"Whoosh —"
An ear-piercing whistling sound came from afar, as if the Grim Reaper was swooping down from the sky.
The Orc warriors who came to Azeroth for the first time did not know what was going on.
The moonlight was not bright that night, so they could only look around foolishly.
However, Kilrogg Deadeye, the chieftain of the Blood Ring Clan, who had experienced the battle at Blackrock Tower in the Scorching Canyon, had a drastic change in expression. His wrinkled face scrunched up in horror. He shouted at the top of his lungs, "Fire! Spread out! Get down — "
Then he hid behind the Dark Portal.
What the hell was firing?
The rookie Orc warriors did not understand, but the veteran Orc beside him did.
Not to mention the veteran Orcs, even the Death Knights who were unafraid of normal physical attacks had to crawl on the ground in the face of this apocalyptic power, curling up like a porcupine.
Only the foolish new recruits remained where they were, not knowing what to do. Some of them spread their legs as if they wanted to run out of this dangerous area. There were even some who raised their wooden shields in an attempt to block the projectiles that were, in theory, javelins and axes.
Everything was in vain!
They knew that the Orcs would come out from the Dark Portal again. For two years, the promised battle in the field had been turned into a turret defense game. Did they really think that the crazy Duque would not do anything?
No! Could! Could!
After calculating the distance between the Dark Portal and the historical Watchtower, Duque first discovered a serious problem.
The Cursed Land was like a kettle, surrounded by steep mountains that were difficult to climb. The original location was next to the only exit. Anyone who wanted to leave the Cursed Land would have to go through the double baptism of cannon fire and arrows.
Moreover, the Watchtower was built at the highest point of the mountain. Anyone who wanted to attack it would have to go through a painful attack.
It seemed good, but …
The original location of the Watchtower was too far from the Dark Portal, so far that the cannon fire of this era could not reach it.
This was an absolute disadvantage.
Duque also understood that using magic near the Dark Portal was suicidal. Once the chaotic magic energy affected the cracks in space, both sides would be doomed.
Therefore, Duque's response was to expand the Watchtower.
It turned out that the historical Overwatch Stronghold only had a single layer of walls. Moreover, when Ner 'zhul led the orcs through the Dark Portal for the second time, the Overwatch Stronghold was only the lowest level of stone castles. It was not the complete structure that was thirty years later.
Duque had used the Arcane Puppet to speed up and change everything.
The Watch Fortress in this world was at least ten times larger than before. Furthermore, it had three concentric circles with three layers of walls.
The innermost circle was naturally the original location of the Overwatch Fortress. It stood on top of a mountain and overlooked the entire cursed land.
The center circle was divided into two parts. Near the Swamp of Sorrows, there was a huge train yard and a series of temporary unloading yards. Close to the Dark Portal was a barbican-like defensive area, with a large number of inhumane defensive devices installed, such as small Mage Towers that specialized in enhancing a Mage's magic power.
The outermost ring was the Layered Bombardment Field that occupied more than a quarter of the Cursed Land.
There were a total of seven levels, and between each level was a stone wall that was over five meters tall. Equipped with standard arrow towers, firing holes, and a large number of mortars, it was enough to equip five thousand soldiers. The distance between each level was about three hundred meters.
The thirty-six Longsong Cannons were actually railway cannons, installed on the train skin on the tracks. Behind each Longsong Cannon was a locomotive. Once the frontline fell, the cannon would be pulled back along the tracks by the train.
Of course, apart from the locomotive, there was also a capstan for pulling and a handrail for pushing the cart. If necessary, the Dwarf cannoneers and soldiers could push the cannons back with manpower.
The tracks extended all the way into the Watch Fortress. As long as they could be pulled back in time, they could be reinstalled on the cannons of the Watch Fortress and transformed into Longsong Cannons.
These Longsong Cannons could be said to be the pinnacle of this era.
"Hahaha! Blast them to death! Go! Big Steel Cannon! "Muradin laughed maniacally.
Hmm, the cannon that was six meters long and had a diameter of about 1.2 meters was called [Small Steel Cannon].
Therefore, this cannon that was fixed on the train, had a length of ten meters, a diameter of 1.5 meters, and could fire a distance of three kilometers, was called [Big Steel Cannon].
When Noxus heard the deafening sound of the cannon firing from several kilometers away, not only did his eyelids twitch wildly, even his heart was about to jump out of his chest.
Only the fanatical Dwarves with earplugs were jumping around the cannon, as if they were celebrating Midsummer Day.
That's right!
They couldn't improve the quality of the steel, but they had to increase the range and power, so they had to make the cannon barrel bigger and thicker.
Originally, only a Dwarf in the state of [Descended Deity] could lift the cannon, but now it would take two Descended Deity dwarves.
But it didn't matter, as long as it worked.
The only problem was that due to time constraints, not all thirty-six Longsong Cannons were [Big Steel Cannons]. Thirty of them were the [Small Steel Cannons] that had been used in the Battle of Black Rock Mountain.
However, when the thirty-six cannons fired at the same time, everyone only had one feeling —
God! Bang! Crack! Crack!
Although many of the Longsong Cannons were installed with recoil mechanisms, due to installation errors and other reasons, the rails under the cannons were destroyed in an instant. A large group of bronze-bearded Dwarves had no choice but to transform, forcibly lifting the Longsong Cannons out and placing them on the relatively intact rails at the back.
But thinking about it, just the recoil alone was so terrifying, how shocking would the power of the blast be?!
That's right!
This was the judgment of the Alliance!
This was the roar of the Grim Reaper!
This was the arrival of the apocalypse!
More than eighty percent of the five thousand tribal elites that came out of the Door of Darkness flew into the sky immediately.
Of course, the Orcs and Death Knights couldn't fly.
In the form of corpses, they were blasted hundreds of meters into the air, exploding into thousands of flesh and bone parts, and then scattered irregularly over an area of several square kilometers.
Not being blasted into the sky didn't mean that they were spared death. Many Orcs that were slightly further away from the Door of Darkness were hit by the indescribably huge impact, and their internal organs were shattered, blood spurting out of their mouths and noses as they died.
Only those who were truly far enough away, or like Kilrogg, hid behind the Door of Darkness.
Those who were lucky enough to escape death didn't have it easy either. Many people felt that the world was silent, and no matter how much they screamed, they couldn't hear any echo — because they were deaf.
Looking at the Orc vanguard that was completely annihilated by a round of cannon fire, Ner 'zhul, who had sacrificed the Void Demon in exchange for an extremely strong defense, was so scared that he peed his pants. "No! No! No — it shouldn't be like this! It can't be like this! How could we possibly win against such a terrifying Alliance! No! I want to go back, I don't want to do this anymore! I want to go back — "
Anduin Lothar, who saw all this through the binoculars and the Mage's Eye, made a rare witty remark. "What did Duque say? Ten thousand taels of gold when the cannons are fired? Although I don't know what ten thousand taels of gold is, remember to send the bill to His Majesty Terenas. "
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