Chapter 122: The War Begins After the emergence of the air force, the so-called sneak attack or raid on a fort that has been defended has become an almost impossible task, not to mention that the number of troops sent by the orcs this time is as high as one million, and because of the strong characteristics of the orcs, they do not need to carry a large number of supplies and baggage, which means that almost all of the orcs' one million troops are warriors who can be used to fight.
For the huge scale of this orc attack, the Northwest Army did not dare to slack off, and as soon as the news of the reconnaissance plane reached the hands of the two commanders of the Northwest Army, the Northwest Army immediately reacted.
Different from the last hasty battle, this time a temporary railway has been established between the Beast Blood Fortress and the Military City, and a large number of soldiers in the Military City can be supplied to the Beast Blood Fortress at any time.
In order to guard against the attack of the orcs, the number of power armored warriors in the beast blood fortress alone is enough to 200,000, and there is a large number of artillery and air force equipped with sufficient ammunition as a supplement, plus those powerful strategic weapons, it can be said that this fortress has been made into an invincible shield full of spikes by humans.
In addition to the mobilization of the war, after receiving the report sent back by the scout at the first time, more reconnaissance planes took off from the air base to reconnoiter in the direction of the Beast Plateau, although the flight unit of the orcs is very good in flexibility, but in terms of speed and altitude it is not comparable to the specially designed reconnaissance aircraft, except for the dragon slayer master who can continuously use the air raid in a short period of time, it is difficult for other orcs to eliminate these humans who hover above their heads like annoying flies.
In this way, before the orc army could see the beast blood fortress, their army configuration was already well known to humans. 50,000 flying soldiers, 200,000 orc heavy infantry, 600,000 orc light infantry, and the rest are auxiliary troops for transporting baggage and siege equipment.
On the human side, because of the transformation of the airship, it has been forced to stop work due to heavy snow, and there are only twelve airships that can fight, and on the way to the beast blood fortress, the air force launched an attack on the orcs under Andrew's order, carrying a large number of sub-bombs and a small number of airships and bombers equipped with cloudburst bombs launched an attack on the orc troops at an altitude of 10,000 meters, and the swarming fighter group also began to launch a harassing attack on the orc flight troops.
Due to the wide terrain and the large number of flying monsters on the other side, the effect of this attack was not very good, in addition to destroying some siege equipment, the number of orc infantry killed by thousands of tons of bombs was less than 20,000, and the fighter unit also suffered a lot of casualties in the battle in a weak number, and the air force unit had killed more than 600 pilots in the last loss in the orc king city.
In this way, in the continuous temptation of the two sides, the army of orcs finally reached the city of the beast blood fortress on the third day.
Because the news of the orc attack had spread the day before yesterday, the soldiers on the beast blood fortress had already known that the war was coming, but they still did not have a practical feeling for the number of millions of orcs, until the green like the ocean appeared in the sky, and all the human soldiers knew what kind of battle they would face.
Intense combat preparations began on the Beast Blood Fortress, a large number of power armored soldiers stepped on the city wall with heavy steps to prepare to let go, and the artillerymen did not seem too panicked this time with the experience of the last time, they had already moved a large amount of ammunition on the city wall two days ago, and the firing angle had already been adjusted, this time as soon as the orcs entered the firing range, they could fire immediately.
There are now about 3,000 mage legions in the Beast Blood Fortress, and these 3,000 battle mages at the lowest level in the high-level mages can support three strategic magics, but the completion of the construction of nine electromagnetic turrets has seriously threatened the status of strategic magic, and these battle mages were given orders before the battle to defend against the orcs attacking from the air and support the battle situation on the city wall, whether it is auxiliary magic or attack magic with tracking nature, it has a very important role in the chaotic battlefield.
This is something that guns and artillery cannot do.
While the human side was nervously waiting for the orcs to attack, the latest information from the air force made Andrew a little dumbfounded.
"What!?
You mean the orcs are building the walls!
Although Andrew believed in the accuracy of the information in his hand, he still couldn't help but ask loudly like a signal soldier transmitting information.
"Yes, Legionnaire, the orcs are digging for walls twenty kilometers away, and there are a large number of orcs digging holes in the ground that can be inhabited."
The signal soldier's face was a little ugly at Andrew's loud voice, but he still bred up and recounted the situation described by the pilot in the magic communication.
"What do you think, Brandon?"
Andrew turned to Brandon Baker, the deputy commander of the Northwest Corps, who was standing beside him.
Hearing the question of the legion commander, the slightly chubby middle-aged man frowned and thought for a while before replying, "It seems that the orcs are planning to fight a protracted war, and this time they really plan to take the northwest into their pockets." ” "Well, I also think so, so this time our Northwest Legion will use all its strength to block the orcs, if the beast blood fortress falls, I think you should understand what will happen to the military city."
Brandon's face changed when Andrew said this, but then the lieutenant straightened his chest and gave Andrew a military salute.
"The military city will guarantee all the requirements of the Beast Blood Fortress at all costs, please rest assured that the Legion Elder will not worry!"
Hearing Brandon's assurance, Andrew looked into the eyes of his colleague and nodded.
"It's good that you can think like that."
The whole day was spent in a tense atmosphere of preparation for war, but for a whole day, the orcs did not set foot within twenty kilometers of the Beast Blood Fortress, they used some rudimentary tools to dig holes in the frozen soil, and then threw themselves on the animal skins and fell asleep, while the laborers dug a deep trench in a terrain similar to the Beast Blood Fortress, these powerful orcs can exert extraordinary efficiency even with rudimentary cast iron tools, The orcs then dug deep wells with the help of shamans, and with the help of shamanic sorcery, the underground rivers connected to these wells erupted like volcanoes with large amounts of icy fresh water, which were then channeled into the ravines by the orcs.
The next morning, the soldiers, who had been on the wall all night, saw a crystal wall in the light of the morning sun.
However, while the human soldiers were talking about the orcs, a castle made of ice, the orcs still did not attack, as if they really intended to live here, they kept digging holes in the ground, and piling up their ice walls higher and thicker.
In this way, on the third day of the orc attack, the orcs had already built a ten-kilometer-long five-meter-high ice and snow wall, which was as hard as steel under the rapidly falling temperature, and even if a human cannonball hit it, it probably wouldn't cause much damage.
On the third day, the human soldiers who watched the orcs build the city began to relax, although Andrew repeatedly ordered to strengthen the vigilance, but the soldiers' desertion was still endless, even those knights who were loyal and strict on weekdays, after watching the orcs build the city like a family for three days in a row, they also unconsciously thought that the orcs were planning to build a human blood fortress to defend against human attacks, and this complacency spread rapidly in the case of a large number of upper intelligence being blocked.
On the night of the seventh day of the orc attack, the orc side did not light the torch after dark, for these strong orcs to sleep in the cold crypt as long as there is a piece of animal skin is enough, but humans can't, the power armor is extremely cold in the cold wind of winter, Zhao Yannian did not consider the problem of warmth in the initial design, so now the soldiers wearing power armor can only rely on bonfires and spirits to keep warm.
Two soldiers in power armor, officially known as constructed soldiers, were leaning against a bonfire to keep warm, but the heat dissipation effect of steel did not make the soldiers feel much warmth, one of the two soldiers was holding a military kettle and taking a sip of their quota for tonight, while the other soldier was stirring their supper, a kind of canned military rations made of clawed dolphin meat and similar potatoes, the supplies in the beast blood fortress were very full, as can be seen from the fragrant military cans boiling on the bonfire, The treatment of these soldiers was already a luxury in this era, and as for the liquor, it was because they were afraid that the soldiers would be greedy for a cup and misbehave.
The two soldiers leisurely enjoyed their supper while chatting with each other to relieve their loneliness.
"Hey, veteran, what the hell are those orcs thinking, it's okay to come here and get cold, I've never heard of orcs attacking forts in the middle of winter."
The soldier, who was removing food, asked his companion.
"Rookie, you don't understand this, the air force did a big job on the orc's side a while ago, it is said that a lot of orc's food was burned by them, and a city was completely burned to ashes by those airships, do you think the orcs can retaliate without going crazy?"
The visibly veteran constructed soldier explained to his companion as he drank his wine.
"Then why haven't they attacked for so many days?"
The young soldier stared at the jug in the veteran's hand, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and asked.
"Next!"
The veteran saw the recruit's movements and threw the kettle to the recruit, then stood up and moved the power armor for a moment before saying, "Who knows what those guys think, are they preparing to switch to local rats?"
As the veteran spoke, he unconsciously glanced out of the fortress, and a metallic reflection flashed from less than five hundred meters from the city wall.
"Enemy Attack !!"
A panicked shout streaked across the night sky, shattering the peace of the Beast Blood Fortress for days.