The Invincible Overlord of Heroes

After the cruiser's secondary gun fired one round, the adjusted muzzle of the ocean-going gunboat also began to fire a salvo.

Since the establishment of the Coast Guard, including the period before Xu Lai's arrival, the Communist Party has actually not fought many times.

Hantan City's poor economy and hard-to-obtain resources are not enough to support the gunners' cannon firing training.

Sailors are not recruiting soldiers and do not have certain actual combat training. Even if their levels are improved, their skills cannot be improved, and their hit rate will remain the same.

However, this problem is not a big problem. Although the hit rate of the artillery fire on these ships is a little worse, the momentum is definitely high enough.

Moreover, the cannonballs hit extremely far and the attack power is high enough. Even if the big devil is hit, with the blessing of ultimate archery and Arvid, he will die.

Of course, this refers to the big devil without the blessing of a hero.

Under the continuous bombardment by the Coast Guard, the group of demons not only did not attack the infantry who were still entering the water, but were frightened and continued to retreat towards the rear.

Even the transport ship cannot completely dock.

However, there are several huge baffles on the transport ship, which can be used for extra protection during normal times, and can facilitate the entry and exit of soldiers and vehicles during transportation.

When the baffle of more than ten meters is lowered, the infantry can easily cross the area where the deep and shallow meet and board the port.

The large force of the Qingfeng Legion is still in Qingfeng City. Xu Lai has issued a mobilization order, and Reina personally returned to Qingfeng City by teleportation array.

Therefore, among the infantry who landed, they were all new recruits brought out by Xu Lai to upgrade, and no soldiers were recruited.

Of course, these recruits have experienced three siege battles and more than a dozen field battles, so they can no longer be regarded as recruits.

However, although they have a wealth of combat experience, their training time is not long enough, and their formation speed is still not as fast as that of the veterans of the Qingfeng Legion.

Before the Qingfeng Legion arrived, Xu Lai's only support was 40,000 people from the Coast Guard.

But these troops were enough for use. Xu Lai emptied the cruiser of troops and specially brought 5,000 troops over.

It's much more troublesome for knights like them to land ashore than for infantry.

Therefore, Xu Lai just asked Brandy to lead the infantry, spearmen and archers and crossbowmen to seize the landing port first, without giving Hell a chance to harass his cavalry.

The port Arvid found was wide enough, and with a slight adjustment of the position, it could accommodate two transport ships for release at the same time.

The released transport ship will not stop and will immediately return to Hantan City to transport siege weapons.

Arvid commanded the large arrow ships that could not be moved to escort these transport ships.

The roaring sound of artillery had all stopped after the enemy disappeared.

But soon, Arvid commanded the fleet again and set up a half-moon formation in the center of Hanjiang River.

This time the formation was even tighter, not only accommodating all the ocean-going gunboats, but also placing almost all the secondary guns on both sides of the cruiser at the best shooting angles.

Xu Lai knew that he must have discovered Hell's army.

Sure enough, Giselle reported from the watchtower:

"Xu Lai found a large number of hell troops, and they were quickly approaching our ground troops.

The fastest Wing Demon is expected to be in contact with our ground troops in two to three minutes.

Otherwise, let me take the phantom shooters and go down first. "

Xu Lai walked out of the captain's room, glanced at the infantry regiments that were disembarking in an orderly manner, shook his head and said:

"No, if you take people down now, it will only disrupt the order that was finally formed.

Get your people ready, follow Arvid's command, and don't cause trouble. "

Giselle is also worried about the safety of the Qingfeng Legion. Unlike Long'an City and Wasteland City, the hell demons attacking this time are not only extremely large in quantity, but also of high quality.

As for our side's more than 40 large and medium-sized transport ships, only about half of them have been released, and there are not many troops arrayed on the shore.

Xu Lai also knew that there was not enough time, so he drew out the Prophet Sword, and the sacred light of the Angel Alliance instantly fell on the heads of all the soldiers.

The ultimate prayer can not only increase the offense and defense of the warriors on the shore, but also increase the movement and attack speed of everyone on the ship.

That's not all, Xu Lai took out a scroll and used this scroll to release an ultimate attack acceleration.

The increase in a large number of agility points greatly improves the efficiency of the fleet.

Unfortunately, the ship cannot enjoy the effects of prayer and attack acceleration, which does not help the sailing speed.

Immediately, Xu Lai contacted the fleet commander Arvid and asked him to prioritize the landing of two teams of priests.

The priests also came by transport ship. In Elena's absence, several newly promoted bishops from the Holy Church of Qingfeng City led the team.

Because it was just leveling up, Anna was accompanying Elena to raise her baby.

However, Xu Lai has already taken care of Anna, and she will lead Xu Lai's team of high priests and archbishops to follow Reina to Hantan City.

After all, the number of soldiers who landed was not that large, and their level was not high. There were still soldiers pouring in from behind.

Once they lose their foothold and are overwhelmed by the swarming hell soldiers, the soldiers who land at the rear are likely to be squeezed directly into the river.

Fortunately, among the enemy's ground troops, the first ones to approach were the hell hounds and the three-headed hell hounds, which were faster troops.

With the dual effects of prayer and attack acceleration, both the speed of landing and formation has been accelerated a lot.

Illumi, deputy commander of the crossbow troops, and Clint, commander of the archer regiment, all issued orders, ordering their own archers and crossbowmen to shoot the winged demons in the air.

With Xu Lai's blessing, these archers, even though they are only at level 4, have extremely terrible attack power and attack speed.

Morale increased by 20%, prayer increased by 20%, the statue of the god of war increased by 5 points of all attributes, the angel alliance increased by 21 points of attack power, and there was also an ultimate archery bonus.

In terms of attack speed, ultimate prayer, ultimate attack acceleration, morale is like a rainbow, and the talent is fast, and the attack speed has almost doubled.

The most important thing is that these archers are still attacking the air force, and there is no shelter in the sky.

The archers and crossbowmen who went ashore only added up to 5,600,000.

However, under their terrifying long-range firepower attack, the winged demons that flew over almost fell to the ground like raindrops.

In addition to the archers on the shore, Avid also drove the flagship Cold Pond, risking a grounding, and approached the shore as much as possible.

After all, Avid was familiar with this area of ​​water, so he was more confident in approaching.

But even so, he did not approach sideways, but drove the bow over.

Unlike the propulsion system of modern ships, ships driven by magic arrays can provide propulsion in any direction.

His Hantan carried a 7th-level phantom archer, who could reach the winged demon in the sky even if he did not move.

Moving a little further forward would be more threatening to the winged demon.

A wave of arrows from the archers on the shore was followed by a wave of crossbow arrows from the crossbowmen.

Although there were only 500 phantom archers in the back, with an average of more than 2,000 phantom arrows, they were not inferior to the team on the shore in terms of quantity and power.

Three waves of arrows, the crossbow arrows were slower, and the phantom arrows were incredibly fast, just forming a continuous and endless attack.

The approaching winged demon was just like hitting a wall. If it did not land on the ground, it would basically be unable to move in the sky.

However, in order to facilitate flying, the winged demons did not have much flesh and blood on their bodies, and their wings were only a thin layer of membrane.

Although their claws were sharp, they were not enough to scratch the armor of the 4th-level heavy infantry, not to mention that these heavy infantry also had the ultimate defense to protect their bodies.

Some winged demons could not bear it and took the initiative to descend in altitude, but did not dare to land completely on the ground.

They also planned to test the quality of the ground infantry. If they could not beat them, they could explain to the demon heroes after retreating.

However, what greeted them was not the swords and shields of the heavy shield infantry, but the rows of spearmen behind the infantry.

The spears, which were more than 3 meters long and longer than the lances, were completely placed on the shields of the heavy shield infantry in front.

As soon as the winged demons approached, the spearmen in the back stabbed hard under the order of the officers.

The characteristic of the spearmen was a longer attack range. Before the winged demons could scratch the infantry, they were stabbed by the spears.

After several attempts, they found that no matter how they attacked, they could not penetrate the dense arrows or the forest of spears.

General Winged Demon immediately ordered a retreat.

This encounter did not last long. The Winged Demons attacked in waves, and the archers rained arrows in waves.

The Winged Demons without hero bonuses left thousands of corpses in vain, but did not hurt even a hair of the enemy.

Xu Lai, who was watching the battle on the ship, could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The current formation is still relatively weak. There are only three layers in the front row, one layer of heavy shield infantry and two layers of spearmen.

There is a large gap behind, which is left for the infantry who will land later, and also to make more shooting angles for the archers.

The three-layer defense line is not solid. Although the winged demons are not high in rank, there are more than ten thousand of them. Xu Lai is really worried that there will be loopholes in the defense line.

The Winged Demons, with thin armor and little blood, and without hero blessing, do not dare to charge head-on.

Even if the troops are concentrated to break through the surface, at least there must be enough impact.

The winged demons were extremely fast, and if they flapped their wings, they could gain a lot of speed bonus.

But facing the long spears that were charging back, the faster they were, the faster they would die.

In addition, their morale had dropped significantly due to the rain of arrows, so they naturally had no courage to attack the ground troops.

Driving away the winged demons was just a small test.

With the lesson of the winged demons in front of them, the enemy's hellhound troops did not dare to approach blindly.

This gave the Cold Pond on the river a lot of opportunities.

Unlike the cruisers with the general standard of equipment, that is, white magic cannons, the Cold Pond has always been Avid's flagship.

This flagship was not built after the invasion of Hell, but was started more than ten years ago after Avid inherited the Valentine family.

At that time, there was no Western Empire, and trade was not affected at all. The Valentine family had accumulated considerable savings for hundreds of years.

No matter how well a ship drifting on the water was built, it would not last for a hundred years, and decay was inevitable.

However, many equipment on the flagship can be passed down.

On the Hantan, except for the secondary guns, the rest of the equipment is of extremely high quality, such as the ram made of fine steel, the huge net made of sea monster tendons, etc.

The two magic cannons at the bow and stern of the ship have also been continuously enchanted and strengthened.

But no matter how the magic cannon is strengthened, it can only increase the power and range. The standard magic cannon has a range of 3000, which is enough to shoot several kilometers away.

No matter how much the Hantan is upgraded, it can only increase the range by a few kilometers. What can it do if it can shoot more than ten kilometers away?

So in addition to the magic cannon, the focus of the Valentine family's research for hundreds of years has been on artillery shells.

The ammunition of other ships dare not be fired casually, only on the Cold Pond, the ammunition reserves far exceed the normal reserves.

With a loud bang, the bow gun of the Cold Pond was fired, and a ground-explosion bomb worth thousands of gold coins was fired.

The most stocked on the Cold Pond is the explosive bomb that can explode and cause severe fire damage.

This kind of ammunition can also be remotely launched through a catapult. There are hundreds of units of reserves in Aini's Conaston Castle.

However, as demons who have lived in hell for a long time, no matter what kind, they have 20% fire resistance.

Like fire elves, fire demons, and big demons, they are simply immune to fire.

Using explosive bombs to deal with the army of hell is really not as good as pure physical attack ammunition such as ground bombs.

Although ground bombs are pure physical attacks, they are also enchanted. After hitting the target, they can also split into countless small fragments, causing a lot of damage to nearby units.

The enchantment of the ground-blasting bomb is not complicated. Ordinary mages and even mage apprentices can handle it. It is a bit like burying small steel balls in modern bombs.

When a ground-blasting bomb is fired, whether it hits the target or not, the countless fragments that explode will definitely clear a large area of ​​land.

At this time, the power of the bow gun on the Cold Pond, which has been continuously strengthened and enchanted, is reflected.

The standard bow gun has an attack of 800, while the main gun on the Cold Pond has an attack of up to 1500 points.

Coupled with magic shells, ultimate archery and Avid's own abilities, the damage of this ground-blasting bomb is astonishingly terrible.

Even if Xu Lai is unfortunately hit, with the ultimate defense and a set of artifacts to protect his body, he is estimated to lose half of his life.

These attack powers are ultimately the embodiment of the kinetic energy of the ground-blasting bomb.

Regardless of whether the ground-blasting bomb hits the target or not, the fragments that are split at that time will cause enough damage.

It is only because the hell formation is dense that a ground-blasting bomb only knocks down hundreds of hell three-headed dogs with a radius of about 5 meters.

The three-headed dog was huge, had high HP, and barely reached the edge of the hero bonus, with advanced defense protection.

In addition, the dense formation prevented the fragments from spreading.

Even so, at a distance of nearly ten kilometers, they could not even see the enemy's appearance, and were cleared out of thin air, and it was inevitable that their morale would plummet.

After the ground-blasting bomb, Avid no longer cared about his own wealth and took out more magic shells for test firing.

The hell demons had negative resistance to water, so the second ammunition was the ice-cracked bomb.

This ammunition was much more precious than the ground-blasting bomb, and it contained an ice spell.

After the shell hit the center of the hellhound, it suddenly broke into countless ice spikes and shot at the surrounding targets at a high speed.

This kind of ice spike can not only cause a lot of physical and freezing damage to the hellhound, but also has the probability of directly freezing the target.

However, the ice-cracked bomb looked very powerful and froze dozens of frozen dogs. In terms of lethality alone, it was less than one-third of the ground-blasting bomb.

The advantage is that the ice spikes fly randomly, and can fly as far as several hundred meters away, with a wide range of influence.

Afterwards, Avid also tried the explosive bombs with the highest damage and the largest number.

As expected, the hellhounds are extremely resistant to fire, and the effect is not ideal, but the lethality is still far above the ice crack bombs. (End of this chapter)