Section 334 Miscalculation

However, the chaos is only temporary. Soldiers who have really had experience in battlefield combat know that on the battlefield, soldiers' lives are very cheap. The Chaos Legion couldn't figure out what to do with this strange war machine, so they adopted a very simple strategy: while most of the Chaos warriors regrouped, a small group of Chaos Eggs were driven to attack the tanks to test the vehicle's strength.

The Bloodfang Lord wasn't worried about the cannons on the tank. Because although the Chaos Legion does not use this weapon, it is no stranger to this kind of war machine. The cannon has a long range and is powerful, and a single shell (if hit) is enough to level a Chaos Egg, but the speed at which the cannon is loaded and fired is really not fast. The tanks were too close to them just now, and after this salvo, it was too late to fire a second round in a short time, that is, before the Chaos Eggs rushed to their side.

At this moment, the entire battlefield has entered a state of engagement. In fact, Marven guessed quite accurately before, and the whole battle situation was almost as he expected. The center of the two armies, where the two armies were the most powerful, was unusually conservative on both sides. Rather than planning a duel, they were planning to test each other's combat power while patiently waiting for their allies to cooperate. The fighting in the central part of the two armies was secretive and unpleasant. Several phalanxes of Marauder infantry engaged the Greatsword Samurai in front of them, while more warriors waited for the fighters. This battle is also a mutual victory and defeat, and it is difficult to hold each other. One side is more numerous, the other side is more elite - and more importantly, neither side dares to chase down the fleeing opponent. Because the opponent's large army is still waiting for fighters, if one accidentally catches up too much, it will become a lone army and deserve to be surrounded and annihilated by the enemy.

As for the right flank of the Chaos Legion, the situation is also very consistent. Gruni's knight legion unleashed a ferocious onslaught, and the heavily armored knights tore through the opponent's defenses in one fell swoop, inflicting heavy casualties on the Chaos Legion. But as Marven had predicted before, this kind of attack might be fatal to the untrained, poorly disciplined, and unmorale of the army, but for the Chaos Legion, it could hold on: it hurt, but it couldn't die. Not only that, but some of the more fierce troops also took advantage of the opportunity of the attacking knights to pause and launched a counterattack, attacking the knights or horses on horseback with battle axes and war hammers, causing some casualties.

Sooner or later, the Chaos Legion will eventually collapse due to the accumulation of casualties, but how much time they can delay before collapsing? It was all Ashrufat's fault, because Marven really planned to withdraw from the battlefield with this force after the battle. If that were the case, Ashrufat would have been able to save his troops on this flank to support his allies.

The key to the battle has become those tanks. These steel-clad heavy chariots were indeed excellent, and when the Chaos Egg roared and rushed over, the tanks began to charge face-to-face without showing any weakness. The two sides immediately collided - of course, the outcome of the collision was easy to guess: the Chaos Egg had superhuman size and strength, but it was always flesh and blood, and it was not good to collide with a steel-clad tank.

The tank outperformed each other in terms of weight, size, and stiffness, not to mention the fact that the steel casing of the tank was deliberately sharpened with sharp edges, and the front was equipped with sharp corners of impact.

Several Chaos Eggs were knocked down or impaled by the tank. Their bodies are covered with muscles thick enough to deplete the bullet's kinetic energy, but they can't stop the steel chariot from piercing the frontal piercing. Their bodies were pierced directly by sharp horns, and they screamed helplessly in their dying struggles.

These monsters are enough to kill ordinary infantry, but they can't resist these war machines wrapped in steel and iron.

However, there are also some Chaos Eggs who use the instincts of beasts to avoid the frontal impact of the tank in the last moment of impact. The battle between monsters and machines seems to have turned into a protracted battle. Although it seems that the tank can't help these close-fitting monsters, from another point of view, the Chaos Egg can't help the tank. Their tentacles possess the terrifying power to knock a human dozens of paces into the air, but they are not suited to the thick armor of a tank. The whipping of the tentacles only made a metallic sound from the steel shell, and the sheer weight of the tanks made it completely impossible to overturn.

As mentioned earlier, although the Chaos Egg was once a human, it now only possesses the intelligence of the beast Cheng Dù. These monsters can't help the tank, but they won't retreat. Most of them are attacking in vain, ignoring the passage of time, and the guns on top of the tank will be reloaded.

Marven clearly saw that with the sound of artillery, a puff of white gunpowder smoke came out of the tank. And the Chaos Egg, which didn't know how to avoid the muzzle, was hit head-on by the cannon at close range. On the huge onion-like body of the Chaos Egg, a ball of blood flowers directly exploded, as gorgeous as a festival fireworks.

"Hmm...... Crash and cannon?" Marven frowned slightly. Hey, these toys look good, but they're just toys after all. He already knew what to do with the tanks - let the soldiers stick to them, try to climb on the tanks, and open the entrances for the tank's crew to enter and exit - although he couldn't see it from a distance, Marven knew that there must be an entrance for the crew to enter and exit the tank's seemingly tight steel casing. This is the most suitable target.

Of course, if you prepare in advance, a shallow trench or a low stone wall can keep the tank from advancing. As for using magic...... That's simpler. At least Marven is confident that he will turn these steel chariots directly into a pile of scrap metal.

I'm afraid these tanks won't be able to stop any more time...... Hey, why should I worry about that bastard of Ashrufat?he thought to himself, and labeled Ashrufat a "bastard." For Tzeentch's wizard, anyone who refuses to listen to him, be his pawn, and then end up being abandoned by him is a bastard. In this regard, the Bloodfang Lord and Aeruphat are equal.

But it looks like the Bloodfang Lord isn't a fool after all. Although the abusive Chaos Lord has never been known for his intelligence, he is also experienced and experienced in battles anyway, and it doesn't take a particularly smart brain to see the weaknesses of tanks. In the time that Marven was muttering in his stomach, the Blood Fang Lord had already sent multiple detachments to rush towards the tank in a scattered formation.

All the tanks that could still fire opened fire on the rushing enemy. But for the scattered Chaos troops, the shells caused only minor casualties.

The real threat is the various remote ones from the center. As mentioned earlier, Ashruphat placed almost all of his ranged troops in a central position. At this time, they had completed the task of "three rounds in battle", and the melee troops in the center had already begun to fight. Due to the limited angle of view and the fear of injuring allies, these ranged units were no longer able to support the frontal battlefield at this point, so they simply aimed all their firepower at the Bloodfang Lord's wing.

They did not have a wide frontal salvo, so the fire turned into a small and continuous type. Guns and crossbows fell on the heads of the Chaos Legion all the time. Chaos Warriors are constantly being hit and falling. That's why a simple team takes a lot of time.

But this qiē is worth it. As long as the Bloodtooth Lord could break through the frontal enemy in time, he didn't care about this kind of Cheng Dù's casualties.

The Chaos warriors who rushed up were very lightly entangled with the tank. It's a real scuffle, and it's basically in a state of entanglement, so to speak. Tanks are heavy and sturdy, but they are not agile, and Chaos Warriors are able to easily avoid cannon muzzles and attack from the flanks. Their axes and hammers are much better than the tentacles of the Chaos Eggs, and while they can't even break the tank, they can at least leave countless pitted dimples on the surface of the tank. Although there are some Chaos Warriors who are knocked down by tanks, or killed by the sharp edges of tanks, on the whole, it is really difficult to contain these nimble skirmishers (at least it will take a long time) with the power of tanks alone. It looks like the Bloodfang Lord has found a way to deal with these new vehicles.

In addition, perhaps by accident in the melee, all the tanks began to converge on the side of the battlefield, avoiding the front of the Chaos Legion.

At this time, the Chaos Legion had already regrouped with a long-range attack from the flanks. The Bloodfang Lord had also stopped caring about the steel chariots that were in the way, and instead focused on the part of the spear soldier phalanx that had not yet been defeated. However, although it was a "phalanx of spearmen", the real troops composed of spear infantry had almost all been routed in the battle just now because they were in the first line. At this moment, most of the Bloodfang Lords are facing some infantry armed with swords and shields. Compared to spearmen, these sword and shield soldiers are weaker against the Chaos Warrior Group's charge. Coupled with the fact that they had just witnessed the defeat and slaughter of friendly forces so lightly, their morale must not be high. The Lord of Bloodfang had reason to believe that it only took one assault to crumble the opponent's second layer of defense. If he goes along with it, he even has a great chance to take advantage of the opportunity to chase down the defeated soldiers, and just take advantage of the situation to directly break through the enemy's third layer of defense.

In fact, Ashrufat's formation is also a bit exquisite, Marven is not a novice on the battlefield, so he can understand Ashrufat's intentions: spearmen have a strong ability to resist charges, so they are in the first row. Units such as swordsmen and halberders are more adapted to melee, so they are placed in the second and third lines. Ideally, the spear infantry of the first column relied on the length of the weapon to effectively stop the enemy's charge, and then the second and third line troops, if they could fill in in time, would turn the battle from shock to melee. Coupled with the disruption of tanks, even if the Chaos Legion has an advantage, it will greatly delay the battle time.

In addition, judging from the tank's table just now, these steel machines can undoubtedly exert greater combat power if they can be supported and cooperated by the infantry - but it is obvious that the power of this new weapon is not well understood by Aehurufat. Because if Ashrufat knew, then now the tanks would not have stepped forward alone, and would have been entangled by the infantry.

In any case, nothing can stop the Chaos Legion from advancing now. But the Bloodfang Lord didn't attack right away - I don't know what I'm waiting for.

Then he immediately understood what the Bloodfang Lord was waiting for. Because at this time, the subordinate who reminded him just now spoke out again.

"Master, the chaos of the winds of magic...... It has completely subsided. He said. Because he noticed that Marven's attention was all on the battlefield, and he didn't care about the flow of the winds of magic at all, even though that was what magicians do on the battlefield.

What this means is that now, even those wizard apprentices who don't even have a magic disk can perform magic safely.