Chapter 619 Iron and Fire

Standing beside the massive and majestic war machine, Holm could not help but look up in awe at its iron-grey armor and the pipes and mechanisms covered in the shield, and beside him, the former commander of the Rock Fortress, The current Cecil officer Maryland Knight exclaimed softly: "It's a really beautiful machine, isn't it?"

Holm turned his head slightly and glanced at the knight who had re-armoured and was loyal to the duchy.

After a year of labor reform and ideological remodeling, and more than half a year of knowledge education, and after passing the strict assessment and oath procedures, the former royal nobleman was given the opportunity to swear allegiance to the lord of the South.

He was once incorporated into the engineering troop of the Second Corps and participated in the construction and production of many areas in the north. He witnessed and experienced the operating rules of the Cecil Order with his own eyes. This gentleman of knight showed a sincere and serious attitude in this process. And excellent personal ability, so he was removed and promoted, and finally was incorporated into the First Combat Corps, and became the commander of the "Iron Throne".

In Cecil, there are not many "transformers" like him. After all, talents are scarce in this era, and some intellectuals in the early stage of production and construction must be selected from the old aristocracy, which may leave certain hidden dangers in the future, but always Better than dying in the quagmire early in development.

And the Maryland Cavaliers, who are inherently reliable in character, should be regarded as one of the most trustworthy and expected people among such "transformers".

Home, a serf who is now one of Cecil's officials, laughed: "It's a beautiful machine indeed, and every part is beautiful."

He's a bit of a pun, but he's really admiring the war machine on the track beside him - this huge armored train is the most powerful mechanical device he has ever seen in his life. It is not only a means of transportation, but also a Weapons and fortresses, it is the brilliant creation of Marquise Rebecca and the great artisan Nicholas, and the formidable blood and sweat of Cecil's industrious and intelligent workers.

It has two "arsenal sections" at the head and tail. A total of four large railguns and four currently largest super-heavy burners are installed on the chassis of the vehicle. The armored gun turret that accommodates combatants can fire lightning, fireballs, and scorching rays to strafe the enemy to defend the train guns, depending on the situation.

The middle section of the train is a large compartment called the "tactical section". In addition to accommodating the train headquarters, high-power magic obelisks and communication devices are also installed, as well as sufficient weapons for self-defense;

The rest of the carriages of the train are the "carrying section". Those huge carriages can accommodate hundreds of thousands of soldiers. The carriages can also be replaced with open chassis to transport all kinds of chariots. Almost all kinds of magic vehicles can be placed on the broad and powerful carrier chassis;

Now,

This terrible war machine has a total of twelve "Warhammer-I" tanks fixed on four carrier chassis. Those tanks are not only "passengers" of this train, they are also terrible armed forces themselves - when they are When fixed on the chassis, it is equivalent to becoming a small train gun. Their turret is even more flexible than the main gun of the "Iron Throne" itself. As long as the train commander gives an order, twelve additional tank guns are loaded. It can faithfully annihilate all the little ones who dare to approach the "Iron Throne".

Armored, King's Landing, it is so powerful that upon seeing it, Holm finally realizes why a train is named "The Iron Throne" - the iron-grey paint and lines The tough and upright mechanical structure made it live up to the name of the "Throne", and even had a sense of beauty that fascinated him. At this moment, he was even a little jealous of the Maryland Knights.

"This is only the first 'Iron Throne'," said the Maryland Knight with pride on his face. "As planned, there will be follow-up Iron Throne-type armored trains to be launched on the track to protect the land covered by the railway. Therefore, every A row of Iron Thrones actually has subdivided names - the full name of the row in front of you should be 'Iron Throne - Zero'."

"The original Iron Throne..." Holm nodded thoughtfully, and then said, "We have been laying a railway extending northward these days. The situation in the eastern border is currently deteriorating, but correspondingly, due to the blockade by the lords of various places With our own territories and castles, a large number of wilderness areas have become completely uncontrolled areas, and almost no one hinders our activities - even if a few local lords intervene, they will not be able to become a climate in the case of scattered sand."

Maryland asked, "Where are those cluster infected people now?"

"They are still active in the area west of Solingborg, and only a few undisturbed rogues have entered the east, and they have not yet posed a threat."

Maryland nodded slightly.

Obviously, the main target of the All-Death Association is the capital of Ansu. They sent almost all the crystal cluster army to the front line in the northwest direction. They are very concerned about the food that has been put on the table in the east. Less - this is not difficult to understand. One side of the eastern border is the Typhon Empire, and the other side is the eastern area of ​​the Holy Spirit Plain, which has been completely occupied. Most of its main military power and capable nobles have been lost in the Holy Spirit Plain. In the pollution, for the All Things Dying Society, which has already mastered the advantage, this land is already swallowed by them, and now the rest is only slowly digested.

But the Maryland Knights know that this situation won't last long - The Death of All Things has just not adjusted its energy for the time being, has not "digested" the huge army they suddenly mastered, and has not completely established its foothold, but wait until they are completely wiped out. The remaining resistance of the Royal Army on the Holy Spirit Plain, when they reach the city of Saint Sunil, they will begin to "absorb" power from the eastern border, and continuously transform the population of this land into their crystal cluster army, Used to sweep the remaining territory of Anzu.

And his task was to suddenly block the gate leading to the Eastern Territory from the unexpected angle of the death of all things before all this happened, and cooperate with Gawain Cecil's "blockade" operation on the front line of the Gorgon River.

In the past few months, Baisha Mining has built a large number of railways in the cross area between Baisha and Gelan in the name of "building more roads to facilitate the transportation of ore". The slow response of local lords combined with Baisha Mining The company's money offensive against country knights, tax collectors, and civil servants brought these railroads almost right under Silas Lauren's nose, and now, with the turmoil in the east, White Sands' move to lay the railroad has Can be blatant.

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On the east bank of the Gorgon River, north of the fertile woodlands, the iron-forged legions began to advance.

In the middle of the river, the three magic warships headed by the "Pioneer" opened their magic wings, and the dazzling radiance of runes shone above the waves of the Gorgon River, and the huge energy was gathered, compressed, and infused. , the heavy "Truth-I" type magic crystal railgun finely adjusted its angle with the aid of the mechanical device. With the deafening sound of the shells piercing the air, the obelisk-like magic crystal shells rushed out of the orbit. Fly straight to the sky-

In the sharp sound, the cannonballs fell from the sky and fell to the earth, such as the fire falling from the sky, the ground collapsing and the mountains devastated. The countless giants of the crystal cluster who were dazedly advancing in the wasteland and the wilderness disappeared before they could react. This blow exceeded them. The limit of vision, even beyond the perception limit of the strongest among them, in the continuous falling of skyfire, the mutated limbs and crystal clusters were wiped out, the huge crystal cluster army was torn apart, and then they fought each other in the chaos, searching for unknown hiding places. where the enemy.

On the high ground by the river bank, the iron and steel ranger warriors in black armor climbed on the observation deck of the chariot, opened the tactical goggles, paid attention to the cluster monsters coming from the plain, and kept sending back signals to the warships in the river. Guiding round after round of naval artillery bombardment.

After several rounds of naval artillery bombardment, the chariot began to push forward, relying on the tank gun to open the way with the long-range howitzer behind it, the wheels and tracks rolled over the earth that had begun to heat up, and advanced step by step toward the area polluted by the giant crystal cluster.

In this devastating torrent, the "Steel Ambassador" propped up a fortified shield, stood out in the queue and drove forward. In each Steel Ambassador chariot, the most alert soldiers were watching the images reflected in the observation window. Image - on the observation window, with the spell effect of "Detect Distortion".

In the field of observation that was reddened by the effect of the spell, the whole earth was enveloped by the surging magic power, and the gigantic cluster giants shaking in the smoke and dust, the arcane light on them was like the dark night. Candles are generally eye-catching.

The candles on some of them are particularly striking.

The scout immediately transferred the target to the gunner of the howitzer, and at the same time sent a signal to the troops behind: "Observe the commanding individual and start guiding the shooting."

The steel ambassadors who acted as observation vehicles stopped for a short time, stabilized the body and activated their own on-board howitzers - this small-power "main gun" does not have strong lethality, and sometimes it is even protected by an extraordinarily powerful cluster giant. The shield intercepted it, but as the long-range grenades they shot roared through the air and fell to the ground in the distance, the hundreds of "Warhammer-I" main battle tanks behind them would immediately focus their artillery fire on the direction marked by the grenades— - An attack of this level cannot be intercepted by one or two powerful spellcasting units.

After a short but devastating round of shelling, a considerable number of enemies are bound to be thrown into chaos.

The tide-like cluster giants charged towards the enemies that came into their field of vision, their commanders died before the charge began, and the charging giants... would gradually degenerate into runaway beasts in the process.

It takes about an hour for them to fully debilitate, but most of them don't live beyond an hour.

Because they will attack the line of death intertwined by artillery fire and burners in an unorganized and disorderly manner, without dodging and evading, until they are reduced to ashes.

Due to the instinctive aggressiveness of the cluster giants after losing control, the legion does not even need to deliberately find those enemies hiding in blind spots or in the distance. As long as the artillery fire is still roaring, monsters in almost a hundred miles will actively gather for the burning purification. in flames.

On the high ground in the back, Gawain stood under the awning, quietly watching the scene on the distant plain, the field of artillery fire and the flashes of light from the direction of the Gorgon River (occasionally, there were rainbows of amazing scale and momentum. A beam of light sweeping across the riverbank) came into his sight, and near him, a mobile Lexicon relay vehicle was broadcasting intensive communications from the Trailblazer and ground troops, and several Leyline terminals projected different images. Signal troopers and commanders were busy between the equipment and the tactical map, and the sound of commands and reports kept coming from all directions.

In a trance, he actually had a sense of time and space disorder.

On the other side, the young knight Philip was standing at the map table not far away, watching the changes in the battlefield with a group of officers. Byron's holographic projection appeared beside Philip - through the magic net terminal, far away on the pioneer ship. Byron on the top also seemed to be at the scene of the army command.

The plan of amphibious propulsion was proposed by Gawain. In this plan, he asked the inland fleet to support the ground troops with heavy artillery. After initially tearing apart the legion array of the crystal cluster giants, the land tank troops moved forward again, relying on means such as long-range howitzers. Do the second clearing, and then before the cluster giant reacts, the land troops quickly occupy a favorable position, and rely on heavy burners, fire-breathing infantry, white knight brigade and other forces to completely purify the entire battlefield.

Philip Knight has developed a more detailed land force combat plan on this basis-relying on the steel ambassador as a reconnaissance vehicle, with the advantages of maneuverability and range, coupled with a reliable shield device, these tanks will quickly lock the crystal in front. Command nodes in the cluster and remotely direct artillery bombardment to destroy those nodes.

After this, the loyal Cecil Legion will rely on equally loyal incendiary weapons to annihilate those out of control foes.

These schemes are surprisingly effective.