The vast Taotie tide soon appeared in their sight. As the Taotie, like a green flood, charged madly toward them and gradually drew closer, Commander Lin and the others instantly grew tense.
They all saw that the ones at the very front were the Guardian Taotie that had appeared yesterday. There seemed to be even more of them than before. Unlike yesterday, however, after running within a certain distance, these Guardian Taotie once again raised their Bone Shields.
After raising their Bone Shields, their advance slowed. The ordinary Taotie did not overtake the Guardian Taotie, instead following behind them as they steadily closed in on the city wall.
When they came within roughly a thousand meters of the city wall, Commander Lin could not help asking, "Colonel Jiang, should we use the Tiger Army's catapults to begin a long-range attack?"
"No. Let them come closer. We'll test it." Jiang Yan Hai took a deep breath.
He had tested the strength of these Guardian Taotie's Bone Shields before. Their resistance to impacts was at least more absurd than even tank armor. And this thing was made of bone, could anyone believe that? Still, while it was highly resistant to heavy impacts, Jiang Yan Hai was not sure whether its resistance to penetration was equally formidable.
That was why they needed to test it. Jiang Yan Hai was not actually afraid of letting them approach, because behind them were 155mm Heavy Howitzers and 200mm Rocket Launcher Trucks as a final safeguard. If even that firepower could not wipe them out, then these things would practically be invincible, wouldn't they?
Would they have been blocked here by the Great Wall for so many years otherwise?
Besides, the rockets came in an extremely wide variety of ammunition types: incendiary rounds, Armor-piercing shells, High Explosive