Section XXXIII Camouflage

By the time the Tin Boss came out, his men were already in formation outside the camp. Although the orcs say that they have muscles but no brains, they also know that they must be in battle formation. Before the arrival of the Iron Boss, no Greenskin Boss could not wait to launch a reckless charge. From this point of view, in fact, the greenskins (especially orcs) have a lot of potential to tap in terms of intelligence.

The morning sun shines on the distant hillside. It can be vaguely seen that the dwarven legions have lined up on the top of the mountain, occupying a condescending advantage. Dwarves are very fond of taking high ground on the battlefield, as ranged units always have a better range and perspective when they are on high ground, and the Dwarven Legion is most proud of their powerful ranged units. Besides, charging into high ground always consumes more stamina and takes more time, which gives ranged units a greater chance to shoot.

Because the dwarves occupy the top of the mountain, the iron boss can only see the dwarves in a battle line, but he can't tell the thickness of their battle formation, and he can't estimate their number.

But numbers aside, the dwarven cannons are alive. A cannonball flew in and was too far away to hit Greenskin, but it also hit a mound near the camp, blasting up a cloud of dirt.

"Boss, it's time for us to go up. A boss suggested. Now that the boys are in formation, it is time to let the army march slowly and charge as soon as they get close to the engagement. This is the only way to fight the dwarves.

"What's the hurry!" the Ironhide Boss was not in a hurry at all. With his intellect, he was able to comprehend the existence of a certain dissonance. Why did the dwarves come at this time? The explosion of the camp and the collapse of the castle made a deep impression on him, and he immediately thought about the "trap" and "trickery".

Another cannonball from the dwarves hit. Of course, the distance was too far for the shells to hit at all, but the meaning of such a provocation was already obvious. The dwarves are provoking the greenskins into battle.

"That hillside...... Is there a problem?" asked the Ironhide Boss, pointing to the front.

"No problem, didn't we come from that side yesterday?" replied one of the goblins.

"Talky!" said the Ironhide Boss viciously, shaking his machete. The goblin immediately retracted its head.

No matter how good the dwarven cannon is, it doesn't make sense at such a distance. So the Iron Boss has enough time to observe the battlefield at this moment. After the dwarven castle collapsed yesterday, the Greenskins dug in vain for a while (of course, finding nothing, no loot other than the corpses of their companions), and then made a camp on the edge of the castle that was extremely simple even by Greenskins' standards.

The area where the castle is located is one of the relatively flat areas rarely seen in the area, with a mountain depression. This flat means that the terrain is not undulating, not that there are no undulations, and there are still hills and mounds nearby.

The land was so large that the Ironhide Boss thought it was impossible for the Dwarves to set up an encirclement here, as it would mean that the Dwarves would have more than three times as many troops as the Greenskins. With this kind of force, dwarves will not play any harassment tactics, but will directly use them.

The dwarf's plan may have been the same explosive trap as before—burying a pile of gunpowder in the ground and waiting for the greenskin to come up and detonate. But after thinking about it carefully, the iron boss felt that it was unlikely, because in a formal war, the charge was always in a wave-like charge. The explosion will destroy a wave of attacks, but will not deal the same lethal blow as before. So if the dwarves want to use it, they used it directly yesterday when the greenskins marched by.

The helicopters above were still buzzing in the distance, and it was unthinkable that the flies were reporting the Greenskins to the army of dwarves in the distance.

The Iron Boss guessed most of them correctly, except for one thing, and there was no army of dwarves on the mountain in the distance.

At the top of the hill at this time, a veteran member of the Society of Engineers and a master gunner, Fiwen 61 Wallace was running before and after arranging everything around him. There are too few people, and there are only about forty people in total, so it is really not easy to arrange the appearance of the dwarven army, and it is often necessary for one person to wear multiple hats. Moreover, the use of cannons is absolutely impossible to save manpower, because the normal firing and loading of cannons really require so many people to operate.

That's right, the legion of dwarves in the distance that Greenskin saw at this moment was not a real army, but an army made by using some dummies (mostly made of thin wooden stickers) to take advantage of the favorable terrain such as the top of the mountain.

This equipment was originally part of the operation. Originally, it was used to draw the attention of the pursuing Greenskins and create an opportunity to disengage the Dwarven decoy troops.

Fivin's mission is to delay the Greenskins for half a day to buy precious time for the main Dwarven force to assemble. That being said, the person who was actually in command was the Grand Forger Ashrufat, who gave specific instructions to Fiven through the Communication Rune Stone.

"Master, the greenskins really didn't attack. Fei Wen was not a rookie on the battlefield for a long time, but this time he took the initiative to fire a provocation that was really too bold, so he couldn't help but be a little afraid.

On the other side is a solid 30,000 green skins, and there are only forty dwarven engineers on this side disguised as an army.

"Keep going, but you can't keep firing guns, especially not really hitting Greenskins. The Great Forge's voice sounded calm through the rune stones.

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The dwarves in the distance fired another shot. However, because the Greenskins were far out of the effective range of the artillery, the shells still hit the Greenskins at a great distance, blowing up a stone. The greenskins had relaxed by this time, knowing that they were in a safe position, and that the dwarven cannons were ineffective against them. After confirming this, the morale of the greenskins began to rise, and some of the boys in front of them had begun to shout at the dwarves in the distance, making all kinds of provocative and insulting gestures. In fact, as the atmosphere has grown, many of the green-skinned kids have become eager to take a shot and can't wait to launch an attack.

At this time, the Iron Boss had decided to take a safe plan. After all, to tell the truth, it's not a green-skinned style to put aside the battle in front of you. No matter how smart and cautious the Iron Boss is, he is still a greenskin. His belligerent nature was engraved in his bones.

"Let the shamans come over. He gave orders to his subordinates. He had already made a preliminary plan, and first had to see how many dwarves there were, so he decided to send a large group of goblins and a shaman to launch a tentative attack. Goblins have always been afraid of the hard, and this is exactly the right thing for this task. Even if all the goblins are wiped out, it won't be able to shake the morale of the Greenskin's main force. For the greenskins, the big ones are stronger. Orcs have never looked down on small goblins. The defeat of the goblins will definitely not shake the confidence of the orcs.

After making this decision, Boss Tin felt that it was still not appropriate. "Call the Spider Boys. ”

"Boss. One of his subordinates reminded, "There aren't many spider boys." ”

"Talky, I understand!" the tin boss scolded back. The number of spider boys was already small, and they were ambushed by the dwarves before, and now there are only about a dozen left. But as the saying goes, big waves wash the sand, and the remaining spider boys are the most slippery type. Luck and vision, the spider boy who is a little less than these two has been reimbursed.

Soon, a fat-looking spider kid is brought in front of the boss, who is the newly promoted leader. That is, the captain who is responsible for commanding all the remaining Spider Kids.

"Listen. The tin boss didn't have time to talk nonsense, and immediately gave the order. "Look at the dwarves over there, give me a big circle, and see what the dwarves are ambushing them are. The speed is slower and not tight, the circle must be large, so that the dwarves don't find out. ”

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Fivin had already taken notice of Greenskin's actions. The green-skinned army began to advance slowly, and its formation was an offensive and defensive formation, with the phalanx divided into two layers, with a loose offensive formation in front and a dense defensive formation in the rear. Although it is said that the green skin does not have a military book or a military academy, there are some things that can be learned naturally, and even if you don't understand it, you can learn it from daily practice. For example, the formation of the dwarves is tight, while the formation of the greenskins has always been looser. But that's because they're free by nature, not because they don't know how to arrange. The experience of countless wars is enough to prove that the skills of the green-skinned bosses in arranging troops are no worse than those of human and dwarven generals, and they are also very accurate in the transformation of formations and the timely input of reserves. Especially when it comes to formation control, the greenskins are almost always natural.

The Greenskins stopped at the edge of the artillery's range. However, because the cannon is located at a high place, it naturally has a longer range and hit, so Fei Wen visually observed that the greenskinned army had entered the effective range limit of the cannon at this time.

In this position, it may be difficult for ordinary dwarven gunners to aim, but the last thing the Avengers lack is engineers, and there is no shortage of engineers who are skilled in gunnery. Fei Wen was a master of gunnery himself, and he was 100% confident that he would bombard the center of the greenskin formation and blow them up on their backs. He now has a total of six cannons, and the six cannonballs hit the Greenskins together, and with the use of advanced flowering shells, he can kill 180 Greenskins.

It's a pity that the great caster clearly said that the greenskin must not be excessively stimulated. This time, Fivin's goal was to buy half a day, not to eliminate a few hundred greenskins.

Then, in the Greenskins, a phalanx began to break away from the group and approach where the dwarves were.

"Master...... They sent a brigade of about a thousand...... It appears to be a tentative attack. Fei Wen immediately activated his communication rune stone. Although this was a small tentative attack for the Greenskins, it was not something that the dwarves could resist.

"Try to use artillery to crush them. If you can't do that, retreat immediately. The Great Foundry's voice was emotionless, but it was rational. As long as the greenskin is close to a certain distance, no matter how good the disguise is, it will be pierced. When the time comes, I'm afraid it'll be too late to run.

"But our artillery ......"

"We can continue to cast without the cannon, but there is no way to resurrect the person without it!"

The Tin Boss clearly saw that the cannon at the top of the hill had fired.

The six cannons roared together, and two of the cannonballs landed on the edge of the goblin phalanx, ripping off a piece of the goblin phalanx at once.

"Quick, reload the shells!" Fei Wen commanded diligently, judging the situation. The goblins did not waver in morale, but continued to move on - no, they were not moving forward, but running at a high speed. It wasn't a normal speed, but it was clearly the result of a magical blessing. Thousands of goblins screamed and swung their spears, scrambling towards the dwarf's location. Although they are uphill, the speed seems to be almost faster than downhill.