Chapter 114: The Waiting Is The Worst
The Natural Sons continued to fire, picking off as many soldiers from the final two crashed airships as possible, and making it impossible for the Dagos soldiers to relocate most of their supplies before the airships burned.
That would make it hard for them to hold out for any extended period of time, especially as they were going to be bombarded for another half hour or more before Dominic relented. Normally, the wall cannons wouldn’t fire for such a small group of enemy soldiers, but when the ammunition was free, and the Royal Advisor was providing it, they weren’t going to complain about a nice long live fire drill to shake the rust off everyone’s skills.
For Half an hour, Dominic continued to reload the cannons as the Princess watched the progression of the cannon teams.
"That’s enough. They’re just going to wear themselves out for their next shift if they keep it up at that pace." She finally ordered.
The guns fell silent, and the riflemen followed suit, settling in for dinner against the crenellations of the wall. That way they could be on location if something happened, and a short run along the wall to anywhere else that they might be needed over the course of the evening.
The standard rotation would split the Regiment into thirds, with one group on duty, one eating and doing maintenance, and one sleeping at any given time.
That way, they could call up two thirds of the Regiment in under a minute, and they would rotate off the wall every few hours, except in the most dire of situations. There weren’t enough of them to cover the whole wall, but there were thousands of city guard archers who could take up their positions.
Princess Alexis gestured for Dominic to get in the car with her, and the driver took them back to the Keep.
"Well, we’ve made progress today. Your initiative to switch the airships to Magitech munitions was a resounding success, and after conferring with the Royal Council, they have approved two Techno Wizards or equivalently equipped magicians to be deployed aboard every trip.