Munitions Empire

Chapter 514 487 A new war

He pushed open the window, looked at the snow remnants in the yard, stretched lazily, and felt that even the air had become incredibly fresh.

The stench that had previously drifted over from the Ice Cold Empire was so unpleasant that even breathing was uncomfortable.

Now, a blanket of snow had covered those foul odors, and they could finally breathe some fresh air properly.

Almost every country in the world was industrializing, desperately absorbing technology that leached from the Great Tang Group, not wanting to fall behind in the race.

Even their small kingdom had purchased power generation equipment to supply electricity to the city and the surrounding new factories, embarking on their own path of industrialization.

However, compared to the profound heritage of larger nations, a small kingdom like theirs was still lacking maturity and could only follow tentatively, imitating their steps.

Despite that, they had tasted the sweetness of industrialization—the various iron tools they had previously been reluctant to use had now become incredibly cheap and affordable for the general public.

With advanced business models coming from Brunas and increasingly convenient sea and land trade, life in the Dwarf Kingdom was getting better and better.

If it weren't for the sudden overcast skies and the increasingly thick atmosphere of war, perhaps everyone's mood could be even better.

"If only we didn't have to go to war, that would be truly wonderful," the dwarf who stretched lamented, then suddenly froze.

Because he saw in the sky a gigantic eye that overlooked the earth with unmatched murderous intent.

"Adjust course! Continue forward! Drop a bomb every 10 seconds!" the captain peered through the porthole and saw another airship's bomb explode in the distance, billowing up a magnificent black cloud.

Unlike the bombing tactics of bombers, it was impossible for airships to open their bays and release all their bombs at once.

Because of the airship's slow speed, if it dropped all its bombs at once, that would essentially amount to concentrated bombing of a fixed target.

Unable to use the inertia scattering principle for carpet bombing, they had to rely on higher bomb drop intervals to compensate for the limited bomb spread.

However, in terms of bomb drop accuracy, airships were indeed superior to bombers—because it was almost like they were stationary above the target, so naturally, the attack precision was astonishingly high.

At this moment, on the ground in the city below the airship, civilian panic had spread. Everyone noticed those terrible war machines hovering overhead, and screams and cries were unceasing.

No one had expected that their city, far from the border, would become the first target attacked just as the war broke out.

Those who thought they were safe were suddenly thrown into chaos and frenzy. Streets were filled with fleeing people, children separated from parents were knocked down, and scattered luggage was trampled everywhere.

Ancient buildings, unable to withstand the frenzy of the explosions, fell one after another. Debris flew everywhere, people affected lay on the ground, and blood flowed along the cracks in the trembling roads.

On the city walls, soldiers equipped with flintlock guns futilely reloaded and fired frantically at the huge targets in the sky.

However, the flintlock guns, with a range of only a hundred meters or so, couldn't even slightly damage the airships. The reserve troops that hadn't been reequipped with new weapons due to their distance from the frontlines were now helpless against this sudden onslaught of war machines.