Chapter Twenty-Six: The Orc Who Drools While Running
The army stayed in the barracks for 3 days, and the orcs did not show up until the camp was initially built and could be effectively defended. So, Myron decided to take everyone out for some breath.
At this time, who goes out and who defends has become a matter of concern for the three generals. None of them had participated in a battle of this scale, so the opportunity to practice with orcs was something that no one wanted to miss. What's more, the combat effectiveness of the army is fought, and if you go out and fight with the orcs, maybe your combat effectiveness will soar when you come back, and it will be a great loss if you have confrontation training at that time.
In many cases, this kind of indecisive matter is solved by drawing lots, and this time is no exception. In the end, Nick's luck was poor, so he was left to defend, while Myron took the other two teams out to trouble the orcs.
750 people say too much, say less...... That's a lot. Why did Myron dare to go out with so many people? Previous scouts reported that the total number of orcs should be around 500 per person, and that they were scattered. Due to the limited number of people who could not expand the scope of the investigation, no orc gathering places were found.
This report made Myron restless all the time, and always felt that something was wrong. If there are only 500 orcs, Myron is naturally not afraid. But in the dark, Myron always felt that there should be a big tribe in the vicinity, and they were more like a peripheral hunting force.
Therefore, it is imperative to know whether there will be a large orc force nearby, how far away this force is from them, and whether it can resist it.
The first large-scale penetration behind enemy lines, Myron was very cautious. He deliberately set up a 50-person reconnaissance battalion with Warner as the battalion commander, and patrolled the outside in groups of 2, making sure to spot the orc troops as soon as possible.
As soon as the infantry regiment began to move, the search area immediately covered a large area. So, on the morning of the next day, the reconnaissance battalion successfully found a group of orcs with a number of about 100 people.
There were two forests in the Fangtian Continent, one to the west of the World Tree and the other to the east. The area of the two forests was huge, almost encompassing 2/3 of the land of the Fangtian Continent. Although it is called a forest, geologically speaking, not all places have trees. For example, in the area of azurite veins, about 50% of the area is covered by forests.
It's just that because of the large area and the fact that it is inconvenient for humans to explore, people call these lands that are not occupied by the Western Race the Western Forest. However, in recent years, there is also a more scientific name that has been widely used, that is, the Western Regions.
For being able to meet the orc team so soon, Myron was both happy and worried. Happily, the first time you come out, you can encounter this kind of orc squad with a scale of 100 people, which is not only suitable for training, but also has no danger, and there is no problem in annihilating and capturing it. The worry is that such a large mountain forest, you can see orcs in one day, which means that orcs should be very densely distributed in this area.
However, no matter what mood Myron had, this group of orcs must eat it. Myron asked the Fox Infantry Regiment to lurk first, then let the Blue Wolf Infantry Battalion line up in a relatively open area, and finally let the 10 scouts try to lure the orcs to the Blue Wolf Infantry Battalion.
For such an important task, Warner must have personally led the team. He had planned to pretend to be a passing expedition first, and then fight and retreat when he saw the orcs, and if the orcs were suspicious, he would turn around and taunt him, so as to ensure that the mission was completed. As a result, things unfolded completely out of his script.
First of all, all of them were recruits except for him. Recruits, it's okay to be shot without a real sword, but once you face a real enemy for the first time, it's impossible not to be afraid. Warner hadn't turned decay into magical power (otherwise he wouldn't have been abused by Kenny's wolf infantry all the time), so by the time the orc's hundred-man squad actually saw them and charged at them, the recruits were terrified.
If you think about it, Warner's side is a decoy team, and the so-called decoy must look weak (of course, they are actually weak). The 10 or so recruits rushed over with hundreds of orcs baring their teeth, some running while spinning sticks, and some drooling while running. With such a fierce momentum and a roar that shook the sky, if the recruits were not afraid, they would not believe it themselves.
Regardless of whether the recruits were afraid or not, Warner was shocked enough by the momentum of the orcs anyway, so he decisively gave the order to flee at full speed, paying attention to fleeing rather than retreating. At such a time, who dares to stay and "fight and retreat"? The key to the word "fight and retreat" lies in the word "retreat" at the end. With the small body of the lure enemy team, if you insist on carrying out the order, I am afraid that you can only complete the "battle" part, and as for the "retreat", you don't have to think about it at all.
Of course, there is more than one place that does not follow the script. Warner's conjecture that the orcs might be suspicious and not chase after the problem did not happen at all, and the lure part went smoothly. Here's how it works: Warner first kills an orc with a crossbow bolt, and then the orcs rush at the group with a whining masse, and the team runs away. And they kept running and running, and never looked back, and the orcs kept chasing and chasing, and never stopped. So soon, everyone gathered at the ambush site, and the Charm Fox Infantry Regiment successfully closed the siege.
Although the brain is a little stupid, the orc race is indeed a fighting people. Not to mention their physical strength, this morale is really crushing the Terran recruits for several streets. For the average army, they find themselves surrounded by 7 times the enemy, there is no danger to rely on, there is no city to defend, and they can insist on not surrendering is already a tough ace army. And this orc force, not only did not have the idea of surrendering, but rushed towards the waiting blue wolf infantry battalion with an excited face, which was also unexpected by Myron.
Because the orcs rushed too fast, the two waves of sword rain in front of the infantry battalion were all shot behind the orcs, and only the salvo of crossbow arrows after reaching 50 meters played a little role. More than a dozen of the 35 crossbow arrows hit the orc warriors in the charge, and three were killed on the spot.
"Steady, steady!" Seeing that the orc warriors were about to rush over, Myron told the warriors to control their emotions. "Thorn!" Myron shouted.
"Hah!" the first voice shouted from the soldiers in the front row, the soldiers in the first row were basically level 4 mercenaries, their left hands against the tower shield inserted in the ground, and their right hands held the spear stuck in the groove of the tower shield, and stabbed out at the same time. While inflicting great damage on their enemies, they also blocked the orcs with their huge shields in front of them.
"Hah!" was the shout of the soldiers in the second row, who were one second behind the first, and the time to shoot was exactly the time when the first row was retracting.
"Hah!" followed by the third row, who was also 1 second late. After the third row collects the guns, the first row of fighters can stab the next shot.
If the first two waves of sword rain were empty and dealt a big blow to the morale of the Blue Wolf Infantry Regiment, then this group of "Ha, Ha, Ha!" stabbed out, but it caused devastating damage to the orcs. In just 3 seconds, half of the orcs were impaled through the body by the spear and could not stand up again. Most of the remaining orcs were also wounded, and it was impossible to break through the shield wall.
Orcs are not stupid, since they can't rush straight ahead, they run to both sides, after all, there is only this side of the shield wall. In the face of these roundabout warriors, they were greeted by blue wolf infantry armed with war knives.
There were less than 20 orcs rushing here, but they were not afraid to face more than 200 recruits. Without the protection of a giant shield and the presence of veterans in front of them, the recruits faced a foreign race for the first time, and the blood in their hearts was also stimulated.
Hand-to-hand combat is the most test of strength. The recruits suddenly found that their teammates, who had cooperated tacitly, suddenly became clumsy, and their originally clear thinking about the enemy suddenly became muddy......
"Roar~", an orc warrior who was obviously dressed differently from ordinary people suddenly roared, his eyes were red, and he obviously launched a bloodthirsty technique. I saw him kick out the Terran soldier in front of him, and the soldier flew and knocked down the three soldiers behind him. Then the orc warrior backhanded, and the head of one of the recruits was smashed in the head by the mace in his hand.
However, when it comes to dealing with orc warriors, Myron has a lot of experience. Seeing this orc warrior with significantly more luxurious equipment than ordinary warriors (mainly because his weapons are relatively large), Myron began to charge up to create wind blades, and the moment he kicked the warriors in front of him to clear the field, it just gave Myron the opportunity to cast the wind blade spell on him.
I saw two wind blades flying towards the orc warrior one after the other, and he first stretched out his hand to block it, but his hand was neatly cut off in half. Before he could let out a loud roar, the wind blade that followed cut the throat of the orc warrior. Orc warriors, pawns.
Seeing that the boss had just been transformed, the soldiers roared excitedly and fought harder.
The battle went on very quickly, and the battle was over before the Fox Infantry Battalion rushed in front of the orcs.
Theoretically, it was a perfect victory, as the infantry battalion annihilated 50 orc warriors and captured 60 orc warriors at the cost of 12 killed and 15 seriously wounded. Most of these casualties occurred within a few minutes of the sword soldiers coming into contact with the orcs. The shield wall, which completely resisted the orc charge, did not kill anyone seriously injured, only a few warriors who sprained their arms.
For a recruit, it is a very proud achievement to be able to annihilate the enemy army with such losses, but Myron does not see it that way. Due to the presence of tower shields and spears, 80% of the orcs lost their combat effectiveness before they could engage the enemy, which was completely caused by the crushing of equipment. But this kind of crushing can only occur in this kind of situation where more fights less, and once the number of orcs is equal to that of an infantry regiment, then the shield wall is likely to be breached.