Section XXIX Defense

A blinding light suddenly flashed on the magic machine. All the rats who were watching the cannon (a safe distance, of course) fell to the ground. Nezumi have excellent dark vision, which makes their eyes far more susceptible to bright light than any surface creature. Most of the nezumi were briefly blinded by the stimulation, and a few even had their eyes burned. At this time, a palpable heat emanated from the magical machine, causing the nezumi who had avoided the glare to lie down to avoid the heat. Only the Engineer smirked, hiding behind his goggles and continuing to operate the machine.

Half a heartbeat, a thick bolt of lightning erupted from the barrel of the magic cannon, emitting a sickly glow, towards the greenskin camp in the distance. Distorted lightning bolts pierced the walls of the Greenskins' camp, engulfing everything in their path, whether greenskins or miscellaneous garbage. Its high heat caused even metal utensils to be quickly melted down.

It was only a short split second, and a large hole was punched in the greenskinned camp wall. Smaller arcs of electricity split off from the thickest beams, sending a wave of death among the defenders who were standing behind the camp walls. The burst of energy tore the wood, limbs, and metal weapon apart until it disappeared into the dirt at its worst.

The Boss of Stormtooth watched in amazement at this horrific scene. When the lightning cannon bombarded him, he happened to be standing in this direction with his personal guards. Although he was lucky not to be affected by this cannon, his personal guard, the best boy he personally selected, disappeared directly.

Hundreds of greenskins died under the attack, and the ground was covered with stumps that were still twitching. Death-defying choks emanated from the throats of wounded men who had no hope of survival, and the stench of burnt flesh and wood filled the air.

Far away, Ashrufat was very pleased with the effect of the cannon. His extraordinary vision allows him to clearly see the lethal effect of this good man.

"I didn't expect the rats to make something like this. He said to Carrie in his head.

"Inferior product. Carrie's tone was still contemptuous. "It's an energy weapon, but it's too crude. It is supposed to have a manufacturing method, but there is no equivalent manufacturing process. ”

"What do you mean?" Ashrufat asked subconsciously. But he immediately told himself that he was wasting his time again, and that Carrie would reply to him with the eternal answer "You don't have the relevant permissions".

"The metalworking technology is not qualified. Unexpectedly, Carrie didn't refuse to explain. "This lightning cannon part is not strong enough. Specifically, the parts of this cannon cannot withstand the high temperatures when the cannon is fired. As a result, each time a shot is fired, the internal parts will be deformed due to the high temperature. The most difficult result is that everything depends on luck, if the deformation is still within the allowable range, the cannon fires normally, if the deformation degree exceeds the limit, hehe...... I reckon this cannon will explode along with the Engineer Warlock who operates it, turning it into a molten piece of metal. Well, to tell the truth, under the existing conditions, the construction of such an energy weapon must be made with highly heat-resistant alloys. ”

"Alloy ...... Carrie, do you know how to make alloys?"

"Of course I do. Master, will you let me teach these rats how to make alloy......s? But it doesn't seem like we need to do that. ”

"Nope. Ashrufat replied.

"Let's just keep watching. If there's an explosion, I'll activate the force field defense. Carrie said.

That being said, but this time they were lucky, and all the lightning cannons fired normally. In the blink of an eye, the first round of lightning cannon shooting was over, and more than a dozen pieces were stripped off the perimeter of the greenskinned camp, and correspondingly, the greenskins inside the camp wall also suffered great losses, with heavy casualties.

Even the orcs, who claim to have "muscles but no brains", know that it is impossible to rely on the camp to defend. The opposing side has powerful long-range attack weapons, but they lack large war machines due to their lack of preparation. The camps can only be beaten passively, and unilaterally.

With superhuman vision, Ashruphat clearly saw the movement of the greenskins in the camp. It's not difficult to tell what they're going to do next. At this moment, the nezumi army has surrounded the greenskinned camp, and has an overwhelming advantage in numbers. For the battle plan to conquer Karak-Grom, this is only a prelude battle, and its significance is to clear the outer obstacles. But only through this battle can Ashrufat correctly evaluate the combat power of the Nezumi Legion.

In fact, the current nezumi army under his command is only a vanguard of the army. But as Ashrufat knew, the nezumi were numerous, but their morale, training, and physical strength were a notch worse than the greenskins. If you leave the narrow tunnel of the Underground World, I don't know how the Path will behave on the wide battlefield of the Surface World.

The gates of Greenskin's camp have been opened, and Greenskins have poured out in droves, heading for the nearest nezumi unit.

"Boys, listen!" cried Brussel in his loudest voice. "We're the strongest! Any greenskin can hit ten of those rats at a time! Rush up and fly them!Waaaaagh......"

Standing where Ashrufat was, one could see the green wave rushing towards the nezumi's position. There is no longer Ashrufat, who used to be the "boss", who knows the characteristics of the greenskin better. For example, at the moment, the Greenskin's charge is very simple, direct, violent but difficult to crack. If it is an elven or human army, then it may be able to be suppressed by discipline, but the army of the nezumi is not a well-trained disciplined army.

However, it seems that the situation is a bit unexpected. The Greenskinned Boss is clearly a veteran with a bit of brains (or at least a bit of experience). His impact didn't seem like anything special, just a frenzied charge of the typical greenskins. But if you analyze it carefully, you can also find that this green-skinned boss is quite extraordinary. At least be able to judge the situation keenly and get the best angle and timing.

At this moment, in terms of the overall situation, the Greenskins' camp was surrounded by an army of nezumi ten times larger than them. But from the point of view of detail, although the nezumi are surrounded, they are not invulnerable. Since the Greenskin Camp itself is an obstacle, this makes the Nezumi not as fast as the Greenskins on the battlefield.

When the greenskins burst out of the camp and launched a surprise attack, the nezumi forces in the other direction had no time to support their allies. They must pass through or around the greenskinned camp in order to launch a surprise attack from behind. During this time, the Greenskins don't have to think about anything other than dealing with frontal enemies.

And the direction of the breakthrough chosen by the greenskins is also a bit particular. In this position, the rat people did not deploy many elite troops. There are no more warlike Storm Troopers, no fearless beasts, no fanatical plague acolytes, and so on. It's all made up of, for example, weak clan warriors. Although they constituted a very large and thick policy, located in the front and center of the army, occupying a key area on the front. But they were just a bunch of sub-clan warriors after all. Although they formed a large group and had an overwhelming numerical advantage, this did not change their cowardly and weak nature.

The Greenskins are on the attack. Their infantry, cavalry, and chariots were dispatched to form a clever staggered posture. The first wave to rush to the nezumi line was the weaker goblin infantry. If the goblins are defeated, the nezumi will be caught in the chariot and cavalry flanking from the left and right. And behind the goblins, there are more powerful orc infantry to suppress the formation, so that even if they fail, they will not cause too bad an impact.

It must be said that although the goblins are the smaller and weaker of the greenskins. But if you ask the goblins to make a comparison with the nezumi clan warriors, then Ashrufat has to admit that the goblins will be higher than the nezumi clan warriors in terms of individual combat effectiveness and morale.

Of course, he is not worried about the consequences that will be too serious. Because the strength of the nezumi is indeed abundant. Even if the phalanx in front was defeated by the greenskins in one fell swoop, it would not be a special loss to the large army of the nezumi. At most, it's just for the greenskins to break through and escape. However, in this regard, Ashruphat has other arrangements. In fact, he has already won this battle, at most it is just a matter of winning more and winning less. Annihilating the Greenskins in one fell swoop is the best outcome, but it would be enough to wipe out a large part of them so that they will never be able to interfere with the nezumi in the future to conquer Karak-Grom.

Ashrufat was not at all worried about any accidents. Even if the greenskins suddenly become powerful and powerful one by one, they defeat the nezumi army - the nezumi came through an underground tunnel. Even if the whole army really collapses, all you have to do is escape back to the underground tunnel. Although Greenskin is fierce, there is no way to chase it down to the Underground World.

Besides, Ashruphat also has a powerful army of war beasts, including elite black-clad assassins, mad and painless plague acolytes, and even the magic of the Grey Prophet. Essentially, Ashruphat wanted to use this battle to familiarize himself with the armies, magic, and war equipment of the nezumi that were completely different from those of other races, so that he could better command the grueling siege battles in the future.

But the truth seems to be much better than expected. After being hit by the violent frontal impact of the greenskins, the clan rats on the front were not defeated by a direct wave, on the contrary, the defense was very strong. The battle line of the goblins is like this, and the other positions are similar. Even the wild boar cavalry couldn't break through the Clan Rat's defenses.

The green waves repeatedly crashed over the gray causeway, but each time it could only scrape off some of the outer layers, but they could not shake the whole. This made Ashrufat wonder a little, why could these weak clan rats withstand the wild onslaught of the greenskins?

After a short while, the orc infantry also joined the fight. But nothing has changed. In the fierce battle, the losses of the nezumi were significantly greater, and countless clan rats were cut down, killed, and even trampled to death in the roar of the greenskins, but their line stood still. It may seem that a single nezumi is very cowardly, but if they are gathered together in large numbers, they will inspire confidence in each other.

The Boss of Storm Teeth personally led his personal guards to rush to the front line.

He's a very smart boss, so he knows exactly how much these weak rats have a numerical advantage. At the moment, the army of rats is not concentrated because they want to surround the entire camp. This is also the only chance for the Boss of Stormtooth right now.

There is only one way to defeat these rats, and that is to break down the rats' formation from the front. Before their superior forces are outflanked from the flanks and rear, crush the enemy in front of them. This may seem like a brainless tactic on the surface, but it is the only way to win at the moment.

As long as you can "chisel" through the enemies in front of you one by one, no matter how many rats there are, it is useless. Even if he runs out of stamina in the delaying battle, the Boss of the Storm Teeth can break through in time, fly away, and then find a chance to come back for revenge.