The new weapon the high priest mentioned was the large electromagnetic gun that had been tested outside the northern suburbs.
After the expansion design, its overall size is comparable to that of the Xuanwu Machine Beast - although most of the structure is used to fix the base of the gun body, its electromagnetic launcher has also been increased to an unprecedented eighteen-foot level. Due to the limitation of smelting level, such a slender slide rod cannot be formed at one time and can only be achieved by splicing multiple sections. Not only the yield is low, but the production cycle is also extremely long. From the success of the experiment to today, the Mechanical Engineering Bureau has only built two of the same model, and all of them have been installed on the Noah tree boat.
However, the benefits of increasing launchers are also obvious.
A longer track means greater acceleration distance, as well as accommodating larger long-rod projectiles. At the same time, it also reduces the requirements for the operator in disguise. Even the alchemist who is not so proficient in shock techniques can accelerate the projectile to the standard exit speed within a limited time.
After loading the shore-based cannon onto the tree boat, the high priest participated in the calibration test firing, but after all, it was shooting into the sea. She really wanted to see if this weapon could be as powerful as she imagined when used in actual combat.
"Noah, stop moving!"
"Report, the tree boat has completely stopped!"
"The sea breeze is from west to north, wind force level 4!"
"Parameters have been corrected!"
"The target, the enemy machine beast, will be shot by the No. 1 turret."
Instructions flow among the operators - this is also a major feature of Jinxia City. The people who use the latest weapons are usually not generals or soldiers, but researchers who often spend time in the Machinery Bureau. No matter what they do, they appear to be strict and orderly, completely different from the careless soldiers under the princess.
The preparation for the first shot took a quarter of an hour.
Compared with the weapon technology itself, this achievement can be considered very backward.
However, for Qixing's landing troops, this was an incomprehensible moment. Within a quarter of an hour, they could not even evacuate all the troops from the beach.
On the other side, Qiao Zhenggang was also looking at Shuzhou's situation. He noticed that the huge thing seemed to be at a standstill and did not approach the dock any further.
"Did the other party see the clue?"
"That's not necessarily the case." Mr. Xu, a naval guerrilla, stroked his beard and said, "Mr. Qiao doesn't know that the larger the floating object on the water, the deeper the draft. This thing called a tree boat must have a large underwater part. It is very easy to run aground if you are too close to the shore, so if you want to land, you have to rely on other small boats to transfer. Even if there is artillery cover, landing is a high-risk thing, so the Jinxia Army probably wants to wait until we completely give up the beach. Ashore.”
"Is that so?" Qiao Zhenggang felt relieved. As long as the other party is willing to come over, he is not afraid of not being able to deal with Shuzhou.
If this progress continues, the official battle between the two sides will probably have to wait until dusk.
Perhaps we should prepare more torches for the camps at the rear.
Just when he was about to give this order, a bright light suddenly flashed on the tree boat.
It disappeared in the blink of an eye, as if it were just an illusion.
Qiao Zheng just raised the lookout glass. Before he could take a closer look, a deafening roar suddenly came from the northern beach!
He turned his head and saw a ball of fire rising into the sky, bringing with it a large amount of debris!
Trees as thick as a bowl fell down, as if they had been swept by a giant hand.
What's this
He couldn't help but froze in place.
The remaining soldiers followed their instincts and reacted in the most realistic way. They held their heads and fled in all directions to prevent being hit by the falling gravel. The originally neat and orderly transport team suddenly became chaotic, and several teams that were originally adding wax oil to the machine beasts all fell down, their lives and deaths unknown.
"Damn it, did the oil barrel catch fire?" Mr. Xu yelled angrily, "Whoever is responsible for this, please bring him here!"
His colleagues didn't even notice the light in the distance.
But this is not his fault. The tree boat is still more than twenty miles away from the shore. It is difficult to observe the changes in the sea and sky with the eyesight of those who are not Qi-sensing.
Qiao Zhenggang suddenly felt a strong uneasiness in his heart.
Could it be that... this explosion was actually an artillery bombardment from the Jinxia Army
But how is it possible!
It's not like he's never seen artillery before. Generally, it's good to shoot for a few miles, and the explosive shells only stir up a cloud of dust. How can they create such an astonishing momentum
But what if the flash just now was not a coincidence and the enemy could indeed do this
As soon as the thought came out, the fire on the tree boat burst out again.
This time even Xu Youyi noticed something strange, "Mr. Qiao, did you notice just now-"
He was only halfway through when the machine beast hidden under the cliff suddenly exploded into two pieces! It was completely different from the previous explosion. The large amount of wax oil placed in the machine beast suddenly turned into flowing flames and splashed around the woods. The rising fireball was comparable to a newborn sun!
Qiao Zhenggang felt the watchtower beneath his feet shaking violently from the explosion!
"No, this is an enemy attack!" He finally confirmed this, "Jinxia is firing at us!"
Moreover, they knew the layout on the shore well, and their first target was the machine beast closest to the sea - only the first shot missed slightly, which made people mistakenly think that there was something wrong with the transport team.
But it is too late to issue a warning now.
The burning wax oil not only lit a large number of logistics soldiers into torches, but also gradually affected more flammable and explosive objects. There were explosions all around the beach, and the team carrying supplies instantly collapsed. Even whips and swords could no longer stop them.
"You mean... they can shoot at us from that distance?" Xu Youyi's face turned pale.
"Idiot, can't you see it now?" At this point, Qiao Zhenggang was too lazy to be polite anymore, "Let the stormtroopers set off immediately to buy time for the rear camp to move!"
"But the enemy hasn't gotten close to the shore yet, and the stormtroopers may—"
He grabbed the other party's collar and said, "I don't care how many of them survive, but the Yunlong Machine Beast cannot be folded here. Do you understand?"
That thing was expensive to make, and it was also a key weapon against the Jinxia bipedal beast. He couldn't bear the responsibility for all the losses.
"Okay," Mr. Xu said with an embarrassed look, "I'll just do it."
Suddenly, Qiao Zhenggang caught two flashes of light from the corner of his eye - they were very short apart and almost lit up at the same time.
Is there more than one such terrifying artillery on the tree boat
Where are they targeting this time
Could it be—
This thought made Qiao Zhenggang's blood freeze. He pushed his colleagues away and was about to jump off the observation deck when a stream of light came from the horizon and penetrated under the wooden tower.
He only heard a loud roar, and he felt that he was hit hard by something, and then his whole body flew up. He wanted to control his posture in the air, but he couldn't find the feeling of his feet. Before numbness and cold swallowed him, Qiao Zheng just turned his eyes and looked down, but he could only see half of his broken body.