Struggle in the Steam Age

The weapons that the soldiers took out were one of the several new weapons that Lawrence had developed before, but considering the priority at that time, the first batch of new products were all hedgehog bombs and depth charges that matched the hedgehog bombs.

But with the end of the previous war against the sahuagin, the Bofors factory also entered a daily state.

Therefore, this batch of weapons that have completed the test before has successfully completed the trial production and shipped to the port of Neu Sauer. According to the previous habit, after these new weapons are manufactured, a batch will be produced and shipped to the island of Neu Sauer Put it into actual combat, and then use actual combat to select, improve and publicize weapons.

For example, the publicity effect after the actual Hedgehog war was very good. Both the Republic of Xinzhou and the Holy Visby Empire immediately sent out invitations for authorized production.

And just after Lawrence and the others returned, the factory told him that the White Eagle Federation had directly sent them a purchase invitation.

The current Bofors factory is no longer the original small factory. Since Lawrence invented a variety of weapons and became a hot product, they quickly acquired a series of small factories around them and integrated them together to expand their production capacity. At the same time, it began to build a large factory area, and tried to get involved in some upstream industries.

Therefore, after the overall production capacity has increased by more than one level, these newly designed directional mines are not sent to Lawrence and the others in single-digit trial sets as in the past, but are sent to a hundred in one go. There are more than 1,500 boxes. And this number is enough to cover all the points in front of the position.

Unlike the weapons of the same name in later generations, these weapons are somewhat expensive in this era due to the production of new explosives. In addition, because of the absence of plastic, a series of problems in the manufacture of this weapon, such as moisture resistance and impact resistance, are more difficult to solve than the original.

Although some extraordinary materials can also achieve the effect of the original plastic, considering the cost, those things can only be used on a small scale by certain elite teams or extraordinary adventurers. And if the military wants to use it on a large scale, such an expensive cost will definitely not be able to bear it.

Fortunately, after repeated experiments, Lawrence and the others solved these problems. And the solution is simple, that is to change the integrated plastic box in his memory into an iron box that can be disassembled. And such a box can solve the sealing problem in preservation as long as the gap is filled with beeswax or grease.

Just after the soldiers had placed all these weapons of mass destruction, the situation on the frontline changed again. With the continuous replenishment of the main force, the goblins successfully cleared the original offensive line against the powerful human firepower, and then strengthened their own offensive.

Although the gunboats on the river and some of the artillery on the shore are now firing shells frantically, it did cause many small-scale retreats of the goblins at the beginning.

But after several goblin priests boiled a pot of khaki-yellow mud-like medicine with a huge pot, and let the evaporated gas cover the position of the goblin main force, those goblins who inhaled the gas immediately became invincible. , Even if the limbs are mutilated, he will rush forward all the way.

"It seems that this is the legendary cauldron of war for the goblins." Nora who discovered this scene said to Hugo, "In theory, goblins are a kind of cowardly creature, but they are in the cauldron of war and divine magic. Under the influence of the enemy, they will sacrifice their lives and charge regardless of casualties, and the goblins at this time are very dangerous."

"It's just that there are many kinds of war pots. The high-level ones are naturally some powerful extraordinary items, and even have the blessing of the goblin god, but the low-level war pots are probably something like a big pot stewing .Use potions to confuse the spirits of the goblins, and make them fearless."

"You're right." At this time, Lawrence also came down from the high ground of the headquarters to the front line, and then summoned dozens of heavily armed hobgoblin phantoms to fill the front line through Bai Zetu in his mind. , to ease the momentum of the goblins' charge and buy more shooting time for the rear personnel.

Although the phantoms of the hobgoblins quickly disappeared due to the large amount of damage they suffered when facing the wave-like charge of the goblins, the fierce emotions of both the enemy and the enemy on the battlefield now allow Lawrence to manipulate the city in his mind. Emotions are continuously converted into magic power, so that one will be replenished after disappearing.

In addition, he also began to try to manipulate the magic related to the soul and emotions to appease the emotions of his own soldiers and cheer up those who were depressed. At the same time, he manipulated the emotions of the rushing goblins, making them stand there motionless or slash and kill around wildly.

The emotional control had an excellent effect, and the hit rate of the human side's shooting increased a lot at once. The goblins, on the other hand, were obviously affected. From time to time, some goblins stopped or went crazy and disrupted the offensive formation, causing serious confusion to the overall offensive rhythm.

After seeing this scene, Lawrence immediately stopped the hard killing tactics of summoning the phantom of the monster, and fully affected the emotions and souls of everyone on the entire battlefield, especially for the goblins. Under such circumstances, the goblins on the battlefield quickly became a mess, and then the entire battle line advanced tens of meters toward the goblins.

After less than ten minutes of casting the spell, Lawrence realized that the effect of taking advantage of this kind of emotional manipulation is far better than head-on confrontation. So he quickly adjusted his casting direction. In an instant, chaos caused by multiple cannibalism immediately appeared in the attacking team of the goblins on the battlefield.

Because of the effects of the previous potions and magic, the attacking goblins were in a state of extreme excitement. Therefore, Lawrence only needs to expend a very small amount of energy to slightly push their crazy emotions, and let them go one step further, just like toppling the first domino.

And this caused even greater chaos on the battlefield. A large number of goblins foamed at the mouth and crazily attacked any movable thing around them, and this kind of cannibalism induced those who were attacked because of potions and magic spells to attack. The goblins who keep their brains on the verge of madness have plunged their minds into chaos.

The chaos began to spread and expand on the battlefield, so that the attack of the goblins came to a standstill.

Upon discovering this, the goblin leaders first attempted to enforce field discipline by killing. But when they realized that this method was useless, they immediately used the power stored in the altar to continuously cast the magic of dispelling and soul defense.

The intervention of the power of the gods did have a powerful effect. Lawrence could feel that the power he had put into the battlefield just now was swept away, and then he built a path that was far from powerful in the minds of all the goblins on the battlefield. An exceptionally effective barrier.

The reason why it is not strong is because Lawrence can break through this barrier with his own power and continue to control those souls. It is effective because breaking through these barriers requires more than ten times the power, and this immediately weakens Lawrence's ability to manipulate the battlefield.

Because if it is impossible to influence a large number of goblins in a short period of time, then this kind of manipulation will naturally not be able to achieve the effect of intimacy. Especially after the opponent discovered Lawrence's existence, he quickly dispersed some extraordinary and elite troops among the goblins to enforce battlefield discipline. As long as they found the affected goblins, they would kill them to avoid the spread of chaos.

"Get ready to retreat." Lawrence immediately changed his tactics as he watched the goblins regroup and resume their offensive. "At this time, there is no need to fight with these guys."