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With the rich experience accumulated in many years of combat, and clearly aware that he was facing an unprecedented fierce battle with uncontrollable risk factors, the goblin commander Dole Hesse looked solemn, touched a handful of goatee on his chin that was very characteristic of the goblin race, and said:

"Did you find any other roads nearby?"

Hearing this, the sweaty little goblin leader shook his head and replied:

"There is no other route to choose from, only this road is the closest to Inner 6, there is no other choice. (Please search, update the fastest fiction website!)"

When it comes to naval warfare, the goblin army, which is purely beginner, is indeed not very good at it, and Modo Heishui and Zheti Baishan are also half-barrel water admirals who have not been a monk for a few years, and when it comes to fighting 6 wars, the situation is very different. Whether it is in the cold and oxygen-deficient mountains and hills or muddy swamp wetlands, the goblins have accumulated rich experience in guerrilla warfare for thousands of years, although the previous wars with the Guangming Dynasty have not been fought in the desert environment, but the practical experience of marching long distances in the Gobi Desert is not unfamiliar to the goblin army.

After taking some time to assess the difficulty of this military operation, Gordon Dore Hesse, who was in charge of commanding Goblin 6 troops, waved his hand and said categorically:

"Dismantle all the non-essential timber on the ship, pave a road at all costs, and make sure that our artillery approaches the enemy's fortified area on time."

With the commander's order, many transport ships moored to the shore and their hulls were severely damaged by artillery fire were dismantled to only skeleton-like skeletons, and the dismantled materials were all turned into temporary hardened pavements paved on sand, and more than 100 bronze cannons used for siege were accelerated.

There is no doubt that the view from the already uncultivated Wake Reef is excellent, and if you look out from the watchtower of the settlement with a high-powered telescope, you can see the movement in the direction of the pier if your eyes are good enough. Although the air on the desert ground rises during the day, and the image presented in the telescope shakes and distorts incessantly, it does not take much time to see the movement of the goblin army from this distance.

Born in the fiefdom of Qiongzhou, he knew a little about gunnery and spent a few days in the rebel army of the old Earl of Fulu, so he finally accumulated some practical experience, and Falken Hein, who was appointed as the director of artillery in the fortress, stayed behind with the one-eyed dragon Faul Chopin in the fortress to guard the settlement.

Although the professional quality of this new artillery director is far from being comparable to that of the active duty soldiers of the great powers, and even worse than that of semi-professionals like Vina Dubov, Luo Zhengdao considered that the loyalty and reliability of the left-behind personnel was far more important than their professional quality, after all, the espionage case some time ago was the best footnote, and he could not ignore the factor of the backyard fire. So, Luo Zhengdao simply cronyized and pushed this middle-aged man who was not very outstanding to this high position with a hot ass. Fortunately, his family knew his own affairs, and Falken Hine, who knew that his talents were limited, never felt that he was the best candidate for this position, and he conscientiously measured several times with a ruler and other instruments to ensure that the number was correct, and he had some confidence.

So, the gunnery director reported to his immediate superior, Faul Chopin, who was not far away:

"Your Excellency Commander, the goblins have entered the first firing zone we have marked."

Most of his mind was not on the enemy in front of him, Old Fu was worried about the situation on Luo Zhengdao's side, when he heard the news, he tried to keep his tone steady, so that others would not notice the vacillation and anxiety in his heart, and said:

"Don't fire, wait a little longer, let those green skins get closer."

After that, Faul Chopin simply said no more, and he took a step around the city walls, and commanded the heralds:

"Inform the commanders everywhere to keep an eye on the physical health of the soldiers, to prevent heat stroke and dehydration, this battle will not end soon, and efforts must be made to reduce non-combat attrition."

"Yes, Your Excellency Archon."

Don't look at the desert terrain and take it for granted that the desert is an ideal place to start a war, the desert terrain is not conducive to the effectiveness of artillery fire, let alone the rapid charge of infantry.

The harsh environment of the desert is extremely hot and water-scarce, and if there is a choice, I believe that no one wants to fight in the desert, and the winners and losers will have to endure this pain.

The solid stone projectiles most commonly used in New World artillery quickly absorb kinetic energy on this soft and slightly undulating sand, and as the bounce of the stone projectiles fired by the cannon decreases, the short-range lethality is much more significant than on ordinary dirt floors. In many cases, the stone shells in the flat-firing mode only bounced off the ground a few times before they stopped moving, and it is conceivable that the lethality of the large-caliber fortress guns placed on the forts against the infantry of the brigade was greatly reduced. The brutal natural conditions were relatively fair to both the attackers and the defenders, and the goblins had to endure the scorching heat, and the heavy metal armor of the goblin soldiers was so hot from the sun that they could even be used as cooking utensils to roast meat, even so, the goblin army stubbornly charged at the fortress with the support of artillery fire.

Judging from the current situation, in a short period of time, the offensive strategy has taken some advantage, once the battle is delayed, the battlefield situation will turn in the direction of the defending side, as long as the goblin army cannot be decided, then they will be more than lucky.

"Fire!"

"Boom! Rumble! Boom ......"

When Fort Chopin gave the signal to attack, the human artillery, who was waiting for his work, fired first at the goblin army from the fort behind the fortress, and the goblins, whose vision was mostly obscured by the city walls, could not see the specific direction of the artillery attack, and they could only be beaten and blindly retaliated.

Goblin Commander Dole Hesse, whose head and face were covered with sand from the sand that burst from the ground, shouted hoarsely, not bothering to tidy up his clothes:

"Mortar, where is our mortar?"

The goblin adjutant, who had just returned from the artillery position, crouched beside the goblin commander and reminded it loudly:

"Your Excellency, it will take time for the mortar to adjust its angle of fire."

In the Old World, armies in the information age were still using a front-loading mortar, the lightweight and nimble mortar. Mortars with curved ballistic properties are so tenacious that they have not been eliminated even in the era of nuclear weapons, and they are the only remaining front-loading artillery pieces on Earth. In contrast, the original Mortar of the New World was too cumbersome to use, and simply adjusting the angle of the mortar required inserting wooden wedges of different sizes under the barrel to adjust the muzzle angle, which was much more laborious than the cannons and howitzers of the same era. Naturally, the goblins will not only carry mortars when attacking Wake Reef, but the problem is that mortars are much lighter than other artillery, so only mortars will arrive near the fortress at the same time as the infantry.

Those heavy guns, which weighed hundreds of kilograms and were even heavier, not counting the gun trucks, sometimes broke the planks of the pads and fell into the sand below, and most of them were still fighting to the death against the harsh desert roads on the way! Anyway, for a while, the goblin army can't count on them to help.

The battlefield in front of them was as rapid as fire, and the goblin infantry who raised their shields to cover the charge braved large and small stone bullets and arrows fired from different angles of the fort to launch a surge attack on this heavily fortified area.

Regardless of the question, the progress of the goblin soldiers in exchange for blood can also be measured in yards, and the ground under their feet is moistened with fresh flesh and blood to turn different shades of tan, this offensive and defensive battle born in the heart of the desert is as cruel and bloody as expected.

Seeing that his men were constantly suffering casualties under the fire of the fortress, Dole Hesse's green face turned purple with anger, and he roared angrily:

"Order the artillery to fight first."

The adjutant had reservations about such a hasty decision, but it was a dead end for disobedience on the battlefield, and it did not have the courage to test the effectiveness of military law with its own head. Immediately, the goblin adjutant agreed, hunched over and trotted all the way in the direction of the artillery position.

"Tom! Tong! Tom ......"

Having received a completely unreasonable and arrogant order from his superiors, the goblin artillery had no choice but to bite the bullet and fire first, and a round of stone bullets fired in a hurry by the artillery on the mortar position, which had not yet adjusted the angle, could at most have a general direction, and the accuracy could not be discussed. Dozens of shells in the air through a large elevation arc fell towards the fortress, but unfortunately not even one percent of the hit rate could not be reached, these messy falling stone shells either smashed on the sand outside the fortress, or fell into the open space behind the city wall reserved for firefighting, the killing effect is better than nothing, at best it is just to give their own soldiers who are frightened under the suppression of human artillery fire.

Although the goblin artillery's counter-fire seemed weak, Faul Chopin still felt offended, and angrily said to the herald beside him:

"Go ask those bastards, what are our cannons up to? Those few small cannons in the greenskin dare to come and scatter wild, and kill them immediately! ”

At the same time, the Great Goblin Commander Dole Hesse received the first good news since the start of the battle, and several six-pounder guns in the slow crawling artillery in the rear had been carried to the rear of the battle line by soldiers who had been informed of the urgency of the battle. Hearing the good news, it was relieved and happy, and hurriedly urged:

"What are you waiting for? Let the artillery spread out their positions on the spot, oh, and don't forget to take out the sacks, load them with sand, and form a barricade, and open fire when you are ready......"

"Boom-"

As soon as he was halfway through his words, a thunderous sound accompanied by a rapid tremor under his feet came from behind him, and Dole Hesse subconsciously made a hidden posture, and then asked very puzzledly:

"What's that sound?"

A staff officer who was nearby said with a yellow face:

“…… Your Excellency, that's our artillery position, it's all over. ”

At this moment, the thick black plume of smoke twisted and rose in the air hundreds of meters high with the wind, and the loud sound was the last wail from the chain of ammunition stored in the goblin artillery position. The culprit for this terrible consequence was a volley of cannons from the fortress, and the human defenders not only used 36-pounder guns, but also frantically pulled out explosive bombs.