Struggle in the Steam Age

The surviving kobolds were extremely panicked when they retreated, and more than half of them even dropped their weapons in order to escape faster. When they disappeared into the bushes amid the gunfire, Lawrence found that the short 30-meter distance from the bushes to the fortifications was covered with kobold corpses and their weapons and equipment.

However, everyone did not try to chase the fleeing kobolds. After all, their blocking team only had 20 people, that is, on this flat ground, they could use fortifications and obstacles to teach those attacking kobolds a profound lesson. But if you go into the woods and fight the group of kobolds who are good at jungle warfare, it will be no different from giving away the head.

"That's the end of the attack of the group of kobolds?" An aboriginal warrior who looked like he came from a small country in the central continent asked in amazement. Crown. A steel axe and an obviously enchanted obsidian ax were pinned to his waist, and he was holding a beaded rifle in his hand.

"What I mean is-whether they attacked aggressively, fought to the death or collapsed all of a sudden, it really doesn't look like a kobold." Seeing everyone looking at him, the aboriginal warrior quickly explained. "The city in my hometown is in the rainforest, surrounded by a lot of kobold tribes. I have been fighting them since I was 12 years old, but over the years I have never seen such a strange kobold today.

"You are right." John's voice came from the side, "I have seen many kobolds when I traveled before, and I even acted as a guard in a town to withstand the attack of a 10,000-level kobold tribe. But I've never seen a kobold who started so bravely and then fled so neatly."

Although everyone's mind is full of doubts. But they didn't have the urge to go to the bushes to search and find out. After all, their mission is to block here to prevent reinforcements from attacking the kobold fortress from behind. How much damage is not the point.

What's more, the time is now on Lawrence's side. The kobold reinforcements must rush to reinforce the fort before it falls, and as time goes by, the probability of the fort falling will continue to increase.

Just when Lawrence and the others made up their minds to stick to their positions and stall for time, the real killer of the kobolds who had been lurking behind the woodland was ready to move. This is a kobold sitting on a wooden platform, but compared with ordinary kobolds, it looks a lot taller than ordinary kobolds, and it stands out from the surrounding kobolds.

"Looks like it's useless to sneak attack, force attack or lure the enemy." The kobold standing on the platform muttered. "The humans on the opposite side are too cautious. Next, we can only try to charge with everyone. The sacrifice will definitely be great, but it is worth it for the sake of the group."

Speaking of which, it stood up directly, and it looked more than twice as tall as an ordinary kobold. And after standing on a platform as high as one person, the kobolds around even felt that it was as tall as a god. Even some guys who had just thrown away their weapons and fled back directly faced it and knelt down on the ground, crying and confessing.

"Compatriots, now is our time to attack. Take your weapons and follow me!" After shouting, the giant kobold made a gesture with his hand, and the wooden platform under his feet floated up towards the forest. The outside flew over, and at the same time, the drums on the stage also rang automatically.

Just as the drums were beating, all the kobolds in the forest, whether they were young or old, whether they were well-equipped or empty-handed, all followed the kobold standing on the platform firmly to the forest. rushed outside.

"Drums, the enemy is about to charge." As soon as the drums in the forest rang, the native warrior who was resting on the ground jumped up and shouted, "And this time the whole army is dispatched, I heard many Footsteps."

Without his warning, the others heard drumbeats and chaotic footsteps. So everyone immediately stood behind the parapet and raised their guns, only to shoot.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo- and so on!" After a chaotic shout, the first kobold holding a spear rushed out of the woods, and was shot in the head by Lawrence.

However, the death of this kobold did not scare the other kobolds. The body of the first kobold who rushed out of the forest had not yet fallen, and a large group of kobolds with messy equipment rushed out of the jungle like wild dogs out of cages. .

It has to be said that this tactic did hit Lawrence's weakness, because they had too few people, and it was difficult to deal with such a large number of enemies who rushed over quickly in a very short period of time.

"It would be great if there was a machine gun." Looking at the swarming kobolds, Lawrence now misses machine guns very much. If he had two machine guns in his hand to form crossfire, such a road of about ten meters, not to mention the hundreds of kobolds now, even if the number is multiplied by ten, it is impossible to pose any threat to the defense line.

Fortunately, whether it was the automatic rifle in Zhu Yan's hand or the Lianzhu rifle carried by some people, the rate of fire was not low under the control of the superhumans, so they finally temporarily blocked the kobold's crazy charge.

"Be careful with javelins." Just when the blocking team barely blocked the charge of the kobolds, Lawrence suddenly saw a group of kobolds coming out from the edge of the forest. Each of them held a sharpened and blackened wooden stick in their hands, and carried some on their backs. Seeing them throwing these crude javelins, Lawrence immediately issued a warning to everyone.

Immediately, John took a few shielded warriors forward and raised their shields to block them, while the others subconsciously turned their guns to the kobolds who were trying to throw javelins.

"Boom, boom, boom—" "Whoosh, whoosh—" Although the kobolds did it in advance, the time and action required to throw the javelin was much longer than pulling the trigger, so the two sides launched attacks almost at the same time.

Those crude javelins that were thrown in a hurry without even a metal tip were thrown to the position where Lawrence and the others were, and were easily blocked by the raised shields. The other javelins were scattered on the parapet, on the ground, and even on some unlucky frontal attackers. As a result, these unlucky ones were directly nailed to the ground by the javelins flying from behind and screamed.

The effect of Lawrence's bullets was much better. After just one round of shooting, all the kobolds who threw the javelin fell to the ground. But at this moment, the kobolds in front seized this gap in firepower and charged forward.

"Throw explosives and get ready for hand-to-hand combat." Lawrence shouted, this was the only option left when this kind of enemy was about to mess with him.

The bombs thrown successfully cut the attacking kobold team in two, and then Arthur led a soldier to the front and waved his weapon to chop down the kobolds who were trying to climb over the parapet.

These kobolds who had awakened a little bit of blood were at most ordinary human fighters in terms of combat effectiveness, and they were simply incomparable with these trainee-level melee superhumans. So even though the kobolds had a considerable advantage in numbers, they were still chopped down by Lawrence's melee transcendents like melons and vegetables.

If this situation continues, Lawrence and the others should be able to kill the kobolds who rushed into the front line in a short time and restore the line of defense, and then restore the situation of the confrontation just now.

But at this moment, a barking sound erupted among the kobolds, and Lawrence and the others could all hear the excitement contained in this shout.

"What is this?" Lawrence, who used a pistol in the back row to name the kobolds who rushed up, suddenly turned his gaze to the jungle, only to see a huge wooden platform appearing at the edge of the forest, on which stood a group of kobolds. A giant kobold whose scales burn like flames.