While I was retreating rapidly with the main force of the magician army, the 4th Division, which was responsible for the first round of blocking and luring the enemy outside the circular canyon, suffered a devastating disaster.
Due to the exposure of the target, coupled with the damage caused to the magician troops by the high-speed mithril balls mixed with the steel balls, the entire magician troop was temporarily confused. After all, this magician troop had only been trained for such a short time, and even if they knew how to react in the current situation, their subconscious completely went against their own will.
At this moment, the orc ape warriors who had thrown two rounds had already moved quickly to the sides of the battle formation with the main force of the orcs, revealing dozens of dazzling light blue light pillars behind them. . . . After a few high-frequency low buzzing sounds, there was a huge noise like a landslide, mixed with bursts of screams.
"Retreat at full speed, run as far as you can...Send a signal for the 4th Division to retreat to the fortress at full speed..." Watching the sand dunes where the 4th Division was located being flattened one by one, I was filled with anger and humiliation. While I hated the two idiots, Bout and William, I was also heartbroken that my troops had suffered such a big blow in their first battle. Although this unit was not fully formed by me, most of the troops were just mobilized from other units and received a small amount of training. But in name, they are all under my name at this time... All losses and failures will also be recorded in my war history...
"My lord, this is not our fault! Please don't take it to heart. Who could have known that those damn Mocast people didn't even destroy the military supplies before the defense line was lost, and even the magic crystal cannon would fall into the hands of the enemy intact..." Seeing how angry I was, Victor, while feeling uneasy about the battle situation, comforted me in a low voice.
"The range of 3 kilometers... is far beyond the attack power of the magic cannon... plus the orcs now have ultra-long-range throwing attack troops... all of these are no longer something we can deal with..." After listening to Victor's comfort, I didn't feel any relief at all. Instead, I felt my body getting colder as I was flying in the air.
For a moment, the high-level magicians who had begun to gather around me fell silent, and not even a sound could be heard.
A few minutes later, at the entrance of the Orphan Canyon, I and a large number of officers silently watched the hastily defeated Fire Mages of the 4th Division retreating towards the canyon fortress in an awkward manner, and we all suffered the bitter fruit of this initial defeat in our hearts.
"I need a group of volunteers... a group of volunteers who are determined to die... I hope to see 200 volunteers within 20 minutes..." With a hint of cruelty, I shouted at the six magic division commanders in a low voice, and then turned into the canyon without even looking at the strange faces of those division commanders. Of course, the only one who didn't feel anything about my words was the specially organized Seventh Division.
20 minutes later, following my order, six magician divisions began to slowly move towards the fortress. The only difference from before was that the entire army had 200 fewer magicians. . . . .
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After walking for less than half an hour, when we saw the high walls of the fortress in the distance, Victor and I, who had been paying attention to the situation behind us, smiled bitterly at the same time. Victor's face was full of helplessness and worry.
"Sir, this battle looks like it's going to be troublesome! If we can't find a way to deal with that thing, I'm afraid we'll have to pay with human lives..."
"Oh! Trouble, super trouble! If we let those things get close to the fortress, all our hopes and efforts will be in vain. No matter how many fortifications we have, they will be useless in front of those things! They can easily smash and chew us up bit by bit from outside our attack range..."
I was at a loss as to how to deal with Victor's pessimism. How to deal with him who had super long-range attacks became a real problem that puzzled me.
After all, I am not a super weapons expert now. I am just a small technician who has some experience in casting and machinery. It is definitely not easier for me to build a weapon with a range of more than 3 kilometers than to climb to the sky.
If... If I could deploy my Flame Legion's 6th Division at this time, then I might be able to use the longbow's super-long attack power and high-speed movement ability to harass the orcs for a long time, so that the other side would retreat.
But now I dare not reveal this army at all, because if I do so, I am afraid that before my troops can attack the orcs, I will most likely have to fight a life-and-death battle with the troops of the Kingdom of Yan and the Mocaster Empire.
"Sir, do you have any other ideas? Perhaps, maybe we can carry out a suicide ambush attack on the magic crystal cannons controlled by those orcs?" With a little hesitation, Victor racked his brains and couldn't find a good way to deal with the magic crystal cannons, so he reluctantly came up with a bad idea.
"No need! The 200 magicians just now couldn't even deceive the orcs' reconnaissance troops. They were all destroyed in just one encounter. Do you think it will be useful if we use this trick again? At most, they will just sacrifice themselves in vain. I won't do that. In addition, I actually have an ambush line near the fortress in the canyon, but I changed the close-range sneak attack to a long-range large-scale attack... Well, let the wind magician division rush back to the fortress immediately, and tell Yiya to focus the raid on the magic crystal cannons, and let the wind magician troops help their sneak attack troops retreat. Also tell her to change the troops' preparations for encirclement and annihilation to an emergency retreat after the raid is successful..."
After rejecting Victor's suggestion, I hesitated and issued a series of orders. In addition to my concerns about the power of the magic crystal cannon, I was also very wary of the attack power of the beastmen. After seeing the beastmen's ultra-long-range throwing troops, I lost confidence in defeating the beastmen with ordinary tactics. (To be continued)