Witch Wind

Chapter 42 Multiple Attacks (Part )

Great church.

The heavy sword in Di Si's hand was already stained with blood.

Behind him, hundreds of ronin corpses were lying in a mess.

Dis's face was flushed, and even the whites of his eyes were slightly bloodshot, turning his entire eyeballs light red. He was so excited that he kept taking deep breaths. The hearty killing gave him the ultimate pleasure of being drunk and having crazy pleasure with a woman.

"Even if they are vulnerable ants, as long as there are enough of them, they are pleasing to the eye!" Emperor Si smiled happily. He put his left hand behind his back and swung the heavy sword lightly with his right hand. Every blow squeezed out the air and emitted a terrible sword wind that reached more than ten feet away. All the fragile bodies along the way were torn apart easily.

"Ants should have the awareness of ants!" Emperor Si laughed happily: "Those who are high and mighty will be high and mighty forever. And you ants are born to crawl on the ground, to be trampled and ravaged by us, for eternity, and never be able to stand up!"

"So, why did you come to attack here?"

A dozen Dongyun ronin gathered together, holding guns and shooting wildly at Di Si. Di Si swung his heavy sword lightly, slashing bullets in the air, sparks flying, bullets were torn apart by the sword, and no bullet could hit his body.

"Go on, keep making me happy!" Di Si stopped killing, stretched out his left hand, and hooked his finger at the Dongyun Ronin: "Quick, quick, quick, go on, whatever weapons you have, take them out!"

The Dongyun ronin had lost their minds due to alcohol and drugs. They roared in unison, drew out their more than a foot long katana, moved their short legs, and rushed towards Di Si with all their might.

Disi laughed loudly. He turned around, shook his head and said to his companions behind him, "I will stand here motionless and let them use this primitive weapon..."

The next moment, Di Si's expression changed slightly.

These Dongyun ronin rushed to his side, pulled out a tough rope from their waists, and then pulled it apart.

Before setting off, each of these guys had at least ten kilograms of high explosives wrapped around their waists and backs, following Xing Tianli's advice and Xiong Shan Jilang's orders. These cables were specially designed, without any delay time, and the explosives would explode immediately once they were pulled.

These Dongyun ronin usually have a strange aesthetic of "silence and the underworld" and "everything is empty", and have a strong tendency of "self-destruction". Not to mention, at this moment they drank strong liquor, took drugs, and were stimulated by the sight of their companions being killed by Emperor, which made their bestiality completely erupt.

On the fourth floor of the cathedral where Di Si and others were, there was a "boom". A huge ball of fire erupted with countless brick and stone fragments. Several arch columns supporting the floors were broken by the fierce explosion, and a large part of the superstructure collapsed.

The explosives tied to the bodies of these Dongyun ronin are all military supplies produced by Dongyun.

The technology of the Dongyun people is very poor.

Their military supplies are even more cost-effective.

Therefore, their military explosives were very unstable. During daily transportation and storage, even slightly violent shocks could cause them to explode. A dozen Dongyun Ronin exploded at the same time, and the explosive packs tied to the bodies of hundreds of Dongyun Ronin on the previous floor were all shaken.

Some explosive packs exploded on the floor.

The bodies of some Dongyun people were blown out of the building, and their remains were still flying in the air, and the explosive packs exploded.

For a moment, half of the cathedral was engulfed in flames from the explosion. Countless brick and stone fragments fell, the five spires on the roof collapsed, and the graceful statue of the Virgin Mary fell headfirst.

The Touno Ronin who rushed into the building felt as if a valve in their bodies had been opened.

Faced with the patrolmen and Saint Norman soldiers pouring in from all directions, and faced with the sharp and ruthless judgment priests, the Dongyun ronin who had suffered heavy casualties all pulled the ropes wrapped around their waists.

There were more than 2,000 Dongyun Ronin who rushed into the cathedral. Each of them carried an average of 15 kilograms of high explosives, which was nearly 30,000 kilograms. At this moment, Dongyun Ronin, who had already suffered more than a thousand casualties, blew themselves up one after another. The shock of the explosion caused the explosive packs on the dead and injured Dongyun Ronin to explode one after another.

Although the 30,000 kilograms of high explosives did not explode at the same point at the same time, the continuous explosions still caused considerable damage to the cathedral, which covers a huge area and has an extremely solid main structure.

At least, all the gorgeous decorations on the outer facade of the cathedral were shattered, all the colorful glazed floor-to-ceiling windows were shattered, and floors in two corners collapsed. The broken bricks and tiles were even blown two or three streets away by the shock wave.

People in half of the International Concession could see the rising smoke on Yanjiang Avenue through the windows.

Let’s go back a little in time.

Back to the time when Xing Tianli led a group of Yidoli people and had just seduced the pursuers of the Holy Mother Church and Saint Norman and were heading towards Huaigong Ridge, but had not yet entered Huaigong Ridge.

Just when Xing Tianli discovered the eyes that were secretly observing him, at the estuary of the river that flows through Pinghai City, at the confluence of the river and the sea, which is more than a hundred miles wide, two huge ironclad ships, nearly ninety feet long from beginning to end and with a displacement of nearly fifty thousand tons, were sailing against the wind and waves at an astonishing speed, going upstream.

The two giant ships have four triple-mounted turrets at the bow and stern. Each of the giant ships has twelve terrifying main guns with a caliber of 13 inches (429 mm).

On the left and right decks of this giant ship, there are nearly a hundred gun positions of various sizes, including secondary guns of several inches in caliber and rapid-fire guns of one inch in caliber, standing like a forest of bamboo poles.

The two huge ships were running at an astonishing speed, but they gave people an inexplicable feeling of "death". On the two huge ships, there was no human figure on the decks, front and back, left and right, or even on the bridge and mast.

The two huge ships tore through the surface of the river and drove straight in, arriving at a very close distance where ordinary people could easily see the towering clock tower of the Dayu Dynasty's General Customs Building standing to the east of the International Concession with the naked eye.

The speed of the giant ships suddenly dropped, and amid the screams of many passenger ships and cargo ships on the river, the two giant ships drew a beautiful arc on the river. The front and rear turrets slowly turned, and the side of the ship faced the International Concession, assuming a standard battleship firing posture.

'Crash'!
The river wind blew over, and there was still no one at the bottom of the masts of the two giant ships, but a huge red and white lace British Royal Navy flag was slowly raised. The river wind was fierce, and the flags, which were about three meters long, were stretched straight. From more than ten miles away, the expatriates of various countries on the north bank of the river, or the people of the Dayu Dynasty on the south bank of the river, could clearly see the two flags.

Then, on the secondary mast of the giant ship, a cable slowly turned, and small signal flags rose one after another.

Someone who understood the meaning of the naval signal flags of the hundreds of countries in the Far West immediately recognized the message conveyed by the signal flags raised by the two giant ships - by order of the Queen, bombard the enemy ahead until the enemy is dead!

This is the decisive battle flag!
But what is puzzling is who is the enemy of these two giant ships?
On the river, there was a small destroyer belonging to the British Concession Fleet, lazily strolling on the river, performing its daily "patrol" and "maintaining trade routes" tasks.

They immediately discovered these two huge ships whose size and tonnage were terrifying.

They had never seen such a big guy before. Just when they were about to issue a warning to the officials of the International Concession and prepare to fire warning shots, they suddenly saw that the giant ship raised its own naval flag?
Uh, is it our own warship?
With such a large tonnage, is it the legendary new generation of "super-dreadnought battleship"?

Then, no problem!
Many British sailors even crowded to the bow of the destroyer, cheering and applauding the two huge ships, and whistling wildly - the British Concession Fleet, which was already the strongest in the waters of the East, was reinforced by these two huge ships, and its strength expanded to an incredible level!
From now on, will the British Navy have the final say on this great river, as well as the vast ocean that extends from the estuary to the Dongyun Island Alliance after the river flows into the sea?
"Such a large tonnage, such a big gun! Praise the Queen!" When the Ingish sailors were cheering, they suddenly saw two huge ships forming a standard artillery battle formation and raising the signal flag of a decisive battle!
decisive battle?

Who will we fight against?

Where is the enemy?

On the vast river, within a ten-mile radius, apart from these two big guys, the only warship was the small destroyer Yingjishi that was close at hand - we are all family! We are family, who are you protesting against?
The small destroyer sounded its whistle.

The high-pitched whistle scared the large flocks of waterfowl that were constantly flying up and down to catch fish on the river and made civilian ships from near and far speed up to flee from this area of ​​water. From afar, everyone saw that the magnificent cathedral that stood like a giant on the edge of the river suddenly burst into a large ball of fire. The dull sound of the explosion was faintly heard. Amid the exclamations of the crowd, they saw the tall statue of the Virgin Mary on the top of the cathedral, on the towering spire, collapsed.

"Merciful Virgin!"

On the destroyer Ingish, many officers and soldiers were exclaiming in surprise. The two huge ships, with twenty-four main guns of astonishing caliber and hundreds of secondary guns of smaller caliber, had all made terrifying roars.

"The quality of this propellant is really good!"

The captain of the destroyer Ingish and the veterans all clapped their hands in admiration - the two huge ships fired at full force, but there was not much muzzle flame from the muzzles of the huge cannons. It was obvious that their propellant was refined and pure, burning very fully, and all the propellant was converted into powerful driving force!

"This is the Empire's technology..."

The captain of the destroyer was inexplicably intoxicated, deeply moved and proud of the powerful motherland standing behind him.

The huge hulls of the two giant ships slid slightly backward for a distance, and their secondary guns almost non-stop, continuously roaring at the speed of a fingertip.

The twenty-four huge cannons only paused for a breath of time before making a terrifying loud noise again.

At this moment, the officers and soldiers on the destroyer Ingish finally realized that something was wrong - the 13-inch main gun had an incredibly heavy shell. Even with an advanced automatic loader, it was impossible to fire one shot in one breath!
"This this……"

In the distance, the cathedral that had just been bombed into ruins by the Dongyun Ronin was facing a devastating disaster.

The bombardment of the two giant ships displayed inhuman accuracy. All the shells hit the main body of the cathedral. Not a single shell missed, and not even a single shell deflected to the road nearby!
The expatriates in the nearby blocks of the International Concession all heard a roar from the sky, like the whistle of a huge ship. It was the sound of the main gun shells of the giant ship tearing through the air. Some people were lucky enough to see that the huge shells fell from the sky at a speed that did not seem very fast and hit the cathedral accurately.

The seven-story cathedral, which covers a huge area, faced such terrible bombardment, was like an eggshell under a giant hammer. It suddenly expanded outward as a whole, flames rose, fire splashed, and the terrifying shock wave turned into a white gas explosion visible to the naked eye, whistling across several surrounding blocks.

The windows of all the buildings within a three-mile radius were shattered, and the doors facing the cathedral and even the walls of some nearby buildings were collapsed by the shock wave.

Looking down from a high altitude, it seemed as if a gorgeous white gas explosion flower was slowly blooming at the edge of the International Concession, and the fire and flames rising from the very center were the cruelest pistil of this gorgeous flower.

On Gray Magpie Street, on the rooftop of the British Consulate General, Joe Peter and others who were climbing on the rooftop and looking at the movements in the direction of the Cathedral with telescopes, suddenly changed their expressions - this was not in their plan. Xing Tianli only said that he would let those Dongyun Ronin destroy the Cathedral as much as possible by self-destruction.

But shelling?

And it was a naval artillery bombardment of this scale... This was not in their plan at all!

"Find out for me which country's navy attacked the cathedral..." Peter Qiao's face flushed with excitement, and he waved his arms vigorously: "Aha, is it possible that besides us, someone else has noticed the conspiracy of the Virgin Mary Church?"

"Well, is it Falushi? Or is it Yidoli?"

"They should be the Faroese, right? In the past two years, they have been at loggerheads with the Saint-Normans on the border. Moreover, that group of free and undisciplined Faroese people even said that they wanted to export the ideas of freedom and democracy to the Saint-Normans, and that they wanted to kill the Saint-Norman royal family and send them all to the guillotine!"

Joe Peter and the others laughed so hard that their big teeth were exposed.

Joems coughed lightly and said, "But, Consul General, the fleet of Farus in the concession only has a few medium-sized cruisers, and their naval guns are not so powerful!"

The smiles of Qiao Peter and others suddenly froze.

Yes, although the Farus are also considered a naval power, the main force of their fleet in the East is not stationed in the International Concession. Instead, in response to the call for cooperation among many countries, they are stationed at the East China Sea Gate of the capital of the Dayu Dynasty to defend the sea gate for the Dayu Dynasty royal family and to supervise the collection of taxes by the Dayu Dynasty customs there.

"But!" Peter Joe was not incompetent. He wanted to say that based on the spectacular bombardment they had observed, the several battleships of the British Concession Fleet did not have such large-caliber naval guns.

The difference in artillery power is really too great!
"Find out who it is!" Joe Peter's face was gloomy, and countless conspiracies flashed through his mind - could it be that some ambitious big country wanted to challenge the interests of the Kingdom of England in the East, so it dispatched additional battleships?

A wave of artillery fire.

Another wave of artillery fire.

Then, there was another wave of artillery fire.

Twelve consecutive waves of bombardment only counted the bombardment from the twenty-four main guns of the two giant ships. The bombardment from the small-caliber secondary guns of the two giant ships was not taken into account at all.

One after another, large-caliber artillery shells landed on the ruins of the cathedral with extreme precision.

Moreover, this shelling completely violated the rules of the battlefield.

Veterans on the battlefield often say that no two shells will fall into the same crater.

But, Holy Mother, the artillery fire from these two giants, every shell fired by the main guns fell accurately into the crater of the previous shell fired from this gun barrel, and the deviation in the landing point would definitely not exceed one foot!
Such high-precision shelling was only possible because no one was "fortunate" enough to witness it at the scene. Otherwise, if the news got out, who knows how many people would be scared.

Twelve waves of artillery fire and the roar of 288 large-caliber shells completely destroyed the originally glorious and majestic cathedral, leaving behind a huge pit with a radius of one hundred feet and a depth of several feet.

Inside the cathedral, the policemen from the police station, the soldiers of Saint Norman, and the priests stationed there were all reduced to ashes.

Two blocks away from the cathedral, on the roadside where the shock wave had turned the ground into rubble, Di Si and several of his companions were either lying on the ground, or kneeling on one knee, or leaning against a hollow wall with difficulty, constantly spitting out blood.

Even though they all possessed inhuman strength, they were hit by a naval gun shell of this caliber at close range. They had no time to transform, put on the armor with amazing defensive power, or activate the defensive props they carried with them. They could only use their strong bodies to withstand the first round of bombardment.

That is to say, their bodies are strong to a certain extent.

The first round of shelling failed to hit their bodies directly, they were just shaken by the shock wave at close range. They saw the opportunity quickly, and after the first wave of shells fell, they ran for their lives at full speed.

Even so, their internal organs were full of cracks, and their bones, meridians, and blood vessels were damaged in countless ways.

Near the heart, the semi-crystallized sac was surging, the sticky life energy was burning crazily, and the injuries in the body were repairing rapidly. A large amount of blood and internal organs kept gushing out of the mouth. Di Si and others took a breath for a while, and when the bombardment stopped, they all recovered as before.

"Damn it, how dare they?"

Looking from their position, through a road that runs perpendicular to the river, they can just see the two towering ships on the river in the distance, and the British Royal Navy flag flying on the top of the ships!
"Di Si, we must take revenge!" A blond, red-eyed man shouted, "We must take revenge... Those test subjects from Shan De Fang can be released now!"

Dis nodded slowly and waved his hand vigorously: "Go, target, Yingjishi overseas Chinese area, kill them all!"

(End of this chapter)