Chapter 202: The advantage of range is unsolvable

The so-called metal jet is a high-energy metal material flow produced using specific technology, mainly produced by the explosion of shaped charges using the Monroe effect.

It is not molten metal, but a high-temperature and high-pressure fluid formed by the metal jacket (usually copper) under the impact of the explosion.

The jet velocity can reach 2000-8000 m/s and the temperature exceeds 3000℃, so it is totally overkill to use it to kill people.

But it is better to be safe when dealing with this kind of arm monster. Hughes has already prepared for the possibility that bullets will be completely unable to hurt them. At that time, these specially designed mines will be the last line of defense.

Fortunately, although their appearance was distorted to the extreme, they still seemed to be carbon-based creatures. Their weak flesh and blood could not resist steel. When the flames dissipated, all the arm monsters fell down.

Hughes breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that everything had exploded normally.

The biggest technical difficulty of this type of mine is how to trigger it stably, but with the help of Nini's biological fuse, this is not a problem at all. Instead, it has become its strength. Accurate and stable detonation is especially rare for weapons of this era.

The soldiers were obviously frightened. They were only a hundred meters away from the center of the explosion, and it was the first time they had experienced such a deafening sound and huge flames.

A few people were so scared that they wet their pants, and more people just stood there, staring blankly ahead, not moving a muscle.

Alexei immediately took the team leader to pat them on the back, so that the soldiers could quickly come to their senses. If no one went to comfort these frightened soldiers, it would be easy for them to be left with psychological trauma and become extremely afraid of fighting from then on. The Imperial Army Academy had special teaching for this.

Fortunately, although it was the first time for the soldiers to go to the battlefield, they were still far away from the enemy. The murlocs in the back row were just a bunch of small black dots in the distance. After Alexei calmed most of the soldiers and dragged those who were completely frightened to one side, the murlocs were still more than 400 meters away.

"About ten of them have lost their will to fight. The rest are still a little scared, but they are still reloading their bullets." Hughes estimated and turned to look at Ash: "You probably don't have a chance to play."

Ash nodded silently. She had a similar estimate of the situation. Although there seemed to be a lot of murlocs, they had already sprinted for more than 500 meters and were obviously exhausted. Most of the murlocs had slowed down, and even if they really ran to the front, they probably wouldn't have much strength left.

These guns capable of long-range attacks are surprisingly effective against mobs like murlocs. Even though the hit rate is worrying at a distance, distance is the best guarantee.

The soldiers moved a lot slower, and it took them nearly a minute to complete a reload. However, the murlocs were in even worse condition, and many of them fell behind. Some could not even run anymore, and stood there, supporting themselves with their legs and gasping for breath.

Their thin limbs are not suitable for movement on land.

"Fire!"

The soldiers fought much worse this time. Many of them were still in shock and opened fire without much aiming. They only hit two murlocs this time.

But Alexei remained unmoved and continued to command the soldiers to continue loading and firing.

With decisive and calm orders, steady-paced shooting, and the officers and banshees standing beside them, the soldiers gradually calmed down. However, the fishmen had now become a spent force. They had completely lost their strength, and their charge speed was not much faster than walking.

There were three more rounds of volleys. The soldiers' shooting became more and more accurate. Several people who had been so frightened that they couldn't stand up returned to the team.

After recovering from the shock, the soldiers began to slowly adapt to the battlefield. They became more and more skilled at reloading, and were even faster than during training.

The morale of the fishmen on the opposite side was on the verge of collapse, but they did not start to flee in all directions - they had no strength left and had become complete fixed targets.

"Mercemen have very poor endurance. It's amazing that this race is obsessed with mining," Zeus muttered to himself, holding his chin, wondering what he was thinking.

Alexei looked at the opposite side and simply let the soldiers shoot freely. The battle was over and it was now just a one-sided massacre.

The shooting continued for a while, and most of the fishmen fell down. Alexei ordered the drummer to beat the military drum, and the soldiers began to move forward. When they got closer, they shot and killed the remaining fishmen, and then officially began to clean up the battlefield.

"How does it feel?"

Hughes came closer, and Alexei had a complicated expression on his face.

"It's hard to describe, sir. This doesn't feel like a war, it feels more like a game."

The enemy did not pose any threat to them from beginning to end. The soldiers only needed to complete the shooting action and the enemy would fall down in large numbers like a wheat field in the wind. The soldiers did not even consume much physical strength in the process. Even if the enemy really rushed to them, they could still engage in close combat in a complete state.

This is an indescribable huge advantage. The Empire's army can conquer the world with just smoothbore muskets, but now Castel has rifled rifles. The weapons and guns in the hands of the Imperial Army are like toys compared to them.

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If he were to fight against the Empire's army, Alexei was confident that he could crush the enemy's morale before they came within firing range. The advancing speed of line infantry had strict requirements and was easy to estimate.

Alexei shook his head. What was he thinking? Why would Castel go to war with the Empire? Hughes was a border earl appointed by the Queen herself.

But apart from the Empire, who else could be Castel's opponent? Alexei looked at the rifle in his hand, then at the Banshee and Castel Cathedral in the distance, and fell silent.

"Don't worry, Alexei. Our Skitarii will soon be equipped with new weapons. The rifles are just a temporary transition." Seeing that he was silent, Hughes thought he was worried about the lack of firepower, so he stepped forward to comfort him and said, "Our new weapons will not be so weak against those arm monsters. They are more powerful and good things."

At this point, Xius suddenly remembered something. He turned to look at Chloe and said, "I remember a batch of steam rifles were found in the manor. Do you know anything about that?"

He temporarily sealed up the batch of steam rifles in an empty warehouse far away, along with several boxes of saltpeter ore and newly made brass bullets. He planned to observe these suspected products of cognitive interference first and make sure their properties were stable before using them. It would be troublesome if they became contaminated when he fired them.

And the steam rifle doesn't sound very reliable. How useful can it be? "Yes, it's the powerful and good thing you mentioned."

(End of this chapter)