According to Roland's plan, once the bombardment started, it would not stop.
First, five rounds of volleys would turn the first row of 20 demonic beasts into powder. Then, it would be free shooting time. Using the rapid firing of blanks and the detonation of black gunpowder, it would create an imposing manner as if thousands of cannons were roaring.
Therefore, when the continuous shooting sounded, the atmosphere on the scene ushered in a new high. The explosions set off smoke and dirt in an endless stream, and the area within 500 meters of the city wall looked like the end of the world. Occasionally, some cages were smashed by flying stones, and the demonic beasts in the cages that could still move reacted not to rush to the city wall, but to turn around and flee.
Fear overcame their bloodthirsty instincts.
However, very few of them could escape from this land of death.
Under the strong shock waves gushing out of the ground, their internal organs had long been ruptured and displaced, and their eardrums and eyeballs had lost the function of perception. Most of the demonic beasts fell to the ground before they could go far, and then they were engulfed by the newly detonated explosives.
"This is nothing. You haven't seen the war with the church." Andrea covered her ears and proudly said to the stunned witches in the Kingdom of Wolfheart, "Although there were only two cannons at that time, there were hundreds of flintlocks and smaller iron cannons. Their opponents were not demonic beasts in cages, but the swift and powerful God's Punishment Army. When the battle was at its most intense, the whole open space was filled with flying projectiles, and as long as you exposed your head, you would die. Compared to this, that was a real war. "
"Is, is that so..." Amy looked shocked.
"No wonder they lost," Hero sighed. "This is not something that humans can resist."
"Seeing such a scene, aren't you afraid at all?" Broken Sword looked at Andrea with admiration.
Taking advantage of the gap between the explosions, Andrea elegantly combed her fluttering long hair and said, "Of course, you'll get used to it after seeing more. I witnessed the whole process of the war, and I even killed two God's Punishment Army soldiers with my own hands! "
She completely forgot that when she climbed the city wall for the first time, she was also full of surprise and disbelief like them. Now, she somewhat regarded Neverwinter as her second home. Even when talking about these weapons, she could not help but speak with a sense of pride.
Compared with most witches who just watched the fun, Phyllis was much more observant.
When the first row of demonic beasts was blown to pieces, she did not pay much attention to it. At this distance, the spears of Mad Demons could also threaten the soldiers on the city wall. Facing the bone spears falling like a storm, even if these to be called Longsong Cannons were amazingly powerful, how long could the common people who manipulated them last?
But when the cannons turned to the second row of cages, her expression finally changed.
Could it be that the mortal king's intention in arranging the demonic beasts was to let the explosion spread further away? The last row of cages was almost a thousand feet away. If the Longsong Cannons could hit that area, it would mean that their range was almost equal to that of the Siege Beasts, but their lethality would be far greater!
If the witches could have such long-range weapons, they would have been, and would have Longsong, to the Longsong, Longsong, and. If, it to attack, to the Longsong, it to the Longsong, it, it would, it, it, and it, it, it. If the witches had such long-range weapons, they might be able to defend the Holy City of Taquila.
Was this the trump card of Neverwinter, and the reason why Agatha was so confident in Roland?
When she asked the Ice Witch this question, the latter just smiled and shook her head.
"It was placed one kilometer away to satisfy the audience... because any further would affect the enjoyment of the maneuver. As for the range of the new cannons, His Majesty said it could be more than ten kilometers, which is ten times the current range. " Agatha tilted her head and said in her ear, "In other words, it can hit the place where the manipulator can't see."
Ten times? Phyllis was stunned. Although she did not quite understand the units of meters and kilometers, ten times the current range was nearly three thousand feet, and some demons' outposts happened to be set within this distance. Did it mean that if the cannons were placed on the top of the city of Taquila, they could directly hit the demons' lair?
How could it be possible?
How could they ensure that the weapons could hit the enemies that were out of sight?
Seeing that Phyllis was a little stunned, Agatha continued, "But it's not easy to hit the enemies that far. It requires a lot of calculation and improvement of the aiming device of the cannons. I heard that those astrologers are studying this. His Majesty seems to want to write a shooting list that can calculate the landing point of the cannonball according to the data before firing. Even if the enemies are several kilometers away, they can accurately hit the targets. "
"Are you sure?" Phyllis clenched her teeth. "Doesn't that mean that as long as we build a few more cannons like this, the demons can't even get close to the city wall?"
"Yes, His Majesty called this method of attack 'cleaning the ground'..." Agatha shrugged. "It probably means' cleaning the dirty things on the ground '. Although it's a little hard to pronounce, it's quite appropriate."
"Well... do you know how to make cannons?" Phyllis hesitated and whispered into Roland's ear.
Roland took a deep look at her and waited for a new round of explosions to pass before he said, "I know what you want to say. Some of the materials for the cannonball were indeed provided by me, but it's far more than one or two people can make them."
"Even witches can't do it?"
"Far from enough... Do you know how many common people are working in the chemical plant in Neverwinter? Nearly two thousand, and the number is still increasing! " Agatha sighed. "But what they've done is just turn acid, grease and gas into explosives. The production of cannons is a completely different system. There are more than three thousand people in the mine and smelting factory, and more than one thousand and five hundred people in the processing factory. After the cannons are made, there must be corresponding maintenance and use personnel. Even in the age of Taquila, how many common people did the Union have? "
Phyllis fell silent. When Arrieta and Starfall City fell one after another, the human territory retreated to a corner of the plain, and the surviving population also plummeted. When Taquila was the only one left, the number of common people controlled by the Union was only about thirty to forty thousand. However, they were responsible for supporting the combat witches, logistics, and maintaining the operation of the city, so they could not spare so many people to make Longsong Cannons. If Agatha did not lie to her, even the Taquila at that time could not do this, let alone the witches who were hiding in the underground labyrinth.
At this moment, the sound of cannons suddenly stopped.
The first two rows of demonic beasts had completely merged with the snow and turned into a pool of blurred flesh and blood. It was terribly quiet around the city wall. No one spoke at the scene. They all stared at the farthest row of cages, as if they were waiting for something.
Phyllis looked at Agatha in confusion, and the latter smiled at her.
"The key is here."
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