305 Beheading of the Orcs
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After Shantali watched for a while, he gave a few instructions to an orangutan messenger behind him, and then the messenger ran away like the back of the mountain.
Behind the hill, the orcs actually cleared a platform, and now on this platform stood hundreds of large trebuchets.
The orcs didn't have Xiao Feng's telescope, and when the battlefield was obscured by thick smoke, it was indeed a good idea for them to come up with such an aerial reconnaissance method.
The most critical thing is that Shantali became very cautious about this war after learning about the failure of the last siege from Tadel.
Especially after learning that there is a powerful human mage in this tribe who can summon thunder and lightning attacks, and can also attract heavenly punishment attacks.
At first, Shantali didn't quite believe Tadel's words, thinking that they were all his excuses for his failure, but later he found several Orc soldiers who had participated in the siege.
After many verifications, he was convinced that Tadel was not telling lies. Even after some understanding, he finally confirmed that this human mage was the main reason why the orcs failed to conquer this human tribe several times.
So the tone he set at the beginning of this war was to capture the thief first, capture the king first, and kill the human mage first, then the remaining humans would be just chickens and dogs.
But how to kill this human mage? After much thought, the only solution was to lure the snake out of its hole!
That's why he arranged the scene this morning. First, he had people light wet branches to create thick smoke on the battlefield, covering the battlefield. Then he sent people to fill in the river, and let the orcs make noise to cause panic among humans.
At the same time, let the golden eagle conduct reconnaissance and positioning in the air. Once he discovers that the human mage is launching an attack, it is his turn to arrange the catapult behind the mountain.
He also summarized the main reason for the failure of that idiot Tadel last time. It was not only because of the human mage, but also partly because Shantali believed that Tadel used the catapult incorrectly.
After arriving at the battlefield yesterday, he has been observing the battlefield. It can be said that the humans on the opposite side are very good at choosing places. The city wall they built happened to guard the narrowest place leading to the Pennivera Peninsula in the south.
There are high mountains on both sides, only the high platform and flat land extending from the foothills of more than 100 meters, and on the left is a large river. They built a city wall on that high platform and flat land to guard the throat of the entire isthmus.
The battlefield in front of the city wall is also very narrow. Even if the orc army attacks, they cannot deploy all their forces on such a small battlefield. In this way, even if they have a numerical advantage, they will not be able to use it.
Therefore, killing the human mages and destroying their city walls has become the key to winning this battle!
But the human mage has a very powerful long-range attack method, so it is very undesirable to confront him head-on. So how to destroy the city wall and complete the purpose of beheading?
After Shantali observed the terrain of the battlefield yesterday, he focused on the remaining veins extending from the foothills 500 meters north of the city wall.
He had people clear a flat area on the north side of the hill last night, and then placed all the catapults here. The distance of 500 meters was not a problem at all for the giant catapults of the orcs.
In this way, the orcs' long-range projection troops can avoid the human shooting blind corner, and they can use the golden eagle correction method in the air to launch projections on the human city walls.
Their first choice this time is the firepower point on the city wall that is constantly spraying fire snakes into the thick smoke. According to the reports of Golden Eagle and Tadel, that should be the launching position of human mages...
Giant stone bombs were put into the net bag of the catapult, and then the experienced catapult operator continued to adjust the projection angle of the catapult and the height of the counterweight through the coordinates sent by the messenger.
and weight to adjust the projection strength.
Finally, with a sudden wave of his hand, the launcher lifted up the sledgehammer and knocked off the counterweight hammer's latch. The counterweight hammer fell vertically and heavily to the ground, and along with it, the swing arm behind it was violently pulled, and instantly raised, the back of the swing arm
The net bag flew high into the sky and was instantly untied. The huge round stone bullets followed the trajectory of the projectile, soared into the air and flew towards the human city wall with a sound of breaking through the air...
Xiao Feng encountered danger on the city wall last time, so when Charisman and Kyle were reinforcing the city wall, they specially made new launching positions for him, and they built several launch positions at once.
This time, several machine gun positions were arranged very solidly. They specially collected granite from the mountains and polished it to build it. Several thick steel plates made by dwarves were also placed above the head, so that the mage could practice and operate inside.
When using magic weapons, the threats on the battlefield will be much smaller.
Originally, they thought that this arrangement was foolproof, but when the giant stone bullets invested by the orcs whizzed past their heads, they were still broken into cold sweats.
Not only Kyle and Charisman were startled, but also Xiao Feng. This time, because the stone bullets thrown by the opponent were very close, his crisis warning did not even have time to call the police.
The stone bullet thrown by the beast had already flown overhead.
Although the orcs have been carefully prepared, the catapult is still a bit rough after all, and they don't know much about mechanics and geometry, so even with careful preparation, the accuracy of the projection cannot reach the thermal level.
The accuracy of weapons can only rely more on the experience of those catapult operators.
Coupled with the thick smoke on the battlefield, those orc projection operators, no matter how experienced they were, could not be as accurate as snipers.
Almost all of the first batch of stone bullets hit the back of the city wall, posing no threat to the people on the wall.
But Xiao Feng was dragged out of the launch position by Kyle and the others, and hid in a stronger tower on the city wall.
"The orc's catapult has formed a straddle attack. We must find him as soon as possible, otherwise the city wall will be destroyed."
No need for these people to say anything, Xiao Feng knew what was going on. These orcs were indeed prepared. Last time they foolishly pushed the catapult into the frontal battlefield to fight them, but Xiao Feng blew up seven of them with cannons.
Bits and pieces.
But this time the orcs learned a lesson. They first covered the battlefield with thick smoke, and then pushed the catapults up to attack. In this way, these catapults became their biggest threat.
You must know that the projection ability of the Orc's catapult is much greater than that of a human catapult. Even if he is standing on a steel city wall under his feet, he will not be able to withstand a few hits from the hundreds of kilograms of stone bullets invested by the Orc.
If the giant stone bomb hits the crowd defending the city wall, the casualties will be even more terrifying, so the first thing they have to do now is to knock out all the orcs' catapults and destroy their long-range strike capabilities.
But where are the orcs' catapults? The battlefield is so thick with smoke that they can't see it at all?
The catapults on the city wall still followed the ruler, and then invested kerosene bombs in the direction of the first moat in the distance. There was already a sea of fire over there.
However, apart from the initial screams, there was no sound after that, and the battlefield fell into an eerie silence.
"Charisman, stop the catapults."
Xiao Feng also realized that something was wrong and quickly called Charles Mann to stop the attack. The catapult on the city wall quickly stopped.
On the entire battlefield, except for the crackling of burning flames, there was no other sound.
At this moment, there were sudden bursts of violent friction and the sound of footsteps coming from the thick smoke in front of the city wall. Xiao Feng immediately waved his hand: "Fire the arrow, and the catapult will shoot according to the second scale."
Although there were no roars of charges on the battlefield, just from the heavy breathing, Xiao Feng knew that the orcs were serious this time, and the God's perspective in his mind had been opened. He could feel that the orcs were
The first moat has been crossed.
He didn't care about the threat of the orcs' catapults. He came to the city wall, took out his machine gun and started shooting.
After the orc catapult attack last time, there was no movement. He knew that the other party must be thinking of knocking him out first, because after he ceased fire, those catapults stopped firing.
But this time, when he came to the city wall again, he was more cautious. He did not stand in a machine gun firing position and fire continuously with heavy machine guns like before.
This time he put on a light machine gun and rotated back and forth between several firing positions on the city wall.
Although the heavy machine gun has strong firepower and good sustainability, it has a disadvantage, that is, it is difficult to move back and forth. But now he doesn't have that problem with the light machine gun.
The second moat is only five to six hundred meters away from the city wall. This distance is not a problem at all for the Deggarev light machine gun.
Another advantage of using this kind of bullet-disc-type light machine gun is that you don't have to worry about the difficulty of controlling the bullet chain when moving back and forth like the RPK light machine gun.
Fierce firepower was sprayed from the city wall again, knocking down the 'cannon fodder' who rushed across the first moat. Because there was no tunnel here, the Orcs' charging troops followed the 'cannon fodder' who were responsible for filling the river in front.
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Once the 'cannon fodder' in front is knocked down or shot down, these orcs will pick up the 'cannon fodder' body, use it as a human shield, and continue to charge forward.
The battle finally began to get intense. When the first wave of Orcs stormtroopers arrived in front of the second moat, they threw the cannon fodder and even the corpses of their companions directly into the river.
Chapter completed!