214: Chapter 219 Half an hour, half an hour to take down Australia!
The Three-Party Alliance conference hall.
[US Lord: The battle to retake Australia has begun. Italy reported that the walls of Australia are undefended, with only a few ballista towers.]
[Lord of Japan: Heh heh, naive kid. He actually dared to pull away his main force for a Spain territory, leaving no defenses at all.]
[Doesn't he know that Australia's resource production capacity is greater than all his trashy little lackeys combined?]
[Lord of India: It's highly likely he was angered by the rebellion in Vietnam. Haha, I know Lord Li Sun's methods.]
[Argentine Lord: How is it over in Vietnam? Has any news come back?]
[US Lord: The last report said the vanguard had encountered the main Dragon force and should be locked in a fierce battle with them in the tunnels now.]
[Lord of Austria: Vietnam's tunnel warfare is still very formidable. Even the Dragon forces will be delayed for a long time.]
[Lord of Japan: I want to see the look on that kid's face when he finds out Australia is under attack; it must be very entertaining.]
[Lord of Ukraine: When can the Alliance provide support to Ukraine? That army that invaded Poland has already developed a foothold here!]
[US Lord: Stay hidden. The Alliance doesn't have enough resources to mobilize yet. Once the battle to retake Australia ends, I guarantee you will get what you want.]
[Once we take Australia, we can launch an attack on the Heart of the Hive from both the Eye of the Earth and the Wild Forest, completing the final blow against the Dragon!]
[Lord of Japan: Our biochemical weapons combined with Goblin technology have also entered the final stage. I hope we can make it in time for the decisive battle against the Dragon.]
[Argentine Lord: It's nice to imagine, but will the battle to retake Australia really end easily?]
[Although the Australia territory doesn't have the main Dragon force stationed there, the local garrison of Australia combined with the upgraded city walls is still a very strong defensive force.]
[And our commander is that half-baked Lord of Italy. I feel that as long as the Lord of Australia doesn't surrender directly, the battle won't end easily.]
[US Lord: You are too wary of the Dragon. Their technology is indeed far ahead, but what technology is there in a wall and a few ballistae?]
[City walls are gradually exiting the stage of history because of the increasing power of artillery, and this time we have deployed three tank companies, two artillery positions, and over a dozen heavy tanks.]
[Siege warfare doesn't have much to do with command. Once the battle begins, our armored units should be able to take the Australia territory within two hours.]
[Lord of Japan: One hour is already very conservative. I think we can take Australia before it gets completely dark—one hour!]
[Lord of India: You don't trust the Lord of Italy, but you must trust my India ace mechanized unit. Half an hour, half an hour to take Australia City!]
Boom— Hum, hum, hum— "Ah—"
Su Yang was watching the battle through the footage transmitted back by the AI brain.
The sounds of explosions on the battlefield and the firing of ballista bolts were intertwined, and the screams of the India soldiers were incessant.
On the west wall of Australia, four fully automatic electromagnetic ballistae were firing crazily at full power.
Under electromagnetic acceleration, the ballista bolts streaked across the sky like streams of light, mercilessly reaping the lives of the India soldiers below the wall.
Each electromagnetic ballista had two giant crossbows mounted underneath. Each crossbow could support firing 100 bolts per charge, with an average firing rate of 200 rounds per minute.
The four ballistae on the west wall meant eight giant crossbows, capable of firing 800 bolts within 30 seconds after each charge, and these bolts almost never missed under the AI brain's lock-on.
Perhaps a firing rate of 200 rounds per minute doesn't seem outstanding, as this rate doesn't even compare to a standard machine gun.
But if you consider the size of the bolts fired by the giant crossbows, it's exaggerated. The bolts adapted for the giant crossbows are about 60 centimeters long, with the widest part of the arrowhead larger than a fist.
Compared to standard heavy machine gun bullets, this size isn't a bullet at all, but a "rocket shell."
30 seconds, 800 "rocket shells" blanketed the entire battlefield.
That scene wasn't war at all, but a slaughter!
After one round of firing, the India troops in front of the wall had already scattered.
The dead were dead, the insane were insane, and the runners were running; the battlefield was a mess.
As long as the rocket-like bolts hit a soldier, the damage caused wasn't just penetration.
The thick bolts could tear a motorcycle apart upon impact, and hitting a soldier would make the injured part simply disappear.
Su Yang saw with his own eyes a bolt hit a soldier's thigh, the penetration instantly blowing the entire thigh to shreds.
And soldiers hit in the abdomen or torso were equivalent to being cut in half, with a basketball-sized hole in their abdomen.
Hum, hum, hum— The electromagnetic ballista tower finished recharging again, and another round of bolts was fired.
This round shot and killed all those India soldiers who were trying to escape.
In less than a minute, the 1,000-man India troop turned into a pool of blood and foam, with no survivors.
This terrifying firepower, let alone the India troops, even Su Yang himself was shocked.
This Great Qin defense—you don't know until you use it, but once you use it, you're stunned.
This power is just too exaggerated!!
Su Yang knew that theoretically, the defensive capabilities of each civilization should be stronger than their offensive capabilities.
Because when defending, you can basically have whatever caliber of cannon you want, and as many as you want, without having to consider long-distance transportation issues.
Therefore, the cannons used for defense by various civilizations generally have larger calibers than those used for offense, and defensive firepower is definitely greater than offensive firepower.
But this Great Qin automatic electromagnetic cannon is really a bit too exaggerated; not only does it have auto-aim, but the caliber of the bolts it fires is also astonishing.
With this defensive firepower, let alone the tanks in front of him, even if Titan Smashers came in a group, they would only be on the receiving end of a beating!
However, although the firepower of the electromagnetic ballista is exaggerated, the consumption of resources is also extremely alarming.
Each round fired requires 100 units of iron ore and 500 units of electricity. That volley which took less than a minute just now cost him 800 units of iron ore and 4000 units of electricity.
If you don't count the Australia bonus, the territory's daily iron ore production is only a little over a thousand, and the maximum electricity is only 10,000 units.
This one minute almost emptied half of the daily production; it is simply terrifying!
After the India motorcycle unit was completely wiped out, General Meng Tian finally ascended to the west wall command area.
He stood on the city wall and looked into the distance at the Three-Party Alliance tank companies, his eyes flashing with a sharp light.
Having held back for a few days, finally, someone had come to relieve his boredom!
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