The redskins and greenskins caught in the artillery barrage were already stunned. The vast majority of them were only first-rank redskins and greenskins, utterly incapable of withstanding heavy artillery. Even shrapnel striking their bodies would tear straight through them.
More importantly, they had not dug trenches in this area. In other words, they were simply a group of targets standing on the plains, subjected to wave after wave of heavy artillery fire.
The heavy artillery fired rapidly, nearly one shell every six to eight seconds. Eight hundred heavy cannons had unleashed more than six thousand shells in just one minute.
Doger and Barados were at the center of the first wave of artillery fire. Since both were second-rank, neither died in the first barrage, though they were severely wounded.
But neither could issue orders now. They could not even see what was happening around them, seeing only endless smoke and fire. They could not hear anything either; all that remained in their ears was the roar of artillery.
Occasionally, redskins and greenskins ran past them, but they could not ask for help because every redskin and greenskin had been deafened by the bombardment.
Faced with the sudden attack, the terrified redskins and greenskins scattered in every direction. Unable to see through the smoke, a small group charged toward Dan City, only to be slaughtered by the soldiers stationed behind it with heavy firepower.
Another group rushed toward the headquarters of the Iron Blood Brotherhood, where they faced a first row of enormous shields like a city wall, along with countless archers behind them.
Turbid Wine shouted, "Fire!"
Thousands of archers fired arrows coated in the Hydra Emperor's deadly poison. Countless redskins and greenskins were hit, collapsing on the spot and vomiting Black Blood before dying.
Another group of redskins and