Chapter 525: Sriland Fortress (1)
Upstart!
Even if the Cordillera City Defense Army defeated the Casif Army, in the eyes of many nobles, Hathaway is an upstart, and for those veteran nobles, it is not only strength and title that fight, but also family blood and family history. In Hathaway's case...... She also felt that her foundation was too shallow. Therefore, a commander of aristocratic background like Madoni simply looked down on the Cordillera City Defense, and in the eyes of their more orthodox soldiers, the composition of the Cordillera City Defense Army was too complicated, what combat effectiveness could such a force have?
However, the fighting power displayed by the Cordillera City Defenses today taught these elite of the Carsev army a vivid and unforgettable lesson, but they still stubbornly believed that they were surrounding the main force of the Cordillera army.
"On the left flank, the struggle for the dry bed must go on!"
Madonie tapped the table, the sand table trembling under his fist, "Although the opponent's attack was accurate and hard, their defensive strength was still concentrated on the right flank and the rear of the high ground. So...... We are to start the assault from the right flank, this time by removing the broken barb from the mountainside, and then attack directly at the central position of the Cordillera army. ”
"At the same time as the offensive on the right flank!"
Madonie's palm covered the position in the northern part of the highlands, "We will attack here with the most tenacious offensive!" We are in a position where this place is not suitable for storming the top, and we are fighting here only to attract enemy forces and part of the artillery fire. ”
"That is...... "Madonie traced the blood-stained riverbed with his fingers," "and the deadliest assault still comes from here." ”
Aug. 14 at 6 p.m. The Central Highlands of Karsdorf have been calm for more than half a magician.
A lone horse galloped down the road leading to the high ground, and the special operators guarding the position saw the headless corpse on horseback in the distance, still spraying blood.
"It's our liaison sent to the rear, and it looks like we're really surrounded." Squadron Leader Morpheus muttered as he saw his team members jump out of position and stop the snorting horses.
"It's so quiet!" Morpheus whispered to the deputy squadron leader next to him, Hesin.
"Yes! Very abnormal! Hesin carefully surveyed the bushes in front of the position, where he and the Commander had come here. He believed that the grass had lurked in the grass at this time, and that there were countless ambushes by the Cassef army.
"Suiho!" Morpheus shouted loudly to the high ground, and the leader of the artillery squadron appeared in Morpheus' line of sight in a few moments.
"What?" Suiho responded.
"It's not the way to wait!" Morpheus was still shouting, "Can you get your people to shoot at all the suspicious places or moving things?" ”
Suiho disappeared again to the top of the high ground, but after a while he heard the cries of artillery officers from the artillery position.
"Gun Six ready! Two hundred meters ahead! Adjust the gun distance ......"
"Reload...... Reload complete! ”
"Put!"
With a loud bang, a battery rose in a pungent cloud of smoke. The shells crossed the surface almost parallelly. Exactly fall on the bushes in front of the position.
As soon as the severed arm flew into the sky in the flames of the explosion, the special operators immediately raised their weapons. The silence after the artillery fire lasted only a few seconds, and a shout erupted from the bushes, followed by a cry. The Kasef army, which had crept into the battlefield, finally jumped up. They were rapidly approaching the positions of the Casev Army.
"Hahaha!" Morpheus held the magic rifle that was slung over his shoulder. "I'm so smart!"
"yes, yes! You're so smart! Can you be our squadron leader if you are not smart? As he spoke, Hesin pointed his gun at a Kasef soldier who had charged toward the position.
Morpheus is not alone in being a smart general!
Mikel, the newly promoted squadron leader of the 3rd Group, had anticipated the imminent arrival of a large-scale offensive by the Cassef Army as soon as the battlefield had calmed down.
Those who have never seen the Kasef Army charge into battle will be shocked by that scene! The Carsif Army was still in small formations, dodging and maneuvering like apes between the trees and mountains, maintaining an efficient impact rate and a narrow front in front of the fragile defensive line of the 3rd Special Operations Group.
The clever Mikel simply ignored the Kasef soldiers who passed through the flanks of his line. He just stared intently straight ahead. Until a group of enemy troops broke through.
Mikel raised his longsword high, and the blade of the longsword glistened in the scorching sun!
"City Defense Army...... Shoot! ”
Bullets knocked down rows of enemies, but the enemies behind them still swarmed in...... When the bullets ran out, they pierced the shield opposite with their bayonets, and the enemy behind the shield used their bodies to slack the movement of their blades; The saber finally found a gap and stabbed the enemy with one sword, but the broadsword of the third enemy had already fallen from above, and the tenacious special operators finally encountered an even more stubborn opponent.
With a touch of blood red sprinkled around the front, more than 100 surviving members of the 3rd Brigade were fighting with the enemy with the highest fighting spirit.
Blade to sword, shield to shield, the team members shouted all kinds of murderous slogans, they pushed each other, trampled on each other, attacked each other, anything reflective was a weapon, any moving shadow was hostile! The collective of the special operators seemed to be moving forward and retreating, and Mikel kept the rhythm of resistance, maintaining a thin line in the constant change of positions.
Finally, a wounded man saw the enemy outflanking him from the bottom of the mountain, and he struggled to raise his crossbow, then aimed at the opponent and pulled the trigger. The special operator stumbled back, but more of the Carsaves had already rushed into the paralyzed gathering point of the dead and wounded.
"Don't look backwards! Don't look backwards! Mikel shouted to the players on the front line, "The city defense army advances!" Advance! We're moving forward! ”
The dying cries of the wounded were heard from the gathering point of the Third Brigade, and all the wounded took up their blades, and they slashed the thighs in front of and behind them with swords and bayonets, and stabbed at every enemy who dared to approach them.
Mikel slashed at a Kasef soldier, but a broadsword slashed from behind him.
What a blessing!
The weapons used by the soldiers of the Kasef Army were still the standard weapons of the Empire. The broadsword had curled up its blade, leaving only one mark on Mikel's armor. At the same time, it also smashed this heroic and tenacious battlefield commander to the ground.
Mikel swung his sword as he fell to the ground, and the enemy's legs immediately left him. Mikel breathed a sigh of relief, and he finally had a chance to take a look at the battlefield behind him. His comrades are still making their last struggles.
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!
In the gathering point of the wounded soldiers, one wounded soldier detonated a blasting bomb, and the other wounded soldiers followed suit, and in the blink of an eye, the gathering point of the wounded soldiers was shrouded in smoke and dust from the explosion, and the severed limbs and wreckage were thrown one after another, and only the camp could barely be seen from the clothing.
Mikel's eyes were blurred by salty blood. Maybe there was tears in the blood, but we don't know. At the foot of the hill the enemy was about to crush the weak resistance of the 3rd Brigade. All we heard was a cry of blood and pride from Mikel.
"City Defense! Advance! Follow me through ......"
At 7:10 p.m. on August 14, when all the main teams of the special operations team had been put into battle, a crisp whistle finally came from the ridge to the left of the dry riverbed.
Jafa. Troon couldn't help but laugh as he looked at the Cassef army as they crossed the riverbed, "I really want to meet the commander of the other side." This guy will be my confidant! ”
Suiho attacks indiscriminately. The commander of the artillery squadron finally gave his team an order not to sacrifice the cannon and kill people. The dry riverbed was trembling and crying. The parched soil was moistened by the blood, and there were traces of running water on the riverbed.
Flowing water accumulates in front of the slope leading to the central heights of Kasdorf into a river of blood, and the soldiers of the Kasef army erect a wooden ladder to attack the top of the river. The wooden ladder is built directly on the steep slope. They pedaled a wooden ladder up the heights.
Kasdorf Heights, Jayfa. Troon was anxiously pacing around the command headquarters when suddenly, a strange sound came from his clenched fist, and he quickly let go...... Balt came out of the communication crystal. Willy's voice: "Our army is attacking the Sriland Fortress!" ”
"Signal a counterattack immediately!" Jafa. Troun excitedly gave the order to the herald.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Outside the headquarters, three green flares shot into the sky...... In a depression on the Kasdorf Heights, 2,000 special combat personnel waited anxiously, and standing in front of the team was none other than Alf, the deputy commander of the special combat team. When the three flares shot up into the sky, everyone's faces were excited.
"Flying group, attack!" Alf ordered in a loud voice.
Call! Call! Call~
One by one, the snowy vultures rose into the sky, and the sky above the entire Kasdorf Heights seemed to have a thick layer of white clouds, and thousands of bursting bombs were thrown into the camp of the Kasef army below the heights.
"That's ...... When did the Cordillera have so many flying mounts?! At the headquarters of the Kasef Army, Madoni watched in amazement at the snow vultures in the air and the rain of popping bombs...... At this moment, he almost didn't even have the strength to think.
Knock knock knock......
There was a rush of footsteps, and then a soldier hurried to the officers, "My lord, the Sriland fortress is under a heavy attack by the Cordillera army, and the fortress is ...... The troops are insufficient, and I hope that the adults will immediately retreat to the rescue! ”
Attack?
Rescue?
Madonie ...... Including everyone's faces, they were pale...... Even military idiots know that in the current situation, retreat is a dead end!
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Sriland Fortress.
The attack and defense above and below the city wall have entered the stage of arduous white-knuckle warfare, the dense Casif soldiers are like ant colonies covering the entire city wall, overwhelming rain of arrows and flying stones poured down, the terrible howl rises and falls one after another up and down the city wall, the ladder on the city wall almost blocks every battlement, the half-orc warriors show their fearless side at this time, one hand holds the shield high, the other hand climbs the ladder, and the spear has long been replaced, The only weapon of attack was a waist knife that was bitten in the mouth, silently launching wave after wave of charges towards the battlement
The Kasef soldiers on the city walls are obviously also elite, although it is the first time to go head-to-head with the orc warriors, but they are not the slightest bit afraid, the tenacious echelon defense system shows that the Kasef side is determined to hold on to this fortress specially built for the invasion of the underground coalition, in the face of the vicious attack of the half-orcs, as long as they hold on to this castle fortress, the Cordillera army will not be able to smoothly enter the southern part of the Casserf province.
Both sides were aware of this and had made careful preparations for it, but it was clear that the Cassef side had underestimated the determination of the Cordillera army, and that their preparations were not yet complete before an unexpected battle ensued. Worst of all, the main force and mages of the Sriland Fortress have followed Madoni to stop the 'main force' of the Cordillera Army, and the strength in the fortress is unprecedentedly empty, and it is now the only force left.
Hathaway's decision to attack the fortress of Sriland was not a matter of thought, but a deliberate one...... When the eyes of the Cassef army were attracted by the special combat team, the main force of the Cordillera had changed the route of the march again, and when the main force of the Cassef army in the fortress of Sreiland sniped the special combat team, the main force of the Cordillera suddenly came out.
Now that the outer positions of the Sriland Fortress have all fallen, Hathaway still underestimated the strength of the Castle Army, and the remaining defenders are still desperately holding the choke point, and they will have to pull out this nail if they want to enter the southern part of the Castle Fortress.
The attacks of the Green Elf archers, half-elf gunners, and artillery units, under the cover of the half-orc and barbarian infantry, finally began to exert their power, and when they reached range, they inflicted considerable damage on the Kasef defenders on the walls of the fortress.
The graceful posture of the green elves is full of artistic spirituality even in the bloody killing acts, two fingers lightly pick up the arrows in the quiver at the waist, bend the bow and arrows, each wave of shooting action is so uniform and rhythmic, the crunch of the bowstring resonates like a magic harp, it seems that the soul can't help but jump out of the chest, every movement is so meticulous that you almost think you are enjoying a wonderful bow performance.
The half-elves' shots may not be so elegant, but they are accurate, and each salvo is full of wonderful rhythm; The artillerymen's attack lacked a bit of gentleness, sweeping through the city like a storm of steel.
However, the Kasef defenders soon introduced their ace defensive weapons as well, and when the heavy catapults and heavy siege crossbows began to roar, when the Cordillera infantry was in a bitter battle, even the buff aura that glittered on the soldiers could not completely neutralize the enemy's attack...... More than 80 catapults and more than 20 heavy crossbows roared one after another, and boulders the size of millstones and crossbows the thickness of human arms flew down from the walls, crushing patches of blood-colored mud among the Cordillera army below. (To be continued......)