Menethil's Power

Chapter 140 Day of the Dragon ([-])

The provisional South China Sea Fleet was discovered when it was still a considerable distance from Longmao Port.No way, this fleet is too huge, and the patrolling dragoons are not blind, no matter how clean the coastal guard post is, they can easily be spotted by them in the sky.

It's only been a few years since the war, so it's impossible for the Dragonmaw clan to naively think that they can live in peace.The patrol mission of the two dragoons was not sloppy, but what is interesting is that they did not return to report information immediately, but approached quickly, as if they wanted to compete with human warships.

Red dragons vs battleships, this was originally the main theme of naval battles in the middle and late stages of the orc wars, but unfortunately, due to the damage of a considerable number of dragon knights in the battle to defend the city of Lordaeron, the course of history has developed very differently.

"It seems that we have no chance to steal chickens. We have to fight with real swords and guns first." Derek smiled freely, and his tone was filled with excitement. Perhaps because of fate in the original timeline, this The Grand Prince of Kul Tiras is very interested in dragons, and enjoys the sense of accomplishment from defeating them.

He quickly drew out his rapier, "The ship is advancing according to the established route, soldiers, prepare to fight!"

Several Kul Tiras ships quickly burst into flames. Dozens of anti-aircraft machine guns, under the control of specialized gunners, followed the flight paths of the dragoons and poured out projectiles. The anti-aircraft weapon is the technology provided by the dwarf and the product of Ironforge's expedited completion. Due to cost constraints, the accuracy and power are not very good. It is mainly aimed at the orcs on the dragon's back rather than the red dragon itself.

Two red dragons twirled and rolled in the heavy rain of gunfire, spewing flames and igniting human wooden ships. The formation of the South China Sea Fleet quickly collapsed. With their respective ships fleeing in all directions, the few unlucky ones who were targeted by the dragoons began to fight back bravely with a variety of long-range weapons.

Typical mob.

After destroying several small pirate ships, the dragoons quickly realized that there were not many real threats in this fleet, so they began to switch targets, and one of them focused on the most eye-catching ship Derek. Battleship "Jenna".

Facing the approaching red dragon, both Derek and Matt were extremely calm. Both of them are experienced commanders. Change of spirit.

"It's our turn, guys!" A rough voice caught Mat's attention. He turned around and saw a group of squat musketeers swarming from the cabin to the deck. All kinds of firearms, it seems unorganized.

But Matt knew very well that before the arrival of the Griffin Knights, these so-called dwarf dragon hunters were the main force to deal with the dragoons. Without them, the cost of solving the two red dragons would be half the fleet.

The bearded dwarf Matt, who was the leader, knew Gunter Dragon Hunter, Hemet Nesingwary's follower and fanatical fan.The dwarf didn't take part in the Dun Morogh campaign, but now, he seems to be reclaiming the glory of his name.

"It's time to let those stupid lizards get shot! Raise your weapons and listen to my password!" Gaunt gesticulated while spitting.

"The effective range of the red dragon's breath is about 80 meters." Matt reminded that the performance of the red dragon just now had given this keen young officer a lot of information.

Gaunt froze for a moment, and then realized that Matt was telling him the ultimate shooting distance, and the dwarf immediately nodded understandingly.

The red dragon began to dive, and the blazing flames surged in its huge mouth, but the dwarves remained unmoved. Just as it made the initial movement of breathing, Gaunt suddenly shouted "Fire!"

More than a dozen dwarf muskets made very different noises. These weapons equipped with high-grade percussion stones ejected high-speed and deadly metal projectiles, which easily penetrated the dragon scales. Some continued to move forward, tearing the flesh and blood of the red dragon, There are transparent holes left on its body, and more are firmly embedded in the body of the red dragon.

The red dragon wailed, expressing its pain. The red dragons that participated in the war were basically extinct. This one was obviously a new species, and the physical strength it spawned was naturally far less than that of a normal red dragon. These dozens of bullets It has already caused serious injuries.

Its dragon breath also lost its aim, and the flame flew over about five meters above the deck, igniting a sail. The red dragon no longer had the desire to attack, and it struggled to stay away despite the curses and beatings from the orcs on its back.

The dwarves, however, showed no mercy at this time, reloading steadily and quickly, and firing again.This time even the orc dragoons on the dragon's back were smashed into sieves, and the red dragon let out a mournful cry, unable to keep floating, its huge body fell down, sinking a small frigate,

The dwarf musketeers showed extremely professional qualities. Several of them continued to shoot at the red dragon floating on the sea whose life and death were unknown, while others quickly turned to the other red dragon. The attenuation was severe, but it also successfully deterred the opponent. Under the control of the rider, the red dragon resolutely gave up the attack and quickly began to lift off.

"Don't worry about that one." Derek said to the dwarves who were still shooting. He raised his binoculars and looked towards the southeast. Because of the constant speed, they were already very close to Dragonmaw Port. up,
"We will launch an attack immediately." He said to his adjutant; "Let those pirate dregs who haven't escaped prepare for the landing battle, and the dragon's body will be left for those pirates who escaped too far to salvage. By the way, Don't forget to tell them that if you don't want Isaacs to find a reason to deduct the employment payment, it's best not to move a single dragon scale."

He looked at Matt again, "The Punishment Legion must also get ready, the landing ship will leave in half an hour."

Matt nodded calmly, "I'll return to my department immediately." He quickly turned around and slid down the deck rope.

Derek scratched his head, thinking that there should be nothing wrong with him.Now it's time to finish what I should do, he thought, and walked quickly to the position of the bow gun, and at the same time took out a box that needed to be held with both hands from his space package.

Inside the box were two standard "rider gun" caliber shells lined with flannelette. The bullets shone with a soft silver light, showing its pure mithril texture, and engraved with the violet rune that Derek was very familiar with. Wen, flashing a mysterious and dangerous light.

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The Grim Batol sea area, a place where large-scale conflicts have never occurred, is now ushering in turmoil.Longmao Port did not respond in a timely manner to the South China Sea Fleet's attack.The Dragonmaw Clan does not possess shipbuilding skills, and Grim Batol itself cannot provide shipbuilding resources, so the orcs have only a few relics of the former tribe. These clumsy iron ships are useless against pirates In less than an hour, the Dragon Roar Navy was completely wiped out.

Next, the South China Sea Fleet, which had completely gained control of the sea, began to bombard Longmaw Port in a saturated manner, and the fission bomb that hit the Dragon Stable in the northeast of the Middle East shattered the last hope of the orcs' resistance. Violet light, the shock wave of the explosion almost reduced one-third of Dragonmaw Port into ruins.

Fission runes, this black technology developed by Blizzard, once again became the nightmare of orcs. Using the tomahawk-style blade thrower that depicts its blade as ammunition, it emptied nearly half of Kul Tiras during the orc war. Treasury, but its performance is definitely worthy of its worth.After this blow, only two red dragons completed their lift-off crookedly one after another, which meant that the other two had lost their fighting power.

The orcs also drank the blood of the demon, and the Dragonmaw clan did not seem to be affected by the weakness from it. Perhaps this has something to do with their chieftain, Zuluhed, who is one of the few tribes who always adheres to the shamanism. , After a brief panic, they began to use simple trebuchets to carry out a limited counterattack against the enemy ships at sea. At the same time, the orcs who still maintained their combat effectiveness began to gather on the beach, preparing to face the alliance's landing forces.

A strong orc warrior clenched his battle ax and stared at the landing ship like an iron box. Although it was very different from the landing assault boats used by humans before, it did not prevent him from understanding the enemy's attack. It's in it.

The five fingers of the orc's other hand have been deeply embedded in the rock that serves as a shelter. He and his more than 20 partners are full of expectations for the upcoming battle, which will be a battle of glory.Most of those humans would only cowardly hide in the distance and use long-range weapons, but as long as they fight with these human fighters in close quarters, the gunners will not interfere with the duel between the two sides in order to avoid accidental injury, and this is also the ideal battle for the orcs.

The hatch of the landing ship was lowered, the orcs let out a roar, and began to charge forward with indomitable momentum, but they immediately realized that something was wrong. The people in the landing ship were not humans wearing heavy metal armor, but a group of people as tall as one person, with Hexapods like spiders,
The astonishment of the orcs was short-lived. Although they didn't understand what kind of existence these were, they could at least confirm the identities of their enemies. The first few orcs immediately swung their battle axes to attack, but these six-legged machines suddenly dispersed at an alarming speed. Then, while moving at high speed, blue beams of light continuously shot out from the gaps in the thick decks of their weapons, leaving bloodstains on the orcs' robust bodies.

The single shots of these attacks are not powerful, but the rate of fire is extremely astonishing, so the orc squad did not last long. After barely breaking a machine that damaged the movement system into pieces, the last orc warrior roared to the sky , hangs his head feebly.

So this section of the beach temporarily belongs to the alliance.

Until then, the lord that the orcs were waiting for appeared. Not far away, another landing ship docked. A group of human soldiers in silver-gray plate armor disembarked and quickly formed a defensive formation. The shield and sword emblem on a white background, the leading officer lifted his mask and looked at the battlefield where only dozens of corpses remained.

All the corpses were scorched black and beyond recognition, and what was exchanged with these lives was only a mechanical creation made of steel and arcane crystals, worth only three digits of gold coins, even Matt Horner, who has always been calm and steady, couldn't help but Take a deep breath. "Holy Light, this kind of thing is simply the nightmare of ordinary soldiers." He murmured.

These are just the first "Stalkers" to attempt mass-building.As simplified versions of "Immortals", they should be smaller, lighter, and faster. Of course, the armor should be thinner and lighter. Considering the limited load and unable to carry too much ammunition, the R&D department did not choose projectile turrets. Instead, a light cannon is used as the main weapon of the stalker. The cannon can directly launch attacks in the form of arcane energy. Each shot is equivalent to the power of a standard elite-level arcane missile, and the rate of fire Then it can reach three shots per second-this has completely exceeded the output that an ordinary middle-level mage can provide.

And the most important thing is that the stalker does not have a driver.Squall finally made a key breakthrough in cracking the intelligent core of the high elf arcane puppets, and it was immediately applied to these war machines. It doesn't hurt.The key significance of the intelligent core is that it enables the number of stalkers to be limited only by production capacity, rather than being unable to expand due to the lack of qualified manipulators.

Smart cores, high movement speed, and low-fire weapons with extremely fast firing rates make this war machine a stalker on the battlefield just like its code name.Matt seemed to see a large number of stalkers on the battlefield in the future, outflanking and advancing like wolves, slaughtering ordinary soldiers and besieging professionals...

War, it seems, has been different.

Forcibly withdrawing his thoughts, Matt turned his attention to the battlefield again. Those hunters who only had a single combat program began to actively look for the next batch of enemies after eliminating a team of orcs. Now they have almost destroyed most of them, but at least Killed twice as many orcs.After understanding the actual war significance of the stalker, Matt has little interest in commanding these consumables.

Their significance is to consume the enemy's vitality, and isn't that what they are doing now?

This landing ship is not only equipped with dozens of soldiers of the Punishment Legion, but also includes a big guy. This big guy is almost ten times the size of the Stalker. The whole body is shining with a thick metallic luster. The caliber of the cannon alone is chilling.This is the absolute dominator on the battlefield, even in the face of the hero class, he has the power to fight.

Immortal, Blizzard's most important achievement in the past few years, whether it is the stalker or the punisher, are only derivatives of it, used to cope with different combat situations.

"Everyone obeys the order, and advance steadily with the Immortals at the center." Matt gave the order. As Isaacs' direct lineage, they will naturally use Blizzard's research and development results as soon as possible, and have already concluded a set Tactics that work with Immortals.

As a single-class unit, the Punishment Legion will inevitably face the problem of lack of long-range damage. Heavy firepower units such as Immortals can make up for their shortcomings very effectively. When a group of paladins advance with Immortals as the core, the effect It is almost equivalent to a hero-level mage riding an adult Goron, with almost no weaknesses, and unless it is crushed with absolute strength, there is almost no feasible way to target it.

(End of this chapter)