Chapter 1293: The Last Madness
However, the Stormed Wolf Knights and Centaur Marksmen, who were ready to fight with their own lives and create a passage for their follow-up comrades, did not realize that their own side was fighting with all their might, but the formation became more and more crowded. This was even more extreme when the follow-up wolf cavalry arrived. All we saw was that more and more wolf knights and centaurs were crowded outside the shield wall, and there were even scenes where the rear cavalry could not stop the car and crashed into the front row.
However, in the long run, it must be the soldiers on the front line who can't support it first, right? Although the war skill provides them with a huge morale bonus and combat power boost, the first recruits who see blood no matter how much they increase the buff are only first-level soldiers. The gap between the Orcs and the Orc's most elite Storm Wolf Cavalry and Centaur Cavalry Archers is not so easy to overcome.
Lu Xi was still sitting under the Iron Rose banner, and he had been deaf to the attention of the officers and staff officers at all levels around him, as if he had really turned into an immovable rock. However, the corners of his mouth finally began to turn up slightly when the banner of the Storm Clan Khan was finally raised outside the horizon in the distance. Then, Lu Xi nodded to Bull on the side.
"Almost, it's about time."
The tall minotaur warrior was slightly startled, then reacted, hurriedly advanced a huge signal flag from the side, rushed to the highest point of the hill, raised it with all his might, and then waved it vigorously. The heavy flagpole, which was more than three meters high, was as light as an ordinary trumpet flag in Bull's hands.
At this time, Colonel Grimmar, who was the chief commander, was already standing on the front line with his big sword and personally participating in the battle. He was not the kind of commander who would sit on the Diaoyu Islands and watch the war unfold. In his opinion, since his duty is here, he has the obligation to participate in the battle at the first time. Similarly, Captain Aimin, who had been following him all the time, with a scimitar in one hand and a war hammer in the other, should have thought the same way - he was the commander of the regimental quarters, which was equivalent to being a member of the discipline inspection committee plus a chief instructor. In his opinion, fighting with soldiers is also part of training, right?
However, veteran ruffians like them are by no means the kind of horsemen who only rely on temporary bravery. Since the beginning of the war, they have been operating between the first line and the second shield wall, and they have never foolishly broken away from the large army, and the main targets are all orcs who have pounced on them with spears with their blood. Under the cover of a rifle and shield, Colonel Grimmar easily cut down three Stormwolves. Their riders, on the other hand, fell to the ground and were soon stabbed by soldiers with spears and short swords.
He enjoyed this kind of battle very much, but he knew very well that if he continued to fight like this, he might force the enemy to lose morale and retreat on his own, but his own losses would definitely be great to a touching extent. Lu Xi, whom he knew, would never do such a thing.
Colonel Grimmar pondered as he slashed an orc into four pieces with another sword. He was a veteran warrior, but he was not a genius swordsman, and a few years ago, he could never have imagined that he would now have the ability to kill a Storm Wolf Knight with a single sword. All this has made me live in a kind of surreal illusion, and I always feel that since I met Lu Xi, my life has suddenly become so magnificent that it has begun to be a little unreal.
Colonel Grimmar had just slain the orc knight, and the gap was quickly filled by sword, shield and spearmen, as if they were not affected by the battle dead at all, as efficient as an iron army that had experienced a hundred battles. This is also what makes the colonel feel particularly unreal. According to him, the only legion in the Federation with this kind of combat effectiveness should be the sixth that he had served before, that is, the Eastern Legion. Well, perhaps the original garrison that grew up after the battle between Blackman City and the Henas Peninsula has now been reorganized into the Fifteenth Army Corps, and the one who is confronting the Orc Southern Front army on the Mubohair River is barely the one.
Well, in this way, all the legions that the Federation can fight seem to have a lot to do with our commander. So......
Colonel Grimmar pestle his sword, gasping for breath as he was startled by his own thoughts. At this time, he suddenly heard the voice of the old assistant behind him, Captain Aiming.
"Colonel! The order flag of the Chinese army! The former Sothnes bandit shouted as he picked up a throwing gun from the ground and threw it back. On the spot, he punched a wolf in the head. I really didn't expect that he still had such a dual-purpose skill, and if he developed it seriously, he might be able to study some means of drawing a circle with his left hand and drawing a square with his right hand.
It's finally here! Even a veteran like Colonel Grimmar could not hide the excitement in his heart. A voice was telling him that he was standing at a crossroads in history.
"Lead gunner! Raise your gun, aim, shoot! ”
In fact, without waiting for the colonel's voice to reach the whole army. Seeing the soldiers waving the flag of the Chinese army, these soldiers who were wearing simple leather armor or even cloth armor, and had several pockets bulging around their waists, and knew at a glance that they could not go into hand-to-hand combat, took off the guide guns behind them. Led by their respective officers and non-commissioned officers, they soon began to aim in unison for the first time. With a total of 5,000 guide gunners, it takes no more than a minute to complete the first aim - don't be surprised. You must know that in addition to Lu Xi's skill bonus, these guide gunners were originally the most obedient and disciplined group of people selected by Lu Xi from the recruits of the legion, and they can be regarded as the elite of this group of rookies.
The Fourth Legion, or the first formed guide gun unit of the Federation, uses the Northern standard MK1 guide rifle, which is also the first mass-produced guide rifle produced by the North Heavy Industries specifically for human use. Originally, this batch of weapons was to be sent to Auckland's new army equipped with Karin, but they were directly intercepted by Lu Xi. Compared to the Dwarven crossbow type, it is lighter, and although it sacrifices some stability, it has a faster rate of fire. Of course, because in this era when there is no hook turning tool for the time being, the technical work of rifling can still only rely on manual work or even alchemy, so this mass-produced guide gun is still a typical array smoothbore gun - to put it bluntly, the accuracy is not good, and the formation can only ensure the output of firepower, but it is precisely because of this that there is such a bloody romance that tests courage and will at the peak of queuing to shoot!
"Fire!" The officers conveyed the orders from the Chinese army to the soldiers at the most basic level in their own loudest voices.
The sound of the gunfire was much crisper and gentler than that of the gunpowder gun in Lu Xi's hometown. However, the sound of thousands of rifles firing at the same time gathered together, but it was still like a thunderclap exploding in the middle of the flat ground, continuously, roaring and boiling. Thousands of projectiles accompanied by the impact of the obsidian stones, forming thousands of lines of fire, directly drilling into the centaur formation.
Yes, the five thousand leading gunners were divided into two clusters by Lu Xi and placed on the two wings. Directly under the command (or surveillance) of his nemesis, Carol, and Elliott, the second brain-dead fan. Their first salvo was not aimed at the Storm Wolves, the most threatening Chinese army, but the centaurs on both wings.
At such a close distance, it is a formation that has been compressed so densely. This is exactly what the array line of smoothbore guns loves to hit the most. In just the first volley, more than 2,000 centaurs were hit on the spot, and nearly half were killed on the spot. And those who were hit but did not die, perhaps they had not seen it at all before, and even imagined such a blow, and after the dazed stiffness lasted for several seconds, they felt the paralysis and pain spread throughout their bodies.
The most capable centaur soldiers in the Stormwind Clan's vassal army were stunned by the sudden first volley. Those who are not shot hesitate, those who are shot and fall to the ground will wail, and the blood of the beast is boiling but they want to charge for their lives. The inability to unify the way of thinking will inevitably lead to chaos in the entire war situation. In such a situation, it is impossible for the commander to quickly convey the order and unify his thinking. However, before the centaur soldiers could do anything, a second salvo arrived.
More than a thousand more soldiers were killed. In just a few seconds, the centaurs lost a third of their manpower. For the army of the Cold Weapon Age, this is completely beyond their imagination. They turned around and tried to escape, but collided with the friendly forces that followed, adding to the confusion.
"Go back! Get back! Go back to the fight! "The famous wolf cavalry general of the Stormwind Clan, Barug, who is not very brave, rode on his wolf, howled loudly, and slashed several fleeing centaurs in succession with his sword. However, his efforts were unable to bring the retreating army back to normal. On the contrary, the wolf cavalry under his command was rushed into a mess, and many orcs were even knocked off the wolf saddle directly from the wolf saddle by the frightened and fleeing centaurs, and fell to the ground, trampled to death by the iron hooves of the fleeing centaurs.
Barug kept moving from place to place, trying to calm his soldiers as hard as he could, shouting and driving the fleeing soldiers back, and soon ran to the front of the confrontation. He threw his javelin at the camp of the Union army, and on the spot, smashed a large shield and flew upside down with seven or eight soldiers behind him.
The brave orc general hopes to restore the courage of his warriors through his own efforts. However, riding a large wolf with snow-white fur and bright armor, he was almost the most conspicuous one on the battlefield, and was soon noticed by the lead gunners. Almost at the same moment, more than twenty guide guns were aimed at him together. With a burst of gunfire, the orc general fell from his wolf saddle as if he had been shattered in his rag pocket, coughed up two mouthfuls of blood, and died directly. The white wolf, who had also been shot several times, lay on the ground and could not stand up. He was like a puppy that had lost its owner, let out a mournful "woo", stuck out his tongue and licked the cold corpse of his master, and could no longer get up.
He was the first orc high general to die in this battle, and certainly could not be the last.
In fact, just a few minutes before his death, the Sul Khan of the Stormwind Clan, with the last of the 10,000 horsemen, and the general reserve of the entire army, finally arrived on the battlefield.
"This, this is ......" He saw the battle on both flanks, which had almost turned into a one-sided slaughter. He also saw the situation of the Chinese army, and under the brave battle of the most elite Storm Wolf Knights, the enemy's forward defense line was retreating step by step.
"I see, do you want to press me from both wings and annihilate me here? Lu Xi? Berencaster is really a big appetite! Young Khan gasped. Of course, what frightens him even more is that the other party seems to be able to do this.
"The most important thing is, that kind of weapon...... I've heard about its power! I've also heard that the dwarves have been equipped on a large scale, but when will the Federation, which is about to go bankrupt, be able to procure new weapons of this scale for its own army? ”
The production of powerful new weapons should be limited, and the cost should be extremely high, and the Federation with a miserable financial situation must not be able to afford it. There is nothing wrong with Shel Khan's reasoning.
"What you really can't imagine is that the rookie army of recruits has been holding up for so long in front of your proud Storm Wolf Knights, right?" Tanlash said.
"Yes, it doesn't make sense at all!" Sail smiled bitterly: "I'm not too surprised that the other party has a new weapon in his hand. There are elves and dwarves on the side, and it doesn't make sense that there will be no one on the Federation side. However, even if it is a powerful new weapon, it is difficult to say how useful it will be in the hands of new recruits. But why, they will behave like a hundred battle elites! Look at the current situation, Harlow, the bravest wolf knight general under my command, the Storm Wolf Rider, the strongest army in all of Orgrimmar, they have tried their best, but now they can only barely force each other back. ”
"So, what now? In this situation, it is difficult for us to gain an advantage, should we retreat? At least, the 10,000 horsemen under your command can be preserved intact. We can meet with the troops who are returning one after another, and we still have the strength to fight. ”
"Retreat? It seems to be the most rational choice! This thought flashed through Thor's mind, but then he shook his head and smiled bitterly: "At this time, if we retreat, the centaurs on both wings will be crushed, and the storm cavalry in the center will not be able to escape the end of the entire army. Since the Storm Clan appeared in this world, when has the Storm Wolf Rider been wiped out! ”
"Go on the attack, support the Storm Wolf Riders, and break through directly from the center! As long as we penetrate the enemy's center first, victory will still be ours! The Khan of Ser exclaimed, "Tell Samob not to wait any longer!" Attack now! Target? The Rose Flag, of course! ”
A tall orc raised his horn and blew it into the sky. The sound of the majestic trumpet came from the clouds, and then, behind the layers of clouds, the heart-rending howls and the sound of flapping wings tearing the sky came from far and near. At first glance, it sounded as if tens of thousands of bats were flapping their wings at the same time.
"Coming? This is the last struggle, right? Lu Xi raised his eyes and looked at the sky.
"Major Valerius is ready to go!" Herald, Brain Dead Powder No. 3 Elyas? Paradeva trotted back from the back camp, and before he stopped, he spoke loudly.
"Excellent! Tell him to take off with our big guy! Lu Xi smiled, and then said to Sai Xiliu: "Then, the top will be handed over to you." ”
"Don't worry, since it's already been repaired. Unless Parkens came in person, no matter how many came, it would be just a death. Miss Student Council President nodded and smiled, and slowly left with full confidence. She has always been the most cautious and humble of her friends, and it is about the first time she has shown such pride, right?
"Also, Els, get Grant ready at all times! I thought, his big gun, no, cannon, is finally going to be hungry and thirsty, right? ”10