"Buzz——"
There was a shrill roar from the whistle, and the steel behemoth roared across the wilderness, spewing billowing white smoke.
The compressed steam in the boiler pushed the engine to run, and the high-speed rotating tracks rolled over the uneven wasteland covered with corpses.
The appearance of these steam tanks also greatly encouraged the soldiers of the empire who were in a bitter battle, causing them to cheer in the trenches.
"It's an old friend!"
"Great!"
"I saw it at the military parade! That's a steam tank, the cutting-edge weapon of the Ministry of Science and Technology!"
The huge steel body, the ferocious impact angle, and the thick metal barrel, when they run at full speed, even the earth will tremble.
These steel behemoths are the ultimate experience of the violent aesthetics of empire!
The demons were a little confused about this strange iron knot, but they still swarmed up, trying to tear this strange creation of the empire apart.
However, the moment the huge collision angle hit the demons hard, the outcome was already doomed.
"Boom——"
Accompanied by the roar of the engine and the wail of the demons, the steam tank rolled over towards the demonic group without hesitation.
There was only a slight bump in the car body, and all the demons blocking the front were crushed into flat, mixed pieces of flesh.
And the most sinister thing is that in order to deal with these demons from the abyss, the empire's logistics personnel covered the surface of the tank with holy water.
As long as the demon is scratched even slightly, it will let out a miserable cry and its whole body will be burnt to black.
"Crush them for the sake of the Empire!"
"Oh ho ho ho ho!"
The current version of the steam tank has a small internal space, and its operators are mainly dwarves, halflings, goblins and smaller humans. In such a huge steam tank, there are more than twenty drivers, which is a huge number. A veritable mobile fortress!
For example, the "Emperor's Wrath" - the earliest steam tank built and the one at the forefront, its main driver is a dragon-veined goblin named "Bill".
Bill skillfully stepped on the clutch, changed gears, and then pushed the joystick to the bottom with all his strength, and cursed viciously: "Damn it, smash them!
I don't want to see any demon come near our baby! No one can break it! ”
This is the first time these drivers will engage in actual combat, but they are extremely skilled in various operations.
After all, they have practiced countless times on the training ground just for this day, and various operations have already formed muscle memory.
Facing the death of their kind, although these cowardly demons and evil demons were afraid, they did not dare to disobey the orders of high-ranking demons - that was already a mark rooted deep in their souls.
They screamed and roared strangely, and continued to surround them from all directions, trying to entangle these iron knots with their numerical advantage.
The thin and agile Babu Demon hurriedly ran on the ground, trying to jump onto the car. The Quasai Demon also flapped its wings in the sky, trying to tear apart its outer armor with its claws.
"Don't let them come! Damn the devils!"
“Da da da da da——”
"Boom! Boom!"
But the row of machine guns on the steam tank erupted with fierce flames, bullets poured out like a storm, and the secondary cannon also spurted out fiery tongues of flame.
Suddenly, the land around the steam tank was covered with artillery fire. In just a few breaths, under the intensive firepower, the surrounding demons that tried to get close were wiped out.
It can be seen that the designer of the steam tank, Marquis Guillermo Sparrow, is a loyal supporter of the "Multi-turret Cult".
These dozen steel behemoths rushed out of the bunker, accompanied by the roar of engines and bursts of steam, and rushed into the group of demons, instantly disintegrating the raging offensive of the demons.
The imperial soldiers also followed the trajectory of the steam tanks, reoccupied those strategic locations, and launched a vigorous counterattack against the demons.
The imperial infantry stepped on the ground that had been run over, marching on the demon's bloody remains, roaring in waves.
"Charge!"
"For the Empire!"
The situation of the battle turned around in an instant, but the demon-hunting spider also noticed these unusual "iron bumps".
Almost instantly, the spider monsters rubbed their mouthparts together and made a horrifying cry. They stood on four hind legs, with strong magical light surging in their compound eyes.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Fire, cold, motors, petrification, magic rays shot out from the eyes of the demon-hunting spiders, shooting at the steam tank from different directions.
However, the drivers had already anticipated this situation. The Dragon Vein Goblin in the driver's seat struggled to twist the joystick, causing the tank to turn sideways and aim forward with the thickest armor.
He cursed and almost screamed: "Damn it! Quick! Activate the anti-magic device!"
Suddenly, complex magic lines appeared on the thick armor around the steam tank, and several invisible light films enveloped the vehicle body. Those magic rays hit the outer light film and were instantly wiped out.
"Activate the smoke barrier! Don't even think about hurting my baby with that stuff coming out of your eyes!"
The exhaust vents on the top of the tank suddenly opened, and billowing steam and waste smoke spewed out, hiding the tank in the smoke screen.
These huge steel behemoths just marched in the smoke, constantly pouring artillery fire on the surroundings.
Most demons were blown to pieces or crushed into meat pies by the huge horns before they even saw their enemies.
For a time, the demons' offensive was completely disrupted by these dozen steam tanks. They scurried around in the smoke like headless flies, and were then easily killed by the passing tanks.
But demon-hunting spiders are far from easy to deal with. As a tool for the abyss lords to hunt down traitors, the demon eyes of these spider monsters have various enchantment effects such as "dark vision" and "barrier penetration".
Soon, these demon-hunting spiders were eyeing the steam tank that was moving through the smoke, with a glint in their eyes as if they were eyeing prey.
"Ouch"
A hoarse roar sounded, and the demon-hunting spider the size of a bull elephant suddenly jumped up and jumped on the back of the giant steel beast.
Facing this high-level abyss monster, the holy water smeared on the surface of the tank has minimal effect and cannot even penetrate its carapace.
"Boom!"
The steam tank shook violently, the indestructible iron sheet dented, and the drivers inside the vehicle also screamed in panic.
"It's coming!"
"Calm down, there is an emergency protection system!"
"Shua——"
The demon-hunting spider kept stabbing at the car body with its eight barbed claws, and the armor surface made a harsh metal scratching sound.
These guys are very smart. They will look for gaps in the armor and pierce them with their spear-like toes.
"Bang!"
Bill barely managed to steady himself amid the swaying car.
The dragon-veined goblin looked up at the sharp claws that penetrated the gaps in the armor, pointed at the ceiling, and cursed crazily: "Damn spider monster!
You want to scratch my baby's indestructible skin with your claws? Have your sweet dreams! ”
After saying that, the dragon-veined goblin still had a cigar in his mouth.
The moment the demon-hunting spider tried to tear open the armor, the steam tank's magical defense system was triggered.
The magic circuit inside the armor is constantly surging, releasing dazzling lightning.
"Boom! Boom!"
In an instant, fierce lightning surrounded the entire steam tank, and the powerful pulse energy blew away the demon-hunting spider clinging to the roof of the vehicle.
The huge spider monster fell not far away, with electricity still surrounding its body.
But as a creation of the Lord of the Abyss, how tenacious its life is!
This spider monster barely supported its body with its eight slender legs, and climbed up from the ground unsteadily, its compound eyes full of hatred. The demon-hunting spider accumulated strength and wanted to jump on the car again and eat all the little people in the iron lump.
But for the soldiers in the steam tank, this is only a few seconds of charging time, and it is also their best opportunity.
——A chance to kill the Demon Hunting Spider!
The dragon-veined goblin spit out his cigar, blowing smoke from his mouth, using his claws to control the direction of the tank, and at the same time shouted an order: "Now! Kill him with the main gun!
"Hurry! This is a rare opportunity!"
Almost at the same time as Bill spoke, the loader of the crew struggled to stuff the huge shell into it and cover it, while the gunner also quickly turned the rocker.
Amidst the sound of gears, the steam tank turned its unused main gun and aimed it at the demon-hunting spider that was gathering strength in front of it.
Bill screamed almost heartbreakingly: "Take this guy who tries to hurt my dear baby——
Send to hell! ”
"Boom!"
There was a thunderous noise, thick and acrid smoke, and the entire steam tank moved backwards under the terrible recoil, causing the ground to tremble and shatter, and sending up dust all over the sky.
Under the explosion of the high-pressure magic steam boiler, the huge, heavy armor-piercing projectile shot out of the thick barrel at an unimaginable speed, passed through the gunpowder smoke, and shot towards the demon-hunting spider's torso.
The moment the armor-piercing bullet came into contact with the demon-hunting spider's body——
"Shua——"
The sharp and hard alloy warhead easily penetrated the carapace of the demon-hunting spider and pierced its abdomen, creating a huge hole
Immediately afterwards, carapace fragments and burning armor-piercing bullet cores sprayed into the demon-hunting spider's body at high speed, smashing the internal organs made of demon flesh and blood.
Under this huge kinetic energy, the spider monster, which was comparable in size to a bull elephant, was blown away on the spot.
Broken carapace, purple-black blood and small pieces of internal organs were scattered everywhere. The broken and charred corpse fell to the ground, rolled around a few times, twitched a few times, and then stopped moving.
"Damn spider monster. You want to destroy my baby. It's really unforgivable!
It may not be dead yet! Let's go up and try again! ”
The dragon-veined goblin looked at the corpse of the demon-hunting spider in the distance, hatred flashed in his dim eyes. He pushed the joystick fiercely and drove the steam tank over the remains of the demon-hunting spider.
"Clang!"
The already charred and broken body became even flatter.
But as if the dragon-veined goblin still didn't understand his hatred, he rolled him back and forth a few more times - until the remains of the body no longer looked like a spider, and looked more like a puddle of meat cake mixed with carapace. Only then did he feel satisfied. Drive away in the tank.
"For the Emperor!"
"For His Majesty Cassius!"
"Let these spider monsters see the wrath of His Majesty Cassius!"
The soldiers in the "Emperor's Wrath" cheered wildly. They drove tanks and rushed into the enemy's formation even more unreasonably.
In fact, the design of these steam tanks is very targeted, as can be seen from the huge impact angle and powerful armor-piercing main gun - these tanks are specially designed to deal with groups of weak enemies or huge enemies. Behemoth.
And their proposed enemy is also very clear-the abyss demon.
In fact, this was a design request put forward by Cassius himself, and the Ember Empire had been planning for many years.
Scenes like this also appeared in every corner of the battlefield. The steam tanks rushed into the demonic group, and the imperial infantry followed behind them to recapture each stronghold. This can be regarded as achieving the effect of infantry-tank synergy.
"Boom!"
There was another earth-shaking loud noise, and the demon-hunting spider not far away was shot directly through the head, and the smelly brain and venom splashed.
The huge headless body rolled down the hillside, crushing many cowardly demons who were unable to dodge.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The six secondary guns spurted out fierce tongues of fire, and the smoke and flames almost engulfed all the demons within a hundred meters.
In the "Conqueror" steam tank, the man in the battlefield wheelchair suddenly pushed the joystick and laughed wildly.
"Hahahaha!
With such an artifact, what else is needed for a wheelchair gun! 0818, Ershi and Madsen are all trash!
I think this steam tank is the largest wheelchair! Long live the Multi-turret Cult! ”
"Long live the Cult of Many Turrets!"
The players in the car watched the experience gain on the panel that was so fast that it was blurry, and let out howls of excitement.
"Ouch——"
However, in the sky, abyss dragon beasts roared hoarsely, waving their broken and ugly wings, passing over the steam tank, and spitting out blazing black-red flames.
"What the hell? This thing doesn't have anti-aircraft guns!"
"This designer is really a beast. He installed nine secondary guns and not even one anti-aircraft gun!"
"No, it's a tank we finally drove on!"
"Boom!"
An abyssal dragon beast swooped down suddenly, landed on the top of the turret, and kept scratching the armor of the steam tank with its sharp claws.
The man in the battlefield wheelchair was having too much fun just now and broke into the demon group. The electromagnetic pulse of the steam tank has not yet recovered.
Moreover, they relied on the power of the steam tanks to rush too deep, penetrating hundreds of meters into the devil's position, and even the infantry behind them had no time to keep up.
There was almost nothing they could do against the Abyss Dragon Beast that kept shaking the car above their heads.
Players even began to complain to each other, and the firepower mainly hit the most promiscuous battlefield wheelchair man - because he was mainly responsible for driving.
“The people in wheelchairs in the battlefield, it’s all your fault!”
"Yes, you are really good! You are not allowed to sit in the driver's seat next time!"
"Go play with your wheelchair gun! This time I understand the truth, the vehicle needs to be played by the boss!"
"Damn, this is the private property of our Mechanicus! We spent a lot of money to buy it!"
The players completely forgot how they excitedly shouted for charge just now, and put all the blame on the wheelchair man in the battlefield.
"Ouch——"
A loud roar suddenly came from the sky. Different from the harsh roar of the abyss demon, this voice was particularly deep.
"That is."
"What the hell? There's help!"
The players in the tank seemed to see the glimmer of hope and quickly looked outside through the observation mirror.
Directly in the sky was a red torrent composed of bipedal flying dragons and flame dragons. They appeared from the flanks of the battlefield.
Those are the dragons of the Ember Empire!
At the front of the team, Alger raised the ever-burning sword in his hand and loudly ordered: "In the name of His Majesty Cassius, in the name of the Ember Empire——
Red Scale Conqueror, charge! ”
"Roar——"
Accompanied by the earth-shattering battle roars of the dragons and knights, carrying the fiery hurricane, the red torrent poured down and broke into the battlefield from the flank. (End of chapter)