Chapter 316: The Night of the Meteor Fall
"Boom—"
The impact of this meteorite, which was not very large in size, from the dark sky to the earth, was so terrifying that people had the impression that the solid and stable ground fluctuated violently like the surface of a pond thrown into stone, and the tremor attached to the impact spread rapidly in all directions from the center of the impact point. Even on the top of a hill more than ten miles away from the impact point, Luo Zhengdao and his subordinates, who had left their original station in a hurry at this time, could use their senses to truly feel the destructive power of this natural disaster.
The unimaginable collision of heaven and earth led to the fact that the hill where the human army was originally stationed was vaporized by the high temperature in a matter of seconds, and the thick plume of smoke rising from the ground rushed straight into the night sky tens of thousands of yards with firelight, and it looked as magnificent as a volcanic eruption from a distance.
The earth and rocks thrown into the air during the impact then fall back to the surface, these stones as big as houses and as small as fists, wrapped in the kinetic energy of the fall, the destructive power should not be underestimated.
Seeing this, Luo Zhengdao hurriedly used the magic card to support his own defense, otherwise, the human army that had already run more than ten miles away would inevitably be attrition in large numbers, and in the face of such a terrifying natural disaster, he would be injured if he didn't die!
In fact, the devastation of the disaster did not stop there, as the impact directly changed the landscape of the battlefield, cutting off the water that had been winding around the hilly terrain. When the next morning light appeared, people realized that it was only one night, and the hill where they were originally stationed had turned into a sparkling lake.
The effect is obvious, the goal has not been achieved, and he did not hesitate to use his most powerful means, but the result is still that the one who came to the light did not win, and the one who came to the dark did not succeed, and this time it was the turn of the goblins to be depressed. The ultimate move at the bottom of the box is all released, just invited the opponent to watch a free fireworks show, what should they do now?
Will Needham, a super-small and powerful pest, is too tenacious, and the goblins don't know how to kill him, so is it possible to ask His Majesty Bane to come down again? Anyway, he seems to have done the same last time, and he also failed to annihilate this heresy!
With the progress of civilization and the transformation of the technological level, the mode of warfare has also undergone subtle changes, and sooner or later it will always gradually transition from the infinite mode of all-encompassing to the finite mode, and Western scholars in the old world have put forward the anthropological concept of "ritualized warfare".
When it comes to ritualized warfare, the more typical examples in this regard are the indigenous civilizations of South America, such as the Maya and Aztecs, who did not wage war to destroy their enemies or to seize land and wealth, but simply to capture prisoners of war for bloody and cruel human sacrifice rituals. In this mode of warfare in which the pursuit of captives are captured alive, how to knock down the enemy and capture them alive instead of killing them in the first place is weird. The land became the ultimate goal of the Native American Wars, and it is not difficult to understand why the Spanish colonists conquered the Aztec Empire with a few hundred men. Indigenous civilizations were not meant to fight to kill their enemies, but were known to have the pattern of knocking down and capturing enemy soldiers and capturing them alive as human sacrifices for religious sacrifices.
When it comes to the infinite war, we can't fail to mention the "three-light policy" in the war of aggression against China, regardless of civilians and soldiers, as long as they do not obey my orders and obediently become slaves of the country, they will all be killed, burned, and robbed.
From the slaughter of cities and the killing of prisoners in ancient wars, to the unlimited use of biological and chemical weapons in modern warfare, these are all infinite warfare categories.
The so-called limited war mode is a violent and coercive method to force the enemy to submit to his own will, that is, "submit to the enemy", which is a battle mode in computer games, and whoever has the highest final score is considered to win.
The infinite war mode is aimed at completely destroying the enemy's body, regardless of the specific means of implementation and subsequent effects, and the infinite mode that best meets this need is the "global thermonuclear war", an ultimate war that is doomed to have no winners and survivors, and of course the indisputable mode of death. However, the most ironic thing appeared, the invention of a mass killer that could satisfy the infinite war mode, and the humans of the old world suddenly woke up and carefully controlled the war within the framework of the limited war mode, lest if they accidentally stepped on the line and completely got rid of it, then everyone would not be able to continue to play happily in the future.
The new world of swords and sorcery does not have real threats such as thermonuclear weapons, but there are also gods who can walk with nuclear warheads, and they are reusable and pollution-free, if they are not afraid of being killed by the inhibition of the main material world, gods with medium or higher divine power are qualified to try to start the world destruction plan.
You have to face such a group of noble lords who can't be provoked, no matter how powerful the secular regime is, you have to kneel, and the national government cannot eradicate the influence of the gods, after all, no matter how powerful the state is, it can only manage the living, the gods can really manage from life to death, and the kingdom of God will take in believers after death! It's nothing compared!
If it weren't for Bane's determination to have trouble with Luo Zhengdao this time, and he stood up to shield the goblin Second Empire, it is estimated that just relying on the goblins' plot to slaughter human believers would be enough for a dozen gods to form a group to give them an ultimatum.
To this day, whether it is soft, hard or horizontal, the goblins have all tried on Luo Zhengdao, and they are just short of the No.1 plan to kill the massacre. The problem is that it is easier to die first and then it is difficult to die, the goblins carefully weigh their own weight, pondering how long Boss Ban can support themselves, and the second goblin empire, which feels bottomless in their hearts, has completely withered. Since you can't win the opponent on the battlefield, then forget it, you have missed the move, and it seems that you have to find another way out to deal with that Will Needham, and it seems that it will not be possible to bury your head in your own hands!
The goblin army finally bowed its head in the face of the cruel reality, and several goblin divisions that had suffered heavy casualties in the previous series of combat operations retreated inland to rest and recuperate, and simply surrendered their hands neatly, giving up the floodplain where the two sides had been fighting continuously before to Luo Zhengdao's human pirate group.
Knowing that the goblins who choose to take a step back cannot be willing to admit defeat, Luo Zhengdao does not dare to go deep into the hinterland of the main continent to operate, it is not a person to play a sneak game, and he can get out of the goblin tiger at any time, in case his own army is cut off by the superior goblin army, this kind of future makes Luo Zhengdao shudder when he thinks about it. Seeing the goblins gradually withdrawing from the battlefield, only the air cavalry and the wolf cavalry operating in squad mode were left on the front line, roaming in search of fighters, and monitoring the movements of humans by the way. At this point, the main forces of the two sides disengaged, and the battlefield turned from a hot war in which guns and artillery roared to friction and clashes from time to time, and on the whole maintained a strange and calm Cold War mode.
Thirty-six plans to go up to the top! If you simply think that retreating is equivalent to admitting defeat, this vision is a little shallow, goblins are poor children who have been boiled out of thousands of years of repeated encirclement and suppression by the human army, this blow is a fart! It would be more appropriate to call this kind of stride backward a retreat as a retreat.
Recognizing that the change in the battle situation is not good for one's side, at this time, I can no longer hear useless empty words such as goblins shouting for the slaughter of human slaves, and the second goblin empire, which pays attention to practicality, has no habit of playing with mouth cannons. The kind of thing that likes to give the gods some eye medicine when there is nothing to do is also to do as little as possible, the other party is an extremely long life of the transcendent being, today you offended them, after a few thousand years, it is too late to give you a list to wear small shoes, this is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years!
Of course, allowing pirates to show off their strength at their own doorstep is not an ending that the goblins can accept calmly, but it is the new generation of overlords of the main continent, and this face is always wanted, and the countermeasures taken by the goblin military department are mercenaries.
Goblins play this hand, and it can be called killing two birds with one stone! There are a large number of foreign tribes living on the main continent, and they are constantly entangled in grievances with each other, like a mess. From ancient times to the present, no matter which intelligent race controls the main continent, the overlords cannot completely control the situation, which is not only the problem of strength but also the credit of the overseas powers as a-stirring stick, and it is almost the same to control the situation in general. For example, the human army has obviously not done a good job of killing the goblin tribes, otherwise there will be no bad situation of goblins dominating the human race, and the situation of other races is similar to the goblin tribes that drilled the ravines earlier.
The pirates can spend money to win over the orc tribe to help deal with the goblins, and the goblins are happy to have some benefits to encourage these aliens to attack the human pirates, anyway, both sides are troublesome, no matter who dies, it is a good thing for the goblins, so why bother to spend a little money on such a big thing?
The marching tents made of green canvas were arranged horizontally and vertically, as if a city had been born out of thin air in the wasteland, which was the biggest feature of Luo Zhengdao's army that distinguished it from the natives of the New World.
"Those greenskins are too cunning."
Zola Hegel, who smashed his fist on the map, his anger representing the common perception of most of the attendees, Luo Zhengdao calmly accepted the unpleasant reality.
War is not a place where moral rules are important, no one can blame the winner, any means to win can be adopted, the only thing to note is that you have to win!
"It's not the point to say this, the main continent is raging everywhere. Moving, saving human slaves is our biggest goal, this attack on Dongning and Grand Canal City is to drag down the mobile troops of the goblins, other things are side gains, don't be disappointed. ”
Despite smashing the goblins on the frontal battlefield and achieving a phased victory, Luo Zhengdao's mind remained clear. As the saying goes, "Hanako can't compare with the dragon king." also ushered in a tragic faux pas, the Goblin Second Empire can withstand a hundred times without hurting the muscles and bones, and Luo Zhengdao was greatly injured in the last time, so this kind of victory that has nothing to do with the overall situation is not worth boasting about.
In contrast, it is more urgent to complete the strategic goal as soon as possible, and to rescue one more human slave today, tomorrow will give a little more help to the cause of human recovery, and this is where there is real value. It's just that how to achieve this ultimate goal, Luo Zhengdao is still a little uncertain, there are many capable people under him, to undertake this arduous mission of infiltrating behind enemy lines and taking human slaves out of danger, he can't find a suitable person after thinking about it, unless he personally takes on it. Briefly elaborated on his thoughts, this mention was immediately denied by his subordinates, others don't care, Luo Zhengdao hangs up, then it is not a small problem of his life, it is a heavy blow to the human resistance, to put it strictly, this is irresponsible for the cause of human restoration.