After simply passing on the attack order, Lawrence immediately launched emotional magic again to stir up the emotions of the incoming goblins on a large scale. The only difference from before was that the targets of his spells now were mainly on the periphery of the entire goblin army.
The magic that those goblins cast at the same time was basically magic to inspire courage.
The reason for this is that the bloodthirsty spell of war magic disappeared after all the altars and priests were killed. At that time, almost all the goblin leaders were killed together with the priests.
.The direct consequence of all the command cores of the goblins being wiped out at the same time in an instant is that if there are no accidents, the goblins are likely to return to their original timid and fearful nature in a short period of time and disperse.
By that time, even if the human army can kill the goblins that have crowded in front of the position, at least 1/3 of the goblins in the rear will be able to successfully withdraw from the battlefield.
If this is the case, humans may need to spend a lot of time, energy and resources fighting a jungle security war with these damn goblins in the coming time.
You must know that the reason why Lawrence mobilized so many manpower and resources in this war is to eliminate as much of the effective force of the goblins in this area at once to avoid dragging the war into a long and cumbersome security war. Therefore
No matter what, he would try to keep the goblins on the small plain in front of the fortress.
Fortunately, his newly mastered soul magic had an unexpected effect. Taking advantage of the remaining magical effects on the opponent, Lawrence successfully caused the group of goblins on the periphery to fall into frenzy again, and went crazy.
He rushed towards the human position.
These goblins rushing forward inspired the herd mentality of the surrounding goblins in their daily habits. Soon, the goblins who were confused because of the disappearance of their magic stopped their previous hesitation and rushed forward with the same crazy front line as before.
As a result, the goblins who were originally frightened by the powerful firepower of the humans in front and the tragic death of several parties were constantly retreating, but under the suppression of the goblins behind them, they had to move step by step towards the area of firefighting.
At this time, the front line has completely turned into a huge flesh and blood mill. With the full force of all kinds of firepower, the goblins at the forefront of the exchange of fire fell one by one, and a large number of complete or broken corpses were spread on the ground.
But the hell-like ground was quickly flooded by the goblins coming from behind.
In the early days of cold weapons and gunpowder weapons, the goblin's tide-like charge was still quite lethal, because the long-range weapons of that era lacked sufficient penetration capabilities and had a low rate of fire.
This also leads to the fact that when faced with such centralized monsters, long-range firepower can only weaken the outermost one or two layers of the goblin army. Then they can use their absolute numerical advantage to drown those who fight with them.
Enemy.
But with the birth of gunpowder weapons, the human sea tactics and dense formations that the goblins were good at immediately became very outdated. For example, in some densely populated places, heavy mortar shells fired from warships on the river can kill people with just one shot.
It can cause nearly a hundred goblins to die or be injured, completely losing their combat effectiveness.
"We must retreat." Lawrence suddenly gave the order just as the group of goblins rushed towards the forward position as madly as before, because at this time, the corpses of the goblins in front were piled higher and higher, and even the goblins on the battlefield were
All the blood flowed into the trenches, and the soldiers' ankles were submerged in the smelly goblin blood.
However, precisely because there were too many dead goblins, a pile of goblin corpses nearly as tall as a person was piled up in front of the trench where Lawrence and the others were, seriously affecting the use of human firepower. Under such circumstances, Lawrence had to step down.
Order all soldiers to retreat towards the last temporary defensive line just constructed on the river bank.
Fortunately, as directional mines were detonated in batches, large areas of the goblins that were rushing forward and wild boar-like beasts raised by the goblins were cleared away. And the goblin survivors who were frightened and fled frantically
It blocked the charging path of other goblins from behind, making the entire battlefield even more chaotic.
The only good thing for the goblins was that Lawrence and the others ordered the artillery to fire at the far side of the line to intercept the steady stream of goblins rushing towards the position out of the idea of luring the enemy deeper, so they did not take care of them for the time being.
This group of guys huddled together at the front of the battlefield.
"If we retreat any further, we will retreat into the river." After everyone had made arrangements and evacuated the second trench, Sephiel, who was covered in blood, led his team to Lawrence and said.
, "Can you tell us now when we can fight back?"
"Wait a minute, now is not the time." Lawrence carefully observed the situation ahead. At this time, there were only more than 10,000 goblins left alive on the battlefield, but the goblins behind who were affected by Lawrence's magic went crazy.
Despite the push, they still entered the trench that Lawrence and the others had just evacuated. In less than a minute, the trench was almost filled.
Seeing the goblins rushing out of the trenches, everyone immediately started shooting. However, compared to the trenches and barbed wire fences just now, there are only some breastworks piled up with wood and sandbags. It is difficult to defend here for too long. Fortunately, this
At that time, the machine guns on the ship that could not fire due to the terrain could provide them with enough help.
But even so, the goblins still successfully crossed the small hillside between the trench and the beach and rushed towards the human army down the hillside. The hit goblins even rolled all the way to the piles of those piled up in front of the human position.
There was a small heap in front of the parapet.
"It's okay now." The officers at the back of Lawrence said as they watched the goblins rushing to a place more than ten meters away from the parapet. Then a young officer took out a signal grenade launcher and fired two blood-red missiles into the sky.
The signal flare. Just before the signal flare fell, the trench exploded like a volcanic eruption.
All the directed bombs that had been buried in the trench walls were detonated. Because there was no plastic, Lawrence's method of replacing the shell with wood actually played a special camouflage role at this time.
After all, all the goblins who had faced the directional bomb charge at close range during the battle were dead, and the remaining goblins who rushed into Xuanhao obviously regarded the wooden covers of the directional mines embedded in the wall as reinforcement trenches.
Wall planks.
The result of this is that except for a small number of directional mines that were displaced in the crowd and failed to detonate due to broken fuses, most of the directional mines were successfully detonated. In addition, the same batch of directional mines were detonated.
Dozens of small pieces of explosive placed at the bottom of a small pit beneath a pile of rubble.
In an instant, the iron beads, splinters and gravel flying everywhere quickly claimed the lives of the goblins near and inside the trenches, while the goblins further away had their hands, feet, or bodies injured, and then died.
He fell on the blood-soaked battlefield and completely lost his fighting power.
"Charge -" After the explosion, the goblin army at the scene immediately became two sections, and suddenly entered chaos. Seeing this, Lawrence immediately gave the order for a general attack. Then three consecutive red flares were fired.
Rising into the air.
After seeing the signal flares in the sky, the human army immediately began to walk out of the temporary fortifications on the river bank in small groups, and then steadily pushed forward while shooting.
At the same time, Nora, who had cleared the group of goblins in the forest, also flew out of the jungle, and then fell into the goblins, creating a storm of flesh and blood.
"Then it's time to clean up the mess." Lawrence said after looking at the situation on the field, "I hope there won't be too many goblins running out."