Time goes back three minutes.

Sean Mountbatten stood upright on a "Lion's Roar Type 7" crossbow, frowning slightly irritably. From time to time he raised the "Dark Moon Glazed Telescope" in his hand and looked towards the foot of the mountain to the east.

Take a look from a distance.

Alan Hotelling was standing next to the ballista and saw a pioneer soldier loading the ballista. He gave his hand and casually asked Sean Mountbatten on the roof of the car:

"Sean, are they coming?"

"It stands to reason that they will come..." The young Chief of Staff of Shuangmangling raised his telescope and looked at it again, "These federal orcs will never be willing to suffer the baptism of incendiary bombs, and they will definitely send cavalry to attack the siege weapons.

Yes..."

Allen shrugged, said "Yeah", and couldn't help but turn his head to look at the defense line when he came.

At this moment, the two chiefs of staff, Sean Mountbatten and Alan Hotelling, had led three hundred Pioneer Army soldiers to leave the Pioneer Army's forward position where the Lord and the "Cromwell Annihilator" were located.

, go north to the north exit of the Red River Valley and deploy defenses:

The reason why we have to set up defenses far away from the position is also out of necessity.

From the time when the Orcs and Wolf Cavalry rush out of the valley to the design front where the "Cromwell Annihilator" is located, there is a flat corridor four to five kilometers long from north to south:

After the wolf cavalry rushes out of the valley, this long plain area will become the best acceleration zone for the orc cavalry - once the wolf cavalry is allowed to run at top speed, the ejection position of Frost Maple Ridge will definitely not be able to withstand the full force of these top cavalry on the mainland.

A furious charge!

Therefore, the pioneering army must set up defenses at the exit of the valley in the north, and take advantage of the fact that the wolf cavalry group has just turned and is not moving fast, and gives it a heavy blow on the head!

——And another reason why Sean Mountbatten finally decided to deploy at the front was not easy to explain to the soldiers:

The Lord is at the shooting position. If they cannot stop the orc wolf cavalry's offensive, then only by setting up a formation at the mouth of the valley can they leave enough buffer zone for the Lord, other senior pioneers and siege equipment to evacuate in the event of defeat.

In order to organize a second line of defense at Phoenix Terrace;

But if you resist the Wolf Cavalry directly in front of the designed front of the "Cromwell Annihilator", if you lose, it will be a complete defeat.

In the decisive battle, the general cannot be defeated. Sean Mountbatten did not mention this extra consideration to anyone - not even the lord: according to the lord's idea, the fate of the territory is in this battle. If

The vanguard troops fell in the Red River Valley, so as a lord, he was buried with them. There was absolutely no point in returning to the territory to survive in shame after sacrificing the name of the soldiers.

But as the chief of staff of Frost Maple Ridge, Sean feels that he has the obligation to secretly leave a glimmer of hope for the territory and the lord.

However, although Chief of Staff Sean Mountbatten kept his thoughts secret, the pioneer soldiers who followed him to the north to set up defenses also knew in their hearts what kind of fierce battle they would face:

The opponent is the elite division of the Orc Federation, and the one who will confront them is the wolf cavalry unit of this division that is proud of the mainland!

The use of infantry against cavalry is a natural disadvantage, and the use of human infantry against orc wolf cavalry has a narrow escape. To challenge the charge of nearly a thousand wolf cavalry with four hundred infantry is no different from the point of view of any imperial people than to directly die!

Logically speaking, when any human soldier is about to face such a powerful enemy, his hands and feet will become cold and his whole body will tremble out of fear;

The tough men of the pioneering army also had cold hands and feet and trembled all over - but not because of fear, but because of excitement and enthusiasm!

As long as the attacking wolf cavalry is defeated, the orc division in the valley will lose its sharpest blade!

As long as the attacking Wolf Cavalry is defeated, the Glorious Federation's sneak attack plan will be completely bankrupt due to the destruction of the highly mobile troops!

As long as they defeat the attacking wolf cavalry, each of them will forever remain in the history of Haven Continent and the Human Empire as heroes!

Therefore, Sean Mountbatten was angry and amused to see that these Frost Maple Ridge soldiers who were about to enter a deadly battle did not need to carry out any pre-war mobilization as the Chief of Staff of Frost Maple Ridge!

——Perhaps it is because the ideological work of the Political Department under Tom Lawrence has been done too well. Now every soldier of the Pioneer Army is motivated by several political commissars. He can’t wait and almost roared "Wolf" into the valley.

Cavalry, I miss you so much that I can’t sleep”!

In this situation, Sean felt that he was so boring as the chief of staff - in his childhood imagination, when he became the chief of staff of a certain territory, the "Inspiration and Mobilization" course taught by the Imperial Military Academy should still be

It can come in handy...

What made Sean even more speechless was that even the wolf cavalry on the opposite side arrived belatedly.

According to his previous calculations, with the reaction speed of the elite orcs, the wolf cavalry they sent to counterattack should have emerged from the mouth of the valley by now, but the field of vision of the "Dark Moon Glazed Telescope" was still a blur.

blank.

With no choice but to put down his telescope, Sean Mountbatten stood on the roof of the "Lion Roar Type 7" crossbow and looked around for a final check of the nearby defense arrangements.

Under the wise leadership of the lord, Frost Maple Ridge's combat style is fierce, but not stupid;

Since they dared to face the impact of the mainland's strongest cavalry on the plains, Igor's pioneering army was not only relying on lone courage, but also was completely prepared——

If the orc wolf cavalry is the elite among the elite, then the degree of eliteness of this Frost Maple Ridge advance force is even higher!

Take the nearly 300 pioneer infantrymen who are responsible for facing the charge of the wolf cavalry as an example. The leader of these tough men is none other than the strongest physical combat power of Frost Maple Ridge - the Thorn Knight Juan from eight hundred years ago.

·Clement!

At this moment, the nominal supreme commander of the Pioneer Army was standing at the front of the team like a big-headed soldier, preparing to be the first to greet the frost blades of the Orc Wolf Cavalry - after noticing Sean's gaze, this

The commander of the pioneering army, who was dressed in heavy black armor, cheerfully raised his hand towards his chief of staff and gave a thumbs up.

In the whole world, I'm afraid there is no "commander" who stands higher than this one...

However, poor people have their own ways of living. With the Death Knight’s fighting power so strong, Frost Maple Ridge is always embarrassed to hide Clement behind the curtain of the central tent...

Next to Clement is the latest product of the lord's necromancy magic, "Cyborg No. 1", and Alice Comstock, Captain of the Frost Maple Ridge Guards. The mass-produced death knight is still leaning on the Netherworld.

Sword, didn't look very smart, and Alice Comstock seemed a little absent-minded, looking back in the direction of "Cromwell's Annihilator" from time to time.

According to Miss Alice, she should be responsible for guarding the lord. However, she was eventually sent to the northern front by the Xiahou officials. According to the lord, "If you can't stand it in the north, I will have to protect you."

Just use your balls!"

Therefore, two death knights plus an imperial champion formed the backbone of this infantry front:

Products rely on marketing, delivery of goods relies on idols, and fighting relies on big brothers - with these three top strong men on the field, even the weakest infantry team will look awesome in an instant;

What's more, the infantry sent by Shuangmangling are actually among the best on the mainland.

In addition to the local warriors selected from the wasteland of the Soul-Splitting Land, the main body of this vanguard is actually composed of veterans who were transferred by Archduke Rosario from the Eastern Army to support them-each of these Eastern veterans have experienced hundreds of battles.

Not only are they highly disciplined and powerful, they also have unique experience in fighting against orcs that no one else can match:

This fact also made Xia Houyan realize in a daze that it turned out that Grand Duke Rosario had been thinking about "relying on Frost Maple Ridge to resist the orc invasion" since he sent Eldridge and three hundred infantry here.

I have a plan...

If the quality of these infantry personnel can still only be called "excellent"...

So, it would be no exaggeration to say that their equipment level is superior to that of the regular armies of the entire continent.

In order to cope with the signature wolf cavalry charge of the federal orcs, the "Manhattan Laboratory" has already begun intensive equipment manufacturing work. Relying on the shameless creed of "no guns, no cannons, we ask our fellow Confederate soldiers to get them", now these three hundred

Infantry, everyone is armed to the teeth:

Each of the front row of infantrymen is equipped with a large "Ark" shield coated with Babylonian dense steel: This shield is covered with magic metal that is extremely resistant to magic, and is also specially engraved with a simplified version with a limited number of uses.

The "wind protection" rune can be directly inserted into the ground to fix it - if you put this thing on the ground, let alone a tundra wolf, even a dump truck will hit it.

——It is conceivable that the safe that the Duke of Houston used to store Wilf was now being reused for the second time.

The only drawback of this professional anti-cavalry weapon is that it is too heavy and is basically impossible to transport by manpower - but there are more than a dozen black high-end ballistae driven by wind rune arrays in Shuangmaple Ridge. Transporting a shield is no big deal.

Son.

Apart from shields, except for Clement and a few other masters, these infantrymen were all wearing "tower guard armor".

This kind of heavy armor can be regarded as a degraded version of the "Epirus Death God Armor" worn by the Imperial Royal Guards that the Xiahou officials saw in the imperial capital at that time. It reduced the number of magic runes engraved on the armor, but its defensive power

But it hasn’t shrunk at all:

With Shuang Maple Ridge's family background, of course they can't afford such good things. These three hundred sets of armors were simply borrowed by the lord from Commander Paulus relying on his connections. They are the wife book, coffin book and household registration book of the Southern Army.

!

Due to the cordial relationship between the Southern Army and Frost Maple Ridge, Commander Paulus even threatened to "die again" and was only willing to lend Frost Maple Ridge "for the sake of imperial military affairs" and refused to sell or sell it.

As a gift, the value of these heavy armors can be seen clearly.

Of course, whether the lord intends to return the loan or not, only the Supreme Holy God knows.

As for the weapons in the hands of the three hundred elite soldiers, they are even more outrageous: each carries a steel-tipped frost maple lance, not to mention an ancient elf empire iron wood dagger, each Frost Maple Ridge soldier also carries a

A small hand crossbow.

Hand crossbows are just hand crossbows. There is nothing fancy except for the Igor family trademark painted with golden goshawk pattern, but the ammunition they carry is really scary!

The elite soldiers in the front row each carry a quota of crossbows: five Stilt armor-piercing crossbows, two high-polyvine tree fuel explosive crossbows, plus one notorious Thracian annihilation arrow!

As for the soldiers in the back row, they are reproduced exactly as they are except for the Thracian Annihilation Arrow!

The Thracian Annihilation Arrow is a dragon-slaying weapon that can even penetrate the scales of a giant dragon. It is a strategic reserve that must be cherished in any territory. However, the lord of Frost Maple Ridge was stunned and distributed it with a wave of his hand.

The soldiers at the bottom are used for regular combat - according to the lord, this orc sneak attack force does not bring large monsters anyway, so it would be a waste to leave the magic-breaking crossbow arrows unused, so why not give Ya Ting a show of strength first!

It is said that a lion needs all his strength to fight a rabbit. Although the wolf cavalry cannot be regarded as a rabbit, the Lord's extravagant style of using nuclear bombs to hit the infantry still made the military observers of the Southern Army look askance.

However, even with so many preparations, the main task of these three hundred infantrymen is not to cause damage, but to rely on the "Ark" shield to stop the charge of the orcs and wolf cavalry.

As for the real main force of output...

Sean Mountbatten stood on the crossbow and turned around to look around and saw the members of the "Northern Blizzard Mage Group" on the hillside diagonally behind, holding staffs and preparing to go.

The majestic face of Master Calvino Spiritual Song gave Sean some comfort, but the wretched and unusual face of Master Victor Lowry made Sean tremble all over.

My magician grandfathers, please don’t give me any damn trouble...

——The war was about to begin. Sean Mountbatten, Chief of Staff of Frost Maple Ridge, prayed silently in his heart, and finally raised his eyes to the sky.

The figure of the resentful Messi slowly emerged from the sky above the mountains and floated in the wind. In Sean's opinion, he didn't look like a ball at all.
Chapter completed!