Chapter 228: The War Bullet Wants!
"Damn it, what is that Xuan Lu guy thinking?"
Ten minutes ago, on the Plain below Iwato Station City, Superintendent Hu Luo stood beside his own 'Kai Castle', angrily watching the City Wall and City Gate being fiercely bombarded by their own Cannon Fire.
"When exactly are they going to rush over!"
"Indeed, this is too much. The 'Iron Fortress' that departed with 'Narukami Castle' has been here for so long, yet they still haven't arrived?"
"I think he's doing it on purpose!"
The group of Chief Stewards gathered around Superintendent Hu Luo also started complaining loudly with dissatisfaction.
Although their side's Cannon Fire offensive was particularly fierce, hitting the defending side so hard they could barely lift their heads, even the City Gate was on the verge of collapse.
But only they knew what was really going on.
Over three hundred Mortars, plus over one hundred Defensive Cannons brought over, and the Garrison Cannons on the 'Iron Fortress' – how many Cannonballs would all of these consume?
It's true that they still have quite a bit now, but the problem is they're not attacking Kongokaku right now, but Iwato Station! If they use up more than half of their Cannonballs here, what will they do later?
Although they were also very puzzled, they had clearly heard that the City Wall of Iwato Station was destroyed by 'Black Smoke', so how was it completely intact after they arrived?
Logically speaking, this amount of time shouldn't be enough to repair the City Wall.
But now the facts were laid out before their eyes. Thinking too much about these matters was useless. Besides bracing themselves and forcefully attacking, what other way was there?
There was.
Have the Genro Army's 'Narukami' fire a damn shot. Even if it can't achieve the legendary feat of piercing the City Gate with one shot, firing two or three shots should be enough.
But damn it, that son of a bitch Xuan Lu actually chose to hide in the rear and not come over. Isn't this clearly a scheme to deplete their Cannonball reserves?
This kind of action is too sickening!
This directly resulted in the Chief Stewards, who had previously followed Steward Genro's lead, gathering one after another beside Superintendent Hu Luo and swearing profusely at the former.
"We can't just let the Genro Army off like this!"
Superintendent Hu Luo took a step forward, scanning the surrounding Chief Stewards as he shouted loudly.
"Gentlemen, let's first stop the Bombardment. After they arrive later, we will directly seize 'Narukami Castle'. We will operate the 'Narukami' ourselves to take down Iwato Station and then Kongokaku!"
"This..."
Regarding this proposal of his, some Chief Stewards present showed a hesitant Expression on their faces. They were still wary of the Genro Army's Strength.
"Hmph, they only have five thousand people. What about our side?"
Seeing the expressions of these people, Superintendent Hu Luo felt very contemptuous in his heart, muttering inwardly, "Are cowardly rats like you even worthy of being Hinamoto's Generals?"
But although he looked like a brute, he could also manage to keep a straight face and not reveal his thoughts. He continued speaking.
"Furthermore, that Bastard Xuan Lu definitely won't expect us to make a direct move. With intention against no intention, we can definitely quickly capture the entire Genro Army!"
Immediately after, Superintendent Hu Luo quite forcefully made another Decision.
"After taking down the Genro Army, except for 'Narukami' which will belong to our Torai Army, their Soldiers, Firearms, Cannon, and Food will all be divided among you! Even that 'Shinano Station' will also belong to you!"
As expected.
As soon as these words came out, all eleven Chief Stewards one after another revealed greedy Gazes.
Who doesn't know that the Genro Army's Equipment is the finest, all of it Western Goods purchased from Overseas? And that 'Shinano Station' is said to have a development level comparable to Kongokaku, it's absolutely a big piece of fat meat.
"Good!"
"Then it's settled!"
"Since Steward Genro was inhumane first, then don't mind us being unjust!"
Just as all the Lords had finished issuing the ceasefire Order, they were surprised to find that as the last Cannonball hit, the City Gate of Iwato Station was about to give out.
"It seems that one of the Iron Chains was blown off," Steward Koso of Wakamatsu Station said with a conflicted expression. "If this continues, it won't take long before the other one breaks too. Then by that time..."
Now a new choice was placed before everyone: should they continue firing Cannon to destroy the City Gate and attack, or wait for the Genro Army's 'Narukami Castle' to come over?
"This Old Man thinks we should continue firing Cannon. Let's take down Iwato Station first, then talk about it."
"Not appropriate, not appropriate. What if the Genro Army comes over during this process? By that time, someone else might Report/Inform them and make them vigilant..."
"What do you mean by this? Are you suspecting that we would break our promise?"
"Hehe, you never know what's in someone's heart. Who knows?"
"You..."
At once, the twelve Chief Stewards of the Alliance Expeditionary Force, including Superintendent Hu Luo, actually started arguing loudly among themselves, causing the scene to become very chaotic.
They were inherently in a competitive relationship. Previously, everyone had the same goal, so naturally everything was easy to talk about and negotiate. But now, almost opposite disagreements had arisen, and they suddenly divided internally into two mutually hostile factions.
Although the Torai Army's Strength was the strongest, in the end, they only had a force of five thousand Troops. Within this Alliance Army of over forty thousand, they could not be considered the main force.
Moreover, nominally, he didn't have much authority. Steward Genro was at least the initiator and could be considered everyone's previously tacitly agreed upon 'Alliance Leader'.
Now, even this 'Alliance Leader' was no longer acknowledged by anyone, and they still wanted to work together to kill the other side. Naturally, they had completely become a group of 'Dragons' without a head.
[Whoosh——————]
Fortunately, it seemed someone didn't want them to continue arguing. After all, it hurt feelings and was disharmonious, so they used a sharp Whistling Sound to attract everyone's Attention.
When Superintendent Hu Luo and the others subconsciously looked towards the direction of the sound source, in less than a second, their eyes were blinded by an intense burst of dazzling White Light before them. As a wave of Heatwave closely followed and rushed towards their faces, they completely fell into Darkness.
[Boom!!!]
Such a deafening Explosion Sound, these Chief Stewards were unable to hear it.
They had originally thought that the place where the twelve 'Iron Fortress' were located would be very safe as it was beyond the Range of the Defensive Cannons. Coupled with wanting to surround Superintendent Hu Luo to discuss matters, they had naturally gathered beside 'Kai Castle'.
But who could have thought that a 'Justice' Cannonball would be fired from behind, and just their luck, it smashed right towards them!
"Haha!"
One kilometer away on the Railway, a white Iron-Armored Train, its surface covered in Shell Craters, Bullet Holes, Bloodstains, and Soot, lay stationary in place.
Inside its train head, Bullet stayed alone in this narrow space, laughing wildly and heartily. In front of him was exactly the Control Console for the 'Narukami' overhead.
It was just now that he, using his Observation Haki, fired a Cannon from this captured 'Narukami Castle' towards the 'Iron Fortress' Position of the Alliance Expeditionary Force.
Moreover, the Cannon he fired was specifically aimed at Superintendent Hu Luo and the others!
It was really because the Aura in their area was too conspicuous. Twelve people were surrounded by over a hundred people with the strongest Aura, and they were all standing far in the rear. If he didn't hit there, where else would he hit?
At the same time.
At this moment, the seven thousand Army Soldiers Bullet had brought out had already established a Defensive Position centered around this 'Narukami Castle'. Rows of Heavy Machine Guns, Mortars, and Rocket Launchers stood ready in formation.
Their Mission was to stop the Alliance Expeditionary Force's subsequent counterattack, gain more Time for the 'Narukami' to fire a few more Cannons, and destroy the remaining 'Iron Fortress' one by one!
Soon.
Although the simultaneous deaths of the twelve Chief Stewards brought a certain degree of Chaos to the Alliance Expeditionary Force, after all, they were on the Battlefield and thinking about saving their own lives. The High-Rank Samurai still quickly established a new Command System.
They allocated twenty thousand Military Strength to continue the Bombardment of Iwato Station's City Wall, attempting to capture it as quickly as possible. They allocated another ten thousand Military Strength as Reserves. The remaining twenty thousand Soldiers spread out under the leadership of one Samurai after another, advancing mightily towards Bullet's side.
But after all, they were separated by a distance of one kilometer. Just relying on their feet to walk over would also require a considerable amount of Time.
[Whoosh————]
As expected.
Bullet's side fired the second 'Narukami' Cannon, accurately and completely blowing up an 'Iron Fortress' that was slowly starting up and preparing to relocate.
This again brought him a large amount of joy. In the past few days, he had truly fully enjoyed the pleasure of Otherworld War. He was seen muttering in his mouth.
"It's just that the Opponents are too weak, and the War scale is too small. If only I could encounter an evenly matched War Opponent one day, that would be great. The War scale must be at least in the tens of thousands..."
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