"You guys fought well yesterday, the commander is very happy." Sky Hamm, commander of the Third Legion of the Western Theater Command, turned over a body in a blue uniform on the ground with his feet, frowned, and said to Tom Levi, commander of the Third Division behind him. Yesterday's enemy's attack was repelled by his Third Legion, and his record was pretty good. Paul Zhong's mood seemed to have become beautiful because of this.

"It's good for the command of the lord," Tom Levi responded with a smile. After yesterday's battle broke out, Skye Hamm decided to come to the front line to inspect and supervise the battle. After he moved the entire Third Legion's headquarters from the rear to the chest wall defense line, he led the way. It seemed that he had made up his mind to fight the other side to the death.

"Okay, don't be humble," Skye Hamm patted Tom Levi's shoulder, "I heard that the enemy still has movement today?"

"Well, the observation post and the spies outside have discovered signs of the enemy's mobilization. They seem to have changed new troops and gathered in front of our front. We estimate that they will launch an attack in the past two days."

Sky Hamm looked up at the sky. The thorny hills in the morning were clear and clear, which was a rare and good weather.

"Okay, I won't bother you anymore. Prepare for the battle. I put the First Division behind you. If there are not enough people or the battle situation is in a hurry, there will always be someone behind you!"

Tom Levy nodded and sent his corps commander back to the headquarters of the army. Although yesterday's battle was the first contact between the two sides, everyone was very committed to fighting and some casualties were also suffered. However, relying on the current combination of iron shield defense line and volleyball formation, Tom Levy was not worried about defending the Thorn Hills. After all, Roninger and the Central Military Region fought in the east for so long, didn't there be any progress?

Not long after returning to the division headquarters, the messenger's report interrupted Tom Levi's tranquility before he could drink a cup of hot tea.

"Sir, the enemy has begun to gather again!!!"

"Don't these bastards know how to take a break?"

After cursing, Tom Levi also knew that the other party must be eager to open up the situation. While instructing the combat staff to calm down and defend according to the established method, he walked onto the command platform. Because of the Third Corps' head moving forward, he placed his division headquarters behind the six chest wall defense lines, and through the high command platform, he could directly see the situation on the battlefield.

After a day of battle, the enemy seemed to be tired. However, Tom Levy could see from the enemy's flag that the opponent's attack had changed a group of troops. This is normal. In this offensive and defensive battle based on the iron shield defense line, the defensive side will always have an advantage over the attacking side in terms of military strength loss.

However, there were some things that Tom Levi minded. He looked at the dark big guy in front of the enemy this time and asked the Chief of Staff Kate Felton who was following him.

"What is that?"

"I don't know, this was not mentioned in the previous information. It seemed to be some kind of new weapon." Kate Felton also felt the threat from that huge facility. "It looks quite big, I don't know how it is used?"

"Look, if it is a new weapon, you should be careful when fighting today's battle."

Tom Levi reminded him and looked at the new equipment set up opposite him carefully, feeling a little worried.

What exactly does that thing do?

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"Hurry, where is the wooden board? The wooden board must keep up!"

Ata Wales, a researcher at the Weapons Research Institute of the Niglu Republic, changed his nervous voice. This steam cannon project was personally arrested by the director of the institute Tim Grey, and both the parliament and the president attached great importance to it. This debut, I can't mess it up.

With the order of Ata Wales, members of the Weapon Research Institute working group responsible for maintaining the steam cannon quickly placed nearly three meters of wooden boards under the six-wheeled wheels carrying the steam cannon. Because the steam cannon and its carrier tools were too heavy, the land without hardening thorny hills could not bear the weight of this weapon. In order to put the steam cannon into use, Ata Wales had to manually pave simple wooden boards for the steam cannon's six-wheeled wheels, pave one, and move one forward.

The drums in the air representing attack sounded again.

"We can do it?"

Ata Wales' assistant and assistant researcher at the National Weapons Research Institute of the Negro Republic, Koman Sweet, looked at the steam cannon that was moving as slowly as a snail, and heard the drums in the air, and couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

"It must be too late." Ata Wales, who had fully communicated with the generals who launched this attack before the operation, had no concerns about this issue. "This time it was the troops who cooperated with us, not with us. No matter how slow we walked, these soldiers could not surpass us. Only in this way can the power of the steam cannon be maximized."

"Oh, then let's get it faster!"

Koman Swayte nodded and urged the colleagues and soldiers who helped. But it was not easy to lay such a long wooden board, and coupled with the urging of drums and sway, it seemed slower.

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Unlike yesterday's rapid offensive pace, today's Negru Republic army seemed to have a more gentlemanly atmosphere. They followed the slow drum sound and moved forward little by little. The distance that could be completed in half an hour yesterday was gone for two hours today, but they had not yet reached the end.

"What's going on? Why are they so slow?"

The commander of the Third Division, Tom Levi, stood on the podium, holding a glass of water in his hand, a little puzzled. In his impression, the troops of the Republic of Neglu had never launched such a snail attack. At this speed of attack, if he had cavalry in his hand, he could even launch a cavalry counterattack.

"I don't know, but it seems that I'm waiting for those big guys," Chief of Staff Kate Felton said the truth. "The news from the front line, those big guys seem to be heavy, and moving forward requires continuous laying of wooden pavements, otherwise they will fall into it. Their troops seem to be waiting for those big guys' speed."

"That thing looks like an enlarged steam cannon, which may be very powerful. Let me tell you below, be careful when defending and prepare for the iron shield defense line to be broken. Do you understand?"

"clear."

Kate Felton turned to order, leaving his commander behind, frowned, and looked at the huge dark creatures.

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After spending a lot of effort and twice as much time as usual, Ata Wales and his working group finally pushed these steam cannons to a shooting distance, 180 meters away from the enemy's iron shield defense line. In order to improve the shooting effect, they did not choose the limit distance of 200 meters, but entered a combat readiness state at a position of 180 meters, which can bring huge pressure to the enemy.

"Hurry, let go, drag the resistance shovel, knock it into the soil!!!"

Ata Wales assistant Koman Sweet was still giving orders. Staff and soldiers of the Steam Cannon Service Team separated the two thick resistance shovels that had just been marching and inserted into the soil behind the cannon. Someone locked the wheels of the six-wheeled cart with a special wedge. The soldiers in charge of loading stuffed the fist-sized shells into the mud. The steam engine that had been lit was storing air and made a low hissing sound.

"It won't blow up, right?"

Seeing the steam cannon start to accumulate gas, assistant researcher Koeman Sweet whispered and retreated. The other members of the working group standing around the cannon seemed nervous and subconsciously stayed away. Only the soldiers who were not sure about the power of the cannon and the danger that followed were still working in an orderly manner.

In the gap between the steam cannon preparation, the drums in the air were heard. Ata Wales could even hear the shouts from the opposite side.

"Why don't the coward on the other side come? Is it a foal? Just come here and let the master do it!"

"The soft egg hiding behind the turtle shell, if you have the ability, come out and fight like a man!"

Although the language used was not clear, the insults of both sides seemed to be self-evident on the battlefield. Ata Wales even heard that his generals had specially found some soldiers who could speak Riin, which were used specifically for war. However, although these people were scolding, the weapons and soldiers themselves were still determined.

"In place!!!"

"In place!!!"

With the steam pressure relief valve making a sharp hiss, Ata Wales brought the five steam cannons to the front line this time were ready for launch. Ata Wales looked at the graffiti on the iron shield opposite and raised his hand high.

"preparation!!!!!"

Assistant researcher Koeman Sweet converted Atta Welsh's gestures into commands.

The battlefield suddenly became quiet. The soldiers on the opposite side and on their own were looking at these big guys, waiting for it to show its power that was no less than its own.

Ata Welsh's hand waved high.

"put!!!!"

"Boom boom boom boom boom!"

After four loud roars, the high-temperature and high-pressure steam pushed the metal projectiles out of the cannon chamber, and at a speed that no one could react, it hit the iron shield defense line on the opposite side. The thick iron shields made an overwhelming creaking sound while being hit, and were knocked down one piece at once.

"Recharge again!!! Statistics the results!!!"

Seeing the effect of the shelling, the soldiers on his side cheered, and screamed from behind the iron shield opposite him. Obviously, the power of the steam cannon exceeded the expectations of both sides. Ata Wales looked at the holes caused by the two shells on the iron shield defense line on the opposite iron shield, and did not penetrate the other one for some reason. Instead, he pushed down the front iron shield, and pushed down the results of the three or four iron shields around him, and quickly issued an order.

The drums in the air sounded again, and the soldiers on their side began to advance, but everyone carefully moved away from the area in front of the steam cannon. The power of this weapon seemed to be very great, and no one wanted to be hit by that kind of shell.

"Teacher, a steam cannon exploded!"

Just as Ata Wales was immersed in the joy of the successful test launch, the words of assistant researcher Koman Sweet extinguished his excitement. He followed Koman Sweet's gaze and found that the steam cylinder of the steam cannon on the edge of his left side exploded, revealing a huge gap. Several soldiers fell around the cannon, life and death.

"The material strength is still not good..."

Ata Wales murmured in a low voice. Because he was eager to enter the battlefield, the steam cannon was not completely designed and finalized. The most important thing is that the gas cylinders and cylinders that can be loaded with high temperature and high pressure steam cannot pass the standard. After increasing the strength of the cylinders and cylinders as much as possible by increasing the volume and thickness, the steam cannon still cannot escape the trouble of blowing the chamber when firing. To solve this problem, continuous progress in materials science is required, and the answer cannot be found in a short time.

Although a cannon was blown up, the enemy was obviously scared by this weapon. After the second shooting, although there were three more holes on the iron shield on the opposite side and one of the iron shields that was knocked down, Ata Wales could feel the panic on the opposite side. After two rounds of shooting, his soldiers also entered the battle distance, and gunfire sounded.

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"That seems to be an enlarged version of the steam hand cannon?"

The commander of the Third Division, Tom Levi, stood on the podium and watched the battle not far away. The soldiers of the Negro Republic were so motivated by the blessing of new weapons, and the soldiers on their own were at a loss. At the same time, because two of the first iron shield chest wall defense line were destroyed by the enemy's weapons, many blue-clothed soldiers were rushing into the rear of the first iron shield defense line through the two gaps. Although the platoon soldiers arranged in front of the second iron shield defense line were constantly knocking them down, the enemy did not seem to have given up their intention to attack.

"It should be, it seems to be very powerful," Kate Felton, chief of staff of the Third Division, nodded, "What should I do? If this continues, the first line of defense may not be able to defend."

"The enemy's weapon seems to be difficult to move." After a while, Tom Levi found the shortcomings of the opponent's weapon. "They just broke through the first line of defense, and they couldn't defend it. Tell the people from the first division behind that I need all the reserves to launch a forced counterattack, and I want their weapon!"

"good!"

Kate Felton responded loudly and turned his head to pass the order. Tom Levi looked at the five huge weapons and thought about the possible countermeasures he might have.

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"Occurrence, offense!!!"

Although he was not a soldier, assistant researcher Koeman Sweet seemed to be very involved in the battle. Seeing that his side had a steady stream of soldiers rushing into the iron shield chest wall defense line, and the battle seemed to be developing in a favorable direction, he screamed excitedly.

"Head, what should we do? Should we continue shooting?", as if I was not satisfied, Koeman Sweet turned around and asked for a fight, his eyes full of excitement.

"No more fighting, now our enemy is mixed with the enemy and cannot fight." Ata Wales evaluated the advantages and disadvantages of this weapon in his heart. "This weapon has poor mobility and can only fight positional warfare, and its stability is not very good. The blow-off will cause unnecessary damage. However, its power is OK, and it can definitely penetrate the enemy's iron shield. However, it seems that it will be better if it is less powerful..."

Ata Wales looked at the holes in the iron shield and felt that these holes were not as effective as the shells that pushed the iron shield down. But why did some shells break through, while others could knock down the iron shield? Is it related to the incident angle?

Ata Wales was thinking hard on the battlefield. While he was thinking hard, a sharp horn sound came from the opposite side. Ata Wales was stunned for a while before realizing the meaning of the horn sound.
Chapter completed!