Chapter 136: Thunder in the North (Part II)
Northland, its starry sky is no different from Quel'Thalas. The closer you get to the shore, the more ice floes there are, and the white ice is strangely shaped, and when you look at it from above, there are hundreds of them within the arc of the planet.
The most difficult part of the development of the Northland is the difficult shipping routes, after June every year, the ice floes are basically gone, and the ships can be considered safe. In the second half of the year, you have to travel before October, otherwise the cold wind and waves will make you wait until next year.
At dawn, the target pirate rises from below the planet's arc. It was covered with frozen snow, and two three-masted galleons stayed in the harbor.
Stargazing platforms, astronomical telescopes play a role beyond design, and the situation on the island is completely unfolding.
Whether the original design of the stargazing observatory was a foresight or a whim, Shane himself did not know. But most people think that he was a foresight: 'When the observatory was built, the master thought of a floating mage tower. ’
Shane was silent to make others look unfathomable.
With Sylvanas by her side, the operational command is usually entrusted to her. "The level of the army is different, and this operation is at most the level of the exercise," the female elf said a pity, but the actual situation was that no one would let anyone dominate the telescope of the stargazing platform. "We approached in the clouds, and when they saw it, it was too late to react."
The Stargazing Observatory temporarily became a temporary command post for operations, and Shane's followers, the Dawnblade clansmen, and the elite ranger leaders of the Windrangers stood in a circle along the outer circular pool.
Combat readiness has long been in place.
"Almost, all the people listen to my orders" The female elf's body trembled slightly because of excitement: "The battle begins, the height of the floating tower begins to fall, and the target fights at the height of the ground." ”
The magic sound transmission circle transmitted the voice of the female elf to all corners of the floating tower. With the advent of new weapons and equipment, there will be new combat modes, and Sylvanas learns from relaxation, and has been taught a lot of fashionable words by Shane during his days in the north.
"Understood, the altitude began to fall, out of the cover of the clouds."
The huge body of the floating tower crashed into the clouds, pressing down on the island like a dark cloud.
This large island, as Shane's memory calls it Scoundrel Harbor. It is located southeast of the large island where sealers live. No one cares about what the main enemy is, and neither does Shane.
After reading the intelligence, they are just a group of robbers. Slave traders, human pirates who smuggle for a living. To deal with them, the floating tower drove over, enough to crush.
"I seem to see a lot of them, Sylvanas. Can you be sure? ”
In the Northlands, population is a very important resource, and if you can't get enough people in this battle, you will lose money in the battle. Therefore, the battle plan along the way was made around as many prisoners as possible.
"There are a lot of them, and there are more than 800 people running around." Sylvanas leaned over the eyepiece to examine it closely.
The people on the ground are not natives of the Northlands, they are the vanguard of human colonists, but they are pirates by profession. Even in early spring, many pirates had their arms and thighs bare in the sun, and several of them had large and small scars on their bodies. Obvious strong and robust.
But the battle brought by Shane is not a model of fighting for strength head-on.
"Three hundred in height," Rassern shouted in the magic array.
"Attack Now, Target Dock"
Sylvanas gave a decisive order.
The floating tower, dozens of magic ballistas on one side, at this moment, suddenly bloomed. Enchanted crossbow bolts, burning with flames, and a meteor swarm generally covers the blow.
"The first round of strikes is over, the effect is good, it is recommended that the user perform the second round of strikes"
The Eye of Truth is saying, but not to be reminded of by Shane. Sylvanas's battlefield instincts were higher than Shane himself didn't know. The female elves ordered that each ballista be fired at least three times.
The red lotus of death continued to bloom, and the enchantment effect exploded when it landed, and the dock shattered. The ships were burning, and two kilometers of bay, from beginning to end, were caught in flames.
'Like a spell from the legendary meteor shower'
The core knowledge of the Plastic Energy School is in the hands of the royal family, and Shane has not had a chance to read it, but he can imagine the effect of the spell.
'The same effect, arcane can be achieved in different ways. Meteor Rain uses the spell school to implement the method ......'
Because the battle is too easy. Sean unconsciously wandered.
"It's not a good habit to get distracted in battle" Sylvanas was beside Shane, one of them was the supreme leader and the other was the military commander, and they naturally stood close to him. Except for Aurelia, no one felt unsuitable.
"Sorry"
"It's time to go into the ground forces, and your puppet forces are ready to go. Are you sure they won't fall if they jump so high? The female elf gloated, and ease was the tone of the battle.
"Don't worry, please practice them to your heart's content, the mage regiment of the Dawn Blade is ready."
Relaxed, it is the mood of the upper-level officers, and the people below are not easy, with a height of more than three hundred meters, it is difficult for some elves to bow their heads.
Chivalry and drunkenness, chivalry and drunkenness, chivalry and drunkenness. Hadurun silently recited the spiritual program of the Red Sun Guards in his heart.
"Commander, are you nervous?" One of the subordinates asked, and Haduron shook his head repeatedly, "How can I be nervous, I'm just wondering what the difference between the hot wine in the Northland and the one in Quel'Salas." ”
"Treat everyone to a drink after the fight?" The subordinates took the opportunity to say cheekily.
"No problem, everyone have a drink" Haduron is making the final mobilization: "Listen, everyone, don't be left behind." We're going to come back one by one."
Shane asked the mentor to borrow half a group of mages, and they had arcane powers flashing in their hands, and the levitation technique kept blessing the puppets. At the top of the Mage Tower, a blue magic light flickered, and when it turned golden, the Red Sun Guards were about to descend and fight.
"Commander, the color has turned golden," a subordinate shouted.
"It's our turn, Red Sun Guards"
"I'm invincible"
The arachnid puppet carries eight people, and there are twelve puppets in three battle groups, and the puppets are controlled to tighten their walking feet, and then they leap forward with force, and then they are like feathers falling, and they are like gliders, although they are light but not affected by the wind, and they draw their own trajectories and fall to the ground.
The puppet's six walking feet fell to the ground, eighteen joints, and the foot hydraulics tightened in unison, and the whole machine was like a compressed spring, and the belly was attached to the ground to release the momentum. Haduron felt like he had fallen off a chocobo, no big deal.
His mission was to block the passage of the harbor outward.
"On that road, we're building a defensive wall with puppets so that we don't let a pirate go." His eyes searched around and found the way.
"But, Commander Haduron, the code says that flank fire must be maintained," objected the Guards Chaplain.
"Put the drill aside and listen to me."
The chaplain did not speak. According to the system of the White Tower, the army belonging to the White Tower must be accompanied by a priest, and the responsibility is to encourage and heal the soldiers and unite the morale of the army, but the marching command is the authority of the commander, as long as he does not turn his back or flee halfway, the priest has no right to question the military command.
Survival is the instinct of creatures, and some of them began to flee by a wave of pirates who were beaten stupid, running towards the road blocked by Hadurun.
"All the throwing ballistas are ready, all the bows and arrows are wound, and the three stages are shot rapidly, put ~~"
Explosions and rain of arrows are the language of the Red Sun Guard. The first wave of pirates who stormed the blockade left behind a dozen corpses to retreat from the base. Only the pier was destroyed, and their place of residence remained intact. There are a few bosses who are trying to regain their organization, and whether they are dead or alive, they at least know that the enemy is an elf with long ears.
On the floating tower, Shane's real main force was dispatched, and thousands of rangers were airdropped at the same time. Flotation sent them, like dandelion seeds, flying down. From the ground, thousands of elves floated out of thousands of green leaves, and they adjusted their posture and landed as far as possible near the landing ground behind the puppet.
There were only two leaders in the observatory, and their subordinates were all sent out, and the third wave of five hundred people was used as a reserve, and they would not be put into the battlefield without accidents.
Sylvanas drew her sword and thrust it back, repeating the same motion. Aurelia, Winressa, her people, experienced the winds of the Northland before her. I want to go too! Ride the wind and slash the enemy's sword.
'She's eager to try' Shane watched the movements of the female elf, smiled and touched her shoulder from behind, even if she was wearing armor, the shape fit her hand perfectly: "I know your feelings, bear with it to the end, it is our duty to watch the meritorious work of our subordinates and cheer for them." Am I not here with you? ”
"You don't need to say it," the female elf snorted, giving Shane the back of her head, but her ears were moving in her hair, obviously being cared for by her man, and she was very useful.
The intensity of the battle was really just a drill, but the elf's ears suddenly straightened, and Sean knew that she would only react when she was angry.
Three hundred meters is not high, and the elven rangers are quickly scattered to the landing ground, and because they have no experience in airborne operations, their organization is completely chaotic. The basic organization is completely scattered, and I don't know what to do.
Those who shouted for their commanders, those who searched for their subordinates, those who were rolling on the ground, those whose equipment was lost, those whose equipment was damaged, in short, were in a mess.
"My cavalry, a charge will take them out," Sylvanas sighed. But the female elf's breath did not last long, and her straight ears relaxed again.
Unlike soldiers, who have been learning how to cut people all their lives, the High Elves are not as educated as other races because of their longevity and social values. Basic education for mages in childhood, teaching students according to their aptitude in adolescence, self-development in adulthood or going to Yinyue City to eat subsistence allowances.
The elves who participated in the reclamation of the two northern lands are all elves with their own pursuits.
Their level of education determines how well an army understands battle orders from top to bottom, and after the initial panic, they quickly know what situation they are facing and how to improve it: with the nearest officer as the core, they gather under the combined battle banner of Windranger-Dawnblade.
Seeing this, the elf happily gave her last command.
"When the battle is over, the pirates must surrender immediately."
Population and land, there's it. (To be continued.) )
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