Chapter 299, Horrifying Lightning Cannon
Shu Zhan's pace was the same as before, catching people off guard, and there was no one in this area who could stop him.

Although some problems have already emerged and have become a problem.

Replenishment of troops became a problem. As for the casualties in battle, well, this aspect was not the biggest problem. The Rat War did not choose the extremely difficult human city to fight to the death, and the Eastern Expeditionary Force’s current siege capability was not enough.

The loss of the retreat did not have any impact on the Eastern Expeditionary Force. The various equipment that had never been in short supply before were now completely out of stock. The precious lightning cannon prototype had also been abandoned in the wilderness not long ago due to the lack of special ammunition and the depletion of the blue bones.

The ratmen priests were very reluctant to part with this lightning cannon. Such behavior was more like that of their colleagues whom they looked down upon, the Big Claw Priests. In fact, the ratmen seemed to like this hideous and dangerous big toy very much.

It’s just that the series of horrific catapults that the Big Claw Priests had previously tinkered with were too difficult to describe.

Even Shu Zhan, after witnessing the horrific scene of the catapult disintegrating, unconsciously stayed away from these exaggerated things.

Fortunately, the excavation of the blue skeleton seems to have given birth to a second war series in the Ratman Empire in addition to the horror series. At least judging from the performance of the prototype weapons, these soul weapons are not that dangerous.

There is just one question. After Long Claws retired, to which group of guys did the exploration and manufacturing of the Blue Skeleton and Lightning Cannon get handed over?
It seems, it seems to be the Big Claw Priest again, well, there is nothing to look forward to anymore.

The guidelines for operating hazardous machinery appear to be in need of an update, but these are things the Skaven armies will have to consider in the future.

At present, the most important issue for the Eastern Expeditionary Force is the recruitment of personnel.

The army lost the young ratmen who were constantly filling up in the rear.

This is a question that must be considered.

For the rat army, casualties do not necessarily occur in wars and battles. In fact, even if nothing is done, the army's losses will also occur naturally, especially when the number of rats in the army exceeds a certain number.

This is a very normal situation. Fights, murders, small-scale chaos, these things will happen and break out for various reasons.

Sometimes the cause of a fight may even be as trivial as a piece of bark or a worm.

Don't expect gentleness and order to exist in the rat people's concepts, even though the Rat War has greatly strengthened its control over the army by distributing power.

But these things are still happening endlessly. They cannot be said to be ordinary, but can only be said to be commonplace.

Even the internal struggle is gradually escalating.

In the past, the ratmen in the army at most fought against their opponents in the form of small gangs, but now, these small groups have been upgraded, and the structure has been completed, and the more combat-effective ratmen squads have joined the battlefield.

The rat people will spontaneously identify the strongest ones.

The swarm of ratmen is the best embodiment of the word chaos.

Although this chaos will not spread upward layer by layer.

Rat warriors fought against rat warriors, rat squad leaders fought against rat squad leaders, and rat warlords fought against rat warlords.

Perhaps it is reflected in the cowardly character of the rat people. These guys are always extremely fierce to guys of the same class as themselves, but are particularly servile to the strong.

In short, the ratmen of the Eastern Expeditionary Force are being consumed every moment, and the madly running rat war seems to have no intention of stopping for the time being.

This problem is not that serious yet.

Moreover, Shu Zhan had no intention of finding a solution to this problem.

He would not, and had no intention of, suppressing such non-combat losses of his troops. For a big shot like him, this was a commonplace and normal thing.

All they need to do is rush into the heart of the human empire, and after looting, take over the army and the sea roads that Sheng Qi built, and these insignificant and lowly ratmen will continue to come into their hands.

Yes, that’s what Rat War thought.

So his solution to the problem that has already emerged is not to solve it.

A huge tide of ratmen ran in the darkness, roaring through the heart of the human empire.

Shuzhan undoubtedly has rich experience in mobile warfare. As early as the war that made his fortune, he dared to lead his army and rush wildly in the dangerous and unfamiliar swamp. Although he ended up with a bloody head in the Old Qi City, he still occasionally mutters the name of the red lizard man.

But it’s not a big problem anyway. The old Qi City has been demolished into ruins by the Rat War, leaving only the lonely circle of city walls standing. The city built under the revelation of God has now become a ruin, with only the revelation of God remaining.

What's more, this time, when he was running wildly in the Youyan Human Empire, he didn't need to fight against those tough enemies, he just needed to plunder unscrupulously.

Destruction, fire, blood, killing, twisted rituals, and the hairless rat standing on the ruins and laughing crazily.

………….

While Rat War and the Ghost Eye Human Empire were running wildly, the situation in front of the Black Fortress was not so good.

In fact, the judgment of the commander of the aristocratic coalition, a rather experienced and steady general, was not wrong.

The rats are still constantly gathering strength here. Countless rat warriors and various war machines are piled up behind the black fortress, forming a large black mass.

If the direction of the Black Fortress close to the main continent had not been firmly blocked by the noble coalition, there would probably be another Eastern expeditionary force that would brazenly invade the main continent and press forward towards the Golden Province.

This dangerous environment eventually became an obstacle for the rat people.

In fact, it is also the venue for an ocean buffet. The rats have been trying to find ways to expand the road, but there has been no significant effect. The hungry sea monsters discovered this strait, perhaps because of the rats' reckless attempt to tear a path through the blockade of the noble coalition not long ago.

It was difficult to deploy a formation. Even though the rats kept rushing out of the fortress, the number of corpses piled up outside the fortress continued to increase.

The temple guards did not participate in this battle. They were the defenders of the temple, not the warriors who would actively join the war.

Defending the glory of God is the most important thing. Well, it is also related to the fact that the leader of the temple guards has no intention of intervening in the war at this time.

This is a very special period, and even they have to be careful.

It is not a difficult task, or even too hard, to reorganize the army and use it as a spearhead to defeat the coalition forces of nobles entrenched outside the fortress.

The coalition of nobles has not yet completely gained a foothold, and a large amount of supplies are being transported here continuously. The intention is very obvious, to build a fortress and consolidate the defense line.

But it takes time to do all this. Even though the military mages are indeed very useful, they are high-end talents after all. You can't use them like cattle and horses.

To some extent, slave rats are not necessarily more useful. After all, slave rats can really be used endlessly in major projects.

Excellent supplies.

For example, at this moment, countless slave rats were doing something that happened in this strait not long ago. Countless blast furnaces spewed black smoke, and a huge structure was built using the same technology as the ratman port, gears, high prices, pipes, and flowing red molten steel.

Only here, the molten steel is not used to build those unreliable warships, but is poured into the sea continuously.

The upgrade of technology has made the scene even more intense. At least in this area, with the help of molten iron continuously thrown into the sea, the sea seems to be completely boiled and is constantly churning.

Logically speaking, such a harsh environment should not be disturbed too much, but how can we say it? We cannot underestimate the desire of those hungry sea monsters for the buffet.

Ever since that unsuccessful attack, countless ratmen corpses were thrown into the sea by the noble coalition, and those sea monsters never left.

The slave rats were terrified, but they dared not retreat as they were whipped again and again.

From time to time, the terrifying giant tentacles would rise from the sea, dragging the unfortunate slave rats into the depths of the sea.

In fact, there is more than that. From time to time, you will find the corpses of slave rats on the molten steel that has not yet completely cooled down.

This was not a coincidence, nor was it that the rolling sea spontaneously carried the bodies of these unfortunate people onto the uncooled molten steel.

It can only be said that with great material abundance, even sea monsters have begun to try barbecue.

Perhaps such a place would eventually breed some extremely terrifying sea monsters.

The temple guards were indifferent to all this and stood on the fortress like statues.

Indeed, they are the best guards, the best guards of the gods, but other than that, they are nothing more than that. They do not discriminate against ordinary ratmen, those humble guys, they just ignore them. After all, these humble guys are neither sacred nor can they represent the gods.

This is a very rare gentle attitude among the several noble groups in the Ratman Empire.

Shepherds and sheep refer to other races, churches and believers of other gods. This does not apply to the rat-men priests and temple guards in the Rat-men Empire. There are simply too many rat-men, so many that they are not worthy of being taken seriously.

And now is a very special time, and even the temple guards need to keep some things in mind.

Don't go beyond, don't go beyond.

As the temple guards remained indifferent, the Black Fortress naturally fell into a stalemate.

But that could change.

In the underground rat city, the successor to Long Claw has appeared. Fortunately, the Big Claw priests are not entirely the successors of the soul weapon path. In fact, the orthodox successor of this series is an unknown guy.

He is a guy who rarely appears in the Desolate Mountains.

An unexpected guy, can you imagine, a dull, defective, not very smart rat man, such a rat man, actually became the successor of Long Claws, I'm afraid Long Claws himself would not accept this, but he is dead, so he can't object to it.

The Claw Priests carry on the line of the Aberrant Flesh.

The Skaven priests received not a single bit of Longclaw's legacy.

But something unexpected happened.

The soul weapon route has been under scrutiny.

Of course, the ratmen priests were not very satisfied with this, but at this sensitive time point, these guys were obviously not so ungrateful.

It was done by the Big Claw Priests. Well, it was an unexpected yet reasonable situation. These guys really love their horror series deeply.

After entering the deep abyss, a group of Big Claw Priests resolutely chose to learn and imitate.

In short, before the stupid ratman took any action, a batch of lightning cannons had entered the final stage of production.

In terms of industrial capacity comparison, no one is more professional and efficient than this group of Big Claw Priests.

It’s just that this isn’t a good thing;

You can believe in a lot of things, but don't believe in the creations made by the Big Claw Priests. These guys have completely bent the navigation technology of the Ratman Empire. This soul weapon can obviously get back on track.

But, but, it's too late to say anything now.

You have to believe in the industrial capacity created by the Big Claw Priests.

A large number of lightning cannons have entered the final debugging stage. Of course, every weapon produced by the Big Claw Priests will be debugged. After firing a shot, as long as it does not explode, disintegrate, or shoot out gears, all other problems are minor and the product is qualified.

By the way, the Big Claw Priests also injected souls into these lightning cannons, making them bigger and bigger.

The terrifying lightning cannon has made its grand appearance.

Of course, as to how spectacular the explosion of this new big toy will be, that is unknown.

No! Maybe you can know.

Barren mountains, surface industrial areas.

The place where the weapons are tested is not far from this busy industrial area. Today is the time for the first batch of terrifying lightning cannons to be debugged.

A horrific explosion occurred.

The shock wave swept through the entire ratman industrial zone. A large number of towering furnaces near the experimental site collapsed in the horrific explosion. The sound of the explosion even spread throughout the entire underground rat city.

I wonder if White Rat will regret giving these big-clawed priests this opportunity.

But from that day on, the weapons testing site of the Big Claw Priests was moved outside the Desolate Mountains.

But the Big Claw Priests were indeed professional. At least the damage and the collapsed furnace were repaired in a very short time.

These guys are professionals in industry and production capacity, but it is difficult to evaluate their expertise in weapons.

However, they were indeed full of fighting spirit, and the subsequent terrifying lightning cannon was successfully launched.

Although I don’t know how many rat people will be sent to the sky by this thing in the end.

But anyway, the terrifying lightning cannon is here!
(End of this chapter)