Chronicles of Ryan the Wizard Chapter 116: The Royal Observatory of the Decisive Battle (5)
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Soon, the orc's vanguard forces, after paying a certain amount of casualties, broke into the temporary line of human defense. The human warrior emerged from the makeshift shelter where he was hiding, armed with weapons such as longs, swords, and shields, and began to fight the orcs. In the battle with the orcs for such a long time, humans have also found out a lot of things about the orcs. When the two sides are in short-term combat, the best way for humans to fight is to form a multi-level defense system with teams as units. Power to stop the orcs.
A squad in a human army is generally 50 people. The fighters with long swords and shields are in the first and second rows, and the long fighters are in the third and fourth rows. If there are archers, then In the last row. In this way, the sword and shield warrior in front can block the attack of the orcs, and then rely on the three-meter-long iron in the hands of the long warriors behind to attack the orcs.
The battle of the orcs mainly relies on personal force. Even those fighters of the Wild Bear clan who have undergone rigorous military training and are able to cooperate in an organized manner cannot fundamentally change this phenomenon. There are two main reasons for this. One is that the overall population of the orcs is far less than that of humans, and the combat power of individuals far exceeds that of humans, so they must rely on their personal combat power to fight. The other is that the life of the orcs is difficult. If they want to change the future of themselves and their family, they must rely on their military merits on the battlefield, and the only way they can calculate their military merits is the enemy's first rank.
This has certainly caused the orc warriors to fight for the first place courageously when fighting, but it also fundamentally prevented them from forming a whole like human beings and relying on collective strength to survive. Since the rise of mankind on the mainland, it has been destined that this race must rely on collective power to survive. Whether it is facing ancient giant beasts or other humanoid races, mankind ultimately relies on their united strength.
The central square, which was originally used for grand ceremonies, has now become a huge battlefield. Humans and orcs have invested more than 500,000 troops in a decisive battle here. The majestic royal observatory has experienced the establishment of the country with the participation of millions of people by Fernando I, and the coronation and wedding ceremonies of more than ten emperors of the Holy Alliance Empire. Now, it has witnessed another human being to survive. And the tragic battle.
When the humans and the orcs met in hand, the stone dumpers on both sides began to extend the shooting range back to avoid accidentally injuring their own people. Now that humans have temporary shelters, they are not susceptible to attacks by orcs. If the orcs want to break into the central square, they must pass through the fixed roads in the surrounding blocks. It is the target of the human drappers to attack. As long as the human rock dumper adjusts the angle and strength of its throwing, it can easily smash a hundred kilograms of stone bullets on the top of the orcs, so that the orcs' follow-up troops cannot comfortably support the front operations.
The offensive of the orcs was very fierce. When they prepared for this battle long enough, the Beast Emperor used his 20,000 descendants and 30,000 elites from other clans as attack arrows to forcefully enter the defensive positions of humans. It quickly broke through the first line of human positions in that area. On the other hand, the commander of the humans, Orlando, responded. On the one hand, human beings resisted on the spot by the troops in the area where the orcs had broken through. They had to be bright and not allowed to retreat. At the same time, they transferred tens of thousands of elites to the forward position and began to strengthen the second line. The thickness of the third line of defense, on the other hand, launched a quick attack from the two directions of the orc's intrusion part, trying to intercept the orc army that entered its position.
The focus of this battle came together in two places at once. If the orcs break the existing human defense line before the completion of the subsequent human defense line, it will directly threaten the safety of the royal observatory, and once humans can successfully This army of orcs is divided and surrounded, which means that this elite army of more than 40,000 orcs can be encircled and annihilated, which is almost one-third of the strength of the orcs to launch this battle.
"Hurry up!" The Jonas Legion Commander gave a loud order. The area where his Jonas Legion was ordered to garrison is the north of the Royal Observatory and the shortest route for the orcs to reach the human command center. The orcs launched a fierce attack on this place, which made Jonas both happy and worried.
Fortunately, the Jonas Legion returned to the imperial capital dingy from the Thor Fortress, and it did not miss others' eyes behind it. Now I finally have a perfect opportunity to prove to others that the failure of Thor Fortress is not their fault. , But because of the rape. The worry is that the orcs’ offensive is extremely sharp. Compared with their attack intensity under the walls of Thor’s Fortress, they are two different armies. However, in more than 30 minutes, the line of defense of Jonas’s legion was broken. 500 meters, if the opponent breaks through 500 meters, he will completely break through his defense line and directly face the Royal Observatory. If the orcs break through their defense zone easily this time, then the Jonas Legion will never have a chance to wash away their shame, so Jonas did not hesitate to send his own reserve team and mobilize all the ballistas. Fully intercept orc attacks.
The human ballista has a sturdy bracket. The main beam is placed on the bracket. Both sides of the front end are the crossbow arms. The ends of the crossbow arms are connected to the bowstring. The end of the main beam is equipped with a winch. The user can operate this winch. Pull the bowstring back. The ballista is different from the drapery in that it can hit the target quite accurately, so it has very high requirements for the ballista used. The unqualified quality of the ballista will definitely affect the accuracy of the launch.
After the ballista is launched, the crossbow can shoot hundreds of meters away under the elastic force of the bowstring. A straight-line crossbow can penetrate all objects in its flight path. As long as the launching direction is grasped, a crossbow can be worn three or four. An orc is also very normal, and the bronze shield in the orc's hand can't stop such a terrifying power at all.
Under the repeated bombardment of dozens of ballistas, the orcs were still approaching Jonas’s line of defense step by step. During the time when the orcs were fighting with humans, they naturally also learned about the human situation and knew that the power of the human ballistas was amazing, but this kind of ballistas had a fatal flaw, that is, its ballistic trajectory was linear. In other words, as long as you crawl on the ground, you don’t have to worry too much about being pierced by the crossbow. Although crawling on the ground is very shameless, compared with his own fate, the orcs know how to choose no matter how stupid they are.
Since originally, according to the corresponding rules, Jonas, as the commander of the army, should not be on the front line, but now, at this time, Jonas is standing in the direction of the main attack of the orcs, which greatly stimulated the morale of his men. . Jonas watched the orcs approaching him step by step, and Jonas roared loudly, letting his men speed up the release of the ballista. At the same time, Jonas kept deploying troops to strengthen his line of defense, and be sure to suppress the orcs' offensive. However, in Jonas’s heart, he naturally missed the short time he was fighting with Ryan in Thor’s Fortress. No matter how fast the orc offensive, as long as Ryan takes action, the flames in the sky will ruthlessly crush the orc’s body and lift the line of defense. crisis.
"Unfortunately, Ryan is now protecting Queen Catherine. If he can be here, what should I worry about?" Jonas said to himself silently in his heart. As the commander of the army, Jonas, of course, understands Luke’s intention to arrange for Ryan to protect Catherine. In such a chaotic scene, with Ryan’s record in Thor Fortress, I’m afraid he will definitely be in the most dangerous front line. In case of any accident, what about Ryan's female Faras?
Queen Catherine’s side is currently the safest place for mankind. In fact, even if Ryan does not protect Catherine, Catherine will never do anything, because most of the best magicians in the empire are royal magicians, and royal magic The elite of the division will definitely be by the side of the ruler of the empire. There are more than a dozen powerful magicians who have opened the magic defensive array of the royal observatory to protect Catherine. Unless the orcs attack Catherine and consume all the vital power on the human side, they will not have a chance to touch Catherine.
And Jonas also guessed Luke's other intentions. As a soldier, he has the responsibility of defending the land. Even if the imperial capital falls, he must fight hard without getting orders. And Luke asked Ryan and the others to protect Catherine as a mercenary. If the mercenary finds that the task is too difficult when executing the task, he can give up. Although it will pay a high price, it will not die. Of course Jonas would not talk nonsense about this. He believed that Ryan was not the kind of person who was afraid of life and death, but it was always right for Luke to make some complete plans for his daughter.
"Quickly, the dump truck is ready to launch!" Jonas watched the scene of the orcs using the bunker to advance slowly, and suddenly moved in his heart, calling out the order loudly. Beside him, a messenger asked suspiciously: "The orcs are too close to attack, and they are behind the bunker." Jonas said casually, "Idiot, you let them use a few kilograms of small stone bullets, load a dozen at a time, and launch them all at once. , Remember, use the smallest range!"
"Understood!" The messenger agreed loudly, and then quickly passed on Jonas's order.
Soon, the long-awaited human stone dumplings started preparing for launch. Such small stones of a few kilograms are not difficult to find. Anyway, it is not a so-called art, and there is no need to guarantee their size. Even if you smash the boulders directly, you can get enough quantity.