Chapter 113 Balloon Fortress

soon.

A light armored infantryman ran over and observed for a moment among the metal giants in front of the gate of the 4th Army. After confirming the number on Lei Luo's right arm, he saluted with a military salute.

"On the order of Gangze, the commander of the 32nd Infantry Regiment, I will escort you to the 32nd Infantry Regiment."

"knew."

The metal giant's voice was very mechanical and sounded a little uncomfortable, so Lei Luo tried to speak as little as possible.

With heavy steps, he followed the soldier "bang" and "bang" towards the gate of the fortress. It could be seen that the soldier was very nervous and excited. There was a red light of excitement on his face. The gate of the fortress was being opened. The outgoing archer team naturally made way for him.

In other words, he made way for the behemoth behind him.

Outside the fortress, the dazzling sunlight in the middle of the afternoon fell on the metal giant, giving off the beauty of metal violence.

The five-meter metal giant's eyes glowed red, and Lei Luo looked at the soldiers waiting outside the fortress.

The soldiers stood relatively loosely. Behind them were a large number of crossbowmen and a small number of magician advisors. In front were heavily armored soldiers and heavy shield warriors. The sheen of metal armor was everywhere, and it was a large area of ​​darkness. There were many of them similar to themselves. Such a metal giant war weapon.

However, the team of more than 10,000 people outside the fortress is nothing compared to the more than 100,000 permanent legions stationed in the entire Furnace Fortress.

From time to time, you can see some sad-looking magician consultants in the crowd.

Compared with the ignorant soldiers who are in high spirits and have not realized what is going to happen, these magician consultants obviously have a better understanding of what it means to join the front line of this war.

He was troubled by the task he was assigned to the front line, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Lei Luo couldn't help but secretly rejoice.

Although the military generally does not send scholars from the academy to join the frontline war, even for ordinary city defense tasks, no matter how careful you are, a large-scale destructive magic will suddenly appear, and a strong person will rush in and forcefully descend, sweeping and killing everyone. , or stone bombs falling from the sky.

Luck is such a thing, and scholars who are so valuable naturally don't dare to gamble with their lives.

On the other hand, the task of manipulating metal war weapons assigned by the old man Gui to his group was not only quite safe, but also allowed them to obtain war merits. This was obviously a lucrative task that required a backdoor approach.

Calling Xiao Kang for this mission was indeed a wise choice!

soon.

The soldier took Lei Luo to an infantry regiment.

The elite heavy-armored soldiers at the front of the infantry regiment, wrapped like iron barrels, all looked up at this huge, majestic metal giant with fear.

There are already 3 formal-level metal giants and 12 primitive-level metal war puppets with a height of 2M~2.5M.

Compared with the formal metal war giants, these primitive metal war puppets look quite dull.

A middle-aged man wearing iron mail turned his head to look after hearing the heavy footsteps behind him.

"In response to the mission instructions from the Furnace Tower, Lelo Gubo, a first-year student at Fort St. Granville, came to report to the 32nd Infantry Regiment of the 4th Army."

The metal giant made a military salute and spoke in a mechanical voice.

I don’t know why, but this kind of metal war weapon is under the management of the Intelligence Department.

The middle-aged infantry leader returned the greeting with a solemn look on his face.

"I am Gangze. I hope that you can help my legion reduce the damage as much as possible during the first wave of slave cannon fodder charge by the Sealanders. The despicable Sealanders will not care about the life and death of the slaves, but we Granites Soldiers must never be used as cannon fodder."

"yes."

Lei Luo responded calmly and performed his duties.

A five-meter-tall metal giant, holding a shield in one hand and a sword in the other. Lei Luo silently calculated how long the energy core in his body could last. He stood in front of the infantry regiment of about five hundred people and looked at another step in front of him. The regiment passed by and waited quietly for the enemy in the distance.

Shadows cast.

Following the "rumble" of the bellows, a group of balloon airships slowly floated into the Furnace Fortress.

But these balloon airships are obviously different from ordinary balloon airships.

"It's the Balloon Fortress!"

the Gran soldiers shouted.

"Balloon Fortress?"

The metal giant looked at it with red eyes. This so-called balloon fortress was larger than the civil aviation balloon airship, reaching a length of thirty meters. It looked like a huge goose egg, and the outer shell was also wrapped with a layer of black and gray armor. layer.

The powerful energy shield can see a layer of light even from hundreds of meters away.

According to Lei Luo's estimation, the strength of this energy protective shield should far exceed the strength of the natural protective shield of a level 2 esoteric scholar, and is far beyond what a civil aviation balloon or airship can compare to.

Because of this, these balloon fortresses sacrifice speed.

Even with the more powerful bellows and the deafening "rumbling" sound, the balloon fortress is still very slow, about the same speed as the brisk walking of soldiers on the ground.

A total of twenty-three balloon runners floated out of the fortress.

As the balloon fortress gradually stopped above the soldiers, the top hatch slowly opened, revealing a black muzzle, which was the magic crystal cannon.

Compared with the giant trebuchet, the energy of the magic crystal cannon is more concentrated and the range is shorter. Therefore, the Gran people used their abundant resources to develop an aerial platform warfare weapon such as the balloon fortress.

in this depressing atmosphere.

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom...

In the distance, a row of black shadows gradually appeared on the horizon of the lawn next door, getting closer and closer amidst the faint vibrations on the ground.

Lei Luo seemed to hear the heavy breathing of the soldiers behind him.

Although there has been no war between the two countries for decades, from a historical perspective, this is only a relatively short-lived peace.

War is the eternal topic between the two countries.

Among the slaves of the Sealanders, humans only account for a small part, and most of them are aliens from the Star Curtain.

Although the common alien races in the Land of Star Curtain are the elves of the Thorn Forest and the dwarves of the Hengduan Mountains, there are many alien races that believe in various gods in remote forests, mountains, swamps, deserts, and barren lands further away. .

Similar to the stone giants, dwarfs, sheep-headed men, werewolves, etc. in the Moon Trace space node, they are part of the alien race of Star Curtain.

It's just that most of the places where these alien races live are poor places that are not suitable for human survival, and most of the believers in gods have already belonged to the light god system. Every time Aurora's Great Empire of Light goes on a crusade, these alien races will also be sent. Elite legions and temple priests followed, and were generally protected by Aurora's Great Empire of Light.

Therefore, there are basically no conflicts between the many human principalities and these alien races.

Except for the Principality of Sealand.

The slavery system of the Principality of Sealand has been passed down since the founding of the country and has been thoroughly integrated into their culture of iron blood and conquest.

It is different from the mercenary association system of the Principality of Gran.

The mercenary association of the Principality of Sealand is extremely bleak, and is replaced by slave-catching groups of various sizes, and the overall strength of these slave-catching groups is far above that of the Principality of Glenland Mercenary Association.

Several of the super-large slave-catching groups have capabilities that are comparable to those of S-class mercenary groups!

After these super-large slave-catching groups colluded with each other, they even launched genocidal wars against small tribes that did not have the protection of gods!

What's even more frightening is that under the system of Aurora's Great Empire of Light, these behaviors are completely legal.

There will be no interference from the church people.

Because in the view of the church, whether there are many human principalities or many alien races, they are just internal battles for faith among the gods of light.

Although the six principalities have a very special status due to the birth of the Academy of Sciences, at least there is no obvious conflict of interest for the church, and they have made considerable contributions to the previous Crusades, and they will not become fertile ground for the breeding of heresy.

on the contrary.

As for those small ethnic groups that do not have the protection of gods, although the church does not have a clear attitude, it internally supports this extermination policy to avoid too many uncontrolled forces and the breeding of heresy.