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After settling Shanhai Town's affairs, Ouyang Shuo still didn't hear the global announcement. In other words, Liberty Town in the American zone had either failed to advance or was still engaged in an intense battle with the bandits.
Ouyang Shuo found Shi Wansui and Zhao Sihu and instructed them to strengthen their night patrols. Then, he eagerly went offline to understand the latest situation in Liberty Town.
After going offline, Ouyang Shuo logged into the game forum and clicked on the American zone.
What made Ouyang Shuo uneasy was that there was no announcement of Liberty Town's advancement failure on the forum. In other words, Liberty Town was still fighting.
Jack kept his promise and opened a livestream thread on the forum. However, due to the need for confidentiality, the so-called livestream was only a transmission of text and pictures. There was no live video.
Gaia was indeed powerful. Jack's livestream thread had real-time translations in various languages. Although the Federation had been established for some time, the two mainstream languages, English and Mandarin, still coexisted.
After Ouyang Shuo chose Mandarin, he began to understand the details of Liberty Town's defense.
The beginning of the thread introduced the basic situation of Liberty Town and included a bird's eye view of Liberty Town. From the bird's eye view, it could be clearly seen that the walls of Liberty Town were similar to the ancient European bastion design.
The so-called bastion was essentially changing the fortress from a convex polygon to a concave polygon. Such an improvement made it so that no matter which point of the castle was attacked, the attacker would be exposed to more than one bastion surface. The defenders could use crossfire to launch multiple attacks.
Just from the design of the city walls, one could see that Liberty Town was extraordinary.
There were 2,500 soldiers participating in the defense of Liberty Town. As for the attacking bandits, there were only 6,500 people, 300 more than the bandits attacking Bangalore Town. Just from the comparison of the number of troops on both sides, Liberty Town had the advantage over the previously defeated Bangalore Town.
Liberty Town's secret weapon also officially made its debut in this battle. It turned out to be a musket used in Europe in the 16th century. Its specific name should be called a trigger firing matchlock. This kind of musket was a smoothbore gun with the front loaded. Its effective shooting range was 50 to 80 meters.
Compared to the rifles of the later generations, the trigger firing matchlock still had a huge flaw. Because when the soldier was loading the gun and preparing to fire, he had to divide it into six steps, which was quite complicated, time-consuming, and could not take a concealed position. The caliber of the barrel was too large, the gun was too long and heavy, the firing range was too short, and the accuracy of the shot was poor. When the soldier raised the gun in a standing position, he sometimes had to use a support pole to hold the gun up.
Although it had this flaw, compared to cold weapons, the trigger firing matchlock was still a powerful new weapon.
Jack Dawson was brimming with confidence because he had the redoubt and the flintlock as his trump cards.
Unfortunately, the cunning and strength of the bandits still gave Jack a heavy slap in the face. Of course, the system was not an idiot. Due to the different history of each region, the technology tree would also be different.
Jack thought that his flintlock was unique, but he didn't expect that the attacking bandits had already formed a cavalry equipped with flintlocks.
Thus, the balance of the war was rebalanced. The evenly matched two sides fought fiercely from eight o 'clock in the morning until five o' clock in the afternoon, but there was still no clear winner.
The system stipulated that as long as the territory could be defended for 12 hours, even if the bandits were not repelled, the system would automatically determine that the defending side won.
In other words, as long as Freedom Town held on for another three hours, they could successfully advance.
Unfortunately, the bandits were still more skilled. After more than ten hours of continuous probing, the bandits finally found the blind spot of Freedom Town's defense. This blind spot was not a problem with the design of the city wall, but a blind spot caused by the hasty preparations of Freedom Town due to the lack of troops.
The advantage of the redoubt was naturally very obvious. Similarly, to fully utilize the advantage of the redoubt, they had to deploy more defensive troops than ordinary city walls. Obviously, the number of troops in Freedom Town was still a little insufficient compared to the redoubt.
It wasn't that Jack didn't know about the loophole in his defense, but he was hoping that the bandits wouldn't be able to discover such a well-hidden loophole.
Unfortunately, the cunning of the bandits was far beyond Jack's imagination.
The leader of the bandits was also very bold. Once he found the opponent's weakness, he would decisively concentrate his troops to break through, not giving the opponent any chance to breathe.
Finally, before the sky turned completely dark, the bandits broke through Freedom Town, announcing that Freedom Town's dream of becoming the number one county in the world had officially failed.
After exiting the forum, Ouyang Shuo was both relieved and bewildered. Fortunately, he finally saw the dawn of Shanhai Town winning the honor of being the number one county in the world. The obstacles in front of Shanhai Town were no longer there.
What surprised him was that Freedom Town, with its powerful strength, could not stop the bandits' attack. Could Shanhai Town really succeed tomorrow?! The preparations that he thought were thorough were probably going to be for naught. From the two defensive battles in Bangalore Town and Freedom Town, he could tell that the bandits were too cunning and did not play by the rules.
After calming himself down, Ouyang Shuo walked out of his bedroom and started his routine jog.
When Ouyang Shuo returned home with breakfast, Sun Xiaoyue had just finished washing up. The battle in Freedom Town the day before was too sensational. Even a life profession player like Xiaoyue had heard about it.
Sun Xiaoyue walked to the dining table, picked up a fried dough stick, and took a bite. She gossiped, "I heard that Freedom Town in the US failed to advance yesterday."
Ouyang Shuo responded absent-mindedly and continued eating his buns.
"Hey, I'm talking to you. Are you listening or not?" Xiaoyue was a little dissatisfied with Ouyang Shuo's perfunctory response.
Ouyang Shuo nodded like a chick pecking at grains. "I'm listening, I'm listening."
"Hmph, you're not sincere at all."
Ouyang Shuo raised his head helplessly and said, "Big Sis, what happened in the US has nothing to do with us. Why are you worried about it? If it failed, so be it."
"Aren't you a feudal lord too? You don't even care about this. Is it because your territory's level is too low and you're still a long way from advancing? "Sun Xiaoyue was not to be outdone and said sarcastically.
"Yes, yes, yes. I'm still worlds apart." Ouyang Shuo decided to admit defeat.
"You!" Sun Xiaoyue was so angry that she did not know what to say.
Fortunately, Bing'er had just woken up. The little girl was sleepy and mumbled in a daze, "Bad brother, what are you talking about? You've woken up Bing'er."
Ouyang Shuo shook his head and said, "Baby, it's time to get up. Go wash up. After breakfast, brother will send you to school. "
"En." The little girl nodded and walked into the washroom.
After such a ruckus, Ouyang Shuo and Sun Xiaoyue no longer brought up the previous topic and ate their breakfast in silence.
On the way to school, Bing'er suddenly pulled Ouyang Shuo's hand and said in a crisp voice, "Brother, did you quarrel with sister Xiaoyue this morning?"
Ouyang Shuo was startled. This girl was still so cute and sensible that it made his heart ache. He rubbed the little girl's head and said dotingly, "It's nothing. We just quarreled for a while. When we go back, brother will apologize to sister Xiaoyue, okay? "
"En." The little girl immediately became happy. "Brother is a man, so you should be more magnanimous."
Ouyang Shuo tapped her forehead and said with a smile, "You're so mischievous."
The little girl giggled and did not say anything. A warm current inadvertently flowed in Ouyang Shuo's heart. What imperial hegemony? Nothing could compare to Bing'er's smile.
Ouyang Shuo suddenly squatted down and said to Bing'er, "Come, brother will carry you to school."
"Ah!" Bing'er immediately became excited. The little girl jumped on the spot like an octopus, firmly lying on Ouyang Shuo's back. Her delicate face was brimming with happiness.
Ouyang Shuo came back from school and saw Sun Xiaoyue comfortably lying on the sofa, reading a fashion magazine. Since she was at home, Xiaoyue was dressed very casually. She wore a loose white T-shirt with a cartoon pattern on it and a pair of super short jeans, showing her slender white and tender legs in front of Ouyang Shuo without any reservation.
Ouyang Shuo had seen this scene countless times and had already become immune to it. He casually asked, "You have no class this morning?"
Sun Xiaoyue was obviously not in high spirits and lazily said, "En, I only have one class in the afternoon today."
"I'm sorry about the matter this morning." Ouyang Shuo took the initiative to admit his mistake.
Sun Xiaoyue was startled. She finally raised her head and looked at Ouyang Shuo in surprise. Her face instantly turned warm and she said, "Forget it, I forgive you. You look absent-minded. Did you encounter something difficult? "
Ouyang Shuo waved his hand and said, "It's nothing. Don't worry, I'll handle it well."
Sun Xiaoyue curled her lips and didn't probe further. Her attention returned to the fashion magazine and she muttered, "Male chauvinism."
Ouyang Shuo didn't care about Xiaoyue's muttering. He returned to his room and began to practice the Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor.
At noon, Ouyang Shuo specially cooked a few good dishes to express his apology. After Sun Xiaoyue finished eating, her face was full of satisfaction. The resentment from the morning had completely dissipated and she went back to school.
In the evening, Bing'er came home from school and saw that her brother and Sister Xiaoyue had reconciled. She was very happy inside. When it was time to eat, the little girl deliberately brought the bowl to Ouyang Shuo's side and sat next to her brother.
Ouyang Shuo naturally saw through Bing'er's careful thoughts. The little girl was expressing her silent support for her brother's generosity during the day.
Ouyang Shuo shook his head with a smile. He conveniently picked up a piece of pork rib and put it in Bing'er's bowl. He then said with a smile, "Eat more, baby."
"En, thank you, Big Brother," the little girl said sweetly.
The tacit understanding between the brother and sister was really enviable to others.
After dinner, Ouyang Shuo didn't stay for even a moment. He returned to his room and logged into the game. (To be continued.)
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