Chapter 276 The devastated insect nest

Author: Jiangshan Yunyu

Chapter 276 The devastated insect nest

Giant cannons, such powerful weapons, have entered museums on earth with the rise of rocket launchers and missiles.

The 203mm 2S7M self-propelled artillery is the largest caliber artillery currently in use.

War is very expensive and always requires attention to efficiency and cost.

However, compared to the higher cost of rocket launchers and missiles, weapons like giant cannons still have some advantages.

Of course, the most important thing is that the cannon is cool!

Rockets and missiles launched amidst fire and smoke are certainly not as cool as a cannon that shakes the earth when launched.

When the drone searched for a suitable attack target, Herard asked the audience in the square to retreat fifteen meters away.

After confirming that the surroundings were safe, he nodded to the goblin engineer.

"Okay, let's start launching!"

After receiving the instruction, the goblin engineer immediately opened the lid with the key and pressed the red launch button.

The moment the launch button was pressed, the car body shook violently, followed by a loud noise like dull thunder.

Then the car was surrounded by gray smoke.

That's dust blown up by the muzzle storm.

Hearing the messy complaints outside, Herard suspected that the safe distance of fifteen meters was not enough.

The muzzle blast probably wouldn't hurt anyone.

This dust storm is really disgusting!

There is a lack of everything in the desert, except dust.

When people complained about the dust produced by the cannon, the huge shells had already flown into the stratosphere and were still increasing in height.

If a cannonball wants to fly far, it will definitely not work if it flies flat.

Only by flying high above can you draw a parabola and fly far away.

This is why long-range artillery fires with their muzzles pointing into the sky.

When the artillery shell flies at high altitude, satellites track its position at all times and guide it in real time.

Satellite-guided projectiles are nothing new on Earth.

But in Azeroth, dwarf and goblin engineers would never even think about it!

Look at the flight trajectory of this expensive high-end artillery shell.

The goblin engineer was excitedly waiting to witness the miracle.

The impact point of the shell was two hundred kilometers away.

When they learned about such a long distance, the night elf bosses all felt unreliable.

Even if this cannonball misses by more than ten or twenty kilometers, it shouldn't be too much.

After all, that is a long distance of more than 200 kilometers!

However, the artillery shell flew more than two hundred kilometers and landed accurately at the previously marked location.

The weight of the shell itself, coupled with the acceleration during vertical landing, produced a very terrifying kinetic energy strike.

It easily tore open the insect nest's chitinous shell and penetrated deeply.

Seeing that the cannonball accurately hit the predetermined coordinates, the night elf bosses couldn't believe it at all.

Before they could recover from the shock, violent fire and billowing smoke spewed out from the ground.

The fire and thick smoke rose hundreds of meters high, and then set off a small sandstorm.

Judging from the astonishing scale of the explosion, it was more than ten times larger than a 155mm artillery shell!

When the sandstorm gradually subsided, the hundreds of paralyzed insects on the surface of the insect nest proved people's previous guesses.

Although most of the bugs are still struggling, they will not die in a short time.

But as long as they can't get up, they will definitely not survive in the end.

However, the damage to the insect nest was not very great.

There is only a dark hole left on the surface, which looks a bit like a manhole.

When people were curious about what the cave was like, Herard answered their questions.

"It seems that the insect nest was penetrated by a cannonball. Otherwise, a big crater would have exploded!"

It penetrated! Such a thick insect nest actually penetrated!

The night elf bosses present, except for Malfurion who was still sleeping at the time, all participated in the Battle of Quicksand a thousand years ago.

Faced with the hive shell that was harder than steel, the night elves had no choice.

That thing is several meters thick and cannot be destroyed by any weapon.

As for sending troops into the insect nest from the entrance to clean it out.

The maze-like underground world and the ferocious bugs that can be seen everywhere play a very high role in dissuading people.

No more than half of the night elf soldiers who dared to enter the insect nest made it out alive.

At that time, the guardian dragons burned the insect nests again and again, and finally destroyed these difficult insect nests.

However, the insect nest only lay dormant for decades, and soon began to be active in the outside world again.

In this case, the night elves can only try their best to eliminate them and weaken the scale of the insects.

As for the insect nest itself, they have no confidence in destroying it.

Even if Tyrande guided the stars to fall and bombard the insect nest, it would only make craters on the surface.

If conventional weapons can effectively damage the insect nest, this would be great!

The night elf boss, who did not consider the cost factor at all, has decided to use giant cannons to blow up the insect nest inch by inch.

In the eyes of these prodigal guys, anything that can destroy the insect nest is a good thing.

Good things must be used by the insect nests, so that they can experience the despair of being gradually destroyed!

During the Battle of Quicksand, too many night elves died.

Whether it is to suppress the expansion of the insect nest or to avenge the tribe, the war cannot stop.

Their strong desire for revenge cannot be matched by the high elves who like to hide in silence!

I saw a large number of bugs running out of the insect nest, as if they were rescuing the fallen bugs.

The night elf bosses suddenly became excited.

"Quick, quick, let's fire another shot. Money is definitely not an issue!"

Herard was speechless at the irritability of these guys.

However, the customer's consumption requirements must be met.

He turned to the goblin engineer and gave the attack order.

"Load the air incendiary bomb and put another round in that hole."

Hearing that air incendiary bombs were to be used, the goblin engineer said excitedly: "Okay, the air incendiary bombs are arranged!"

Then he selected the air-burning bomb marked in red and clicked to confirm.

The super-heavy self-propelled artillery is a fully automatic loading mode.

The robot takes the shells out of the ammunition storage cabinet and places them on the guide rails of the automatic loader, eliminating the need for manpower to transport the shells.

This kind of cannonball weighs hundreds of kilograms and cannot be moved by ordinary people.

Of course, there is no pressure on the night elf warriors.

But there is no point in arranging manpower for things that can be done by robots.

At most, simulate the manual loading method during training.

The red-painted cannonballs were loaded into the barrel, and the onlookers immediately ran away.

Some even ran into surrounding buildings.

Red often represents danger, so you must hide as far away as possible!

The dull loud noise and impact of smoke once again swept across the square and surrounding buildings.

Facts have proved that the firing process of red cannonballs is no different from conventional cannonballs.

However, the red cannonball flying into the sky carries terrible volatile fuel inside.

If this thing exploded in Cenarion Keep, the entire fortress would be burned to ashes.
To be continued...