Struggle in the Steam Age

The reserve team that the major on the defense line said was actually part of a militia team composed of sailors from the White Eagle Federation and the Elysion Empire. Not only are they all good at riding horses, they are also good at using long and short guns and a variety of cold weapons on horseback.

This militia unit rushed over from the barracks outside the city seven or eight minutes after the battle broke out just now. Many ships were blocked in the port because of the sahuagin attack that cut off sea traffic. Naturally, as a result, the staff on board also lost their jobs.

So after the war broke out, the general headquarters on the island simply let all the ships enter the inner harbor temporarily inaccessible to the attacking murloc legions, and at the same time recruited all the sailors on the ships as militia to strengthen the defense of the island.

Compared with the natives on the island, these sailors are more skilled in combat. After all, the sea is not a safe place. In addition to malicious pirates, the vast and fertile ocean also breeds countless wilderness races. So in the battle with these guys, the sailors naturally practiced a good kung fu.

In addition, both the White Eagle Federation and the Elysion Empire have large grasslands suitable for grazing and developed animal husbandry, so even sailors from these countries have many people who have worked as cowboys or farm workers before. Skilled in riding and fighting on horseback.

So when the reinforcements arrived, the commanders on the defense line first selected those who were good at fighting on horseback and let them ride the spare horses of their own cavalry regiment, and then asked others to supplement the defense line. But now, as the sahuagin's attack intensity decreased, the commander who keenly sensed the change in the battle situation decisively ordered the previously standby reserve team to prepare to attack.

The opportunity they were waiting for to attack arrived soon, when the two sides were in a stalemate on the battlefield for about ten minutes. A sharp whistling sound suddenly fell from the sky, and then several black dots fell into a small canyon hidden by dense plants at the mouth of a canyon behind the attacking murloc army.

These mortar shells that fell from the sky precisely fell into the canyon, and exploded among the crowd of fish in a dense formation, reaping hundreds of lives in an instant.

What is hidden in this place is actually a large group of remnants who were withdrawn due to heavy casualties when attacking the defense line, and the reason why they chose to regroup here is because the humans on the defense line cannot see the situation in the canyon behind the plants.

And when these shells fell, some sahuagin nobles were trying to reorganize these broken soldiers and prepare to continue to enter the battlefield.

According to their thinking, these cannon fodder Rocagin will go to the forefront of the battlefield so that they can replace the elite sahuagin who lost more than half of their attacking spearheads. In this way, it will be more convenient whether to continue to attack or escape to the sea.

But they never expected that heavy mortar shells would fall from the sky at this time, and hit the rear of the army located in a cliff where it was absolutely impossible for the artillery on the defense line to attack theoretically. At the moment when the shell exploded, the loca fish who were already demoralized instantly collapsed.

"Ha, well done." Lawrence said to Nora through the soul connection at this time. At this time, he shared the vision of the little puppet and clearly saw the eight large-caliber mortar shells dropped by the little puppet just now, after the shells of the large-caliber mortar exploded among the fish crowd, a fish that looked like a thousand people The human army immediately collapsed.

"Of course, I specifically pick the bombs that are dropped in places where people are standing very densely." Nora said while observing the situation. She was just sent by Lawrence to support this side, and the goal of the operation was to do everything possible. The way to create chaos in the rear of this murloc army and damage their morale.

Just now, when Lawrence commanded the troops that had retreated from the cliff to hit the sahuagin in those bays and the surrounding shores with firepower, he also naturally considered the troops fighting on the line of defense behind him. So he gave the minifigure the space belt containing a large number of mortar shells and asked her to launch an air strike on the sahuagin.

According to his thinking, with the delay in the arrival of reinforcements that were supposed to arrive, the rest of the attacking army should be in chaos. And at this time, if they can launch an attack from an unexpected place, this murloc army should be severely damaged.

But what he didn't expect was that when Nora was flying in the air, she successfully found the place where the group of sahuagin were used to regroup the broken troops, and then used less than ten heavy mortar shells to kill nearly a thousand soldiers. Luo Kayu, whose spirit had collapsed to the limit, completely collapsed.

And this group of Lokayu people fled in all directions immediately after the collapse, even if the sahuagin nobles and priests present kept killing them, they could not stop their current trend of fleeing. When the Loka murlocs escaped from this small canyon, chaos quickly spread to the entire army.

The murloc army, which had been unable to attack the human line of defense for a long time due to heavy losses, collapsed at once. The Roka murlocs who had been shooting desperately as cover dropped their crossbows and arrows and ran back on the road they wanted to come from. , and after the long-range cover disappeared, those murlocs who had been fighting on the front line completely lost their fighting spirit and turned around and ran away. Doing so without even caring about yourself would expose your vulnerable back to those humans.

"We defended for so long just now, and it's time for us to launch an attack." Seeing the change in the situation on the battlefield, the commander-in-chief on the defensive line immediately took the rope from his adjutant and jumped onto the horse, then pulled out the hanging rope. shouted the saber in front of the saddle raised above his head. "Follow me - charge!"

After the extremely brief pre-war mobilization, the major took the lead and rushed to the forefront. And behind him were more than three hundred militiamen in chaotic clothes, brandishing various weapons, who also followed closely behind him, and at the same time let out deafening shouts of killing.

Under normal circumstances, it is difficult for this kind of cavalry without much armor to persist on the battlefield for too long. But now almost all murlocs are fleeing, so they can easily kill murlocs from behind with the weapons in their hands, and then pass by their corpses like a gust of wind.

"Kill!" At this time, a priest of the Dawn, wearing a chain armor and wielding a large-caliber revolver, cast a divine spell on the surrounding soldiers to restore their physical strength, and then jumped over the parapet to kill the group of fish. Among the people, and under his encouragement, the soldiers rushed out with bayonet-tipped rifles.

"Adjust the elevation angle of the artillery, try to fire a few more shells to clear the way for our infantry, and let everyone know that we are not spectators in this war—" A few minutes ago, he and his two 70mm mountain cannons came out The artillery lieutenant who set off from the city and was hastily deployed here spoke seriously to his subordinates.

Unlike mortars, these rifled guns are more accurate and have a longer range, although their rate of fire is slower. Therefore, it still has its own place on the battlefield.

Then he slammed his hat aside, jumped onto the parapet and observed the fleeing murloc army with the instrument in his hand. Behind him, a group of shirtless artillerymen quickly made various preparations before launching.

"r7, u12" soon two data came out of the officer's mouth, and then he turned his head and shouted at the busy artillerymen behind him. "Remember to shoot on time, and don't hit the head of the attacking troops."

"Boom—boom—" After the two cannons sounded, the two shells immediately aimed at the only two groups of fish that were resisting in an orderly manner on the battlefield.