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Volume 14, Chapter 23: Bloody Battle at the City Head

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    "Ah, Peter is here"

    The four soldiers at a steam ballista emplacement on the city wall were all happy when they saw Zhang Tie's arrival. During these days of guarding the city, Zhang Tie had become a steam ballista operator on the city wall.  "Master Gunner", his daily job on the city wall is to work with other soldiers in shifts to operate a ballista emplacement numbered S137 on the wall on the north side of Mog City.

    When other crossbow gunners operate this mid-range and short-range crossbow emplacement, because of the powerful vitality of the demonized puppet, it is very difficult to kill a demonized puppet even if they are operating the crossbow, because the demonized puppet is so terrifying.  Due to his immortality, unless his head is instantly exploded, even if his body is pierced by a ballista, or even if his arms and legs are severed, he will still come over.

    Seven days ago, the gunner operating this crossbow gun position suffered a dislocation and severe contusion because he had been operating the gun position for too long. Zhang Tie happened to be nearby and said, "Let me do it."  "Bar" then sat in the gunner's position, and with his outstanding abilities, he was quickly recognized by other soldiers on this gun position and became a special non-staff member on the S137 gun position.

    The person responsible for S137 and the gun positions around it is a ballista battalion of the 7th City Defense Regiment under the Mog City Garrison Corps of the Republic of Saipan. Logically speaking, people who are not from the ballista battalion, especially people like Zhang Tie who are carrying  It is generally impossible for non-staff personnel with Ranger status to sit in the gunner's position, but at this time, no one cares about this, as long as they can kill the demons.

    I originally saw Zhang Tie sitting on the ballista emplacement of the S137.  The people around were still surprised. After receiving the report, the battalion commander of the Ballista Battalion even came over angrily and prepared to reprimand him, but the battalion commander only looked at Zhang Tie for two minutes.  His anger disappeared and he accepted Zhang Tie's identity as a special non-staff gunner.  At this time, as long as the people in Mog City can resist the demons, everyone has a responsibility, so what does the military uniform mean?

    Seeing Zhang Tie coming over, the gunner who was still sitting on the ballista gunnery position jumped down in relief.  He gave the operating position to Zhang Tie, "Fuck those bastards hard"

    Without saying a word, Zhang Tie quickly jumped up and sat in the gunner's position, and skillfully pulled the reset bolt of the steam ballista.  He put both hands on the shooting handle, pressed down the trigger with his hand, glanced at it, and the crossbow vibrated.  A crossbow arrow flew more than 500 meters from the muzzle.  He accurately exploded the head of a demonized puppet that rushed over with a corpse, scattering a large amount of red and white stuff.

    The other soldiers on the S137 gun position suddenly screamed with joy.  If someone else were in Zhang Tie's position, it would take about three shots to accurately hit the demonized puppet. But where on the demonized puppet's body it would be shot, it would all depend on luck. If it was shot on the torso or limbs  , in addition to opening a hole, the demonized puppet can still run over.  At most, the speed is just a little slower to really kill the demonized puppet.  The crossbow bolts consumed on the gun emplacement would be at least seven or eight or even ten. In Zhang Tie's place, ten crossbow bolts could accurately kill more than four demonized puppets.

    "Hurry up and help transport the ammunition!" the squad leader at the gun position roared, and rolled up his sleeves, automatically becoming Zhang Tie's logistics personnel along with others.

    From this moment on, the S137 gun emplacement began to vibrate in a low voice, shooting out crossbow arrows one after another at an accurate frequency of three rounds every two seconds, continuously harvesting those arrows within a distance of 30 meters to 500 meters below the city.  The life of the demonized puppet that rushed over.

    Zhang Tie, who was sitting in the gunner's position, kept repeating the aiming and shooting movements without any distractions. His whole body was slightly vibrating with the ballistae, because the ballistae on the city wall used steam high-pressure ejection.  , its principle is similar to the bullets in the era of thermal weapons, except that the gunpowder is replaced by a rotating high-density vapor compression tank rotating under the gun emplacement. The thrust released by the vapor compression tank instantly enters the barrel, and a  The piston-like sliding gun base pops out, and the crossbow arrows loaded in the gun base can be fired.

    At the moment when the high-density vapor compression tank is released, a huge reaction force will also be generated on the gun mount. Although there are shock-absorbing springs and other devices on the gun position, part of the force will inevitably be transmitted to the gunner, which will affect the gunner.  Generally speaking, as long as one hour of continuous operation, the arm will be shocked to the point of numbness. It is a common phenomenon that the various joints of the arm will be shocked and dislocated or cause severe joint wear as the continuous operation lasts for a long time.

    But for Zhang Tie, the reaction force from the gun position had no effect on him at all. For a person whose body is immune to nearly 900 kilograms of strike force, the shock damage is really insignificant.

    Zhang Tie's hands pressed firmly on the shooting handle like rocks, constantly exploding the bodies or heads of the demonized puppets he saw in front of him.  ??It's different from throwing flying spears, but similar. Zhang Tie's super ability of precise throwing is used here. Although the ballista can't be 100% accurate as he throws flying spears, he relies on his own feeling.  And instinct, it is still possible for the accuracy of the crossbow to be about 30% to 50%. Although Zhang Tie cannot control the power of the steam bursting out of the rotating high-density steam compression tank, the crossbow arrow is  The trajectory is similar to that of throwing a flying spear.

    Precisely by virtue of this ability, Zhang Tie became a respected "magic gunner" on this section of the city wall. Even Zhang Tie couldn't remember how many demonized puppets he had killed in the past few days.

    For others, such a harvest is something to be happy about, but for Zhang Tie, such a harvest does not make much sense, but it has to be done, because those demonized puppets were also humans when they were alive, and those killed here were not demons, but demons.  It's just a larvae and eggs of the demon puppet worm mother. A puppet worm can lay hundreds of thousands of such eggs in a day, but the real demon army has not appeared until this time. Maybe for that  As far as the demon army is concerned, the so-called demonized puppet army is just worthless low-value consumables. Their purpose of existence is.  They are here to be cannon fodder and die. No matter how many people die, the demons will not feel sorry for them.

    The whole people in Mog City.  Who knew that the once famous Eagle of Cernes would now be playing the role of a gunner on a small steam ballista.

    The demonized puppet that rushed within 30 meters of the city wall entered the downward shooting blind spot of the steam ballista on the city wall. Once it reached this position, it was within the coverage area of ??the distributed strike weapons below. The entire city wall was densely covered with mechanisms.  There are layers of various defensive weapons.  Almost none of the demonized puppets who rushed here could return alive after dropping the corpse they were holding.  And those demonized puppets didn't seem to want to go back alive. The demonized puppets, whose bodies were almost like sieves, gathered under the city wall and actively accumulated, allowing the mobile demonized puppets to start trying to climb up.  And as long as they are close to the city wall.  The densely packed areas in the middle of the city wall

    In the holes the size of eggs, rows of sharp steel guns operated by machinery will pierce out of the holes, then retract, pierce out, and retract again, repeating this action continuously, and constantly.  Crush the efforts and bodies of the demonized puppets.

    The demonized puppets that stepped on the corpses of their companions failed every time, but every time.  As the corpse grew tired and taller, the demonized puppets got closer and closer to the highest point of the city wall.  After being completely blocked by the dense corpses, the defensive weapons in the middle and lower sections of the city wall began to lose their effectiveness layer by layer.

    Everyone knows that the real test of Mog City has not yet come, but it is not far away from that time.

    As soon as he stayed at the gun position, Zhang Tie forgot about the time. At some point, in addition to the torches, the lens headlights on the city wall also lit up, illuminating the area within a hundred meters of the city wall.  , but the places farther away became blurry. Burning fire pots were thrown out of the city one by one, burning in the open and dark areas outside the city, illuminating those dark places to provide  The shooting weapons on the city provide sufficient light sources.

    After the sky completely darkened, due to the cover of darkness, the accuracy of various weapons on the city wall began to decrease at long distances. The demonized puppets became more restless, and the density and frequency of attacks increased significantly. Those who were thrown  When incendiary bombs are launched outside the city, the demonized puppets will always extinguish the fire very quickly, completely turning the surrounding space into darkness.

    In the darkness, the ferocious faces of the demonized puppets were like ghosts rushing out of the darkness, rushing toward Mog City.

    Zhang Tie's dark vision allows him to maintain the same accuracy in the dark as during the day. Because the density of the demonized puppets' attack formation increases, in the dark, the lethality of the crossbow operated by Zhang Tie increases instead of decreasing.  But on the entire city wall, there was only one person with Zhang Tie's ability. Therefore, the number of demonized puppets that rushed within 30 meters of the city wall began to increase significantly.

    I don¡¯t know how long it took, but Zhang Tie only heard a loud bang in his ears, and then his face felt hot, and the firing of the S137 ballista suddenly stopped

    A place on the ballista emplacement suddenly exploded, and a piece of exploding metal fragments suddenly scratched Zhang Tie's face, leaving a wound as long as one finger long on Zhang Tie's left cheek

    "Ah, the high-pressure rifle of the S137 is broken. How could this happen? Damn it" The squad leader of the gun emplacement next to him, who had been replaced by the second shift, lay on the ground and looked under the gun mount, and screamed.  Several of the soldiers were also a little panicked

    Zhang Tie ignored the injuries on his face and the dripping blood. He wiped it casually and jumped from the gunner's position.Come and lower your head to check, a pipe at the bottom of the gun base has been obviously damaged, and a stream of hot steam spurted out from it

    "How is it? Can it be repaired?" Zhang Tie asked the squad leader

    "This is a key component on the gun position. Logically speaking, it should not be damaged at all. How could this happen? This thing can only be replaced, not repaired. To replace this thing, you need to move the entire turret. It will take at least three days at the fastest.  Can it be repaired?" The squad leader of the S137 gun position turned pale

    In the blink of an eye, there was another explosion from a ballista turret in the distance, and another ballista lay down

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