Edward Hughes has been having a good time recently, and he no longer feels the tension he felt when he was overwhelmed by the demonic tide a few months ago.
In a world where productivity is still stuck in the Middle Ages, what is it like to have a professional army whose weapons and equipment all come from the interstellar era?
Edward can answer this question responsibly.
One word - cool!
Use Star Arms to kill monsters to earn points, and then spend the points to purchase more arms and supplies from the trading market, such as first aid medicines, compressed food, etc.
Now Edward has entered a virtuous cycle, and more and more Guards grenadiers loyal to the Hughes family have completed training and joined the Great Wall defense line. According to the statistical report submitted by the frontline generals three days ago, there are now more than 2,000 grenadiers equipped with laser guns and hundreds of electromagnetic machine gun squads on the Great Wall defense line.
Monsters that can easily kill armored soldiers are just lambs to be slaughtered in the eyes of the grenadiers. The thick skin that can withstand swords and flintlocks is vulnerable to heat that can melt steel, and thick electromagnetic projectiles are even more vulnerable. A stump that can knock all monsters in a straight line to the ground.
Under the protection of the Hughes Guards, all Edward had to do was lie in front of the warm fireplace and count the system points he received every day.
Due to the huge casualties caused by the continuous attacks, the frontline generals reported that the offensive intensity of the monster army has been reduced, and the number of high-level monsters appearing on the battlefield has become less and less.
These high-level demons, who are smarter than low-level demons, are generally located at the back of the demonic tide. Under the increasingly powerful firepower of the Great Wall defense line, these cunning demon officers chose to retreat instead of using their own bodies to fight against lasers and electromagnetic waves. Projectiles.
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While Edward was lying by the fireplace tasting delicious cakes, in a stronghold located on the outermost edge of the Great Wall defense line, fifty grenadiers and two machine gun squads of the Hughes Grenadier Guards, a total of sixty people, were continuously firing. Shooting at the endless stream of monsters under the city wall.
These humanoid monsters, which seem to have crawled out from the depths of hell, are all pitch black, and their rough skin can easily withstand the slashes of swords. Some of the monsters have fine black scales on their bodies. Even laser rifles cannot easily hit such scaly monsters. kill.
Fortunately, the terrifying power of the electromagnetic machine gun made up for the grenadiers' fear of insufficient firepower.
Several electromagnetic projectiles fired from the shooting port from time to time accurately killed the scale monsters on the battlefield, ensuring that no monster could get close to the city wall and destroy the wall with its fangs and claws.
In addition to delivering supplies to the grenadiers, the serf soldiers recruited from all over the western part of the kingdom only need to symbolically shoot in the distance with their crossbows to let the masters of the Hughes family know that they are not slacking off.
The situation is much better than when we suffered the first wave a few months ago.
The unwashed dried blood on the city wall under their feet is proof of the tragic fighting conditions at that time. Countless untrained serf soldiers and grenadiers equipped with flintlocks were forced to fight hand-to-hand with powerful monsters, often for more than ten people. It takes the sacrifice of a soldier to kill an ordinary monster.
"Sir, it seems that our mission today has been successfully completed again!"
After polishing off all the bullet chains inserted in the machine gun, while the loader was changing bullets, the young machine gunner smiled and said to the commander watching behind him.
The second lieutenant of the Guards in charge of the stronghold here raised the crude telescope on his chest and observed the density of monsters on the battlefield through the shooting port.
Uncharacteristically, he did not answer the young man's excited shout. The middle-aged second lieutenant looked at the rear of the battlefield that was gradually shrouded in thick fog and fell into deep thought.
Unlike the generals who were strategizing at the rear, he who was on the front line smelled a hint of danger in the thickening fog on the battlefield.
Just when the officer was hesitating whether to light a beacon to warn other strongholds, countless huge black figures flew out of the dense fog that made them unable to see their fingers.
The machine gun squad, which had been alert to the appearance of high-level monsters, immediately turned their guns and started shooting at the black figures. However, the imagined scene of the monster falling to the ground after blood spattered did not appear. Instead, there were countless sparks from electromagnetic projectiles hitting the armor.
These giant monsters, which are four to five meters high, are all wearing heavy steel armor!
However, what reassures the machine gun team is that the strong penetrating power of electromagnetic projectiles is still enough to penetrate the armor of those giant monsters. All that is needed is a few more shots from the machine gunner.
However, the grenadiers' mood soon became heavy due to more and more monsters.
These monsters wearing heavy armor and holding giant shields came out of the thick fog in a steady stream, covering more of their companions and rushing towards the city wall. Countless smaller monsters were hidden behind the shield array like a steel city wall, waiting for them to get closer. Climb the city wall and fight a close battle with human soldiers that you are good at.
The originally clear sky turned gray at some point. Among the thick dark clouds, figures of flying monsters could be seen flying rapidly. Along with the ferocious-looking bird monsters flying over the city wall, gravel struck like raindrops. Hit the city wall.
The loud sound of the impact made the serf soldiers hide under the city wall, hugging their heads and shaking, praying to the gods that they would not be smashed into bloody mud by the stones dropped by the monsters.
Upon seeing this, the second lieutenant had no choice but to send grenadiers to the beacon tower to light the beacon fire. After a grenadier screamed and was thrown off the city wall by rubble, the blazing beacon fire finally ignited.
"I hope the strongholds in the rear can see the beacon fire here..."
The second lieutenant watched more and more high-level monsters join the battlefield, secretly knowing that the scale of this attack was no less than the first attack a few months ago. He didn't know how many grenadiers had to be sacrificed to eliminate these unprecedented high-level monsters.
"Boom...boom!"
As the monster's shield array approached the city wall, a giant throwing spear several meters long was thrown out from behind the shield array by the giant monster. The powerful and heavy throwing spear easily hit the city wall, causing the grenadiers at the top of the city wall to collapse. They were all shocked.
Just as the grenadiers were laughing at the impossibility of such an attack destroying the solid city wall designed and built by Duke Edward himself, hundreds of sensitive small monsters emerged from the gaps in the shield array and rushed towards the city wall at extremely fast speeds.
The speed of these small monsters was so unbelievable that even the machine gunners who were right in front of them did not react. After killing a few in a hurry, most of the monsters climbed up through the spear bodies embedded in the city wall.
After urgently detaching ten grenadiers to the city wall, the second lieutenant wiped the cold sweat on his forehead with his gray uniform sleeve, and kept shooting at the monsters under the city wall with the laser rifle in his hand.
The barrel of the electromagnetic machine gun has turned red due to continuous shooting. The water vapor formed by watering to cool down has greatly affected the machine gunner's field of vision. The members of the machine gun team had to urgently replace the spare barrel, and replace the battery and coil. It took several changes to barely prevent the machine gun from going off.
The grenadiers' efforts were not in vain. Under the crossfire of two machine guns, the originally shaky defense line miraculously stabilized. But the bad news is that at the current rate of ammunition consumption, the two machine guns will completely misfire in less than half an hour.
Seeing the dark bullet chain beating rapidly at one end of the machine gun, the second lieutenant's restless heart gradually calmed down.
"Xius wins!"
Someone yelled in the small machine gun fortress, causing many grenadiers to roar too.
"Victory Hughes! Long live Duke Edward, the Guardian of the West!"
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When the general in charge of the Great Wall's defense didn't know that the monsters had launched a new round of offensive, Edward, who was hundreds of kilometers away, suddenly stood up from his seat.
The crazily rising system points made him realize that the Great Wall's defense line was under tremendous pressure. The unprecedented rate of point growth made the young Duke worry.
He has no doubts about the Guards he and his father established together, but excessive casualties will undoubtedly greatly reduce the strength of the Hughes family.
By then, it is very likely that the Hughes family was not destroyed by the monster army, but was destroyed first by the incompetent nobles and king of the royal capital.
After praying for the soldiers on the front line, Edward called up the system, through which he could directly contact Yang Tianyi himself, who was also a time traveler.
Although I was very reluctant, in the current situation I could only seek help from the arms dealer.
