Chapter 823: Engagement
Parallel to the world of Draenor, the war broke out anyway.
The Iron Army of the Orthodox Horde drove out of the border fortress and marched simultaneously from both Gollund and Nagrand, launching an all-out assault on the Draenei in the Tarador region.
The artillery roared, the smoke billowed out, and the little friendship and exchange that the two races had accumulated for generations completely disappeared at this moment.
Before the main force of the Lightcast Inquisitors arrived, the fortifications bordering the orc tribes were quickly breached, and the Orthodox tribes were left unhindered and drove all the way deep into the Draenei hinterland, ready to defeat the blue-skinned neighbor in one fell swoop.
The Delaney, who lived in the Tarado region, had now retreated to the two large cities of Oakington and Shattrath, and completely sealed off the two twin cities, which echoed each other to form a large impregnable defensive line.
The crystal energy devices all over the city are turned on around the clock, and the purple energy shield held up keeps all enemies out, and the shells of the orc artillery are also intercepted by the energy ray with great accuracy, and then detonated in the air.
But this passive defense can never be victorious, and although the Orthodox tribes can't get in, the Draenei can't get out either, and the former are not afraid to fight such wars of attrition and tug-of-war.
The Shadowmoon Valley has been put on full alert, and has deployed heavy troops at the fortress of the pass to the Tarador region, resolutely not allowing the orcs to enter its core hinterland.
A new wave of reinforcements is also being prepared, and the cities of Shattrath and Oakington are under siege, and they are now in dire need of reinforcements and supplies.
Oh, to be precise, the Delaney is not passive defense, this is just a move by the Soul Bounders, they are unwilling to take the initiative to defend, and they are not willing to let the Lightforge Inquisitors seize this opportunity to control Oakington, and now although there is a great enemy, but the internal Holy Light Archbishop Irel is also eyeing the tiger and wants to "influence" this group of stubborn soul binders.
So to be precise, the Soul Bound side is passively defensive, but the Lightforge Inquisitor side is soaring.
After arranging the defense line of Shattrath City, the main force of the Lightcast Inquisitor Army actually began to take the initiative to attack, which was simply beyond the expectations of the orc tribe.
They knew that there was a fanatical religious force within the Draenei, but they didn't expect the Draenei to take the initiative and win a game!
The group of Lightcast Judgment Army are all crazy people who are extremely fanatical about the Holy Light, their weapons and equipment are not inferior to the orthodox tribes, a large number of Holy Light tanks and the artillery of the Orthodox tribes are bombarded, and teams of Lightcast War Mecha are charging into battle, which can be said to be in response to the old saying: "It's not that our army doesn't work hard, but there is a Gundam on the other side."
And what angered the Orthodox tribe the most was the group of "Imperial Allies", that is, the Lightcast Orcs, this group of old compatriots who had received the infusion of the Holy Light, they were full of fanaticism, shouting slogans for the surrender of the tribal soldiers, fighting bravely, rushing to the front line, and any "infidels" who did not want to accept the gift of the Holy Light would die mercilessly under their weapons.
The most terrifying light-forged swordmaster, this was originally a special high-end talent in the orc tribe, the pride of the fireblade clan, but a small number of swordmasters betrayed their ancestors, they accepted the power of the holy light, their long swords surged with golden punishment holy light, and the banner erected behind them also became the symbol of the holy light legion, and the skin on the upper and lower parts of the body was also engraved with regular holy light lines, if the vengeful wrath was turned on during the battle, the golden holy light wings, that feeling, that image... Oops, tsk, it's a good warrior of the Light.
The losses inflicted on the tribal army by the Lightforge Sword Saint were not small, and the orcs of all orthodox tribes were now gritting their teeth and hating this group of traitors to the ancestors.
But hatred is hate, but defeat is defeat.
The offensive in the direction of the Nagrand Prairie was thwarted, and the Judgment Army of the Light Forge counterattacked, breaking the vanguard and main force of the Orthodox tribes in this theater in one fell swoop, and entered the Nagrand Prairie area.
It is not difficult to speculate on the thoughts of Archbishop Irel of the Holy Light, with the twin cities of Shattrath and Oakington as a line of defense to resist the tribal offensive from the Gorrond region and stay on the defensive, and the main force of the Lightcast Inquisitor is the power to attack the Nagrand Prairie region, so I ask you Grom Hell Roar, do you want to exchange land for land, or withdraw your troops back to defend the Nagrand Prairie, the heartland of your tribe.
However, things in the world are not satisfactory nine times out of ten, no matter how good the plan in your Draenei's mind is, it ultimately depends on the specific strength, the orc tribe is not raised by you, let alone the pagan soft persimmon you think.
A sudden burst of bad news quickly reached Iriel's front command.
The Shadowmoon Valley region has been attacked by the Orthodox Horde!
How is this possible!
Well, if you don't believe it, you have to believe it, and what you draenei can't do doesn't mean that the orcs can't do it either.
The Grand Chief of the Orthodox Tribe, Grom, when he learned that the Nagrand Prairie Front had been routed and that Draenei's Lightcast Inquisition had invaded the interior of the Prairie, the Grand Chief was not in a hurry or angry, and with a wave of his hand, he sent his own special operations force: the Navy.
Okay, you Irel is going to fight our Nagrand, right, you can just go and fight, our steel fleet will go directly to your hometown, so I will return the original sentence to you: I will ask you Iriel, do you want to exchange land for land, or withdraw your troops to defend and defend the Shadowmoon Valley, the heart of your Delaney.
The Iron Fleet consisted of two aircraft carriers, four large battleships, and a dozen small warships of various types, which set sail directly from the docks in the Tanaan Jungle and sailed straight south, soon reaching the waters outside the Carabo Temple, and blockading the capital city of Delaney directly by sea.
Shelling and air raids, coupled with elite raid paratroopers, caused the Carabo Temple to be in shambles, thick smoke billowing out, and the port docks were bombed into ruins.
Not only that, but in the Nagrand Savannah region, the Lightcast Inquisitors were also blocked, and it was difficult to continue the plan to go deeper.
Next to the main road of the Nagrand Prairie, the orc tribe has already laid railroad tracks, forming a complete transportation network.
Steel trains from the Blackstone Foundry in the Gorlund region, carrying all kinds of military supplies and even reinforcements, arrived in the Nagrand Prairie Theater at great speed and joined the blockade battle.
Not only that, but the Orthodox tribe also has a steel armed train, this steel monster called the Dreadrail Train is armed to the teeth, a rotating large-caliber turret, a long-range howitzer, and all kinds of thermal weapons, it roars and gallops on the railroad tracks of Nagrand, and the Holy Light buddies are screaming and suffering heavy losses from the cannon fire.
There is also the killing machine called the Iron Star, a weapon from the other world of Azeroth, which was carried forward by Garrosh in the alternate world of Draenor, just like Lordaeron bombed the old tribes back then, and now it is the turn of the orthodox tribes to blow up the draenei.
With the offensive completely blocked and heavy losses, coupled with the fact that the Shadowmoon Valley area was attacked by the tribal navy, the Lightcast Inquisitors were unable and unwilling to continue the in-depth attack.
The overall battle situation in the world of Draenor began to evolve towards a tug-of-war.