Correspondingly, fireballs exploded like flowers blooming in spring.
Shrapnel flew everywhere, knocking large numbers of Persian soldiers to the ground. The originally heroic and high-spirited group charge suddenly turned into a living hell!
The Persian soldiers who were closer to the center of the explosion died without even a sound.
Those who were farther away were also hit by shrapnel, but did not die immediately.
They all lay on the ground helplessly, crying out miserably, hoping that their comrades would come to rescue them.
Some Persian soldiers who were charging rushed over to try to stop their bleeding.
It can be seen that the injured person's heavy metal armor has been stuck to his flesh and blood due to deformation and breakage in many places.
It is extremely difficult to take it off safely.
In desperation, the Persian soldiers who rushed to the rescue could only let the wounded fend for themselves.
After all, the army was still charging, and it was impossible to stop and carry so many fallen people to the rear.
The most troublesome thing was that a series of huge explosions and flames completely frightened the more than 300 war elephants in the Persian army!
According to Xerxes's plan, because the war elephants were afraid of Greek fire, they needed to stop advancing when they reached the edge of the Greek fire's range.
Then, a large number of Persian guard archers were sent on elephants to launch long-range attacks using their range advantage.
After their own melee troops climbed up the earth wall and seized control of the Greek fire, the war elephants continued to advance.
So, at this moment, the more than 300 war elephants have stopped advancing and are waiting for the large number of Persian guard archers below to climb onto their backs.
Suddenly, there were continuous explosions and huge balls of fire all around. Even though the war elephants were not fatally injured, they were all shocked!
They almost simultaneously turned around and fled, not caring if there was anyone behind them or not, rushing forward recklessly, just wanting to escape this terrifying place as quickly as possible.
As a result, the Persian guard archers who had surrounded the war elephants and were planning to climb up, as well as the large number of Persian infantry who were rushing behind the war elephants, all suffered.
Once they were trampled by the huge hooves of the war elephants, they would have no chance of survival and would be trampled to death.
Even if they were just hit by a running war elephant, the huge impact force was enough to cause them to be seriously injured and fall to the ground.
The direct casualties caused by the explosion and the trampling of war elephants reached hundreds of thousands.
What's more troublesome is.
The team, which was originally charging forward with murderous intent, had its formation completely disrupted by the dimensionality-reduction bombs and the fleeing war elephants, and had to stop and reorganize.
For a moment, the entire battlefield was filled with an extremely strange atmosphere.
"Are you stupid? You can't stay in that dangerous place! Hurry up and get on with it!"
Realizing that his army began to hesitate, Xerxes became very anxious and could not help but scold loudly.
The army's current position was very unfavorable, as it was right at the optimal striking distance for the Greek trebuchets.
Xerxes understood this very well.
At this moment, the only thing to do is to stick to it firmly and fight with the Greek coalition infantry.
The catapult can stop attacking.
However, this super weapon with such great power and such a long range has shattered the morale of the Persian soldiers.
Morale is everything!
Although Xerxes' words were harsh, few people listened now.
The vast majority of people are still staying where they are, not daring to move forward at all.
If it weren't for the sense of honor that Persian soldiers still had in their hearts, they would have turned around and fled long ago.
"Great! Our army actually has such a secret weapon!"
"I heard a few days ago that Archimedes was interested in improving the trebuchet, and the king even gave him personal guidance. I thought it was all nonsense, but now it seems to be true!"
"What? Are you saying that this super weapon with such terrifying range and power was developed by the king himself?"
"Is that true? I heard that during the last military meeting, the king strongly supported Archimedes, which made some generals unhappy!"
"Haha! Unhappy? What's there to be unhappy about? If he has the ability, he can design a super weapon!"
…
The situation on the battlefield suddenly changed, and the Greek soldiers, whose pressure was suddenly relieved, talked and laughed, and spread gossip.
Even generals such as Antigonus and Hector, who were originally overwhelmed by commanding the battle, suddenly relaxed.
really!
Wang had already prepared a backup plan!
The king’s back-up plan is to use new technological weapons to crush the opponent!
It was ridiculous that during the meeting, everyone thought the king was talking about opening a river. Only Archimedes, also an inventor, understood the king's deeper meaning!
In front of a truly powerful person, our brains are really not enough!
Seeing that a round of bomb attacks could produce such brilliant results, Xia Zhe, who was watching the battle from far away on the walls of Troy, also became happy.
This old guy Archimedes is really good!
If we drop a few more rounds of bombs like this, perhaps we can really hold out in this battle until Achilles and his men arrive!
By then, everything will be completely different!
As if responding to Xia Zhe's call, a second round of black, round bombs were thrown towards the Persian army with a whirring sound.
Seeing those explosive weapons flying towards them again, the morale of the Persian army finally collapsed!
A large number of Persian soldiers hurriedly laid down their weapons, turned around and fled with light equipment, completely disregarding the warriors' dignity.
As more and more people turned back, other people in the Persian army were also infected.
When the bombs fell, Persian soldiers on every front began a large-scale retreat.
Boom boom boom…
Soon, the bombs that fell to the ground began to explode, making a loud noise and bursts of flames.
Since most of the Persian soldiers had retreated, the casualties caused by these bombs were much less than those in the first round.
However, the defeat was disastrous!
At this moment, physical damage is no longer so important!
Most importantly, the explosion dealt a ruthless blow to the morale of the Persian army!
Hearing the series of explosions behind them, the Persian soldiers who had already chosen to escape became more and more anxious.
They no longer cared about their image or sense of honor, and fled with all their might.
Because there were so many people fleeing, there were jams and stampedes on every front!
A large number of Persian soldiers did not die in the explosion, but died in the battle with their own people for the escape route.
This kind of massive rout involving tens of millions of people was something the Greek coalition had never seen before, and even Xerxes himself was dumbfounded.
In a panic, Xerxes hurriedly ordered the supervisory team to block all intersections and forced the soldiers to stop retreating and reorganize.
After killing thousands of deserters, the Persian army finally stopped.
However, before Xerxes could issue a new order, a third round of black, round bombs roared towards the Persian army.
Moreover, the distance of this throw was obviously farther than the previous two times.
It’s a full one or two hundred meters away!
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