Chapter 256 Strong Enemy! Fierce Battle on the Flashing Plains (2 in 1)
Tinkervis has his own views on this operation.
Before the relationship between the goblin and the Hanhai Protector broke off, he had to gamble a few times every quarter. He coveted the wealth there, but he also knew that the next step was a tough battle.
"The opponent is the Alliance's First Division. They had a fierce battle with the tribe not long ago. They have giant dragons as helpers."
Looking at the giant dragon flying over their heads in the sky, Tinkervis couldn't help but remind the arrogant Goligra.
Although he was also afraid of scaring away this group of mercenaries, Tinkervis was even more afraid that the subsequent battle would fail because of the arrogance of these ogres.
However, Tinkervis soon discovered that his worries were unnecessary, as Goligra did not take the dragon seriously at all.
"The Goria Empire once had slaves larger than dragons, and the ogre magicians also had the magic to kill Goron with one blow."
Since the joint military operation, Goligra has mentioned the Gorian Empire almost once every three sentences, and the ogre magician once every five sentences, which almost made Tinkervis' ears and eyes go numb.
Tinkerweis didn't look down on this kind of behavior of clinging to past glory, but he still recognized the ogre's fighting ability.
"It's good if you have such confidence. As long as we can work together, we will definitely be able to defeat the enemy."
In Tinkervis's heart, he really thought so. Although the Alliance's army was powerful, the goblins were not weak. The fact that a race could have colonies on every continent in the known world was enough to show that they
of combat effectiveness.
As for the dragons who sided with the alliance, after the think tank analyzed the existing intelligence, the goblins were able to view them from a very rational perspective.
Through engineers' quantification of the dragon's combat capabilities, the average power of an adult dragon's breath magic is roughly equivalent to the power of an explosion of 700 kilograms of explosives, and is equivalent to the energy released continuously by 100 grams of Kaya crystal for 3 minutes.
This power is indeed terrifying, but it is by no means irresistible. As long as the goblins are equipped with enough anti-aircraft weapons, it is possible to defeat the dragon.
This conclusion can be reached only by relying on the valuable experience accumulated from being bombed again and again in Kezan.
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"Strimwild, are you really sure that our actions will not further anger the dragon?"
At the meeting of six kings, Ruido Fons asked with some worry.
"Don't worry, Ratchet City is my property. According to the information I received from the black dragon, the dragons have extremely important responsibilities that prevent them from leaving easily. With more than a dozen adult dragons, they interfere with the mortal race to the maximum extent."
Grizlik scratched the table with the hook attached to his elbow.
"The accuracy of the Black Dragon's intelligence is questionable, but as long as we keep the scale in mind, there is still room for maneuver. Mogul, you are the most important among the six of us now, and you must not make any mistakes when the time comes.
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"After the reconnaissance, the enemy's strength is around 5,000, including 2,000 goblins and 3,000 ogres. They have now marched to the vicinity of Peak No. 6. In another two hours, the enemy will enter the Shining Plains."
After coming out of the flight cabin under the bronze guard, Bigwitz and his assistant supplemented each other's reports on the reconnaissance situation.
The current survey of Thousand Needles Stone Forest is still very rough, and only the unique stone pillar peaks have been numbered to facilitate marking on military maps.
Li De nodded with satisfaction, motioned to Bigwitz and the others to take a short rest, and then said to Cortina Xiaoyu.
"I'll leave the rest of the reconnaissance work to your army."
The dragon's high-altitude reconnaissance only determines the general situation of the enemy. For more detailed reconnaissance, the more covert harpies are obviously much more suitable.
"Please feel free to leave it to us, but your promise..."
"We will definitely honor it. After this battle is won, all the ogre prisoners will be handed over to your tribe. They will all be strong males."
Cortina Xiaoyu covered her mouth with her wings and smiled. After all, they had undergone certain transformations. The Screaming Harpies were more reserved than their counterparts in other areas. After whispering to each other for a while, they flapped their wings and flew into the Thousand Needles Forest.
While the harpies went to conduct reconnaissance, the First Division was making final preparations.
The First Division was originally a pure warrior force, plus some priests and mages supported by Stormwind City and Dalaran. After being adapted and mixed training with the Vast Sea Protector, half of the sword and shield infantry were converted to long swords.
Infantry, while musketeers, witch doctors and hunters also appeared in the army.
The war is about to begin, and all arms are consciously standing where they should be. After being tempered by the orc war, the quality of the soldiers in this army has reached a terrifying height.
By this time, the harpies had also returned from reconnaissance, and they only needed to hide behind the stone pillars to conduct a very detailed observation of the enemy.
The opponent also has a very reasonable troop ratio: an ogre barbarian with strange strength, a two-headed ogre magician carrying a staff, a goblin axe-hand who is good at cutting people, a goblin musketeer wearing goggles, and a dagger.
There were poisoned goblin stalkers and a group of goblins carrying a weapon that had never been seen before, described by the harpy as a long metal barrel.
After he had a general idea of the enemy, Li De stopped worrying about it. Anyway, the two sides would meet sooner or later. What he really cared about was the enemy's safety in passing through the Thousand Needles Stone Forest.
According to the harpy's intelligence, what is very special is that there are several soldiers in the team who are very careful to protect an object. Whenever they encounter elemental creatures, using that object can make the elements ignore the army and leave.
It's just that the thing was too small, and the harpy couldn't see clearly what it was.
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Half an hour later, Ratchet City's army finally arrived at the edge of Thousand Needles and were changing formations to enter the Shining Plains.
The First Division was not in a hurry to attack. If the elements in the Thousand Needles Stone Forest were attracted to follow them into the Shining Plains, it would bring great uncertainties to the battle. Li De just sent out the Harpy and Anas.
Locke hovers above the enemy.
"I just said that after the dragon, why do we feel that there are still things watching us, and why do the harpies stand on their side?"
Tinkerweis said with a somewhat gloomy expression, but he did not rush to give the order to fire.
'There is only one bronze dragon here, it seems that all the red dragons are really on the navy side.'
After coming to this conclusion, Tinkerweis couldn't help but get excited. The only thing he was really afraid of was the dragon. If the opponent didn't have a large number of dragons participating in the war, he would be confident to win the war.
Thinking of his supervisor who lost points in front of the King of Steamwheedle, Tinkervis became a little restless. He suddenly felt that he might become the Trade Prince before Gazlowe!
"Defeat the enemy in front of you! Hanhai Protector has money! Can you raise your rank today?"
The best way to stimulate the goblins is to snatch gold coins to move up the ranks. As expected, Tinkervis's words made these goblins' blood boil.
The ogres are not very interested in gold coins, but Goligra also has ways to boost morale.
"Land! Food! Killing!"
Before sending troops, Goligra received a promise from Hotsand. After capturing the Hanhai Protectorate, Gadgetzan, the most prosperous city there, would be owned by the ogres.
Ogres are a very special race. Their rough appearance makes it hard to imagine that they have ever established a strong civilization. And these ogre refugees are not as picky about the land as their orc cousins. To be precise, cannibals
Demons have their own standards.
Because they have a longer history, ogres like to occupy cities, including historical sites, as they please. On the contrary, they are not very interested in fertile land suitable for farming.
And a city like Gadgetzan that is very developed and has incredible wonders can be said to be a fatal temptation for ogres.
After Ratchet City's army completely entered Thousand Needles Stone Forest, the first division also took the initiative to approach the enemy.
Both sides have a tacit understanding of placing the Musketeers in the front row. Of course, in addition to the Musketeers, the Alliance also has Troll Hunters on both wings.
Many people take it for granted that long-range attack units stand in the back row. In fact, this is not the case. In order to maximize the advantages of long-range attacks, archers and musketeers both stand in the front row.
They are not weak guys, they have some very good close combat abilities.
After reaching the effective shooting range, the musketeers of the First Division took the lead in opening fire.
After the first division opened fire for more than ten seconds, the Kezan Army, which was more than 20 meters forward, opened fire.
Tinkerweis directed the fire back, and was quite shocked. The newly installed equipment of his troops represented Kezan's top technology. How come the range of the muskets was not as good as the opponent's?
'Those goblin traitors!'
Tinkerweis gritted his teeth with hatred. Goblins have flexible moral standards when it comes to loyalty to their race, especially when it clearly endangers their own interests.
In addition to having an effective range of more than 20 meters, the Hanhai Protector's musket did not have a big gap with the opponent.
The accuracy of muskets still needs to be improved, and sports shooting may not be as good as crossbows, so the musketeers on both sides began to shoot at each other.
At the same time, other arms also took action, spreading out to both sides with their respective musketeers as the center, all with the intention of attacking the flanks of the opponent's long-range troops.
As the troops unfolded, the commanders of both sides understood that this was a difficult battle.
From the speed of their respective deployments, it can be seen that each other's armies have quite high organizational capabilities.
Needless to say, the Protector of the Vast Sea, the goblins because of the strict hierarchy and corporate society.
As for the ogres, they also have organizational power that surprised Li De. This is precisely because the overall intelligence level of the ogres is not high, but they can produce a few individuals with high intelligence through mutation.
With a few more powerful smart people leading the majority of fools, the ogres will naturally have higher organizational power compared to the orcs who have higher overall intelligence but great personality.
So even though the process was full of beatings and scoldings, the ogre troops all reached their designated positions.
The first to take action were the ogre magicians. These guys all had deep knowledge in arcane arts. But unlike the mages of Azeroth, these guys were very angry.
Under the leadership of the leader Goligra, the ogre magicians had a fierce magic confrontation with the first division's mages and witch doctors.
The most intense battle was between the melee troops of both sides. The long sword soldiers and sword and shield soldiers of the first division cooperated with each other. They were mature tactics honed in battles, but they could also encounter opponents here.
The tall ogre barbarian soldiers waved the maces and hammers in their hands wantonly. Such big men with well-developed limbs were originally the favorite enemies of long-sword soldiers.
But beside each ogre barbarian, there is a goblin axe-hand and goblin stalker.
The relatively small size of goblins helps them to be far more flexible than other races in close combat.
They made the long-sword soldiers, who were always so majestic and powerful, hamstrung and needed to be more careful in cooperating with the sword-and-shield soldiers.
When the military strength, organizational strength, equipment, etc. are all roughly equal, the war becomes unpredictable.
Especially when Li De discovered that the aerial suppression tactics that had been invincible since the Vigil Barrier met its destined opponent here.
The goblin anti-aircraft troops, a strange force that had never been seen before, caused a lot of trouble to the harpies and bronze dragons with the individual missiles they shouldered.
Just looking at the number of goblins in the air defense force, Li De could imagine how carefully the goblins planned to deal with his air formation.
"Sign the signal and ask Anachronos and the Harpies to withdraw. We cannot form air suppression and there is no need to increase casualties."
Li De said helplessly that although harpies fly fast and are flexible enough, and can also use magic, their defense capabilities are too poor. With the power of goblin missiles, a single shot can take away a harpy.
's life.
They are essentially mercenaries, and their loyalty may not be as high as that of the ogres opposite them. If the casualties are too large, causing the harpies to flee will severely damage their morale.
Li De sat on the golden-maned horse and gave orders with a stern expression.
"Our victories are not achieved by relying solely on air power.
Tell the four regiment leaders below to resist the enemy and then push them back!"
This battle was really beyond Li De's expectation. The intensity of this battle might be comparable to the battle with Fenris in the Swamp of Sorrows.
The four commanders of the first division: Ashkandi, Bolvar, Grian and Marcus, all led their elite troops to the front.
The commander of the infantry regiment must be the strongest warrior, and with the blessing of the priest, they must form a sharp arrow to penetrate the enemy's position.
But what they didn't expect was that there were actually warriors in the ogres' team who were strong enough to resist them.
This is why the Gorduni ogres dared to disobey Cho'gall in the first place. In addition to Goligra, the powerful mage leader, Goligra also had a large army leader named Urrok under his command.
Urloch took his three brothers, and the four of them supported Godunni's barbarian troops, which made Goligla very relieved.
At this moment, it was the four Urlock brothers who blocked the four arrows of Ashkandi and others.
Although the overall fighting skills of the four ogre brothers were not as good as those of Ashkandi and the other four, they managed to stabilize their position with their huge size and defensive posture.
The battle on the Shining Plains was extremely stalemate for a while, with both sides trying to think of ways to break the situation.