Iron Powder and Spellcaster

The sentry rolled down from the top of the fort and shouted in panic: "Signal flare! Red! The east wall."

Everyone's heart suddenly shrank.

According to the prior agreement, the red flare meant that the front-line commander judged that the team encountered the enemy's magical combat power.

"Let's go!" Major Moritz grabbed his helmet and stood up. The lieutenants who were confused for a moment quickly followed behind.

Everyone quickly led their horses out of the triangular fort and galloped towards the east wall.

The sun had not yet appeared, but the sky was already getting brighter and showing a deep blue.

Sea fog began to appear in the air. The smoke and sea fog on the battlefield overlapped, and visibility suddenly dropped.

The drummer beat the war drum desperately, and the sound of the drum seemed to be beating on people's chests. The shooters on and outside the city wall were shooting randomly in the direction of the enemy, and the wounded soldiers who could still walk stumbled out.

The scene was extremely chaotic. Major Moritz yelled "get out of here" to drive away the soldiers in front of him. His horse raced through the front line without slowing down, and the others followed him through the passage opened by the major.

But the people who rushed to the east of the battlefield suddenly discovered that they had no idea where the signal flare came from.

There were as many as three gaps in the city wall on the east side, and fighting was going on everywhere, and the battle began to get out of control. The structure of many centurions has collapsed, and officers will lead their soldiers wherever there is a cry to kill.

After going back and forth three times without finding the location, the casters became more and more restless.

Fortunately, another red flare exploded in mid-air, and the riders galloped away in the indicated direction.

[The original flares used by Veneta's army will fly into the air and explode, and will not stay in the air for a long time. ]

When Moritz's team arrived under the signal flare, the Venetians who had first landed on the city had been pushed out by the defenders.

The organization of the vanguard troops collapsed and they were running away from the gap. But the soldiers who followed had not yet engaged the enemy, so they squeezed into the gap with brute strength.

One group of people wanted to run out, and the other group wanted to squeeze in. The gap was blocked for a while, and neither group could move.

The Veneta man who accidentally fell was trampled by everyone and screamed in agony. The defenders in the city followed closely behind, killing them all the way. They would be killed by the pursuers without waiting for the defeated soldiers to run out.

The city walls on both sides of the gap were reoccupied by the Tanirians, and more and more garrison troops were gathered at the head of the city. The Tanirians occupied an excellent position and condescended to kill the Veneta people in the gap.

Bullets were flying, smoke was filling the air, and the sounds of killing and wailing could be heard endlessly.

In the chaotic army, because the officers all changed into soldiers' armor today, the casters could not find the on-site commander for a while.

Until they heard an angry voice roaring: "[angry expletive]! Don't go to the bulls here! Spread out to the left and right! Let them come out first! The 700th! Spread out to the left and right! Spread out to the left and right!"

Without the blessing of magic, the roar actually overwhelmed the noise of the battlefield.

The soldiers who were desperately squeezing in were stunned for a moment, and then they really started to disperse towards the left and right sides of the gap. It was obvious that these soldiers were very familiar with the voice of the centurion who commanded them.

"Siege ladder! Go up the city wall!" the centurion's voice continued to roar.

The soldiers were ordered to pick up the overturned ladders from the ground, and the Venetian siege ladders were re-erected on the city wall. The sword and shield bearers climbed up the walls on both sides of the gap to fight with the defenders. The guns immediately went silent.

Moritz followed the sound and found the centurion among the soldiers at a glance. He led the team of spellcasters to squeeze through the chaotic crowd, grabbed the centurion's arm, and asked loudly: "Juan! Was it you who fired the flare?" ?”

The battle situation was critical. Second Lieutenant Juan, who was taking command, was grabbed by the arm and called by his last name by a soldier. He was furious.

With a curse on his lips, Juan recognized the man in soldier's uniform in front of him as Major Moritz.

The vulgar words were forcibly swallowed again. Don Juan shook off the major's hand and asked impatiently: "What did you say?"

"Flag flare!" Moritz pointed to the sky: "Did you send it?"

"What kind of flare? I didn't shoot it!" Second Lieutenant Juan quickly denied it and turned around to head for the gap in the city wall.

Moritz grabbed Juan's arm again and continued to ask: "Where is your captain?"

"I fucking don't know! How the hell do I know where I am?" Don Juan got really angry. He didn't care that the major in front of him was three levels higher than him, and he broke free from Moritz's control.

Behind the smoke came the roar of the Tanirians, as the defenders cheered to recapture the breach. The Venetas were driven from the city walls and fled crawling through the road left by Juan's centurions.

Hearing the cheers of the tanitos, Don Juan realized that the breach had changed hands.

He stuck his sword on the ground with his backhand and shouted angrily: "Grenade!"

A dozen tall and strong soldiers heard the order and quickly gathered around Don Juan.

Second Lieutenant Juan took an iron ball in a noose from one of the soldiers, and the other soldiers took out the same thing from their backpacks.

Winters recognized what Senior Juan was holding. It had no official name yet, but it had many names: explosive bomb, grenade, bomb... whatever the user wanted to call it.

But no matter what you call it, it's an incredibly dangerous weapon. Not only for the enemy, but even more so for the user.

"preparation!"

The soldiers on the side lit the fuse of the iron bomb in Lieutenant Juan's hand. Don Juan took a deep breath, grabbed the rope and swung the iron bomb above his head.

The hissing and burning iron bomb was pulled by the rope in a circular motion, making a gust of wind sound, which was extremely terrifying.

"Throw!" Lieutenant Juan yelled and let go of his hand, and the bomb flew along a tangential direction, carrying the hemp rope towards the gap in the city wall.

Other grenadiers followed the centurion's lead, and a dozen iron-cased explosive bombs flew into the smoke.

Due to the level of casting technology, the lightest throwing bomb equipped by the Veneta Army weighs four kilograms and cannot be used by those who are not physically strong. Therefore, the grenadiers are carefully selected strong men.

But even these selected warriors had to use a sling-like rope to throw heavy iron bombs far away.

Carrying a bomb that doesn't know when it will explode is scary enough in itself [note: people in this era don't understand static electricity yet].

The "throw out" throwing method is even more dangerous. Not only can no one be around, but if the bomb is missed, the bomb may fall into one's own queue.

Therefore, few people can use this kind of weapon, and even fewer people dare to use it. It is simply too dangerous. However, in a shoulder-to-shoulder, face-to-face siege battle, its lethality is also amazing.

Continuous explosions came from behind the smoke, and the cheers of the Tanirians could no longer be heard, only screams and moans that did not sound like human voices.

"Continue! Don't stop! Use up all the grenades!" Juan's shout woke up the soldiers who were stunned. The grenadier took out a new iron bomb from his backpack and threw it towards the gap in the city wall.

Moritz's team froze here, and the loud noise forced Captain Lello to press into Major Moritz's ear and ask loudly: "Sir! What should we do?"

"wait!"

In front of Winters, a grenadier was clashing flints with trembling hands, but he couldn't light the fuse no matter what.

The grenadier failed to follow Don Juan in the first round of throwing, and now that other soldiers had thrown at least three times, he still failed to light the fuse of the first bomb.

"Give it to me!" Winters couldn't bear it, and he didn't want to see the panicked grenadier drop the bomb on his own people.

The panicked grenadier looked half at a loss and half grateful, and allowed Winters to take away the iron bomb in his hand.

Winters directly used the fire technique to light the fuse, and then threw the bomb behind the gap in the city wall like a lead ball. Because he had not practiced, Winters did not dare to throw bombs with a "sling", so he simply dropped the bomb like a shot put. Fortunately, his foundation is relatively good, and the throwing distance is not bad in this way.

Seeing the man in front of him ignite the fuse with a single gesture, the panicked grenadier was so frightened that he froze in place.

Winters, who threw the bomb, scolded him: "Why are you just standing there? Give me another one!"

The grenadier hurriedly took out another bomb, and Winters repeated the previous operation.

Juan asked each of his grenadiers to carry six spare bombs, and so on. Winters, who was three rounds behind, used up all the bombs earlier than the other grenadiers.

"It would be great if this thing only weighed one kilogram." Winters wiped the sweat from his forehead and couldn't help thinking: "Even if it weighs two kilograms, it won't be so troublesome to use."

He suddenly noticed that Second Lieutenant Juan, who had dropped six rounds of bombs, looked at him deeply. Looking into each other's eyes, Don Juan nodded to his junior disciple, turned around and shouted: "Flag!"

The flag bearer quickly took out the battle flag from his arms, hung it on a spear and handed it to the centurion.

Second Lieutenant Juan held the golden lion flag high and shouted: "Follow the military flag! Attack! Follow the military flag! Attack!" Taking the lead, he led his centurion into the gap in the city wall.

Seeing this scene, even the soldiers who are heartbroken will feel guilty. Many of the Venetians who had fled from the breach also recovered their weapons and followed Juan's centurions into the city wall.

The eye-catching armor issued to officers is not for appearance, but so that timid soldiers can clearly see that their commander is beside them.

Although having officers put on soldiers' armor can reduce the destructive power of magicians, it also damages the will of the Veneta Army.

Second Lieutenant Juan raised the military flag to let all the soldiers present know that he had not taken a step back, but at the same time, he became a target.

"Major, what should we do?" Lai Luo couldn't help but ask again.

"Follow Don Juan!" Moritz drew his sword and strode after him: "If there is a magician hidden among the Tanirians, Don Juan is the most obvious target!"

The earliest record of the use of signal flares is the Mongolian army in the 13th century. Grenadiers first became an independent branch in the 17th century. Iron bombs appeared earlier. However, what appears in the article can be considered to be early models and are not yet mature.

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