Chapter 550: Time needs to be saved

 After emphatically warning a certain bald man who likes to wrestle with large monsters, the president lady took a picture of the layout of the old village and said, "Let's continue.

At the top of the battle street, there are land bridges every few hundred meters. Hunters can throw bombs from top to bottom, or even jump directly on the back of the Laoshan dragon to attack.

To be honest, I don’t recommend doing that, it’s too dangerous. "

Ms. President glanced at the high-ranking hunters present, and it was clear from their expressions that no one had listened to her last words of advice.

Not to mention the young and daring ones like Hayata, they must be thinking about how to jump on the back of Laoshanlong to cut with the air blade.

Even veteran high-level hunters such as Yamos are probably thinking about a similar problem. At most, they cautiously add a "prefix" - how to "relatively safely" jump on the back of the Laoshan dragon and cut it with an air blade.

  It can be said that people who are prudent but have a very conservative personality basically do not exist among high-level hunters, especially high-level swordsmen.

She had no choice but to warn in another way, "The carapace on the back of Laoshanlong is very thick and hard, like a granite mountain. It is difficult for artillery to cause effective damage to it.

If you insist on thinking about the upper back, be sure not to do it at the beginning. Not only is it meaningless, but it will also affect the shooting of the artillery.

 At least we have to wait until the artillery blasts the Laoshanlong's carapace. "

"Why"

  “Tsk.”

"pity."

Small gasps and sighs echoed in the office, and the president's eyes twitched.

These guys just have it written all over their faces: "I want to really charge up the sword, Kamui Iai, Dragon Cannon, dance in the air, and transcend."

“During the first phase of the battle, please stay on the ground as quietly as possible. It’s not yet time for you to risk your life.”

Ms. President emphasized the sentence and took a deep breath to stabilize her mood, "Let's continue. The function of Battle Street is to wear down Lao Shanlong's physical strength as much as possible.

 When Lao Shanlong passes through Battle Street, he will come to the first city wall.

 The city wall of Jiuzhaigou is no longer so stable, but we will try our best to strengthen it.

 The city walls are equipped with a large number of artillery and heavy crossbows, as well as dragon guns. Now you can take a breather.

Even Laoshan Long will need some time to break through the city wall.

 Before the city wall is breached, we will use as many of those facilities as possible to cause damage to Lao Shanlong until the city wall is knocked down. "

About the "city wall", Madam President described it briefly. The operations of those defense facilities are mainly the work of other hunters and ordinary soldiers involved in defensive operations.

“Behind the first city wall is another battle street two to three kilometers long. The density of weapons arranged on this street will be higher, and high-density dragon-killing carbon, one of the trump cards, will also be placed here.”

 Madam President looked at Pork Chop, "The guild is working hard to prepare high-density dragon-killing carbon materials.

 In order to ensure the safety of transportation and maximize the power, Master Campbell proposed to carry out the deployment work two days before the outbreak of the battle.

Pork chop, you have experience in improving and blending this explosive. I hope you can complete the blending together with the scholars in the equipment development department. "

　　"Good, meow." Zhupa scratched his ears, "It's a pity that there is no dragon-killing cannon, meow. The teacher said that special artillery is needed to fully exert the power of dragon-killing carbon, meow."

“The dragon-killing cannon is still in the development process, so let’s consider it based on the existing conditions.”

Ms. President twirled the pipe on her fingertips, "There are currently several plans on how to use dragon-killing carbon, and the final plan has not yet been determined.

Master Campbell means that I can listen to your opinion. After all, you are the only one who has used it in actual combat. "

 “I’ll think hard, meow.”

Ted came close to Gordon, nudged Gordon with his elbow, and said with a smile: "Brother Gordon, it feels like your cat is valued more than you."

Gordon glanced at him and said, "It's more important than 'us'."

“As expected, Laoshanlong will be severely damaged before passing through the second section of the battle street and reaching the second city wall, which is the last line of defense of Jiuzhai.

The second city wall is stronger than the first one, and there are steel bars cast into the wall. It would be best if we can defeat the Laoshan Dragon here, so that the Xinzhai that has not yet completed construction will not have to withstand this sudden test. .

But if the second city wall is also breached, it means that the old village has completely fallen, and the defense operation will have to enter the second stage. "

Ms. President rolled up the layout of the old village.

"There is still a long distance between Jiuzhai and Xinzhai. The straight-line distance is about 50 kilometers. The size of Laoshanlong is difficult to climb over the mountains. It can only wind around the mountains and hills. Therefore, the actual distance is about 120 kilometers. ten kilometers.

This journey is very, very important. "The president, Madam, emphasized her tone and her expression became extremely serious.

“Please keep what I’m going to say below confidential.”

 The hunters exchanged glances with each other, feeling a bad premonition arise in their hearts.

“The construction progress of Xinzhai is not optimistic.”

 Speaking of this, the president lady paused for a few seconds, "Describe it in an accurate way, so that it is straightforward.

Today is July 16th. The time when Lao Shanlong arrived at Jiuzhai should be July 24th. According to optimistic estimates, Jiuzhai stopped Lao Shanlong for two days.

Laoshanlong restarted its journey on the 26th. At its average speed, it would take about five to six days to reach Xinzhai. In other words, it would arrive in Xinzhai on August 1st or 2nd.

However, based on the fastest construction progress currently reported by the engineering team, the completion date for Xinzhai is approximately early next month, from the 6th to the 7th.”

"What?!"

 “It’s been so many days?!”

More than one hunter exclaimed.

Xia Zuo, the most senior Dual Swordsman, stood up directly. He looked directly at the president and asked: "Is this what the guild has calculated in the first place, or is it an unexpected situation?"

“At the very beginning of the deduction, we expected that large equipment, such as the hoisting of steel city gates and dragon guns, would not come quickly.

 The engineering team is already working hard to speed up the progress, but they can only improve the completion time from the 10th to the 67th. "

“Should citizens be evacuated in advance?” Hayata couldn’t help but ask.

 “Of course we’ve considered it.”

Ms. President sighed: "Minagarde has a population of nearly one hundred thousand. With our transportation capacity and the number of guards, we simply cannot complete the evacuation within a month.

 The nearby cities and villages combined cannot accommodate so many people. Large-scale evacuation will only trigger greater panic and chaos. There is precedent for this in the past. "

“So, this is a disaster that is destined to be unstoppable and inescapable?” Yamos asked in a deep voice.

"of course not."

Ms. President signaled the hunters to be calm, "That's why I said that the more than 100 kilometers between the old village and the new village is crucial.

 Five to six days is the time it takes for Lao Shanlong to travel this distance at normal speed. Do you understand what I mean? "

Hunter Feidi rubbed his forehead and said, "Do you want us people to block Lao Shanlong on the road and delay Lao Shanlong for five days? The village can only block Lao Shanlong for two days. Don't you think too highly of us?"

"is not what it means."

Ms. President shook her head and said: "We hope that through the first stage of the battle, we can cause serious enough damage to Lao Shanlong, such as seriously injuring a leg, which will reduce its ability to move.

Your task is to continuously attack and harass it along the way without giving it time to recover or breathe.

 Even the old mountain dragon will get tired.

To put it bluntly, if we can slow it down by half, then we can buy enough time to complete the construction of Xinzhai. "

 (End of this chapter)