The Ominous Lord of the Skaven

Chapter 134 War Preparation
After the production of the cannon is completed, the next thing Ickert has to do is to arrange defensive measures reasonably.

Although Ickert would like to place the cannon in a safe enough position, the current positioning of this gun is still "direct anti-tank fire".

This means that the Sassamaria artillery must be deployed in the forward position in order to exert its due power.

And in such a forward place, not to mention how to protect the cannons, even a good shooting position could not be found on the flat terrain.

There is currently only one cannon in the territory, so the wider the shooting range of this cannon, the better.

For this reason, Ikert had to build a fort.

In order to ensure the shooting angle, the turret cannot have too many defensive facilities that limit the shooting angle.

In the end, Ickert stipulated that the height of the fort should be as high as two spears, and the width and length should allow the cannon to fire in any direction.

With the charge of a type of artillery, at least four meters of recoil distance is required.

Therefore, although it is only a mound turret, it is still very large overall.

In addition, in order to make better use of the firepower advantage of the territory, Ickert also set up three wooden gun towers around the field, and cooperated with the lifting gun team, the defense range covered the entire territory.

With the production efficiency of the craftsmen, it is estimated that when the defensive battle begins, the territory will have a total of three guns.

However, with these defensive measures, it is not over. Ickert's firepower advantage is there, but it is still too small to wipe out all the enemies at a distance.

In other words, hand-to-hand combat will be inevitable.

In order to further strengthen the defense facilities of the territory, Ickert also plans to play with the alien version of the barbed wire.

There is a plant in the forest called iron thorn, whose vines are covered with tough barbs.

Just make a simple scaffold out of bamboo strips, plant the seeds of these vines, and let the sasha ripen.

All the rats of the fourth brigade were in charge of this task. The rats only needed to go to the iron thorn once, and they could bring back a large number of thorn seeds.

This kind of seed is like the cocklebur of Blue Star, if you don't pay attention, a large piece will hang on your clothes.

These thorns are preferentially arranged on the river bank and in front of the trench, and the depth of the arrangement is measured in meters.

Not only that, in order to prevent the thorn defense net from being burned out by a fire, there will be a small ditch for fire prevention between each layer of thorns.

This formed the outer defensive position of Windsor with a total depth of nearly 30 meters.

Of course, it takes enough time to set up such a defensive position, and it also requires a lot of magic power infusion, but Ickert doesn't care, anyway, he has a magical girl.

But this task is not so friendly to the magical girl herself.

Sasha could only look at the vast world outside the city, dumbfounded.

"Do you want me to do all of this?"

"Of course, but don't complain, there are no shortcuts in magic! To become a greater mage, you need to practice constantly!"

Ickert said seriously.

Sasha felt that she didn't look like a magic apprentice, but more like a magic serf.

But Eckert has a more precise definition of it.

Internship college sacrifice!
How can it be comfortable to be a prisoner of war in a factory? At least some countries still abide by the Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War.

The happy life of magic apprentices in Windsor is a classic portrayal of combining theory with practice and labor-driven learning.

Well, Ickert thinks that in the future, similar words can be used as slogans and engraved with spiritual spells for publicity.

After arranging the new defense measures, Ickert ordered Sasha to let her not only arrange iron thorns around the perimeter, but also raise some thorns that can be arranged around the castle.

After doing all this, Ickert began to prepare active defense measures.

Hiding in the fortress the whole time is not a good enough defensive battle.

While trapped in the territory, Ickert did not want to lose the ability to maneuver towards the outside.

To this end, he found the trustworthy second team.

But after arriving at the second brigade, Ickert never thought that the Ratmen would surprise him.

"Say it again, what name did your brigade give yourself?"

"Patriarch Hui! He is the son of Ikett! It means that all the rat people in our brigade regard the clan chief as a great father, and every rat man in the brigade will fight bravely for the great father just like your children!"

Captain Stormrat of the second brigade replied loudly.

"I see."

Ickert breathed a sigh of relief. When he heard about Ickert's son on the first day of the junior high school, he almost thought that these guys were spies sent by the empire!

If you dare to be called the son of Ikett today, will you dare to be called the flower of the empire tomorrow?
After further communication with Captain Stormrat, Ickert finally confirmed that it turned out that the second brigade was dissatisfied with the unique status of the first brigade, and couldn't bear to be with the third and fourth brigades, so he took it for himself. A team name to distinguish yourself from other Ratmen.

To show their loyalty, they even applied to perform a bath in front of Ickert.

"The rats in our second brigade always take a bath more actively and cleanly than other brigades."

This is the proud speech of the model rats of the second brigade.

For this kind of behavior, Ickert naturally wants to encourage it.

After all, it is rare for the Ratmen to develop a sense of collective honor. I am afraid that even the most elite companion guards do not have such a strong sense of collective honor as the second brigade.

"I agree in principle to the naming and treatment improvement of the second brigade, but if you want to officially obtain the title, you can't just ask for it.
I agree that the second brigade will be temporarily promoted to Sons of Ikert, but if you want to be permanently promoted and get the brigade flag I issued, you must show military exploits in the next battle! "

"No problem! Clan Chief!"

The Stormrat replied happily, and the Ratmen behind him also shouted:

"Thank you! Great father!"

At this moment, Ickert is the kind father of all the rats in the second brigade.

As the battle is approaching, Ickert has added another strong force to his team, and Ickert has more confidence in this defensive battle.

"Very well, my children! Now! There is a difficult task for you!

I need a tunnel, a tunnel to get in and out of Windsor Territory!It's as tall as a mouse!And it can accommodate two ratmen to advance side by side!

It doesn't matter if the exit of the tunnel is a tree hole, a dirt pit, or anything else, the only requirement is that the exit must be concealed, and there cannot be only one.

The exit must be covered with slime to camouflage your foul smell.

Can I entrust this task to you? "

"Clan Chief, we promise to complete the mission!"

For the Ratmen, burrowing is a racial talent engraved in their DNA, not to mention digging a hole in the ground, they just want them to dig through the Cameroon Mountains!It's just a matter of time!
In terms of digging holes, the rat people are just a little rougher than the dwarves.

(End of this chapter)