Chapter 682 Avalon Meat Grinder (Part 3)

Although the tug-of-war on the outer wall was deadlocked, the Hiran soldiers under the wall still bravely took the lead.

Some were knocked down by rolling stones, and some were concentrated by boiling water. The Hiran soldiers behind were still fearless, trampling on the bodies of their companions, shouting and charging forward.

It is impossible to break through the iron wall of Avalon Fortress with only ladders - Dominic knew this well.

So in order to break through Avalon Fortress, Dominic brought all the siege equipment invented by humans and used all the siege tactics invented by humans.

After the infantry began to charge, Dominic ordered dozens of high mounds to be built outside the outer wall of Avalon Fortress.

These mounds were built higher than the outer wall of Avalon Fortress, and bunkers were built on them, and then the crossbowmen were allowed to hide behind the bunkers on the mounds and shoot at the outer wall of Avalon Fortress.

This will allow the archers of the Hiran Army to look down from a high position, making the outer wall of the Avalon Fortress lose its cover function, and making the soldiers of the Knights of Michael on the outer wall of the Avalon Fortress completely exposed to the arrows of the archers of the Hiran Army.

It's a pity that it takes a lot of time to build these dozens of mounds that are higher than the outer wall of the Avalon Fortress, so they have not been built so far.

In addition to building mounds, Dominic also ordered the digging of tunnels.

But like mounds, tunnels can't be dug in a short time.

In addition to ladders, catapults, and siege crossbows, other siege equipment also appeared one after another.

One by one, the tall siege towers with wheels under the towers were pushed to the outer wall of the Avalon Fortress.

The soldiers in various war zones of the Avalon Fortress naturally discovered the existence of these siege towers.

Compared with those ladders, mounds, tunnels, and catapults, these siege towers are the most threatening.

Because the opponent is the Avalon Fortress, the siege towers transported to participate in this "Iron Hammer Operation" are all specially made.

Compared with ordinary siege towers, the siege towers transported to participate in this "Iron Hammer Operation" are larger.

Because they are larger, when the siege towers are close to the city wall and put on the city wall, more soldiers can be transported to the city wall at one time.

The efficiency of transporting soldiers in these siege towers is undoubtedly to crush the ladder.

Raymond, Samuel and others who are responsible for different battle zones of the city wall naturally know the threat of these siege towers, so they ordered the crossbowmen on the inner city wall to shoot at the soldiers who are pulling the siege tower below.

However, because these soldiers who are pulling the siege tower are also protected by shield soldiers, most of the arrows are blocked by the shield soldiers' shields.

The shooting of the crossbowmen on the inner city wall can only slightly delay the advancement of the siege tower.

Looking at the siege towers that were constantly approaching the outer wall, Su Cheng, who was standing on the inner wall and taking in the overall situation, did not show any panic on his face.

Su Cheng was not surprised by the appearance of this special siege tower.

After all, if you want to attack the iron wall of Avalon Fortress without even preparing a siege tower, only a fool would do such a thing.

Su Cheng waved the flag and first ordered the archers on the inner wall to replace the rockets and conduct a wave of tentative shooting.

The archers who replaced the rockets fired a wave of siege towers that were constantly approaching the outer wall.

The rockets like locusts hit the siege towers one by one, but they had no effect.

"Sure enough..." Su Cheng whispered to himself, "The tower body of the siege tower has been soaked in advance, and the rockets can't play any role at all."

Su Cheng had already anticipated that the tower body of the siege tower would be soaked in water.

In order to deal with the siege towers of the Xilan Army, the Avalon Fortress has always kept an important strategic material.

"Willie." Su Cheng said to Willy, who was always on standby behind him, "Bring up the kerosene."

"Yes!"

This important strategic material is kerosene.

After the Holy Xilan Empire tore up the armistice agreement between the two countries and began to send troops south, the Northern General Administration specially raised a batch of new kerosene and sent it to the Avalon Fortress.

Although the current kerosene reserves of the Avalon Fortress are not inexhaustible, they are still enough for Su Cheng and others to squander.

Barrels of kerosene were carefully transported to the outer wall.

After some siege towers approached and entered the range, Raymond and others who were in charge of the front-line command ordered these barrels of kerosene to be thrown at the siege towers that had entered the attack range.

The vessel containing kerosene was made of porcelain.

Therefore, after these barrels of kerosene were thrown onto the siege towers, they shattered with a sound, and the kerosene inside shattered with a sound, splashing all over the towers.

"Shoot!"

Su Cheng waved his flag and ordered the archers on the inner city wall to fire a volley of rockets.

Waves of fire rain flew over the inner city wall and fell on the siege towers that were already splashed with kerosene.

Even though the towers of these siege towers had been soaked with water in advance, they still caught fire at the slightest touch when filled with kerosene.

When the arrows of the rockets touched the towers of the siege towers, they immediately ignited, and the fire quickly soared into the sky.

The siege towers that were the first to reach the attack range and were filled with kerosene first were quickly ignited by the fire, and in a short while they turned into a pile of ashes.

Dominic, who was watching the battle in the main camp, looked at the siege towers that turned to ashes, his face gloomy, and thought to himself:

-It is worthy of being the first fortress of the Britannia Empire. The material reserves are rich, and kerosene is free to use...

Just as Su Cheng expected that Dominic would definitely dispatch a large number of special siege towers, Dominic also expected that the material reserves of Avalon Fortress must be extremely rich, and strategic resources such as kerosene must be sufficient.

Avalon Fortress has a large amount of kerosene reserves, and the Xilan Army also brought a large number of siege towers.

Because it was expected that Avalon Fortress would definitely have a sufficient amount of kerosene reserves, Dominic specifically requested a large number of siege towers.

Dominic just wanted to compete with Su Cheng.

To see whether Su Cheng's kerosene was used up.

Or his Dominic's siege tower was burned out first.

Dominic didn't believe that Su Cheng's kerosene was inexhaustible.

Therefore, even though a group of siege towers were burned to ashes, Dominic did not stop the order to attack.

He continued to order the siege towers to move forward.

At the same time, he ordered more siege towers to be sent out.

Let's have a war of attrition with Su Cheng to see whether your kerosene runs out first or my siege tower burns out first.

The battle continued.

Both sides kept replacing their soldiers with well-rested soldiers, fighting a seemingly endless war of attrition.

People kept getting injured, people kept dying, and people kept taking the place of the dead.

The entire Avalon Fortress turned into a bloody meat grinder.

A military genius came to another world with Zizhi Tongjian

A military genius came to another world with Zizhi Tongjian