Chapter 34 Karak Matryoshka
After the dwarf rapid-fire guns were carried back to the mountain fortress, a large number of dwarf troops were replaced by a large number of dwarf troops. The musketeers were on the outermost periphery, and the second column was the dwarf axe soldiers with two-handed battle axe, and then there were a large number of dwarf infantry soldiers with axe shield. Although there were not many types of soldiers, the combination was very classic. In addition to replacing heavy crossbows with muskets, this formation was no different from the heavy infantry array arranged by dwarves in the classical era thousands of years ago.
"It's very interesting." Valed raised his eyebrows and smiled. This unit with full heavy armor, excellent defense, attack, impact and resilience was indeed invincible in the classical era when all races were in the wilderness. But now...
Under the command of Vared, the ghost infantry did not land directly on the turret after flying into the dwarves' air. Instead, they floated about three meters away from the ground. The super-long spear sealed in their bodies, the long halberd and spear were taken out by them. They stabbed the dwarves on the ground.
There are two specifications of Sylvania's standard super-long spear, one is four meters and the other is six meters. The long halberd is two-seven meters and the spear is two-six meters. However, no matter which length of weapon, even the length of the spear that is usually used with a shield, is not comparable to the dwarves who hold the longest two-handed axe of only one meter two.
Length... is wrong. It should be said that the height problem was suddenly revealed. Except for the musketeers who could also play a little role, the vast majority of the other dwarf soldiers could not reach the ghost soldiers of Sylvania. They could only be unilaterally abused by the opponent floating in the air.
Speaking of which, height is indeed a big heart disease for the dwarves. It is like a joke told by a human with a broken mouth and heartbreaker: you laugh at the dwarves' height again, be careful that he jumps up angrily, punches you in your knees, and stands up from the chair in pain... Of course, if anyone dares to tell this joke in front of the dwarves, he must be prepared to be beaten up by the dwarves' iron fist.
But it is obvious that Vared was not afraid of any dwarf or Chaos dwarf in this world. After the battle was in excellent condition and couldn't help but smile, Vared told the joke to the vampires around him.
It is also obvious that if the vampire officers who had received the old-fashioned traditional education had probably felt embarrassed by Vared's words. But now it is different. Under Vared's secret instigation, they completely accepted nationalism and chauvinism. After hearing this, all the vampire officers who understood it, they all smiled and implicitly expressed disdain for the dwarves - the sluts.
The dwarves never expected that the undead could use this method to calmly kill their soldiers in places where their troops could not attack. They saw guns and halberds on their heads stabbing and slashing, making the dwarves dazzled, but they had no choice.
The dwarves could only wave warhammers, and the battle axe and shield desperately blocked them. There was nothing else. The ghosts would aim at opportunities, and when the opponent could not react in time, they would surround the opponent's flank with high maneuver power, and then stab the exposed vital neck between the armor and the helmet. In this way, they would kill the dwarf soldiers.
Such tactics have all invalidated the dwarves' strong bodies, excellent armor and strict organization. The dwarves could not find a way to deal with them for a while, and suffered heavy casualties. Bagman and Krieger saw this situation and ordered the dwarves to retreat one after another. In the mountain fortresses, more dwarves heavy crossbow soldiers, dwarves thunderers and dwarves rangers, such soldiers with long-range attack methods, rushed out to use heavy crossbows to fight against the undead troops that were close to the corner.
But it still doesn't work. After all, both muskets and crossbows require a certain amount of loading time to be used. In order to be able to reload ammunition calmly, maintain a certain distance from the enemy, or have a strong enough guard and support force, this is the right way for long-range troops to fight. In this way, fighting the undead soldiers at close range is a complete failure.
The undead soldiers attacked more than ten times more than the opponent's opponent, or even more. Their attack was enough to interfere with the tactical actions of dwarf soldiers to load projectiles.
In this case, the dwarf troops were completely unable to compete with the ghost warriors. The casualty ratio was usually maintained at 5 to 1 or even more. The angry dwarfs really wielded their battle axe in their hands, but they were always avoided by the ghosts. The ghosts who still had a trace of intelligence made them laugh, making the dwarfs more angry, but they could do nothing.
The war went to this level, and the situation where the dwarves could not fight back was left helpless. After a little discussion with Bagman, Krieg issued an order, abandoned the fort, entered the Karak-Karak Fortress, and competed with the undead troops.
"Have you given up on the periphery... But it's no wonder. In this case, there is no other way than being passively beaten. It is correct to give up decisively. However, the morale decline caused by the abandonment of the periphery and other problems are also very serious for the dwarves... Humph."
Through the vultures in the sky, Vared saw the dwarves retreating from various forts, and then ordered the ghost troops to continue to advance and enter the fortress. Then, after pursuing the dwarves, after a short passage, the ghosts entered the main body of the fortress. It was hollowed out, about thirty meters away from the shell... the fortress?
"What is that?!" Through the eyes of the ghosts, Vared saw it, as if it was a building that shrunk No. 1. Then he understood the structural principle of the fortress:
The dwarves hollowed out the entire Karak-Karak mountain for about thirty meters, and then re-arranged a defense system on the newly emerging mountain, the smaller No. 1. From the outside, Karak-Karak is a complete mountain. However, the situation inside is like a Russian doll, with a layer of mountain shells covered with a layer of structure. The mountains are connected by suspension bridges, forming all the characteristics of Karak-Karak.
"What are these dwarves thinking?! They actually hollowed out the entire mountain - and not just hollowed out one layer. How much energy did these bastards have in their heyday?!" Vared sighed in his heart.
And just as he was feeling, the number one Karak Karak was covered with bullets and arrows, shooting towards the ghost troops. On the inner wall of the number one Karak Karak, there were also many empty cave-like bunkers firing projectile crossbow arrows. The crossfire caused by this made the ghost soldiers sandwiched in the middle nowhere to hide.
Because there is not enough space, no artillery is installed on this small number of Carac Carac Carac and the inner walls of Carac Carac Fortress. Instead, they are replaced by a large number of rapid-fire guns, older small-caliber organ cannons and heavy city crossbow machines. These machines, as well as a large number of dwarf thunderers and dwarf heavy crossbowmen, formed a dense barrage, wrapping all the ghosts that broke into it. Amid the screams one after another, the ghosts were beaten by the dense barrage and dissipated in the air like sieves.
"retreat."
Seeing this situation, Vared snorted coldly and ordered the ghost troops to retreat. The dwarves chased after them again, preparing to take advantage of the situation to capture the fort. However, they encountered the counterattack of the ghost troops. Fighting against the ghosts floating in the air, the dwarves were really no match for them. They were suppressed and retreated.
In this way, the dwarves could not rush out, and the ghost corps could not rush in. The battle situation was in a stalemate. This day passed like this.
In the following days, the Dead troops fought many more battles with the dwarves of the garrison of Karak Karak. Under the dispatch of Vared, the Dead troops tried to invade Karak Karak from the fortress. With heavy casualties in the ghost troops, a large number of elite tomb guards and a large number of strong shields were dispatched. Vared tried to use these heavy infantry to forcibly break through the dwarves' firepower net.
However, in the end, when a lot of troops were lost, and as they were about to reach the fortress inside Karak-Karak, the dwarves used battle axes to cut off the suspension bridge connecting the inside and outside sides. While completely abandoning the fortress on the outside, the undead also lost a lot of troops.
Of course, in addition to defense, the dwarves also tried to attack. Through the tunnel net inside the mountain, the dwarves launched several breaths on the undead who occupied the outer turrets, and launched a surprise attack through the tunnel net underground and the undead outside the fortress. However, these tactics were completely cracked by the undead.
Through the Hawkeye device, the dwarves' every move is controlled by vampires. Whether during the day or at night, every surprise attack will be attacked by the undead troops who are prepared and ready to fight terrible. After a while, the dwarves also began to learn that the undead had the means to see their military actions, so they stopped these stupid surprise attacks.
Both sides continued to maintain an invincible situation. This was a little better for the dwarves. After all, they were the garrison. As long as they could defend Karak Karak, they would win. But it was not a good thing for the vampires in Sylvania, especially their great master who was very fond of merit.
Chapter completed!