Winter nights come very early.

By the time the evening was around the corner, it was already completely dark.

Unlike the golden glow of other seasons, the winter sun turns gray when it sets.

More than a thousand orc warriors, dressed in armor and equipment.

This is what it was like to be stationed in a war fortress as the elite of the Empire.

In the face of ordinary armies, orcs do not bother to wear such things as armor at all.

It is usually a slightly stiff leather armor that is used to relieve scars and blades.

However, the terrifying lethality in the fortress of war forced them to re-emphasize it, and wear special armor to protect and reduce casualties.

In particular, before the army officially attacked, Fuji also performed the group ascension technique, temporarily strengthening the various resistances of the orc army and improving their combat ability.

When everything was ready, the Thousand Orcs scattered from the shadows and quickly approached the fortress of war.

The tree bunkers within a radius of three hundred meters of the war fortress have been emptied, but because there are also orcs at the level of beast generals who have joined the battle this time, the strength and speed are extremely ferocious.

The distance of 100 meters was only ten seconds to cross, and if it were not for the explosion of the minefield, I am afraid that the soldiers in the war fortress would not have noticed that someone had sneak attacked.

"Boom—"

The first beast general who was unlucky enough to guess the mine, due to inertia, exploded with several mines.

Eventually, the smoke cleared, leaving only an arm holding a scimitar.

The other beasts will see this, and before they get close to the minefield, they will jump and try to cross it.

But the soldiers who were already on alert had immediately activated the lights of the war fortress, and dozens of dazzling rays of light shot out from inside the fortress, illuminating the surrounding circle.

And in the next second, the soldier who reacted quickly had already pulled his weapon and fired the first shot of the second round of battle.

"Bang-bang-bang-"

"Da-da

For a moment, the battlefield burst into flames, and several explosions rang out.

Although the beast general who reacted jumped up, he didn't know the distance of the minefield, and after only jumping more than ten meters, he still stepped on the mine and was carried away by the violent shock wave.

But the orcs are also extremely quick to react on the battlefield, and in an instant they realize that someone must lie down and open a safe passage for the follow-up army.

In an instant, the scattered orcs made their minds and took action.

The corpse of the same clan that has been killed in battle is used as a trigger, and it rolls past to cause a chain explosion, and seeing that this scene has an effect, other orcs have recruited to reuse the corpses of their own clan.

But some of them can't find the body, so they use themselves as detonators to cross the minefield as fast as possible and trigger as many mines as possible.

The orcs did not think of using long-range excitation mines, although it was not the case that they had already sunk the splinters by the blast.

Attacking the ground in front of you with a range of air does work to trigger mines, but the speed of the mine's ejection and explosion is much faster than the speed at which they can retreat.

Moreover, the planting of mines is completely random, and it is not clear how many mines there are in a straight line, and using the corpses of the same clan as detonators is the fastest choice.

A circle of twenty meters wide minefield, under the breakthrough of the orcs, in less than thirty seconds, was opened out of six safe entrances, and the subsequent orcs poured in from it.

But the price paid was the death of eleven beast corpses, a few high-level and mid-level mixed and matched.

The remaining beast generals who were the first to break through had gathered together and began to bombard the fortress with all their strength, trying to break the fortress and kill inside.

But the sturdiness of the war fortress is far beyond the expectations of the orcs, and the war generals and orcs are all high-level peaks, and they are about to step into the master level.

The destructive power of the convergence is also very amazing, and in this way, it only caused some deep and shallow dents on the cement surface, but did not cause substantial damage.

Seeing this scene, the beast generals immediately dispersed and went to help the follow-up troops, carrying the large equipment for the siege.

In order to prevent damage from artillery, the prepared siege equipment was transported by ten teams at the same time, and there were many preparations to follow.

After the first battle in the afternoon, the orcs also learned their experience in coping, and when attacking, the whole team spread out very widely, and there was a reaction and an irregular route of progress.

This change prevented the soldiers from slaughtering orcs as recklessly as they did the first time.

However, although the combat efficiency has decreased a lot, none of the orcs that should be killed have been missed.

The orcs who broke through found themselves unable to cause damage to the fortress, so they quickly searched for weak entrances around the fortress to try.

The only entrance to the war fortress is in the inner corner facing east, where the dark gray manganese steel gate is silently blocking all orcs who want to enter.

A manganese steel gate weighs one, and after opening one, there are two more in the back.

This weight is difficult for ordinary machinery to lift and smoothly switch on, this step can only be handled by the magic engine, and it is still after the performance is enhanced.

Regie in the rear, although not directly involved in the battle, with her extraordinary perception ability, and real-time sharing with Govais, allowed her to form a special war command system.

Fuji, who is well aware of the situation inside the war fortress, directly conveys the attack order to every orc soldier.

The orcs who seem to be chaotic in Wuxi, in fact, everyone has their own mission goals, and once they fall, someone will immediately fill in and continue the mission.

This temptation had made Furky and Govis give up the idea of breaking into the fortress, and now the only task was to find out as much as possible the weak points of the human fortress, and to deal with it next time.

"Attack the hole in the upper right and destroy it as much as possible so that the opponent can no longer shoot from it."

"The entrance has three floors, and the structure is a hanging door winch, which destroys the ground as much as possible in preparation for the subsequent opening of the first door."

"Give up the attack at the top, the third three-layer gap on the left, the opponent is ready to fire, block him!"

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Orders were quickly transmitted, this kind of thousand-level control, Rao is an extraordinary situation like Fuji, who has been under the command for a long time and has a little more than enough strength.

But fortunately, all the goals could be achieved, and when the battle was more than halfway through, the two stopped the attack and let the orcs withdraw and rest.

Inside the fortress of war, Marz looked at the retreating orcs, looking a little tired.

This time the orc attack was significantly more aggressive and swift than the first, and the target was also very clear.

Like the firing of a cannon's muzzle, the other party seems to be able to accurately predict its own opening, and directly slap the orc's body to block the cannonball.

Such an explosion almost injured everyone inside the fortress, but fortunately, nothing happened.

After being blocked twice, the gunners also realized that the other party was targeted, so when they opened their mouths to fire, they did not fire immediately, but waited for a second or two at random.

Although this violates the operation, there is no way to effectively combat it.

The opening of the muzzle is about 30 centimeters long, and when no fire is fired, this conical hole is closed, and it is blocked by a layer of manganese steel.

The 30-centimeter round hole is also considered a large opening in the fortress, and if the opponent is on guard, the attack may cause damage to the artillery when it is opened.

With the second withdrawal of the orc army, the outside of the battle fortress was covered with corpses, and the smell of blood drifted freely in the cold wind.

After the second retreat of the orcs, the soldiers inside the war fortress did not cheer, but continued to silently check the guns and reload the bullets.

They also knew that the orc attacks would be more uneasy at night, and they now needed to be ready for all the battles at every time they could rest, and adjust themselves to be able to cope with every battle

Fight.

The orc camp, although this attack did not meet the expected plan, was fully prepared for the third attack.

Whether it's knowing about the war fortress or destroying the fortress, the orcs will attack with all their might in the third attack.

Frigie and Govis had already discussed with Hadrri that the night attack might cost close to 10,000 orcs, and that was just a battle against a fortress.

For this loss, Hadri also knew that it was inevitable, as a superior party, he had to take this fortress no matter what he said, control the elemental leylines, and let the army have a very stable rear support.

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The time for the third raid was around eleven o'clock.

After six hours of hard work, the orc engineers had assembled six siege trebuchets and two rams.

In addition to these necessary siege equipment, the orcs also built a number of ladders and planks specially used to clear minefields from the surrounding materials.

The main source of the second loss was getting stuck in a minefield, which allowed humans to concentrate on several roads opened by the minefield.

This was an extremely disadvantageous thing for the orcs, whose path through the minefield was just that big, and the constant attacks of the other side had made several safe passages in the minefield already covered with the blood and corpses of their compatriots.

After receiving the final orders, an orc warrior prepares his assault team from different directions, obeying orders and preparing for a continuous stream of attacks.

This time, not only ordinary orc soldiers will attack, but also master beast generals will also attack together, they will turn into ordinary soldiers, blend in with the army, and deliver a fatal blow to the fortress at any time!

Seeing that the time was almost up, Govis signaled that the trumpeter could launch a general attack.

The orc trumpeter who received the order blew the two-meter-high corner with all his might, carrying a thick and melodious horn sound that spread far and wide.

"Whew—"

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The soldiers, who were eating supper to maintain their strength, heard this horn, and immediately put down their bowls and looked at the periphery vigilantly, under the illumination of the magic spotlight, there was no abnormality within a radius of three hundred meters of the war fortress.

But in the meantime, six trebuchets have already launched a counterattack that belongs to their orcs!

Six incendiary bombs filled with grease and incendiary matter, like meteors in the darkness, flew out from between the treetops, streaked high across the sky and landed on the fortress of war.

"Bang-bang-bang-"

The exploding incendiary bombs burst into flames above the surface of the war fortress.

Rao was a soldier in the fortress, and he also felt the baptism of this heat wave.

But it was only warm and comfortable, and it did not cause serious damage.

And this is only the first round of attacks, and every thirty seconds after that, the orcs will deliver a round.

The first three rounds are all refueled incendiary items, trying to burn a passage through it.

However, finding that this was useless, he replaced it with a boulder and began to use gravity to accelerate to cause damage to the war fortress.

Not to mention, a boulder of more than 100 kilograms fell from the sky and really caused some damage to the fortress of war.

The first part of the hit showed traces of cracks, and a large amount of cement debris fell off, and the steel structure inside was *** out.

Seeing that the attack was effective, the orc commander continued to order the use of trebuchets to attack first.

Inside the fortress, Marz came to the third artillery floor and was asking about the calculations of the magic cannon.

"Can the other party's position be calculated? Although the attack of this trebuchet will not cause much damage to the fortress, if it continues like this, it will be opened sooner or later."

"We haven't been exposed to the ballistics of trebuchets, we have learned the ballistics of artillery...... It's a bit difficult to find, but the idea of calculation should be the same for both...... Don't wait......

A fine layer of sweat also broke out on the forehead of the soldier who was in charge of artillery training, and it was in November

In the winter, you can imagine how anxious he is now.

Although this may also be great in ancient times because the heating temperature was able to maintain ......

As the last character data appeared, the calculation soldier shouted.

"Okay, but I can't guarantee if it's accurate, but the approximate direction distance can be error-free, magic fire level, reload two flares, and reload all letter high-explosive shells in the back."

Hearing the command to count the soldiers, the surrounding gunners immediately began to replace the shells on the reserved 'magazines' on the magic cannons, and the twelve shells were reloaded in turn.

"The firing angle of the flare, the altitude is 85, and the azimuth is 300 and 305, so that the observer in the head will pay attention to the hit in this direction and report it in time."

"Launch!"

Once the preparations are complete, move the magic cannon in the gun position, open the firing port, and shoot two special flares into the sky.

The specially modified flare can stay in the sky for up to half an hour after being launched, and the modified light can light up an area of more than half a meter in the air at an altitude of 200 meters.

The two rounds of 'suns' rising in the sky made the orc side just a small surprise, and for this kind of thing, there are also many in the emperor's department.

In the night battle, the Empire used this thing to balance the disadvantage of the night, which is also a nasty item for their orcs.

"High-explosive bombs, height 15, azimuth angles 301, 303, 305, each direction is called to test fire one round, release!"

Looking at the comparison table, the calculation soldier immediately shouted the data for the next attack.

The magic cannon, which did not need to be loaded, immediately turned around, and the three shells were all fired in less than six seconds according to the specified direction.

The biggest feature of the high-explosive bomb is that it kills in a straight line, and the target of this attack is to completely destroy the trees and bushes that block the view.

A high-explosive bomb area with a killing radius of 30 meters was instantly cleared out of the airspace of many square meters.

The personnel observing on the fourth floor discovered the position of the opponent's trebuchet at this moment, and immediately calculated the distance and reported it to the artillery position.

"The distance between the trebuchet's position is 350-450, and the orientation is correct."

Having received this answer, the calculation soldier also decisively ordered.

"The height is changed to 16, and the angle is still the same as the three just now, filled with high-explosive shells, four rounds at each corner!"

At this moment, the loading advantage of the magic cannon was completely revealed, and in the vacant slot that had just been opened, the person who loaded the ammunition left and loaded the arm-thick shell.

After the installation was completed, the direction machine had also completed the angle adjustment, and in the next second, the magic cannon used an astonishing fire speed to pour out twelve shells in a short period of time.

And the orc trebuchet position at the point of attack and the surrounding soldiers are in bad luck.

The magic cannon is a product of the magic of the world, and the destructive power of the explosion is self-evident, and the combination of gunpowder's high-explosive characteristics makes the explosion even better.

And this time the attack is a standard firepower coverage strike, as long as it is in the area, no matter what it is, you have to take a shot.

When the first wave of shells arrived, the trebuchet was directly destroyed, and then the shells that continued to fall washed away the orcs within thousands of square meters, and a terrifying vacuum area appeared.

Tens of thousands of orcs had to attack a fortress with an area of less than 800 square meters, and the space that could be spread out was very small.

This led to a lot of people crowding together, resulting in this round of attacks and the team attacking in this direction directly reimbursed half of the people, and the number reached many.

And this round of coverage, the gunners didn't expect to be able to harvest such a rich record.

But if the orcs don't say it, they never know.

Looking at this attack scene of the liver and gallbladder exploding, Govis's tooth sockets were about to collapse, and he gritted his teeth to give the order for a general attack.

"All hands attack!"

Even if it is a human being

Whatever weapon comes up, they have to go up and pull out the nail.

After getting the news of the general attack, in the dark part of the forest, hundreds of crossbowmen were ready, full of longbows and heading towards the war fortress.

They knew it wouldn't work, but it was to cover their own people, and there were dozens of high-ranking longbowmen hiding among the crossbowmen, whose goal was to destroy the magic lamps to keep them safe at night.

At the same time, the flares floating in the sky were also disposed of and destroyed at the same time.

Under the synchronized attack, the short, originally bright fortress of war was instantly plunged into darkness.

At the same time, the armies attacking the orcs were also dispatched at the same time, scattering in all directions to avoid the end of the artillery, and at the same time, the scattered formation made it difficult for the opponent's fire to be suppressed.

In the face of the suppression of firearms and weapons, the orcs used thousands of lives to accumulate coping experience, which was fully reflected at this moment.

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