Iron Power And Sorcerer

Iron Power And Sorcerer Chapter 19

2021-01-23

Chapter 19 Huofen City (Part 1)

Jade City Arsenal (the first arsenal of the Union Army) The predecessor was the Imperial Family Arms Division in Piedmont during the imperial period. At the beginning of its establishment, the main consideration was transportation conditions, so the site was located on the coast near the Jade City pier, and the ship could dock directly to the small wharf of the Arms Department.

In the beginning, there were only four blacksmiths, nothing more than a large blacksmith shop. Responsible for the storage and maintenance of weapons and equipment allocated to the Imperial Family army stationed in Piedmont Province, and has no manufacturing capacity.

The Interprovincial Militia seized Jade City for the first time and occupied the Imperial Family Arms Division, evacuating the arsenal here.

When Jade City changed hands for the second time, the Interprovincial Militia immediately converted the old Imperial Family Arms Division into the new Jade City Arsenal when it became clear that the war would not end soon.

The functions assigned to it are no longer limited to maintenance and storage, and the Jade City Arsenal has begun to have the ability to produce cold weapons.

The sovereign war that has lasted for more than ten years has brought a strong demand for weapons, and the technology and production capacity of the Jade City Arsenal have also increased by leaps and bounds.

Originally, this arsenal could only forge weapons from ready-made iron. However, due to the trade blockade, the copper and iron purchased from outside are increasingly insufficient.

The Jade City arsenal recruited smelters and established a smelting bureau, which enabled the arsenal to have the ability to smelt ore and supply raw materials for itself.

Later, as the war continued, soldiers armed with gunpowder weapons made up an increasing proportion of the militia. So the Jade City Arsenal has added a gun bureau and an artillery bureau, specializing in gun manufacturing technology.

By the second half of the war, the Jade City arsenal was able to continuously produce muskets and artillery, arming large numbers of unarmed citizens.

Marshal Ned once praised the arsenal: "Without the Jade City arsenal, there would be no victory!" Since then, the nickname of the Victory arsenal has been a hit, and it has become the arsenal's nickname in the Union Army.

For more than 20 years, the Victory Arsenal has expanded again and again, like a gluttony that cannot satisfy its appetite, constantly swallowing the surrounding land and houses. From a corner of land on the edge of the wharf, it has evolved into a city within a city that occupies half of the port area.

But at this moment, there is no more victory arsenal, only a piece of fire sea.

Ten minutes ago, when the student battallion marched to the ruins of the old city wall, the whole street was filled with a faint smoke.

The smoke got into every roadside alley and into every independent courtyard. Residents who lived on the edge of the city had been awakened, or looked out from the window, or stood at the door and watched in amazement, watching the officers and students battalion moved towards the direction of the smoke.

The further we walked, the thicker and more pungent the smoke became. Winters was shedding tears, and the sound of coughing in the queue came one after another.

The horses the instructors were riding became restless and would not move on no matter how hard they tried.

In desperation, the sorcerer instructors had to continue to use magic in turns, always maintaining two horizontal wind rides in front of the column, blowing smoke into the residential areas on both sides of the road.

It got worse as I continued walking until I could see the fire.

The flames had already spread from the arsenal to nearby houses, and many residents died of poisonous smoke before they woke up from their sleep. Some fleeing people cried and ran in the direction where the practitioner battallion came.

"Judgment is coming! Judgment is coming!"

"It's the devil! The devil is spreading in the streets!"

"Run for your life! We have nothing I can't do it! Run away!"

The fleeing people ran, screaming and running, clutching the belongings they took away when they escaped from their homes tightly on their chests. Their house has been engulfed in flames, and what is in their hands is now all their possessions.

The cries were pounding against Winters' chest, making him very uncomfortable. Facing the fleeing crowd, student battallion moved forward in silence.

Going further, it's a hell scene.

Here, the darkness is dispelled by fire, the streets are illuminated by furious flames, and the smoke is so thick that Wind Rider is powerless. The sound of beeping wood burning and rumbling houses collapsing kept coming.

A woman knelt beside the road and wailed hysterically, no one knew what happened to her and no one paid her any attention.

The people who survived the fire were terrified and were running out of the city on hands and feet.

And those residents whose houses are only a few meters away from the fire line have fallen into despair:
Some of them have not given up, and are trying their best to carry the soft goods from their homes;
Some people They beat their chests and feet and cursed the devil loudly;

Some people became crazy, grabbing their hair and hitting the ground with their heads desperately;

Some people gave up resistance and closed their eyes mutter incantations pray.

But the fire and water are ruthless, all efforts are in vain, they can only watch their house is swallowed by flames.

Winters had a very bad feeling when he first discovered the heavenly natural phenomenon. It can burn the sky to discoloration, and the scope of the fire field must not be small.

But when he really saw the scale of the fire, he realized that his initial thinking was too optimistic.

Cadet battallion didn't even get close to the walls of the Victory Arsenal, where heat and smoke kept them a block away.

"My lord! My lord!" A man in a short brown dress held his hat and ran to the head of the military academy's horse: "I'm the Captain of the Port Fire Team, you can come to very good!"

"How am I going to serve you? My Commander?" the Minister asked coldly.

"The fire can't be put out anymore. We can only rip off the surrounding houses and build an isolation zone. Your students came just in time." own plan.

"I'm here to save the property of the Army. Now that the arsenal is over, I won't use my precious officers in firefighting, that's your duty." The Minister is about to leave .

"Sir! Show your kindness!" The Fire Defense Team Captain pulled the reins of the Minister's mount and begged.

"humph." The minister was coldly snorted.

"Please! Look at the wind direction, the wind is blowing inland from the coastline. The wind is helping the fire, if the isolation zone is not established quickly, the entire port area will turn into a fire sea in a short time. , and then the whole city."

The minister still had a livid face and said nothing.

"Sir, if the entire Jade City is on fire, will your school be able to survive alone?" Seeing that the person with the highest status in the military academy had a relaxed attitude, the Captain of the Fire Defense Team was even more reluctant to give up. The last straw.

"The bigger the fire field, the faster the fire spreads. If you don't do anything, it will really be out of control! Show your kindness! My lord! Look at these people!" The Fire Defense Team Captain continued to plead bitterly road.

(end of this chapter)