The No. 6 Longsong Cannon was one of the cannons that Van'er had patrolled before the attack. As it was located at the edge of the encampment, it had not suffered any other attacks except for two waves of spears. Compared to the cannons that had been knocked over by the Devilbeasts, the No. 6 Longsong Cannon only needed to be replenished before it could resume operation.
In less than a minute after receiving the parameters, the Longsong Cannon fired a furious flame at the target!
The two-kilometer distance caused the trajectory of the shell to be extremely low. Both the human soldiers and the demons on the battlefield could hear the special whistling sound of the bullet whizzing past them.
However, the difference was that the latter was followed by an earth-shattering roar!
The terrifying King of War had once again returned to its domain!
At this distance, the accuracy of the large-caliber cannon was no longer erratic. The first shell accurately landed at the foot of a crawling monster. The violent explosion directly overturned half of its body. Its open shell was blown away, completely exposing its flesh and blood.
He also killed a group of Mad Demons that were guarding the crawling monsters.
Judging from their posture, they were obviously guarding against the witches' surprise attack. However, under the pressure of the mortars, they had no choice but to curl up beside the "big spider", hoping to block the flying shrapnel with their stone limbs.
However, in the face of the huge difference in caliber, this move became meaningless. The energy produced by the explosion was easily transmitted to the Mad Demons through the crawling monster.
In the blink of an eye, the shockwave shattered the internal organs and bones of the Mad Demons, causing their seemingly stable bodies to ripple like water. When the dust fell to the ground, there were only corpses scattered around the center of the explosion.
"We hit it!" Sylvie could not help waving her fist. "The next target is... 12 degrees 6 minutes, 2,480 meters away!"
"No problem. The backup will be here soon!"
At the same time, the demons, who had been suffering from the bombardment of the mortars, finally entered the area one kilometer away from the encampment.
Just when everyone thought that the battle was about to end, the enemy's attack came to an abrupt halt.
The whole process lasted less than ten minutes.
The Mad Demons at the forefront were within 500 meters of the Northbound Slope, which was the first barbed wire fence.
But that was all.
Without the threat of the Devilbeasts, all the machine gun squads in the frontline, including the anti-aircraft machine guns, aimed at the swarming enemies.
For a time, the entire battlefield could be described as boiling.
The firepower of the First Army could not be mentioned in the same breath as that of the battle at Coldwind Ridge. At that time, the limited number of heavy machine guns were carefully placed in the blockhouses and were only allowed to be used against the most threatening targets. Now, the First Army could freely pour ammunition at any enemy that stepped into its firing range, even if this "squandering" could only last for one battle.
Meanwhile, the 500-meter area became the hunting ground for the precision shooting team in the first trench.
Normally, demons wouldn't care about obstacles like barbed wire. Their strong bodies were strong enough to leap over them or uproot wooden stakes.
However, in the eyes of a sniper, such an action was no different from suicide.
When the demons found that they could not get close enough to throw the spear, they could no longer control themselves. This had nothing to do with discipline and morale, but more like the instinctive despair of the beasts.
After leaving nearly a thousand corpses in front of the defensive line, they turned around and retreated like the tide. During this process, the machine guns kept firing until the barrels were roasted red.
Compared to the fierce battle in the rear, the frontline seemed to be more peaceful.
Sylvie finally felt relieved. Perhaps only she knew how thrilling the "trump card showdown" two kilometers away was. When the magic vortexes of the last two crawling monsters were full and were about to be activated, the No.1 and No.3 Longsong Cannons made up for it in time.
If they had been one or two seconds late, the stone pillars would have caused more damage to the First Army, who were engaged in the crossfire.
But no matter what, this battle was won by humans. After four hundred years of silence, humans had once again entered this forgotten land, and they had finally redeemed themselves from the hands of the demons.
...
It was already four days later when Roland received the detailed report from the frontline.
Due to the large number of casualties, the First Army spent a lot of effort to clean up the battlefield. According to the experience of the Taquila, the first thing to do was to burn the demons' corpses and take away all the Magic Stones.
In particular, if they could not take away the Magic Stones from the enemies' corpses, it would not be a complete victory. If the demons took the Magic Stones back, they would soon appear on a new demon.
The final statistics were very shocking. Almost 6,000 demons died in this ambush, which was more than the total number of the First Army who participated in the battle.
Less than half of them were directly killed by the cannons and machine guns. Most of the demons died when the Red Mist was cut off, and they were scattered on the road.
It was not that the enemies did not prepare well. After the post-war inventory, the First Army found more than 10 Siege Beasts that had been modified as transportation vehicles, not including the scraps that had been blown into pieces. If the humans were at a disadvantage, they could take their time to replenish the Red Mist, but the rout made it impossible. Relying only on the Red Mist they carried, it was impossible to retreat from the outpost to the Taquila ruins.
"If I remember correctly, the witches can also use those Siege Beasts, right?" Roland said to the Sigil of Listening.
"You're right. The core of this thing is the Magic Stone. With a little training, it can be used." Zoey answered instead of Iron Axe. "Although it's slow, it can carry a lot of things. The Union once used it to replace horses and mules for long-distance transportation."
"It seems good to give them to the Ministry of Construction," Roland thought. The construction team happened to lack a batch of transportation vehicles, and the slow speed in the city was actually an advantage.
Unfortunately, the Magic Stone that they seized the most was not very useful. It needed to be combined with a magic lifeform to play its full role. It was regarded as a special Magic Stone of the demons, and was usually taken back to the rear for centralized destruction.
"By the way, how did the enemies escape from Sylvie's detection?"
"Let me answer this question." Agatha cleared her throat. "After the battle, we conducted a comprehensive search of the outpost and found an underground passage. It was connected to a cave two kilometers away. There, we found an underground camp built by the demons. Not only was there a mist storage tower, but also a God's Stone of Punishment Pillar. The overall scale was a bit larger than the outpost that served as a bait. In fact, that was the real stronghold of the demons. "
Roland could not help but frown. "A God's Stone of Punishment that can cover an entire camp?"
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