Chapter 116 The decisive battle at the royal viewing platform (5)
Soon, the vanguard of the orcs, after paying a certain amount of casualties, broke into the temporary human defense line. The human warriors emerged from the temporary bunkers where they were hiding, holding long swords, shields and other weapons and began to fight the orcs. In
In such a long period of fighting with the orcs, humans have also figured out a lot about the orcs. When the two sides are in close combat, the best way for humans to fight is to use small teams as units to form a multi-level defense system, using collective
strength to stop the orcs.
A squad in the human army usually consists of 50 people. The warriors holding swords and shields are in the first and second rows. The warriors holding swords and shields are in the third and fourth rows. If there are archers, they are in the last row.
Platoon. In this way, the sword and shield warriors in front can block the orcs' attack, and then rely on the three-meter-long iron in the hands of the long warrior behind to attack the orcs.
The orcs mainly rely on personal force in combat. Even the warriors of the Barbarian Bear clan who have undergone rigorous military training and can coordinate in an organized manner cannot fundamentally change this phenomenon. There are two main reasons for this.
, one is because the number of orcs in the overall population
Far less than humans, and their individual combat effectiveness far exceeds that of humans. Therefore, they must rely on their personal combat effectiveness to fight. Another aspect is that orcs live a hard life. If they want to change the future of themselves and their families, they must rely on their military exploits on the battlefield, and they
The only way to calculate military merit is the enemy's head.
This certainly caused the orc warriors to fight bravely to be the first in battle, but it also fundamentally prevented them from being able to form a whole like humans and rely on collective strength to survive. And since humans rose on the mainland, they have been destined to
This race must rely on collective strength to survive. Whether facing ancient behemoths or other humanoid races, mankind ultimately relies on their strength of unity.
The central square, which was originally used for grand ceremonies, has now become a huge battlefield. Humans and orcs have invested more than 500,000 troops in total to fight here. The majestic royal viewing platform has experienced the battle of Fernando I with millions of people.
It has participated in the ceremony of founding the country, experienced the coronation and wedding ceremony of more than ten emperors of the Holy Alliance Empire, and now, it has witnessed a tragic battle for survival of mankind.
When humans and orcs were in close combat, both sides' trebuchets began to extend their firing range backwards to avoid accidentally injuring their own people. Now that the humans have temporary bunkers, they are less vulnerable to attacks from orcs' trebuchets.
If the orcs want to invade the central square, they must attack from the surrounding areas.
The few fixed roads in the neighborhood pass through it, which gives the human trebuchets a target for fixed-point attacks. As long as the human trebuchets adjust the angle and intensity of the projectile, they can easily hit the orcs with hundreds of kilograms of stone bullets.
The top of the head makes it impossible for the follow-up troops of the orcs to comfortably support frontline operations.
The orcs' offensive was very fierce. They had prepared for this battle for a long time. The beast king used his 20,000 direct descendants and 30,000 elites from other clans as attack arrows to forcefully break into the human defensive positions and quickly break through.
The frontline position of mankind in that area was reached. Orlando, the commander of the human side, immediately made an emergency response.
On the one hand, the human army was ordered to resist on the spot in the area where the orcs broke through, and no one was allowed to retreat. At the same time, tens of thousands of elites were mobilized to the forward position, and began to strengthen the thickness of the second and third lines of defense. On the other hand, the orcs broke into the part from
Launch a quick attack from two directions, trying to cut off the orc army that invades its own position.
The focus of this battle suddenly focused on two places. If the orcs break through the existing human defense line before the human follow-up defense line is completed, it will directly threaten the safety of the royal viewing platform. Once the human beings can successfully destroy this orc
The division and encirclement of the army means that this elite orc force of more than 40,000 people can be surrounded and annihilated. This is almost one-third of the orc force used to launch this battle.
"Quickly release!" Captain Jonas Legion loudly issued an order. The area where his Jonas Legion was ordered to station is to the north of the royal viewing platform. It is also the shortest route for the orcs to reach the human command center. Now the orcs have no control over this area.
Launched a fierce attack, which made Jonas both happy and worried.
Fortunately, the Jonas Legion returned to the Imperial Capital from the Thunder God Fortress in despair. They were often looked down upon by others behind their backs. Now they finally have an excellent opportunity to prove to others that the fall of the Thunder God Fortress was not their fault, but the fault of the others.
Because of the traitor. What's worrying is that the orcs' offensive is extremely sharp. Compared with the intensity of their attack under the walls of Thunder God Fortress, they are simply two different armies. However, after more than 30 minutes, Qiao
The defense line of Nas's legion was broken through 500 meters. If the opponent breaks through another 500 meters, his defense line will be completely broken and he will directly face the royal viewing platform defense area. If the orcs easily break through his defense area this time, then Qiao
The Nas Legion never had a chance to wash away the shame on its head, so Jonas did not hesitate to send his reserve team and mobilize all the ballistae to intercept the orc attack with all his strength.
The human crossbow has a strong bracket. The main beam is placed on the bracket. There are crossbow arms on both sides of the front end. The ends of the crossbow arms are connected to the bow string. The end of the main beam is equipped with a winch. The user can operate this winch to move the bow string to
Pull back. The ballista is different from the trebuchet in that it can hit the target quite accurately, so it has very high requirements for the crossbow arrows used. If the quality of the crossbow arrows is not up to standard, it will definitely affect the accuracy of the launch.
After the crossbow is fired, the crossbow arrow can be shot hundreds of meters under the elasticity of the bowstring. The crossbow arrow flying in a straight line can penetrate all objects in its flight path. As long as the firing direction is grasped, one crossbow arrow can penetrate three or four orcs.
It's very normal, and the bronze shield in the orc's hand can't stop such a terrifying force at all.
Under the constant bombardment of dozens of ballistas, the orcs were still approaching Jonas's defense line step by step. During the period of time when the orcs were fighting humans, they naturally also learned about the relevant situation of humans and knew that the human ballistae was fired.
The power is amazing, but this kind of ballista has
A fatal flaw is that its trajectory is straight. In other words, as long as it crawls on the ground, you don’t have to worry too much about being pierced by a crossbow arrow. Although crawling on the ground is very shameful, but compared with your own life.
, no matter how stupid the orcs are, they still know how to choose.
According to the corresponding rules, Jonas, as the legion commander, should not be on the front line. However, at this time, Jonas is standing in the direction of the main attack of the orcs, which also greatly boosted the morale of his men. Jonas
Si watched the orcs approaching him step by step. Jonas roared loudly and asked his men to speed up the release of the crossbow. At the same time, Jonas
He constantly mobilized his troops and strengthened his defense line, making sure to suppress the orc offensive. However, in Jonas's heart, he naturally missed the short time fighting with Ryan at the Thunder God Fortress, no matter how fast the orc offensive was.
, as long as Ryan takes action, the flames in the sky will crush the orc's body mercilessly and relieve the crisis of the defense line.
"It's a pity that Ryan is protecting Queen Catherine now. If he can be here, then what do I have to worry about?" Jonas said to himself silently in his heart. As the commander of the army, Jonas certainly understands Luke's arrangement
Ryan's intention to protect Catherine. In this chaotic scene, with Ryan's record in the Thor Fortress, I am afraid that he will be on the most dangerous front line. If something unexpected happens, what will happen to Ryan's female Farasi?
?
Queen Catherine's side is currently the safest place for mankind. In fact, even if Ryan does not protect Catherine, nothing will happen to Catherine, because most of the best magicians in the empire are royal magicians, and among the royal magicians
The elite will definitely be by the side of the ruler of the empire. There are more than a dozen powerful magicians who activate the magic defense array on the royal viewing platform to protect Catherine. Unless the orcs attack Catherine and consume all the living strength of the human side, they will
There was no chance of touching Catherine.
Moreover, Jonas also guessed another intention of Luke. As a soldier, he has the responsibility to defend the territory. Even if the imperial capital falls, he must fight to the death without receiving orders. And Luke asked Ryan and the others to use their servants as servants.
The identity of the mercenary protects Catherine. If the mercenary receives a mission,
If you find that the task is too difficult, you can give up. Although you will pay a high price, you will not lose your life. Of course, Jonas will not talk nonsense about this. He believes that Ryan is not the kind of person who is greedy for life and afraid of death.
, but there is nothing wrong with Luke making some complete plans for his daughter.
"Quick, the trebuchet is ready to launch!" Jonas saw the orcs using the bunker to advance slowly, and suddenly his heart moved, and he shouted the order. Next to him, a messenger asked in confusion: "The orcs are too
They are too close to be attacked, and they are behind a bunker." Jonas said casually: "Idiot, you asked them to use small stone bullets of several kilograms each, load a dozen at a time, and launch them at once. Remember
, use the smallest range!”
"Understood!" the orderly agreed loudly, and then quickly went to deliver Jonas's order.
Soon, the long-awaited human stone trebuchet began to prepare for launch. Such small stones of several kilograms each are not difficult to find. Anyway, it is not a so-called art, and there is no need to ensure that they are even in size. Even
You can get enough by just smashing those big stone bullets.