Armor-Piercing Munition: Face Me, Carbon-Based Monster!

The Penetration Company was gathering its last strength to head to the Benghu Defense Line to cover the retreat of the Han Shui City Expeditionary Force. They were destined to survive this brutal battle.

But on the other side, the situation at the Mechanical God Sect's Xuyi Defense Line couldn't be worse.

Initially, the situation indeed unfolded according to Zhang Tao's plan.

The Beast Tide, starting from Nushan Lake, continued its assault towards Xuyi.

There, the Supreme Army utilized their heavy and giant cannons to launch the first barrage against the Beast Tide.

Their primary target was the already identified, most threatening second-level monster, Qinyuan.

A dozen giant cannons and over 40 heavy cannons, under the coordination of the Fire Cannon Priests and Mechanical Servants, launched a blanket attack on the Qinyuan Mother Body. When the shells fell densely, Zhang Tao even had a momentary illusion.

This time it's solid.

If the Huaxia Army could accurately strike monsters from a distance of over ten kilometers, and even use a so-called "electromagnetic shell" to decapitate a second-level monster without any explosive damage, then shouldn't his dozens of cannons be able to kill a Qinyuan, whose size was not considered large and whose defenses were not considered strong by past experiences, from less than five kilometers away?

----And the answer was no.

He obviously forgot one fact.

The reason this Qinyuan Mother Body was classified as a "second-level monster" was that before the emergence of the Huaxia Army, there was no force on the wasteland that could deal with it without suffering heavy casualties.

And the reason was simple.

Speed, and slowness.

Qinyuan's movement speed was too fast, and the projectile's landing speed was too slow.

Moreover, due to outdated artillery technology, this artillery unit could not achieve precise fire coverage.

The bombing zone formed by the shells looked as chaotic as someone randomly scattering a handful of beans from the sky.

In the vast vacuum areas, the Qinyuan Mother Body didn't need any complex maneuvers to avoid fatal injuries.

It just needed to stand still.

Some less fortunate monsters, unable to dodge, were hit by the shells and died on the first charge line.

But the deaths of these monsters wouldn't affect the overall situation.

When that Qinyuan reached the northern shore of Nushan Lake, the reverberating sonic waves crossed the lake, stirring up layered waves.

In an instant, the First Battalion of the Supreme Army, deployed on the first line of defense on the southern shore, couldn't react and fell to the ground, struck by infrasound exceeding 190 decibels. Although they weren't killed on the spot, nearly all of them were incapacitated.

No one could rescue them.

Nearly two hundred members of the First Battalion were drowned in the tsunami-like sound waves.

The Beast Tide didn't even need an additional attack; just relying on continuous sonic damage was enough to drag the First Battalion to death.

"We need to bring them back!"

Zhang Tao remained calm, steadily issuing orders, maneuvering the scarce resources at hand.

"Take advantage of Qinyuan's slowed speed for another round of bombardment!"

"Forget about the Mechanical Soul!"

"Get all the priests moving to transport shells!"

"They can pray while they carry shells!"

"I want the shells to explode, at least to interrupt Qinyuan's sonic waves!"

"Understood!"

The Archbishop's face was full of panic, but he was, after all, a trusted officer promoted by Zhang Tao himself, and he maintained basic composure amidst the tense situation.

"Cannons! Load!"

"Fire at those aberrations!"

"For the honor of the Holy Trinity!"

"We must rescue our brothers from the clutches of the monsters!"

"Second Battalion! Prepare yourselves!"

"As soon as Qinyuan's attack stops, advance immediately to rescue the First Battalion!"

"For the Holy Trinity!"

Orders specified, the soldiers of the Second Battalion shouted in unison to respond.

The stretcher team was already prepared, but clearly, this rescue team, composed of civilians receiving only brief training, could not perform much.

Each of their faces showed shirking expressions, and some even vomited out of nervousness when facing monsters directly.

Fear spread among the crowd, and chaos seemed inevitable.

But fortunately, under the strong suppression of the Archbishop, the cannons had already fired.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Amidst the continuous booming explosions, Qinyuan's sonic waves were interrupted, and Zhang Tao shouted an order:

"Charge forward!"

A bizarre scene unfolded on the battlefield, with monsters charging from the north to the south of Nushan Lake and the Supreme Army's Second Battalion heading from the south to the north of Nushan Lake.

It was as if both sides were truly fearless, preparing for a showdown on the lakeshore of Nushan Lake.

But of course, that was impossible.

Reaching the First Battalion's position, without hesitation, the Second Battalion immediately led the stretcher team to begin rescuing their brothers.

In fact, they couldn't distinguish who was still salvageable and who was too gravely wounded to survive.

They simply tried to lift every lying warrior onto stretchers and then quickly retreated to the second line of defense under cannon cover.

Chaos became the main theme of this battlefield, with everyone frantically running without aim.

The meticulously arranged defense line didn't provide any effective barrier against the Beast Tide, as the massive number of monsters leisurely jumped into the lake and swam towards the southern shore.