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For the Astra Militarum, this battle couldn't be more tricky. The Murloc were more powerful than anyone expected, however, it was not completely off the original strategy. Before the battle, Rommel and a group of strategists developed more than a hundred strategies for every possible scenario. Water-based supernatural creatures were relatively rare but the Astra Militarum was still prepared for it.
"Let me command this battle." Looking at the rising water level, Hudnall stood up.
Cross had nothing to consider, so he nodded in agreement. Hudnall was among the great generals and he was the only one who surrendered. Since childhood, he had lived near water and he was the commander of the navy and had rich experience in water combat.
Among the current five generals, he was the only one who could command a water battle. Cross and Allard couldn't even swim, not to mention commanding water battles, so Hudnall replaced Eccleston who was originally in this wave and became the commander.
"Use the backup plan and start the water warfare mode." As soon as Hudnall came up, he just gave an order.
Immediately, a Guardsman took the order and forward. The logistics team in the rear were also busy and nervous in action.
BOOM-!
A huge wave came over and so the first batch of Murloc rushed over. They were rushing under the huge wall, but they did not recklessly jump up from the water to attack, instead they continued to move forward as they were hiding under the surface of the water.
Suddenly…
BOOM-!, BOOM-!, BOOM...
Beneath the city walls, a dull sound could be heard.
"They're breaching on the gate." A scientist shouted.
There was a gate for entering and leaving, the door of the city gate was made of iron but it was not thick, nor was it especially made.
It was not like any of these Murloc were stupid. After seeing the door, they would take a shortcut route to attack in. As the pounding continued, the dull sound took on more of a cracking motion.
Hudnall, on the other hand, quietly watched the Murloc's move, while the Guardsmen were not allowed to fire.
After a while, there was a clicking sound and the city gate cracked open, A large Murloc with a trident, knocked hard twice and it knocked a hole directly out of the city gate.
The water instantly gushed in but a group of Murloc were very alert, they didn't go in immediately but they waited for the large group behind them.
While the water rushed into the entrance of the city, there was another gate behind it. That was the rear city gate, so it was still blocked out.
First, a Murloc growled angrily in the language of their specics. After that, it charged up with the other Murloc and continued towards this rear gate, then they spread out and knocked madly.
BOOM-!, BOOM-!, BOOM...
A series of sounds rang out. After that, the team of Murloc finally reached there, with an even bigger Murloc. His size was larger than that of a normal Murloc, it was nearly twice as big, including the trident held in his hand and the golden color on his forehead was even more intense.
"This must be the leader of these Murloc, right?" A scientist asked.
"It seem to be, it looks very experienced in combat." Another scientist said with a stony face.
ROAR-!
A loud roar rang out, the Murloc leader raised the trident and there was a thunderous sound. They were roaring, in the next moment, all of them turned into water surfers, and they quickly rushed over.
"Pay attention and follow the plan." Hudnall ordered calmly and there was no change in his expression.
With the speed of the Murloc, soon all of them rushed under the huge city wall.
BOOM-!, BOOM-!, BOOM...
The vanguard Murloc were still pounding on the rear gates, finally, under the continuous gravity beating, the rear city gate was also knocked open and the water instantly gushed in.
ROAR-!
The Murloc leader glanced at the Astra Militarum on the city wall with a pair of fish eyes and again raised the Trident. It were letting out a roar of anger, while the other Murloc were visibly excited. They followed the entrance to the city and swiftly rushed in, one after another, even the leader of the Murloc men was the same.
Seeing this scene, a faint smile suddenly appeared on Hudnall's face. The city gate was wide enough to accommodate several Murloc at the same time. The speed of the Murloc in the water was extremely scary, not long after, 1,500 Murloc rushed into the city walls.
This was only the first wall, behind, a hundred meters, there was an even taller wall. During the preparation period of nearly ten years, Elizabeth couldn't have built only this thirty-meter wall. This was only the outermost one, the real city wall was this second one. It was taller and thicker, it was 50 meters high.
There were two more walls on both sides. Together with these front and back walls, it was surrounded by a narrow rectangular barrel.The Murloc could never have imagined that the Astra Militarum would have such a trick.
Seeing that the city gate broke, the Murloc headed into the water and charged forward, they were very exciting. After they got inside, they discovered the second wall. How the h*ll was there another, taller wall.
At this time, the Murloc only had some doubts in their eyes. The Murloc leader was even more careless, as he yelled out. He was commanding the Murloc under his command to continue charging forward, and the target was the very gate of the front wall.
A group of Murloc lunged on them, they raised their Trident in their hands and hit it. However, this time, the second city gate was not that easy to break, as this was all made of Starfall Iron, so the degree reached a whole new level. If not Starfall Iron, ordinary iron was also difficult to make.
Dozens of Murloc took turns hitting, and they were exerting all their strength. They were frantically pounding on this one-meter-thick gate, so the bang kept ringing.
"This… should not be able to break, right?" A young scientist asked with some concern.
"Don't worry." An old scientist next to him smiled slightly and said, "Give these Murloc three more days, and they still won't be able to break it."
Yes, this city gate did not just have Starfall Iron; a portion of Vibranium was also added, so the quality was very reinforced. The Astra Militarum had also conducted experiments, in the ears of the many scientists and generals who participated in that experiment, the knocking sound of a large-headed fish man sound as if they were scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Above and below the walls, a ridiculous scene unfolded at this time. Tens of thousands of Guardsmen of the Astra Militarum quietly watched the dozens of Murloc, they seemed to be enjoying them scraping the bottom of the barrel. This scene was very creepy, except for the sound of splashing.
The banging kept sounded. Gradually, the Murloc leader also began to notice something wrong, so he called out and commanded a hundred Murloc beside him to exit.
However, at this time, Hudnall spoke up and said, "Close the gates!"
Rumble-!
A thick rear city gate fell down, this was the back gate of the front wall. It was also a full half meter thick, and it was also made of Starfall Iron and Vibranium. It could have fallen a long time ago, but at that time, Hudnall held off, for the sake of destroying the morale of the Murloc.
As expected, after seeing the sudden fall of this city gate, a hint of panic appeared in the eyes of the group of Murloc, they realized that these ordinary people seemed to be prepared and they were just waiting for them to be fooled.
At that time, they really got caught in the trap as they were surrounded by tall walls. Both gates were difficult to break, so there was no longer a way to go back.
This was a backup tactic for the Astra Militarum while facing a powerful enemy. There was no frontal resistance, instead, it was trapped into the middle of the inner wall so they were conducting a closed-door fight.
ROAR-!
The leader of the Murloc looked up at the sky, and he was roaring in anger. Immediately, everyone in the Astra Militarum saw that the water level outside had risen a lot! It had risen to a height of seven or eight meters and it was still going up.
"Will it rise up to the walls?" Cross asked a scientist who specialized in aquatic biology.
"That's hard to say." This scientist observed the water level inside and outside the walls and said, "Let's see how much strength these Murloc still have left, judging from what just happened. Drawing in large waters seems to be depleting their power; so it can't be endless, but it is difficult to estimate exactly how much water can be attracted. We have to be prepared for the worst. But one thing is certain, in a short period of time, the water level cannot rise too fast."
"All of you, pay attention. Begin the attack. Kill these Murloc as soon as possible." At this time, Hudnall ordered and no other person objected.
Hudnall was very cautious, so he was not giving these Murloc a chance. Before the water level rose completely, he was prepared to take out them first. They were enclosed in the inner wall at that time but inside the water, how to kill these powerful Murloc?
"Pumping machines ready!" Hudnall shouted.
Immediately, a huge pumping machine stretched out a pipe mouth. These pumping machines were still currently using steam engines, but the steam engine in the Imperium had reached a pinnacle. Others were hard to say but there was nothing wrong with using it to pump water.
After seeing that the Murloc were able to summon great waters, the logistics people had already put a huge pumping machine in the water. They pushed from the warehouse and it was placed on the inner wall. A very large diameter water pipe was released from the wall, reaching into the water and the pumping machine started.
When the loud sound rang out, the Murloc in the vicinity were startled. They thought that this was some kind of scary war weapon, one by one, they were scared.
BOOM-!, BOOM-!, BOOM...
As the pumping machine started, the flow of water pumped up along the pipe. At this time, because of the inner city gate, the water outside could only seep in a little, so the water level inside the inner wall was less than two meters high.
The Astra Militarum at once deployed 50 pumping machines. For a variety of possible opponents to be encountered, the Astra Militarum was well-prepared in all aspects!
The Murloc inside the water started to discover that the water under them was decreasing little by little. These Murloc were not fools, soon, they noticed that the water was all sucked up by those dozens of large diameter pipes.
ROAR-!
The Murloc leader let out a loud roar, immediately, several hundred Murloc lunged toward these pipes. They raised their trident and were prepared to chop the pipe off. For the first time, in the huge fish eyes of the Murloc leader, a hint of unease was revealed. It felt like an accident. Today, he was going to fall down here.
So, the Murloc leader personally went forward and he was waving the large Trident in his hand. He came to the inner city gate and he started hitting hard.
"Stop them-!" Hudnall immediately ordered.
The 10,000 Guardsmen of the Astra Militarum were prepared early on. Bullets and Artillery Shells were sent out, straight down on these Murloc who were rushing towards the pipe. No need to kill, just block and delay.
"General, can we capture this Murloc leader alive later?" The leader of the research team glanced at the Murloc leader below and asked.
This was the strongest Supernatural individual the Astra Militarum had ever encountered since the battle.
"Got it." Hudnall answer was simple.
Capturing the Supernaturals alive was the fine tradition of the Astra Militarum, even the Murloc were no exception.