Chapter 40: The Orcs' Difficult Road to the North
When the reinforcements from the high elves set off, the tribal army had already passed the Black Stone Tower and was trudging through the harsh environment of the scorching canyon and desolate land.
It was a hot and desolate land, with only scorched black and cracked land at a glance, and even the wind was as hot as a barbecue.
With the emergence of the Burning Plains, these areas have been abandoned for more than three hundred years, and no one has lived here for a long time.
If you want to find your way in such a harsh place, you can only explore along the general direction bit by bit.
While the orcs were still groping their way north, the coalition forces on the human side had already begun training.
Most of the coalition troops were farmers who had just laid down their hoes.
Muskets, a weapon that has been heavily promoted in recent years, are very suitable for arming them.
Most of the seven human kingdoms have feudal serfdom.
Training farmers into musketeers with powerful attack power will undoubtedly shake the status of those knights.
But between the interests of the muskets and the knights, the kings still chose the former.
The country is about to be destroyed by the orcs, and all fools know how to choose.
Facts have proved that the knight's charge is not very reliable.
Their numbers are too small and they will be quickly consumed by the orcs.
Only a sufficient number of musketeers are the most suitable unit to deal with orcs.
As for the backward landlord-serf system, the six northern countries are already groping for reform.
The Magic Kingdom of Dalaran and the Kingdom of Kul Tiras have even completed this reform and embarked on a better development path.
Facts have proved that the backward production model of landlords and serfs is far less beneficial than the benefits brought by the development of industry and commerce.
Taking advantage of the orc invasion to make institutional changes was a tacit decision made by all the kings together.
Therefore promoting muskets has become politically correct.
During this change, Chenfeng Arsenal received the largest number of orders from the coalition.
The dwarves and dwarves who learned that the orcs were heading north are now preparing war supplies.
It’s good that they don’t purchase arms from the outside world!
On the pier of Yangfan Port, Herard waved goodbye to the giant steel ship slowly leaving the port.
The warship that transported the High Elf reinforcements to Nanhai Town was a transport warship close to modern standards.
Its displacement is just over 7,000 tons, which is not yet considered a giant ship.
But among sail warships that generally weigh more than 3,000 tons, its tonnage is definitely at the level of a Big Mac!
Transporting the High Elf Ranger to Nanhai Town is not a very urgent task.
The orcs are still advancing rapidly in the south, why are they in such a hurry to go to Nanhai Town?
Therefore, the goblin captain stopped and stopped along the way, doing navigation and trade with the cities along the way.
The high elf rangers had no problem with this either.
The mission of supporting the human kingdom has turned into a tourist trip.
Rangers have a thorough understanding of thermal weapons warfare.
When it comes to the frontal battlefield, the real combat power is this warship.
The main gun on the bow of the ship alone can withstand the firepower of more than a dozen guns.
Just provide the enemy's coordinates to the warship, and the enemy will soon have no decent troops left.
The high elf rangers who were brainwashed by hot weapon tactics have lost their guerrilla tactics to who knows where!
Overheating weapons is the general trend.
Reality is not a game. There are not so many divine bows for long-range professions to use.
The dwarves have basically completed the process of using firearms as a whole.
Even soldiers carry a musket on their backs and can take it out at any time.
For mountain range hunters in the wild, long-barreled muskets and grizzly bears are standard equipment.
Even the human kingdom has started the process of firearms.
Nearly half of the coalition soldiers in training are musketeers.
It is really doubtful whether the orcs heading north could persist until the end in the face of a hail of bullets and bullets before being defeated.
Herard's doubt was quickly answered.
The orc army successfully found the area where the dwarves and gnomes were, and used excellent anti-heat weapon tactics.
Dodge gunfire, use the terrain to get closer to the enemy, and then launch a frenetic charge.
Although they did not completely crush the dwarves and dwarfs, they were forced to retreat steadily due to the general situation.
The orcs defeated the Draenei who owned space battleships and were capable of interstellar colonization on their home planet of Draenor! Although the draenei are very miserable interstellar refugees, they are not as powerful as the real interstellar races.
But their technological level is very high, and they even have energy weapons.
However, within a few years of the war, they were almost wiped out by the orcs.
Relying on the violent power brought by the demon blood, the orcs defeated civilization with extreme barbarity!
Now a similar scene is happening on another planet.
Seeing the fortresses built by the dwarves and gnomes on the mountain road being uprooted one by one by the brutal and violent orcs, Herad could only lament that barbarism had once again defeated civilization.
But the number of dwarves and gnomes is indeed too small.
Moreover, they still underestimated the orcs and did not mobilize for a full-scale war.
Wanting to use thousands of troops to fight the orcs is really looking down on people.
Fortunately, these two races like to build defenses.
The dwarves built a fortress city inside the mountain.
As long as the entrance to the city is blocked, the orc army's offensive will stop there.
The dwarf dug a huge underground city.
It is also a defensive fortress that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Facing these two tortoise races, the orcs launched fierce attacks many times, but failed to achieve any breakthrough.
Seeing that his own attacks were repelled time and time again, Orgrim had no choice but to change his strategy again.
It left nearly half of its army standing guard nearby to prevent these two races from coming out to cause trouble.
If you can't chew the hard bones, keep them for now, and then slowly chew them after you have dealt with the humans.
Delano has a lot of tough stuff.
Slowly they were all eaten away.
The orc army, preparing to continue their march north, soon left Dun Morogh, which was covered in wind and snow.
They came to the wetland near the sea and looked for a way to continue north.
When he arrived here, Orgrim made two plans.
An army continues to explore, trying to get a way north from the land.
The other army built ships on the seaside and penetrated directly into Nanhai Town, the hinterland of the human kingdom, from the sea.
Orgrim's vision was very vicious, and he took a fancy to the landing location of Nanhai Town at a glance.
Hillsbrad Hills, where Nanhai Town is located, is the back garden of several surrounding kingdoms.
If the orcs land from Nanhai Town, they can threaten all surrounding kingdoms.
In fact, anyone with a little strategic vision can see the importance of Nanhai Town.
Therefore, the coalition forces of the human kingdom are training here.
Refugees from Stormwind City also took refuge here.
A war surrounding Nanhai Town is definitely inevitable!
However, if the orcs want to reach Nanhai Town, they must first build a ship.
Orcs are typical nomadic people. They cannot build large ships that can cross the sea.
But as long as the money is provided, someone will naturally help them build ships.
Several short green-skinned creatures who called themselves goblins took the initiative to find Orgrim.
Orgrim was immediately interested when he learned that the other party could help build the ship.
Those goblins can provide a black glue.
Black glue is very strong and will not dissolve when soaked in water.
Orgrim saw the effect of using black glue, and the deal was decided instantly.
Orcs cut and transport wood.
Goblins use glue to stick the wood together.
Once the glue dries, the boat can be pushed into the sea and used.
Shipbuilding goes from careful selection to haphazard handling, with just the invention of black glue in between.
With black glue, the price of the boat will become cabbage price.
(End of chapter)