After all, it was in water. Even though the flames of inflammable torpedoes could burn in water, their destructive power was much weaker than that on the land.
Of the over 100,000 iron-armored demons who jumped into Weishui River, besides the first batch who suffered some losses and were killed by the centrifugal cannons of the battleships of Taixia Country, most of the iron-armored demons directly dove into the water when encountering dangers. Although this method was not novel, it could greatly reduce the loss of iron-armored demons at this moment.
There were almost 90,000 iron-armored demons who could set foot on the east bank of Weishui River. The interception of Taixia Country's army in Weishui River only reduced a bit more than 10% of iron-armored demons, which was much smaller than the loss of the former iron-armored demons on the east bank of Weishui River.
Of course, it was because it was iron-armored demons who were crossing the river. If it was ox-horn demons or spider demons who were not good at swimming, the inflammable torpedoes would definitely kill more demon fighters. Given this point, it was indeed a wise decision for Sagula the Abyss Monarch to dispatch iron-armored demons as the vanguard.
The battle in the sky also affected the land.
Some wing demons wanted to attack the warships of Taixia Country on the river; however, after the warships of Taixia Country gathered together in an anti-air formation, the moment the wing demons arrived, the steam ballistae on the warships had opened fire towards them, forming a dense anti-air firepower net. As a result, some wing demons were even shot down by the firepower net on the warships.
Besides traditional bolts, some steam ballistae on the warships also shot more powerful inflammable bolts. The inflammable bolts used on these warships were different than those used on air cavalry I airplanes. They were longer in size and larger in diameter. Evidently, they could be used by steam ballistae with a larger diameter and greater power. When these bolts exploded in the sky, they would form a fireball whose diameter was higher than 10 m. Additionally, their anti-air range could reach over 400 m. No wing demons could gain any advantage in front of such an anti-air firepower.
By contrast, before the iron-armored demons gathered, two air cavalry I fighters had landed in the densest region of iron-armored demons precisely while giving off black smoke. The moment the fighters hit the ground, they exploded, causing some more iron-armored demons to be devoured by flames and metal parts in all directions.
The order of iron-armored demons was to charge forward.
After receiving such an order, all the iron-armored demons on the shore didn't hesitate at all. In the blink of an eye, over 80,000 iron-armored demons roared as they rushed towards the east.
Previously, there were woods on the east bank of Weishui River. However, at this moment, all the woods had been extirpated by the army of Taixia Country. The land was bare. Within hundreds of miles, it was full of undulating yellow hills. Besides some low weeds, a few shrubs and the remaining low stumps of the woods, there was basically no plant higher than 1 m. In this case, it was almost impossible for a large-scale troop to hide on the riverside. Even a troop of over 1,000 people could not hide there, not to mention a large-scale troop.
Over the past 1 year, hundreds of millions of troops and tens of millions of engineering corps of Taixia Country who were stationed on the east bank of Weishui River had combed over the entire east bank of Weishui River. As a result, the resources and topographical advantages available to the demon corps that landed here were basically zero.
Over 6,000 miles on the east bank of Weishui River was completely the preset battlefield of Taixia Country.
However, nobody could be seen on this battlefield. There were only undulating hills. The firepower of warships reached the bank of Weishui River. The shells of steam centrifugal cannons fell one after another. However, the iron-armored demons that rushed ashore didn't stop at all; instead, they continued to rush forward.
Flames started to appear on the ground, which devoured those iron-armored demons one after another. They were incendiary mines. Compared to the west bank of Weishui River, there were more incendiary mines in the undulating hills, hillsides, bottoms of ditches, bushes and flat open areas on the east bank of Weishui River. As a result, iron-armored demons would lose their lives for each step forward.
The entire east bank of the river was covered with minefields. In the minefields, the iron-armored demons couldn't see the soldiers of Taixia Country who were going to fight them. They could only see flames rising from the ground and iron-armored demons wailing in the flames, turning into caramels and losing their lives …
Iron-armored demons were furious, roaring and despairing. All the iron-armored demons above LV 10 started to bombard the ground in front of them with their battle qi as they ran.
Unlike Zhang Tie who had cultivated an emperor-level secret method, iron-armored demons above LV 10 had endless battle qi in their qi sea and could almost bombard the ground without limit. As for most of the iron-armored demons above LV 10, long-distance battle qi bombardment was a senior battle skill. This battle skill required them to release their battle qi in their qi sea and convert it into attacking energy. Although this skill was powerful, it also consumed a lot of battle qi.
A common LV 10 iron-armored demon could release long-distance battle qi bombardment 6-10 times a day. Few elites could release long-distance battle qi bombardment over 10 times a day. As long as an iron-armored demon used up its battle qi in its qi sea, its battle strength on the battlefield would decline sharply. Before its battle qi in its qi sea recovered, it would not be able to launch any more battle qi bombardment.
It was the same for LV 10 iron-armored demons and higher level iron-armored demons. However, higher level iron-armored demons could release more long-distance battle qi strikes. LV 11 common iron-armored demons could release 12-20 battle qi strikes; LV 12 iron-armored demons could release 18-40 battle qi strikes; LV 13 iron-armored demons could release 35-60 battle qi strikes … The higher level they were, the more long-distance battle qi strikes they could release; however, it was not limitless. Additionally, as for high-level fighters, as long as they ran out of battle qi in their qi sea, they might even be unable to release protective battle qi.
Battle qi boomed with brilliant brilliance and surging flames on the ground, which looked pretty boisterous. The battle qi bombardment of senior demon fighters was indeed effective as incendiary mines were constantly detonated by battle qi bombardment. However, if someone calculated it carefully, he would find that it would take 7-10 times for a senior demon fighter to detonate an incendiary mine by battle qi bombardment.
As incendiary mines were buried underground, people on the ground couldn't see them. Therefore, it was impossible to make a targeted strike on the battlefield. Therefore, it was a matter of probability that incendiary mines could be detonated by battle qi bombardment.
Someone had long considered this probability before burying these incendiary mines. The probability was determined by the density of the mines within one square mile. Another concept determined by this probability and density was the cost of the war.
Over 60 miles away from the east bank of Weishui River, Liu Xing and some commissioned officers of Fire-Dragon Corps were standing on a hillside with a telescope and watching the flickering battle qi and the rising flames on the ground of the army of iron-armored demons that were rushing towards Taixia Country from time to time.
The frontline of iron-armored demons was about 1 mile in width. Among over 90,000 iron-armored demons, there were only a bit more than 1,000 iron-armored demons above LV 10. Although over 1,000 iron-armored demons had tried their best to detonate some incendiary mines, more incendiary mines were detonated by iron-armored demons; instead of battle qi bombardment. Meanwhile, with the constant battle qi bombardment, more and more iron-armored demons above LV 10 would run out of their battle qi and couldn't launch long-distance battle qi bombardment anymore. Therefore, although demons were rushing forward, the number of flickering battle qi lights in the demon corps was decreasing …
"An incendiary mine's production cost is less than 1 silver coin. One silver coin could kill a LV 9 demon fighter. However, on the battlefield, we could paralyze a LV 10 iron-armored demon at the cost of 10 silver coins on average, causing it to lose its long-distance battle strike ability or consume the greater part of battle qi of a battle master-level or great battle master-level demon fighter. If I spend one gold coin to bury 100 mines on the battlefield, I would have to bombard the ground for hundreds to 1,000 times. If a demon battle spirit uses battle qi bombardment to clear mines, even if it runs out of battle qi, it might not be able to clear 100 mines. It's really a cost-effective deal …" Zhao Bing put down his telescope as he shook his head.
"This is the power of gold coins that our master mentioned. If we fight this holy war in this way, Taixia Country would not worry about how many demons would come. Money could really smash demons to death …" Wu Yinhui nodded.
"Besides our master, who else could smash demons to death with gold coins?"
"Do you think these demon fighters could reach us …"
"If the airship troop doesn't dispatch airships, it might be possible; however …" Liu Xing put down his telescope. Closely after that, a shadow had flashed across this hill. Without raising their heads, they had known that an airship had been dispatched.
In the flames of incendiary mines, the iron-armored demons finally became desperate. After rushing 40 miles forward, almost 90,000 iron-armored demons didn't see a single human fighter at all. They could only see the endless wire netting in front of them. The wire netting stretched as far as the eye could see. It was like a cage and a large battle formation being covered with wire netting over the earth.
Iron wires couldn't stop iron-armored demons; however, they could slow down their speed on the ground. Additionally, there were a lot of damn incendiary mines between iron wires.
When the iron-armored demons corps slowed down, a row of airships of Taixia Country appeared in the sky above the iron-armored demons corps. At the same time, a string of black spots fell off the airships. When they were over 20 m away from the ground, they exploded and turned into a blazing sea of flames before falling onto the heads of the iron-armored demons …
(To be continued.)
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