Section 19 Suddenly

Damn engineers! They don't know how to fight!

The measurement was finally complete, and Mante snatched the glass in his hand. However, when he tried to do so, he found that the cork of the kettle had been re-plugged. As he took the cup, Fei Wen directly stuffed the kettle.

"Let's go. Fei Wen said, "Report the results of the measurements." ”

Compared to Mante, Fei Wen seemed to be in high spirits, and he didn't even look at the glass, and he didn't even seem to smell the wine. Although a dwarf is a good drinker, an engineer is not worthy of being an engineer if his passion for engineering does not exceed that of drinking. Even if you join the Society of Engineers, sooner or later you will be kicked out.

He couldn't wait to see what this new concept of defense system would do.

Suddenly there was a roar in the sky. Fiwen stopped and saw a gyro helicopter flying crookedly overhead, slower and slower, lower and lower. Black smoke could be clearly seen rising from the helicopter.

"Mechanical failure! Piston broken!" Fei Wen came to the conclusion at once, with his engineer's eyes. "Quick, let's help, I hope the pilot still has time to land!"

They immediately rushed towards that side. As they reached the top of a hill, they saw the helicopter flying in a crooked trajectory at its worst: the helicopter descended at a fairly fast speed, and with a "boom", it fell down a slope and rolled all the way down until it fell into a small mud puddle formed by snow. Black smoke billowed out, but thankfully no flames were visible.

The two glanced at each other and hurriedly ran over there. Luckily, before they arrived, they saw a dwarf leap out of the flying machine with a curse. Covered in mud because of the mud puddle, he jumped out of the helicopter and ran a few steps before sitting on the ground.

"Damn the machine!" the pilot cursed with a puff of breath, and it seemed like nothing was wrong.

"Beard on top! Looks like he's fine. Fiwen exclaimed.

It should be said that it was also good luck that these helicopters were all reconnaissance aircraft. The Dwarven Gyro Helicopter was originally equipped with a light cannon with corresponding ammunition for ground attack. However, in order to increase the speed of the plane and the time it lasts in the air, Master Eshuruphat removed all the weapons from the plane - otherwise, it would not be an unsuccessful landing, but an explosion in the air.

The pilot had already seen two compatriots rushing over. However, he looked visibly exhausted, and instead of standing up, he sat still and waved at them. The two best friends quickly rushed to the front.

"How?" Fei Wen asked his colleague with concern—all pilots were members of the Institution of Engineers, without exception. "Get the wine out, old man. ”

After a glass of wine, the pilot's expression seemed to have recovered a lot. I saw him put down his wine glass, exhaled a long breath vigorously, and wiped a handful of mud from his head by the way.

"It's nothing, it's just that I ran out of strength and couldn't run. The pilot said. "But there is an urgent matter that must be reported to the master immediately. I spotted a migrating ogre tribe on the west side. ”

"Beard on it!, the ogre tribe ?!!," Mante cried. At this critical moment, how could another ogre tribe emerge? In fact, strictly speaking, ogres are usually neutral. They do not belong to any of the sides, and in the absence of benefits, they do not take part in a single battle (with the exception, of course, self-defense). If the ogres decide to go to war, they either accept the hire, or they find a good opportunity to take advantage of the fire.

However, ogres are indeed powerful, and the appearance of an ogre tribe is enough to change the strength of a war. If the ogre accepts a mercenary contract, it will immediately become a dangerous enemy or a reliable ally.

Additionally, since ogres usually have fat bodies, this makes them almost immune to cold weather. In fact, ogres are more adapted to the cold than any other race.

Mante and Fivin were not the only ones who saw the helicopter crash due to a malfunction, and more dwarves had already appeared. Several of them were familiar to Fivin, that is, members of the Institution of Engineers.

"Mante, take care of him. Fei Wen froze, "I'll immediately report the surveying and mapping data to the master, and tell him the news by the way." ”

"I'll wait for you to come back?" Mante asked, confused.

"No, there's not that much time to splurge. When you're sure he's okay, old man, you'll have to help dig the pit at the construction site north of you. ”

......

"Master, the goods you specially requested have arrived. A soldier reported.

"I got it. Ashrufat waved his hand and motioned for the other to come out.

On the surface, at this moment, the Great Foundry Ashrufat was in the center of his camp, staring at a battle map and meditating. But in reality, he's been talking to Carrie all the time.

Due to the huge plan to "build a battlefield", there were hardly a few people left in the camp of the dwarven legions at this time. Even if Ashrufat sometimes speaks unknowingly, he doesn't have to worry about any idlers hearing it. He can safely discuss the future battle with Carrie.

"Very good, the rune stone we asked for has been delivered. Carrie replied.

Humans, elves, and even greenskins have mastered the art of magical communication. The dwarves certainly didn't lag behind in this regard. Although they lack the affinity of the wind of magic, which makes it impossible for them to communicate directly with magic, they make up for it with rune techniques. Through the Rune Technique, the Dwarves can easily create Communication Rune Stones for long-distance communication.

Purely in terms of effect, runic communication is somewhere between direct spell casting and using a communication scroll - the communication rune stone cannot perform magic communication as infinitely as a real mage (as long as he has enough energy to cast spells), nor does it consume all at once like a communication scroll. Under normal circumstances, a communication rune stone can be used five or six times before it breaks.

But Carrie decided to make up for it this time. Through her knowledge and skills far beyond the development of this worldly realm, Carrie planned to transform these communication rune stones into semi-permanent ones, so that they could be used for a long time.

Ashrufat felt that he could teach this technique directly to the dwarves, but Carrie thought that this would greatly improve the strength of the dwarves, and at the same time, a large caster and a part-time rune craftsman was too eye-catching, so the plan was abandoned.

"Carrie, do you really think this will work?" Ashruphat looked at the map. Of course, instead of looking at the map on the table in the center of the room, Carrie had a very clear picture in his eyes. The picture is so detailed that even the tiniest details are visible.

Although the peninsula is mountainous, it is naturally divided into several different areas due to factors such as the direction of the mountains. Ashrufat led his army into the peninsula and has so far cleared only one of the areas of greenskin. But this is a rare success with the terrain of a canyon, and it is an opportunistic approach. This tactic, on the one hand, of course, takes advantage of the favorable opportunity when it is winter and most of the greenskins are curled up in their nests for the winter, luring the greenskins into a death trap in batches to annihilate them. On the other hand, it is also due to the belligerent nature of the greenskins, which makes them fool at the slightest teasing.

However, the terrain has changed dramatically after repeated blasting, and it is no longer usable. And there is no second terrain in the whole peninsula that is so good.

In other words, there has to be a tough battle next. Unfortunately, the Avengers' strength was indeed insufficient, and in the ensuing battle, even if it was a 1:10 casualty ratio, the Greenskins could drain the Avengers.

That's the benefit of superiority in forces. Just like Ashrufat led the nezumi army in the first place, he can pave a path to ultimate victory through countless defeats.

It is precisely because of this that Carrie came up with this battle plan. Since you can't find a vantage point, you might as well build your own. It just so happened that there was no shortage of engineers among Ashrufat's subordinates, and when it came to excavation and construction, there was no one in the entire world who could claim to be superior to the dwarves.

The battlefield Carrie wants to build is not a fortified city (just like Ashrufat had participated in those city battles), nor is it a trench or trap or anything, but a new way of thinking that has never been heard of. Enclose the entire area currently occupied by the dwarves and use countless traps to arrange a three-dimensional battlefield.

At that time, the dwarves no longer need to arrange troops to confront the enemy head-on, but give full play to the advantages of long-range firepower and troop scheduling, divide the entire battle into hundreds of battlefields, and then concentrate superior forces to gallop across various battlefields, and eat the entire green-skinned army piecemeal.

That's Carrie's train of thought.

"Carrie, why do you think the greenskins will come from this side? They just need to go around in a circle, and don't they get out of our trap from this side?" asked Ashrufat, casually pointing to a subtle arrangement on the map.

"With your experience and intelligence, I am afraid that I cannot understand the complex theory and logic behind it, and I can only explain it in a superficial way. Actually, it's a psychological thing...... For example, if a person is walking and encounters a high wall, the kind of wall that is not impossible to climb but has certain difficulties, the length of the wall seems to be limited. So his first instinct was to climb head-on and climb over the past, or try to get around?"

"I guess I went around it......"

“...... That's right, laziness and risk aversion are the instinct of every living being. When there is a choice in front of them, if there are no other factors, any intelligent creature will instinctively choose a more secure way. It's called risk-seeking and risk-averse......" Carrie popped up a whole bunch of terms that Ashrufat didn't understand. Now Ashrufat no longer asks Carrie for any explanations, and while Carrie won't say "You don't have the permissions", she will say "You don't need to know this".

"But...... What if something unexpected happens?" asked Ashrufat.

"What kind of sudden incident do you mean?" said Carrie, a little scathingly. "What unexpected thing can change an instinctive choice that has evolved over countless generations? Although I lack data on this backward war, it is not difficult to sort it out. ”

There was a tumultuous sound outside. Ashrufat turned his head and saw a dwarf appear at the door of the room. He recognized the other man, the dwarf's name was Fivin, a senior member of the Society of Engineers, and a well-known master of gunnery.

"Master," Fiwen shouted. "Helicopter reconnaissance uncovered an emergency: a tribe of ogres appeared nearby. ”

"Like this. Ashrufat said to Carrie in his mind.