In Stranglethorn Vale's Alliance Command, the higher-ups of the Alliance were debating endlessly.
"Can't we just blow up all the ravines?" William asked.
Bu Laing rolled his eyes at William. "First, gunpowder requires money. Second, even if we had so much gunpowder, you wouldn't be able to pay for it even if you spent 100 years of Stormwind's taxes. Third, this is all damned muddy ground. Heavy cannons can't be transported in at all. The farthest cannons can only shoot for a little more than 12,000 meters, and after 3,000 meters, who knows where the cannonballs will go. "
Aerial bombardment wouldn't work.
There were a few other methods left, but they would all require a huge price in lives and casualties. This might not even guarantee the successful destruction of Zul 'Gurub.
This was a consequence that none of the countries in the Alliance could bear.
Moreover, after fighting for so long, the Alliance had only seen two or three high-ranking priests. The enemy's boss, the evil god Hakkar, was nowhere to be seen.
William punched the wall in frustration. His exaggerated wrist strength caused a hole to appear in the cement wall.
"William … The Heaven-Breaker is on its way. Actually, we …" Valila tried to comfort William.
William suddenly turned around, his eyes bloodshot from staying up for days and nights. "Valila, you don't understand. Of course, we can give all the most important tasks to Uncle Duque. But what if Uncle Duque isn't around one day? What if we're the only ones left to save the world? I'm not a child anymore. I have to learn to deal with problems independently. "
Valila opened her mouth to say something, but Bror Bearskin pulled his old partner back and shook his head at her.
Valila was silent.
At this moment, William, who had suddenly stretched his hand out of the cement wall, pinched the cement powder in his hand. As a temporary building, the cement wall of the Command Command wasn't completely dry. It was supposed to be extremely hard and could even be used as a city wall, but now it seemed a little sluggish. When he pinched it hard, it turned into powder.
"Wait! Uncle Laing, you said that your heavy cannons only lack a strong base? What if I can provide an extremely strong base for the Dwarven Artillery? "William seemed to have thought of something.
Bu Laing rolled his eyes. "As long as you can get that Evil God into the firing range of the artillery, my men will help you blow it up into the sky. But how are you going to get my cannon through so many complicated swamps? "
"Uncle Bu Laing, let me try something else. I don't want you to give me 10,000 tons of explosives. I want 10,000 tons of cement." William slammed the table. "Since the Doomsday Army can pollute the Sodorir River to block the lifeline of Lordaeron, why can't we use cement to fill every river, every gully, and every inch of mud in Zul 'Gurub?" William waved his arms excitedly.
His assumption was too exaggerated. It sounded a little whimsical, but when he thought about it carefully, it seemed possible. For a moment, even Bu Laing was stunned.
"The Alliance … doesn't seem to have that much cement?" Bu Laing could only mutter.
William's expression froze upon hearing this answer.
At this moment, Duque's voice came at the right time. "We didn't have it in the past, but it's different now."
Duque led Magni, the three Windrunner sisters, and the other higher-ups of the Alliance into the command center.
"Uncle Duque … You've arrived with the Heaven-Breaker?" William's face was filled with obvious surprise.
"Yes, your idea is indeed exaggerated. But since all the conventional tactics don't work, why don't you try your strange idea? Why do you have to restrict your thoughts with so-called common sense and principles? William, I'm on your side this time! "Duque smiled as he walked over and patted William's shoulder.
"Then … cement …"
Duque smiled. "Cement has always been a scarce resource in the Alliance. Almost every city's reconstruction can't do without it. However, the Alliance's supply of cement has always been very low. The main reason is that we had to import the raw material for cement from the Un 'Goro Crater in the Kalimdor Continent — limestone, which is mainly volcanic ash. "
"What about now?" Bu Laing sensitively noticed the key point in Duque's words.
Duque clapped his hands and said an exciting piece of news. "Although the Alliance has flooded the Molten Core according to the agreement with the Haidaxia water elemental creatures, we have never said that we will give up on developing the Black Rock Mountain! With the Black Rock Mountain, which was once a nightmare, the Alliance can easily produce a million tons of cement per month. "
A million tons?!
This shocking figure made all the higher-ups of the Alliance ecstatic.
The higher-ups of the Alliance who had used reinforced concrete would no longer be interested in walls made of stone and mud. The hardness of the two was not on the same level. Furthermore, traditional stone walls had the problem of being too heavy. As long as some of the pillars of the wall were destroyed, the weight of the wall would crush it.
Originally, because the cement production had always been too low, they had no choice but to use the best steel on the cutting edge. No one had thought that there would be such a benefit after conquering the Molten Core.
How could they not be happy?
Zul 'Gurub was very large. As the capital of the Gurubashi Empire, one of the two Troll Empires, Zul' Gurub occupied a very large area. Surrounded by huge walls that were somewhat trapezoidal, Zul 'Gurub was more than 300 kilometers wide from east to west, and more than 500 kilometers from north to south.
If they attacked the core area forcefully, it was unknown how many people would die.
But now, with William's strategy, the Alliance could obviously push forward layer by layer.
Duke laughed. "That's a stupid idea. If we could use money and manpower to solve Hakkar's problem, we wouldn't be able to do so. If we can use money and manpower to solve Hakkar's problem, then the price is obviously worth it. "
Before rushing to the Sin 'dorei Kingdom, the limestone mining of the Molten Core had actually already begun. Duque directly made the Air Fleet, which was originally rushing back to the Iron Stove Castle to replenish their ammunition, change their route to the Black Rock Mountain and transport a large amount of limestone over.
The Alliance used a full half a month to slowly push the frontline to the waterfall a little north of the main entrance of Zul 'Gurub. That was an important source of the Zul 'Gurub water system.
Hundreds of mixers were lined up on top of the waterfall. According to Duque's instructions, they slowly poured the mixed cement slurry according to the proportion.
The cement slurry seemed very thin, but under the huge amount of water from the waterfall, it was instantly washed away to who knows where.
But after three days, they could clearly see the results.
The river in the distance seemed to have become narrower for no reason, and the water flow became more rapid. But the waterways also became distorted.
On the fifth day, the main route began to change.
On the seventh day, two lakes mysteriously dried up …
On the fourteenth day, all the Gurubashi Trolls felt that something was wrong.
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