Chapter 1696: The Evolution of Artillery

Bolval, who became the Lich King in history, is a Lich King who has no sense of existence. In a sense, he is not as famous as the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, who later belonged to him, but he also has Solas Tolbane, the former king of Fort Riptide, and Sally White-legged Sally Whitemayne among the Scarlet Dogs.

So, when Duke thought about this question, it was still a little painful.

"I can't kill Vortagan just to have a Lich King, can I?" said Duke, smirking bitterly.

The Lich King is not something he can do if he wants to, first of all, he must have willpower beyond the mortal world. Without willpower, there is no mental power, and it is impossible to cross the void and manipulate the undead thousands of miles away.

A guy who doesn't have willpower, even if he is put on the throne of the Lich King, it will be useless.

In his previous life, Berval was betrayed in the Gate of Damnation, and then burned by Alexstrasa, who temporarily served as the *** minister, and was dying, and the plague virus in his body was burned by the flames, pulling him back from the brink of death.

Of course, no one could withstand such a high temperature of the Red Dragon Flames, and Boval's body was tortured by the flames, but he was already half alive and half dead. The Lich King later discovered him at the Gate of Damnation and brought him back to Icecrown Fortress in an attempt to transform him into a Death Knight to serve him - but Berval's unwavering will prevented him from obeying the Lich King.

It was through the most brutal trials of will that Bervar became the Lich King for three generations.

"Alas, the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge. Duke let go of his slightly distant concerns.

Duke suddenly smiled bitterly: Now that Alsace has not yet overturned, he is thinking about the question of his successor, is this a bit too ambitious.

Arthas's withdrawal of his forces from the Icecrown Fortress is not the same as a beautiful woman lying naked with her legs wide open and begging for a frontal face, on the contrary, it makes the Scourge a turtle shrunk into a tortoise's shell.

Anyone who dares to underestimate this kind of strategic retreat will hit their heads and bleed.

Duke is still steady.

First, he had Gavinrad and Tirio lead the Silver Hand into the Dark Cathedral and the Evil Citadel in the middle of Icecrown. By controlling these two key magical leyline nodes, you can completely break the magic circle that Arthas has placed in the Icecrown Glacier region.

Duke didn't even let Naxxramas or Dalaran sit directly on either place. Instead, let Naru purify it, and then go over and set up the magic array himself.

Should I say that he is worthy of the Demon King? Duke has really found a cat on these two leylines.

It's a very secret magic spell, if someone or some powerful magic system extracts magic from it, it's usually fine, but once it's in a 100% state, then the spell lurking in the magic leyline will be triggered, and then inject the will of the Lich King into the magic system.

"Cut, has you been discovered?" said the dragon lich Malygos with a hard.

Anastrian, with an ice skull on his head, smiled: "How can such a small trick be hidden from Duke Marcus." ”

"Humph!"

After taking possession of five of Icecrown's six magical leylines, Duke can finally claim overwhelming control of the Magic Web in the region.

From this moment on, Icecrown will no longer be replenished with mana. As long as you are willing to work hard to weaken, you will definitely be able to make the magic of Icecrown Fortress more than you can make ends meet.

Throughout late March, the coalition forces were deploying artillery.

From the Dark Cathedral to the Gate of Dread Koresa to the Evil Citadel in the middle of the region, the Alliance has deployed more than five thousand heavy guns of 150 mm caliber or more in this purified land.

Behind the back slope to the north of the Evil Castle of Malekaris, the highest terrain, three new [Gustav Cannons] that best represent the Giant Cannon Doctrine are arranged.

Overall length: 42.97 m

Width: 7 meters

Height: 11.6 m

Weight: 1350 tons

Gun caliber: 800 mm

Gun length: 32.48 meters

Gun weight: 400 tons

Firing angle: +53 degrees

Shell weight:

7.1 tons (armor-piercing)

4.8 tons (high explosive)

In the era when there were no missiles, such heavy artillery could be described as a real weapon of mass destruction.

In order to avoid a repeat of the incident where Alsace exploded Naxxramas with one big move, Duke of the chicken thief ordered all the huge cannons of more than 200 mm to be put on the back slope, so that the two fools would not have a chance to hit directly.

After all, the trajectory of the shell is a parabola, Azeroth is a planet, and the ground has a natural arc, and it is basically invisible beyond four kilometers on flat ground.

However, new artillery guns that use TNT as gunpowder often have a range of more than 10 kilometers.

And [Frost's Sorrowful Fury] can only hit directly, unless Arthas breaks out twenty kilometers, just to dismantle the cannon, otherwise the three Gustaves are absolutely safe.

When Duke told Magni about this, the unkind dead dwarf laughed for a long time.

"Hahaha! I'm worried that my baby will get hurt, so I'll be fine. ”

Brian approached Duke and whispered: "Big brother is a typical old love with a new love, he has been muttering that the caliber of the new naval gun is not as good as the small steel cannon of the year, and later after the alliance gave him money to build this kind of giant cannon that can fight dozens of miles, his resentment was a little smaller." ”

Duke smiled wryly.

The 'small steel cannon' that ended the Second Battle of the Dark Gate is a mortar in the final analysis, and it can't hit far at all.

"We're going to build bigger caliber guns in the future!" shouted Magni.

Duke smiled but didn't say a word.

Later - that was the era of missiles and laser weapons.

However, in order to test Arthas's reaction, the Icecrown Fortress was overlooked, and as far as the eye could see, there were old cannons that could be pulled into the museum. The power is still there, but it's just a disguise, and even the gunners are mechanical gnomes under Mimiron.

"Unfortunately, there are no more mechanical gnomes. ”

Duke was telling the truth, the Titans left a limit of 1,000 mechanical gnomes and 2,000 mechanical dwarves. This is the absolute permission given to Mimiron.

Otherwise, if it can be infinitely created, the entire Scourge Army can be overwhelmed with Mimiron's army of cyborgs alone.

Mimiron's eyes flickered with electronic light in his eyes, and he suddenly said, "Duke Marcus, if I can get the authorization of the Titans, my control limit is ten times the current limit." ”

With that, Mimiron fell silent again.

Seriously, Duke is still not very good at dealing with Mimiron, and there are many times when Duke can't find what he has in common with him. It's like chatting with a bot, you can't talk.

On the other hand, Mimiron was also quite supportive of the coalition forces.

"Alas, can you only wait for the post-war to slowly contact?"

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ps, Yunfei has a cold and has been kneeling for two days......