Chapter 387 Battle of Samba River II
Because the orcs had such a superior strength, the orcs' reconnaissance troops even appeared near Nitburg, shocking the city defense troops stationed at Nitburg three times a day.
Nitburg is about a hundred kilometers away from Military Station No. 10. This attack by the orcs can be described as overwhelming.
The aerial reconnaissance troops led by Harland could see the dense orc army after flying a few kilometers. The total number of orc auxiliaries maintaining the logistics line on the north bank of the Samba River is estimated to be close to one million.
Looking at the orc army camped two kilometers away from the No. 10 Military Station, Richard very decisively asked the artillery unit to open fire and attack. In fact, the orcs had entered the range of the magic crystal cannon a few hours ago. The reason why Richard waited for the orcs to set up camp and opened fire was to set a trap for the orcs and kill the orc soldiers as much as possible.
Eighteen magic crystal cannons were activated instantly, and the shells were accurately fired into the orc camp.
The shells used by the magic crystal cannon are all heavy-duty alchemical bombs, and the explosive power of a shell is somewhat stronger than the standard magic fireball. In addition, the damage range of shell shrapnel is also very large, which can be said to be the nemesis of dense crowds.
The orc army exceeds 100,000, and the camp is dozens of miles apart. Cannonballs can fall into the orc army camp at will. Moreover, compared to trebuchets, magic crystal cannons are more accurate.
As the magic crystal cannon continued to fire, thirty rounds were fired in less than an hour. More than 540 large alchemy bombs hit the orc camp, and before the siege started, the orcs had already lost more than 2,000 people.
Normally, the orc army will usually camp two or three kilometers away from the city. Some brave orc commanders will even camp a few hundred meters away from the city to facilitate the orc army to attack the city.
The distance of two to three kilometers is already far beyond the range of human attack.
The top brass of the orcs never expected that in less than a year, the Dukedom of Harland would actually invent a new weapon. After seeing the power of this magical weapon with their own eyes, some smart officers among the orcs immediately understood that this new type of magic Weapons are enough to change the pattern of war.
The orcs originally planned to besiege the city first, assemble heavy trebuchets, and make preparations to launch an attack, but in the current situation, they could only be beaten and unable to fight back. It takes a day or two to assemble the trebuchet. The orcs only have a few long-range offensive units and cannot fight against the magic crystal cannon.
Harland has been leading the army to operate the northern defense line of the Eagle Mountains for two years and has accumulated a large amount of weapons and equipment. In Castle No. 10 alone, there are 12,000 artillery shells and 30,000 alchemy bombs stored.
There is also an alchemical artillery shell manufacturing workshop in Depot No. 10, which can produce 60 artillery shells every day, which is a great supplement to the front line.
The loss of two thousand people was insignificant for an army of hundreds of thousands, but the current situation of being beaten and unable to fight back gave the orc commander an extremely headache.
If the situation cannot be improved, the orc army will be directly defeated by the eighteen alchemical cannons.
There are only two options in the current situation, either to retreat immediately or to attack immediately.
Failure to prepare for the siege and attacking the enemy's strong fortress is equivalent to wasting soldiers. Even if the orcs are outnumbered, they will only lose their lives.
As a last resort, the orcs could only abandon the repaired camp and prepare to retreat back, out of the range of the magic crystal cannon.
Retreating on the battlefield is a big skill, especially for an army of hundreds of thousands. Organizing a retreat is far more difficult than attacking.
As soon as the orcs decided to retreat, they fell into chaos.
Seeing the appearance of fighter planes, despite the huge gap in strength between the two sides, Richard left 3,000 soldiers to defend the city and personally led the 12,000 defenders of Station 10 to launch a fierce attack.
Seeing Richard leading his troops out of the city, even though his side was defeated, the two legends hidden among the ordinary orcs, the legendary Jackal and Melon La, were extremely happy.
No matter how much ordinary orcs suffer, as long as they can successfully seize the opportunity to kill Richard, their strategic goals can be achieved. If one masters a legendary fourth-level magic item, it can even determine the strategic balance of a governor's region.
"If I can get the legendary fourth-level magic item, my status in the royal court will greatly increase, and I can even compete for the highest position."
Thinking of this, Melonla was also a little excited.
As long as Richard releases the star bomb in the war, once the magic power is severely consumed, a fighting opportunity will come for Melonra and the legendary jackal.
After all, according to the ninth-level giant, the power of the starlight bomb is too terrifying. Even if Melonla has a defensive legendary first-level magic item, he may not be able to save his life if he resists the starlight bomb head-on.
For the orcs, the key to this battle is surprise, to make the orcs' legendary attacks sudden.
Therefore, Melonra and the legendary gnolls were hidden in the ordinary orc brigade.
Melonra is hiding in the ninth brigade of the 48th Orc Legion and is organizing the team to prepare for withdrawal. The legendary Jackal is hiding in the fourth brigade of the 129th Orc Legion. This brigade has been hit many times by magic crystal cannons and is about to collapse.
The apparent commander of this attack was still the ninth-level giant owl. The ninth-level giant owl ordered the commander of the Thirteenth Orc Legion to shoulder the heavy responsibility of ending the attack.
Seeing Richard charging with the Warcraft Cavalry, the Giant Owl Commander hurriedly mobilized the most elite first infantry group of the Thirteenth Legion to form a formation to resist the Warcraft Cavalry.
This brigade, like the first brigade of infantry led by Harland, is the backbone of the orc ace force. There are more than 800 professional officers in a brigade.
Seeing the elite orc soldiers blocking the front, Richard decisively released the starlight bomb. A beam of starlight fell onto the orc army formation, directly destroying the elite orc army behind them.
After defeating the first battalion of the Orcs' Thirteenth Legion, Richard led the Second Warcraft Cavalry Battalion to launch a fierce charge, defeating an Orc battalion on the flank before the infantry decisive battle. Before the two armies broke out in a full-scale war, the Thirteenth Legion lost two battalions, with more than 3,000 casualties.
At the same time, the magic crystal cannons on the No. 10 military station also began to attack the retreating orcs. The cannons were fired continuously, and the fierce artillery fire caused heavy losses to the orcs who were preparing to retreat.
Seeing that Harland's army was so brave, the commander of the Thirteenth Legion of the Orcs hurriedly dispatched the Snake Brigade to protect his own retreat and block the Warcraft Cavalry.
After seeing the magic crystal cannons on the top of the city, the commander of the Orcs immediately understood that this weapon must be the nemesis of the Snake Brigade with average moving speed.
After being equipped with a large number of magic crystal cannons, although the Snake Brigade has strong combat effectiveness, it will inevitably be an eliminated type of soldiers.
The Snake Brigade turned around and prepared to block the Warcraft Cavalry. Richard did not intend to let the Warcraft Cavalry fight with the Snake Man Battalion. If they fought with the Snake Man Battalion, the Warcraft Cavalry would suffer heavy losses.
Richard commanded the Second Battalion of the Warcraft Cavalry to turn around and bypass the Snake Man who was blocking them. They passed through the gap between the two Orc Battalions and prepared to find another opportunity to attack the enemy.
The Snake Man was not good at long-range projection. Although Harland led the Second Battalion of the Warcraft Cavalry to expose the flank, the Snake Man heavy infantry could not seize the opportunity. If the weakness was exposed to the Orc archers, the Second Battalion of the Warcraft Cavalry would have suffered heavy casualties.
The Warcraft Cavalry bypassed the Snake Man, but Harland led the First Battalion in the second echelon of the attack and launched a fierce attack on the Snake Man without hesitation.
The first to take action was the magician who accompanied the infantry. Sofia immediately opened the Starlight Bottle and released 18 steel golems. Under the control of the magician, they fiercely crashed into the Snake Man army.
The steel golems have thick skin and flesh, and their hand-to-hand combat power is a bit stronger than that of the ninth-level knights. Although the number of eighteen steel golems is not large, their impact is already very amazing.
The snake-bodied brigade has only four hundred soldiers, and the military formation they have arranged is not thick. When they were attacked by eighteen steel golems, the casualties were not light.
As soon as the steel golems crashed into the snake-bodied formation, the explosion arrows and alchemical bombs suddenly hit. Harland led the first brigade of archers with more than a hundred people. These people were equipped with fourth-level explosion arrows, and several hundred meters of grenadiers launched an attack.
Although the explosion arrows and alchemical bombs are very powerful, it is difficult to cause damage to the steel golems, but when they hit the snake-bodied people, they are instantly killed and wounded.
After a round of fierce attacks, the snake-bodied brigade has suffered more than half of its casualties and is almost broken.
Because the charge speed is very fast, the long-range attack only lasts for one round. The first squadron, which acts as the attacking arrow, did not hesitate to follow the steel golems to launch a fierce attack on the snake-bodied people from the front.
In a moment, the snake-bodied brigade could no longer hold on.
The 13th Legion is the first trump card of the Grassland Governor's District. This orc legion has been strengthened with three elite soldiers of all professions. In addition to the snake-bodied brigade, there are also half-orc brigade and silver moon wolf cavalry brigade. In addition, the combat effectiveness of the first brigade of this legion is also very strong.
This legion has five or six thousand all-professional troops, which is almost the best soldier in the Grassland Governor's District.
Although the Grassland Governor's District has trained 68 legions, there are only three legions with advanced numbers and combat effectiveness similar to that of the 13th Legion. Among them, the 17th Legion has been surrounded and annihilated by Harland Territory, the 19th Legion is deployed in the Fili Highlands to fight against the elite of the Ryan Kingdom, and the 27th Legion guards the core of the Grassland Governor's District.
The two powerful legions have been transferred to the Eastern Front to fight against Harland Territory, which is enough to show that Harland Territory has become a headache for the Grassland Governor's District.
Unless the orcs can be completely hurt in this battle, it is unknown how many years the war will last.
The 13th Legion, the first trump card of the Prairie Governor's District, had not been fighting with Harland's army for long, but the losses were very heavy. The first battalion was destroyed by the starlight bomb, the sixth battalion was attacked by Harland's Warcraft Cavalry and fell into disarray, and the snake-bodied battalion was attacked by the steel golem and Harland's first battalion, and was slaughtered in a short time.
Without the snake-bodied battalion to cover the rear, the orcs' seventh battalion was the first to bear the brunt. Facing the Harland's first battalion with a strengthened mage regiment, this ordinary orc battalion could not stop it at all. In an instant, it was in a dilemma of disarray.
Seeing this scene, the deputy commander of the 13th Legion, the eighth-level silver wolf, gritted his teeth and led the silver moon wolf cavalry to charge, hoping to attack the flank of Harland's first battalion and contain the enemy.
Seeing the silver moon wolf cavalry jump out, Richard decisively released the second starlight bomb, and a starlight fell on the attack route of the silver moon wolf cavalry. Although the formation of the silver moon wolf cavalry was scattered, more than half of them died. Even the eighth-level silver wolf was unlucky and died on the spot.
Seeing the Silver Moon Wolf Cavalry being crushed by the Starlight Bomb, Richard immediately led the Second Battalion of the Warcraft Cavalry to harvest heads. Caught off guard, only a few of the remaining Silver Moon Wolf Cavalry escaped.
After seeing the power of the Starlight Bomb twice, both the Legendary Jackal and Melonla were shocked.
According to the information held by the Ninth-level Giant Owl, Richard can release three Starlight Bombs in one battle. The Legendary Jackal and Melonla decided to wait in tacit understanding. After Richard exhausted his magic power, they launched a surprise attack.
The Silver Moon Wolf Cavalry was annihilated by Harland's army. The fate of the Seventh Battalion of the Orcs was doomed and was crushed by Harland's First Battalion in a short time.
At this moment, five battalions of the orc rear guard had collapsed, and three of them were strong orc soldiers.
When the battle reached here, Harland led the follow-up troops to catch up and fight with the orc rear guard.
The last elite half-orc battalion of the Orc Thirteenth Legion also launched an attack, and countless strong bows and sharp arrows shot at the soldiers of the first battalion.
The half-orcs are powerful and specialize in archery. Among the more than 2,000 soldiers in this battalion, there are more than a thousand with archery levels above the third level. With excellent archery and powerful strength, the attack power of the half-orc archers is very amazing.
Seeing the rain of arrows coming, the officers of the first battalion raised the force field shields one after another, and the magician also released the second ring magic protection arrows to support the magic shield to protect the nearby soldiers.
Although the soldiers of the first battalion were well-equipped, they were still injured by this round of arrow rain. More than a hundred people were injured. Even though the soldiers of the First Battalion had learned the breathing method, they did not have enough fighting spirit to support the shield. Ordinary iron shields could not stop the strong bows and crossbows of the Orcs. Even if they wore iron armor, they would be seriously injured and killed if they were shot by the Orcs.
Seeing that the Orc archers were so lethal, Sophia, who commanded the First Battalion, immediately ordered the Iron Golem to go out. The Iron Golem burst into light and its speed increased several times in an instant. It appeared near the Orc Battalion in an instant.
Although the Iron Golem was huge and heavy, it did not move very fast under normal conditions. Although it was faster than the Snake Battalion and ordinary infantry, it could not catch up with the elite soldiers of all professions. However, this high-level magic creation, with the four-ring magic engraved inside, could make up for its shortcomings to a large extent.
After using this magic, the Iron Golem's burst speed was no less than that of the Warcraft cavalry running at full speed.
Seeing that the Iron Golem was about to break into the Orc army, more than a dozen strong men suddenly rushed out from the Orcs. These orcs were all high-level professionals, and their races were also different. A dozen orc warriors took action and stopped most of the iron golems. Only a few rushed into the formation of the orc brigade, unable to disrupt the orc brigade's formation.