MTL - Heroes of Silver Moon-Chapter 677 : Great Patriotic War (3)

After the initial temptation, the orc army gradually became serious and began to cross the river from more than a dozen river sections.

But the firepower of the new legion was very fierce, and these orc soldiers would often turn back and be defeated due to heavy casualties when they rowed halfway.

To this end, Batu also thought of many ways, such as letting soldiers across the river hold large iron shields on board, or sneaking across the river at night.

But none of these methods worked, and the most successful one was only to be shot by machine guns as soon as they landed.

As for the new regiment, weapons such as mortars and heavy machine guns were also exposed.

"Damn it!" Seeing the soldiers being routed again, Batu angrily punched the table. Their soldiers were just dying. This kind of attack was meaningless.

Taking a deep breath, he said cruelly, "Let the shaman come up and use magic to fill up this section of the river!"

In this war led by the orc royal court, all the orc kingdoms gave support to the Red Scorpion Khanate, including two mixed shaman groups.

Including the two formed by themselves, they dispatched a total of four shaman groups this time, with a total of 200 high-level and master-level spellcasters.

Although there are no human alchemy weapons, the combined efforts of these two hundred shamans are enough to directly use spells to fill up this section of the river.

After receiving the order, the four shaman groups were quickly mobilized and gathered together to build a magic array.

In this way, their casting distance and power can be greatly increased. The disadvantage is that the casting is slow, and it takes a lot of casting materials to build the base array, which is generally only used when the large army is fighting.

Seeing the formation of the magic array gradually took shape, Batu suddenly felt relieved. Although the casualties these days were just a drop in the bucket for the entire orc army, the soldiers didn't care about it. They only saw that they had suffered heavy casualties, but they didn't hurt the enemy at all. Great impact on overall morale.

This small river, less than a hundred meters wide, actually stopped an army of 300,000 orcs.

As long as they use spells to fill up the river and fight on land, the orcs have always been fearless, even in the face of human alchemy weapons.

 …

The headquarters of the new legion, Simon and others are busy with their own work, and the room seems a little quiet.

"Hey, I'm finally back, I'm exhausted." Siegel strode in, picked up the water bag in front of Bulder, and prepared to drink heavily.

"Damn it!" Boulder subconsciously wanted to stop it, but it was too late, and Siegel pulled out the cork of the water bag before him.

Simon sniffed his nose, glared at Boulder, then shook his head helplessly, sighed softly, and continued to count his supplies.

At this time, Siegel also licked his lips, tasted the smell, and then glanced at Simon with a guilty conscience, what kind of wine is in this water bag!

The new army strictly prohibits alcohol, especially in the state of combat preparation or war, and this discipline has naturally been brought to the new army.

Even for high-level military officers like them, preaching is indispensable when they are caught.

Seeing that Simon ignored them, Siegel was relieved. Since Simon became king, it has become more difficult to get in touch with, and it always feels a little unnatural every time he gets along.

At this moment, Harris came over: "Siegel, didn't you find anything?"

The Yelin River is a long and narrow river. They and the orcs only confronted each other in the narrowest section of the river. Although there were outposts and camps in other sections of the river, cavalry divisions were still required to run back and forth to prevent the orcs from crossing the river from other places.

"No, everything is normal." Siegel shrugged. In fact, he also thought that the orcs crossed the river from other places. After all, they faced each other across the river, so there was no room for the cavalry division to play.

But he ran back and forth dozens of times, and found nothing except for catching a small group of orcs. Presumably the orcs insisted on crossing the river here.

"Very good." Harris nodded, and then looked at Gratton: "Your first army is in charge of the front line. How is the situation?"

Graton spread his hands: "It's not bad. We killed more than ten thousand orcs, and our own casualties were less than a hundred. The morale of the army is also very high."

"Oh, so this battle will be easy?" Siegel came over and patted Simon on the shoulder: "Boss, what do you think?"

Simon shook his head first, then took a long breath, and finally spread his hands helplessly: "My God, this world is always so good at disguising itself."

"Huh?" Siegel was bewildered, obviously not understanding what Simon was saying.

Bullard translated for him: "Simon means that the current ease is just an appearance, and this war may become a meat grinder at any time."

"You don't need to tell me, of course I know what this means." Siegel looked at Bulder unhappily, he hated being treated as a fool.

"Simon, looking at your frowning face, is there something that bothers you?" Harris walked up to Simon and asked regardless of the flirting between the two.

Simon handed him the materials in his hand: "Since the beginning of the war, businessmen have considered risks, and our foreign trade has been decreasing day by day, while the domestic materials can support the war for half a year at most."

"And the most important point is that the war started less than ten days ago, and it's not yet the intense period of the war. You have already consumed one-fiftieth of the rifle ammunition."

"My God, if this goes on for at most one and a half months, the weapons in the soldiers' hands will become fire sticks. Can you think about our armament supply capabilities?"

"I will try my best to order the soldiers to aim first and then shoot." Graton shrugged, although he knew that it would not be effective.

In the past few days, in order for the soldiers to familiarize themselves with the battlefield as soon as possible, bullets have always been in unlimited supply.

The supply of armaments has always been the shortcoming of the new army. Even if a new large arsenal is built on the outskirts of the capital, it is only the supply of ammunition, which is just maintained between the barren and the rich.

Accustomed to firing bullets lavishly these days, I am afraid it will be difficult for the soldiers to get rid of the behavior of wasting ammunition.

"What are you afraid of, don't we still have a lot of money?" Siegel said carelessly.

Simon's headache: "It is true that there are more than 500,000 gold coins in the treasury, but this only means that we have a quota of 20,000 people killed in battle. If the number of people killed in this battle exceeds 20,000, we will not be able to pay the soldiers' pensions." , and it is impossible to carry out aftermath work.”

The new regiment has strict discipline and high morale, and a large part of it comes from the welfare of soldiers, especially the generous pension system.

If the pension cannot be paid, the country's reputation will be damaged. When the next war comes, whether the soldiers will still be so brave is a question mark.

In this regard, Siegel quickly stopped: "Well, forget about these, let's talk about some pleasant topics."

He felt that Simon was too pessimistic, not at all like the Simon he had known.

"Okay, happy topic..." Simon shrugged: "I heard that Olenna is pregnant?"

Buuld chimed in: "In fact, his wife has conceived, a boy."

"Wow, congratulations!" Simon sincerely congratulated, and at the same time felt a little emotional. The little boys who used to be have grown up now.

It was rare for Siegel not to exchange blows with Bullard, and said with a smirk: "Thank you, after the war is over, I have to ask for leave to spend time with them."

Harris also thought of his wife Xi Ludi, and said with emotion: "Yes, we have sacrificed too much time to prepare for this war, and we should spend time with them."

"Simon, what about you? After the war is over, what do you want to do most?" Bulder turned to look at Simon.

Simon let out a long sigh, showing a rare look of exhaustion: "I want to leave the Silver Moon Kingdom and travel to various places on the main continent."

Walking the world with a sword is the dream of every teenager, and he never felt that he had grown up.

Hearing this, Harris and the others looked at each other, and the smiles on their faces gradually froze: "But, you are the king of Silvermoon Kingdom."

"I know I'm the king." Simon murmured weakly: "I've had enough of the extremely good material life and the extremely bad spiritual life."

Since he became the king, he has been in a high-intensity work state with constant government affairs and secular affairs, which is really exhausting physically and mentally.

"Okay, my friends, we are still in the midst of a war. Instead of thinking about what will happen after the war, we should think more about how to win this war."

Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Graton quickly changed the subject: "What do you think the orcs will do next?"

Everyone suddenly recovered from the shock, Bulder shrugged and said, "I think they will send out many small groups of troops to cross the river from other places in the dark."

"I think that Red Scorpion Khan will choose to use a duel to decide the outcome of this war." Siegel also expressed his opinion.

"Are you serious?" Bullard looked at Siegel in surprise. Did this guy really graduate from the Military Academy at the same time as them?

"Considering the current situation and customs of the orcs, this possibility is not ruled out." Graton supported Siegel's view.

"What about you, Simon?" Harris looked at Simon.

"I think they will use spells to directly fill up this river." Simon also gave his opinion. After all, the orcs' brain circuits are quite simple, and they always feel that they are invincible on land.

Harris was taken aback for a moment, and then savored it carefully: "It is possible, we need to be prepared."

"No, the artillery position is ready." Alyosha walked in at this time. He was in charge of dispatching the artillery unit of the new regiment. Simon had already asked him to do a good job of prevention.

"Hush, be quiet." Feeling the abnormal flow of magic power, Simon's eyes instantly turned golden yellow, and the orc shaman group who was preparing to cast spells was clearly exposed in his field of vision.

"Oh, I knew it, ordered the artillery position, 27 degrees east to west, 3600 miles away, full coverage launch!" Simon shook his head helplessly, the brain circuit of this orc is really easy to guess!

"Yes!" Alyosha, who had not had time to catch his breath, immediately gave a standard military salute, and then quickly ran towards the artillery position.

 …

Under the heavy protection of the orc soldiers, the shaman group began to chant spells and cast spells in the magic base of the orc camp. Although it seemed heavily guarded, no one felt worried.

In the past few days of fighting, they have figured out the alchemy weapons of human beings. The attack range is about three to four hundred meters, and the weapons that can explode are at most one thousand meters.

But this magic array is a full three kilometers away from the human position, and unless humans cross the river to attack, it is impossible to attack this place.

And if human beings dare to cross the river, then they have the confidence to hammer all these human soldiers who dare not fight in close combat into flesh.

"What is that?" Some shamans who were casting spells accidentally glanced at the sky ~www.novelbuddy.com~ Under the light of the fire, the shells hit them like shooting stars.

"Not good!" Batu, who was on the side, seemed to have guessed something, and immediately flew into the sky to stop it.

But in the next second, Simon appeared in front of him, and said with a smile: "The Red Scorpion King, the legendary powerhouse, it's better not to interfere in the battle of the ordinary army."

After a while of blocking, the shells directly hit the magic array, and the sound of explosions rang out continuously.

Those shamans gathered together had no time to escape, and the spell shields they cast hastily were torn apart like paper.

The artillery unit received an order to strike with full coverage, so the strike lasted for half a minute. Hundreds of shells were poured into this area, and the orc shaman group was almost wiped out.

"Bastard! What have you done!" Batu's eyes turned red instantly.

These are four shaman regiments, a total of two hundred high-level and master-level spellcasters, even in any war in the past, it is enough to determine the direction of the war.

"This is our land, and I'm just performing the duties of a king." Simon didn't feel any guilt about this, because... this is war!

The veins on Batu's forehead popped out, he took a deep breath, glared at Simon viciously, and gritted his teeth: "That's enough, there's no need to let the soldiers die indifferently, just fight me if you're a man! Let us decide the victory of this war." burden!"

This powerful alchemy weapon has already made him realize that they may not be able to defeat the army of the Silver Moon Kingdom at all on the mortal battlefield.

"Wow! Okay!" Simon nodded with a toothache, which really made Siegel guess right, but it was also in line with his expectations. The sooner this war ends, the better it will be for Silvermoon Kingdom .