Wheel of War 17
Back to me, the naval battle had begun, and they had arrived here despite the attack of our air forces and the loss of a few ships, and were able to bombard our positions with long-range artillery. In the same way, our navy is still in color, and the naval battle begins.
Because these vanguard of the enemy had already experienced the baptism of our air force, they did not have any advantage at the beginning of the naval battle, and on land, we erected a lot of catapults with long poles, which also allowed us to take advantage of the range of fire, and in addition to the fact that our griffons had shortened the distance to transport bombs, the frequency of our bombing was increased. On the other hand, the enemy was very embarrassed in the face of us with support from behind, and the damage of the same artillery fire to us was very limited, although the enemy quickly replenished the strength of the vanguard fleet, but this is the offshore sea, when some warships were continuously sunk in some places, this area was equivalent to forming an artificial island and reef, which hindered the development of their formation even more. Everything is moving in our favor.
I was also very comforted to see this from the air, and Zurkin, who was also watching through the telescope, realized that the current situation was a serious disadvantage to him, and of course, what made him most angry was that the army did not show up for a long time, because after he received information that Thrall was pursuing the alliance army, and Kukaron, led by Lexa, had already conquered the alliance forces left behind in the village of Senkin. It is said that they should have arrived a long time ago, but now they are facing the main force of the navy and army of the entire alliance alone.
Not only that, but on the Silk Harbor side, the goblins haven't shipped for a long time. Yes, he couldn't believe that the goblins didn't supply him anymore, it seemed that he still mistook the goblins and their leaders, and chose to weigh the interests like before in the face of hatred, or the goblins were not optimistic about their tribe's victory, just like more than ten years ago.
Zulkin recalls the decisive battle between the Horde and the Alliance:
When the battle of Lordaeron saw the defeat of the tribe, these gadgets immediately gave up trading with the tribe, and even did not want to pay on credit, of course, thinking that the historical Zurkin was not only angry goblins but also the orcs of the tribe at that time, that Orgrim would not have the current alliance if he listened to himself and attacked Quel'Thalas under the cover of the Red Dragon Knight. Although the sky of Quel'Salas was protected by the Sunwell at that time, and there was a magic door on the land to protect it, after cutting down the trees, he could also enter the Sunwell area, and he was sure that if it was to attack the Sunwell, the demon-greedy Gul'dan would definitely not be pushed out, and after getting the power of the Sunwell, the defeat of the alliance was inevitable, because they not only got the power of the elves, but also accelerated the split of their alliance. But the headless chieftain Orgrim chose the main city of Lordaeron, the symbolic capital of the Alliance.
Thinking of those histories and the disadvantages of reality, Zurkin's anger was even more uncontrollable, and at this moment, he even angrily ordered his fleet to rush into the alliance position at full speed. For such a move, the surrounding troll commanders all stood up against it, and although they all trusted their leaders immensely, it was clear that this time the situation was not right.
"Chief, this order is not wise" Senjin was the first to attack, yes, in his opinion the best option was to surround this place and wait until the Horde's army arrived before besieging it. Yes, it seemed like the right choice, and they found that Zulkin was on the move. "It's hard for us alone to wipe out the entire alliance, and with so many losses ahead, we can't..."
Before Senkin could finish speaking, Zurkin grabbed Senkin by the collar and took out his dagger and slashed him in the stomach. And such a move surprised everyone, and they were all ready to deal with it, yes, they thought that their leader Zurkin was crazy, but at this moment, Senkin stood up and signaled to everyone that he was all right, and everyone should not mess around.
"Very well, Senkin, your loyalty and intelligence make me feel like I can communicate with you. Zurkin said with a smile. "That's right, we seem to be sending us to death now, but haven't you thought about what the alliance is thinking? Why do they know that we have a huge warship but still choose to hold on to this place and make it a fortress instead of abandoning ships and fleeing? Zurkin's question made all the trolls wonder what happened, and it was at this point that he told why. "That's because they must be waiting for some reinforcements. And our big chief has not appeared for a long time, it is probably the same as you think, as long as the alliance is trapped here to fight and consume, but he has made the same mistake as you, that is, he does not know the enemy's thoughts, Arthas is not a fool, although he is only in his twenties, but he has experienced dozens of battles, and many of them are wars of life and death, he will not be stupid enough to sit and wait here, this is not the eastern continent or the dust swamp, but Dulongtan, the hinterland of our tribe. β
Everyone nodded their heads at Zurkin's statement, but Senkin still had doubts.
"But we have to wait until we have to ventilate with the Army!"
"The alliance has blocked the sky, and none of you can telepathize like the alliance, how can we pass on information dozens of times. And even if we pass it on to Thrall immediately, he will veto such an order as you do, so I, we trolls, will tell him about our determination, and show him by our actions that we can give him an advantage, so that he will lick his face and lead his army out to cooperate with us. Do you understand?" Zurgin looked at everyone hesitating, and with great anger he walked over to a giant crossbow launcher on his flagship, and unleashed it at a target in the sky, and five seconds later, the giant crossbow hit a griffin knight in front of him, and then exploded in the air... Yes, as the leader of the trolls, he showed his superior side, but why? The other trolls were still puzzled, and this time he explained the reason sharply:
"See, the hammer didn't react for five seconds, because they were very tired. And this is the advantage of us trolls, because we trolls have an advantage over any race to recover physical strength and wounds. As he spoke, he re-grasped the bleeding spot of the Mori Gold Seal and took off his coat to show it to everyone present. "See, have you forgotten our racial superiority? Don't we attack while the enemy is tired and wounded, and wait for them to rest and fight back against us? β
In the face of Zurkin's statement, all the trolls did not hesitate, but obeyed Zurgin's order, and returned to the various squadrons in a dinghy to convey and direct this order. Yes, he's right, the Coalition side is really exhausted. The griffons had made several trips back and forth, and they were all weight-bearing, and they had to fly high into the air for an accelerated descent of dive bombing. This in itself was a physically demanding approach, and more importantly, they had fled before, and even before that, they had been fighting the Clan's Wyvern without any rest at all. And the army of the alliance, not to mention, is the same. Trolls, on the other hand, don't have much physical exertion of their own, and more importantly they are the least tired of their own lives.
Come back to us.
I thought that the Troll Navy would choose to besiege us after seeing their vanguard force wiped out, but the reality was that they actually chose to charge en masse, which couldn't help but surprise me. Because at this moment, we are already very tired, just as Zulkin guessed. And our automated artillery is available only on ships. The army does not exist at all, it is all manual and manual propulsion weapons, so as the war continues, they are also powerless. Although the enemy's front-row battleships have already been sunk by our intensive artillery fire and bombardment, the successive battles continue to advance the fire to our side step by step. And as more and more warships sailed in, the enemy's artillery fire became more and more intensive, and some of them had even bombarded the temporary ammunition stacks on the shore that were supplying the griffin knights with ammunition.
I'm furious to see what is happening on our shore, but I can't think of anything else that can be done about it. Serra suggested that I go back, especially as she saw through her telescope something else that I least wanted to see happen.
"Sal and the main force of their army are coming. β
Hearing this, I coughed and vomited blood, I knew that he should have come a long time ago, but to my surprise he actually came at this time. It was as if he had communicated with Zulkin. But at this time, Gianna teleported to my back, and her presence gave me some comfort and news she brought.
"Mavi is back, and she's managed to stop Kukaron. β
"Good. What about her now?"
I asked with concern, maybe I pinned some hope on her in such a bad situation, and indeed he always gave me some hope, for example, she was able to successfully stop Kucaron, which I really didn't expect. Could it be that those were not the real Cucarons but some reserves, and just when I was so suspicious, Gianna's words made me realize that I was wrong in such a conjecture.
"She is preparing to lead the army to stop the Horde's army.... And Gallisus is dead, and less than 3,000 of the 30,000 people left behind are coming here. β
"I see... We will avenge him. "I feel a little heartbroken in my heart for the death of this loyal Marshal Lordaeron, but now is not the time to grieve. "We have to do something now. Otherwise, our navy will be completely annihilated, and the army will not be able to keep it safe. β
"I can try, seal them with magic ice, but only seal them... I may not have the strength to destroy their ships, and Ronin is not here."
"If the sea is sealed, the rest will be handed over to Berva's navy to destroy the enemy, and we will face the enemy's army with Mavi... She's still waiting for us. β
"Hmm..."
So here, Gianna, who was high in the sky, once again used powerful magic, that is, to change the weather to make the already cold winter even colder, and the icy weather also made the clouds here quickly freeze around the tribe's fleet where snow and hail were constantly falling. Soon the moving fleet was frozen and could not move forward. And we are not affected here, the fleet can still sail.
At this moment, Berva realized the situation, so he regrouped the fleet that was suppressed by fire, and hit the forces to sink the frozen enemy fleet one by one. Seeing this, I didn't act, and called the griffons here to come back to my land. And at this moment Gianna fell down from exhaustion, yes, the release of such a strong magic once again made her completely prostration, but fortunately there was a priestess Serra by her side, who, after checking Gianna's condition, nodded to me, and I did not worry about anything, but struggled to fly towards the shore.
It was at this time that I realized how bad I was now. I'm trying, but I'm not very fast, yes, I'm in better shape than anyone else. But I knew I had to persevere, especially when I got back to shore, so that the soldiers couldn't see what I was looking like. Serra also thinks so, so she is also eager to treat Gianna. But it's obviously hard, and to be honest, there's no guarantee that I'll be able to stand up.
....
Some time ago, Mavi was here.
When she and Gianna were separated, she immediately spotted traces of the Tribal Army, and she had to turn her guns off to deal with the threat on land, as she was preparing to command the battle against Zulgin. Although the Coalition had previously built some proposed fences and deep ditches to deal with it, it was clear that these improvised devices could not withstand the onslaught of the enemy.
The surrounding priestesses noticed that Mavi had gathered in this direction when she returned, and Mavi had asked them to give their own orders to assemble some of the short-range artillery and archers that were not needed for the time being, and to reassemble their knights and infantry phalanx.
Mavi's order was given, and this seemed to be the best way to deal with it, but as a result, Mavi found that the current soldiers were not very active. So much so that the formation had to be laid out much later, at least twice as late as Mavi thought. At this moment, she recognizes that she knows a reality. In any case, the Allied Army is now retreating here in an unfavorable situation, so the first task must be to boost morale. So she decided to change that in a different way
Mavi rode his mount and patrolled around the front of the phalanx, and when he returned to the center, he looked at his own phalanx in the opposite direction. And everyone is also staring at Mavi, although most of them are willing to obey her command, but it does not rule out some strange eyes, yes, some Stormwind soldiers do not want to come here to fight at all, especially the current situation is quite unfavorable for the alliance now. In response, Mavi decided to give a speech to everyone before the main force of the Tribal Army arrived, before the arrival of the Horde Army... Mavi still chose this time to carry out an equally historic pre-war mobilization here, and when the gnomes realized her actions, they also prepared a megaphone for him to invent and put it at Mavi:
"I think some of you must think that Arthas brought you here as if you were using Stormwind, Ironforge, Riptide, and Hammer Dwarves as death squads, while he and the Lordaerons and Kul Tiras stayed out of the matter, but that's all. β
Mavi said this, and the soldiers who were still whispering also regained their composure and looked at Mavi. Mavi watched as everyone fell silent, and continued her speech
"You're not just here for you Stormwind. This is true for all Union people. When you were children, when your race was first established, you would all worship the brave, especially those who returned from the battlefield, and looked forward to the day when you could be like them, and of course the most intolerable were the defeated and disgraced soldiers. For you know that not only do they fail to bring honour, but they also do not guarantee their own safety and the integrity of their homeland. The current Lordaeron and the former Stormwind are the best examples, because we lost at that time, and this is the price we deserve. β
After Mavi's speech arrived, artillery fire continued to attack the place, and the roaring explosions came and went, which also set off Mavi's shouting. It also stimulated the morale and her image here, making this scene even more subdued
"But we didn't lose, did we, even though Stormwind fell, you defeated the orc tribe. We lost Lordaeron, but we defeated the mighty Burning Legion, and while this is not a common effort of all races, our alliance is on the front lines against the enemy, and the so-called mighty tribes are not hiding behind us and fearing the powerful enemy, aren't they (exaggeration)? This is the most important reason why the Alliance will defeat the Horde even in the most difficult moments. We've never ended up losing and never will end up. That's because our alliance is braver than the Horde, and values glory and hatred of losing. Combat is the point where all this happens, and it is also an important point where a person can change his or her fate. It will make all the best stand out and let the bottom ones be completely eliminated. And that's the legacy of our alliance.
You won't all die. Back then, your Stormwind City was captured by the Horde, and the loss of troops was only fifty percent. I also know that every battlefield of you will be afraid. I, including those who have lived for more than 11,000 years, have killed people more than you have lived. So if he says he's not afraid himself, he's definitely fooling you, and the real combat heroes are those who persist in fighting even when they're afraid. Some people can overcome their fears in just a minute when they arrive on the battlefield, some in an hour, others in days. But a true warrior will never let his fear of death trump his sense of honor, and his sense of responsibility to the alliance has long overshadowed everything, because he knows what will happen to his rear if he doesn't work hard, and maybe even if he fails, you can go back alive, but I really want to know how you will face the crowd and the future that will greet you. β
At this moment, I happened to be here, and I noticed Mavi's action, and I was not sure if I could stand up, and I also stood up when I heard such a speech, and the same was true for Gianna, who was much more sober when she saw Mavi's action. And I was also excited to be encouraged, especially what she said next, and what she wanted to continue after seeing me coming.
"Perhaps you will also complain about the incompetence or cowardice of the commander. But who can guarantee that every conductor will be flawless. Alsace was nothing more than a purpose, to ensure the victory of the alliance war and the interests of the alliance at the lowest cost. And if he dies in battle and you live, then who is the real cowardice and cowardice, and are you not the one who is alive who is responsible for the defeat of the war? Disappointed your people as well. Therefore, in order to win the war, everyone must ensure immediate obedience to orders and be vigilant at all times. Every soldier must do this. And I don't care if the weak are dead or not. So the strong. If a warrior wants to live, if he wants to win, he must have the determination to die at any time and the desire for glory. Otherwise, you won't be ridiculed by the tribe as a weakling, and I don't think you will be like that, but you'll be like your former or retired soldiers in the concentration camp pointing at the orcs and saying, look, these poor weaklings. And all real heroes are not as described in the legends. Each and every one of us has a vital role to play. So never let up. What the hell would become of the army if every charging soldier complained about why he was in the front row or in the front row? Everyone will do their duty. Everyone matters. That's how I used to teach my former nearly 200,000 Night Elf soldiers. We need long-range cover, flank guards, quartermasters to prepare food and clothing for us. Every person in the cafeteria, even if it's just a boiler, has his duty, so you have to trust your teammates and believe in each other. Everyone should think of their comrades-in-arms who were born and died together, not just themselves. There is no room for cowards in our army. They should be cleaned up like flies. Otherwise, they will come home after the war, cowards, and raise more cowards. Warriors breed more Warriors. Kill all these cowards, and we will become an alliance of warriors rather than those of cowards, otherwise the alliance would have been destroyed by Amani, the Horde or the Scourge or the Burning Legion long ago and become history. β
Hearing this, I was boiling like the other soldiers, and at this time, the Alliance's navy had already reacted, and took advantage of the enemy's ships to freeze and use the method of fixed attack to destroy the enemy's warships one by one, and with the less and less shells to this side, and our fleet was advancing eastward, everyone also realized that we were fighting back, yes, most of them were people and did not have good eyesight like the Night Elves, they just thought that the Alliance's navy (most of them were Stormwind) was continuing to advance against an enemy who was several times their own firepowerγ They have clearly set an example, and naturally they cannot afford to fall behind in any way under such a speech. And the Horde was still some time away from arriving on the battlefield, and Mavi obviously did not give up her encouragement, but continued to use this time to keep the main forces of the Alliance boiling.
"In 10,000 years I have seen countless warriors who have died in battle, even more than I have before me, and although they have carried out the same difficult tasks as I have, and many of them have never returned, they seem to be of no importance to them, because they know their value and are an important part of winning wars, no matter how inconsequential their duties may seem at the time. And the facts proved their worth, and so did I, except that I survived, with the sustenance of the dead, not just because of how strong I was, but more because they wanted me to live. So they're all really strong. And against the Burning Legion, I recognized Arthas's identity at the very beginning of our contact between the Night Elves and your alliance, and fought alongside him, and I survived with him in every mission of nine deaths, because on the battlefield he knew my identity, the High Lord of the Night Elf Gray Valley, the second priestess after Malfurion and his wife. So he didn't want me to die, and I thought the same way, so we survived, and for this reason, at the beginning of the war between you and the Horde, I decided to give up all my identity and follow him with my cronies to become a part of your alliance. So don't doubt how selfish he is, in order to cover you, to defend against the most elite of the tribe, Kukaron, the soldiers of Lordaeron who you may think have been assigned the best mission, that is, the remaining soldiers in the village of Senkin, and Marshal Garithars have all died in order to cover the humanity of your other countries, and after their deaths they still hope to be resurrected by me with the power of the vengeful spirit to continue to fight for the Alliance. No complaints... It was really magnificent, they were not glad that they did not go to the battlefield, and they did not feel any unfairness when they met the jackpot and the number of Kukarons who were more than themselves, they were all alliance heroes who had no complaints, and even when they were dying, they were guilty of the alliance and guilt for not being able to protect you, so they hoped that they could continue to fight the tribe after death. β
Mavi had already walked here by the time she was talking, and Gianna hadn't come here for health reasons, still being treated by Serra on the spot, and when she saw me walk in, she went a little deeper
"Yes, we all want to go home, and now that I'm pregnant with Alsace, I don't want this war to end any more than I do, and I'm not a messenger of war, but just like you, reality compels me to do it. But you can't win a war by lying down. The quickest way to do that is to take out these bastards who are actively provoking war. We're going to rush over and clean them up, and then we're going to force their leaders and their armies and people to be our prisoners, as we did before. The sooner we get rid of them, the sooner we can go home. The nearest way home was to step over the corpses of the tribe and hold on. There may be some complaints that we are pushing our own people too hard. I don't give a damn damn about any of these complaints. I believe that a cup of sweat can save a bucket of blood. The tighter we press, the more tribes we can kill. The more tribes we kill, the fewer of our own people are killed. Pressing hard means fewer casualties. I want you all to remember that. My people do not surrender. I don't want to hear that any of my soldiers have been taken prisoner unless everyone else is dead and he is wounded. Even if you're wounded, you're still able to fight. This is not nonsense either. Don't forget how Garithar did them, and I'm sure you can too, because the Alliance includes not only Lordaeron, but all of you and me. When you men return home after the war, you will be qualified to say one thing. Thirty years later, when you sit by the fireplace, your grandson on your lap asks you, "What did you do during that great World War II?"
At this moment, Mavi's speech ended, and again, the tribe arrived on the battlefield and was within range of our artillery fire, and to be honest, I don't know what else to say in such a situation, but I knew what I had to do, and that was to draw my sword and lead the main force of the alliance into a hand-to-hand battle with the enemy, as the soldiers were in the same mood.
"Come on, brothers, for the sake of the Alliance!" I said as I rushed forward, as did the phalanx behind me. For such a move as I am, and the artillery rang out, all the Union fighters met the enemy and rushed in the opposite direction. Yes, although I know that land warfare is not our specialty, but for now, there is really no other way than to fight the tribe with hard steel, especially since our morale has been boosted, and there is no reason why we should not let the tribe realize our strong determination to win.