Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 522: Artillery Fire
Following the female knight into the battlefield, Fulvio finally saw clearly what was emitting the oppressive feeling just now.

It was a human who looked swollen and corrupted, but his body had expanded to beyond the limits of an ordinary human.

Even with his hunched back, he was already over three meters tall. His body was rotten and swollen like a giant, and the spores that kept bursting and multiplying exuded foul-smelling venom...

From any angle you look at it, it looks like something created by an evil wizard that only appears in fantasy stories.

But Fulvio knew clearly that this was a "blessing" from an evil god.

"Everyone, pay attention! This is a giant plague corpse from the Cult of the Swelling Mother. Be careful not to come into contact with the venom on its body. It is highly corrosive and will spread the plague. Everyone, use breathing masks! Use long-range weapons and fire to attack as much as possible!" As the referee knight, Fulvio immediately reminded others how to deal with the enemy in front of them. Having dealt with various evil cults over the years, they have a complete set of response procedures.

After Fulvio told them the relevant information about the enemy in front of them, their team immediately took out a breathing mask from their pockets and put it on their faces.

However, the White Wolf Knights who are wearing Steam Knight Armor are an exception, because the Steam Knight Armor on them has its own air filtering function. As long as they wear the helmet properly, it can naturally function as a breathing mask.

The female knight was the first to put on the steam knight armor and rushed to the front of the White Wolf Knight. She immediately raised her portable rapid-fire cannon and fired at the huge zombie.

This kind of close-range bombardment was somewhat beyond the understanding of Judgment Knights like Fulvio.

Although the church quickly prepared steam knight armor for them after they arrived in the North, the church still equipped them according to the traditional configuration of the Judge Knights.

Although they are also equipped with long-range weapons such as multi-barreled heavy machine guns, the main weapon of the Judgment Knights' Steam Knight Armor is still an enlarged two-handed heavy sword or half-hand sword paired with a shield.

This configuration is certainly not for use on the battlefield, but is specially prepared for the combat environment that the Judge Knight needs to face.

According to the church's experience over the years, in the combat environment that the Judgment Knights need to face, the various battlefield weapons commonly used by secular knights often lack room for use.

In comparison, the half-hand sword, which is more suitable for fighting in indoor environments or narrow areas, can produce better results.

Therefore, the Knights of Judgment had no objection to the equipment provided by the church. Even Perfect did not express any opinion on it.

This also led to the fact that the Judgment Knight had never experienced what it was like to have a comrade beside him carrying a cannon and fighting in battle.

The power of the 75mm portable rapid-fire cannon was not too great, but it was still a 75mm caliber cannon, and it still produced a very loud noise and blast when fired. This not only caused Fulvio, who was originally planning to provide protection for the female knight, to stagger, but also caused his ears to buzz from the sound of the cannon.

Fortunately, as a Judgment Knight, Fulvio's combat experience and physical fitness allowed him to quickly stabilize his body and quickly adjust his state. He put a shield in front of himself, holding a sword in one hand and looking vigilantly at the target in front of him that was blocked by the smoke from the artillery fire.

Fulvio was so alert because he was naturally acting based on his past combat experience. After all, once smoke and dust obscured the vision, it would be difficult to determine the enemy's situation and make it easy to be ambushed.

But the female knight and other White Wolf Knights on the side were already familiar with this. They did not stop to observe the effect of the bombardment, but continued to fire without hesitation, and three more steam knights joined the bombardment.

There were four portable rapid-fire cannons in total, and each person fired three rounds. This was one of the tactical maneuvers of the Steam Knights. When encountering a target with strong defense or a huge size, they had to quickly and effectively concentrate fire and bury the enemy directly with excessive firepower, rather than recklessly rushing up for close combat.

This has proven to be a very effective tactic.

When the female knight fired the second shot, they had actually noticed that dark red blood mist was shaken out in the smoke and dust, and it was obvious that the target had been seriously injured.

But the White Wolf Knights still followed the tactical manual and the four of them fired twelve shells, and each of them still had two shells in the magazine.

If they fail to kill the target, they can focus their fire for another round.

But when the smoke cleared, they knew it was no longer necessary.

Because the plague giant corpse that looked so scary had been blown into pieces, and even the slightly larger pieces of the corpse were difficult to find.

Almost all of them turned into palm-sized fragments, evenly distributed in a crater with a radius of about 20 meters.

Seeing this scene, Fulvio's eyes twitched slightly. He had never seen such a scene before.

After all, although the church is rich and can be equipped with various weapons, they are limited to cold weapons or limited hot weapons. As for things like artillery, the church is not allowed to own them.

So even though Fulvio was an experienced knight, he had never seen such a scene of artillery fire.

But he had to admit that this thing was really useful!

In the past, a plague giant like this would require at least one or two flag squadrons of the Judgment Knights to kill it with difficulty at the cost of certain casualties, and if they were not careful they would be infected by the plague toxins it spread.

Subsequent processing is even more troublesome. After all, such a large source of plague must be burned in time even if it is killed.

But it is obviously not an easy task to burn such a large corpse completely. It would take at least several carts of firewood just to burn it.

However, now, not only was it blown up with just one round of concentrated fire, but the corpse was also shattered into small pieces of flesh on the ground, making it much easier to deal with.

"These corpses must be burned to purify the area and prevent the contamination from spreading. Even the land here needs to be sprinkled with holy water to treat the contaminated parts." Although the battle didn't help much, at least Fulvio could be considered an expert on how to deal with subsequent issues.

Not only did he remind the White Wolf Knights how to deal with the aftermath, he also personally instructed them on how to burn it quickly and well.

Soon, with the efforts of the city guards who accompanied them, the body fragments were effectively and properly dealt with, while the White Wolf Knight, Fulvio and others remained fully armed and headed to the settlement where the plague giants appeared.

(End of this chapter)