107: Chapter 107 Icethorn Under Three-Sided Attack! One Hundred and Eighty Cannons Forced to Divide Their Forces

Polaris cut in from the left flank of the Ice Thorn Lv.4 Main City at a speed of 85 kilometers per hour.

The distance was three kilometers.

On the radar screen, the heat source profile of the Ice Thorn Main City was fully displayed within the precise detection range.

A one-kilometer-long heat source profile.

Heat sources from cannon emplacements were densely arranged along the top of the city wall.

One hundred and eighty small bright spots.

Lu Chen noticed the distribution of cannon emplacements on the left wall.

One hundred and twenty on the front.

Thirty on the left.

Thirty on the right.

When trading fire with the 120 cannons on the front of the Black Rock City-State, Ice Thorn was using the 120 front cannons plus some flank cannons that could cover the front by adjusting their angles, totaling over 150 cannons firing at the front.

Only thirty were on the left side.

Thirty 105mm cannons against an eight-meter-wide Lv.2 vehicle performing serpentine maneuvers three kilometers away.

The hit rate was close to zero.

But Lu Chen did not intend to loiter three kilometers away.

He needed to close in to within one kilometer.

The effective projection distance of the fragmentation grenade was three hundred to five hundred meters.

The effective striking distance of the Heavy Machine Gun was within five hundred meters.

The armor-piercing range of the harpoon was one hundred and fifty meters.

Within one kilometer, the hit rate of thirty cannons would rise to a dangerous range.

"Battalion Commander Zhao, are you in position?"

"iron wall has reached the position three kilometers from the right flank of Ice Thorn!"

"How many cannons are on the right wall?"

"About thirty, just as you said."

"Are thirty cannons enough to threaten the wall of iron wall?"

"There is no threat beyond one kilometer," Zhao Tiezhu's voice was devoid of inflection. "But I cannot get too close. The front wall of iron wall is already damaged and cannot take any more continuous close-range hits from 105mm cannons."

"Just stay between one kilometer and 1.5 kilometers; you don't need to get too close."

"Then my cannons won't be able to penetrate his wall."

"I don't need you to penetrate it."

"Then what do you need me to do?"

"Draw fire."

Zhao Tiezhu was silent for a second.

"Understood, you want him to divert his cannons."

"Correct."

"If he diverts thirty cannons from your side to hit me, the front will have thirty fewer."

"The front will drop from 150 cannons to 120, making it equal to The City-State's 100."

"Then his thirty cannons on the right flank will also have to divert to hit you."

"The front will have thirty fewer, leaving ninety."

"Ninety cannons against The City-State's one hundred." A layer of confidence appeared in Zhao Tiezhu's gruff voice. "The firepower advantage has reversed."

"Exactly."

"What about you? You are a small, eight-meter-wide vehicle swaying within the range of thirty cannons; aren't you afraid of getting hit?"

"I am."

Lu Chen's speaking pace was no different from a weather report.

"But against a target moving at 85 kilometers per hour performing serpentine maneuvers from one kilometer away, the hit rate for thirty cannons is less than three percent."

"Three percent is still a chance of getting hit."

"That's why I won't stay in one position for more than five seconds."

"Fine, I'll cover you." Zhao Tiezhu's voice hardened. "iron wall is starting to advance toward the right flank! Ten cannons are ready!"

"City Lord Lin Xiao, are you ready?"

"All 103 cannons are aimed at the front! We can increase output at any time!"

"Three, two, one, start."

Polaris charged toward the left flank of the Ice Thorn Lv.4 Main City from three kilometers away at 85 kilometers per hour.

At the same moment, iron wall approached from the right flank at 25 kilometers per hour.

The 103 cannons of the Black Rock City-State launched an intensified salvo at the front.

Three directions.

Simultaneous pressure.

Ice Thorn's reaction came within three seconds.

Ice Thorn's voice came through on the public channel of the communicator.

Sharp, fast, and devoid of joy.

"There is a mouse on the left flank! There is a big rat on the right flank!"

"Divert cannons! Fifteen cannons on the left flank turn! Fifteen cannons on the right flank turn!"

Ice Thorn's firepower began to disperse.

The firepower density at the front decreased within view.

Bang bang bang bang bang bang!

The fifteen cannons on the left flank fired toward the direction of Polaris.

Cannonballs flew in from two kilometers away.

They all landed within a range of fifty to one hundred meters behind Polaris.

The City Lord had already driven past the impact points of those cannonballs.

85 kilometers per hour.

Faster than the tracking correction speed of the cannonballs.

1.5 kilometers from the left wall of Ice Thorn.

The eleventh round of fragmentation grenades.

Pfft pfft pfft pfft pfft pfft!

Twelve fragmentation grenades detonated on top of the left wall.

A rain of metal fragments poured down.

It extinguished four cannon emplacement lights.

The observation equipment of three cannons was blinded.

The effective firepower on the left flank dropped from fifteen to twelve.

Lu Chen did not linger; Polaris sped past the left flank and withdrew to the rear.

On the other side, iron wall approached to 1.2 kilometers at a speed of 25 kilometers per hour.

The fifteen cannons on the right flank fired at iron wall.

Bang bang bang bang bang!

The front wall of iron wall was hit by two shells.

The shrapnel bounced off.

At a distance of 1.2 kilometers, 105mm shells could not penetrate the Lv.3 wall.

Zhao Tiezhu's ten cannons returned fire.

Bang bang bang bang bang!

They hit the right wall of Ice Thorn.

The Lv.4 wall was twice as thick as the Lv.3 wall.

No penetration.

But Ice Thorn's firepower was dispersed.

The front dropped from 150 cannons to 120.

The Black Rock City-State used 103 cannons against 120.

The firepower gap narrowed from nearly fifty cannons to seventeen.

The pressure on the front suddenly decreased.

"Horton! Increase output!" Lin Xiao's booming voice smashed through the communicator.

"Received! All cannons, volley fire!"

Bang bang bang bang bang bang!

The sound of the 103 cannons firing in unison made the communicator emit a buzzing static sound.

After the front-line firepower was equalized, the mutual penetration rate between the Black Rock City-State and Ice Thorn was pulled to the same level.

Dense hit marks also began to appear on the front wall of the Ice Thorn Main City.

The fire suppression system was continuously extinguishing fires, but the speed was significantly slower.

"Ice Thorn's fire suppression system is slowing down!" Zhou Yuan's voice cut in. "After the firepower was dispersed, his front-line defense pressure increased! The response speed of the fire suppression system has dropped from thirty seconds to forty-five seconds!"

Forty-five seconds to extinguish one fire.

If five fires were started in one minute, the fire suppression system wouldn't be able to keep up.

The flames would accumulate.

"City Lord Lin Xiao, concentrate firepower on the same area of the Ice Thorn front wall!"

"Where to hit?"

"Three degrees to the left of the center! The shrapnel spray direction after continuous hits on that position can cover the No. 3 fire station of the fire suppression system! Take out the fire station!"

"How do you know the fire station is in that position?"

"It can be deduced from the heat source path of the cooling water pipes on the radar."

"Good! Horton! You heard it! Concentrate firepower three degrees to the left of the center!"

The firepower of 103 cannons began to concentrate on the area three degrees to the left of the center of the Ice Thorn front wall.

Dense cannonballs smashed into the same section of the wall.

The sound of metal deforming could be heard from seven kilometers away.