Chapter 821: Otherworldly Grenades
Chapter 821: Otherworldly Grenades
Unbeknownst to Ismail, the warning signs he gave before his death were not as Benjamas the Bracada Army had hoped.
Because his location at that time was really far from the coastline, and although the magic fireball was particularly conspicuous in the night, it could not be seen at all without anyone paying special attention to it at such a distance.
And the fleeting movement of magic elements produced by using a magic wand is also difficult to detect due to the distance.
Therefore, neither the garrison of Genting City nor the Bracada army to which Ismail belonged noticed that somewhere on the sea, one of their patrols had been wiped out by the enemy.
They also didn't show up, and there was an astonishing fleet of Entagrean troops, quietly approaching Genting City.
This is an Entagri military fleet composed of dozens of air warships, and the commander of this fleet is, of course, Sylvia - although the air warship is not a warship in the traditional sense, and the battle in the air is very different from the battle at sea, but there are many similarities in it, so Sylvia, who was the first to contact and command the air warship, is definitely the most qualified general in the current Entagri army to command this fleet.
Sylvia is now ambitious, after there is no opponent at sea, she has already moved her eyes to the sky far wider than the ocean, the appearance of air warships, so that she has a new goal, because she knows very well that in the future, air warships will replace traditional warships, and even, with the maturity of technology, maybe one day even merchant ships will leave the sea and soar in the sky.
Mastering the sky is equivalent to mastering the six lands, mastering the ocean, and mastering the world.
Sylvia thinks so.
Therefore, she has been studying everything about air warships, and has put forward various suggestions for improvement in the possible situation in actual combat, and at present, the air warships in the fleet she leads are all second-generation air warships improved by the Entagri Empire according to her opinions.
At the same time, Sylvia has also been working hard to learn everything about air combat, and like Morryll, she is one of the few senior generals of the Ntagrei Army who can fully understand the air combat concepts put forward by Chen Jian in a short period of time, and after combining her previous experience and personal understanding, she has formed her own unique set of tactical styles, and also has her own unique insights on how to effectively use air warships and flight units to cooperate with combat forces.
Now, she will use actual combat on the battlefield to test everything she has learned during this time.
"The defense is so lax that we haven't seen our arrival until now?"
On one of the air ships, which was used as a flagship, after learning that he had once again wiped out a complete enemy patrol, and that there was still no reaction from the Bracada army, Sylvia, who was sitting in the command chair with his chin in his hand, could not help but regret greatly.
In order to ensure the success of this first battle, she had put a lot of thought into how to ensure that her actions were not detected by the enemy too early, but now they did not come in handy, and the smooth operation was far beyond her expectations, and the fleet of Nuoda rushed in like this.
"What happened to the enemy's warning points set up by ships?"
"The angel clan troops blessed with stealth sent by our side have been successfully uprooted! The three warning points on the forward route have all been successfully reported! โ
"Really? It went unexpectedly well! Well, the enemy is so cooperative, we also have to work hard, pass the order, the whole fleet, all forward! โ
Dozens of warships flew low above the surface of the sea, and after the Kerrigan demons had annihilated another Blacada Navy's maritime patrol with lightning speed, the fleet had advanced to the surface of the sea where the coastline could be seen with the eyes of the Rou.
In fact, Sylvia's plan was originally to use the cover of clouds to sneak attack the enemy at high altitude, but on the day of the operation, Tiangong was not beautiful, and it suddenly cleared, and Sylvia had to change the plan and move forward from a low altitude, but thanks to the paralysis and carelessness of the Bracada army, there was no problem.
"All, pull up to the height of the battle!" At this point, there was no longer any need to continue to hide their tracks, and under Sylvia's orders, dozens of battleships' buoyancy devices began to operate at full capacity thanks to the efforts of the soldiers, and then dozens of battleships began to increase their altitude.
"Contact Negan and open the magic portal!" Sylvia gave another order, and soon, on one of the purpose-built aerial ships, a one-way magical portal exit began to take shape at a rapid pace.
It was only at this time that the Bracada Army was able to emerge due to the strong elemental movement generated during the formation of the portal exit.
A succession of magical signals flew into the sky, and hurried alarm bells rang everywhere.
But it was too late.
From dozens of warships, a large number of harpies and ntagrean mages riding poisonous scorpions flew out, and then they swooped down on the enemy's location that had already been cleared by the spies with lightning speed, and began a preemptive attack.
"Attack! Attack! Attack with all your might! Hit the position of the enemy in 1uan! Sylvia yelled and commanded, and whenever the situation on the battlefield was in her favor, she was always so high-spirited and enthusiastic, "Don't let those guys have a chance to disrupt the operation of the portal!" Dazzling feats of battle are waiting for you, soldiers, the opportunity is rare, don't keep your hands, attack with all your might! โ
Her words were quickly spread to the various attacking forces of the Entagrean Army.
The morale of the soldiers was high.
In contrast, the Bracada army, which had been caught off guard by the enemy because of carelessness and was unprepared, was jumping because of the sudden arrival of the enemy.
"How so? How so? In the garrison of the Bracada army to which Ismael belonged before his death, a high-ranking magician in charge of commanding this army rushed into the command room in disheveled clothes, roaring like thunder, "Why are the enemies here, and we are only here to show them?" What are our patrols and AWACS vessels doing? What about the Qi magicians? Why didn't they use their magic to see the enemy's movements? โ
The mage's voice, who didn't know that his various early warning measures, including the time of monitoring the sea surface with his magic vision, had already been learned by the Entagri army, but suddenly felt a strong elemental movement in the sky again.
"Attack magic!"
The wand-wielding wizards of the Ntagrean Army have begun their first magical assault on the station.
Eye-catching magical light pierced the night sky, and then explosions rang out one after another, and the mages of the Bracada Army who were in a hurry failed to make a decent interception, and the first magic attack of the Entagri Army was brilliant.
The Bracada Army garrison is even more hรบn1uan.
Many gods and gargoyles hurried to take off, but they were greeted by the dense rain of javelins of harpies who had seized the heights.
Under Sylvia's orders, the Harpys of the Entagre Army are doing their best, in order to ensure that they can suppress the enemy for a long enough time, these Harpies who took off from the air warships carried twice as many javelins than usual, anyway, this time they don't need to fly long distances and fight for a long time, and it is not a big problem for them to add some weight.
The continuous salvo interrupted the momentum of the Bracada Army's flight unit, and the Bracada Army's thinly armored monster warriors suffered heavy casualties in the javelin rain, and the gargoyles suffered more losses because of their stone bodies, but they were also suppressed and could not rise smoothly.
The rain of javelins also caused considerable casualties to the Bracada mages on the ground, and at this time none of the Bracada mages could not care to fight back against the enemy, and they were desperately trying to find cover for themselves to hide.
This allowed the mages of the Entagri Army to continue their follow-up magical attacks without any threat.
Magic and javelins, raging in the Bracada garrison.
"Excellent! Very good! That's it! Judging from the not-so-clear picture of the magic screen, the battle situation was as she expected, and Sylvia was even more energetic, "Send an order to the Harpy troops to use their new toys!" โ
She laughed, "It's time to surprise the pretentious Bracada magicians!" โ
So with Sylvia's order, the mages of the Bracada Army, who were overwhelmed by the rain of javelins and the magic offensive of the Entagre Army, suddenly stopped without warning.
Looking at the javelin forest that had suddenly grown on the ground in the middle of the station, the magicians of the Bracada Army who were cold in their hearts looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
No one dared to move, they crowded into the bunker, Xiao attentively observed the movements of the enemy in the night sky, and the guy who did not find the cover but did not die took advantage of this precious opportunity to run to the safety of the sight, and some of the calmer ones had begun to chant magic spells again, ready to fight back.
The gods and gargoyles also rose back into the air under their orders.
At this time, with another round of magical attacks from the Entagri army, a dense array of objects fell from the sky again.
"It's coming!" The mages of the Bracada Army, who thought that the enemy had dropped countless javelins, retreated into their bunkers, and the unlucky ones who still hadn't found their hiding place were frightened, and the gods and gargoyles who were rising into the air scattered in all directions.
Soon, however, they realized that this time it was not the javelins that had terrified them, but the iron cylindrical objects of unknown purpose.
"What is this?" In a bunker, a Bracada mage looked at this strange iron cylinder with the thickness of an arm, about half an arm, that rolled down the terrain to his feet, and couldn't help but be curious.
Under the suspicious and slightly nervous gazes of the other magicians around him, he took two steps back, and then Xiao thoughtfully touched the iron cylindrical object with the magic wand in his hand, causing it to roll on the ground again, but there was nothing unusual except for the slight sound of metal hitting the ground.
After a moment of hesitation, he bent down and picked up the iron cylindrical object, and then he was a little surprised, because the weight of the thing was lighter than he thought, and it seemed to be hollow, and he shook it, and there seemed to be some kind of liquid flowing in it.
"What is this?" He was a little puzzled, and he didn't understand what the Ntagrean Army meant by dropping these things, if they were weapons, but what was the point of this shape? The weight is also a little lighter, and the weight of the stones of the same size is heavier than these things.
Seeing that there didn't seem to be any danger, other magicians also surrounded him, and at this moment, an accident happened.
With a loud bang, the iron cylindrical object suddenly exploded violently.
The magician, who was carrying the iron cylinder object to his eyes for a closer inspection, was blown off the head and died on the spot, as were the magicians who came closer to him, and even those who were farther away were swept away by the metal fragments produced by the explosion.
Elsewhere, a continuous stream of explosions rang out, and all the iron cylinders that had fallen all over the Bracada garrison exploded with the same violence, and the screams that followed.
A large number of Bracada mages fell to the new weapon of the Entagre, which could be used to kill in all directions through metal shards created by the explosion.
"Tsk, it looks pretty good! What's even more rare is that ordinary people can use it! Looking at the flames rising in the enemy's garrison on the magic screen, Sylvia exclaimed, "The Empire's arsenal is really a great thing!" โ
She turned to her assistant and staff officer, the skeleton necromancer Talhill, "What are these things called?" โ
"Grenade, Lord Sylvia, the arsenal calls this weapon a grenade!" Tarhir replied respectfully, and there was obvious joy in his tone, "It is said that it is the name of His Majesty the Emperor himself!" โ
"Grenades? Thunderbolt thrown by hand? That's a fitting name! Sylvia laughed, "Look at this power, I'm afraid that after this battle, the magicians of the Bracada Kingdom will be busy for a while, and they must be frightened!" โ
The Bracada magicians were indeed terrified.
Strictly speaking, they didn't know that the real power of the iron cylinder called the grenade by the Entagri Empire was not very terrifying, and the lethality generated by its explosion was only about the same as the power of a low-level magic.
The real horror lies in the shrapnel formed after the explosion, these shrapnel that have gained a high degree of shrapnel due to the explosion are scattered, and their power is far greater than that of bows and arrows, not to mention unarmored targets such as Bracada magicians, even heavily armored soldiers may not be able to block such an attack.
The magic shield of the magicians does not have much protection in such an attack, often as long as a shrapnel attack, their magic shield can collapse in an instant, and the shrapnel produced when the grenade explodes, of course, is more than one piece of shrapnel, in fact, this kind of grenade developed by the Entagre Army, in addition to the outer metal shell, is also filled with a large number of metal fragments inside, in order to maximize the damage.
However, although this kind of grenade is the same as the grenades on the earth that Chen Jian knows, its explosion principle is completely different.
There is no fire in the world where Erathia Big 6 is located, this is a thing that can be determined, and because of this, Chen Jian's idea of making a hot weapon has not been successful, and finally he has come up with an incendiary bomb, and the power is still a little unsatisfactory.
But it turns out that there is nothing in this world that cannot be done, only the unthinkable.
Jian Chen's efforts to change the way of thinking of the people of Entagre have finally begun to bear fruit.
A magician from the Entagri Empire proposed a proposal to Jian Chen, suggesting the use of magical potions to make explosives.
If the preparation of magic yao is wrong, it is very easy to fail, and even some yao drugs with different qualities will cause violent explosions after being combined by the wrong hรบn, which is a well-known thing in the magic world and alchemy world of Erathia Big 6.
But no one has ever thought of using these to make some kind of weapon, magicians and alchemists are only concerned about what to do to avoid such a failure, although Chen Jian has thought about this aspect, but the instability of magic potions and how to use them in actual combat is a problem that he can't solve.
But this Entagri Empire magician is unique, he not only found two kinds of magic yao that can be relatively stable, and the explosion power is good after the combination, but also designed a special container, this container is divided into two layers, respectively, two kinds of magic yao that will explode after the combination of two hรบns, and the upper and lower layers are connected through a specific, pipe device with a switch, before use, turn on the switch, and then throw the container, When the two magical potions finally came together through that particular pipe device, the explosion was born.
It is worth mentioning that the name of this magician of the Entagri Empire is Malkem, the famous earth magic master of the dwarf race, Malkem.
This dwarven magician, who had been with Chen Jian for a long time, was not only an excellent magician, but also a dwarven craftsman with good skills, but Malkem's attainments in alchemy were not worth mentioning.
However, it is precisely because of this that this dwarven magician, who was deeply influenced by Chen Jian, came up with the idea of using magic to make weapons, relying on the craftsmanship of the dwarf clan, after experiencing many failures, he successfully made the prototype device of the grenade currently used by the Entagri army.
Under the guidance of Chen Jian, coupled with the assistance of Xiao Hesfa and others, soon, Malkem developed a new type of grenade after further improvement, and according to the different needs proposed by Chen Jian, they were made into a delayed detonation type and a collision detonation type, after full testing, these grenades began mass production in the Imperial Arsenal, to Chen Jian's ecstasy, the materials for making those magic potions are not difficult to obtain, because they are some materials that are very common on the Erathia Big 6.
Chen Jian knew that from now on, the pattern of war in this world would change dramatically again because of Malkem's Ming.
A new era is about to begin.