Chapter 625
In this raid on Fenris Island, the Clover Guild had less than 3,000 fighters, no auxiliary soldiers, and no reserve team.
With such a scale and team structure, the players are playing in a wave, which is generally not favored by people.
In theory, not to mention fighting against a super-class enemy like the Scourge, even conquering the island fortress guarded by old bandits, I am afraid it would be difficult.
When crossing the water, they were killed by weapons such as bed crossbows and soil cannons, and when they crossed the city wall, they were killed by the defenders who were waiting to work and took advantage of the terrain... How many people are left? What about morale?
Before Caer Dallon joined the Falcon Kingdom Army, there was a big failure in the landing battle on the island.
The coalition forces eager to destroy the enemy organized an island landing operation with a scale of nearly 10,000. As a result, they suffered heavy losses under the attack of the Scourge's curse spells, rain of bone arrows, water monsters and flying monsters.
The Scourge even intentionally let some coalition forces land on the island, thereby hanging the coalition forces and achieving the goal of continuously killing their vital forces.
The coalition forces were in a dilemma, powerless to move forward, but unwilling to give up the "results" obtained through a lot of sacrifices when they retreated. They didn't realize that they had been tricked until the number of casualties was shocking.
Then, it turned into a breakout battle. Just like the situation when Uther and Alsace were caught in a trap and broke through the siege, the people on the shore wanted to meet them, but it was difficult to use their strength. Joint strangulation, the situation is terrible.
Later, the commander who commanded the battle committed suicide with guilt, but apart from proving the commander's incompetence, it did not help much to restore the morale of the army.
Since then, no one has mentioned landing on the island to fight, but some people have wondered whether it is possible for the Falcon Kingdom to drive the iron-clad ships into Lake Dalong against the current and bombard them with naval guns.
The civil construction tactic that the elves came up with was proposed and passed under the background of lack of haste. Since the problem cannot be solved quickly, then take it step by step steadily. The general trend is on the side of the coalition forces.
The area of Lake Lordamere is about the same as that of Lake Darrow, except that the Isle of Fenris in the central area is not as dangerous as Keir Darrow, but a large semicircle around the island, of which there are three large islands, The rest are at the level of islands and reefs.
Even so, it is still difficult to quickly cross the wide waters and deliver enough troops and siege weapons.
After Terenas learned that the Scourge that launched the night attack on Beiliu Castle came from Fenris Island, Terenas roared a lot, scolding the lord for being ungrateful, treasonous and anti-human.
Why did the king, who always seemed so calm, lose his composure?
Because there is almost no way for him to get there.
The current situation of the Kingdom of Lordaeron is very embarrassing. Even to deal with the Scourge fleet killed by Northrend, it is only through crowdfunding under the banner of righteousness that it can gather enough military strength and supplies. A battlefield at the siege level of Eldaron?
But the previous profound lesson has made him understand that the more impatient, the easier it is for big loopholes to be targeted and used by the enemy.
So he was angry and impatient, and he didn't understand how the kingdom, which seemed to be full of flowers a few years ago, suddenly became so full of holes.
Then I heard that the Clover Guild had attacked Fenris Island.
To be honest, Terenas is very happy to see the results, and he is secretly grateful to Kane.
The king's gratitude is sometimes valuable and sometimes worthless. This time it was worth the money, because Kane didn't show up, and Terenas could only give up his old face to beg in the end. Terenas estimated that with Kane's wisdom, he understood this.
But thank you, Terenas was still quite worried after getting a rough idea of the size and action plan of the Clover Guild.
The number of people is insufficient, and it is still a lightly armed force. Even with the help of the Dalaran mages and novel vehicles, they successfully completed the difficulty of crossing the lake, but there are still strong cities and street fighting. The fighting will of the Scourge is very strong. Tenacious, fighting until the last soldier, Terenas doubts that human beings with flesh and blood can overcome those heartless puppets in willpower. And even if the will is as strong as iron, there is still a comparison of overall strength, one can fight dozens? Could it be that the combat power in Kane's hands are all heavenly soldiers and generals?
And the follow-up real-time battle report told him that he was not a heavenly soldier, but he was almost the same.
The clover guild's battle group dared to start a war, it was really sure, and it was not a desperate operation regardless of the cost.
To sum it up in one sentence, with excellent professional quality, coupled with appropriate tools and tactics, you will be invincible.
I won't talk about crossing the water, just talk about opening the city gate. It's not a big bomb with a round head, nor is it piled up under the city gate and it's done.
That would be so inefficient.
People use arcane circumcision bombs pasted on the city gates.
After the bomb is activated, it will spread light radially to the surrounding area, and form arcane light spots at the end of the light.
The arcane light spot is the real explosion force point, and this kind of bomb can be adjusted according to the actual situation. Like this bombing, it is three pieces in one, and the position setting of the Olympic light spot has also been adjusted.
The explosions aren't particularly loud, and the scene is far from spectacular or grand, but the actual effect is very good.
The gate tower did not pass, the city gate did not collapse, but an inner door was opened on the original door, as if a door was cut open with a powerful laser cutting machine, the thick door panel collapsed, and the sharp knife troops who had been prepared for a long time immediately rushed in.
There are also some warriors, long before the city gate was opened, they had already climbed over the city wall and entered the city by relying on the magic rope.
These fighters with the combat title of assassins are known internally as lunatics.
All of them are arrogant, but the technology is really high.
Their weapon configuration is machete or hand ax + magic firecrackers.
It's easy to say that the cold weapon is not on, but the fire gun is a bit interesting.
In fact, it is also possible to say that they are magic wands, but they are more foolish, and the threshold for use is extremely low, and ordinary people can use them.
This weapon is currently sold out in small batches, so that it can be adjusted and improved through more users, feedback information.
The region and organization that use the weapon most intensively is the Freemasonry of Northrend.
The Cold War continued there, and there were still suspicions of land reclamation, and frequent armed conflicts, making it an ideal weapon testing ground.
The magic firecrackers equipped by the lunatics of the Clover Guild are professional standard weapons with holy light energy as the core. The shooting effect is like a shotgun, with a cone-shaped jet, and it is powerful in close combat.
One of its major features is that it recharges itself after launch without reloading.
The lunatics wear several guns, and they can figure out the charging time of each gun with ease. They use it in conjunction with fighting skills, and draw guns from gun bags at different positions on their bodies from time to time. It seems that the firepower is unlimited, and the opponent It is also difficult to predict how it will shoot the gun next time.
The lunatics flying over the eaves and walls are not wave fighters who only know how to be cool and handsome. They not only have instant messaging, they can know each other's location, cooperate with each other, or concentrate on a single big job from time to time. There is also a flare gun, which can call for fire support from time to time.
And to cooperate with it is the array of magic cannons arranged outside the battlefield.
The dragon people, as well as the Dalaran mages, have been doing this since they completed the construction of the portal.
The magic cannon array looks like a complex three-dimensional magic array with a large pyrotechnic launcher, which is the kind of fireworks block with many tubes.
Another difference from ordinary magic arrays is that in the air tens of meters above these arrays, there are dense arcane energy clouds, which are constantly tumbling and condensing.
Whenever someone calls for fire support, magic cannons shoot projectiles into the air. After the projectile is shot into the arcane energy cloud, it will not penetrate, but will appear above the head of the target marked by the flare gun, and then fall vertically like a lightning strike, and explode with a bang. Its power is equivalent to that of a 150mm howitzer, plus the damage of holy light.
With this 'head shot', the lunatics have the ability to attack fortifications, or to attack clustered targets.
This kind of troops, this kind of dismissal, naturally made Terenas and the others dumbfounded. Many people felt that they were suddenly enlightened, so the battle can still be fought like this!
In fact, this kind of surprise attack with light equipment, but there is no shortage of tactical systems with heavy firepower and precise strike capabilities, the difficulty of realization is not as great as imagined, mainly due to ideas and concepts. In comparison, the tactics of this world are indeed monotonous and dull, and it feels like fighting an old-fashioned war with high technology.
Naturally, the Scourge on Fenris Island also noticed the array of magic cannons. After all, the glowing clouds of arcane energy in the sky are still very conspicuous.
And the Scourge also had an online IQ, and soon linked it with the 'Holy Light Thunder Cannon' (their name) used by the lunatics.
Faced with such a threat, it is natural to try our best to solve it, otherwise this battle will be impossible to fight. As soon as the soldiers gather, they will be blown up, and if they are scattered, they will not be a sophisticated, well-equipped, and diverse clover guild. Opponents of the Chapter Warriors.
So they sent a few gargoyles and Scourge bats to try to destroy the magic array with plague bombs.
As a result, they ran into the Austromosquito of the Clover Guild and suffered heavy losses.
The air power of the Scourge Tyrannus Division has always been weak. This is because even in this world, if you want to cultivate a large number of air combat units, you need a wide enough blue sky pasture. Simply put, flying also requires connection.
Tyrannus is a latent development, raising a large number of empty beasts, and it is easy to be exposed.
Kane naturally has no troubles in this regard, but he is dismissive of the aerodynamic structure of the world's mainstream air monsters.
In his words: what doesn't fit the shape of a frame that takes full advantage of aerodynamics is made up for by the power of the elements.
This kind of empty beast, which relies half on wings and half on magic, is indeed dazzling, and it also fits the environment of the high magic world, but it is not to Kane's appetite.
Kane believes that the power of elements is not a general constant.
There is no need to go out of this world, there are many areas that lack this kind of power, or are full of repelling elemental power. Therefore, these empty beasts often look mighty and domineering, but in fact the scope of application is very narrow, including giant dragons, there are also This kind of problem.
The elemental power that is conducive to flying is the wind element (qi).
What repels it is the earth element.
However, the earth element is the most widely distributed and the most abundant elemental force in this world, followed by fire, and water is similar to wind.
This makes the empty beasts often encounter the embarrassment that the landing phoenix is not as good as the chicken.
What's more, in Azeroth, the elements are on the side of the Old Gods.
Under such a background, Kane is naturally unwilling to make up his mind and invest energy and production capacity in a product project that has no future and can only be regarded as excessive at best. The cards in his hand lack air combat power, which is also a major reason.
Lack does not mean absence.
Kane is naturally very aware of the importance of air power, so the Aoba Mosquito came into being... ( )