Realm of Power

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The location of Utukul is the highest point outside Laiming City. Even without a rangefinder, you can see the land in front of it≮In front of Laiming Castle, a winding road passes through the residential area outside the city. Lemming Castle stood guarding this road, and the Salander pennant fluttered against the feeble blue sky.

Both the Salanders and the Vekians are staring at the road leading to Salander's capital. On both sides of this road, there are gently undulating mountains that slowly stretch to the north and south. However, this gentle stretch suddenly became steeper within a distance of less than two thousand meters, and the mountain was no longer made of soil, but granite growing with moss.

Thousands of mountains are endless, and there is only one road. The atmosphere of war is spreading. In the past, you could occasionally see one or two guys looking out curiously from the heights of the castle. These days, even such lookouts have disappeared. In the past, the sturdy towers took up one Rows of archers, they vigilantly looked at any target within 100 meters of the castle.

Both sides felt the pressure from the other side's camp, and the troops garrisoned in Laiming City were also frequently mobilized. Some simple wooden arrow towers appeared on the road leading to the city wall, and the road was filled with various obstacles used to block the enemy. , this battle is either not fought, or it is a bloody strangulation battle. This only road leading to the castle will definitely leave countless corpses and blood.

Outside the city, the siege equipment of the Vekia army has been prepared. Hundreds of siege towers stand beside the military camp. From a distance, these hero towers made of nearby mountain wood look like a row of giants covered with green moss. Each camp The squadron commanders adjusted their final deployment according to their respective attack directions.

Utukul skillfully reduced the size of the rangefinder lens. This was a relatively primitive shelling distance rangefinder and gyrometer. They were fixed on the side of a rock with an iron tripod and could swing left and right. Although This crude first-generation instrument cannot yet obtain extremely accurate distance data, but with his rich experience, Utukul can roughly calculate the amount of gunpowder and shooting height that the Thor Cannon needs to fill.

This is also the reason why Walkertus went to Dustrunkai in person. Without an experienced rangefinder, it would be really difficult to measure the arc distance between two points in such a complex terrain. rest assured.

There are very few rangefinders with such rich actual combat experience in the army. Even if they do exist, they are from the Central Army. The Southern Army cannot be mobilized. Just as the privateer fleet was mobilized to fight in Salander, such resources would not be needed. Those who were punished by God,

Who doesn’t know that the number of warships destroyed by the guns of the privateer fleet Thor is at least a hundred. After thinking about it for a while, Dostelenko agreed happily. He knew that the army that attacked Laiming Castle this time The troops, equipped with the latest large-caliber Thor, took this opportunity to understand the power of this enhanced version of Thor.

"40 meters 90 meters"

With his rich experience, Utukul muttered the distance in his mouth, and felt some doubts in his heart. Such a long distance has exceeded the 600-meter shooting distance of the general Thor, but since he has to measure the distance by himself at this point, naturally Thor should be placed near this point,

"Is there really a new weapon?"

Thinking of the squadron leader's words just now, Utukul's heartbeat paused. He straightened his right hand, raised his thumb to indicate the height of Laiming City in the distance, and secretly sighed in his heart.

"This is too unreliable!"

Utukul put down his hands in frustration. Ever since he became a range finder, calm analysis has become his professional habit. Because the Thor Cannon is a smoothbore cannon, the shells are erratic when fired. If there is a strong wind, the shells will be blown away. There are so many off track, This is very common in aviation, so the Thor curve cannon with a range of 600 meters can only wait until the enemy enters a range of 300 meters before starting to aim, and less than one-tenth of the number can hit the target with the first shot. As you can imagine , how lucky I was back then

Shooting at the enemy from 500 meters away, with Utukul's experience, he couldn't imagine what would happen. Even if the shell was blown back by the wind and hit one of his own people, it was entirely possible!

Some new recruits of the Northern Army were curiously hiding in the distance, constantly looking in the direction of Utukul, and whispering to each other. Baluther, the squadron leader in charge of guarding, could only ask the soldiers to set up a cordon 30 meters away. But this still cannot stop many curious eyes.

This was the most eye-catching and embarrassing day for Utukul. Not only was he the real center of attention, but who asked him to stand at the highest point? In the end, even the girls in charge of logistics and medical care heard the news and rushed over. They were originally stationed at the rear of the army. , more than 2,000 meters away from here, but there is too much noise here,

The chirping sounds of these curious girls were like active orioles jumping, and the curious gazes of the opposite sex made the shy young officer feel at a loss. He couldn't explain it, and he didn't want to explain it, because if he had to explain it, at least It takes a day.

Things like rangefinders were only equipped with the navy not long ago. It ushered in a new era of navigation and improved the accuracy of shelling of the Wekia Navy by at least 30%. This simple yet complex little device This thing makes many experienced gunners feel speechless. With it, the training speed of a gunner is reduced by at least two-thirds. It gave birth to the elite branch of the navy, "Range Measurement". hand"

As for Utukul's real weapon, it is an extremely exquisite naval scimitar, but it is also a weapon that is only used in the final battle. No captain would be willing to let the rangefinder, a soul figure who greatly improves the attack capability of a battleship, be willing to let him on the battlefield. When the rangefinder is really needed to participate in close combat, it is basically the last moment. Normally, he He couldn't even touch him because he didn't have enough time to learn the skills of close combat.

I don't know why, but the situation in front of him suddenly gave Utukul an impulse.

He wanted to go back to the navy, to the turbulent battleship deck with the roaring waves, the blue sea, the vast sky, the white sails, the mighty and agile Dragon Tooth ship breaking through the waves, and the roaring thunder god's fire reflecting the ferocious sky. The most important thing is that there are real brothers there, a group of brothers who get along day and night and share life and death.

And here, he felt so out of place, like a stranger!

"When you've seen enough, leave quickly. What are you doing! It hurts when you have nothing to do. If you have more time, go run the five thousand meters."

A familiar and loud voice dispersed the crowd of onlookers. The squadron leader Riohans who had just been chatting with him roared with a serious face. It was obvious that he had a high prestige among these recruits.

Although his body could not hide his feeling of being a veteran, his ferocious one-eyed face was enough to suppress these new recruits who had never been on the battlefield. Many recruits who knew him ran away in fear.

Riohans, the one-eyed butcher, is known to everyone in the entire flag regiment. The number of people who died in his hands was eighty if not one hundred. It is said that there are several innocent souls trapped in the lines of his hands. He has already made a complaint to the Duke of Vikia. Recommend, after this battle, you may have to transfer to the Grand Duke's Guards

"Hi, Rio Hans!" Several beautiful female soldiers waved to the ferocious-faced veterans. Seeing such a large group of butterfly-like female soldiers gathered together, Rio Hans's eyes turned green, and he subconsciously Shrinking his head,

All the sisters are here! "

Riohans' bald forehead was covered with beads of sweat. He was 30 years old, and he was licking his old face in a daze, nodding and bowing in front of a group of teenage girls. He secretly complained in his heart that he couldn't live his life like this. alive,

They are all my wife’s best friends! Who doesn’t know that my wife’s best friend is my husband’s mortal enemy! Whatever you say in your ear is worth ten or a hundred words to yourself.

When my wife gets angry, she will forget about soup tonight.

Tomorrow will be the battlefield. There will never be a winner in a cruel siege. Arrows are like rain, and corpses are overflowing the city. Some are tougher and less afraid of death. Old Rio still wants to work hard on the last night. Look. Let’s see if we can leave some seeds behind!

After finally getting rid of these delicate aunts with the excuse of superior military orders, Rio Hans came over with a pale face and sweat all over his body.

Looking at Utukul, who was staring at him with a strange look on his face, the squadron leader with a ferocious face smiled awkwardly, shook his head and said, "I'm not sure if I'm late! I'm an old man in his 30s. It's easy for me to marry a wife." What! If it weren’t for the military order, I would rather attack the Laiming wall in front of me single-handedly than face these chattering women!”

"Is there really a military order?" Utukul looked at him in surprise. Just now he thought it was an excuse made by Rio Hans casually.

"Yes!" Riohans's face suddenly became extremely serious. "I have received an order to transport a batch of secret weapons to this location tonight! Before dark, full martial law will be enforced within 100 meters of this place!"

Night soon fell, and under Utukul's doubtful eyes, a dozen black carriages pulled side by side by two war horses appeared at the foot of the mountain. Horse hooves flew, and the black carriages moved at high speed under the light of torches along the way, and the heavy ruts pressed down on them. On the road where it had rained during the day, black mud splashed up,

There was a rumble in the wind, which showed the heavy load in the carriage, and puffs of white air puffed out from the noses of the horses pulling the carts.

The rapid sound of "Tata" horse hooves then sounded, and nearly a hundred cavalry in black armor appeared on the back of these dozen mysterious carriages that were running hard, their energetic eyes shining with an inexplicable brilliance.

One of the leading knights looked in the direction of Utukul, and saw a strong murderous aura coming with the wind.

"Oh my god, it's the Grand Duke's personal guard!"

Just when Utukul was astonished, Riohans standing next to him was already trembling with excitement. The red light of the torch shone half-darkly on the dark armor of these knights. The curved waist sabers revealed that they were extraordinary. identity,

These murderous Guards Cavalry first patrolled the top of the mountain. After confirming the safety, the leading Guards Captain ordered the carriage carrying heavy objects to be opened. Each huge object was carried out with great effort by several Guardsmen. The punctuation points prepared earlier were lined up, and the two siege thundergods shone darkly in the torches.

"Oh what!"

The short barrel shone with a powerful character, and the huge metal muzzle, which was nearly ten times larger than the ordinary Thor, made Utukul, who was observing silently beside him, tremble in shock and couldn't close his mouth.

Based on his understanding of the power of the God of Thunder, the larger the muzzle, the greater the power. Such a huge muzzle is simply a masterpiece of God, and its power is absolutely earth-shaking.

"Is this Lord Utukul?" While Utukul was still stunned, the guard captain who led the team got off his horse in front of him and asked with a serious face.

After Utukuer nodded somewhat meaninglessly, the captain of the guards in black armor straightened up and saluted him respectfully, which made Riohans next to him dumbfounded. It was incredible that a guard saluted the young man next to him, and the tone also added the word "sir", which showed great respect!

"My name is Links, the captain of the 16th Guards Cavalry. According to the order of the Grand Duke, you have been appointed as the commander of Thor for this battle. Please give the order!"