Heart of Empire Chapter 342: Dempsey’s troubles

Twelve cannons, in fact, this is not the limit that Dane can use. [No pop-up novel website] In his White Wolf Fort, there is an entire artillery workshop. It's just that these ordinary alchemy cannons produced by the artillery workshop are not very practical in war. He also did a special test, no need to be high, as long as there is a sixth-level priest, he can completely block a cannon three times with the protection magic.

Damn it, artillery is poor in maneuverability, difficult to load, and limited in aiming. It might be okay to bombard unprotected units, but in a relatively high-end battlefield, the effect it can play is really not strong.

Therefore, although Dane also prepared some artillery in the army, he didn't actually equip too much. Many of the output of the artillery workshop were used to arm ships and sold. Moreover, to be honest, the sales of artillery is actually mediocre, and many warlords actually don't want to buy it. Those who are really willing to buy are also those who are engaged in maritime business.

After all, the ocean is where a weapon like artillery can really exert its power.

Of course, artillery is really not that useful in field battles, but it is still a good weapon against city walls and gates when attacking a city, at least it is less reliable than aiming The trebuchet is stronger.

As for Tiedinggang, which lacks countermeasures, it is really a disaster.

The bombardment lasted almost an afternoon, and the not-so-strong city wall of Tiedinggang was riddled with holes. There are several sections of the city wall that have been heavily attacked, as well as the city gates that were originally the focus of the attack, even a little bit crumbling.

In Tiedinggang City, which has been beaten all day, it can be said that people are panicking.

Dempsey, the newly appointed Overseer of Iron Ding Hill, sat in his seat full of sorrow, scratching his hair. His haircut had already become Mediterranean, and if he continued to worry about it like this, he might become bald before the city of Tiedinggang was destroyed.

But how can he care about his hair now? If Tiedinggang can be kept, even if he is immediately bald, he will not hesitate.

Unfortunately not.

Every time he heard the sound of the thundering artillery, his heart would tremble.

"Master Overseer, let's withdraw." The condition of the staff officer next to him was not much better than him.

"Withdraw?" Dempsey smiled wryly, "Why don't I want to withdraw..."

He did have the idea of ​​retreating, but he didn't dare.

He is a veteran. Compared with the aggressive and adventurous former warlord, the newly appointed him is much calmer in commanding the army. Dempsey was quite unhappy with some of Gusha's choices when he was in office. Especially a few months ago, when he participated in the battle between Malone and Dane, he chose such an aggressive method in an attempt to wipe out Dane's main force in one fell swoop, but he failed, and the troops he brought were all The army was wiped out.

It's really a model of death.

He just wanted to die, but left this mess for himself.

In the months since he took office, Dempsey has been worried. The more he learned about Dane's strength, the more uneasy he felt. Desperately complained to Governor Kangli, asked for more support and more troops, and finally overthrew Governor Kangli, promised to increase his troops, and first sent him a squadron of bat cavalry, which satisfied him.

But who knows, reinforcements are still on the way, and there will be drastic changes in the north.

When news came from within Governor Conley's forces that he was going to attack Ice Cave City, Dempsey knew that the battle for Iron Spike Hill was about to begin. He felt that no matter how stupid Dane was, he couldn't remain indifferent at this time. At the same time, he also received an order from Governor Conley: No matter what, stick to Iron Nail Hill!

He counted with his fingers, and within a few days, the Batrider Squadron had already arrived. The formation of the air cavalry is different from that of the ground troops. The number of air cavalry is half as small, and there are only thirty air cavalry in a squadron. Although this number is not large, Dempsey understands how important the air cavalry will be in a war.

In this case, it shouldn't be difficult to hold on for a week, right?

In a week's time, a reinforcement force of 3,000 soldiers will arrive from the direction of Cinderella for a while, so that the task of defending the city will not be so difficult. He was sure, with 6,000 regular troops in hand, plus some cannon fodder temporarily recruited, he was sure that he could play with Dane. Even if you can't fight, at least you can hold on for a little longer. When the time comes, the situation on your side will be tight. If you want to come to the Governor's side, you won't ignore it. There will definitely be further support.

From this point of view, Dempsey is ready for a protracted battle with Dane.

But who knew that before the official battle started, the Bat Squadron that I relied on had almost been wiped out?

After hearing that they used six griffins to wipe out the entire squadron of bat cavalry on his side, he stared at the few cavalry who were still alive after the disastrous defeat, and was stunned for a long time.

Before that, he had heard that Dane was forming his own air cavalry—the griffins that often flew up over the White Wolf Castle recently, and he couldn't hide it even if he wanted to. However, Dempsey didn't worry about this. Griffin cavalry, although well-known, are notoriously difficult to train and cost a lot of money. He didn't think that this kind of arms could be trained quickly.

Result~IndoMTL.com~ How long is it? a month? This cavalry has already become an army?

Six, the number should not be many, right? But this combat power is too strong!

He had heard that the griffin was powerful, but he had never seen it with his own eyes. In his impression, it was a kind of unit that was more powerful than the sword falcon cavalry of Governor Oze, but it was also limited. Six killed thirty, this ratio is too exaggerated!

Now, he really doesn't know how to defend the city. They have cannons, but I only have bed crossbows, and I have no countermeasures; the sky that I thought I could control is now the world of those five griffins. My bat cavalry dare not even take off during the day, so I guess they can only fly at night. He sneaked out secretly, but he could only pass on messages, and he was afraid of being caught and unable to come back when he was doing investigations.

This city cannot be defended!

As a veteran, why can't he see that his side is not superior in all aspects, and this battle is really a win-win situation. He really wanted to retreat.

But thinking about the military order issued in front of Governor Kangli before coming to Tiedinggang, he couldn't help but shudder—if he just went back in such a disheveled manner, he probably would lose his life. (To be continued.)