At noon, the defenders of the eastern fortress reacted quickly, and the emperor [**] team of the two divisions galloped out of the city and came to the bank of the river, and then the small fleet stationed on the dock of the water village in the city also immediately opened out of the dock through the diversion canal and came to the bank of the river.

Whether it's doubtful or surprised. But the indisputable fact before us is that those barbarian armies are really going to attack the eastern fortress in a big way......! Want to force your way across the river?!

Just after noon, the battle began. In terms of crimes, the death squad orcs of the two phalanxes had already rushed up with huge pieces of wood on their shoulders, regardless of the coverage of the human archers on the opposite bank, trying to build a pontoon bridge over the river.

The orcs were shirtless, and even gave up their armor for the sake of dexterity, but only held a wide wooden board to block arrows when they ran.

On the south bank of the river, human archers lined up on the riverside, round by round, trying to prevent the other party from building a pontoon bridge on the opposite bank, the roaring arrows flew like locusts in the sky, on the north bank, the ground was full of arrows, those orc death squads running on the top of the planks were working under the dense rain of arrows, and from time to time there were orcs who were hit by arrows and let out a few miserable howls. One by one, the shaggy soles trampled back and forth on the shallow talk on the riverbank, and the black soil on the ground was gradually stained red with blood.

An hour later, at the cost of hundreds of casualties, the orcs finally built an improvised pier about ten meters wide on the opposite bank.

By this time, the archers on the opposite bank had already begun to retreat. And the commander of the human army is General Rostock's deputy, the deputy commander of the Stormwind Legion, and the supreme commander of the Eastern Fortress, Dominguez.

At this moment, the forty-six-year-old general personally led two divisions of troops to direct the sniper on the south bank, while with his back to the eastern fortress, the baggage sappers were nervously carrying out the large ordnance in the city. One by one, catapults were also pushed to the shore and began to bombard the other side of the river.

Subsequently, the Imperial warships also sailed onto the river, and the eight Imperial Sea Soul-class warships lined up on the river, closely connected, and used the ballistae on board to shoot at the orcs on the north bank.

With the addition of warships, the losses of the orcs have greatly increased for a time. In less than half an hour, the corpses left behind on the shallow shore of the north shore had almost covered the shallows. And the sailors on the ship also picked up their bows and crossbows and struck at the north shore.

On the battlefield. For a time, humanity had the upper hand.

The pier that the orcs had built on the north bank had been blown down twice by catapults, but the orcs seemed to be determined to cross the river here, after the two bombardments. Regardless of the dead and wounded. Once again, a large number of death squads were sent to rebuild, and the shallows were littered with corpses, broken arrows, and spilled logs.

Seeing that the human warships blocked the river, General Dominguez was full of doubts...... Looking at this situation, it is impossible for the enemy to cross the river here...... Did they come on purpose to send them to death?

From the perspective of the enemy, the army of orcs on the other side is densely packed, and I am afraid that at least another 100,000 troops have been dispatched. Lin Lei is obviously going to attack here.

On the warship, the sailors frantically fired their ballistas, watching the orcs on the opposite shore keep falling, and the huge crossbow arrows shè past, with strong penetration. It is often possible to pass three or five orcs at the same time. It's like a gourd.

The sailors roared excitedly as they watched as the enemy on the other side fell in rows under the attack of the Empire's invincible warships. The bows and arrows in their hands also struck hard, and many soldiers even used too much force in their excitement, and even the thumbs of the bows were cut to blood.

The orcs still didn't give up in the slightest, and the piers were firmly nailed to the north shore under the almost crazy suicidal impact of thousands of orc warriors, and countless timbers were reinforced, and they were bombarded by humans frantically.

By this time, Dominguez had already sent people to the city to mobilize the air force.

There was a brigade of about one hundred and fifty bombing airships stationed in the city of the eastern fortress, and at this time, seeing the orc army on the other side of the border, General Dominguez immediately remembered the advantages of the airships - these orcs were so densely packed, and they were on the flat and open wilderness, if they didn't bomb at this time, when would they wait?

The battle continued into the afternoon, and it seemed that the orcs did not take advantage of it at all, and the human soldiers fell into an atmosphere of extreme frenzy and euphoria, and in the eyes of most people, most of these orcs were in a bad brain, and came here to die stupidly.

But at this time, the situation suddenly changed!

On the surface of the river, the eight Imperial Sea Soul-class warships were originally lined up, but although this river was carved several times wider by the empire before the war with a large amount of manpower and material resources, after all, these warships were originally naval warships. The huge warships were originally a little reluctant to travel on this river, so since the start of the war, the empire's largest Seagod and Sea King-class warships have never entered the river, and only the small and medium-sized Sea Soul-class warships of these imperial navies can travel on the river - but even so, the eight Sea Soul-class ships lined up on the river seem to be slightly crowded.

The fleet was tightly packed together, almost end to end, and the warships opened fire towards the north shore with all their might, but they didn't know that the catastrophe had come!!

The change happened very suddenly!

The fleet was lined up, with the flagship in the third-to-last position, and the commander of the fleet was a veteran of the Imperial Navy who had participated in two expeditions to the South Seas. And just in the frenzied atmosphere of the sailors on board, all of a sudden, a dull roar was heard from underwater!

Bang!!

This sound was like a heavy hammer slamming into the wooden plank, and then the hull of the ship immediately shook violently a few times, and before everyone could react, the warship had already tilted seriously to the left!

Then, the sound of underwater collisions was heard, mixed with the terrible sound of wooden planks shattering. After the hull tilted, the sailors on the ship shouted and ran in panic, and many people fell into the water, and at this time, someone below had already come to report in a panic that the cabin below the waterline had been smashed into the hull!

"They're underwater!!"

The captain immediately gave the order, and the sailors took up their bows and arrows. Desperately struck at the water, but across the water, the bow and arrow lost most of its power. Some sailors set up their ballistas and turned around to blast into the water.

Water warfare in this era lacks the ability to counterattack underwater. And some brave sailors, after receiving the order of the commander, did not have time to take off their clothes, grabbed their short knives and bit them in their mouths, so they jumped into the river and dived into the water.

Rows of sailors leaped bravely into the water. For a moment, the scene seemed to fall into a brief silence. The hull is still tilted. However, the sound of the underwater collision seemed to stop, and many people rushed to the side of the boat to look down.

However, those who bite the knife and jump down the sailors, after going down. But not a single one came out.

A moment later. Someone exclaimed, and in the middle of the water, streams of red blood came up from below, as if bewitching red flowers bloomed on the water! Then, bubbling bubbles bubbled everywhere on the water, and the people on board fell into a strange tension.

More brave sailors, taking off their boots, biting their short knives in their mouths, jumped into the water......

Subsequently. Suddenly, there was a violent collision sound under the water, and I saw a sudden splash of water erupting from under the surface of the river! There are also some horrific broken arms and broken corpses!!

One by one. There was a mournful roar from the hull underwater, and the sailors, who had been struggling to plug the broken ground in the cabin, did not have time to escape. In the midst of a roar, I watched the hull of the ship suddenly break apart!

The icy river rushed in frantically, instantly annihilating the sailors under the cabin.

Then the hull broke in the middle, and the bow of the ship was immediately raised high, and the sailors and officers standing at the bow fell into the water under the call sign.

At this time, at last, the underwater enemies showed their faces, and several huge monsters covered with oily fur and faintly fleshy red sè emerged from the water, and their huge heads, with big mouths of blood and roars.

There are more than a dozen of these monsters, each of which is at least five meters away, and it is the orcs who are good at the hippopotamus tribe among the orcs.

These hippopotamus orcs are naturally huge and terrifying in strength, and after diving into the water, each hippopotamus orc also grabbed a huge subway hammer in their hands!

The flagship of the human fleet was immediately broken by the submarine attack of several hippopotamus orcs!

The sudden collapse of the flagship immediately caused panic in the entire fleet, and the general of the fleet had already fallen overboard before he could give the final order. And the hippopotamus orcs are still lurking in the water, wantonly hunting and killing human sailors who fall into the water.

Although these sailors are all excellent sailors who have fought against the waves in the sea, no matter how good the human water is, it is no match for this natural underwater race. Coupled with the huge body of the hippopotamus orcs, the savage strength, the sailors under the water quickly died, one by one were strangled and even swallowed underwater by the hippopotamus.

This is exactly the plan of the criminals, on the north shore, deliberately sent a large number of orcs to build pontoon bridges to feint, and attracted the human fleet to the water. The hippopotamus orcs, on the other hand, quietly descended from the upper reaches of the river, lurking in the water, ambushing the human fleet in one fell swoop.

The human warships reacted immediately after being attacked, and one by one, the brave sailors were not afraid of the monsters under the water, and even some powerful officers took the lead in taking off their clothes and jumping into the water with short knives.

However, above the water, there were constantly soldiers of broken human warriors, and for a while, blood could be seen everywhere on the wide river!

The war continued, the human warships were attacked one by one, and the officers and men of the navy finally had no choice but to recognize the fact that they had nothing to do with these monsters attacking them underwater, and after the flagship was sunk, another warship was soon sunk.

Then the flotilla began to issue flags one by one: Retreat!

It is completely pointless to continue to stay on the river, and can only send the soldiers to death in vain.

But at this time, they can't do it if they want to retreat!

After all, the river is still a little narrow, and the fleet is lined up in a row on the river, densely formed, crowded together, and at this time I want to retreat, but in the chaos, I can't even turn around! Several big boats are huddled together, and there is even an accident that collides with each other, and the hippopotamus orcs are crazy under the water devouring the lives of the sailors, and some hippopotamus orcs are crazy and surfacing to the surface, trying to attack the humans on the deck -- but this hot-headed action finally brought casualties to the hippo orcs.

If they were underwater, the human warships would be helpless, but once they surfaced, the sailors immediately picked up bows and arrows and even ballistas to return fire.

Although the hippopotamus orcs had thick skin and thick flesh, they could not withstand the attack of the ballistas, and under a few howls, several hippopotamus orcs were passed by the ballista shè and fell into the water and sank.

On the river, in the midst of chaos, human warships were crowded together one by one, unable to enter or retreat if they wanted to. The sinking of the flagship has brought confusion to the command, and the river is not only narrow, but even the depth of the water is far from being comparable to the sea!

Some of the damaged ships even sank a little bit, but the remaining half was still floating on the surface of the water - but it just blocked the river!