Chapter 299: Field Battle
Dragon Vein Kobolds are different from ordinary Kobolds. They have a lifespan of up to sixty years. Every adult Dragon Vein Kobold is a natural professional, the king of the Kobold tribe, and the foundation for Kiram to gain a foothold in the Orc Empire.
Without this Dragon Vein Kobold unit, even if Kiram became a legend, he would still be an empty commander, unable to establish military exploits, and it would be difficult for him to have prestige in the Orc Army.
The Dragon Vein Kobold tribe in the Orc Kingdom, including the elderly and underage children, only has more than 20,000 people in total.
Although the Kobolds have strong reproductive capacity, it is very difficult for Dragon Vein Kobolds to give birth. In addition to the consumption of war, the Dragon Vein Kobolds can only maintain a population of 20,000 at most, and this is still dependent on Kiram's use of magic to transform and supplement.
The legendary third-level dragon crystal in Kiram's hand can transform 300 Dragon Vein Kobolds every year through magic.
The death and injury of 700 to 800 Dragon Vein Kobolds at one time made Kiram feel extremely sad.
Over the past decade, the army of Harland Territory has used alchemical bombs many times, causing many casualties to the orcs. Kiram and others have also received similar intelligence many times, but he did not take it seriously.
Although the alchemical bomb is powerful, the manufacturing cost is also high. Using hundreds of them at a time will not play a decisive role in the main battle.
This weapon has appeared in the Dawn Plane for thousands of years and is not new at all.
But Kiram never thought that the firepower of Harland Territory would be so fierce?
Thousands of alchemical bombs were invested in a battle and played a very critical role. This is enough to show that Harland Territory has mastered the method of low-cost manufacturing of alchemical bombs and can use this weapon in conventional wars.
This discovery made Kiram feel extremely bad, which means that the war capability of Grant Kingdom will increase by 30%. Coupled with the magic hot air balloon, every battle of the orcs in this direction will become difficult.
At this moment, regret is useless. Casualties have already occurred, and the dead cannot be resurrected.
Kiram can only grit his teeth and order the remaining dragon vein dog-headed people to continue charging.
Seeing that the Dragon Vein Dogman rushed up regardless of casualties, the soldiers of the First Battalion raised their scorching ray guns and fired a volley at the Dragon Vein Dogman.
From last winter to March this year, the Mage Association of Harland Territory and the military industry department worked overtime to produce 500 scorching ray guns, of which 300 were assigned to the First Battalion.
These 300 scorching ray guns were mainly distributed to new recruits.
The scorching ray guns rely on magic crystals for energy, which consumes less magic power of soldiers. Even elementary warrior trainees can consume fighting spirit to fire more than a dozen rounds.
The combat effectiveness of new recruits equipped with this weapon is improved very quickly, and the lethality of long-range projection can be comparable to that of elite veterans with archery level 3 and more than ten years of training.
The First Battalion of Harland Territory already has 500 to 600 veterans with high archery skills. With the addition of 300 new recruits equipped with scorching ray guns, the projection capacity has almost doubled.
The Dragon Vein Dogman suffered extremely heavy casualties in just a few dozen meters.
Howls and screams continued to be heard, and scorching rays hit the Dragon Vein Dogman Army.
Scorching rays are two-ring fire attribute magic, originally known for their destructive power. Even if a third-level professional is hit head-on, it is not easy to defend.
According to the test of the Harland Territory Mage Association, the penetration of this magic exceeds that of a strong bow.
Moreover, being hit by a scorching ray will also carry impact kinetic damage, explosion damage, and magic fire damage. Even a snake-bodied man with thick skin and flesh will lose his life if he is hit by several scorching rays in a row.
Although the Dragon Vein Dogman is much more flexible than the snake-bodied man, his defense ability is still a weakness, and he is not as good as the wild boar man and the minotaur. Moreover, in large-scale battles, speed and agility can hardly play much role.
Three hundred scorching rays are shot at one time. What's the use of your high agility and dodging?
The scorching rays shot out and hit the dragon vein dog-headed men one by one, making a popping sound. In just one or two minutes, Richard smelled the smell of burnt barbecue.
The dog-headed men were attacked by the alchemical bomb, and 700 to 800 people were killed and wounded. Then, facing the long-range projection force led by Harland, the dog-headed men continued to suffer casualties of 500 to 600 people.
Before the hand-to-hand combat, the dog-headed men had suffered more than 1,300 casualties. Such a loss is equivalent to fighting several brutal wars.
After finally approaching the army formation of the first brigade, several backbone squadrons blocked the front. They activated the enchanted armor and the brute force technique was activated instantly.
Most of these backbone soldiers are high-level warrior apprentices. After using the brute force technique, their strength is no weaker than that of professionals in a short period of time. Holding large shields, they struggled to block the fierce attack of the dragon vein dog-headed men.
"Don't panic, don't panic, just like in training, change formation, change formation quickly."
The grassroots officers kept issuing orders to command the recruits using the scorching ray guns.
After more than a year of hard training, it has become the instinct of soldiers to obey orders in battle. Their fear of whip military law is higher than death.
Some people with insufficient willpower will basically be eliminated in the training of new recruits.
Moreover, in the cruel social environment of the Dawn Plane, people with weak willpower cannot survive at all. Especially in the northern border, which faces an orc invasion every three years, there are no weak people here.
Even new recruits with less combat experience can still execute military orders without compromise under the command of veteran officers.
The soldiers using the scorching ray guns changed their formations skillfully, retreated to the two wings of the shield formation, and attacked the dragon vein dog-headed people from the side.
The dragon vein dog-headed people were not careful for a moment, and the scorching rays hit the soft spots on the two wings, causing even more casualties.
The ordinary orc brigade, because of its poor organizational ability, relies entirely on blood courage to fight, and is actually a mob.
The reason why the orcs can fight back and forth with the human army is that they rely on fearlessness, the physical fitness of wild boars, lions, elephants, and werewolves far exceeds that of humans, the number of professionals is far greater than that of human armies, and they rely on the power bonus of bloodline spells.
Even more than two thousand years ago, when the orc empire was dominant, the knights composed of human knights could often defeat the orc army by relying on organizational advantages.
Richard led his troops to fight against the orcs for many years, and it was rare to see the orcs master the military formations skillfully, and it was even more impossible to change the formations in battle.
Orcs always fight with three axes. Sheep-bodied people and dog-headed people act as cannon fodder to test the enemy's firepower. Wild boars, minotaurs and other squadrons charge. When the battle is intense, snake-bodied people and eagle-bodied people are deployed. Special forces are deployed from the ground and the sky. After defeating the enemy, werewolf cavalry pursues.
However, relying on this simple tactic, before the weapons and equipment have an overwhelming advantage, it is enough to compete with the main regular army of the human kingdom.
The second-line legion with average combat effectiveness can't withstand the three-axe attack of the orcs.
The dragon vein dog-headed people have very good organization. After the situation changed, the dragon vein dog-headed people immediately divided into four squadrons to attack the scorching ray gunners on both wings.
The first brigade is equipped with brute force armor and light armor. There are only four squadrons, and only these four squadrons can withstand the orc elite soldiers in hand-to-hand combat. Although the remaining squadrons are also fearless, they can't beat the enemy in terms of combat effectiveness when facing all-professional soldiers.
Because they could not defeat their opponents in melee combat, the scorching ray gunners on both sides could only fire scorching rays while changing their formations and approaching several main squadrons.
Once the dragon vein dog-headed men approached them and got into melee combat, the new recruits of the two squadrons could not withstand the attack of the four squadrons of dragon vein dog-headed men.
After entering the melee, killing the dragon vein dog-headed men became difficult, and the casualties of Harland's soldiers gradually increased.
Richard, Martin and other powerful professionals also took action to kill the dragon vein dog-headed men to relieve the pressure on their comrades around them.
Seeing that the dragon vein dog-headed men were about to break through the formation of the third squadron, the shield formation was torn apart, and more than a dozen veterans holding shields suffered heavy casualties and screamed.
Richard immediately invested eight points of mental power and released a powerful fireball spell. Several large fireballs fell from the sky and suddenly fell into the group of dragon vein dog-headed men. Several violent explosions were heard, and more than twenty dragon vein dog-headed men were killed and injured.
Richard's magic ability has surpassed that of an ordinary nine-ring magician, equivalent to a weakened legendary magician. He released powerful magic that was lethal to ordinary soldiers and low-level professionals.
As soon as he made a move, the offensive of the Kobold Squadron was immediately interrupted, and the reinforcements of the Dragon Vein Kobold Commando were swept away by Richard.
The commander of the third squadron immediately seized the opportunity and launched a fierce attack with the reserve team, killing seven or eight Dragon Vein Kobold Warriors, plugging the gap in the shield formation, and the battle line was once again balanced.
The two sides fought back and forth, and the battle became extremely fierce, and the casualties on both sides became heavier and heavier.
Seeing Richard slaughtering his own people wantonly, Kiram was about to lead his troops to raid and kill this annoying enemy.
Before Kiram could take action, the Warcraft Cavalry Brigade led by Rand finally came to reinforce.
Morgan, the commander of the cavalry brigade, was very decisive and immediately launched a fierce attack on the Dragon Vein Kobold salient.
Just as the four Dragon Vein Kobold squadrons were about to chase the Scorching Ray Soldier, the Warcraft Cavalry Brigade had already arrived.
The Warcraft Cavalry was very fast, and immediately threw alchemical bombs after approaching the Kobolds.
Continuous explosions were heard in the Kobold army, and this terrible explosion made the Dragon Vein Kobolds present extremely fearful and hateful.
According to past experience, ordinary orc armies could not stop the charge of the Warcraft Cavalry.
However, the combat effectiveness of the Dragon Vein Kobolds far exceeded that of ordinary orcs. Even though they were thrown two rounds of alchemical bombs by the Warcraft Cavalry and attacked by magic missiles of four hundred iron-horned horses, the Dragon Vein Kobolds of the four squadrons on the flanks still fought tenaciously.
The Dragon Vein Kobolds were powerful, agile, and had a high accuracy when using javelins. Even though the army had collapsed, they still did not retreat and launched an attack on the enemy.
Even Morgan was stabbed in the abdomen by a Dragon Vein Kobold with a javelin, and almost fell off his horse and died in the battle.
Although the charge was successful this time and the four squadrons of the Dragon Vein Dogheads were defeated, the damage to the Warcraft Cavalry Brigade was not light at all.
Morgan looked around and found that more than a hundred Warcraft Cavalry had fallen off their horses.
Since the formation of the Warcraft Cavalry under Harland, there has never been such a difficult war.
Morgan cut off the spear that pierced his abdomen, and then covered his wound with hemostatic ointment. According to common sense, his injuries should be operated immediately. However, in the cruel battlefield, only after the victory of the war can effective treatment be obtained. At this moment, even if his life is in danger, he can only hold on.
Being in the most intense front line of the battle, it is impossible for the wounded to retreat. Just when Morgan was a little desperate, reinforcements finally came to Harland.
A bright magic lightning came from afar and hit the Dragon Vein Dogman Army in an instant. In the blink of an eye, three or four Dragon Vein Dogman were killed by lightning. Then a bone-piercing ice cone fell from the sky and fiercely nailed a third-level Dragon Vein Dogman to death.
Just after the two spells, a large wave of arrows aimed at the Dragon Vein Dogman Army.
The reinforcements were the Harland Guard Battalion, and the Harland Mage Association also acted with them. It was Sofia and Wendy who just used long-range spells to kill the Dragon Vein Dogman.
This time, the attack in the fog was not only launched by the Harland First Battalion. The entire military station fort garrison almost came out in full force. Even the Grizzlies stationed behind the military station fort also launched a fierce attack.
It’s just that the First Battalion attacked too quickly and too fiercely, and actually attacked the Orcs’ Middle Camp in a short time.
With the arrival of the Warcraft Cavalry and the Guard Battalion, the pressure on the First Battalion was getting lighter and lighter.
By now, the Dragon Vein Dogheads had suffered more than 2,000 casualties, and their fighting spirit had also dropped.
Kiram had a lot of combat experience, and he was not a stubborn person. He found that failure in this battle was inevitable, so he decisively ordered a retreat.
The legendary Doghead led his personal soldiers to launch a surprise attack, rescued the besieged orcs, and then slowly withdrew to the camp.
At this time, the sun had risen to the middle of the sky. Richard roughly estimated that it was already nine o'clock in the morning.
Because the catapult troops were not ready yet, Richard did not intend to attack the orcs' solid camp.
Now the fog has dissipated for the most part, and this surprise attack has been a perfect success.
Because the battle was won and the battlefield was completely controlled, the Harland Territory Field Hospital also began to rescue the wounded with all its strength. Richard's cousin Morgan was a senior commander, and the best doctor performed surgery on him at the first time, successfully saving his life.
Morgan was already a fourth-level knight, with a physical fitness far superior to that of ordinary people. His knight bloodline came from the magical creature Earth Giant Bear, and his vitality was also extremely strong. All these factors combined allowed Morgan to survive successfully, but this time his injuries were quite serious, and Morgan needed at least three months of recuperation to recover.
Hearing that Morgan was safe, Richard also put his worries aside.