After sliding down the observation tower, I quickly ordered the trebuchets to smash the magicians on the city wall. Finally, with the cooperation of the crossbows, after two rounds of volleys, the magic barrier set up by the magicians on the city wall was broken. Now, those unlucky magicians can only wait to be smashed into meat patties or burned into barbecue!
"Move the crossbows to the rear, and let the catapults continue to attack the magicians. Send a message to the friendly forces of the Fifth Division to be ready to attack the infantry division at any time if our crossbows can't resist. Quick, get all the troops in place immediately!"
After issuing the order, I raised the telescope in my hand (golf-type monocular 4X) to roughly measure the distance, and then turned my attention to the city wall. Looking at the sparse small single-person magic shields on the city wall, I knew that the magician troops of the Waste Stone City were finished. I didn't think of annihilating them all, but most of the magicians could not escape this disaster. Tomorrow~~~ no, even in the afternoon, I can suggest that Thacker send infantry to attack the city directly.
"Boy, you said there are troops coming? How is that possible? We are now in the north city of Huangshi City. Even if the Senke Federation sent reinforcements, they should have passed through the south gate. Why would they come to us?" Before the people arrived, the voice of my boss Murray came rumbling over.
In order to prevent the enemy from escaping and reinforcements from the enemy, our main camp was set up on the side of Huangshi City that was close to the interior. In addition to controlling and increasing the burden and pressure on the enemy, there was another advantage, that is, when the sun was shining, our troops attacking the city were on the side that was not in the sun, while the defending troops had to face the glaring sun.
"It's an infantry division. I don't know if they came out of that hole or if they want to sneak attack us. But to be honest, if the enemy breaks into my position, my losses will be heavy." One thought after another flashed through my mind, but I never thought that this army just wanted to sneak into the Wasteland Stone City from outside the Imperial Army camp in order to avoid a direct conflict with the Imperial Army. But as luck would have it, I happened to block their way, and found that my army was the kind they thought they could quickly eat up, so of course they rushed up without hesitation.
"Okay! But when your crossbows can't stop them, the distance is too close. If you're not careful, you'll be eaten. I think I'll charge them first, then I'll break out from behind them and circle back to the position from both sides. When they slow down, you can attack them at will. When they get close to you, I guess our troops that have circled back from both sides can come back and stop them again."
Considering that this army is Lord Thacker's treasure, Mo Rui doesn't want this army to be missing any limbs when he returns. If he hurts Shen Hanlong, he will probably be scolded when he returns.
So Murray proposed a way to reduce the pressure on our side. Although this might cause more casualties for his soldiers, Murray did not take this action seriously at all, as a light cavalry division was facing an infantry division, and just to break up the enemy's formation and cause chaos.
On the city wall, countless soldiers braved the raging fire on the ground and the rain of fire above their heads to rescue the magicians. Unfortunately, according to the data conveyed by the soldiers on the watchtower, only one magician was rescued for every ten magicians confirmed dead, and in order to rescue that magician, the ordinary infantry had to leave at least dozens of people on the city wall. But the rescue continued, and the deaths of magicians and ordinary soldiers did not stop. . . . . .
At the same time, the infantry division of the Senke Federation gradually emerged from the horizon. Even without the watchtower, the figures of the infantry could be seen clearly with the naked eye. When Murray and his cavalry found these infantry, I clearly felt them trembling... Yes, it was definitely trembling caused by fear...
“Damn it... Damn it, how could it be the Berserker Division? I... we are so damn lucky... the other party is... the Berserker Division..." After carefully confirming the other party's appearance, Murray said these words almost tremblingly.
"Are they that powerful? Are they really invulnerable to swords and guns?" I muttered. Although I had heard about the power of mutants in fantasy novels, I had no real idea of what they were like or how threatening they were.
"******, one of their battalions can completely wipe out all of us in a head-on battle. And after they go berserk, their individual strength can almost reach the attack power of a mid-level swordsman. Do you think they are powerful? Come on, the 810th Battalion will immediately detour behind the enemy, and when they are within the crossbow attack range, you will immediately attack them from behind. Before we retreat, you are not allowed to retreat a single step..." After Murray answered me, he immediately began to deploy his troops. Every officer called by Murray almost immediately turned pale.
Intermediate swordsman? Damn, that's a pervert who can use fighting spirit to weaken external attacks. Many powerful crossbows can't do much damage to them. I saw this with my own eyes from the Flame Legion. Thinking of this, I immediately asked all the crossbow troops to use spiked crossbows and throw away those cross-shaped crossbows that increase the killing area. Now penetration is what I need.
Looking at the three cavalry brigades that were leaving in a cloud of dust, I had a bad feeling. Am I doomed to fail today? No, I will never admit defeat. Even if you kill all my equipment and soldiers, as long as I am alive, I will not be defeated. I am not one of those stupid guys. There is a proverb I admire: "As long as the green mountains remain, there will be no shortage of firewood."
"The enemy has entered the range and is now 1,000 meters away..." The soldiers on the watchtower began to report the data they measured.
"Shoot, shoot hard!" Thinking of what Murray said, you guys can go berserk, right? I'll kill you before you go berserk. From what I know, these mutant muscle men probably don't know that there are now giant crossbows with a range of 1,000 meters!
A row of crossbow arrows flashing with blue light penetrated the enemy formation as accurately as missiles. Countless soldiers were knocked away by the crossbow arrows, and blood splattered everywhere. . . . .
"Yeah!" Countless soldiers shouted crazily, thinking that the powerful Berserkers on the continent could not withstand their attacks, which made them extremely excited. Even the light cavalry troops were extremely excited. Because as long as the giant crossbow could kill those Berserkers, they would no longer have to face those individually powerful warriors directly.
With a "pop", the telescope in my hand fell to the ground. Horror, absolute horror, what did I see? Is this still a human? Most of the berserkers attacked by the spiked crossbow arrows did not die! Except for those who were hit directly in the vitals, most of them directly pulled out the giant crossbows that were more than 2 meters long and stood up directly.
From the telescope, I could clearly see that those berserkers who were hit by the giant crossbows, some of whom were even shot through the abdomen, pulled out the crossbows, ignoring the blood holes that splattered... Then they stood up and rushed towards our position again. But after a few steps, I felt something was wrong with them. Their bodies suddenly swelled up like those balloons, and the skin on their bodies seemed to be integrated with the muscles, and they could not be distinguished from each other. The whole body began to change color, and it was as red as a person fished out of boiling water. The blood hole on his lower abdomen actually shrunk a lot...
Picking up the telescope again, I felt my heart beating wildly. Although those terrifying warriors would fall down from time to time under the attack of my crossbow, I already felt that failure would be inevitable.
4 rounds of volleys, 4,000 crossbow arrows. I estimate that the number of enemy berserkers who have actually died or lost their combat effectiveness is no more than 400, but they are already close to 600 meters from us, and as their speed increases rapidly after going berserk, we have at most 4 more chances to attack, which also means that we will be in close contact with the enemy.
"The crossbow troops fired three consecutive volleys, the catapult troops fired into the city twice, and then implemented an emergency retreat plan..." There was no other way. In order to preserve my strength, I could only give up those equipment.
"Hanlong, what are you going to do? Are you going to give up these equipment?" Upon hearing the order I gave, Murray became anxious. He quickly grabbed the messenger who was about to go out to give orders and yelled at me.
"I have my own ideas. You are here to help me. I know what I am doing!" Don't I know what he is thinking? Isn't it because he is afraid that these things will fall into the hands of the Senke Federation? At the same time, I winked at the messenger next to me, and then stood between the messenger and Murray. I didn't have time to explain to this rough man.
Once again, 3,000 crossbow arrows penetrated the Berserker troops directly. After causing chaos in the enemy's formation three times, our side began to retreat, or to close the distance. This time, the crossbow attack not only had a much higher accuracy, but also was much more effective than before. About 500 Berserkers became dead under the crossbows.
Our retreat also relied on many simulation trainings before, and now it finally showed its effectiveness. All the soldiers quickly disassembled a few small parts that were easy to disassemble, and then raised the bullet holes on the catapults (pottery pots with liquid combustion inside) and smashed them on the crossbows and catapults. Then the blazing fire became another line of defense for our escape.
Seeing the soldiers jump on their horses and start to retreat like crazy, I was also picked up by Murray and embarked on the escape. However, those damn berserkers, I will remember you, it is you who caused me to suffer this first defeat. . . . . .