A light-armored replacement soldier ran over and observed for a while among the metal giants in front of the gate of the 4th Army. After confirming Lei Luo's number, he gave a military salute.
"I am ordered by Gangze, the commander of the 32nd Infantry Regiment, to escort you to the 32nd Infantry Regiment."
"knew."
The metal giant's voice was mechanical and uncomfortable to hear, so Lei Luo tried to say as little as possible.
With heavy steps, he followed the soldier "Boom" and "Boom" to the gate of the fortress. It could be seen that the soldier was very nervous and excited, with a red light of excitement on his face. The archer team naturally gave way to him.
Or, to make way for the behemoth behind him.
Outside the fortress, the mid-afternoon glare of the sun fell on the metal giant, exuding the beauty of metal violence.
The eyes of the five-meter metal giant glowed red, and Lei Luo looked at the soldiers waiting outside the fortress.
The soldiers stood relatively loosely. Behind them were a large number of crossbowmen and a few magician advisors. In front were heavy armored soldiers and heavy shield warriors. They were covered with the luster of metal armor everywhere, and there was a large black area, among which there were many similar to themselves. Such a metal giant war weapon.
However, the team of more than 10,000 people outside the fortress is nothing compared to the more than 100,000 permanent troops stationed in the entire furnace fortress.
In the crowd, some frowning magician consultants could be seen from time to time.
Compared with the ignorant soldiers who were elated and unaware of what was going to happen, these magician advisors obviously had a better understanding of what it meant to join the front line of this war.
I am distressed by the task that I was assigned to the front line, but I have no choice.
Lei Luo couldn't help but secretly rejoice.
Although the military department generally does not send scholars from the academy to join the frontline war, even if it is an ordinary city defense task, no matter how careful it is, a large-scale destruction magic will appear, and a strong man will rush forward, sweep and kill A piece, or a stone bomb dropped from the sky.
For such a thing as luck, scholars with valuable social status naturally dare not gamble with their lives.
On the other hand, the task assigned by the old ghost to his group to manipulate metal war weapons is not only quite safe, but also can be used to obtain military merits in war. This is obviously a fat task that needs to be arranged through the back door.
Calling Xiao Kang for this mission is really a wise choice!
soon.
The soldier brought Lei Luo to an infantry regiment.
The elite heavy armored soldiers at the front of the infantry regiment, wrapped like iron barrels, looked up at this huge and majestic metal giant, feeling daunted.
There are already 3 official-level metal giants, and 12 primitive-level metal war golems with a height of 2m~2.5m.
Compared to full-tier metal war giants, these primitive-level metal war golems appear rather dull.
A middle-aged man in iron mail heard the heavy footsteps behind him and turned his head to look.
"According to the instructions of the mission of the furnace tower, Lei Luo Gubo, a first-year student from St. Granburg, came to report to the 32nd Infantry Regiment of the Fourth Army."
The metal giant gave a military salute and spoke in a mechanical voice.
I don't know why, but this kind of metal war weapon should be managed by the intelligence department.
The middle-aged infantry commander returned the salute with a dignified expression.
"I am Gangze, and I hope that your Excellency can help my legion reduce damage as much as possible during the first wave of slave cannon fodder charge of the Sealanders. The despicable Sealanders will not care about the lives of slaves, but we Granites Soldiers are never allowed to be used as cannon fodder."
"yes."
Lei Luo responded calmly and performed his duties.
A five-meter-tall metal giant, holding a shield in one hand and a sword in the other, Lei Luo silently calculated how long the energy core in his body could last. The Corps skipped over, quietly waiting for the enemy in the distance.
Shadows cast.
With the "rumbling" sound of the bellows, a group of balloon airships slowly floated in the furnace fortress.
But these balloon airships are obviously different from ordinary balloon airships.
"It's a balloon fortress!"
The Sealand soldiers shouted.
"Balloon Fortress?"
Looking at the red light of the metal giant, this so-called balloon fortress is larger than the civil aviation balloon airship, reaching a length of 30 meters. It looks like a huge goose egg, and the outer shell is covered with a layer of black-gray armor layer.
The powerful energy cover, even at hundreds of meters, can be seen with a layer of reflection.
According to Lei Luo's estimate, the strength of this energy shield should far exceed the strength of the natural shield of a level 2 upanishist, and it is far from being comparable to that of a civil aviation balloon airship.
It is for this reason that these balloon fortresses sacrifice speed.
Even with more powerful bellows and a deafening "rumbling" sound, the speed of the balloon fortress is still very slow, similar to the speed of ground soldiers walking fast.
In the fortress, a total of 23 balloons flew out to run the base.
As the balloon fortress gradually stopped above the soldiers' heads, the top hatch slowly opened, revealing a black muzzle, which was the magic crystal cannon.
Compared with the giant trebuchet, the energy of the magic crystal cannon is more concentrated, and the range is shorter. Therefore, the Granites have used their abundant resources to develop an aerial platform war weapon such as the balloon fortress.
In this oppressive atmosphere.
Long, long, long, long, long...
On the horizon of the lawn next door in the distance, a row of black shadows gradually emerged, getting closer amidst the faint vibration of the ground.
Lei Luo seemed to hear the heavy breathing of the soldiers behind him.
Although there has been no war between the two countries for decades, from a historical point of view, this is only a relatively short-lived peace.
War is the eternal topic between the two countries.
Among the slaves of the Sealanders, humans only accounted for a small part, and most of them were aliens from the Land of Star Screen.
The alien races in the Land of Star Screens, although the only common humans are the elves in the Thorn Forest and the dwarves in the Hengduan Mountains, but there are many alien races who believe in various gods in remote forests, mountains, swamps, deserts, and barren lands. .
Similar to the stone giants, dwarfs, goatmen, werewolves, etc. in the space node of the scar of the moon, they are part of the alien race of the star curtain.
It’s just that most of the places where these alien races live are poor places that are not suitable for human survival, and most of the believers have already belonged to the light gods. The legion and the priests of the temple followed, so they were generally protected by the Aurora Guangming Empire.
Therefore, there are basically no conflicts between many human principalities and these alien races.
Except the Principality of Sealand.
The slavery system of the Principality of Sealand has been handed down since the founding of the country, and it has been thoroughly integrated into their iron blood and conquest culture.
It is different from the system of the Grand Duke's Mercenary Association.
The Mercenary Association of the Principality of Sealand is extremely bleak, replaced by large and small slave hunting groups, and the overall strength of these slave hunting groups is far higher than that of the Grand Duchy of the Mercenary Association.
Among them, several super-large slave hunting groups almost possessed abilities comparable to those of S-level mercenary groups!
After colluding with each other, these super-large slave hunting groups even launched a war of extermination against those small tribes who did not have the protection of the gods!
What's even more frightening is that under the system of the Aurora Guangming Empire, these actions are completely legal.
The people of the church will not interfere in any way.
Because in the church's view, whether it is many human principalities or many alien races, it is just a competition for belief among the gods of light.
Although the six principalities have a very special status due to the birth of the Academy of Sciences, at least for the church there is no obvious conflict of interest, and they have made considerable contributions in previous crusades, let alone becoming a fertile ground for heresy.
on the contrary.
As for those small groups without the protection of the gods, although the church has no clear attitude, it internally supports this extermination policy, so as to avoid too many uncontrolled forces and breed heresy.