Steel steam and flame

It was just this bullet hole that was completely penetrated by the shell that surprised them because it was so huge. The bullet holes they usually see the most are from muskets or bullet holes caused by different types of machine gun bullets. For ammunition equipped with platinum bullets, the main part of the warhead is also made of a hard and unusually heavy alloy. When hit on the type of concrete used for ordinary paving and wall building, it can explode a good dent.

The pit was already very large, about the size of the palms of three adult men. If it hits a human being, the huge impact of the bullet itself will cause the bullet point to dent instantly, forming a large hole that is almost incurable. During the war, field doctors were rarely seen on the front lines, probably for this reason. Those who were shot almost didn't survive, and most of the people were busy carrying the bodies.

Cassia and two other captains climbed to the ground using ropes and tree roots. Below is an airship ammunition warehouse. The steel armor layer with a thickness of one and a half meters proves this well.

"It's really terrifying. The thickness of the armor is almost as high as the heights of us, but it was still penetrated directly." The captain of the third team pointed at the red rust-covered armor with a flashlight and sighed, "No. Knowing the origin of the cannonball that penetrated it, how could it still be a cannonball? If ammunition of such a caliber really existed, how heavy would the barrel and the propellant that fired it be? Exploded in the tube?”

"Maybe only the people on the airship knew about it at that time. At least I know that there is no such thing in the volcano base." Another captain made a dry voice, "Although the industrial level of the empire has stopped for a long time , but I think these things should be able to be manufactured. After all, there are many things we don’t know yet, such as some rare metals. You should know the source of those things."

"Indeed, the things inside there seem to be isolated from the world." Knowing that the other captain was talking about areas with extreme climates, the captain of the third team answered at this time.

"But I have to admire the good luck of this airship. This should be penetrating damage. A shell hit here and penetrated the steel armor layers on both sides one after another, without causing substantial damage to the airship. . The ammunition storage warehouse was directly hit, but the shells here were not detonated, which is not something that any airship can encounter."

"But it crashed in the end and landed at the foot of Xuefeng, and was completely buried by a large number of rocks." Cassia said, "It should have crashed when the enemy attacked the Xuefeng base. At that time, Xuefeng A piece of the mountain was blown open, and a large number of rocks rolled down, burying the airship. Otherwise, it would only rely on the accumulation of time to fill it into the current gentle slope shape. The source of the large amount of soil would be A problem. Otherwise the terrain here should be a bunch of hills after a bunch of hills."

Cassia glanced at the surrounding woods. It was calm and peaceful, with no changes and no obvious movement. There are only twenty of them here. In this very short period of time, the light dropped to another level. Soon, the mountains will be enveloped in icy darkness again.

"It's possible that the entire gentle slope is filled with the remains of airships." Cassia guessed, "But now is not the time to think about this. There is some mission that has nothing to do with us buried under our feet, so let's disguise this place first. . It’s also inappropriate to put a big obvious hole here.”

That seemed to be the case. Others nodded and the crowd dispersed. What interests them is not the number of crashed airships buried under their feet, but the shells that penetrated it. I have seen many artillery shells in various types at the volcano base. But none of that has anything to do with this horrific bullet hole.

It seems that the industrial power and strength that we currently see are not all of the empire. Most of them are thinking about this. The empire's strength is mostly equal to that of the two enemy countries. Wherever the science and technology of the Far Sea Commonwealth and the Flame Alliance are, then the empire's position will be roughly around this level.

"We need some branches to build a load-bearing grid here. Otherwise, the scattered tree roots at this point will not be able to bury this big hole." The captain of the third team judged. He took off his backpack and only took out a short knife painted with dark gray paint.

After observing that there was no danger around him, and after his intuition told him that nothing unexpected would happen, he quickly climbed up the ancient tree nearby.

"While there is still a little natural light, we hurry up and cut some branches to make a load-bearing grid. After we covered the big hole, we returned the same way and found a place to rest. The temperature was even lower at night. Look at the weather , It is estimated that there will be a particularly heavy snowstorm, and it will stop completely after that." The captain of the third team said while climbing the tree, and soon reached the center of the trunk of the ancient tree, and began to carefully chop down the trunk. They are all one blade at a time, the power is well controlled, and the sound they make is not as loud as the wind blowing through the woods.

Several veterans below also followed his example, took off their backpacks, and climbed up the ancient tree next to them smoothly. At a glance, you can tell that there is no lack of practice in this area in the volcano base.

Cassia and the others were doing the most basic pruning of these branches below, and soon most of the grid was built.

Another captain was reminding the captain below, asking the captain of the third team on the tree to pay attention to his weight at all times. It would be a bit embarrassing if he accidentally fell from the tree.

"I've always kept it in mind. It was just an accident." The captain of the third team said with a smile.

A few steps away, Cassia had already set up the grid, and just had to carefully pile snow on top to camouflage it.

"That's enough." Cassia raised her head and said, asking the veterans and captains to come down. It was almost completely dark. Maybe in a few seconds, the light would be completely blocked by the snowy peaks on the side.

The captain of the third team replied "Okay", put the short knife in the holster on his pants, and was moving towards the main trunk in order to come down. Most of his half-crouched body suddenly disappeared, completely turning into a cloud of blood mist, which emitted a large amount of heat in the air, and then quickly froze into red frost powder under the cold temperature, like snow. Fall slowly from above.

At this time, all the light disappeared completely, and the darkness was like billowing smoke, and like the rising and falling tide, pouring out from the unknown space. it's dark.