Chapter 258: The Power of Shrapnel
Boom, boom!
The 75mm rapid-fire cannon fired continuously, blowing the steel barricades at the city gate to pieces. Several guards on duty with steam rifles were also hit by the broken shrapnel and fell to the ground, their life or death unknown.
When the people waiting in line in front of the city gate to enter the city saw that Zhang Tuohai dared to fire at the city gate, they immediately scattered like birds and beasts and fled in all directions.
The defenders on the city wall never expected that someone would dare to bombard the city gate in broad daylight. They were stunned for a moment and almost couldn't react.
After a few seconds, they came to their senses and turned their guns around to fight back.
However, at this time, Xiao Ai had already aimed 26 steam machine guns at the city wall.
Da da da.
The dense metal storm caused bricks and soil on the city wall to fly, and the defenders were unable to raise their heads.
Taking advantage of this gap, Zhang Tuohai drove an infantry fighting vehicle into the city gate.
Inside the city gate was a small square. Zhao Wanwan's six-wheeled off-road vehicle was parked in the center of the square. Surrounding it were eight steam tanks, blocking the off-road vehicle's escape route.
Those steam tanks were covered with thick riveted armor, with a large-caliber gun installed on the turret. Thick black smoke was coming out of the chimney at the rear of the vehicle, and it was obvious that they were not easy to deal with.
Between these steam tanks, there were hundreds of infantrymen armed with steam rifles.
With this lineup, not to mention Zhao Wanwan, even if there were ten times more of them they wouldn’t be able to break out.
Nothing else, if she dared to move, those steam tanks would smash her into pieces.
For Zhao Wanwan, this situation was an unsolvable dead end.
But, this is not the case for Zhang Tuohai.
"Xiao Ai, throw the anti-tank missiles! Take out those tanks!"
Zhang Tuohai said loudly.
These steam tanks are the real enemy because they have the ability to destroy Zhao Wanwan.
"clear!"
Following Zhang Tuohai's order, the steam machine gun in the mechanical arm turned into an anti-tank grenade and was thrown at the steam tanks.
Boom!
Anti-tank grenades fell on the steam tanks and exploded.
These anti-tank grenades can even deal with Tiger tanks, let alone these steam tanks.
Moreover, these old-fashioned steam tanks do not pay any attention to human-machine coordination, and have no shock-absorbing or noise-reducing equipment at all.
Even if the anti-tank grenade cannot blow up the riveted armor on the outside of the tank for a while, the violent vibration is enough to temporarily disable the drivers in the tank.
In the blink of an eye, eight powerful steam tanks lost their combat capability in a short period of time.
Bang bang bang.
Some agile infantry also reacted, hiding behind the steam tanks and starting to fight back.
The steam rifle bullets made the infantry fighting vehicle bang.
Several sharpshooters even broke the joints of several robotic arms, causing them to lose control.
"Use the mortar gun to kill them!"
Zhang Tuohai shouted angrily.
These robotic arms are his treasures. Each one consumes three units of high-grade metal ingots. They are usually extremely precious, but he actually lost them here. How could this be tolerated?
Boom, boom!
The revolver pursuit cannon roared.
The mortars fire shrapnel shells.
The outside of the shrapnel shell is a thin layer of iron sheet, and inside it are densely packed metal pellets. These shells explode over the enemy's head, and the metal pellets inside are propelled in all directions by the shock wave, providing complete 360-degree coverage without blind spots.
After two shrapnel shells.
There was no more infantryman able to stand up in the entire square.
The unprotected infantrymen were completely torn into pieces by thousands of metal bullets, turning into minced meat on the ground.
As for those steam tanks, they were very strong. There were many metal bullets inlaid on the outer riveted armor, but not a single bullet penetrated the armor.
“It’s really solid.”
Zhang Tuohai snorted coldly.
Then he controlled the robotic arm to throw anti-tank grenades into the barrel of the steam tank.
No matter how thick your armor is, can your gun barrel be that strong?
Boom!
A loud explosion sounded.
The barrel of the steam tank was blown away, revealing a large black hole at the connection between the turret and the driver inside was left with only half of his body.
Seeing that it was effective, Zhang Tuohai followed the same prescription and destroyed the remaining steam tanks one by one.
"How is it? Are you injured? Can you still move?"
Zhang Tuohai asked Zhao Wanwan.
"It's okay, I can still move." Zhao Wanwan quietly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes.
She never expected that Zhang Tuohai would rush in to save her.
Eight steam tanks and a hundred infantrymen, isn't he afraid of death?
"It's good that you're okay. Follow me out."
Bang!
A dull sound came from behind.
Zhang Tuohai looked back and found that the city gate had been closed at some point.
And a huge brass gate slowly descended from the top of the city.
It looks to be nearly one meter thick and extremely strong.
The defenders on the city wall also reacted and turned their guns and artillery around, preparing to encircle and annihilate the two men.
"It was all my carelessness that caused you to fall in. I'll hold them back while you find a chance to rush out."
Zhao Wanwan said.
"No, there is still a chance."
Zhang Tuohai also has 8 Kornet anti-tank missiles, which can be used to blow a hole in the city wall and rush out.
Just as Zhang Tuohai was about to take action, the reminder system rang.
[It is recommended to retreat. At this time, the defenders in the city have not yet fully reacted. There is a factory at 8 o'clock, where the defense is very weak. There is an abandoned intercity subway tunnel under the factory, and you can leave from there.]
Zhang Tuohai's eyes lit up. He turned the camera and saw a huge factory at the eight o'clock direction. It had iron walls and thick chimneys belching black smoke. From time to time, there were bursts of rumbling mechanical sounds.
From time to time, teams of soldiers carrying steam rifles patrolled, but their firepower was far inferior to that of the city walls.
"That's it!"
“Follow me!”
Zhang Tuohai called out, turned the car around and rushed towards the factory.
The defenders on the city wall became anxious when they saw this. That factory was extremely important. If they failed, it would be a huge blow to the entire Limestone City.
However, that place was too important, so the artillery was afraid to fire.
However, due to the problems of range and angle, only a small number of those steam machine guns could attack Zhang Tuohai.
These bullets were like scratching an itch for Zhang Tuohai, who had two layers of armor. Apart from some rivets falling off, the damage was almost zero.
The patrolling guards saw someone rushing over and quickly organized a counterattack.
But before they could disperse, a shrapnel shot at their heads.
With a loud bang, a group of soldiers turned into minced meat.
Bang!
Zhang Tuohai's infantry fighting vehicle broke through the iron wall of the factory and rushed in.
