"Can you be faster?" Lightning accompanied Fei next to the cab, wishing she could go up and push the train, but she also knew in her heart that this behemoth that was comparable to the top of a mountain was simply pushed by Maisie. No effect, "How about adding more coal to the furnace?"
"Hoho, little girl, if the pressure is too high, the boiler will explode!" The man who steered the Heihe was a gray-haired old man who didn't look like a soldier, but an ordinary friendly neighbor. He replied with a loud voice, "Don't worry, the First Army is not so easy to defeat, even if the opponent is a devil from hell."
Lightning pursed his lips, but did not answer.
Although she knew that making the train run at this speed was beyond expectations, she still couldn't reduce her anxiety. It didn't take much effort to find the Heihe along the railway. Disaster. Apart from the shock of the people in the car when he approached, the rest of the process went smoothly: as a member of the Witch Union, the train conductor quickly believed her words and issued a U-turn order.
However, Lightning did not relax at all.
After the train turned to Tower No. 1, she finally contacted Sylvie, and the news of the latter made her heart sink: the devil not only accurately seized the gap between the advance of the First Army, but launched the attack when the defense was not yet formed. There was a sudden attack, and the main offensive force was rapidly approaching the camp from both directions. Without the support of artillery, it would be more difficult for the already discounted positions to exert their strength, and the situation would undoubtedly worsen.
After hearing this, she really couldn't be as confident as the old man.
The only good news is probably that Maisie successfully found the injured Lorgar, and with Nana's treatment, the wolf girl's life was finally safe.
"It's noisy and windy outside, do you want to come in and sit? It's not easy to shout every word." The other party took a sip of his pipe and leaned against the window, "Don't look at some people inside, at least it's warm This stove is so much better than a fireplace!"
"No... Thank you," Lightning glanced at the cockpit, whose eyes were shaking like sifter, and shook his head, "It's still not needed."
Sure enough, this is already the limit of the Heihe.
Continue to accelerate at this jitter frequency, and even if the boiler can survive, the train will have to fall apart.
"It can be seen that you are still worried about the situation over there... Are there any relatives or friends of yours in the camp?"
"Yeah." Lightning replied worriedly.
"Me too," he said, stroking his beard, "and two!"
"Huh?" Lightning couldn't help but froze for a moment, she thought that the other party's calmness was because of nothing to worry about.
"I used to be a miner, and I gave birth to four children in my life. Except for the eldest one who died of a cold, all the others survived until His Majesty Wimbledon arrived." The old man smiled, "Before they lived like mice, Both thin and cowardly, but since joining the army, it's like a person has changed inside and out. This is why I have confidence in the First Army. A team composed of such people cannot be easily defeated. "
Is... Is that so? Lightning couldn't help but ask, "What about another one?"
"On this train," he tapped on his pipe. "He was the first lookout to see you approaching."
The old man paused for a moment, and his tone was rather proud, "Because these changes were brought by His Majesty Wimbledon, I also thought about what I could do for him. Besides, it would be boring to stay in the mines alone, why don't I go anywhere? Take a walk. Later, His Majesty selected the train crew from those who are familiar with the operation of steam engines, and I signed up, but I didn’t expect to be selected.”
It turns out that the other party is not like her... Lightning pouted, and was about to say something when the phone on the console suddenly rang loudly.
"Father, I see Tower 1! It really looks like there's a battle over there, I can see flashes and flames!" The excited voice in the microphone can even be heard from the lightning outside the window.
"How many times have I said it, this is the army, don't call me father!" the old man shouted into the microphone, "Just keep staring ahead, I'm going to sound the siren to tell them that reinforcements are coming!"
Then he picked his beard at Lightning, "How about it, I'll say they're not that easy to be defeated, right?" Then the other party turned around, pulled down the rope behind his back, and shouted angrily, "Get me up there. Come on, boys!"
"woo"
A quarter of an hour later, with the long and thick whistle of the whistle, the Heihe rushed into the center of the melee with a huge roar as it slowed down.
The stone needles stuck on the rails were all smashed into pieces, and the collision between the black stone and the steel caused a series of dazzling sparks to shoot out from the dark front of the car.
Perhaps the deceleration of the train gave the enemy the illusion that they could block the opponent. Several demons approached the rails, trying to stop the steel behemoth from advancing, but they were all swept under the wheels and crushed into flesh.
No matter how slow it is, it is not something that biological power can resist.
At the same time, the machine gun turrets erected on the front and rear of the armored train also began to shoot around, and the demons who invaded the interior of the camp were immediately attacked by the enemy. And the bone spear and other attack methods are ticklish for the Heihe.
At this moment, the lightning has already flown into the turret compartment.
"Silvy, what is the goal?"
"It's right in front of you, about 3,300 meters," Sylvie apparently noticed the arrival of the train, and reported the shelling data immediately, "It's open and unobstructed!"
No need to repeat, the moment the train came to a complete stop, the gunners got busy immediately.
…
In Sylvie's vision, the main enemy force was now within the range of the camp's defense line.
The number of them is not as good as the last battle of Wangbeipo, which is about 5,000, but they are very scattered, just like unrestrained robbers. Because of this, the entire plain seems to be filled with their people and horses, which looks creepy.
And further afield, the detection of the magic eye was distorted.
There was an opaque black screen surging on the ground, and even the magic eye that could penetrate any blind spot could not fully see what was behind the black screen. It's not like the interference that the Stone of God's Punishment brings to the Forbidden Demon Realm, and the feeling it brings to people is like a silent dead place. It's more like something else... something alive.
And before falling asleep, there was clearly nothing there.
The long needles and stone pillars that attacked the camp were fired from the shady curtain.
This was the battle that Sylvie felt the most depressing. From the ambush to the attack, it was full of weirdness. Her vision was restricted everywhere, and every step of the devil seemed to be aimed at her.
She no longer thought about how the enemy had approached this distance silently, and instead focused all her attention on the Heihe.
Since she couldn't see the exact location of the target, she only made adjustments based on the results of the shelling.
Just in this anxious and restless waiting, Heihe finally let out its first roar, and the scorching flames immediately illuminated its long body, and also lit up the camp in the night!
Faster than sound are cannonballs.
It penetrated layers of air blocked in front of it, dragging a string of shock waves towards the black screen.