Li De has huge expectations for this adapted Alliance First Division.
However, in the early stages of strategic defense at this stage, Li De has not yet planned to let them be the main force.
As soon as the 800 troops of the Hanhai Protectorate arrived, they were first organized into a division to accept unified command. 700 of them were organized into a model reinforcement battalion and were under the direct command of the division headquarters.
Another 100 people entered the flying squadron.
The role of these 100 people is mainly to cooperate with the dragon to complete long-distance air strikes, collect intelligence and supplement firepower.
Just after the first air raid mission was completed, Reed communicated this arrangement with Buck Romworth. Although Buck felt that Reed's arrangement was a bit unnecessary, he still obeyed the order in the end.
After making all preparations, Li Decai set his sights on the orcs.
The gryphon knights have been inquiring about the orcs' information in the past few days, and just a few days ago they found out that Fenris was leading a team to the north to check the road conditions in the Redridge Mountains.
And just yesterday, Grom, who stayed behind in Stonard, finally couldn't restrain himself and moved westward with 5,000 men, heading straight towards the Dusk Forest!
"I knew he wouldn't be able to bear it. Our gryphon flies over their camp every day. Grom has been able to endure this temper for several days, which surprised me."
Reed commented on Grom Hellscream's actions and dispatched the squadron without any hesitation.
Four giant dragons and twenty griffons were dispatched again to conduct an air attack on the orc marching team along the Swamp of Sorrows.
And during this operation, the four dragons including Buck Romworth finally felt the benefits of cooperating with the pilots.
A hanging basket made of wood and iron hangs under each dragon's body. This hanging basket is not large enough to accommodate only two goblins.
If they thought it was unnecessary for Li De to send mortal soldiers into the flying squadron before, then after hanging up this gondola, they simply became a burden.
Carrying such a hanging basket will not only not help in combat, but will even hinder landing on the ground for close combat.
Buckromworth secretly thought to himself, could it be that Li De actually wanted to form a dragon knight, but just to take care of the dragon's feelings, he deliberately made such a lame design to retreat in order to advance?
However, after the operation began, the dragons finally understood why the pilot was hanging underneath them.
A "square box" that can only accommodate two goblins looks ordinary from the outside, but in fact the people sitting inside are engineers who are proficient in mathematical calculations.
Only at this angle can they facilitate mapping and data collection. During the battlefield measurement process, a goblin engineer will broadcast the current flight height to the dragon in real time through the speaker in the cabin, as well as the effective distance of the enemy's bow and arrow...
Even Buck himself only knew the effective killing distance of his dragon's breath through the pilot's broadcast. In the past, dragons would not count things that were based on feelings, but when applied to war, digitization will become
A big killer!
The two flight observers, one drawing and the other recording data, would also take the time to drop some engineering bombs downwards during the process. However, compared with the breath of the red dragon, the power of the engineering bombs was nothing more than nothing.
"Roar!!!"
The dragon's attack from the sky made Grom's anger finally reach its extreme. He roared and threw his battle ax "Blood Roar"!
“Beep!!!”
Blood Roar's original target was the strongest dragon Bacromvoz, but in the end it hit a gryphon as a guard. The gryphon's feathers were mixed with blood drops all over the sky, and the gryphon screamed miserably.
It fell downwards and threw away the knight on it.
Another griffon knight hurriedly swooped over and picked up the fellow knight on the gryphon he was riding.
"The air strike mission has been completed. Return immediately to avoid unnecessary casualties!"
The two goblins under Buck were seriously shaken by the sudden change. One of them hurriedly sounded the alarm in the cabin and shouted his voice through the loudspeaker.
The goblin who was shouting was none other than explosion expert Nix. He was now the deputy squadron leader of the flight squadron and specialized in cooperating with Buck to complete the mission.
Speaking of which, Nix can be regarded as an old acquaintance of Buck. The battle that established his status in the Hanhai Protective Engineering College was fought against Buck and the others on Tideluo Island.
After Buck learned the identity of Knicks, he immediately recalled the powerful cannon.
"Shameful coward!!!"
After the air strike formation moved away towards the western sky, Grom pulled out the Blood Roar from the fallen griffon and roared as the griffin's blood sprayed all over his body.
This air raid caused many casualties to his troops, and of course more of them collapsed because they were unable to fight back.
After gathering all the scattered troops, Grom discovered that he had lost more than a thousand soldiers in just this air strike! These were the best warriors in his Warsong clan!
And the other party only paid the price of a flat-haired beast!
"Cowards! Wait until I catch your large army! See how I tear you apart!"
There was a cruel expression on Grom's face. He never paid attention to strategy and tactics when fighting, but he had a keen intuition like a beast. He didn't care what tricks his opponent was playing. He only knew that he wanted to capture the place where the opponent was crowded.
As long as all the opponent's ground troops are killed, no matter how fancy the enemy is, it will be in vain.
It's just that Grom won't know what is waiting for him ahead.
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After Grom led the army into the Deadwind Pass, even this tough man who had no inhibitions felt uncomfortable, and other ordinary soldiers even had goosebumps.
The environment here is so harsh and the atmosphere so permeable that it is even worse than the world of orcs.
A lifeless gray world, even the trees are the kind of gray that has dried up and cracked after death. Huge spiders, bats and eagles live on the rugged mountain walls on both sides of the road...
Perhaps because they have lived in a harsh environment for a long time, these ferocious animals dare to attack groups of intelligent creatures! They launched an attack on the orc army without fear!
Along the way, Grom couldn't remember how many such reckless beasts died under his battle axe.
Perhaps because the black dragons were afraid of the Guardians of Tirisfal, the map they gave did not contain detailed records of Counterwind Valley, but Grom still followed his intuition and headed west, completely ignoring other forks in the road.
Grom led four thousand orcs. Although they did not stray into the evil Karazhan, they were still frightened by the scene at the Crossroads of the Dead when they were about to cross the Dead Wind Pass.
When you enter Counterwind Valley from the road out of Twilight Forest, you will encounter a crooked intersection, and right at the entrance of Counterwind Valley, there are countless souls wandering around.
These ghosts were the product of another magical riot by Medivh. Although it was not as damaging as the one detonated when he died, it still killed all life around Karazhan.
Orcs revere the spirits of their ancestors, and although they do not blindly worship other people's souls, so many wailing souls still make some orcs feel uneasy.
But Grom didn't know that. As the first orc to drink the blood of demons, all the soldiers of the Warsong clan under him also drank the blood of demons.
When enjoying the increased power brought by evil energy, the souls of these green-skinned orcs were sold to the devil.
How can a group of people who have sold their own souls be afraid of a bunch of ownerless ghosts?
But just after this orc army passed through a bunch of ghosts without fear, this group of orcs who officially entered the Twilight Forest also officially started their nightmare.
Unlike the orcs, the human race is taboo against dead souls, so few people in Dusk Forest will cross the Cross of the Dead. They avoid those ghosts and even build fortifications. Even if they don't consider Karazhan's magical image, they will stay as far away as possible.
However, everything changed after the arrival of the Hanhai Protector's model reinforcement camp.
As we all know, a large part of the troops of the Hanhai Protector come from trolls.
Even after several conscriptions among the human race after the immigration plan began, the proportion of troll soldiers remained at around 60%.
There are 700 people in the reinforced camp, and more than 400 of them are trolls. In order to meet the coordination of different military units, there are also many witch doctors who are good at communicating with souls.
After these troll witch doctors mercifully appeased the ghosts, they tried to use necromancy to talk to them. In the end, they really got responses from several souls. In this way, the First Division inadvertently added several ghost scouts.
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The troll witch doctors who were meditating in front of the pensieve immediately learned that the orcs would arrive here in at most an hour and a half, and immediately reported the military information to the engineering company outside the fortifications. The engineers immediately stepped up their actions to lay all the landmines.
Withdrew later.
All the troops had done what they should do, and Li De stood on the observation deck of the defense line, waiting for the arrival of Grom Hellscream.