Chapter 331: The First Battle of the Combined Forces

Although Xia Fan had used the prototype to participate in the battle during the invasion of Dongsheng Country, the mechanical beast at that time was essentially a carrier that could only move slowly, which was completely different from the current Xuanwu Type A.

The officially produced mechanical beast is the product of the combination of the celestial telescope, the tree spirit seed and mechanical manufacturing technology. The celestial telescope gave it surging power, and the golden vine cultivated by the elves made this power delicate and controllable. The two together constitute the most critical part of the mechanical beast-the moving joint, which is also the biggest improvement of the mass-produced machine over the prototype.

In addition, the main parts of the Xuanwu Type A are wrapped with cast iron plates, and the driving position has a huge movable baffle to protect the operator. But Ning Wanjun didn't quite understand why Xia Fan had to make this baffle into a cone shape, so that it looked like half a fish head when it was put down.

As for the Suzaku specially made for her, it was even more exaggerated. There was a long piece of iron on the top of the fish head, which looked like a sharp horn from a distance. He couldn't expect to hit the enemy with this thing, right?

But putting aside its practicality, Ning Wanjun unexpectedly thought that this fish head with horns was quite...cool.

Of course, the characteristics of the Suzaku are far more than that. For example, its number of celestial instruments is twice as much as that of the Xuanwu Type A, and it is equipped with hand-shaped forelimbs and golden vine soft armor that the Type A does not have, etc. And this mechanical beast is painted bright red all over, which just sets off Ning Wanjun's fire element.

It must be said that when she saw the 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 mechanical beast.

In fact, the key to limiting the large-scale use of mechanical beasts is not Mo Yun's new mechanical bureau, but the lack of enough air sensers in the army. In addition to her and Qiuyue, the remaining three of the five mechanical beasts put into actual combat this time have to be transferred from the Privy Council, one of whom is a newly promoted alchemist, and the other two are elves.

"The enemy has a crossbow in their hands - they are stringing it!" 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.

"Don't panic, keep the formation unchanged, and keep moving forward." Ning Wanjun ordered calmly.

As a general, she clearly knew the killing effect of various weapons on the battlefield. At this distance, only the giant bed crossbow could threaten the team.

The enemy began to string and shoot arrows as soon as they saw their figures, which actually exposed their weakness of lack of battle experience.

After about a quarter of an hour, the distance between the two sides had been shortened to within 300 steps. For siege warfare, this is a dangerous distance. Bows and arrows still cannot reach them, but large machine crossbows, wooden frame catapults and some magic that rely on tools to string can play a role.

"Everyone stop! Xuanwu A-type deployed on the spot to cover long-range strikes!" Ning Wanjun issued the second order.

At this moment, the enemy's machine crossbow released the bowstring.

The iron-headed crossbow arrow, nearly an arm's length, hummed out of the arrow slot and whistled in the direction of the troops.

At the same time, the enemies on the wall couldn't help but join in the interception, and there were many hair-like "black lines" in the gray sky.

This scene has been practiced many times by Ai Li and others.

She didn't care to look at the trajectory of the enemy's crossbow arrows, and leaned over to control the mechanical beast to sit down suddenly. The giant beast, nearly two people tall, spread its legs forward and backward, and its body sank into the snow.

Then she controlled Xuanwu to open the guard plates on both wings, which was equivalent to setting up a square shield on her left and right. The soldiers behind quickly approached and gathered behind Xuanwu.

After executing this command, the enemy's iron arrows also flew into the team. Most of the more than 20 crossbow arrows were shot into the air, and only two or three were stuck in the mechanical beast.

Ai Li heard a muffled bang from above her head!

But nothing unusual happened next, and she couldn't even see any deformation of the guard plate above.

As for the arrows shot from the hand crossbow, they were blown off course by the cold wind halfway.

Ai Li put his hand on another celestial being, and the shelf behind Xuanwu fell to the ground.

Inside were the cannons seized from the warships of Dongsheng State. And a Xuanwu Type A can carry two cannons and corresponding ammunition at the same time.

——This was not only the first time that the mechanical beasts appeared on the battlefield, 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 cannons into the snow, adjusted the shooting angle, loaded gunpowder and chain bullets, and each operation was orderly.

At this time, the enemy took the lead in firing the second wave of crossbow arrows.

But except that the accuracy was slightly improved compared to the previous round, the defenders still had no way to deal with the mechanical beasts. In the past, the iron arrows that would pierce a bloody hole and could not even defend against armor could only wipe out a string of sparks when they fell on the Xuanwu armor plate, and it was difficult to leave even a dent.

"Group 2, loading completed!"

Ai Li heard someone shouting behind him.

She used her foot to control the shield to retract while bending her long pointed ears.

When the muzzle was completely exposed, the gunner ignited the gunpowder!

With a loud bang, 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 flew out of the barrel and spun towards the north gate of Baisha City——

…

After discovering that the two rounds of shooting had no effect, Zhang Zhubu felt a strong sense of uneasiness in his heart.

It was so strange, what the other party showed was really so strange! He had never seen such a thing, and he didn't know what the Jinxia people were thinking.

At this moment, the five giant beasts, four black and one red, stopped in place, like reefs exposed in the white snow sea. The iron-headed arrows shot by the machine crossbow seemed to sink into the sea in front of them, and even a splash of water was difficult to splash.

- Or, they are harder than reefs.

Through the dim reflections on their bodies, Zhang Zhubu realized that these things also have "armor", and the thickness of the protection is far greater than that of ordinary armor.

Fortunately, they seem to be able to be used only as shields, and the real main attackers should still be the soldiers hiding behind the black giant beasts.

There are no more than a hundred of these people. Even if there are mobile shelters to provide protection, they will still reveal flaws when they are close to the city wall.

However, as soon as this thought came up, Zhubu saw eight black gun barrels extending from behind the giant beasts.

Then there was a roar that resounded through the suburbs!

Is that - artillery?

Before Zhang Zhubu, who had seen this kind of weapon in the Shenzhou garrison, could shout "lower your head", several shells had already whizzed over the city wall and landed in Baisha City!

One of them happened to hit within ten steps of Zhubu - the low flying altitude made it intercepted by the top of the city wall, but it had more serious consequences. The thin brick wall shattered in an instant, covering the faces of the private soldiers who were looking around. The two iron balls were like guillotines, pulling each other and sweeping across the wall. Anyone who touched them was strangled by the iron chain before they could even scream, and those who were hit in the head were instantly unrecognizable!

When Zhang Zhubu came to his senses, half of his cheek was splattered with the blood of the dead and wounded.