total conquest

Chapter 182 Full Defense Formation

When Benny saw the red signal flare with a strange noise in the sky, he knew that this battle was inevitable. Originally, he sent a whole army just in case. The border acts as a deterrent. I didn't expect that the number of the full-staffed army was still small. Now that the leaders have spoken, there is nothing to say:
"Aim your target! Fire!!" Benny's voice echoed in the entire defense circle, and the originally silent space exploded instantly. Rushing out, the powerful piercing ability passed through the bodies of one after another ghouls and tomb ghosts to their original target. Unfortunately, the ability of the light beams here was weakened by several layers. The six vampire lords Two escaped, and four were shot down, but quickly got up again.But it was too late for them to express their anger. The artillery shells, bullets and crossbow arrows that followed made them have to continue to do various evasive actions.

"Roar!!" The bloodthirsty bat wolf who was shot was the first to be unbearable, roaring crazily, and with its powerful force, slammed the ghouls blocking his feet and launched an attack on the defense circle of the imperial army. , within one second after the attack of the imperial army, Herman also issued an attack order to all the undead army.

"Woo~ woo~ woo~" The horns of the knights began to resound through the sky with the outbreak of the war. Croz, Tok, and Osses led three cavalry to charge against the Knights of Blood Castle who were confronting them. .The victory or defeat between the knights will affect the balance of the battle to a certain extent, so the three teams of imperial cavalry will work hard as soon as they come up, and keep accelerating the speed of their mounts.

The vanguard of the undead army was all led by ghouls and tomb ghosts. Their rough skin and thick flesh withstood almost all the first round of long-range attacks. "Magic net! Let it go!" The Amintok net of Master Guangming quickly fell according to the plan. Because the undead army on the front of the imperial army is the strongest, so six mages and three bright nets fell on the front, and the remaining three nets fell on the front. One on each side and one on the back. "Priority to deal with giant beasts!" Bloodthirsty bat wolves move extremely fast. They were originally in the middle, and they ran to the front row in one round of shooting. If there is no restriction from Guangming. Can rush into the defensive circle and tear the front line.

After receiving Benny's order, the second round of shooting aimed at the tall giant beasts. For a while, the 180-degree barrage on the frontal battlefield turned into various acute-angled triangles, shooting crazily at the bloodthirsty bat wolf and its surroundings. , because only Manfred's frontal army has this top-level unit, and the strongest of the Isabella couple is only the Knights of the Blood Castle. After all, they are only here to rob, which is why Manfred dare not take Isa directly. The reason for the Bella couple's territory is that the city is full of high-level troops defending the city, and the price of attacking the city is somewhat unbearable.

Due to the lack of light mages, the sides and back of the empire's defense circle could only cover one area each, so they could not stop the charge of the undead soldiers at all. After the third round of shooting, the first row of soldiers on the side and behind could be seen. The saliva that flicked out of the mouth of the ghoul when it roared frantically.

"Raise the shield! Load the gun!" Benny's order quickly reached everyone's ears. The soldiers in the first row thrust their shields into the soil under their feet. Tilting slightly inward about ten degrees, the soldiers each took out a small wooden stake of moderate length from the back of their waists and put it on the inside of the shield.The small wooden stakes are neither heavy nor very thick, but they are definitely better than soldiers that can withstand the impact.The shield swordsmen in the first row stabilize the shield with their left arms, let the small wooden stake get stuck, keep the posture of kneeling on one knee, arch their left leg to stabilize their body, press their right leg against the small wooden stake stuck on the shield, and hold the sword in their right hand. Good fight ready.The second row of long spear soldiers put their shields on top of the first row's shields, bowed their bodies slightly, and then stretched out their spears through the gap.The third row of halberd soldiers grasped the rear third of the halberd with their left hand, and held the tail of the halberd with the backhand of their right hand, protruding from the top of the spears in the second row (the front row of the royal formation is a standard arrangement, and will not be used again in the future. describe).

The full defensive formation, especially in plain areas, once the formation is formed, the protected artillery and musketeers on the inside are basically useless. The musketeers and gunners all shifted their targets, while the crossbowmen in front of them projected to the left, right and back three defenses and exchanged positions with the musketeers according to the regulations. Although the projectile damage of the crossbow arrows was greatly reduced, it was nothing.

"Boards! Quick!" While Benny was talking, the well-trained soldiers had put the special wooden boards that had been prepared on the back of the steam tank, and then four or five people worked together to push the hell blast gun upwards, which was already ready. The captains of the empire, wearing three layers of thick armor, held a shield in one hand, a halberd in the other, two daggers in their waists, and four spare halberds on their backs, and walked up to the top of the steam tank. The tank comes with two heavily armed Imperial Captains and a Hellblast Cannon.Although the steam tank does not have to worry about being overturned or breached from the front, the gap above it is too large, and it is easy to climb up. Therefore, in order to fill this gap and increase the utilization rate of the artillery in the circle, under Zhang Hao's suggestion Then came the idea of ​​superimposing blast cannons on tanks, coupled with two fully armed imperial captains who don't need to move, it not only ensures the safety of the blank space, but also can play a little bit of the artillery's ability.Although the idea of ​​steam tanks equipped with heavy machine guns was put forward by Zhang Hao very early on, Nunn Gun Academy said that there are still key technical problems to be overcome, so now this method can only be used to fill the defense defects of steam tanks. After all, Zhang Hao Hao turned out to be a doctor in a peaceful country. Not to mention machine guns, imitation toy guns are rarely sold, and there was nothing he could do to help him.

After the muskets and artillery defenses on the other three sides shifted their targets, the losses of the undead army on the front suddenly increased. Six of the eight bloodthirsty bat wolves fell to the ground amidst unwilling roars, and two others were still alive. But their bodies were riddled with holes so that they could not last long.

When the light magic network ended, the undead armies on the other three sides that did not stop ran into the empire's defense circle regardless of their injuries. The originally stable line began to shake violently like an earthquake.Although ordinary ghouls are not as strong as the tomb devils, the impact of running fast is not small.Fortunately, there were wooden stakes to hold them up, otherwise humans would not be able to withstand the impact of so many tomb demons and ghouls with their own bodies. Once the formation was broken, the imperial army would face a one-sided massacre.In short, the imperial soldiers withstood the first wave of impact.

(End of this chapter)