When the water level was high, the sandbags would be washed away as soon as they were thrown in. The Celestial Empire didn't just drive trucks filled with rocks in. Sometimes, it was a ship full of rocks that sank in the gap and blocked the dam.
Of course, Duque wouldn't say this out loud. Instead, he said domineeringly, "The old steam tanks are going to be eliminated anyway, so I suddenly thought of reusing them."
Duque's words were so reasonable that Bu Laing had nothing to say.
If there was a shortage of iron ore, all the scrap metal would be thrown into the furnace to be recycled. As long as they had the manpower and resources, it wouldn't be a problem to refine a batch of high grade iron ingots or even steel ingots.
There was a precondition — manpower and resources.
The Iron Furnace Castle itself was a large mine. Although it had been excavated for a thousand years, there were still no signs of it being exhausted.
In addition, they had recently obtained large amounts of metal ingots from the tribe: copper from Durotar, iron from Stonetalon Mountain and Feralas, gold and mithril from the Thousand Needles Forest. All the ore had been transported to Theramore, smelted into metal ingots, and then transported across the sea to the Iron Furnace Castle, the largest factory in the Alliance.
Because ready-made metal ingots were more useful, there was no place to use the old steam tanks made from low-grade iron plates.
So when Duque suggested using hundreds of steam tanks that had been shipped to the Outer Lands but could barely be used due to the lack of steam pressure, Bu Laing was truly shocked.
If Duque wasn't wearing this unfamiliar face right now, that would be even better.
Bu Laing also knew that Duque was in trouble, so he waved his hand and gave the order to start.
The mouth of the lake to the south of Dark Lake Village wasn't an area that Vashj focused on defending.
After the soldiers of the Gryphon Legion killed all the large lizards wandering near the mouth of the lake, the Alliance army began to set up large numbers of heavy iron horses in the waterway to act as fortifications.
When five thousand human infantry, five hundred elven archers, and two hundred mages formed a line of defense, the human engineers drove the rumbling steam tanks into the lake.
It had to be said that this was a technical job that required a lot of courage.
Of course, they could use iron rods to press down on the accelerator and let the tanks continue to sink into the water. But in reality, many things could happen before they sank.
Would they go astray?
Could it be that the water was too shallow and the steam tank was stuck?
The air pressure in the Outer Realm was low, and all kinds of situations could happen. All of these required the pilot to use his own experience and skills to adjust.
More than once, Duque had seen the tank soldiers from Stormwind. In order to be accurate, they would often wait for the tank to start sinking before jumping out of the cockpit like parkour. This made Duque shudder with fear.
One east and one west, working in two directions at the same time, greatly increased the efficiency.
In less than half an hour, a rough dam appeared in front of the Alliance soldiers.
"Wow!" The engineers cheered enthusiastically.
"Keep it up, lads!" Bu Laing shouted.
For this battle, Bu Laing even tricked William into going to the eastern entrance of Zangarmarsh to inspect.
As a matter of fact, Vashj took the bait. As William approached the surface of the water, the powerful Naga Siren shot him with an arrow.
This arrow was very strange. At first, it looked like an extension of a reflection in the water, and no one was alarmed. When everyone reacted, the sharp arrow made of water was already less than an inch away from William's cheek.
"No!" Valla screamed and waved her dagger.
She hit the tail of the arrow.
It was useless!
The feedback from the Epic-grade dagger made Valla's heart fall into the abyss.
The feeling was no different from stabbing a dagger into the water of a pond.
Something that no one could have expected happened.
Ever since he stepped into the Outer Realm, William, who had always been a Berserk Warrior with long swords, actually took out a huge shield that felt like a mountain at lightning speed.
At the same time, three illusory golden shields revolved around William's body. This was the Defense Warrior's signature profession skill, [Shield Wall]!
"Hmph!" William let out a muffled groan.
Even at the cost of this Epic-grade shield being pierced, it still bought him time to dodge. William's entire body was almost parallel to the ground as he dodged the water arrow's splash by a hair's breadth.
"Tsk!" A disdainful Soul Voice came from the water.
William didn't come here alone. As the commander of the Outer Realm's allied forces, besides Valla and Broll, there were also Solarian, Lilas, and other hero-level powerhouses beside him.
Unless Valla was willing to give up her advantage in the water and run to the land to fight William and the others, she could only give up.
In fact, not long after they retreated, Valla received information from the Dark Lake Village.
"What? Good plan! "Valla's seductive face flashed with a fierce glint." Let the Tidewalker pass! "
On the other side, in the south of the Dark Lake Village, intense construction was still going on.
A temporary dam formed by four huge steam tanks sunk side by side had already appeared in front of everyone. Using the tanks that had sunk into the water and were filled with rocks as the foundation, a large number of sandbags were thrown to the north of the dam.
The originally turbulent water had now become a small stream.
When the flow of the water slowed down slightly, Duque ordered people to pour cement into the water.
"Hehe! In another half a day, even if Valla came personally, she wouldn't be able to deal with this dam. "Bu Laing snickered.
"Don't laugh too early," Duque warned.
Never underestimate an intelligent powerhouse.
As if confirming Duque's guess, rumbling footsteps came from the north of the Dark Lake Village an hour later.
"Hmm?" Duque and Bu Laing frowned at the same time.
A scout came. "Report! We've discovered a giant that seems to be a deep-sea giant. He's holding a huge anchor and is advancing towards the dam. There are hundreds of water elementals and close to a thousand male Naga around him. "
"There are many enemies, and we don't have many experts on our side." Bu Laing pouted.
"I know." Duque gazed into the distance expressionlessly.
The Gryphon Legion soldiers in charge of guarding the front were resting in three shifts. Only the two thousand people at the outermost part of the formation were prepared for battle. The rest of the soldiers were allowed to rest, but they were all wearing armor and holding their weapons.
Since there was enemy activity, they all took their positions and waited for the enemy to arrive.
However, the battle this time was different from any of their previous battles. They were not standing on solid land, but on an isolated island that looked like a watery village.
Although the water was shallow, Duque would never forget how terrifying the water attacks in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms were. The places where the soldiers stood were all reinforced with sandbags and were at least ten meters away from the surface.
In this period of time, they even added metal components that resembled a wave breaker to the front of the soldiers.
That's right, the greatest enemy of the soldiers wasn't the Naga, but the possible flood.
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