heavy weapon is king

Chapter 253 The two armies confront each other, the giant elephant charges

The roaring gunfire continued.

Within two kilometers of the city defenses, bullets rained heavily, and thousands of lines of fire spewed out from the barrels of two hundred Gatling guns, bombarding the enemies outside the city overwhelmingly.

Eight thousand silver lion soldiers rushed to the city, their blood flowed into rivers and their corpses littered the field.

Two hundred Gatling six-barreled heavy machine guns and two million rounds of ammunition consumed more than half of them in just a few minutes.

Originally, with the terrifying rate of fire of the Gatling M134, they would definitely be able to spray all 2 million bullets within 200 minutes.

But in order to reduce unnecessary waste, many times, Nie Zheng did not let the group of natives fire blindly. Only when the number of enemy groups is large, all the machine gun groups will bombard crazily.

Like those scattered and fleeing enemies, occasionally there will be a few Gatlings who aim and shoot intermittently.

Even so, the two hundred Gatling heavy machine guns still fired more than 100 million rounds of ammunition within a few minutes, and the remaining ammunition was less than 80 rounds.

Judging from this rate of consumption, the remaining ammunition will not last for a few minutes.

It’s okay if the enemy is intimidated by Gatling’s heavy firepower. If the enemy still charges up in a group as crazy as before, the remaining ammunition will be destroyed by these two hundred crazy Gatlings within 3 minutes at most. Lin's money-burning machines were all bombarded.

200 million rounds of bullets, a total of 4000 million yuan, after just a few random rounds of shooting, it was all gone.

No wonder people often say that war is a machine that burns money crazily, and what is fought is consumption and money.

Although Nie Zheng was very distressed about the consumption just now, the results of the battle were still amazing.

Eight thousand menacing silver lion soldiers, none of them could successfully enter within 400 meters of the city defense. Basically, all of them were at a distance of about [-] meters, and were surrounded by two hundred Gatlings on the top of the city. The intertwined firepower net was completely wiped out.

It took only 5 minutes before and after, but most of the eight thousand silver lion soldiers were injured in an instant.

Suffering such a huge blow, the remaining Silver Lion soldiers, who dared to continue to charge, retreated back with pale faces under the orders of their respective generals.

As soon as the silver lion warriors charging ahead retreated, the 10,000+ army following behind stopped advancing one after another, and retreated across the wilderness like a tide.

The sudden shooting just now completely shocked the Da Viet people!
All the soldiers and horses of Da Yue looked at the Gatling heavy machine gun on the city defense in the distance with terrified expressions. For a while, no one dared to take a step forward.

At this moment, among the 10,000+ army, Sang Kang was sitting on the horse, his face was distorted, and his face was ashen.

How could this be?
The gold-eating worms released just now have clearly destroyed all the weapons of the enemy, why do they still have such terrible weapons?

The eight thousand silver lion soldiers, all wearing snake god armor, possessed a powerful strength above the sixth rank, but under the attack of those firearms, they were so fragile and vulnerable.

What is the origin of this gang of dragon and tiger thieves?
Why are their firearms so powerful and seemingly endless?
Thinking of this, two cold rays of light shot out of Sang Kang's sinister eyes, and he was extremely angry.

Suddenly, he yelled loudly, "Where is the Heavenly Snake Priest?"

Hearing Sangkang's cold roar, the old man in red robe who had been following behind trembled, and hurriedly bowed to Sangkang's horse, his thin body trembling constantly, and said in a hoarse voice: "Big... ... Your Majesty!"

Sang Kang gave him a cold look, and said in a cold voice, "Tell me, why did this happen?"

The hands of the red-robed old man lying across his chest kept trembling, and his face was extremely pale. He swallowed hard and said shortly: "The gold-eating bug we released just now, although it was finally killed by the thief's The sea of ​​fire was wiped out, but the previous quarter of an hour was enough for them to destroy all the armor and firearms on the enemy's city defense. According to common sense, those thieves should have lost all their weapons long ago, and there is no way they will have the power to fight back..."

Before he finished speaking, Sang Kang stared at him sharply, his eyes were so cold that he wanted to kill, "Since there is no power to resist, then why did most of the king's eight thousand soldiers lose in an instant?"

"This……"

The red-robed old man wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said timidly: "I don't know why this happened, and... maybe those gangsters still have some non-gold and iron firearms in their hands. It cannot be destroyed."

Hearing this, Sang Kang slowly closed his eyes, trying to calm down his furious emotions.After a moment of silence, he opened his eyes again, and said slowly, "Immediately feed the giant elephant the snake god ointment, and send the giant elephant cavalry to charge and break through the city!"

Seeing that Sang Kang finally appeased, the red-robed old man relaxed immediately, and he hastily bowed to accept his orders, "Yes, Your Majesty!"

Not a moment after the red-robed old man left, the white-clothed scholar rode up to Sang Kang again. "My lord, it seems that the gang of dragon and tiger thieves are really weird, somewhat beyond our expectations."

Sang Kang didn't look back, looked at the distant city tower expressionlessly, and said lightly: "The thief's firearms are too fierce, and the eight thousand silver lion soldiers can't even rush into the city defense for a hundred steps. It can be seen that the thief The firearms deployed on the top of the city are no small matter."

The white-clothed scholar pondered for a moment, then suddenly said: "My lord, last time we snatched some firearms and went back to observe them. I wonder if your lord still remembers them?"

Sang Kang nodded, and said: "Of course I remember, the firearms of these dragon and tiger thieves have strange shapes, and the steel used for casting is simply rare in the world. I really don't know how they got them."

The white-clothed scholar waved his hand and said, "Your Majesty, what I want to say is not these things."

Hearing this, Sang Kang frowned and said, "Oh, what do you want to say?"

The scholar in white thought for a while, and said: "According to the last time I sneaked into Yangzhou City, after many investigations, I discovered a secret. Although the firearms of these dragon and tiger thieves are powerful, all of those firearms must be used That thing called "ammunition," and without ammunition, those firearms would be nothing more than a heap of iron."

As soon as this remark came out, Sang Kang's expression changed, and he said: "Could it be that you mean that the firearms of the thieves are powerful, but they need to consume a lot of ammunition. If the ammunition is exhausted, they will be completely helpless?"

The white-clothed scholar smiled and said, "Your Majesty is wise, you guessed the key point right away."

At this point, he paused, pointed to the city defense in the distance, and continued: "If I guessed correctly, the firearms deployed by the thieves on the city defense are powerful, but they consume a lot of energy. With those firearms, we repelled our eight thousand silver lion soldiers, but as long as we continue to advance in a defensive formation, and then use the vehicle crossbow and arrow array to assist the attack, we will definitely break through the city defense of the thieves.

You must know that their firearms cannot be endless, as long as the ammunition is exhausted, they will be completely reduced to lambs waiting to be slaughtered.We must seize the time to attack the city now, and we must capture the southern city defense before the bandits' reinforcements arrive. Otherwise, in at most two quarters of an hour, the bandits from the other three defenses of Yangzhou City will definitely come to rescue with a large number of firearms. "

Hearing this, Sang Kang's eyes flashed, and he ordered on the spot: "Li Huairen, now it's up to you to form an army and attack the city with all your strength!"

The white-clothed scholar took a deep breath, punched his chest respectfully, nodded deeply, and said, "I obey, Your Majesty!"

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Above the southern city defense, Nie Zheng kept an eye on the situation outside the city.

It was discovered that Sang Kang led an army of 10,000+, and after rushing two miles away from the city defense, all of them suddenly stood still.

Thousands of disabled Silver Lion soldiers also retreated into the army's camp with blood and wounds. Seeing this, Nie Zheng hurriedly waved his hand and ordered everyone to stop attacking.

Immediately, hundreds of machine gunners stopped firing after receiving the order.

At the same time, thousands of dragon and tiger elites began to work nervously again. The series of shots just now, two hundred Gatling heavy machine guns, basically sprayed all the loaded belts clean .

Now that the fighting has ceased, everyone immediately surrounded the city and seized the time to reload the ammunition belt.

Sang Kang's army suddenly stopped advancing, and Nie Zheng knew very well that the enemy would never let it go so easily, they must be planning to siege the city.

Thinking of this, Nie Zheng immediately reminded Shi Zheng and others to be vigilant and do a good job of defense.

Sangkang's army was attacking the city with all kinds of bows, crossbows and arrows raining for cover. Therefore, as long as everyone was equipped with various thick wooden shields on the top of the city and concealed their bodies, they would be safe.

Besides, many of the [-] dragon and tiger spirits left on the city defense are dragon blood masters, and having them defend against the rain of arrows should be able to reduce the damage of their own camp.

All of a sudden, the camps of both sides were busy preparing for the battle.

Taking advantage of this gap, Nie Zheng took out the military binoculars again and looked out of the city. He was suddenly taken aback.

Behind the 10,000+ army, a group of giant elephants with a height of seven or eight meters, covered with thick scales, slowly advanced.

The size of these giant elephants is almost shocking.

In his previous life, Nie Zheng had seen many elephants in the zoo, but compared with the giant elephants outside the city, the elephants in the zoo were simply a group of cubs.

Hundreds of huge giant elephants, like moving hills, stepped on heavy steps in unison, slowly moving towards the city defense.

After the giant elephant appeared, the formation of 10,000+ troops lined up in the front retreated like a tide, and gave way to the giant elephant cavalry behind, a passage with a width of [-] meters.

Although the group of giant elephant cavalry was several kilometers away, they did not rush forward, but the footsteps of the hundred giant elephants stomping on the ground faintly caused the whole wilderness to tremble slightly...

(End of this chapter)