Chapter 346: The Eight Treasures Army vs. the Centipede Swarm
After planting a seed in the hearts of the three people, Hui Ruomaru continued to command the battle. She would not be able to be distracted from now on.

Although Karaomaru has experienced many battles, this time is different because the enemy is neither human nor ordinary monster, so traditional tactics and weapons are difficult to work. Therefore, in addition to being able to adapt to circumstances, this battle also requires the use of some special weapons to deal with it, and this is exactly what the Eight Treasures Army is good at.

As a special army created by Yan Xu himself, the Babao Army was never prepared for the frontal battlefield, but was prepared to deal with various special situations and opponents.

Although the sky rocket has a long range, it is not conducive to close combat, so after luring out the centipede, it immediately retreats to the rear, and the Eight Treasures Army, armed with the Iron Rain Cannon and the Fire Dragon Flame, moves forward instead.

The Iron Rain Cannon is a special type of musket. Although it is only two and a half feet long, it has a huge caliber and the muzzle is trumpet-shaped. Just by looking at it, you can imagine what the consequences will be if you are hit in the face by this thing. It will definitely not be as simple as bruises or pockmarks on the face.

The Fire Dragon Flame is a modified hand-pressure sprayer. The nozzle is replaced and a small kerosene lamp is installed under the nozzle. After pressurization, it can spray a slightly slender flame five or six meters away. Except for the fact that it is easy to backfire and self-ignite, the lethality of this thing is still quite good.

Faced with the centipedes invading like a tide, the Babao Army holding the Iron Rain Cannon showed no panic. They calmly loaded the propellant packages into the barrels, and then stuffed in the cork and bagged steel balls in turn.

"Fire!" Hui Ruomaru calculated the time accurately and gave the order to shoot immediately after everyone had loaded.

Because of the short caliber of the Iron Rain Cannon and the fact that it is a shotgun, its range is not high, and its effective range is only a few dozen meters. However, its killing range is large, and one shot can kill a large area. After the formation was fired, a burst of iron rain came, and the centipedes, whose shells were not thick enough, immediately curled up their slender bodies and kept twisting, obviously entering the countdown to death.

But taking advantage of the gap in loading, more centipedes rushed towards the direction of the Babao Army.

The Babao Army soldiers carrying fuel barrels had already lit the kerosene lamp under the nozzle. Faced with the swarm of centipedes that almost covered the ground, they were like old farmers walking into a vegetable field. They applied pressure with one hand and picked up a long metal rod with the other hand. They aimed the nozzle at the swarming centipedes and sprayed out thick lines of fire. In a blink of an eye, large groups of centipedes were ignited and burned into long black strips that curled up into a ball, just like dried dog shit.

However, although the Fire Dragon Flame sounds powerful, it is actually just a modified backpack sprayer, so it cannot support huge and violent pressurization. In order to ensure sufficient lethality, the nozzle cannot be modified too thin like a water gun, so the range is very limited. You can only spray while retreating, using space to exchange time.

Fortunately, the flames had a good inhibitory effect on the centipedes, and the periodic firing of the Iron Rain Cannon worked together to effectively block the swarm's advance.

However, the slightly weak flame can only deal with smaller centipedes, and there are more than just these one or two meter long little guys in the centipede group.

As more and more centipedes were set on fire, their shiny black shells cracked under the roasting flames, revealing steaming white tender flesh that gave off an enticing burnt aroma. At this time, more than a dozen large centipedes, some three to five meters long, and some even with human faces growing on their heads, that had been lurking in the forest could no longer sit still and rushed out of the forest one after another.

However, these large centipedes that were virtually invulnerable to swords and guns died faster than the smaller ones, because they were not facing foot soldiers holding bamboo spears, nor were they facing howling samurai holding katana, but deadly bullets shot from hundreds of meters away.

The iron artillery flag bearers armed with Baili guns, which are extended needle rifles, had already ambushed everywhere. Under their precise and deadly shooting, the arrogant large centipedes were hit as soon as they showed their heads.

The invulnerable shells could not withstand the special armor-piercing bullets and were pierced one after another. Then the rolling and shattered warheads began to officially release devastating lethality.

The power of bullets is not like scraping as shown in movies and TV dramas. After being shot a few times, you can still run, jump, and fight back. You can even jump up and down and fight again after bandaging the wound.

In fact, the lethality of bullets does not come from penetration, but from rolling and fragmentation. After encountering resistance when entering the human body, the balance of the bullet will be broken and it will begin to roll violently. The scary thing is that just like a blind bear, no one can predict where the bullet will roll. So if you want to remove the bullet after being shot, besides taking an X-ray, you can only reach out and feel it, and find the location of the bullet by the direction of the torn flesh.

The muscles are okay, but if the bullet rolls to the internal organs, there is basically no hope of survival unless emergency treatment is given immediately.

Therefore, no matter how strong the centipedes' vitality is, as long as they have not completely left the range of living creatures, they will not be immune to physical damage, and bullets will still be fatal to them.

The specially made armor-piercing bullets began to roll immediately after penetrating the shell, easily tearing apart the flesh and blood inside, destroying the nerves and complex organs, causing the centipede's vitality to quickly drain away, resulting in no large centipede being able to rush down the mountain.

In the thick smoke, Oboro and the other two experienced firsthand the horror of the Moroboshi family's army. The deadly firepower and the numerous firearms opened their eyes, and at the same time they felt that the old era was being crushed by the new era ushered in by the Moroboshi family.

Firearms have been popular on the main island recently, and the source of this is the Moroboshi family. Those sophisticated standard cannons have changed the previous way of fighting, making wars increasingly focused on long-range firepower, especially the most cost-effective cannons.

Well-equipped samurai, skilled swordsmen, and elusive ninjas, once hit by a cannon, have almost no chance of survival. No matter how talented or famous you are, all beings are equal under the muzzle of the gun.

A single lead bullet can bridge the gap between equipment, talent, and hard work. Who can resist the temptation?

Now even samurai are proud to own a good cannon, so you can imagine how great the impact is.

But how many people know that the Moroboshi family, as the source, is no longer far ahead in terms of firearms, but is far ahead, leaving everyone behind.

Moreover, this is a gap caused by productivity, which cannot be filled by one or two skilled craftsmen.

Therefore, once the war situation on the main island shifts to being dominated by firearms, the Moroboshi family will be able to easily crush all opponents in terms of firearms.

The most terrifying thing is that during this process, all parties will continue to spend real money to buy high-quality and low-priced cannons from the Moroboshi family, because if they don’t buy them, others will, and then they will be the first to die.

This is the cruelty of military competition. Whoever lags behind will be beaten, and whoever is beaten will perish. It is not that they cannot see the dangers, but that they are afraid of being destroyed by the enemy before the danger breaks out.

Although the three of them did not see that far, they realized that even if it was a monster, it would have no choice but to perish when faced with large-scale firearms. However, they did not know how effective the firearms would be against large monsters.

They soon saw what was happening, because even if the giant centipede did not care about its descendants, they were still its own species after all. Being exterminated on a large scale like a stink bug exposed to the sun made it feel its dignity was offended, as if it was saying that its species was inferior, so it twisted its huge body and swam out from the mountains and forests.

(End of this chapter)