I Have A Martial Dao World

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Northern Arsenal of Gukou

"Bearing 18, deviation 43, fire!"

Commander Shi Rongchun personally stuffed the 400 kg colossal cannonball into the cannon's chamber and ordered to fire.

With a dull, thunderous boom, the entire battery shuddered, the cannonball roared out of the barrel with a terrifying howl, splitting a distant ship on the sea surface into two, before detonating into a fiery ink-like explosion.

Shi Rongchun was extremely pleased with the giant cannon before him! These were not the old and deceitful types of the past but the latest models purchased from the Kingdom of Jiade—"Krupp 305MM cannon."

Its power was immense, a single hit could obliterate any ship under 3000 tons of displacement, and there were more than a hundred of them!

Accompanying them, there were also "military observers" from the Kingdom of Jiade.

Shi Rongchun warmly said to the bearded foreigner standing in the distance, "Count Spee, the Imperial Court has seen your country's sincerity! This place is very dangerous, please step back."

Count Spee nodded slightly, "Commander, there is no need to worry about me. I need to witness this battle in its entirety."

Shi Rongchun didn't object, simply instructing his followers, "Take good care of Count Spee," and then continued to operate the cannon.

The discord between Jiade and Einheit was an open secret. The man represented the military of Jiade and it was natural for him to want to assess the strength of Einheit.

Count Spee stroked his side whiskers, patiently observing the artillery duel.

The weapons shined in the carnage, as the performance of these new cannons needed to be tested in battle.

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With rolling thunderous sounds, Lu Yao and his comrades watched the live broadcast of the battle through a drone from afar. The foreigners were completely at a disadvantage!

The joint fleet hadn't expected the Shun Army to dare to start a war.

The diplomatic mission had already set off. As long as the treaty was successfully exchanged, their objective would be considered achieved. The fleet commander, "Hebu," had already started to consider how many virgins to prepare for the victory feast.

He still regretted not being able to display the glory of the Empire of the Eternal Sun to Frandi and Menes.

Each of those two countries had sent a warship to follow behind.

"Jackals trailing the lion pride in hope of carrion!" Fleet Commander Hebu disdainfully glanced behind, thinking thus.

Then, he was greeted by a barrage of cannonballs!

In the midst of deafening explosions, Hebu's command ship, the "Revenge" armored cruiser, was violently shaken, with seawater seeping into the command room.

More cannonballs came hurtling like a storm from all sides! With the fleet in grave danger, Hebu quickly contacted the army onshore via wireless to attack the battery.

Seeing the barracks emptying out in a flood, Lu Yao cracked his neck and said, "Opportunity has arrived!"

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The invading force on shore rushed directly to the nearby Southern Shore Battery in a foolish attempt to capture it.

But the area was a quagmire, and the Shun Army had already dug trenches in advance.

The invaders were hit by the battery's firepower, struggling through knee-deep mud, and also faced the sweeping fire of Maxim machine guns from the trenches. Casualties piled up in no time, especially the Tianzhu servant soldiers wrapped in towels around their heads. Hardly one in ten survived.

The Steel Armored Knights bearing the Cloisonne Flower insignia were covered in bullet marks, and no matter what, they refused to charge, even getting into disputes with the Vampire Officers.

A section of the Steel Armored Knights swallowed their pride and began to do the laborious work they despised the most, helping to push the field guns into position.

This scene was clearly relayed back to Lu Yao by the drone.

At that moment, the three were clad in Battle Armor, carrying .50 machine guns leisurely as they approached.

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The invasion army's artillery position was already set up, and there even was a 9.2-inch heavy siege howitzer!

The thing weighed a good 6 tons, and it was obvious that knights had helped push it over.

Responsible for calibrating it was a vampire with particularly large eyes. It wore a green uniform, complete with a mask, and its rank was marked on its cuff, astonishingly that of a major.

It extended its thumb, gesturing toward the direction of the battery, then adjusted the artillery's sighting scale parameters.

The very first cannonball struck a machine gun position with precision, prompting a round of cheers!

The other lighter guns also opened fire one after another, beating the Shun Army in the trenches so badly they couldn't raise their heads. The knights were once again inflamed with the desire to fight and returned to the front lines.

The big-eyed vampire then went to other guns to direct their fire, and after its adjustments, those guns were especially accurate.

Just as it was busily engaged, a blow suddenly took its head off. The headless body continued to walk forward for two steps before slowly turning to dust.

The artillery position was incredibly noisy, with deafening booms and smoke masking the sound of the bullet's flight.

It took quite a while for the invasion forces to realize—their own artillery major seemed to have died...

[Most vampires die if their heads are destroyed.]

Lu Yao and the two others confirmed through wireless headsets that their teammates were in position; their .50 caliber machine guns fired instantly, madly sweeping over the artillery position.

Many soldiers who were carrying cannonballs suddenly gained several bloody holes and fell to the ground; some were hit by multiple .50 caliber bullets and were instantly torn apart into a mist of blood.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! There are enemies behind us!"

Someone on the ground blew a piercing whistle, screaming in terror at the sight of three approaching humanoid tanks.

The knights guarding the position immediately launched a counterattack!

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Bullets rained down on Lu Yao and the other two, mostly Lee-Enfield rifle rounds that "pinged" off their battle armor, leaving just a few scratches.

Lu Yao hefted his heavy machine gun, pulling the muzzle to turn enemy after enemy into flesh riddled with gaping holes.

Occasionally some Steel Armored Knights returned fire, but were quickly torn apart by the powerful .50 caliber bullets, their steel armor functioning no better than plastic without any protective effect.

Their strength varied, some took two or three shots to defeat, others required a dozen or more. It merely meant the muzzle had to linger for an extra second or two, in no way impeding Lu Yao's advance.

Then, a knight clad in thick steel armor, wielding two Lewis Machine Guns, opened fire on him!

Lu Yao fired back fiercely, and the two stood their ground, exchanging fire.

Sparks scattered off Lu Yao's armor, the result of shattered bullet tips colliding;

The same sparks scattered from the enemy, but because the .50 caliber bullets shredded the steel armor.

The knight roared in anger, sustaining fifteen shots with the upper part of his torso disappearing before he fell dead.

It seemed this person was a commander; Einheit officers had their rank on their cuffs. Lu Yao didn't recognize him, but the enemy forces beginning to collapse around them indicated he was right.

The two sisters weren't idle, constantly firing as they pulled the trigger. Cartridges the size of fingers ejected and scattered on the ground, the evening glow reflecting off bullets streaking across the position like shooting stars.

The main targets of the two sisters were the Vampire Officers; even if they couldn't hit the head, they still aimed at the legs to prevent them from escaping.

.50 caliber bullets, no matter if it was a human or a vampire hit, simply obliterated the impacted part, and the tenacious vampires could only scream miserably a little longer.

After reloading twice, the three of them had cleared out the entire artillery position; by Lu Yao's estimate, they had killed roughly 2,000 enemies.

Seeing the ready artillery and ammunition on the position, Lu Yao had a brainwave and said, "You two load the cannonballs, I'll fire the gun, and blast the enemies on the front line!"