"Bang bang!" Two sentries were shot and fell from the 10-meter-high watchtower.
Then Henry started shooting at the gas lamps, first taking out the two closest to him.
With the muffled gunshots, everyone in the manor was awakened, and a faint clamor arose.
In about 3 seconds, Henry extinguished the 5 gas lamps closest to him, and the sentries could no longer see him.
"That devil is here again!"
"Robert and Lampard were shot and fell!"
"Quick, quick, start the machine guns!"
"Lord, I can't see anything!"
"What to do? All the lights will be extinguished soon!"
Noisy sounds occasionally drifted over with the mountain wind.
Henry aimed steadily, and another ten seconds passed, all 18 gas lamps were extinguished.
The gunshots stopped, and the entire last 400 meters of the square was pitch black, like a ghost realm.
To the remaining 8 sentries, it seemed as if countless monsters were hidden in the square, ready to rush out and devour people at any moment!
Henry retreated behind the corner and quietly reloaded his rifle.
It was only around 5 AM, with no hint of dawn in the sky, so there was no rush.
"Tatata" the sound of frantic machine gun fire rang out.
He wondered if the machine gunner had broken down.
At the same time, faint screams came, "Come out!", "Come out! Devil, I'm not afraid of you!", "Go to hell~".
Then the second machine gun was also activated, firing just as frantically.
However, after more than a minute, it stopped, and faint, stern reprimands could be heard.
Henry remained still.
At this time, more than ten gas lamps lit up in the manor, and four lamps quickly moved towards the gate, soon hanging behind the manor gate, with most of the lamp body blocked by iron bars.
However, this could only illuminate an area of less than ten meters in front of the gate.
Since ancient times, light has been humanity's magic weapon to drive away Outliers.
The instincts etched in their genes made the sentries feel much safer, finally less frantic.
Only two German Shepherds barked wildly behind the gate.
Commander Sam felt a chill in his heart, but he quickly directed the remaining 16 guards to hide behind various covers in the manor garden, ready to ambush any enemy who broke through the gate.
What a pity, there were no flares in the manor.
Sean had already dressed and was sitting on the sofa in the center of the hall.
The opponent was truly ruthless, not even giving him half a day.
He should have evacuated overnight to the direction of the mine factory, but at that time, he was afraid of encountering the opponent's ambush halfway.
He hoped the machine guns could still stop the opponent this time.
Sean muttered silently in his heart.
But he actually didn't hold much hope, after all, if the opponent made a comeback, he most likely already had a way to deal with their machine guns.
"Oh God, thank and praise you, I pray to you, may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be upon…"
Sean prayed quietly and earnestly, trying to free himself from his despair.
Another ten minutes or so passed, and a sliver of dawn appeared in the sky.
There was a very faint glimmer in the sky.
At this moment, ordinary people were still in complete darkness, but for Henry, it was enough to discern the outlines of objects more than ten meters away.
He immediately turned out of the last mountain path and began to run silently, almost hugging the left mountain wall.
At this time, the two German Shepherds outside the manor gate began to bark frantically, making the sentries instantly nervous, but they could not see anything on the mountain path in the night.
After barking for more than ten seconds, the two German Shepherds suddenly ran together to the right side of the gate and continued to bark wildly.
All the sentries simultaneously looked in the direction of the right mountain wall, and one group couldn't help but start firing their machine guns, shooting by feel at a spot about a hundred meters to the right edge.
Henry had advanced about a hundred meters by this time.
Seeing the angle at which the machine gun spat fire, he roughly judged the coverage of the machine gun bullets.
So he calmly maintained the same speed and continued forward.
After another ten seconds, he felt he was not far from the machine gun's bullet coverage, so he ran diagonally to the right.
At this point, he should only be a little over 100 meters from the gate, and even running diagonally, he should be there in a dozen seconds.
The two German Shepherds quickly ran to the center of the door and barked wildly.
But the machine gun's muzzle couldn't adjust that quickly, and besides, the machine gunner didn't know the enemy's location, so adjusting it would only be shooting by feel.
Another machine gun also started firing, shooting by feel at a spot fifty or sixty meters ahead in the center—to prevent the enemy from approaching from the middle.
Henry ignored everything and continued to charge forward!
He could now charge nine or ten meters in a second without a problem, and even if he was hit by machine gun fire, he would be out of the bullet's coverage in at most one or two seconds.
He could take at most 6 or 7 shots, he could afford it!
Soon, Henry charged out of the bullet rain to a spot about twenty meters from the gate, his keen eyesight allowing him to clearly gauge the distance between them through the gas lamp light of the gate.
A 5-pound tnt appeared out of thin air in his hand, and after activating the detonator, he threw it towards a watchtower.
At a throwing speed of 20 meters/second, it would explode approximately when it hit the watchtower about 30 meters away, and he controlled the tnt to hit the top of the watchtower as it descended.
As long as it was roughly accurate, the explosion's shockwave and high temperature within a five to six-meter radius would finish off the sentries, and the watchtower might even collapse.
Immediately after, a second 5-pound tnt flew towards the second watchtower at the same distance.
Two double-action revolvers instantly appeared in Henry's hands, and he pulled the triggers, aiming at the two German Shepherds enveloped in the gas lamp's halo.
"Bang bang." The two German Shepherds were simultaneously shot, whimpering and falling to the ground.
Henry immediately turned and ran wildly, and after only a few meters, the first tnt landed on the first watchtower and exploded.
"Boom!" A loud bang.
The top of the entire watchtower was a mess, with flesh and blood flying everywhere, and the machine gun had flown to who knows where.
Henry, more than thirty meters from the explosion, felt the impact of the air blast, but he was unharmed.
Explosives burn especially fast, releasing all their energy in a short period of time to produce such great power.
Therefore, as long as you leave its core coverage area, the explosive power rapidly decays.
This time Henry was lucky not to be hit by objects flying from the explosion, but next time it might not be the case.
He continued to run at high speed, and after another few meters, with a "boom", the second watchtower met the same fate as the first.
Henry stopped, turned around, and ran back to a spot about 10 meters from the gate. He took out a 20-pound tnt from his space, activated the detonator, and threw it towards the manor gate, then immediately turned and ran.
Counting 4 seconds silently, he ran about 40 meters, which should be about 50 meters from the gate. Henry released the chest-high granite rock from his space and hid behind it.
Almost simultaneously, a "boom" sound came, and the explosion's air blast swept past the granite in front of Henry at high speed.
Before crossing over, Henry, as a mercenary, had used C4, tnt, and RDX, and had a relatively deep understanding of their equivalent and power.
The theoretical lethal range of 20 pounds of tnt for the human body is about 20-30 meters.
However, the impact of a large-equivalent explosion is inevitably accompanied by a large amount of effective fragment dispersion, the collapse and destruction of houses, and the splashing of various fragments, so the actual lethal radius is basically 3 times the theoretical lethal radius.
Fortunately, this equivalent was not large, and the possible lethal radius was only 2 times, or about 40-60 meters, so Henry was basically unharmed at this distance of over 50 meters with the granite rock blocking the shockwave and fragments.
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