Chapter 1566: Engagement
The Grey Dwarves are only getting into battle, but it's just an increase in the number of enemies. But whether it's orcs or gray dwarves, in the eyes of the soldiers of the Gwana Empire, they are a ragtag army.
The equipment is incomplete, the quality is uneven, and such an enemy is looking at it a few times, and he can already be regarded as looking up to the other party. This is not because the people of the empire think very highly of themselves, but because it is a real fact.
In the hands of the old Kaveh, although it is not a regular army carefully built by the Empire, it is also the army that the Imperial nobility relies on to maintain their power. And those aristocratic lords are all with themselves, so they don't have to worry about everyone's lives!
Because if you don't dare to fight, you may never need to fight.
As for building a position on the spot, it is actually a shield and spear stand, and you can draw a little distance from the enemy so that you can shoot with a long-range bow and arrow. Kill and damage enemies while reducing your own losses.
Fighting a war is actually such a thing, being able to protect yourself, consume the enemy first, and whoever has a brain draws directly to charge and fight in close combat. This is also the reason why it is very advantageous to defend the city and fight positional warfare.
Of course, old Kavey Gong couldn't ask for a night city or something, that would be too unrealistic.
It's not just impossible to do this kind of thing without prior preparation. Even if that kind of humble camp is really set up, how useful it can be in front of a person like the gray dwarves with strange power per capita.
People smash stones like eating and drinking, will they look at wood in their eyes?
The one who really relied on the old man was the airship unit led by the Twin Griffins. An attack from the air to the ground is a way that most people have never encountered in the current era of the Lost Land, and certainly have not thought about how to deal with it.
It would be remarkable to expect Homo sapiens who have lived almost their entire lives in the underworld to understand what the "sky" is all about. How can they be expected to be able to skillfully deal with attacks from the sky, and even pose a threat in turn.
Although the Airship Legion of the Haider Empire is not in his hands, the rest of the Airship Force, except for one or two ships assigned to each legion for reconnaissance, the rest are following their own Chinese army.
Perhaps these airships are not all new, nor are they all military-grade. But the magicians carried on it were more than enough to abuse some gophers that came out of the ground.
Instead of letting the airships levitate over the position, the old Kavigong let them rise to the air. In addition to providing visibility to ground troops with the Arcane Eye, it can also allow the enemy to ignore the danger hidden in the sky.
At the same time, ground forces began to be deployed. In fact, it is just a matter of mobilizing the targeted team in the direction of the right opponent.
For example, no matter how much the gray dwarves are looked down upon, they also belong to the heavy armored troops. In this case, the archers do not play a big role.
Then in the direction of the gray dwarf's attack, the old Kavigong asked people to assemble siege equipment.
Although there is no need to storm the city on the way, whether it is a demon or a half-orc, they all have the habit of raising siege-level behemoths. These oversized weapons are used to deal with monsters of the same level.
There are no Behemoth-level enemies in front of you. But these siege weapons are used against heavily armed gray dwarves, and they must be quite useful.
As for the archer troops, they were transferred to the direction where the orcs were attacking. The average armor rate of the orc troops is quite low, and many of them even wear a helmet to count, not caring that they are almost naked. This kind of opponent shoots with a bow and arrow, and it couldn't be easier.
However, judging from the enemy's encirclement network, although the orcs and gray dwarves are united, their actions are still separate. It's like most of the demons used to be armies alone, and they won't be mixed with the orc troops, at most they just act together.
The commander was calm enough and had plenty of supplies. Therefore, even though the news of the enemy's encirclement reached the ears of the soldiers, not many people were also afraid.
You must know that they are the last team to set off after crossing the Wind Emperor Mountain Range. So most of the supplies in the camp were brought out by them.
In addition to food, there are all kinds of weapons. In particular, the number of missed arrows is enough that it is not a problem for archers to shoot their arms and not be able to pull their bows.
So will anyone still be afraid of an enemy many times their own?
In most people's eyes, this is a great time to make a difference! Even many young people around old Kavigong invited themselves to the front-line troops and let the swords in their hands stain blood.
For such a request, the old man is more direct. He directly pulled the guards to the rear of the front line and personally sat in one direction.
This direction is where the Grey Dwarves are attacking. Old Kavi Gong wanted to see with his own eyes this group of enemies he encountered for the first time, to see what kind of tactics they used, and more importantly, to see how high their combat effectiveness was.
When he was younger, he also met many dwarves and even made friends with them. But the gray dwarves really haven't encountered it.
As for the other directions, they are either mainly orcs, or they are accompanied by some gray dwarf troops. The former is an old rival, although it will not be a big problem in the hands of other generals.
However, when they saw the enemy, they did not attack at the first time. Instead, he stayed outside the position that ranged weapons could attack, and looked away from the position that the old Kavigong had prepared.
Faced with such a situation, the old Kavi Gong did not panic, but ordered his subordinates to prepare military rations and distribute them to all the soldiers.
Although it is customary to eat two meals in the morning and evening, some people will also add one meal at noon if permitted. The soldiers happen to be such people.
This is because according to the results of actual combat verification, there is a considerable gap in the combat effectiveness of soldiers who have eaten at noon and those who have not eaten in the afternoon.
Then divide the dry food that is easy to carry, eat or not, and how much to eat, it is controlled by the soldiers themselves, but it is the best strategy on the battlefield.
As for whether you can eat or not, it depends on the quality of the soldiers. In general, veterans are better than recruits; Those who train well are better than those who are not well trained. The amount of food that can be eaten is sometimes an indicator of a unit's combat effectiveness.
It's just that the actions of the enemy army made old Kavi Gong a little puzzled. Aren't they more time-conscious than they are? As long as the troops at the front turn back, as many people here as they want, they will be given in vain.
Or are they going to coordinate the timing of their attacks? So are waiting for the armies of other directions to arrive at the position.
This is rare in field battles, and almost always fights as soon as they meet. A confrontation on the battlefield is only possible unless the adversary wants to negotiate.
But the gray dwarf on the other side probably doesn't think that there is still room for negotiation now. This is a battle between camps, a struggle for survival, which is different from the type of war between human beings.
No matter what the other party's intentions were, such a confrontation waited, but many young people in their own team who couldn't hold their breath jumped out to ask for battle. I'm going to defeat the enemy in front of me first.
Of course, the old Kavi Gong directly vetoed such a request. Giving up the advantage to attack the enemy, the gray dwarves on the opposite side are still all dressed in heavy armor, which has to be thought about a lot.
However, the news from the airship hiding in the air made the old Kaveh know the intentions of the gray dwarves. It's actually just a few pictures of weapons of war being assembled, and that's a good illustration of what the Grey Dwarves are doing.
In short, these dwarfs who have tied themselves to iron buckets have no intention of stupidly storming their own positions. Even if the fortifications were so rudimentary that they were vulnerable, the Grey Dwarves still fought as positional warfare seriously, and carefully prepared their weapons of war.
Judging from the images in the post, a huge steel crossbow machine, a tall catapult that doesn't match their height at all, and a few weapons that don't function for the time being are being assembled.
Although the Grey Dwarves are contemptuously classified as uncivilized dwarven by humans, they are not mentally retarded people who can only lead primitive lives.
While there is nothing aesthetically pleasing to the gray dwarf's heavy armor, the heavy armor on the gray dwarf is like a patchwork of iron plates, but the sturdiness of the dwarf will definitely make its enemies distressed.
The same level of craftsmanship, of course, can also be reflected in these weapons of war. At least old Kavi Gong didn't believe that if his troops were hit by a catapult or a siege crossbow arrow, they would be able to maintain a casual appearance.
Since the other party wants to fight for technology, old Kawei Gong doesn't want to stupidly use a catapult to fight against the other party. It is also not considered to be fired with a ballista
Huge crossbow arrows, hurt each other, and see who can shoot accurately, who has fewer soldiers, and who can't hold out in the end is a fun thing.
He directly ordered someone to fire three red fireworks in a row into the air.
Of course, the gray dwarves have noticed such a signal. But seeing it is not the same thing as understanding the meaning behind the signal, and most gray dwarves are still focused on the job at hand.
If you want to live a good life, you have to overcome some obstacles, and human beings are undoubtedly the biggest stumbling block. Therefore, the gray dwarves are ready to destroy the enemy in front of them with all their might. Naturally, they ignore the signals they don't understand.
When the airship formation lowered its altitude and entered the battlefield from the southeast of the gray dwarf army, these strange things from the sky really attracted the attention of many gray dwarves.
Even in terms of technical prowess, the Grey Dwarves are second to none in the Underworld. But they have lived in the underground world for most of their lives, and even if they know about the cutting-edge weapon of the airship, few people have seen it with their own eyes.
So when there is an opportunity in front of them, they don't set their sights on the airship yet. Hopefully, we can see some clues, and the next step is to build it yourself.
However, the airship appeared, but it was not a model who came for the catwalk. When the first spell fell from the sky, it was followed by a rain of magic, killing the gray dwarves like iron pots to the point of howling wolves.
This blow from the sky directly stunned the gray dwarves. If there was one thing they were better than the orcs, it was that none of the grey dwarves yelled in panic and fled in all directions.
The gray dwarves who were not affected were still standing in place. But judging from the details of the military formation, I can still feel that they are shaken in their mood. It seems that the body that was originally as strong as a stubborn stone is now in constant turmoil.
Hold your ground? Or send troops to let the enemy's already wavering emotions move towards the stage of collapse?
Old Kavey was thinking.