Ranger harassment is one of the most common tactics used by the werewolves. This method of combat is even more disgusting than the naval battles of the Golden Eagle Kingdom. They will follow and harass in various ways, but they will not engage in direct combat with the enemy. They will try to destroy the enemy's
Camps and food, or wasting the enemy's bows and arrows and throwing spears, they will completely wear down the enemy's patience and force the enemy to chase them everywhere on the grassland.
If a pursuit is really launched, it will enter the battle rhythm of the Werewolf. Ordinary war horses cannot catch up with the Werewolf cavalry. Even if they catch up, they may not be able to find the Werewolf's lair. They will lure the enemy to
Deep in the grassland, lure into a trap and fight a beautiful battle of annihilation at the most suitable location.
It's a pity that this group of werewolves tried their best and struggled for three days, but Reggie just wasn't fooled. All the generals were blaming Reggie, thinking that Reggie didn't know how to fight the werewolves. In fact, Reggie
He knew the tactics of the Werewolves very well. Before deciding to go on an expedition, Reggie carefully read the war history of the Werewolf Kingdom. If he wanted to defeat the Werewolves, he must have strong patience.
If the ranger harassment tactics don't work, they will launch a general attack next. They will not let Reggie get close to Blackwater City. It can be seen from the battle of Golden Light City that the werewolves are not good at defending the city, and there is no cavalry on the city wall.
In any case, the Werewolves do not have weapons to defend the city. They prefer to end the battle in the wilderness.
On the third day of the march, the general attack finally occurred.
Natalie first spotted a group of cavalry in the air attacking from the southwest. She immediately alerted Reggie, who sent Broken Bones to meet the enemy. She thought it would be another boring battle, but with the enemy
After the encounter, Broken Bones immediately fell into a hard fight. The opponent had no intention of retreating and had an overwhelming advantage in terms of strength.
At the same time, Natalie discovered that another group of cavalry was attacking from the northwest. Reggie asked Sulit to go to meet the enemy. Like the situation encountered by Broken Bones, Sulit also fell into a bitter battle.
Natalie sent out a signal again, and enemy troops also appeared due west. Now one thing is certain, this is not a harassment, but a real decisive battle. Broken Bones once said that they would be besieged by ten thousand enemies.
, although the number of enemy troops did not really reach 10,000, the White Wolf King sent a total of more than 5,000 cavalry. Cavalry is inherently a luxury, and such a number is even more luxurious among luxuries. The White Wolf King fought for it.
Blood capital, the significance of this battle is even more important than a siege battle.
Reggie immediately fired a signal flare, recalling Sulit and Bone Broken Bones. Sulit's retreat was relatively smooth, but Bone Broken Bones narrowly escaped death. He was injured, one of his fangs was broken, and there was a wound on his chest.
There was a bloody mouth, and less than ten of the thirty cavalrymen under his command returned.
The enemy soon caught up, and Reggie was already ready for battle. Jarvan and Iron Skull led the soldiers to set up the carriage. The thick carriage board became a natural shield, and the wheels had long flat legs.
The legs allow the car board to withstand huge impacts, and the car boards are connected to each other, giving Reggie a solid position.
When infantry and cavalry fight, position is of great significance. When fighting on the plains, the infantry without position can hardly block a cavalry charge even if they hold muskets, but with position it is another matter.
The three groups of people rushed towards Reggie, who immediately ordered to fire. Jiawen still divided the infantry into three teams, one team loaded, one team prepared, and one team fired. However, the artillery led by Iron Skull changed.
The loading process of the second-generation artillery has been simplified. Artillerymen do not need to completely pull out the piston of the "syringe". There is an additional loading hole above the gun breech. The shell can be directly slid into the gun breech through the loading hole. All the soldiers have to do is
By sealing the loading hole, artillery shells can be fired immediately. The rate of fire of the artillery becomes faster and the sealing becomes better. Before the enemy troops rush to the position, the artillery has fired three rounds of shells.
When they rushed to the position, 20% of the enemy's cavalry had been killed. The remaining cavalry wanted to break through the position, but they still had to face the baptism of bullets and grenades. Some of the cavalry chose mounted shooting, and this tactic took effect in a short time.
The effect was very good, but Reggie's formation was too dense, and many soldiers fell under the arrows.
But Reggie's formation was dense, and the cavalry besieging Reji was even denser. Grenades and artillery shells exerted unimaginable lethality, and fire and smoke destroyed the enemy's formation time and time again.
The battle lasted for nearly half an hour, and the cavalry was still unable to break through Reggie's position, and their casualties had exceeded half.
In a siege, the defender may fight to the death, because he has no way to escape. However, in a battle on the ground, once the battle damage exceeds 30%, the soldiers may flee.
Inspired by the desire for victory, most soldiers cherish their own lives. Human will is far from being as strong as imagined. Looking at the companions falling one after another around them, the survival instinct will explode wildly.
It is very admirable that the Wolf Runners were able to hold on to this point. When the first Wolf Runner cavalry chose to escape, a large number of cavalrymen turned their horses and ran away with them.
One swept away ten, and ten swept away a hundred. In the blink of an eye, all the enemy troops fled the battlefield. In the process of escaping, they would continue to be devastated by bullets and shells.
Reggie still didn't pursue. He didn't even bother to check the enemy's footprints. Iron Skull gasped and said: "Follow the hoof marks and chase them. This time we will definitely catch up to their lair."
Iron Skull is right. The fleeing soldiers have no tactics to speak of. Except for some soldiers who are afraid of military law and will fly away, most of the soldiers will definitely flee back to the camp.
"But what if we are unlucky and follow those deserters who fly away?" Reggie's question is always so tricky.
"There won't be that many soldiers like that!" Jiawen pointed to the messy marks on the ground and said, "We just need to follow the densest hoof marks and chase them!"
"What if we chase the wrong one? What if they have more than one camp? What if there are more enemy troops in their camp?"
"There are so many eventualities!" Shansha shouted, "What exactly do you want us to do?"
Reggie said: "I want you to rest for a while and let the military doctors treat the soldiers' injuries."
In this battle, Reggie's losses were not small. Including the cavalry, nearly 70 people were killed, and more than 100 people were injured.
Jiawen said: "If we give up the pursuit, we will miss our best opportunity."
"The fighter plane will not be missed," Reggie pointed to the sky, "I just gave it to the most suitable person."
Natalie had been observing the movements of the enemy troops on the airship. As Iron Skull expected, most of the enemy troops fled back to the camp.
The White Wolf King who stayed in the camp looked at the remnant soldiers who had escaped in surprise. He could not believe that the elite troops he had worked so hard to manage would be wiped out in the blink of an eye.
However, the surprise left for him was far from over. The shadow of the airship soon appeared over the camp.
"It's Reggie's dragon," one of the great lords murmured, "my king, we must get out of here."
The White Wolf King roared: "What shall I do with my food, and the livestock that will be rewarded to the lords!"
A bomb fell in the camp, and the great lord waved his riding crop and said: "Forget them, I hope we can still defend Blackwater City!"