The three elite musketeer detachments following close behind the assault troops had long been poised and ready. One hundred and fifty fine Flintlock Rifles spat fire almost simultaneously! At such close range, with such a perfectly coordinated volley, the Sauron archers exposed atop the wall and about to loose their arrows suffered a devastating blow in an instant. At least thirty were hit, screaming as they tumbled from the wall, while the rest shrank back in panic. The rain of arrows died before it could even take shape.
"Grenadiers! Charge!"
Seizing this precious gap in enemy fire, the grenadiers clutching short torches shot forward like arrows loosed from the bow, exploding with astonishing speed. In mere seconds, they crossed the final thirty paces and reached the foot of the Sauron earthen wall!
The well-trained grenadiers worked in teams of three: one held a torch for light, while the other two threw explosives. They swiftly removed grenades and demolition charges from their chests or waists, used the torches to ignite the hissing extended fuses, then hurled them with all their strength over the earthen wall! Their movements were swift as lightning, their coordination seamless.
"Throw them in!"
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—"
Dozens of cast-iron grenades and demolition charges trailing sparks arced through the air, clearing the low earthen wall and falling into the trenches and fortifications crowded with Sauron soldiers and slaves behind it.
"What is that?!"
"Fire! Fire jars!"
"Run!"
Startled, suspicious cries rose from behind the earthen wall, only to turn into soul-shattering screams in the next instant!
"BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM—!!!"
A chain of explosions thundered behind the Sauron earthen wall like lightning erupting from beneath the ground! The power of the pre-fragmented grenades revealed itself in full: the explosives tore the cast-iron casings into countless fragments of