Chapter 22 Testing Each Other

The players on our side were shouting happily, and the artillery fire around the gunman immediately began to roar. There was a loud bang, less than fifty meters away from me, and the shock wave swept me and everyone around me away. When the smoke cleared, only a large crater with a diameter of more than 30 meters and a depth of 40 meters was left where the shell hit. You must know that this is a city wall. The bricks on the surface are all carved from Caiyun stone. There are steel plates and magic reinforcement arrays underneath. This hardness is not comparable to that of the earth. How terrifying would it be to open such a big hole?

I got up from the ground and shook my head, looking at the people lying on the ground nearby. Most of them were rolling on the ground, and less than a third of them could stand up. "City tree. Fight back, fight back!"

"clear."

The warning lights around the giant cannon on our side began to flash again. The metal latch at the back of the barrel with a diameter larger than a human arm bounced with a click, and the huge rolling bomb bay rotated one level driven by the mechanical gears. The bomb bay was in place with a ding, and the metal latch was re-inserted into the bomb bay with a snap. The spring-loaded impactor on the rear of the gun automatically retreated for a while, and then bounced back with a bang. The impact force generated by the impactor detonated the propellant, and the cannon roared fiercely. The entire gun body still recoiled five or six meters under the pull of the spring reducer before being locked by the forced positioner.

A row of fireballs suddenly appeared on the opposite gun god's position, and two more cannons were disabled. This time, they hit the normal probability. Almost as soon as the fireball rose, our cannon had been reset, and the huge bomb bay rotated one level again. The giant elevator behind the gun emplacement sent a shell to the rear of the bomb bay away from the firing position. An automatic propeller inserted the shell into the bomb bay to complete the reloading process. This whole process only took about twenty seconds. That's a miracle for such a big gun.

The gunman was shouting at his artillery position, urging the gunners to load quickly, but before they could load the shells, there was a sudden tremor around them. A dozen fireballs turned two cannons into scrap metal.

"Boss, this won't work!" a gunner shouted: "Their cannons seem to be faster than ours!"

Standing next to the gun god, the holder of the American national weapon Binocao looked at it with a telescope and said: "They use a rotating bomb bay, and they seem to have a fully automatic loader. We can't keep up with the speed! No, get out of the way, they are going to fire again!"

Boom boom boom... Before the sound of the binoc had dissipated, clouds of fire rose around them. The last few cannons were all destroyed, and the gunman's face was completely blackened. A large piece of flesh was removed from Yusina's arm by shrapnel, and she was surrounded by wounded people rolling on the ground.

"Damn it, how come the cannons of the Frost Rose Alliance are so accurate?" Binocao shook off the dirt on his body and got up.

Yusina endured the pain and said: "The cannon is an urban weapon, and it must have been calibrated for ballistics. Our mobile artillery also needs to calculate the range and wind direction. They only need to use the calibrated calculations made in advance." Just check the table against our distance and wind speed, it must be more accurate than ours!"

Binocao suddenly shouted again: "What are they still aiming at? We have no more guns!"

The gunman suddenly jumped up: "No, they are targeting our baggage convoy. Get out of here, everyone get out of here!"

The gun god's reminder was relatively quick, but it was not that simple to move the carriage. By the time those players were pulling their cars to hide, the shells had already dropped, and with a loud rumble, the gunman's convoy suddenly lost more than thirty cars. In fact, only three shells were hit by more than a dozen cannons, but the gun masters did not know that our cannons could hit such a distance. Those cars were all parked too densely, and after the cannonballs fell, a single shell would often knock off all the surrounding carriages.

I stood on the city wall and watched the fireballs rising behind the American players. I said to the city tree with great satisfaction: "Don't stop, keep fighting. I want them to know the consequences of underestimating our frost."

"Understood, the cannon system is firing at full speed."

The giant cannons at the top of Panshi City threw shells one after another at the enemy's important target points with deafening sound of gunfire. Even the rotating bomb bays of these giant cannons could not keep up with the firing speed. I looked at the bomb bay that was still filled with smoke just after leaving the firing position, and said to myself: "It seems that the six-round bomb bay is not fast enough!"

"It doesn't matter. I'll help you switch to a belt for ammunition next time."

When I heard the voice, I quickly turned around and saw Noreen standing behind me with her hands behind her back.

"Why are you here?"

"I came to see how my design turned out. I didn't expect you to think it was not fast enough. I have to improve it next time!"

"No, no, no. This is already very good. After all, it is this kind of super cannon, and its speed is fast enough."

Noreen pouted: "Forget it. What are the effects of other weapons?"

"I don't know. Currently, only the giant cannon, electric pillar, flame nozzle and bomb ejector have been used. The other things are not used yet! But they will come in handy soon."

The shelling from both sides took a lot of time. The strange special forces sent by the Gun God had already rushed to the bottom of the city wall. Some of them had rushed up to the city wall and were climbing up the wall. The strange vehicles also rushed to the city wall. The camouflage shell was opened. It's actually a ground-mounted folding ladder truck. It's a shame Americans think about it. These eight-wheeled carriages unfold into a very huge platform, and the metal structure on the carriage is controlled by a mage. It can automatically rise to form a long ladder and be directly mounted on the city wall. In reality, to set up a 400-meter-high ladder, it is estimated that the bottom part must be at least thick-waisted, otherwise it will not be able to support the weight. But this is a game. A simple levitation technique can solve all problems, not to mention that the bracket is not strong enough. Even if there is no base and the levitation technique is cast on the ladder, it can still be erected.

Noreen glanced at the ladder below and smiled slightly: "It's a shame they thought of such a thing, but unfortunately it's too fragile. So, let's see if the newly installed things are any good. Use it?"

"Okay." I said to the leaves of the city tree: "Let Calliope and the others prepare."

"Already in place."

"Okay, raise the tweeter."

A circular hole suddenly opened near the top of the front wall of Rock City, and behind the hole was a strange metal flat plate with a red magic circle painted on it.

"Everyone, cover your ears." I took out the communication crystal and shouted.

The players and NPCs in this guild immediately understood and quickly covered their ears. Although these sonic weapons have a certain degree of directionality, they will not fly straight out like light. Some of it will still be reflected back, so protection must be taken.

After confirming that everyone was ready, I ordered the city tree: "Let's start."

There was a sudden loud bang on the wall of Rock City that was so loud that it shook people's minds, and then more complex notes appeared. This was clearly the beginning of a song. The only problem was that the volume was too loud, making people dizzy.

The music suddenly stopped, and then a melodious and clear female voice appeared. This sound is deep and melodious, and sounds very nice. But this was not sung, but simply hummed with a nasal tone. Suddenly, the tone rose sharply, and the strange objects with red magic arrays on the top of the entire Rock City all lit up at the same time. Along with the red light, the air in front of the magic array They quickly gathered into a circle, and the air pressure inside was so unstable that it actually affected the refraction of light, and circles of halo appeared.

The treble keeps rising. When it was about to reach the peak, the sound became smaller and smaller, but everyone found that their heads hurt more and more.

The Gunslinger, who had been frightened by the previous high-pitched sound, suddenly found that the sound wave had disappeared and felt happy, but then he suddenly found that his headache was getting worse and worse. A black lion next to him said: "Master, the sound has not disappeared, but has entered the ultrasound stage!"

Yusina covered her ears and said, "No wonder I can't hear!"

Although the ultrasound cannot be heard. But the vibration in the air in front of the city wall is very obvious. Looking from here, the Rock City is shaking like a phantom. Suddenly, the air in front of the magic arrays shook more and more violently, and white air arrows were shot out from the center of the magic arrays. He rushed down towards the stretching ladders, blasting them to pieces like breaking toothpicks, not even leaving the base on the ground.

After the ladder was destroyed, the magic arrays stretched out from the wall. There was a universal shaft behind it, allowing it to rotate at will. These things began to sweep at the crowd below, and in front of the magic array was a continuous The white color of the ground rippled, and anyone who was swept away would be immediately knocked to the ground and bleed.

The special cavalry that rushed up to the city wall had already rushed up more than three hundred meters. They were about to reach the top of the wall, but they all drew their weapons, obviously intending to destroy these high-frequency sonic weapons along the way, but their wish would not be realized. Just when these knights were about to reach the top of the wall, suddenly, the city wall under their feet changed, and dense holes opened in the area from 300 to 430 meters above the ground. Before they realized the danger, they heard a crack. A two-meter-long triangular steel thorn popped out of each small hole. The city wall within this height range instantly turned into a nail wall, and all the special cavalry were impaled on the steel spikes. Blood poured down to the ground like rain, making the entire offensive line stunned.

After only staying for six or seven seconds, the steel thorns were retracted as neatly as when they popped out. The corpses that were impaled as hedgehogs immediately fell down, clattering to the ground. They had just been pierced through n holes, and now they fell from a height of three to four hundred meters. No one could tell who they were before. They could not tell anything except a pile of rotten flesh. .

The Gunslinger was going crazy. "Mastermind, Mastermind, is this your plan?"

The think tank stammered: "This... this...!"

"Did you really say that?"

"I didn't expect them to have such insidious weapons. How can they get close? Those steel spikes are too vicious. If you want to get close, you can only fly up. But you said they have absolute air superiority, so what can I do? "

"You are a military advisor, and your task is to find a solution. Now you ask me what I can do, so what else do I want from you?" The gunman angrily picked up the think tank's collar: "Weren't you bragging a lot before? ?Now you are trying to find a way to take down the city wall for me?"

"Don't get excited." The think tank saw that the gun god was showing signs of wanting to hit him and quickly stopped. "I still have a way. But it may require some sacrifices."

"Then do it quickly. There are always sacrifices in war."

"Got it!" The think tank quickly gave the order to his men, and the orderlies immediately ran to convey the order. The think tank explained to the Gunslinger: "Since the NPC forces have also agreed to send troops, we can't always let us charge by ourselves, right? This is a game, and we will suffer losses if we always use real-life concepts to fight. Dealing with those things still requires some special strength. For example, Warcraft. The NPC army that joined us seems to be some humanoid creatures with scales on their bodies. Those things are very fast and strong in combat. The most important thing is that they can climb walls, and those steel thorns are very powerful to them. It’s useless. But it’s estimated that when you get to the top of the city wall, you will be surrounded by the opponent’s superior troops, and there will probably be no one left. So after this time, we can no longer count on this unit.”

"As long as you break through the first city wall, don't worry about the rest." The Gunslinger said confidently: "I have been to Essinger before, and the defenses there are basically concentrated on the first city wall. As long as the first layer is broken, , it will become much simpler later.”

"Oh well!"

The think tank's plan was quickly implemented, and the NPC army that had been parked on the other side of the mountain finally moved out of the hidden hilltop and entered the American player's position.

I stood on the top of the city and was shocked: "Good guy, there are so many NPC legions."

The voice of the rose in the Ring of Love replied: "This is not surprising. If the Japanese build a city in China, there will only be more soldiers in heaven and earth than this. I estimate that the combined strength of the NPC army and American players this time may be close to Hundreds of millions of troops.”

"How many have we killed now?"

"Less than a million."

"Not even one percent?"

"It's normal." Rose said calmly: "The Americans have been testing in the previous battle. They were just testing the performance and configuration of our defense weapons. The real battle has not yet started. Otherwise, do you think Why don’t you load up all the baggage that the Gunslinger is pulling and go into battle?”

"I know. That's why I didn't let all the weapons in the city participate in the counterattack. Today is just a test for everyone."

"You can kill nearly a million troops just by trying your hand. You are really generous!"

"Who is talking?" Although the love ring is a communication tool between couples, it is actually like a walkie-talkie. People nearby can also hear what they are saying. I don't recognize the voice just now, at least I don't remember it.

Rose whispered: "It's the idiot you tricked."

"What is he doing here?"

"He came with Big Pot Rice. Just now..."

"Hey, I said Ziri, you...ah! What are you doing?"

The sounds in the Ring of Love were in chaos. I frowned when I heard this. It took a long time for Rose's voice to return. "Okay, I asked the guards to throw him out."

"Tell Big Pot Rice not to bring people like this to the city randomly. By the way, is there any news from Wei Na?" Wei Na went out to negotiate with the protoss forces in the United States and has not returned yet.

Rose said: "There's no news, it's probably because we haven't reached an agreement yet! After all, Wei Na is also a god, much stronger than us, so she won't be in danger."

"I'm not worried that she's in danger, but I'm worried that a bad negotiation will have the opposite effect and attract more enemies."

"I don't think so? Wei Na is not a novice. She is very smart!"

"That's right too!"

Rose comforted me and said, "Okay, just keep an eye on your front line and don't let the enemy rush in. I'm behind you."

"Oh well!"

After cutting off the communication, I looked at the position ahead. The probing attacks by the Americans were still going on. A large number of soldiers continued to charge against the city wall in skirmish formations. It looked like it was endless, but in fact there were not many troops at all. . We really have to fight with all our might. Then it should be a sea of ​​people.

The NPC forces in the United States have sent tens of millions of troops. There are tens of millions of players organized by Gunslinger and NPCs purchased, which together add up to nearly 100 million troops. So many troops. If they all died under the city wall, they would probably be able to level the city wall. Although we have received support from domestic players and NPC forces, it is not a nationwide mobilization after all, and the actual number of troops is only over 10 million. The United States only has one-tenth of its land. The only thing we can rely on is the city wall. We hope we can hold it.

After a short period of adjustment, a specially mixed NPC army quietly blended into the attack sequence of American players and quickly reached the bottom of the city wall. Looking down from the city wall, the people below are all a mess of little black spots. Unless it is something particularly strange, it is difficult for us to notice it on the city wall. So I didn't notice these NPC monsters until they jumped out of the team and climbed onto the city wall.

"Oh. New arms."

Noreen smiled and said: "Turn off the ultrasonic attack device! Let me try the newly installed knife wheel to see if it works."

I immediately informed City Tree to take back the ultrasonic attack device. Then wait for the monsters under the city wall to climb up. Just when they were halfway up the climb, a row of small passages suddenly opened on the top of the city wall, and then a row of subway wheels with steel nails were pushed out.

The monsters below noticed these things instantly, but they had no way to hide. The iron ratchet rolled under the influence of gravity and rushed down the slightly sloping wall. The monsters were hit before they could react and were all brought down. A height of more than two hundred meters is enough for these things to accelerate to a terrifying speed, not to mention they have long nails on them, even though those monsters have scales. But they were not invulnerable, and in the end they were all stabbed to the core.

Originally, I thought that they would be settled, but who knew that although a lot of those monsters were killed, there were more monsters jumping onto the city wall behind. Noreen immediately laughed when she saw these monsters continuing to charge upward. "I was worried that the second action I designed would be useless! Now it seems that my worries were in vain." Zheng said. Those below fell to the ground and the subway ratchets suddenly vibrated, and then rushed up along the city wall like crazy. The monsters that climbed in front of them were rolled over by the nail wheel again, and each one was torn into strips. fell down. Those iron wheels rushed back to the hole where they were released without slowing down. Then he rolled in again, and the hole was closed again.

Noreen asked me proudly: "How do you feel?"

"Very good. But why does that thing run back? Is it a magic device?"

"Tch, this is not simple." Norin said proudly: "It doesn't use magic at all, it's just a mechanical combination of a gravity flywheel and a delay spring. When the iron wheel rushes down, the internal flywheel will accumulate inertia. , convert it into kinetic energy. When it rushes under the city wall, the timing spring is released, and the flywheel contacts the iron wheel shell, driving the iron wheel to rotate. Because a small amount of magnetic material is added to the city wall. The magnet in the iron wheel comes from It is said to be a runway, so it can rush back in one breath. However, this process requires adding a small amount of power machinery to compensate for the kinetic energy lost when hitting the enemy. There is no problem if there are few people like this, but if there are too many people, it may not be possible to get up. !”

“It turns out it’s still not perfect!”

"This is just an experimental product, it hasn't been finalized yet!"

I pointed to the bottom of the city wall: "Here he comes again. Do you have any other secret equipment?"

"No more. Those are the outer walls, and there are some inner walls. Now you can only use conventional weapons to intercept. I have to go back to the laboratory first." Noreen ran away without waiting for my answer.

I looked helplessly at the monsters below and shouted to the players and NPCs around me: "Get weapons and prepare for close combat." The interception weapons on the city wall were all for greeting people outside the city. I can't deal with people who climb walls.

The think tank's plan is to trade all of these monsters for a time difference. And they were mentally prepared that all of these monsters would be killed, so they sent them all up in one go. Look at the dense group of monsters on the city wall. At least hundreds of thousands. These things moved up the city wall like geckos, and soon reached the top of the city wall.

"Get ready." I yelled.

Bang bang. With the sound of neat steps, the NPCs and players raised their weapons and took two steps towards the wall.