"How are this batch of newcomers doing?"

In the headquarters of the western sector of the Maginot Line, Murphy, who was sitting here, sat in his chair and asked with interest, and Adele, who was standing beside him, was fully armed and ready to attack, glanced at the record of the orb and said softly:

"Just five minutes ago, the last of the new soldiers who were stationed at the front line were wiped out, and the five hundred new soldiers had only been in the front line trenches for a morning, and no more than twenty people were still alive, although there was also an element of fierce fighting, but they were indeed not as strong as the previously carefully selected foreigners.

It's quite average in terms of adaptability and talent. ”

"Well, that's probably the normal thing."

Murphy shrugged his shoulders, looking a little regretful but carefree, and said:

"There is always a difference between one in a million and one in a hundred, but this performance is already much stronger than the new recruits who are entering the battle for the first time, which fully proves that our heroic spirits still have a lot of potential to tap, apart from them, what about the casualties of the soldiers on the battlefield?"

"It's still within the scope of acceptance."

Adele reached out and nodded on the psionic sandbox in front of her, which had been shaped by the goatman sorcerer, and she said:

"Because the Gnolls' forces have not yet been deployed, the only line of defense that has been attacked this morning is the 'Nak Pit' in the east-central area, but based on the current large-scale passage of the Gnolls through the filthy swamps, the frequency of fighting will be greatly increased this afternoon, but there are only a few terrains on this front that are most likely to launch a large-scale attack and be the fastest to be captured, and these key areas have been stationed with large armies.

According to the predictions made by General Kudel's command, the battle will heat up in the next two days, including your 'lord's position', when the truly tragic casualties will be presented to you.

However, the commanders of the various defense zones are fully prepared."

"There's no foolproof preparation for a war of this magnitude, Adele, there are more than five times as many gnolls on the other side as there are defenders of the defensive line, not to mention that they have kobolds who are almost impossible to kill."

Murphy shook his head and said:

"Although this is by no means the first time I have dealt with the Gnolls, it is only when I actually sit here that I can feel the pressure brought by every previous black plague to the civilization camp, and the almost undefinable terrain in Transnesia is too terrible, maybe we need to prepare in advance.

Send an order to Miriam to gather the militia in the towns behind the Maginot Line now, and to include them in the reserve system under Kudel's command.

This may be the last advantage of the Translancians.

The quality of our militia in this place is comparable to that of the second-tier regular army in other places, which means that we don't have to worry about them crumbling due to lack of training when they are sent to the front."

"Bang"

Before Murphy could finish speaking, the door to the command room was pushed open, and Lady Dorothy, the boss of the Blood Rat Gang with an anxious face, ran in with a battle report, and she said in a dumb voice:

"Your Excellency the Governor, there was an unexpected situation on the battlefield in the middle, just now a group of kobolds dug into the vicinity of the trench through a temporary tunnel, and they used a large number of explosives to destroy a trench, in which the two hundred people who were guarding it."

"Where did they get their explosives?"

Murphy changed color, and he got up and asked:

"When did the Gnolls join this new tactic? Didn't those guys always hate explosions and flames? ”

"The explosives are coming from the Brass Fortress, Lord Governor."

Dorothy said solemnly:

"The Silver Dwarven Priest ventured to the blast site, and they brought back the exact news, which was the explosives used by the Brass Dwarves to open the mines, and the wreckage contained the stamp of a mining company in the Brass Fortress.

We can't estimate exactly how many explosives the gnolls have, but the cunning Hygeson must have gotten his hands on the supplies when the swamp advanced, but it hasn't used them until now.

Moreover, according to the Dwarven Priest, the major mining companies on the Brass Dwarve's side have a habit of storing large quantities of explosives at low prices to avoid market fluctuations, and the amount of explosives stored by the Brass Dwarves near the fortress in preparation for war is also astronomical.

If the gnolls do find a dwarven buried ammunition depot somewhere in the ruins, we're in big trouble. ”

"Immediately send out the Thorn Nightcrawler to scout the gnolls' explosives storage site as quickly as possible."

Murphy's brow furrowed at this moment, and he said:

"This surprise, which is very unfavorable to us, must be eliminated as soon as possible, Adele, and inform Kuder to let him change his tactics. Ah, forget it, I'm not good at commanding, and the more complicated the situation, the more I can't do it.

Let him decide.

But to send a warning message to the Crimean Fortress, the Wall of Invincibility has become an optional breakthrough direction for the Gnolls in possession of explosives, and all the preparations for this line are inclined to defend Transnsia, and once the Crimean Fortress is accidentally breached, I can't imagine what kind of erosion Kafhoka will become. ”

Murphy never realized that he also seemed to have a talent for crow's beak.

Less than an hour after his warning message was sent, something happened at the Crimean Fortress.

The Gnolls conducted another kobold assault, this time using more explosives and a more frantic "kobold manifold soldiers" who used a crazy strategy regardless of casualties, and directly destroyed an outpost in front of the Crimean Fortress after three consecutive short-term blasts.

This unexpected direction of attack instantly ignited the prelude to the offensive and defensive battles of the Crimean fortress.

Caught off guard, General Baldwin showed the true style of a general, and instead of panicking because of the ghost tactics of the gnolls, he immediately mobilized his army and launched a resolute counterattack to recapture the collapsed outpost.

Although the Crimean fortress was strong, it was only two levels deep, and the result of being captured in front was absolutely disastrous.

Both sides knew that this was a "match point", so the amount of strength invested exceeded the expectations of the other commanders, and by the time Lao Qin came to support with the Scarlet Hammer Scythe, the Winter Wolf Legion in the Crimean Fortress had already lost three brigades totaling 1,500 men.

The gnolls had lost a little less with their kobold minions, and they had already taken over the ruins of the fortress.

Everyone knows how bloody the next capture will be, but General Baldwin did not hesitate at all, in the continuous bombardment of heavy artillery, the heroic winter wolf soldiers almost rushed forward to attack the defense of the gnolls relying on the ruins, but the ghost terrain that was easy to defend and difficult to attack was simply amazing, so that Lao Qin couldn't find the right direction to support if he wanted to help.

In desperation, Qin Ye could only call for an "air strike".

In the darkness of the night, a hundred Blood Vulture Vampire Bombers took off from behind the Maginot Line and carried out a precise bombardment under the guidance of the ground psionic energy of Old Qin's close comrade-in-arms, the undead corpse witch Baldwin Elder.

A hundred light aerial bombs were dropped in three batches, and the incendiary bombs were used to repeatedly "wash" the outpost fortress that did not cover a large area, so that it was difficult to clear the armed kobolds on the periphery, but in order to completely recapture the outpost ruins, the Winter Wolf Legion had to enter the ruins of the fortress that was already filled with the smell of disgusting barbecue to clean up layer by layer.

Obviously, it is more cost-effective to leave this kind of dangerous work to the foreign heroes who are not afraid of death, but General Baldwin did not make any mistakes this time, he accepted Lao Qin's help.

The cleanup continued until midnight to complete the removal of the recalcitrant gnolls, but neither Qin nor Baldwin could laugh, the bombed outpost fortress in front of them represented a terrible change.

Firearms and explosives are no longer exclusive to civilizations, and the Gnolls have lit up such "war technologies" through "windfalls", as well as kobold minions that can dig underground.

The combination of the two will bring a scene that is enough to subvert the traditional black disaster model.

Lao Qin already had a strong uneasiness in his heart, and a few hours later, in the early hours of the morning, his uneasiness was completely detonated.

Over the course of the Maginot Line, the gnolls launched no less than thirteen large and small blasts in the early hours of the morning, in conjunction with the gnolls' night march, and by the early morning of the next day, the trenches in front of the central Nak pit had been completely occupied by the gnolls.

Everyone knew that the Maginot Armageddon would be a terrible war, but no one expected it to be so "hot" from the start.

"We must recapture those trenches, otherwise the effect of positional shelling will be weakened to an unacceptable degree! The Jackals have also learned to use trenches to evade shelling, and in this way they are weakening our firepower superiority. ”

In the early morning, just after breakfast, Lao Qin shouted to the entire Crimson Hammer Scythe in front of him and the nearby players who were gathered:

"The enemy is cunning! Brothers, you all know that they have learned to use explosives, which means that we will have to suffer more terrible losses to achieve victory, but the more this happens, the more valuable we undead will become!

We are about to carry out a resolute assault, rushing into the trenches that belong to us and driving the gnolls out.

I will personally lead the charge.

I know that many of us already see Transencia as our second home, and now, our second home needs us! ”

The Hammer Scythe is a guild of real-life retired veterans, who don't have much of a sense of the difficulty, just silently tidying up their equipment, while the other players are much more noisy, shouting slogans to kill the gnolls and receive explosives and decisive drinks from the logistics officer.

Although the content of the mission was indeed dangerous, they clearly did not believe that the gnolls could defeat them by hiding in the trenches, as many previous battles had shown that the undead Heroic Spirits could crush the number of gnolls they had if they were determined enough in close combat, not to mention that this time there were five hundred KPA soldiers fighting alongside them.

Ten minutes later, the assault began!

Lao Qin, wearing an exoskeleton, brandished a chainsaw sword and led the team forward, the artillery positions in the rear opened fire to cover their charge, and the gnolls in the trenches also howled, but they did not rush out to fight the player, but hid in the trenches in a very reluctant way and waited for the bayonets to see red.

Seeing this scene, Lao Qin's brows furrowed even tighter.

These dog things have really learned!

This is clearly their mode of operation on the Black Flame Pass position, Gou dodges in the trenches to avoid the enemy's firepower advantage, the enemy does not show his head and makes the blood vulture claws in the hands of the players useless, as well as tunnel combat and close explosions, all of which are the methods that players have used before.

Blanch, these bastards' talent for war is really terrifying.

No, it's not so much the learning ability of the individual gnolls, but the commander of these gnolls at this time, the guy named Xu Gesen!

It is consciously learning from the enemy to add to the ancient and effective tactics of the gnolls, and if this guy is really allowed to return alive, I am afraid that the civilization camp will face a group of gnolls spearmen who use muskets and explosives to open the way during the next black plague.

"Poof"

A bone arrow came and hit Lao Qin's armor and bounced off in a splash of sparks, which did not affect Lao Qin's charge, but the rain of gnolls was more dense as he approached the trenches, and the hunters roared to throw the lit dwarven bombs out of the trenches.

"Liftoff! Assault! ”

A cold light flashed in Lao Qin's eyes, and with a loud roar, he activated the flying pack of the Swift Eagle exoskeleton, making him jump up and hover in the air, and the exoskeleton and vampire players rose into the air one after another, bursting the blood vulture claws in their hands downwards to suppress the jackal's counterattack, creating an opportunity for the brothers who rushed in the rear.

It's a pity that the elite players were all transferred away by Lord Pa Yingzun, otherwise this assault would only be easier.

But now it's enough.

"Boom"

Lao Qin, who had emptied the bullet, pulled out the chainsaw sword behind his backhand, adjusted the exoskeleton and plunged into the trench below, and when he landed, a whirlwind of night battles dismembered and chopped the gnolls that pounced, and then rushed forward along the trench under the cover of Qing Dynasty veterans, and the commando team composed of six hundred players quickly pinned down the gnolls in the trench, and then the soldiers of the People's Army also began to charge.

The most difficult tasks were taken on by the undead Immortals, but how could they, the natives of Transsia, make the heroic Gentiles stand out for them?

The armoured vampire lieutenant wields his sword and leads his valiant soldiers into enemy lines.

They were like a scarlet sword, so sharp that they tore open the flanks of the gnolls and began to enjoy the feast of battle, the blood was dancing wildly, stimulating the warriors of the Vulture clan to go even more crazy, and the gnolls in the trenches were beaten and retreated, but their counterattacks were still deadly.

Lao Qin led people to charge with sharp knives, and while the rear trenches were still fighting fiercely, they fought into the trenches further ahead, as bloody and brave as ever, as sharp as ever.

In this way, he sprinted all the way and finally reached the outermost trench, but the moment Lao Qin jumped into the trench, his heart was half cold.

He didn't see any more Gnoll defenders here.

On the contrary, there is only one dug tunnel under the empty trench, which looks like the work of the kobolds, but the trench is a terrain that does not need to be excavated again, so there is only one answer

"Run! It's a trap! ”

Lao Qin roared angrily, grabbed a player with one hand and flew into the sky, shouting towards the battlefield behind him that was still fighting fiercely, but it was too late.

Six hundred players and an equal number of KPA fighters were already being held back in the trenches by red-eyed gnolls, unable to get out of the place for a short time, so the explosives buried under the trenches were fine

"Boom"

In the explosion where the earth shook and the mountains shook, under the gaze of Qin Ye, who was stunned by the sky, the ground in the center of the entire trench area jumped violently.

The intense blasting momentum extended from below, and the explosion sent many gnolls into the sky, and they were already dead the moment they "took off", along with the brave Translantian warriors.

The ground then collapsed, turning it into a large crater, almost immediately followed by a whistling meteorite falling from the sky in the middle of the explosion zone, and after the impact of the meteorite also dissipated, this blasted crater exuded an aura of scorching and death, except for a few players who flew into the air in advance, everyone else seemed to have staged a blood bar disappearing spell in an instant.

With the corpses buried in the collapsed position, it's hard to say how much explosives the gnolls used for this result, but the results they got back were brilliant.

The death of so many players at one time is unprecedented in the launch of the "Real Otherworld" server.

They were counted by the gnolls.

Lao Qin landed on the ground in an indescribable posture, he shook his body and knelt on the ground, reaching out to hold the dog tags emitting white smoke in the blood-stained dirt, and in front of him was a slain People's Army soldier.

He was still very young, and perhaps he never imagined that he would die in such a vicious trap.

Qin Ye's heart was like a stone blocked at this moment.

He made a terrible mistake, a mistake that cost 500 lives, and they were also the children of certain parents, and they were also the pillars of hope, and they were real living beings.

"Beep warning! The user's heart rate increases. WARNING!. Upcoming disconnection and call the nearest medical facility warning! Blood pressure rises. Toot."

The sky and the earth in front of Lao Qin's eyes swirled, and the whole world seemed to be dyed red at that moment.

After all, he was already an old man who was almost seventy years old, and the game helmet could make that projection of him younger, but the impact of the psychic level was not so easy to immune.

"Master Qin! Old Qin Zhuo! Wake up, don't scare us! Hey, can you hear me? Come on!! ”

The surrounding players rushed over and lifted Qin Ye up, but before they could further heal him, Lao Qin's body turned into a ball of light and disappeared in place.

This is an emergency disconnection.

At the same time, in the swamp not far from the position, Hygesen saw the scene clearly through the spell cast by the hunting priest, and he nodded in satisfaction and looked back at the group of Overseers who were as quiet as chickens behind him.

It asks:

"The Transians used to sacrifice the lives of the undead for victory, and their lives were expendable, and such tactics are worth learning, and the lord of the hunt rejoices at such victories.

Our lives are also consumables dedicated to the birth of the gods, so, I ask you, have you learned? ”

(End of chapter)