In Douglas's original expectation, the King of the Undead might use his powerful magic to create bridges or boats to allow his undead army to cross the river. This is a great opportunity for Douglas and the entire coalition.
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Take advantage of the enemy's long and narrow formation to cross the river and attack halfway, make full use of human long-range attack equipment, and try to eliminate the first enemy to cross the river as far as possible on the beach.
This was a fairly standard tactic, but I never expected that the undead army would adopt such a method to cross the river.
Because there was no need for boats and bridges, and the King of the Undead did not want to use magic, he simply advanced across the board and used his numerical advantage to directly fill the river, which surprised all the coalition commanders, including Douglas.
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Although there were a few mistakes in the tactical arrangements, everyone knew that the battle was about to begin, and there was no time to make any adjustments. They could only fight to the death.
As the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, Douglas had already raised the sword in his hand, staring intently at the vanguard of the undead army that had just crossed the Griffin River, silently calculating the distance.
When the undead army walked into the shooting range with its inherent speed and posture, with the sound of rattling bones and friction, Douglas's sonorous voice suddenly rolled in: "Attack——"
This roar was like a sudden thunder, tearing apart the dull and depressing atmosphere and shaking the eardrums of every soldier in front.
Following this order to attack, the same order was issued everywhere: "Your Excellency, Commander, ordered the attack."
"attack!"
The coalition forces, standing solemnly in a dead silence, roared suddenly like a giant beast that had just awakened. Countless combat units composed of countless soldiers suddenly became active, and the part that acted as the leading attack was the first to move.
As the attack order was issued, the soldiers behind were also shouting and roaring, and their fighting will suddenly exploded.
This is of course not Douglas's deliberate attempt to boost morale, but a cry emanating from his bones after being suppressed by the breath of death for too long. It is a heart of resistance inspired from deep within, an absolute resistance to death. Even those who are known for their calmness
The human magicians all let out wild roars like the orc warriors! The roars and shouts of tens of thousands of coalition troops gathered together, like bursts of thunder in a storm, causing waves of life to appear in this world affected by death.
"boom!"
"boom!"
Several rays of fire spat out from the muzzle of the bronze cannon, humanity's secret weapon, and the diffuse white smoke was filled with the smell of sulfur.
For the first time in mainland China's history, gunpowder was used in combat.
It is indeed the crystallization of human wisdom and technology, and the powerful power displayed by the artillery stunned the coalition forces.
Because of the terrain, the artillery was placed at a high place and fired down at the undead army on the beach, and the effect was astonishing.
Amidst the loud noise, the dense undead creatures in front seemed to have just been rushed through by crazy bison, and several thick gaps appeared in the grass.
Countless skeletons and zombies were smashed to pieces by the thunderous artillery, and rotten flesh and broken bones fell in mid-air like snow flakes.
The human soldiers suddenly smashed the iron bolts on the crossbows. Amidst the continuous "buzz" and "buzz" sounds, hundreds of giant "crossbow arrows" made of thick tree trunks were shot out.
The huge iron-clad wooden cones directly smashed the undead creatures along the way into pieces, and then continued to move forward like lightning. Each giant crossbow arrow could shoot a "gap" up to a hundred meters deep in the undead army. The continuous crossbow cannons
The attack continued rapidly, and the dense army of undead seemed to have just been combed by a comb, and countless straight "channels" suddenly appeared.
Almost at the same time, the trebuchet in the matrix suddenly fired, and boulders weighing hundreds of kilograms or even thousands of kilograms were thrown high into the sky. After reaching the top, they suddenly drew a parabola with a large angle, like falling meteors.
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The most powerful and advanced equipment of the human empire is gathered here. Hundreds of ballistae and more trebuchets have caused devastating damage, but all of this is meaningless to the undead army, or even useless.
Cause the slightest fluctuation in the undead army.
Undead creatures will not bleed, feel no pain, and will not feel the slightest fear, and of course they will not cower.
Under the attack of powerful human instruments, the gap just created was immediately filled by endless undead creatures, which continued to approach slowly at the same slow speed.
Humanity's giant long-range attack equipment is indeed sophisticated, but loading is a big trouble. Fortunately, the crossbowmen have made up for this shortcoming with a large enough number.
At the moment when the giant ballistae was fired, there was a sudden violent buzzing sound, and the vibrations caused by thousands of steel strings gathered together, like the sound of a huge wave violently lapping against the rocks. The through armor covered the sky and the sun.
The cones are like a huge metal curtain, densely shooting at the enemies on the beach.
Under normal circumstances, the range of crossbow weapons is far inferior to that of bows and arrows, but this kind of crossbow arrow, which has taken countless skilled craftsmen to work hard on, is the secret weapon of the Galen Empire. It has an extremely long range and very powerful penetrating power.
The skeleton was beaten to pieces.
The skeleton with stiff posture and mechanical movements was shot by the dense crossbow arrows, and suddenly became smaller like the receding tide.
Just one salvo caused thousands of casualties to the undead army, and almost all the low-level skeletons who had just crossed the Griffin River were shot dead on the spot.
In the initial attack, the weapons created by humans relying on technology showed terrifying power and achieved brilliant results, causing the coalition forces to cheer in unison.
Whether it was the huge casualties or the high morale of the coalition forces, the King of the Undead didn't care at all. He didn't even think about providing cover for his undead army, and he didn't even bother to block or dodge, even if he was shot by arrows.
Even if the number of low-level undead were ten or a hundred times greater, he wouldn't care.
The undead army is still advancing at its inherent slow speed, with a momentum as steady as a mountain.
In the gap filled by the human army armed with sophisticated equipment, the elves' marksmen finally moved.
The elves are naturally good at shooting, and both sharpshooters and rangers have superb shooting skills. Following Liu Endou's command, various arrows with magic attached rose into the air with colorful lights.
Unlike the crossbow's horizontal shot, the elven's upward shot covers a wider area.
The white arrowheads shone with the brilliance of magic. After reaching the extreme height, they suddenly fell like raindrops, continuous and dense. It seemed that in just the blink of an eye, the undead who had just climbed up from the river to the beach were shot through by the arrows.