Chapter 287: Hollow Phalanx and Napoleonic Cannon
The young wolf lord was a little surprised, but he didn't take it too seriously.
The 20,000-strong army was defeated, and the defense line composed of a mere 2,000 militia was nothing.
As for artillery or something, in the world of the sky, muskets and artillery are not a new thing, and they are not very powerful, artillery or something is just a sound, and in history, dwarf gnomes have even studied tanks and floating ships, and they don't have any sense of existence.
If you really fight, you still have to look at the strength of the real swords and guns.
At this time, he directly gave an order, "Kill!" β
Nearly a thousand frost wolf war beasts rushed forward with a roar.
A dense rain of arrows shot from behind the spear array, but it fell among the beasts, causing only dozens of casualties, and in the blink of an eye, the beasts rushed to the militia front.
Veteran Liangjian (militia captain): "Steady - steady - steady - two rows and three rows come forward to form a hedgehog formation!" β
The spear militia in the back suddenly stepped forward, and the third row took two steps forward, and the three rows of militia were closely connected, and the spears formed a three-row spear formation like hedgehogs.
This wave counts as a reverse speed damage bonus.
Poof! Poof! Poof! In one charge, hundreds of war beasts were pierced into a sieve by the hedgehog array, and some were still struggling and biting, but under the vigorous stabbing of the three rows of spearmen, they quickly died in front of the formation.
Boom Boom!
Whoosh!
The archers and artillery behind the spear array continued to fire, and more frostwolves were being shot every minute.
The young wolf lord was distressed, this is an elite army.
"Go around, go around to both sides and attack."
However, as the wolves circled in both directions, more spear formations awaited them.
The veteran Liang Jian was stunned and used these two thousand militia to form a hollow phalanx.
Eventually, after nearly half of the casualties, the remaining wolves scattered.
Defeated! The young wolf lord was a little unacceptable for a while, and one thousand third-level soldiers were defeated by two thousand first-class soldiers. A third-level soldier can still lose when he fights a first-class soldier?
He instinctively noticed that something was not quite right with the militiamen.
But it doesn't matter, this strange militia force on the opposite side is only two thousand people, and now the key is to reorganize the formation, there was no whole team before, the formation was too chaotic, although the militia troops on the opposite side were defeated, but the orc army was also completely chaotic.
As long as they reorganize their formations and kill them with a tight military posture, these low-level militia groups will die in any formation.
Thinking of this, he hurriedly asked people to blow the horn and withdraw the scattered various troops.
Watching the orc retreat for a short time, Dara Bang let out a sigh of relief, scared to death, and almost thought it was going to be over.
More than 20,000 militiamen were killed by three or four thousand, but fortunately, the morale of the militia recovered quickly, and in the blink of an eye, they were barely able to fight.
At this time, a person squeezed in the crowd, and opened his mouth to scold, "You fool, what kind of battle are you fighting, will you command?" β
A roar of rage caused Dara Bangba to turn around sharply, and he saw a militia commander with a Chinese face looking at him with an annoyed face.
Dara Bang said in his heart that Lao Tzu was a dignified prince...... However, when he saw the old soldier's eagle-like eyes and stern face, he was suddenly a little surprised, but he refused to suffer.
"Damn, it's like you're going to fight."
Veteran Liangjian (militia captain): "Of course Lao Tzu will, Lao Tzu has been a regiment commander and has studied modern military history." β
Dara Bang (Prince Alterac): "I'm rubbing, it's so awesome, it's really fake, how old are you?" β
Veteran Liangjian (militia captain): "Of course it's true, the situation is urgent, hand over the command to me, and you must immediately arrange the next tactics, otherwise the next wave will definitely be over." β
Dala and Sigrid glanced at each other, but Sigrid shrugged his shoulders and said I don't have any war expertise, so you can do it.
"Okay, you can take command." Dala Bang is also a decisive master, knowing that he has no command art, except for the specialty of peasant riots, he has no skills and expertise to lead the army at all, after all, heroes are generally based on strengthening personal combat ability, if it wasn't for the three garbage specialties at one time, he would not have chosen the specialty of peasant riots.
The veteran Liangjian was not polite, and directly called the militia captains over.
The biggest problem of this militia corps is that the command system is too rough, there is no command system from top to bottom, except for the commander of the regiment of Darabangba, and then there is the militia captain, and a militia captain has more than 1,800 people under his hands, and as little as one or two hundred people, and it is impossible to form a too strong force composition at all.
Before, they were all drawn out as cannon fodder gaps, and if they really wanted to fight with the militia, their weaknesses would be exposed.
The veteran flashed his sword and directly shouted out the militia captains with the most leaders of several highest ranks.
"Gretel, Rex, Ed, Mars, Napoleon, Beckham, Big Knife King Five, Qin Feiyu, the eight of you are responsible for being the regiment commanders, forming eight temporary militia battle groups, each of whom selects five militia captains as deputies, and raises enough troops to reach two thousand people.
When the formation is arranged, it will be placed according to the formation I just had, the infantry and spearmen are in front, and the archers are in the back, forming a hollow phalanx, remember not to rush randomly, our task is to defend, as long as we hold it is victory, each phalanx is separated by a hundred meters, and the artillery position is the core of the nine-square grid ring, go, act immediately, we are running out of time. β
Several militia captains who were called by him immediately took action, and Dalabon was surprised, "How do you know these people?" β
Veteran Liangjian (militia captain): "Nonsense, since I knew that I was going to fight, I have been drinking with these militia captains for the past few days, can I not be familiar with it, but you, the commander-in-chief, why don't you even know who is under you?" I haven't seen you in the barracks for a few days. β
Dara Bang was embarrassed for a while, for him these militias are just a group of NPCs, what is there to talk about with NPCs, anyway, they are all public faces, and when they fight, let them go up and send it over.
This will see this strange militia captain player commanding Ruoding, and suddenly a little speechless.
"So what are we going to do?" Sigrid asked suddenly.
"See this formation I've put up? This is called the hollow phalanx, which is a very classic formation in modern warfare, and it should generally be placed with musketeers, but now the situation is urgent, and it can only be used improvised.
My large hollow phalanx is composed of nine hollow small phalanxes, with artillery archers as the output and infantry spearmen as the city walls, first with a defensive posture to continuously consume the enemy's morale and troops, and then wait until the enemy's offensive is frustrated and fall into chaos, and then use elite cavalry to chase and kill the enemy.
Our biggest problem now is that we don't have elite cavalry.
This cavalry in your hands is the only mobile force we have, if you two have the courage to come and be the captain of this cavalry, and when the enemy's offensive is frustrated, you two must go out in pursuit and force the enemy to disperse. β
The two of them have also watched war movies, and they still know about the hollow phalanx, but they didn't expect that someone would apply this tactic to the game, and they were surprised.
Dara Bang (Prince Alterac): "No problem, I may be a little worse at commanding a large army to fight, and I'm still very good at leading troops into battle." β
Sigrid (Prince Alterac): "I'm fine, Dala Bang, you can get on, I'll give you back support." β
Dara Bang (Prince Alterac): "Damn, don't think I don't know, didn't you kid say that you want to change to the god of war on a moonlit night?" is also pretending to be a wet nurse, don't you want to be so cowardly. β
Sigrid (Prince Alterac): "I'm not calling this cowardice, I'm cautious about it, and I'm just taking on the mission, and I'm still far from being transferred, so I can only use spells to support you now." β
Just when the two of them were arguing, the orc army in the distance had already organized their formation, and with the terrible sound of the horn, nearly 10,000 orc infantry launched a charge again.
The veteran shouted with his sword, and the two princes hurriedly rushed into the small phalanx in the center of the hollow large phalanx with the knights of less than a hundred.
"It's coming!" The veteran said in a deep voice with a bright sword, his eyes like lightning on the battlefield ahead.
The face sinks like water, but the heart rises and falls like a tide, this is called a big war, blocking the soldiers for so many years, but I didn't expect to finally have the opportunity to go to the battlefield in the game.
The tide of orc infantry slammed into the three hollow phalanxes in the front row.
Brutal hand-to-hand combat suddenly began.
"Fire!" The veteran flashed his sword and gave the command.
The artillery bombarded and shot out cannonballs, blasting and killing pieces of orcs, each cannon could blast out hundreds or thousands of damage, Darabang and Sigrid both looked at these cannons with curiosity, the hollow phalanx used modern military technology is still understandable, but at this time, even these cannons look very familiar to the two.
Dalabon (Prince Alterac): "I'll go, it's a Napoleonic cannon." β
Sigrid (Prince of Alterac): "Napoleonic cannon? You read that right? Is there a Napoleon cannon in this game? β
Dalabon (Prince Alterac): "That's absolutely right, I've cleared countless levels in the Imperial Era, and my favorite thing to use is the Napoleon cannon, where did you get the blueprints, brother?" β
The veteran Liangjian commanded the orc infantry crowded in the gap between the artillery bombardment lines, and said nonchalantly: "Of course I drew it myself." β
Sigrid (Prince Alterac): "What? Did you draw it yourself? Are your engineering skills at the Grandmaster level? β
If the engineering skill is upgraded to the grandmaster level, you can do it yourself, but this kind of thing can only be done by hero players who specialize in engineering, how can a veteran show his sword and a militia captain do it?
The veteran Liangjian was even more strange than the two, "What engineering?" I don't understand what you're talking about at all, I just drew it from memory, and then found a group of dwarven blacksmiths to help build it, don't you really say it, those Humpty Dumpty drinks are not good, and they will dry up when they drink too much, but the craftsmanship is really not to say, they can do the drawings I draw.
I drank eight meals with them, and they were comfortable, not only did they not ask me for overtime pay, but I also added any silver or gold to my artillery, and it was said that no matter how it was bombed, I didn't know if it was true or not.
Don't talk about these useless things, get ready, you're going to strike. β
In just a few minutes, the three hollow phalanxes in front were about to collapse, the militia was just a militia after all, no matter how high the morale was and how good the formation was, it wouldn't last long, especially when those storm giants rushed into the battlefield and easily destroyed the militia in the front row with storm strikes, the three hollow phalanxes suddenly crumbled.
However, their role has also been played, and the offensive of the orc army has been completely absorbed by these three hollow phalanxes, so the orcs in the front row have all fallen into a melee and have not formed a formation, while the six hollow phalanxes on this side are still fully established, and the archers in the phalanx keep releasing arrows.
Artillery was also constantly bombarding enemy formations.
"Concentrate your firepower, kill those big guys, fill me up, and bomb the fuck with all my might."
Boom Boom!
A storm giant was hit by five or six cannonballs in an instant, each of which unleashed an armor-piercing attack.
The Storm Giant, which has more than 10,000 HP, was blasted out of his health bar and fell down with a bang.
Another Storm Giant was even more unlucky, as he was hit in the head by a cannonball, and he shot directly in the head, delivering a fatal blow.
Taking into account the hit rate of such a breech gun, the luck component was clearly a little greater.
As the Storm Giants were killed by the cannons one by one, the orc army's offensive suddenly stalled.
Although they crushed the three hollow phalanxes, the momentum of the charge had already been lost, and when these orc infantry rushed to the three hollow phalanxes in the second row, they directly fell into a war of attrition with the militia infantry in the front row, and they could not break through at all.
This kind of attrition war is extremely advantageous for the allies, because the formation is already set, and the artillery and archers in the hollow phalanx can output damage with maximum efficiency.
The orcs, on the other hand, could only rely on the front row to fight.
For a while, the orc infantry fell in rows and rows, and the support troops behind them could not come up at all.
The young wolf lord constantly let his wolf cavalry go around the rear of the enemy, but the hollow phalanx does not have the concept of the rear row at all, and the wolf cavalry goes around to the back to face the hollow phalanx that is still waiting for the battle, like a wolf grabbing a hedgehog, and there is nowhere to go.
Seeing that the casualties of the orc troops had skyrocketed, reaching more than three thousand, the young wolf lord had no choice but to let the soldiers withdraw and reorganize the formation.
The orc infantry retreated back one after another, but the veteran's eyes lit up when he saw it.
"Here's your chance, strike quickly!"
Sortie? What are you kidding, Dalabon was a little dumbfounded when he looked at the thousands of orc infantry in front of him, just the hundred cavalry under their hands, can't they chase it?
You know what, how can it be so easy for the troops to retreat, hurry up, if you don't rush again, you will miss the opportunity, remember to keep an eye on the cavalry on the opposite side, don't chase too far, kill for a while and come back.
Dala Bang gritted his teeth - kill!
The phalanx infantry got out of the way, and Dara Bunba and Sigret led a hundred cavalry to slaughter them.
The ten dragon-armored heavy cavalry led by Roland, who rushed to the front, were like razors, knocking over and slashing the orc infantry in the way to the ground.
A hundred cavalry said that it was not too much, but it was not much less, and they concentrated on the charge, each time they could crush hundreds of orc infantry and inflict great damage on them.
The key point is that these orc infantry are in a state of retreat, and it is difficult to reorganize the counterattack.
Moreover, the ten dragon-armored heavy cavalry charged too violently, and the heavy armor of the whole body rushed past, even the orcs couldn't withstand it.
The rise of Dara Bang and Killing, completely forgetting the old soldier's advice to Liang Jian, just led the cavalry to rush towards the place where the orc infantry gathered.
The young wolf lord looked at the corners of his mouth but gradually curled, damn it, looking for death!
"Wolf Cavalry - Charge!" He personally led nearly a thousand wolf cavalry to launch a counter-charge.
This wolf cavalry unit can be said to be the last elite in his hands, and when he saw the wolf cavalry of Wuyang and Wuyang outflanked him, Dalaban immediately panicked.
"Retreat, retreatβ"
But it was too late, the young wolf lord's point of entry was very exquisite, cutting off the retreat of the hundred cavalry directly from the side.
Seeing that the hundred cavalry were surrounded, Dara Bang and Sigrid were in a panic.
Roar!
A dragon's roar suddenly sounded in the sky, shaking the sky.
As soon as Sigrid looked up, his face was full of surprise.
"It's Brother Aidan!"
In the next second, the Storm Dragon King swooped down, and a thunderous wolf cavalryman flipped on his back.
Murphyra rose in height, hovering here, while looking at the dense orc army below, he was a little surprised in his heart, and said that this Dara Bang is a bit powerful, and he actually relied on more than 20,000 militia to fight back and forth with the army of 10,000 orcs on the opposite side.
It's just a little reckless, so let me help you, and by the way, mix up some experience.
I found a suitable position and spread my wings directly.
Dragon Thunderstorm!
The sky is full of wind and thunder, and the red clouds are churning.
Boom Boom! The dragon thundered like rain, and suddenly the orc army was even more panicked.
This is much more powerful than the Napoleonic cannon, and the orcs who are bombarded by the red thunder in the sky have suffered heavy casualties.
The veteran's eyes are also hot when he shows his sword, and this firepower is at least B52 level.
It seems that even if it is a war in the game, the air force is very important.
Otherwise, Lao Tzu will go back and build a few dragons to raise, build up the air force, and then get all the machine guns and tanks, and then the navy, land and air force will gather together, and even if we can't engage in modern warfare, we will probably bring the level of science and technology to the level of World War II.
The current crankiness did not delay him from grasping the battle technique.
At this time, when the time came, the veteran jumped on a big stone with a bright sword, "Full attack!" β
The militia army suddenly ceased to maintain a hollow phalanx and launched a full-scale offensive.
Only then did Murphy notice that it didn't seem to be Darabon who was commanding the militia army, but a militia captain.
He didn't care too much, but actively cooperated, specifically blasting the dragon thunder towards the most dense place of orcs.
Whenever the orcs tried to gather and form a resistance, he blasted through several dragon thunderbolts, and at the same time ordered the dragon riders to dive and bombard.
At this moment, the army of orcs could no longer withstand it, and their morale completely collapsed, and they were defeated in groups.
The young wolf lord glanced viciously at the storm dragon king raging in the sky.
"Retreat!"
(End of chapter)