Dozens of sparks rose in the dense military formation, as if huge stones had been thrown into the calm surface of the lake, and the ripples they brought were by no means waves that crushed the minds of the literati and elegant guests, but a real frenzied storm of death. The roar of thunder and explosions spread out along with scattered slices and shockwaves, tearing apart the Grey Dwarf Army and the Caveman "Praetorian Guard" in an instant, which had been fully prepared in formation.

A single salvo killed and wounded more than a thousand people on the spot, and for these natives of the dark regions who had never seen this pattern of warfare, the mental shock was completely equivalent to a fiasco.

"It can't be! What did the dwarves do? Could it be that there are a hundred magisters in their army? Or did the Federation sell them a hundred magic crystal cannons? The Crypt Lord, who was about to escape from reality, let out a roar that was almost screaming.

Either way it's impossible, so the mouth cannon is still just the mouth cannon. And Zambogen, who is known for his calmness and prudence, quickly collected his mood after the collapse and began to think about counterattacking. Of course, at this time, it is impossible to be stupid to be on the defensive.

"Take the trust of Mantis on the Misty Mountains, the enemy has an unreasonable output of demonic power, and we need reinforcements!" The Crypt Lord pondered for a moment, and then added, "Tell him that I need at least ten large demonic beasts like Xudra to barely hold on to the battle line." ”

It means that the enemy's output is too fierce, and you have to send me some fleshy and bloody guys like Xudra to barely hold on, and as for the counterattack, it depends on whether you can quickly send enough weight to control the field and output. Plainly. He didn't think he could hold the line with his current strength at all.

The insect officer who received the order nodded and quickly left. There are a small number of otherworldly animals that have evolved insect wings. The flight speed is not inferior to that of the Harpy, and the individual strength is also very strong. Can take on important roles such as scouts and heralds.

The Crypt Lord then shouted to his military adjutant: "Let everyone fight back, even if it is to fill it with your life, you must pile it up in front of the opponent's formation." After all, their forces are at a disadvantage, and the previous kind of weapons ...... Well, neither the Crystal Cannon nor the Magus could abuse their destructive power of this magnitude in a scorching hand-to-hand fight between the two armies. ”

So, under the rectification of the insect officials, the gray dwarves and cavemen finally reluctantly began to move. During this time, the opposing side has already completed two more volleys. And their own side has also appeared by a large number of deserters with psychological breakdowns. The Overseer, consisting of a group of Dins insects and werewolves, was overwhelmed, and they all ran out of breath, so they finally stopped the escape.

On the other hand, the trembling troglodytes and gray dwarves also began to charge under the drive of the officers. The gray dwarves at the head of the row rode their own thorny boars, brandished heavy weapons, and rushed towards the opposite side with a roar. Thousands of wild boars are holding barrel-sized creatures in thick armor, which are actually very aura at first glance, and the thousands of rough charges gathered together, which also has a somewhat touching sense of coercion. Of course. At this time, it always feels a bit of self-defeating hysteria.

The thorny boar is not very fast, but it has an impressive load capacity and enough weight. If only it was completely rushed. The impact and destructive power are also staggering. If the other party is really just an ordinary dwarven army, even if it is an iron-footed formation composed of the forbidden army of the furnace castle, they must have the consciousness to bear the necessary casualties.

Of course. If it's ordinary......

If the sound of fried beans sounded densely, and just before these charging dwarves heard them. There was already a sharp pain in the body that had been pierced. They and their crotch mounts were pierced and torn apart by unpredictable force. Either they were beaten into a honeycomb on the spot, or they directly lost the power to act. Lying on the ground, he was trampled to death by the pig's trotters of his teammates behind him before he could scream, causing even greater formation chaos.

"Muskets! That's impossible! How could a musket have such a destructive power! It's not scientific! The captain of the dwarven cavalry who led the team reluctantly denounced the cruel fate, and climbed up from his beloved pig, who had been beaten into a hornet. He raised his tomahawk in one hand, brandished his greatsword in the other, and stepped out of his two short legs, roaring like a mad beast, and rushed towards the enemy on the opposite side.

He finally saw the enemy on the other side—just as he had expected, dwarves in thick, reinforced armor, each wearing a mask-like overlay with a red, brown, or black beard under the shiny visor, a beard of healthy color and full of life...... The only thing is not the gray dwarf's gray-white beard like a corpse.

They carried weapons such as battle axes, war hammers, or broadswords at their waists or on their backs, but the dwarves in the front row did not carry shields or spears to resist horses, but held up a strange prop and pointed at themselves with the rows of cylinders, revealing a black and numbing hole.

"So, isn't this a musket? This kind of thing is clearly a toy! It's not scientific! The Grey Dwarf Captain yelled again.

Several of the dwarven musketeers looked at each other, then aimed their guns at the gray dwarf leader, who was obviously brave but not very intelligent and pulled the trigger silently.

In less than three minutes of charge, the grey dwarven cavalry at the forefront was wiped out, not a single one survived, and no damage was inflicted on their enemies.

Twenty Avalanche Generals and forty-five Reaper A-cannons for the destruction of the city roared in unison again. The roar of tearing through the air crashed into the ground and the crowd, constantly raising fires and explosions. With each explosion, dozens of cavemen and gray dwarves, or parts of their bodies, were flying around. They rolled on the ground with fatal wounds, screaming, and looked at their companions for help. Then, they really despaired, because at that moment, their companions responded with despair that bordered on numbness.

As they continued to approach in the face of the explosion, they were greeted by the flickering lights and gunfire of the rows in front of the opposing line. They then felt the pain of being torn open by a hole in one part of their body, and then they lost the strength to move forward again. I can only feel that my life is flowing out of my body with blood.

This can no longer be considered a war. And it's just a one-sided shoot-and-slaughter game.

But in fact, at that time, the chaos made people almost nervously break down. No one has such a concept. Even after the war, when the various forces began to study the beginning and end of the battle, it was a long time before military experts realized the significance of the battle and the large-scale use of these new weapons in this campaign.

In hindsight, this was true of the gray dwarves and cavemen who had been stunned by the heavy shelling and hail of bullets. At that moment, they did not even understand what it was that suddenly took the lives of their companions, and their hearing was deprived of the deafening explosions and the sound of human tears, and they could only be driven away by the officers, ignorant. Go with a numb instinct.

However, after all, the living are not robots and undead, and even if they are numb, there is a limit after all.

By the time the death barrier formed by the dense rain of bullets had claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people, even the fierce gray dwarves and cavemen who had been numbed by the training had finally broken through the tipping point of fear.

After an hour of fighting, the army of 50,000 gray dwarves and cavemen collapsed, and all they did was a few particularly strong Andean Zerg guards who burst out of a kind of Matrix bullet dodging skills, and finally rushed to the front of the battle in the rain of bullets. But when that time comes. These insect people, who should all be in the golden rank, were already covered in bruises and dying, and the most powerful one used his last physical strength, but barely threw out a stone. Hit an unlucky guy in the knee. Then, the rain of bullets once again drowned these powerful and heroic tough guys and tragic heroes, and they didn't even have a corpse left.

The Crypt Lord Zambogen simply sent a letter to his brother in the Misty Mountains, "It's not good. Hurry up", he fled surrounded by the Andean worms. This can also be seen from this. This Crypt Lord, known for his calm and cautious, is also a very bold and intelligent man. At least in the face of unspeakable danger, he is very decisive.

What they didn't know was that after this glorious victory, which was destined to go down in history on the basis of this casualty ratio alone, the opposing commanders were not at all satisfied.

"Well, there's still a bit of a problem with the formation." Dwarves Shine Cave Lord, Golden Bolt? Muradinin III shook his head, a look of dissatisfaction. He was clad in a plate of steel and star iron, without a helmet, and rode on the back of a white bear that was as large as an elephant. The white bear is also wrapped in carapace-like armor, and a flagpole is attached behind the saddle on its back, on which the king's flag that shines in the cave flutters.

Of course, to the golden bolt? With his height and short legs and short hands, it was impossible for Muradin to attack an enemy on the ground with a weapon on such a behemoth. So he didn't have the idea of fighting in person at all. The dwarves are also a brave race, but they are by no means a brave and uneducated race like the orcs, and they never think that it would be meaningful to let the commander of the whole army personally lead the charge, pinning the victory or defeat of the war on personal brute strength.

"I shouldn't have such doubts about the destructive power of the lead gunner." Golden Bolt? Mu Ladin said: "If the three-stage array that Lu Xi told us about at the beginning covers the first line of the whole army, the continuity of the firepower will not have any impact, and the coverage area will be larger. In this way, you will be able to deal more than twice as much damage to your enemies. ”

"It's not your fault, it's that I'm too conservative. In any case, when experimenting with a new weapon, or even a new mode of warfare, a little conservatism should be warranted. Another dwarf riding on a large black bear. The armament on his body and the mount under his crotch is no less gorgeous than that of Jin Li, and his own age looks a few years older than the other party, it is the lord of Black Lock Mountain City, Ou Lin? Ingvar II.

"Or rather, you have to be conservative. We've seen too many examples of getting carried away because of a new weapon, and we don't want to be the next example, right? It is a pity that we have not been able to completely annihilate the enemy, but we can still afford this kind of tuition, and we must pay it. The one who spoke also rode on a white bear and stood side by side with the golden thunderbolt. He was dressed in a normal travel robe. But it was a dignified and elegant human old man - it was the spellcaster who was now standing at the top of the Academic Alliance, Lu Xi's teacher. Orushero? Belencaster.

The two dwarven lords naturally nodded yes.

These two dwarf lords, who are also the heirs of the six major royal descendants of the dwarves, are both millions of people under their command. Even if he grits his teeth, he can mobilize his 100,000 troops, and the heroes of the side who have experienced a hundred battles are naturally not military idiots. Although Orucello has been away from the battlefield for a long time, he is also a great bull who has trained more than N generals.

However, when it came to setting up the formation, they chose a slightly more conservative approach after all. The main team is the Dwarven Gunner, armed with the new "Hammer A" Guided Rifle, flanked by Dwarven hoplites with long contradictory cards and giant axe slashing vests. Once the enemy has rushed to the front, the gunners only need to take a step back and reserve hand-to-hand combat for the heavy infantry on either side of them. Besides. There are also a small number of Dwarven Hunters equipped with the "Crossbow Type A", which are specially designed to snipe and kill important enemy targets.

Of course, it is said to be conservative, but in fact, it is just from Lu Xi's point of view. This way of arranging the formation has unconsciously completely copied the essence of the Spanish phalanx.

Of course, due to the concern about the firepower of the guide guns, the two dwarven lords discussed it for a while, and arranged the gunner phalanx into an 8-column horizontal formation of the standard of dwarven heavy infantry to enhance the depth and level of the team. After all, they were armed with "Hammer A" rifles designed specifically for dwarves. The butt and body of the gun are weighted, and they can be used as war hammers and tomahawks when turned upside down. You know, in this world, modern infantrymen who have only received a lot of training in shooting and a little training in hand-to-hand combat actually do not exist. This group of dwarven gunners are also specially selected from the elite of the dwarven army. From a full-time gunner to an elite heavy infantry dedicated to hand-to-hand combat, not even a second is needed.

What they didn't understand, though. The "Hammer A" produced now is also a line rifle. However, the principle of the guide gun that ejects the projectile through the obsidian crystal is actually very close to the concept of thunder mercury ignition. The rate of fire was already on par with that of the early 19th century firing rifles, but not comparable to the arquebuses in the Spanish phalanx.

Of course, the development of new tactics in conjunction with new weapons is, after all, a super theoretical project that requires a lot of time and blood to be repeatedly verified. Whoever can immediately formulate the most appropriate tactics with a new weapon at a glance cannot be described as genius, and must be sliced and studied.

Seeing that the enemy had been completely defeated, the two dwarven lords immediately began to discuss their next move.

"Next, we should advance to Jingxi and attack our opponents on both sides. The enemy has concentrated the strongest forces on the left flank, as well as quite a few large monsters. This should be the trump card of the Minas Cave, right? As long as they can be wiped out in Jingxi, and Bartley and Cantrey can be killed by the way, not only will the enemy's entire army collapse, but the Minas Demon Cave will also be greatly damaged. "Golden Bolt? Muradin, stroking his beautiful beard, was a little complacent: "Hehe, it's a pity that we don't have enough production capacity, and now we can only get together 80 cannons and 10,000 gunners." Otherwise, you can go directly to attack the Minas Cave. ”

"Don't get carried away." Ou Lin shook his head and said, "These guiding weapons are indeed very sharp, but they also require more supplies than usual. We just used up nearly 200,000 rounds of ammunition and more than 1,000 shells in one go, a fifth of the ammunition we carried. If there are a few more wars of this intensity, we will have to use the traditional method again...... Hand-to-hand combat with a tomahawk. Hey, although this is not impossible, if you are used to this kind of subversive one-sided battle just now, maybe you will soon be unable to adapt to traditional warfare. ”

"In the future, when going to war, it is necessary to give priority to the carrying and replenishment of ammunition, as well as the planned use of ammunition." Orucello said, "In addition, the place where the Seven Obsidian Crystals are distributed must be well guarded and managed. These little things contain great energy, but they are too unstable, and they are easy to be attacked and killed by the enemy, even if they are not careful, they will have disastrous results. ”

The Grand Magus pondered for a moment, looked at the confused outline of the Misty Mountains in the distance, thought for a moment, and said, "We should indeed try to annihilate the enemy troops on the left flank, but before that, we should concentrate artillery fire and bombard the enemy base camp on the Foggy Mountains. ”

"With the range of General Avalanche, it can barely reach ...... However, the hit rate is not guaranteed. ”

"I didn't count on a hit rate either, but it was a huge deterrent to the enemy. When their home formation was inexplicably attacked, the morale of those enemies who were fighting naturally plummeted, which could also somewhat reduce the pressure on the Malasa Drow elves. Orucello shrugged: "Also, I hope to end things here soon." There's an even bigger trouble waiting for you. ”

The dwarven lords nodded, and Jin Li also added in passing: "Don't worry, Orucello, that kid looks like a guy favored by fate, and he will definitely be fine." ”

"I didn't think anything was going to happen to him. But I can think of it that way, and the little girls who are chattering don't think so. Orucello sighed helplessly: "Have you forgotten? When they suddenly landed over our arsenal with that ship, how many people were frightened! (To be continued......)