Chapter 287: Encirclement and Suppression (2)
The coalition army eats and rests in the west, and the black hand above also begins to rotate and rest after seeing it, but it is too far from the food of the coalition army below, and the black hand soldiers go directly to the rear to get their food after being rotated, and then randomly find a hillside or high ground to rest, the black hand does not strictly require his soldiers to be in a group or rest in a specific position.
So the black hand soldiers looked messy when they ate food, they opened the food in their hands, a piece of rice balls wrapped in fish skin, most of which were dried mushrooms, and then added some shredded fish, there was only a trace of broken promises in the rice, and the oiliness was not to even think about it, but even so, the black hand soldiers also ate very well, they smelled the extremely delicious food of the coalition forces below with envy, and ate their own things with relish, closing their eyes as if they were eating what the coalition forces below were eating.
What is the real strength of the black hand? Is it scientific research? No, it is unity!
As an abandoned flag, the Black Hand has never positioned himself, but continuous fighting and driving and abandonment, the Black Hand has unconsciously been polished into the hardest rock, they know that to survive in this unfriendly world is to unite, they have extremely fanatical collectivism, and even their leaders are selected by meritocracy, so every weak black hand knows what what they do means to their own race, so they can endure this unpalatable food, but still maintain a high morale for battle。
"One-two-three, pull!"
With the slogan of a dwarf, a group of shirtless dwarves and humans struggled to push the huge cannon, even with the presence of wheels, but the advance under this slope still consumed most of their physical strength, and it was extremely difficult, there were a large number of argali, and they also used their greatest strength to pull the cannon, and such a team was almost everywhere under the long mountain, shouting slogans were continuous.
"At the current rate, the artillery should be in place at dusk today, and the battle will continue after dinner!"
A dwarven aristocratic officer reported loudly with the information in his hand, Harold nodded inexplicably after hearing it, the morning battle was almost over in just two hours, but now because of the problem of artillery, it takes so long to wait, the front line is still roaring with guns, and elven archers are hiding behind various temporary defenses and shooting deadly arrows.
During this time, I don't know how many black hand soldiers have been shot off their arms, but every black hand soldier who loses his combat effectiveness will be replaced by another one immediately, and the black hand soldiers who have lost their arms will also be sent to the rear to ensure that the broken arm will not continue to deteriorate and then join some simple labor.
This kind of anxiety on the battlefield is the most anxious, most of the soldiers after dinner have fallen into the point of idleness, they either wipe their weapons, or light pipes, or get together to play some cards, playing cards on the battlefield is carried out by Lelouch, smoking is also, in fact, these things that can link the soldiers to fight anxiety are still very useful, Lelouch does not mind the soldiers in their leisure time to entertain, this time can not delay anything.
"I didn't expect the dwarves to be haunted by these goblins and goblins for so long!"
A Terran soldier wiped his sword with a pipe in his mouth, and his tone was mocking, but fortunately there were human soldiers here, and no one said anything.
"Don't blame the dwarves, after all, the black hand at that time caught the dwarves off guard, and with the help of the Kelgen Divine Dragon, the Supreme King City was defeated by a battle, and when they fought back, the black hand had already built so many defenses outside. ”
"My dear, didn't you see this morning, those goblins and goblins are crazy, they don't seem to be afraid of death, I heard that a team of five people in front of me was killed by a goblin holding an explosives bag!"
“... So miserable?!"
A group of soldiers were obviously stunned for a moment when they heard these words, and then sighed in disbelief!
"It's true, if you want to say that this dwarf is also unlucky, I can't understand how these goblins and goblins can be so brave when they meet these crazy people!"
"Whatever, it's better not to meet me anyway, if you meet me, I will definitely kill him on the ground with a sword, and the Son of God will protect me!"
After a pious soldier finished speaking, he took a cross on the hilt of his saber, and his tone was calm, and the soldiers nodded deeply when they looked at this scene, and at the same time drew a cross: "The Son of God protects me!"
"It's all up, it's time to watch the fireworks!
With the loud shouting of a herald, the bored coalition soldiers who were waiting stood up one by one, and before they knew it, the artillery on the front line was all in place, and in front of the artillery, there were a large number of dwarven argali-knights and imperial knights, and more infantry were lined up behind them, and the attack troops were ready, and the troops of the dwarf, human, and elf coalition were all in Li Amin, and the black, silver, and golden armies were densely arranged.
They are all waiting for the artillery behind them to strike, the gate of the king's pit opposite, where the range is large enough, the city wall is large, there is no situation where it cannot be hit, and at this time, there are at least no less than six hundred artillery pieces under the dense artillery arrangement, and the cannon fire poured by six hundred guns will play the greatest effect in front of such a perfect shelling target, and it is not too much to say that it is a grand firework!
"Your Excellency, the artillery is all ready!"
"Cannon !!"
Harold's roar announced the beginning of this grand dinner, the roar of six hundred cannons shook the heavens and the earth, because the attack surface was narrow and gathered together cannonballs like raindrops smashed on the wall of the hole at the mouth of the hole, the black hands on the opposite side had already discovered the situation on the other side, they looked at the dense artillery fire with concern, and then they witnessed the cannon fire in unison, bringing them endless death.
The city wall shook under the bombardment of artillery fire, countless stones were burst everywhere, the black hand soldiers on the city wall were lying on the city wall in fear, they had never been subjected to such a fierce shelling, but soon, the black hand soldiers lying on the ground all quickly lost their lives, there was blood oozing from the corners of their mouths, which was shocked to death.
The black-handed soldiers who witnessed this situation were even more frightened, but their fear did not last long, because no matter how hard the city wall was, it could not withstand such a fierce artillery fire, and the city wall, which cost countless manpower and material resources of the black hand, collapsed, and with the large number of defensive soldiers on the city wall, the entire city wall turned into flying ashes, and then at the moment when it became flying ashes, more emotional excitement came.
With the collapse of the city wall, in the huge pit aisle behind the city wall, the black hand soldiers shouted outward, they wanted to rely on the remains of the broken wall to resist the coalition army that was about to rush up with muskets, but they obviously forgot that the artillery technology of humans and dwarves was far superior to them, they had the accuracy that the black hand artillery could not match, the six hundred guns did not stop bombarding because of the collapse of the city wall, they directly raised the artillery, aimed the muzzle of the cannon at the depth of the hole, and directly spread the artillery fire into it。
The dense black hand soldiers behind the walls were now the most obvious targets, and the dense artillery fire did not even need to be turned and deliberately aimed, they only needed to shoot all the shells into the holes, and then spread the cannon fire at an extremely slow rate, clearing a passage with the waves of steel and flame.
The black hand soldiers were directly blinded by the sudden artillery bombardment, they never thought that the coalition artillery fire would have such great accuracy, in fact, they also thought that the coalition artillery fire would be a lot into the holes, but it was only a few, not as boundless and continuous as it is now, and the accuracy is extremely high.
Especially when they faced this kind of barrage attack that would take the initiative to advance for the first time, they couldn't believe it, and the artillery could still play like this? And the morale of the coalition army was greatly increased because of the divine power of their own artillery fire, they cheered and waved the weapons in their hands, and then as the cavalry team at the front began to accelerate slowly, the attack troops that had been prepared for a long time began to advance, and the stalemate troops at the front had already made way for them, watching these recuperated cavalry troops rush away one after another, and the black hand on the opposite side finally retreated.
It's a retreat, not a rout, the commander of the black hand can't see it, and he decisively chooses to retreat, the highest pit is very big, they still have room for battle, there is no need to consume their own vitality in the aisle of this pothole.
And the artillery of the coalition army also calmed down at this time, they needed to make way for their own cavalry team, please all the obstacles of the cavalry team speed up the fastest, in front of countless black hand soldiers who left their backs to themselves, those goblins and goblins' thin bodies could not even form a heavy infantry line, and then under the impact of the imperial knights and dwarven argali, the dense retreating black hand troops fell into greater casualties, and the black hand was not helpless, a large number of black hand soldiers did not choose to run in a straight line, but chose to climb towards the cave walls on both sides, after having height and terrain, at least the highly mobile cavalry on the ground will have nothing to do with them for the time being.
And the black hand is not completely without a means of returning fire, with the depth of the cavalry, on both sides of the cave wall, I don't know when there are two parallel roads, on which road suddenly appeared a large number of black hand soldiers, they unified with muskets directly against the dense coalition cavalry below pulled the trigger, indeed, the black hands of the muskets are relatively shoddy, yes, the armor of the imperial knights is very heavy, but no matter how bad the musket is, it is also a musket, under which dense barrage, the Terran knights and dwarf knights fell to the ground one after another, and the remaining knights also raised their shields to drive the horses back。
After firing a shot, the black hand soldiers hurriedly loaded the bullet and prepared to shoot again, but at this moment, the hole in the rear, there will also be dense gunfire, the barrage is more dense and accurate, and the penetrating power is extremely strong, the black hand soldiers are standing densely on the highland roads on both sides, just become the target, a round of return fire, they fall like stones.
The dwarven musketeers arrived, and a large number of elven archers arrived together, and the accurate arrow feathers may be difficult to have a chance to attack in the face of the infantry heavy infantry with all-round protection, but in front of these almost naked black hand soldiers, this arrow feather has become a spell to urge, under the double pressure of the barrage and arrow feathers, the black hand blocking troops were quickly repulsed, and those black hand soldiers who hung on the wall and had not had time to climb up were directly shot down one by one.
A team of dwarven musketeers and elven archers rushed directly behind the knights towards the front, and behind them were the large number of melee soldiers, the terrans and elves had to admit that the firearms force already had the ability to replace the regular melee soldiers, if there were no dwarven musketeers and elven archers in the environment just now, the black hands could completely slaughter a large number of incoming coalition soldiers in this environment.
The Terran officers have now begun to think about how to give Lu Luxiu advice on reforming the firearms unit when he returns.
"My lord, this is really smooth, it only took one day for us to attack, and almost all the black hand soldiers inside were crushed at the touch of a button, although their musket counterattack was a little annoying, but it couldn't stop our progress at all. ”
A dwarven nobleman said to Harold excitedly, and Harold said with a serious face without looking back:
"Okay, don't say it, it's not the time to congratulate, let the front-line troops keep a steady rhythm and advance to the central cave of the king's pit, be careful of the trap of the black hand, no one knows what the situation is inside now!"
Harold's seriousness was very satisfying to the Terran officers and elven officers, after all, they were not fighting for themselves, and this kind of battle to help them would certainly be better if they could have fewer deaths.
"Lord Harold, I see that your country's musket technology has developed very well, and I think there is still a lot of need for exchanges between our two countries in the future, so as to learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses for the next final battle against Mordor!"
A Terran officer said to Harold easily, the meaning is very clear, your muskets are doing well, you can come and communicate with us humans to learn from each other, Harold replied with a smile:
"Of course, we are all allies, and we should share weal and weal together, and we must exchange more experience in the use of firearms!"
(End of chapter)