Although Xia Fan also used the prototype to participate in the battle during the invasion of Dongsheng Kingdom, the machine beast at that time was essentially a carrier that could only move slowly, which was completely different from the current Xuanwu Armor.
The officially produced machine beast is the product of the combination of the seeds of the Celestial Instrument Tree Spirit and the machine-making technology. The heavenly moving instrument gives it surging power, while the golden vine cultivated by elves makes this power delicate and controllable. The two together form the most critical part of the machine beast - the movement joints. This is also the biggest improvement of the mass-produced machine over the prototype.
In addition, the main parts of the Xuanwu Armor are covered with cast iron plates, and the driver's seat has a huge movable baffle to protect the operator. But Ning Wanjun didn't quite understand why Xia Fan had to make the baffle into a cone shape, so that when it was put down, it looked like half a fish head.
As for the Suzaku specially made for her, it was even more exaggerated. There was a long iron piece standing on the top of the fish's head, which looked like a sharp horn from a distance. He can't expect to hit the enemy with this thing, right
But practicality aside, Ning Wanjun unexpectedly found the fish head with horns to be quite... cool.
Of course, Suzaku has far more features than just that. For example, it has twice as many celestial devices as the Xuanwu A-type, and it is equipped with hand-shaped forelimbs and golden vine soft armor that the A-type does not have... And this mechanism The whole body of the beast is painted in bright red, which reflects Ning Wanjun's Lihuo attribute.
It has to be said that when she saw Suzaku for the first time, she fell in love with this war machine.
"Your Highness, they noticed us."
The maid on her right reminded loudly - after more than half a month of training, Qiuyue now has the ability to smoothly control the machine beast.
In fact, the key to limiting the large-scale use of mechanism beasts is not Mo Yun's new mechanism, but the lack of enough Qi sensers in the army. Among the five machine beasts put into actual combat this time, apart from her and Qiuyue, the remaining three had to be transferred from the Privy Council. One of them was a new alchemist and the other two were elves.
"The enemy has crossbows in their hands - they are loading them!" On the other side, the sharp-eyed Ai Li also issued a warning. This was her first time fighting side by side with humans, and her palms were already sweating a little.
"Don't panic, keep the formation unchanged and keep moving forward." Ning Wanjun ordered calmly.
As a general, she clearly knows the lethality of various weapons on the battlefield. At this distance, only giant bed crossbows can threaten the team.
The enemy started to draw arrows as soon as they saw their figures, which essentially exposed their weakness of lack of battle experience.
After about a quarter of an hour, the distance between the two sides had shortened to within 300 steps. For siege warfare, this is a dangerous distance, and bows and arrows are still out of reach of them, but large crossbows, wood-framed catapults and some alchemy can already work.
"Everyone stop! The Xuanwu Type A is deployed on the spot to cover long-range strikes!" Ning Wanjun issued the second order.
At this moment, the enemy's crossbow loosened its bowstring.
The iron-headed crossbow bolt, which was nearly an arm's length, left the arrow trough with a buzzing sound and roared in the direction of the troops.
At the same time, the enemies on the wall couldn't help but join in the blocking, and there were many hair-like "black lines" in the gray sky.
Ai Li and others have rehearsed this scene many times.
She didn't care to look at the trajectory of the enemy's crossbow, and leaned over to control the machine beast and sat down violently. The behemoth, nearly two people tall, spread its legs forward and back, and its body suddenly sank into the snow.
Then she controlled the shields of Xuanwu's open wings, which was equivalent to setting up a square shield on her left and right. The soldiers in the rear quickly approached and gathered behind Xuanwu.
After executing this command, the enemy's iron arrow also flew into the team. Most of the more than twenty crossbow arrows were missed, and only two or three were stuck on the machine beast.
Ai Li heard a muffled sound above her head!
But nothing strange happened next, and she couldn't even see any deformation in the upper guard plate.
As for the arrows shot from the hand crossbow, they were already deflected by the cold wind halfway.
Aili put her hand on another celestial instrument, and the shelf behind Xuanwu fell to the ground.
What was placed inside was the artillery captured from the Dongsheng Kingdom warship. A Xuanwu A-type can carry two artillery pieces and corresponding ammunition at the same time.
- This is not only the first time that the machine beast has appeared on the war stage, but also the first actual combat of the Jinxia Artillery Regiment.
The soldiers who had been prepared for a long time immediately got busy. They pushed the artillery into the snow, adjusted the firing angle, and loaded gunpowder and hammer shells. Every operation was done in an orderly manner.
At this time, the enemy fired the second wave of crossbow bolts first.
But except for the fact that the accuracy was slightly improved compared to the previous round, the defenders still had nothing to do against the machine beasts. In the past, when an iron arrowhead that pierced a bloody hole that even armor could not defend fell on a piece of Xuanwu armor, it could only erase a string of sparks and not even leave a dent.
"Group 2, loading completed!"
Aili heard someone shouting behind her.
She used her feet to retract the guard while bending her long pointed ears.
When the muzzle was completely exposed, the gunner lit the gunpowder!
There was only a loud roar, and the snow in front of the elf suddenly turned into a large snow mist. In the flash of fire, two metal balls locked together by iron chains came out and started spinning. Smash it towards the north gate of Baisha City -
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After discovering that the two rounds of shooting had no effect, Master Zhang felt intense uneasiness in his heart.
It’s so weird, what the other party showed is so weird! He had never seen anything like that before, and he didn't know what the Jinxia people were thinking.
At this moment, five giant beasts, four black and one red, stood motionless, like rocks exposed in the white snow sea. The iron-tipped arrows fired by the crossbows seemed to sink into the sea in front of them, and even a splash of water was difficult to splash.
—In other words, they are harder than rocks.
Through the dim reflection on their bodies, Master Zhang realized that these things also had "armor", and the thickness of their protection was far greater than that of ordinary armor.
Fortunately, they seem to be only used as shields, and the real main attacker should still be the soldiers hiding behind the black giant beast.
The number of these people does not exceed a hundred. Even if there are mobile bunkers to provide protection, flaws will eventually be exposed when getting close to the city wall.
However, as soon as this idea came up, the chief clerk saw eight black barrels sticking out from behind the giant beast.
Then there was a roar that echoed through the countryside!
That's - artillery
Before Master Zhang, who had seen this kind of weapon in the Shenzhou garrison, had time to shout down, several cannonballs had already roared over the city wall and landed in Baisha City!
One of them accidentally hit within ten steps of the main book - the flight altitude was too low, causing it to be stopped by the top of the city wall, but it had more serious consequences. The thin brick wall instantly shattered, confusing the faces of the private soldiers looking around. The two iron balls were like guillotines, pulling each other and sweeping across the wall. Anyone who came into contact with them was strangled by the iron rope before they could even scream. The person who was hit in the head was instantly changed beyond recognition!
When Master Zhang came back to his senses, half of his face had been spattered with the blood of the dead and wounded.