Chapter 496: What to do if the gears of history are stuck
At the end of June, the fighting was in a state of scorching.
The arrival of the rainy season has put the advance of the alliance into a state of stagnation.
It's okay to call it mentally retarded.
The inventors of the engineering equipment obviously underestimated the impact of rain on reliability, just like going to Garkison to see the snow, only to find that there was no snow in Garkison.
Without the support of artillery fire, the war returned to a familiar state, as if the previous earthwork did not exist.
The passage opened by the alliance is not stable, and in the face of the great power of nature, in the face of the tenacity of plants, human beings seem so small.
Left unchecked, those aquatic plants and parasitic vines could ruin three months of Union soldiers' labor in the space of a month.
This time, nature was on the side of the orcs of the tribe.
Another engineering team of the Alliance has already cut through the mountains, and more than 20,000 troops have begun to make a detour to the rear, preparing to secretly assemble without the eyes of the orcs, and in another month, the personnel and supplies will be in place.
Tulayan's hoarding of oil can do its job.
For the sake of concealment, the construction personnel gave up mechanical construction, and could only use the primitive method of knife splitting and axe to clean the passage, and those pre-set oil drums became an important target to lead the army forward.
All those involved were inspired by the beautiful words and threw themselves into the logging industry with great emotion.
"Think about it, when the torch is lit, the thirty-kilometer-long incendiary belt, the straight path of flames, the glorious passage to victory, can also be seen on the moon."
Capture the Dark Gate, and the Alliance will take the winning point in this killing contest, and humanity will wash away the humiliation imposed by the orcs.
Although there is no direct causal relationship between the two events per se, the entire alliance thinks so.
The High Elves were burned to their doorstep by the orcs.
Humanity was wiped out of a nation, and the Orcs pierced Forte of Lordaeron, killing and injuring millions of people.
The dwarves were trapped in Ironforge by the orcs and nearly died.
Midget......
Everyone has the fear of being dominated by the orcs, and this humiliation is imprinted on the bodies and memories of this generation and the next generation.
Hatred, unites all.
Revenge, so that the alliance is united.
Under the powerful political propaganda, the entire Union Expeditionary Force believed that this would be the last battle.
The Last Battle for Glory.
So even if it rains and rains, even if the road is difficult and difficult, the alliance has no fear.
The plan has come to this point where there is no room for change.
This kind of large-scale campaign plan, in which more than 100,000 people participated, did not allow the generals to have any personal performance on the spot.
The forces that raided the Dark Gate had already entered the mountains with supplies and supplies, and the coalition besieging Stoneard had to put enough pressure to attract more, more, more orcs to the front line.
Because the alliance does not have a second battle plan.
On the contrary, it was the orcs, and on the tribe's side, Orgrim keenly discovered the advantages of the weather over the orcs, and became more and more active in going out to fight.
After losing the interference of artillery fire, the orcs regained their psychological advantage.
The kind of grievance of being forced to bow my head is really fed up.
The orcs did not lack experience in dealing with artillery, and when besieging Ironforge, the dwarves' artillery fire was no worse than that of the alliance in front of them, but after the great rout, the orcs lost almost ninety percent of their siege equipment, lost their trebuchets, lost their bows, crossbows, and spears, and most importantly, lost their warlocks.
So Stoned's orcs could only hide behind cover and accept the unilateral bombardment of the Alliance.
Now, however, the weather is on the orc's side, and the humid air has silenced most of the Alliance's artillery, giving the orcs another chance to engage humans in hand-to-hand combat.
Orgrim doesn't miss an opportunity like this.
The orcs took the initiative to attack exactly the strategic needs of the alliance.
So Stoneard became a flesh mill, and the blood of the warring sides even stained the swamp red, but even the most greedy crocodile did not dare to approach the two sides that killed the red eye, and could only endure the stimulation of the smell of blood.
This battlefield belongs only to the two war behemoths of the Alliance and the Horde.
After an argument, Carlos and Tulayan have a battle to decide who will attack the Dark Gate.
Carlos believes that the plan is his own and that he should bear the risk of failure.
Tulayan believes that Carlos is the supreme commander of the league and that it would be more appropriate to go on his own.
Neither side could convince anyone, and the other generals wanted to take over the burden and were scolded by the two of them.
The end result was that in an empty warehouse, in a competition where no one could know what was going on, Carlos got the position.
The battle at the front was tight, and at the final combat meeting, only a little more than half of the senior generals were present, and Carlos gave his last order as a marshal.
"After my departure, Tulayan took over the command of the coalition army. If Tulayan is killed in battle, Uther will continue to command the battle. If Uther also died, Danas continued to command. If Danas is also killed in battle, then the matter may be irreparable, and the remaining generals must unconditionally obey King Magni of Ironforge. The dispatch of the brass beard. ”
Carlos finished speaking, and turned to Muradin. Brasbeard nodded, and Muradin responded to Carlos' request.
For the soldiers under his command, these frustrating words cannot be said. But the people present were all high-ranking generals, and Carlos didn't care much about his oratorical skills.
"This battle, if successful, will completely cut off the threat of orcs to us. So in order to succeed, we must first consider the consequences of failure. Superfluous words are nonsense, and ahead, the brethren are desperate. With that said, I'm going too. Good luck, gentlemen. ”
Brushing the seal off his finger and handing it to Tulayan, Carlos turned to leave, and everyone at the meeting saluted him.
In terms of courage and responsibility, Carlos deserves the title of Marshal of the Alliance.
After Carlos left, Tulayan held the marshal's ring and didn't know what he was thinking, and he looked up after several minutes of silence on the spot.
"For victory."
An inexplicable sentence, but it unexpectedly touched everyone.
All for the sake of victory.
After assigning the task as quickly as possible, as if stimulated by Carlos, every general who had a clear task left the scene, and the people at the meeting site became fewer and fewer.
In the end, only Aurelia and Muradin were left.
Muradin looked left and right, and felt that it was better for him to leave.
However, in the face of such an opportunity, Tulayan has no mood to fall in love.
"Don't die."
"Of course."
Aurelia. Windranger wasn't a shaker, but the first time Tulayan talked to him without flattery, he felt for the first time that he wasn't a child, but a man.
Sure enough, the charm of a man is not in his appearance, but in the weight he carries on his shoulders.