Volume 5: King of the Mountain Chapter 287: Hollow Square and Napoleon Cannon
The Young Wolf Lord was a little surprised, but didn't take it too seriously.
An army of 20,000 was defeated, so what was the point of a defense line consisting of only 2,000 militiamen?
As for artillery and the like, in the high magic world of the Sky World, muskets and artillery are nothing new, and they are not that powerful. Artillery and the like are just a noise. In history, dwarves and midgets have even developed tanks and airships, but they don't have much presence.
When a real fight breaks out, it will still depend on the strength of the troops using real swords and guns.
At this time, he gave the order directly, "Kill them!"
Nearly a thousand Frost Wolf war beasts rushed forward, howling.
A dense rain of arrows was fired from behind the spear formation, but they fell into the herd of beasts, causing only dozens of casualties. In the blink of an eye, the herd of beasts rushed to the front of the militia line.
Veteran draws his sword (Militia Captain): "Hold on - hold on - hold on - Row 2 and row 3, move forward and form a hedgehog formation!"
The spear militiamen at the back suddenly took a step forward, and those in the third row took two steps forward. The three rows of militiamen were closely connected, and their spears formed three rows of spear formations like hedgehogs. The frost wolves ran into them and were immediately stabbed through the heart.
This wave is considered a reverse speed damage bonus.
Puff! Puff! Puff! With one charge, hundreds of war beasts were pierced into sieves by the hedgehog formation. Some were still struggling and biting, but under the vigorous stabbing of three rows of spearmen, they soon died in front of the formation.
Boom boom boom!
whoosh whoosh whoosh!
The archers and artillery behind the spear formation continued to fire, and more Frostwolves were shot and killed every moment.
The Young Wolf Lord felt very distressed when he saw this, as these were elite troops.
"Go around and attack from both sides."
However, when the wolves circled to the sides, what were waiting for them were more spear arrays.
The old soldier drew his sword and used these two thousand militiamen to form a hollow square formation.
Finally, after nearly half of the wolves were killed or injured, the remaining wolves scattered.
They actually lost! The young wolf master found it hard to accept for a moment. One thousand level three soldiers actually lost to two thousand level one soldiers. How could a level three soldier lose to a level one soldier?
He instinctively discovered that there was something wrong with these militiamen.
But it doesn't matter. This strange militia force on the opposite side has only two thousand people. The key now is to reorganize the formation. They didn't reorganize the team before, and the formation was too messy. Although they defeated the militia force on the opposite side, the formation of the orc army was also completely messed up.
As long as we reorganize our formation and attack with tight military force , these low-level militiamen will be killed no matter what formation they form.
Thinking of this, he hurriedly ordered his men to blow the horn and withdraw the scattered troops.
Watching the orcs retreat briefly, Dara Bangba breathed a sigh of relief. He was so scared that he almost thought he was finished.
Of the more than 20,000 militiamen, only three to four thousand were killed. Fortunately, the militiamen's morale recovered quickly and they were able to fight again in the blink of an eye.
At this time, a man squeezed over from the crowd and started to curse, "You idiot, what kind of battle are you fighting? Do you know how to command?"
A burst of roar made Dara Bengba turn around suddenly, and he saw a square-faced militia leader looking at him angrily.
Dara Bangba thought to himself that he was a prince... However, when he saw the old soldier's eagle-like eyes and stern face, he felt embarrassed but refused to suffer any loss.
"Shit, you talk like you know how to fight."
Veteran draws his sword (militia captain): "Of course I can. I used to be a regiment commander and have studied modern military history."
Darabongba (Prince of Alterac): "Fuck, you're so awesome, is that true? How old are you?"
Veteran Liang Jian (Militia Captain): "Of course it's true. The situation is urgent. Give me the command. We must arrange the next tactics immediately, otherwise the next wave will definitely be over."
Dara Bangba and Sigellet looked at each other, but Sigellet shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't have any expertise in war, so you can handle it yourself."
"Okay, you take charge." Dara Bangba was also a decisive man. He knew that he had no command skills and had no skills or specialties other than the Peasant Uprising specialty. After all, heroes generally focused on strengthening their personal combat capabilities. If he hadn't gotten three rubbish specialties at once, he wouldn't have chosen the Peasant Uprising specialty.
The veteran drew his sword without hesitation and called all the militia captains over.
The biggest problem with this militia corps is that its command system is too crude. There is no top-down command system at all. Apart from the corps commander Dara Bengba, the next people below are the militia captains. A militia captain has as many as 1,800 or as few as 100 or 200 men under his command, so it is impossible to form a strong force.
Before, they were drawn out to serve as cannon fodder to fill gaps. If we really use all the militia to fight, their weaknesses will be exposed.
The veteran drew his sword and directly called out several militia captains with the highest ranks and the most soldiers.
"Grete, Rex, Ed, Mars, Napoleon, Beckham, Wang Wu, Qin Feiyu, the eight of you will be in charge of being the group leaders. Form eight temporary militia groups. Each of you will select five militia captains as deputies to gather a total of 2,000 soldiers.
When arranging the battle array, follow the formation I just drew, with infantry and spearmen in front and archers in the back, forming a hollow square. Remember not to charge recklessly, our mission is to defend, as long as we hold on we will win. Each square array is 100 meters apart, with the artillery position as the core, forming a nine-square grid ring. Go, act immediately, we don't have much time."
The militia captains he called immediately took action. Dara Bangba looked surprised and asked, "How do you know these people?"
Veteran draws his sword (militia captain): "Nonsense, ever since I knew we were going to fight, I've been drinking with these militia captains these past few days to build relationships. How could we not be familiar with each other? But how come you, the commander-in-chief, don't even know who your subordinates are? I haven't seen you show up in the barracks these past few days."
Dara Bangba felt ashamed. To him, these militiamen were just a group of NPCs. What was there to talk about with NPCs? They all looked ordinary. When the war came, he could just let them go up and deliver the goods.
Seeing this strange militia captain commanding with such confidence, the player was suddenly speechless.
"Then what should we do?" Sieglet suddenly asked.
"Did you see the formation I set up? This is called a hollow square formation, a very classic formation in modern warfare. Generally speaking, it should be set up by musketeers, but now the situation is urgent, so we can only make do with it.
My large hollow square formation is composed of nine small hollow square formations, with artillery and archers as output and infantry and spearmen as city walls. I will first use a defensive posture to continuously consume the enemy's morale and manpower, and wait until the enemy's offensive is frustrated and falls into chaos, and then use elite cavalry to kill the enemy.
Our biggest problem now is that we don't have elite cavalry.
The cavalry you have is our only mobile force. If you two have the courage, you can be the cavalry captain. When the enemy's offensive is frustrated, you two must chase and force the enemy to flee."
The two had also seen war movies and were familiar with the hollow square formation. They were surprised that someone would apply this tactic to the game.
Darabongba (Prince of Alterac): "No problem. I may not be good at commanding a large army, but I am good at leading troops into battle."
Sigrit (Prince of Alterac): "That's fine with me. Go ahead, Darabong. I'll assist you from behind."
Dala Bangba (Prince of Alterac): "Damn it, don't think I don't know. Didn't you say you wanted to change your job to Moonlight War God? And you even pretended to be a nurse. How dare you be so cowardly."
Sigrit (Prince of Alterac): "I'm not a coward. I'm just being cautious, you know? And I just accepted the quest, and I'm still a long way from changing my job, so I can only support you with spells now."
Just as the two people were arguing, the orc army in the distance had already organized its formation. With the sound of shrill horns, nearly ten thousand orc infantry launched another charge.
The old soldier drew his sword and called out, and the two princes hurriedly led the less than a hundred knights into the small square in the center of the hollow large square.
"Here they come!" The old soldier drew his sword and said in a deep voice, his eyes blazing with lightning as he looked towards the battlefield ahead.
His face was as gloomy as water, but his heart was rising and falling like the tide. This was what a great war was. After holding off the enemy for so many years, he never expected to finally have a chance to go to the battlefield in the game.
The orc infantry, like a tide, crashed heavily into the three hollow squares in the front row.
A brutal hand-to-hand fight immediately broke out.
"Fire!" The old soldier drew his sword and gave the order.
The artillery fired shells, knocking down and killing large groups of orcs. Each shot could cause hundreds or thousands of damages. Dara Bengba and Sigret looked at these artillery with curiosity. It was understandable that the hollow square formation used modern military technology, but at this time even these artillery looked very familiar to the two of them.
Darabongba (Prince of Alterac): "Oh my god, this is a Napoleon cannon."
Sigurd (Prince of Alterac): "Napoleon Cannon? Did you read that correctly? Is there a Napoleon Cannon in this game?"
Darabongba (Prince of Alterac): "You are absolutely right. I have completed Age of Empires countless times, and my favorite is the Napoleon Cannon. Where did you get the blueprint?"
The old soldier drew his sword while directing the artillery to bombard the crowded orc infantry in the gap between the lines, and said nonchalantly: "Of course I drew it myself."
Sigurd (Prince of Alterac): "What? You drew it yourself? Are you a master in engineering?"
If the engineering skill is upgraded to the grandmaster level, you can DLY the blueprints yourself, but this can only be done by heroic players who specialize in engineering. How does a militia captain do it in Veteran Sword?
The old soldier drew his sword, but he was even more puzzled than the other two. "What engineering? I have no idea what you are talking about. I just drew it according to my memory, and then found a group of dwarf blacksmiths to help me make it. You know what, those short and fat guys are not good at drinking. Once they drink too much, they will fight. But their craftsmanship is really amazing. They can make the blueprints I drew.
I drank eight rounds of wine with them and made them feel comfortable. Not only did they not ask me for overtime pay, they also added some silver or gold into my cannon. It is said that the barrel will not explode no matter how much I fire it. I don't know whether it is true or not.
Stop talking nonsense, get ready, you are about to attack."
In just a few minutes, the three hollow square formations in the front were almost defeated. After all, the militia were just militia. No matter how high their morale was or how good their formation was, they could not hold out for long. Especially when the storm giants rushed into the battlefield and easily destroyed the militia in the front row with storm strikes, the three hollow square formations suddenly began to crumble.
However, their role has been played out. The offensive of the orc army was completely absorbed by these three hollow phalanxes. As a result, the orcs in the front row were all caught in a melee and lost their formation, while the six hollow phalanxes here still maintained their complete organization, and the archers in the phalanxes kept shooting arrows.
Artillery was also constantly bombarding the enemy's formation.
"Concentrate your firepower and kill those big guys. Fill up my ammunition and kill them with all your might."
Boom boom boom!
A storm giant was hit by five or six shells in an instant, each of which had an armor-piercing attack.
The Storm Giant with more than 10,000 HP had his HP bar emptied out and fell to the ground with a bang.
The other storm giant was even more unlucky. He was hit in the head by a cannonball, which directly blew his head off and dealt a fatal blow.
Considering the hit rate of this muzzle-loading cannon, luck obviously plays a greater role.
As the storm giants were killed one by one by artillery, the orc army's offensive suddenly came to a halt.
Although they defeated three hollow phalanxes, the momentum of the charge had been lost. When these orc infantry rushed to the three hollow phalanxes in the second row, they were directly engaged in a war of attrition with the militia infantry in the front row and were unable to break through at all.
This war of attrition is extremely beneficial to the Alliance because the formation has been set up and the artillery and archers in the hollow square formation can output damage with maximum efficiency.
The orcs could only fight with the front row.
At one point, the orc infantry fell down in rows, and the support troops behind were completely unable to come up.
The Young Wolf Lord kept ordering his wolf cavalry to go around the enemy's rear, but the hollow square formation had no concept of a back row . When the wolf cavalry went around to the back, they were still faced with the hollow square formation that was on high alert, just like a wolf trying to grab a hedgehog, with nowhere to bite.
Seeing that the casualties of the orc army were rising sharply and had exceeded three thousand, the Young Wolf Lord had no choice but to order his soldiers to withdraw and reorganize their formation.
The orc infantry retreated in disorder , and the old soldier was dazzled when he saw them drawing their swords.
"The opportunity has come, strike quickly!"
Attack? What a joke, Dara Bengba was dumbfounded when he saw the thousands of orc infantrymen still in front of him. With only 100 cavalrymen under their command, wouldn't it be a death sentence if they couldn't catch up?
What do you know? It's not that easy for the troops to retreat. Charge quickly. If you don't charge, you will miss the opportunity. Remember to keep a close eye on the enemy cavalry. Don't chase them too far. Kill them for a while and then come back.
Dara Bangba gritted his teeth and killed!
The infantry of the phalanx made way, and Darabenba and Sigelette led a hundred cavalrymen to charge out.
The ten dragon-clad heavy cavalrymen led by Roland, who were at the forefront, were like a razor, knocking down and killing the orc infantry who blocked their way.
One hundred cavalrymen were not too many, but not too few either. When they launched a concentrated charge, they were able to defeat hundreds of orc infantry each time and cause huge casualties to them.
The key is that these orc infantry are in retreat and it is difficult for them to reorganize a counterattack.
Moreover, the charge of those ten dragon-clad heavy cavalrymen was too powerful. Even the orcs could not withstand their charge in their heavy armor.
Dara Bangba was so excited about killing that he completely forgot the old soldier's advice to draw his sword and just led the cavalry to rush towards the place where the orc infantry were gathered.
The young wolf lord's mouth corners gradually curled up, damn it!
"Wolf Cavalry - charge!" He personally led nearly a thousand wolf cavalry to launch a countercharge.
This wolf cavalry unit could be said to be the last elite troops in his hands. When he saw the numerous wolf cavalrymen surrounding him, Dara Bangba immediately panicked.
"Retreat, retreat—"
But it was too late. The Young Wolf Lord's entry point was very precise, directly cutting off the retreat route of the hundred cavalrymen from the side.
Seeing the hundred cavalrymen being surrounded, Darabenba and Sigret were in a panic.
roar!
Suddenly, a dragon roar sounded in the sky, shaking the clouds.
When Sieglet looked up, his face was suddenly filled with surprise.
"It's Brother Aidan!"
The next second, the Storm Dragon King swooped down and breathed out a breath of thunder, knocking the wolf riders off their horses.
Murphy increased his altitude, while circling here, looking at the densely packed orc army below, feeling a little surprised, thinking that Dara Bengba was quite powerful, relying on more than 20,000 militiamen to fight back and forth with an army of 10,000 orcs.
It's just that you're a little reckless, but okay, let me lend you a hand and gain some experience at the same time.
After finding a suitable position, he spread his wings.
Dragon Thunder Storm!
Wind and thunder gathered in the sky, and red clouds rolled.
Boom boom boom! The dragon thunder was like rain, which immediately made the orc army even more panicked.
This is much more powerful than Napoleon's cannon. The red thunder in the sky caused heavy casualties to the orcs.
The veteran soldiers were also jealous when they saw the sword being drawn. This firepower was at least at the B52 level.
It seems that even in a war in the game, the air force is crucial.
Otherwise, I can go back and get a few dragons to raise, build up an air force, and then make machine guns and tanks. When the time comes, the navy, army, and air force will be gathered together. Even if we can't engage in modern warfare, at least we can bring the technological level to the level of World War II.
His random thoughts did not delay him from grasping the fighting skills.
The time had come. The old soldier drew his sword and jumped onto a large rock, "Attack with all your strength!"
The militia army immediately stopped maintaining a hollow square formation and launched an all-out attack.
Murphy then noticed that the one commanding the militia army seemed not to be Dara Bengba, but a militia captain.
He didn't care too much about it. Instead, he actively cooperated and specifically blasted the dragon thunder at the area where the orcs were most concentrated.
Whenever the orcs wanted to gather together to form a formation to resist, he would fire a few dragon thunders at them and order the Dragon Riders to dive-bomb them.
Now the orc army could no longer hold on, their morale completely collapsed, and they retreated in groups.
The Young Wolf Lord gave a vicious look to the Storm Dragon King raging in the sky.
"retreat!"
