Chapter 218: Annihilation Battle 2

Because the trajectory can be calculated, the accuracy of the catapult is relatively accurate.

The rhythm of the catapult is very stable. In just one or two minutes, sixty alchemical bombs were thrown out.

The alchemical bombs continued to explode around the snake-bodied people, and the splashing shrapnel flew everywhere, sweeping down the nearby snake-bodied people.

Although there was no statistical data, the casualties of the snake-bodied people were not light, with 20 to 30 casualties, about one-fifth of the personnel reduction.

The serious casualties made the snake-bodied people furious. They sped up and broke through the range of the catapult.

In just one minute, they arrived 200 meters away from the camp.

Just when the snake-bodied people were preparing to launch the final charge, Butler, who commanded the catapult, recalculated the trajectory, adjusted the counterweight, and marked the range between 150 meters and 200 meters.

At Butler's command, the catapult once again threw out the alchemical bomb.

The alchemical bomb exploded again in the snake-body army, and the smoke rose slowly. The snake-body people once again suffered serious casualties.

After being hit by alchemical bombs continuously, the snake-body people finally felt a little fear. They roared madly, used all their strength to move forward quickly, and finally rushed out of the range of the catapult.

The snake-body people were less than 100 meters away from the battle line. With such a short distance, it only took dozens of seconds to rush to the front of the formation.

In such a short time, Butler had no time to calculate the trajectory and adjust the counterweight.

There were only about 120 snake-body heavy infantrymen. After two rounds of attacks by catapults, the casualties had exceeded 50, and the number of casualties was nearly half.

Looking at the companions who died tragically around them, the scene was tragic, shocking, but also terrifying.

The remaining snake-body people roared hard and rushed to the front of the line.

Facing the impact of the snake-body people, the veterans were not panicked. They took out the alchemical bombs from their waists and threw them accurately into the snake-body formation.

The veterans of Harland Territory are not only excellent archers, but also qualified grenadiers.

Although the alchemical bomb weighs two kilograms, the veterans can easily throw it sixty meters away with extraordinary accuracy.

Among the more than four thousand soldiers in Harland Territory, only more than a thousand recruits have been trained for just one year. Although the recruits have excellent equipment and complete training, no matter how well they are trained, they are still recruits. They have not experienced the pressure of the battlefield. The experience difference between them and the veterans will never be surpassed.

In order to reduce the impact in this regard, in addition to the three backbone forces of the first squadron, the second squadron, and the third squadron, Richard tried his best to mix the recruits with the veterans.

However, only after several hard battles and the test of blood and fire can one survive the recruit period and become a qualified soldier.

The snake-bodied people entered the range of the grenadiers and ushered in another reduction in personnel.

This time, there were more casualties. In just a few dozen meters, thirty or forty snake-bodied people had fallen.

The snake-bodied officer looked at his companions and found that less than a quarter of the soldiers rushed out.

As soon as the snake-bodied people appeared in front of the two armies, the Warcraft Cavalry immediately launched a surprise attack from the flank. In just one or two minutes, the Warcraft Cavalry rushed several hundred meters away.

In three years, the number of Warcraft Cavalry in Harland Territory has exceeded one hundred, and there are more than forty professional officers.

After nine years of struggle, the combat effectiveness of the Warcraft Cavalry in Richard's hands has surpassed that of Baron Harden's Knights.

The Warcraft Cavalry attacked from the flank of the snake-bodied people and fired a round of magic missiles.

Hundreds of magic missiles exploded on the back of the snake-bodied people. Although they also affected their own personnel, the losses of the snake-bodied people were even more severe, with more than twenty casualties.

The continuous attacks almost completely wiped out the snake-bodied squadron.

Fear finally overwhelmed everything. The remaining dozen or so snake-bodied people wanted to escape, but were targeted by the Warcraft Cavalry and died under the arrows.

After consuming two hundred alchemical bombs and with the cooperation of the Warcraft Cavalry, the Harland Territory army wiped out the snake-bodied people with relatively small casualties.

Duram was terrified when he saw this scene.

There are two all-professional armies in the orc army, the first is the snake-body heavy infantry, and the second is the harpy scouts.

Now the snake-body heavy infantry has been annihilated, and the harpy is not good at attacking.

Besides, there is no shortage of sharpshooters in the Harland territory, and the harpy dare not support the battle at low altitude.

Seeing that the Warcraft cavalry rushed to the orc flank again and defeated an orc squadron with great force, Duram knew that the failure of this battle was inevitable.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Duram immediately ordered a retreat and ordered the orcs to go into the woods.

If they could get into the jungle, it would be inconvenient for human soldiers to catch up, and they could do their best to preserve their living forces, gather the defeated soldiers, and continue to fight with humans.

There was still a wilderness outside the military station, and the forest was less than one kilometer away from the battlefield.

But this one kilometer distance became the death road for the orcs, and the number of orcs who fell on this road exceeded two thousand.

Durram fled very quickly, but Richard had already set his sights on him.

Richard pulled the longbow, and the front end of the longbow rolled up a cyclone. The enchanted arrow on the bowstring was blessed by magic and shone with a hint of luster.

Then the bowstring loosened, and the enchanted arrow cut through the air with a sharp whistle, and shot Durram in the back a moment later.

Durram wanted to escape, exposing his back to Richard, and was attacked by Richard without being prepared. An arrow pierced his heart, and the powerful kinetic energy directly brought Durram to the ground.

Severe pain came, and Duram immediately broke the arrow shaft and pulled it out from his body. The orc shaman beside him hurriedly used healing techniques to stop Duram's bleeding.

Of course, such a heavyweight target as Durham is not only targeted by Richard.

Thoros, who commanded the Warcraft cavalry to chase down the defeated orcs and wanted to be knighted, also raised his bow and arrow, aimed at Duram and shot an arrow.

Hearing the whistling of the arrows, Duram did not dare to neglect this time. Seeing the arrows shooting towards his neck, he had no time to dodge and grabbed a scapegoat to block him.

After escaping the fatal danger, Dulam took a closer look and suddenly felt a sense of regret in his heart.

It turned out that the person he pulled to block the arrows as a scapegoat was the orc shaman who had saved him twice.

Seeing that the forest was not far away, Duram pushed the orc shaman away and ran away.

Just as Duram ran to the edge of the forest, Richard raised the lightning staff again and released the four-ring magic lightning technique.

The lightning attack was extremely fast and instantly hit Duram in the back of the heart.

This time, Richard increased his magic power and invested fifteen points of mental power at once. With the blessing of the thunder staff, the power of this spell has exceeded the ninth level, which is equivalent to a weakened legendary thunder magic.

Being hit by a powerful lightning spell, Duram died on the spot, and his body was scorched black by the electricity, as if struck by lightning.

Duram is an eighth-level orc. His head can be exchanged for five great merits, which is equivalent to half a barony. It is quite valuable.

After this battle, together with the heads of the orc professionals, the Harland family's meritorious service was enough to be granted a new barony.

After driving the orcs into the forest, Richard did not let the soldiers enter the forest to pursue them.

Orcs are good at close combat. Once you enter the forest, the lethality of bows, arrows, and alchemy bombs will be greatly reduced. You need to engage in guerrilla warfare and close combat with the orcs.

The soldiers of Harland Territory are good at positional warfare and regular warfare. When fighting orcs in the jungle, they undoubtedly use their own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strengths. The casualty exchange ratio is very uneconomical.

There are also soldiers who are good at jungle warfare in Harland's territory, including the demon hunting team members who have entered the Eagle Mountains many times to hunt magical beasts. But these people are all elites drawn from the main forces. Letting the demon hunting team hunt down the remaining orcs will affect the subsequent battle.

After defeating the orcs, the soldiers began to clean the battlefield and treat the wounded.

"Have the casualties of each army been counted?"

"Two Warcraft cavalrymen were killed and seven were lightly or seriously wounded. Eleven ordinary cavalry were killed and twenty-three were lightly or seriously wounded. Thirteen people from the cavalry brigade were killed and thirty were wounded.

The First Battalion had nineteen killed and fifty-seven wounded, the Second Battalion had sixteen killed and forty-one wounded, the Third Battalion had thirty-two killed and eighty-six wounded, and the Fourth Battalion had twenty-seven killed and fifty-nine wounded. The casualties of the reconnaissance squadron and the guard squadron were relatively light, with the total casualties not exceeding twenty. "

Hearing the report from the combat staff, Richard nodded and secretly estimated in his mind: "In total, the losses in this battle were 400 and no more than 120 were killed. It can be considered a beautiful victory."

"Have the results been tallied?"

The combat staff officer replied: "According to the statistics, we annihilated more than 4,000 orc troops in this battle, cut off 2,900 orc heads, and captured 1,200 orc prisoners. We killed 200 orc professionals. Sixty-eight, sixteen orc professionals were captured.”

"We will make statistics to see if there are any orc prisoners needed by the Grant Mage Association, then treat them and send them to the capital to exchange for resources. Except for the satyrs who keep the orc prisoners for grazing, the remaining orc prisoners that the capital does not want will be sent to the mines. "

After cleaning the battlefield and counting the casualties, Richard arranged for the Third Battalion to separate two squadrons to garrison the depot, and one squadron to escort the wounded back to Fort William.

Then they assembled eighteen infantry squadrons, five cavalry squadrons, and more than 3,500 soldiers to march eastward, along the valley in the northern area of ​​​​Graveson, and together with the aristocratic coalition led by Viscount Romen, surrounded and annihilated the two villages in this area. A large group of orcs.

The coalition of nobles led by Viscount Luomen numbered about three thousand.

Although the equipment and combat effectiveness of this coalition of nobles are not as good as those of the Harland territorial army, their combat effectiveness is also considerable.

Most of the nobles in northern Xinjiang have rich war experience and are very willing to invest in military power.

The 3,000-strong noble coalition has more than 200 pieces of enchanted armor. Although its combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the main army, it is much stronger than the second-line army.

Moreover, Viscount Luomen is well-known in the Gedda Province and can be said to be brave and good at fighting.