Chapter 539 Goliath Siege
January 27, 5.
The lords who had prepared the eastern defense line passed through the very short buffer zone in the center of the defense line and launched an offensive against the Goliath Knights.
The assault force led by three hundred well-dressed lords arrived at the main city of the Goliath Knights under the cover of night. These people never dreamed that the first wave of attacks they encountered would come from the east.
The first wave of expeditionary troops on the eastern defense line were directly thrown into the battlefield after completing their own training and reorganization. They received support from the 'forces' in the sky.
Explosives and light infantry weapons support from Standard Mining.
There is also the ‘Form Catalyst’ provided by the Round Island Alliance.
The conditions offered by these two cloud forces to the ground lords are very simple. They want resources... and the right to develop resources.
In exchange, they would support the land lords in winning the war.
The Round Island Alliance thought for a long time about which side to bet on, and finally made the final decision when they saw the staff of Standard Mining in the conference room. They decided to bet on the eastern defense line with Ji Lin.
The argument is over, they believe in the eyes of their enemies.
Ji Lin doesn't care about this, and he won't change his bet because of it.
One code equals one code.
It's just that the support fleet will stagger the order of their support to avoid everyone being embarrassed together.
None of this has anything to do with people on earth, at least not yet.
"Let me tell you the bad news first. We are divided into the trapped camp."
Gao Yu sighed and raised the attack plan he had just received towards the two fellow villagers he met on the road.
Humans, undead, elves.
Three unrelated forces formed a simple fighting group, and most of the lords also formed fighting groups of three.
Cover each other and support each other to make up for the shortcomings in their strength and army.
A month's recovery period is too short.
"What is trapped in the camp?" Undead Lord Hui Xia raised his hand.
"It means we have to rush forward to die in the first round." Elf Lord Li Xiangyan replied concisely.
Gao Yu glanced at Li Xiang and agreed with his explanation.
Those who fall into the camp are those who rush forward to die in the first round.
"The heavy artillery bombardment did not go very smoothly. The bastion built by these European turtles was too hard. We had to rush up and break through the wall. Before these European barbarians could react, we blew a gap in the entire city wall."
Gao Yu pointed to the bunker in the distance. The expeditionary force's large-caliber mortar bombarded a corner of the bastion where the Goliath Knights were located, but it did not completely destroy the firepower fulcrum on the wall.
This is very troublesome. If the opponent recovers and controls the city wall, it can effectively curb the expeditionary force's offensive.
"Can't the behemoth army help us clear the way? I remember that there are Chimera and Corrupted Leviathan in the army." Hui Xia raised his hand again.
"Good question. The behemoths are the personal property of the lords in the rear. They can't put these things into the battlefield until we kill the heavy artillery on the city wall." Gao Yu said, "Enough with the bad news, here's some good news."
The cavalry following him stopped and unloaded a large number of long wooden boxes to the ground.
"Fixed-loading rifles and several boxes of 10-kilogram explosives. Send them out. We have half an hour to prepare for the attack."
Hui Xia and Li Xiang's eyes widened.
The only advantage of being trapped in the camp is that you can get pretty good weapons, such as this single-shot rifle that uses fixed ammunition.
For a single-shot rifle that does not require complex mechanical structure, the most valuable part is the rifled barrel.
A factory under Ji Lin can produce a thousand pieces a day, and a simple production of 30,000 pieces a month.
After using rubber to improve air tightness, it also has good accuracy at medium and long distances.
Gao Yu pulled out a shiny single-shot rifle, held it in his hand, and whistled.
This thing is much easier to use than any rune sword.
"Hui Xia, let your undead cavalry be loaded with explosives and rely on you to break the wall. Li Xiang, have your eagle cavalry be ready and help us suppress the enemies on the wall at low altitude."
My heavy cavalry is responsible for attracting your attention and undertaking the task of frontal attack and breakthrough.
All three lords have mobile cavalry.
There are not many in number, only 400 mixed cavalry in total, the least of which is Hui Xia's Death Horror heavy cavalry, fifty heavy cavalry... This kind of fearless skeleton cavalry can ignore most projectiles while being able to Release a halo of desolation to pierce the enemy formation.
"Oh, by the way, Hui Xia, can the fire in your undead body be used to light explosive packets?" Gao Yu asked.
"Yes, I will find a way." Hui Xia nodded and replied.
The undead cavalry has an advantage that no other cavalry has. It can be micro-controlled by the lord. When it is full of explosives, it can be controlled by the lord to blast specific targets at any time.
Use cavalry to carry explosives to attack the city wall and open a gap for the follow-up troops.
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Inside the Goliath Knights.
The officer wearing a dark blue and black military uniform was roaring loudly, urging the new lords who had just been recruited in the camp to take action: "The son-of-a-bitch Khitans are attacking at night. This is our base, give them some color!"
While he was swearing, he kept moving his hand with the other hand.
"If you don't use armor, it's useless for you to wear armor! If you can use a flintlock rifle, go to the left to get the musket. If you don't know how to use the flintlock, go to the right to get the standard rune crossbow. If you can't use the flintlock rifle, go to the front and use your own weapons. I'll hold on!"
They really didn't expect to be attacked from the east, but they didn't plan to just raise their hands and surrender.
John took the rune crossbow issued by the quartermaster and the twelve sets of crossbow arrows.
The standard crossbows produced by the Goliath Knights are much better than the weapons made by John himself. John is somewhat satisfied with his decision to join the Goliath Knights.
This was his first time participating in a large-scale battle, and he was very excited.
"Beat those Khitans!"
He shouted, causing a roar of cheers, and even the others' blood boiled with excitement.
The siege defense battle that John imagined was that he led his troops to rain down arrows on the wall.
"Okay, you are very energetic! Now pick up your weapons and go to the southeast wall immediately. The defensive battle is a good time for you to perform! Come on up to me and keep them out!"
The officer laughed and cursed.
John was in this excited mood until he saw the southeast wall pointed by the officer. The entire wall collapsed into dust amidst the explosion.
Only then did he realize that something was slightly wrong.
He saw the heavy cavalry burning with pale flames rushing into the ranks that were still preparing along the collapsed city wall after the wall was broken.
The undead cavalry holding heavy guns screamed hoarsely, and a rotten desolation spread out around them, and the skin of the ordinary soldiers who avoided them began to fester.
"It's the Undead Heavy Cavalry! Formation! Formation!"
A blond and blue-eyed lord directed his troops to unite and use a spear formation to stop the charge of the undead cavalry.
The best way to resist heavy cavalry is to form a formation.
Group together?
The sudden burst of flames rose with a sound that could tear eardrums. The instantaneous shock wave enveloped the broken spear tip and turned into a rainstorm of pear blossoms, sweeping across the garrisoned Goliath Knights in an arc.
No one thought that these undead heavy horsemen also had explosives hanging on them.
"It's cool, 100 kilograms of explosives are opening the way! Damn it! This is the battlefield!"
The heavy cavalry wearing black armor followed the undead heavy cavalry and rushed into the inside of the wall. Gao Yu laughed loudly with a rifle on his back and a long spear.
"Khitan people?"
John shouted, raising the strung rune crossbow in his hand and pointing it at the heavy cavalry rushing into the formation.
"How many times have I told you, I am not a Khitan, a European barbarian...go back to your hometown."
The big man cursed, raised his knife and cut John in half.
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