The war suddenly broke out at 1:00 a.m. the next day. However, in view of the extremely low organization level of the goblins, the goblins who took advantage of the darkness to sneak attack were composed of a small group of extraordinary goblins with seven to eight hundred elite troops.
Because if they were not elite, just marching five or six kilometers at night would be enough to defeat all the goblins who came to attack.
But they obviously did not expect that the position designed by Lawrence had the function of preventing night attacks. When they touched the place two to three hundred meters away from the front of the position, some goblins felt that their feet had stepped on something, and then a pain came from
Coming from the feet.
Although as an elite goblin, it can guarantee that it will not cry out when it encounters such an attack, but it felt a little resistance when it tried to pull its foot out from the sharp thorn that might have pierced the sole of its foot.
Then suddenly there was a clanking sound in front of him.
At this time, there were not only one or two goblins who were attacked and tried to pull their feet from the ground, so there was a clanging sound in front of the position. After realizing something was wrong, the goblins lowered their heads and discovered that the ones that had pierced their feet were some.
Barbed wire, and all of these wires are connected to the barbed wire in front of the distant position.
So when they pulled up their feet, they also pulled the wire at the same time, which then caused the metal pieces and bells on the wire to make a tinkling sound. Finally, they were fired upon by various firearms.
Originally, the goblin leaders who led the team thought that it would be difficult for the human army to see them when the firelight on the position was dim, so they planned to continue charging. However, they did not expect that these bullets were accurate and hard, and the first batch of enchanted bullets killed the leading ones.
The extraordinary goblin leaders killed seven or eighty-eight, and then rows of bullets directly blew through their large army like a hurricane.
When the few surviving goblin leaders managed to escape death and reorganized their troops, they found that their troops had been completely defeated. But the dense bullets were still falling around the survivors like they had eyes.
Forcing them to scatter and flee.
After completely escaping, the goblin leaders counted their men and found that in just a few minutes, only more than 100 of the seven or eight hundred elites were still alive, and many of the goblins had lost their weapons and armor.
, with wounds still on his body.
Obviously, they were unable to continue attacking in this situation, especially if they didn't figure out how the group of humans could see themselves clearly in the dark.
Just as the few remaining goblin leaders fled in despair with a group of defeated soldiers, Lawrence and the others, who were awakened from their sleep by the sound of gunfire, had just entered the trenches to prepare for the battle. As a result, they saw Fati just as they entered the trenches.
Na and several subordinates withdrew from the frontline reconnaissance post.
"How is the situation?" Lawrence knew that the battle was over when he saw several rat men carrying rifles on their shoulders and retreating to the residence on the position. But out of concern for the specific situation of this first exchange of fire,
Lawrence still asked what was going on with that burst of gunfire.
"Nearly 1,000 goblins attacked in a sneak attack, all of which were elite troops. There were also some extraordinary goblins as leaders." Fatina said with a slight disdain. "I really don't know that this group of goblins can see things in this low-light night.
What on earth do you think you have the courage to fight with us at night?"
"I think they may not know your existence." Lawrence said after thinking for a moment. After all, because the rat people were better at night activities, they all arranged to work in the night shift during the day.
At that time, they all stayed in the tents in the camp and slept soundly. Therefore, the goblins who came to investigate during the day basically failed to discover the existence of the rat men, so they came to attack arrogantly tonight.
Just now, the elite rat warriors discovered the existence of the goblins for the first time. When the goblins stepped on the barbed wire fence at the forefront of the position, the rat warriors also successfully summoned the human troops preparing for the battle, and then let those
The human troops concentrated their fire in the direction in which they fired tracer-enchanted bullets, causing a serious blow to the invading enemy.
If there were not these elite ratmen with excellent night vision, the metal pieces and metal bells hung on the barbed wire just now could also provide the approximate location of the attackers, and then allow everyone to shoot towards the place where the noise was made. But this would definitely
It was impossible to kill most of the goblin leaders who came to attack in the first round like the Skaven, nor was it possible to win the final victory so cleanly and with almost zero casualties.
After briefly encouraging the rat warriors brought by Fatina, Lawrence and the others returned to the fortification where they currently lived. Just after lying down, Nora's voice rang in his mind.
"I always feel that this fortification you designed before seems a bit familiar. Where did you copy it from? I seem to have seen this kind of fortification method from your memory when I was born."
"In 1917, the Belgian front." Lawrence said briefly, and this moment reminded Nora. "Are they the perfect trenches like those in the late World War I? Yes, this can make it easier to face goblins who like to engage in group charges.
We use the least manpower to cause maximum damage, especially when you have more than 30 machine guns."
"Yes, that's what I think." Lawrence said, "But I'm a little worried that they will lose too much at first and run away. If this is the case, the next jungle guerrilla war will definitely be disgusting enough, and even completely destroy the place we control.
All the hard work and planning that goes into this piece of land.”
"So tomorrow's war will definitely not be easy. We must block the opponent, but we must not scare the opponent back. We must consume as much of the goblin's vitality as possible." At this point, Lawrence opened his mouth and said to Nora and Saifei.
I warned, "Okay, good night everyone, go to bed quickly. I think tomorrow will definitely be the longest day in our lives."
The next morning, when the sun had just risen and the thin mist had not dissipated, an army of goblins that had moved about ten kilometers away from the coastline left their temporary shacks and headed towards the place where humans were stationed on the seaside.
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At the same time, the human army also entered the position after breakfast and began to arrange. They also moved a large number of weapons and ammunition into the temporary ammunition depot at the front.
According to the scouts' investigation, this group of goblins first established a forward attack base in the hilly area more than 3,000 meters away from the human position, and then built a band around the camp. It is obvious that after these few days, the group of goblins has been advancing like a dead man.
After conducting reconnaissance, the goblins have basically figured out the number of people and extraordinary strength level of Lawrence and others.
Because Lawrence hid some of the trump cards he had prepared, the goblin casters as commanders subconsciously thought that the humans who came here this time should rely on fortifications to defend and counterattack as they did before. After all, humans were all in the previous pioneering wars.
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Considering that it was difficult to capture the human position in one day, the leading caster goblins began to organize their chaotic goblins to set up a starting camp to avoid being completely defeated by the humans through night attacks.
As a result, everyone passed away in this kind of sit-down battle on the first day. Except for the small-scale exchange of fire at the forward position, or the unilateral bullet-taking of the goblins who were sent to test the human firepower, everything seemed very quiet.
"Will they stop attacking?" During the pre-war meeting that night, Liszt, the director of the temporary military hospital, said with some worry. "Now we have to transport a lot of things in from the outside world. If this situation lasts for a long time,
If the local indigenous people consume it, it will definitely be disadvantageous for us."