Chapter 226 Fighting in the Early Morning

At five o'clock in the morning on the third day, Iket and his first army arrived at the forest capital Eyjafala on time.

Thanks to the gnolls' defensive policy, the trees near the royal capital were cleared. This was originally a strategy to hinder the enemy's siege, but it provided a large area of ​​ideal open space for Ictor.

This is exactly what is needed to unleash long-range firepower.

The emerging Jackal Kingdom did not even have a city wall. The confident high priest Sakala headed out of the city with 5,000 recruited slave workers and 2,000 royal guards.

The clearing in the forest was like an isolated island, where troops from both sides gathered in unison.

Iket's skirmishers arrived at the battlefield first, and the hunters took the lead in setting up a cordon in front of the formation.

Immediately afterwards, 700 line infantrymen also began to walk out of the jungle under the leadership of their respective commanders. The second battalion began to maneuver to the left wing, while the first battalion stood directly in the middle.

The Guards grenadiers finally appeared on the right wing. Due to the tight strength of the troops, the reserve force only had a small number of internal affairs troops and chasseurs, as well as half of the dimensional gunmen who had not been sent to the front line.

All the light artillery batteries were deployed on the right wing. Due to weight restrictions and range advantages, the heavy artillery batteries were deployed at the junction of the left and right wings with the central army (not only within the protection of the military formation, but also able to form a crossover in the middle).

firepower, and can also form side fire on both wings).

However, this also requires sufficient firepower density. The British army was defeated by the Black Uncle in the Boer War. The rifles in their hands at that time were Martini Henrys.

After the operation steps were completed, the artillery officer ordered the loader to insert the shell.

At 6:30 in the morning, Iket's defense facilities were basically deployed, and the artillery also completed the construction of positions.

"Here comes the sun god!"

Because Ikot's formation was clearly for defensive counterattack, the powerful right wing also assembled all the Ratmen's highly mobile artillery and nearly half of the flamethrowers.

The military morale of the Jackals was shaken instantly. No matter how powerful the iron army was, it could not withstand more than 500 people being scrapped in a single bombardment.

Rumble——

Sakala continued to instill encouraging words to the troops. In fact, although the opposing troops only held strange fire sticks, they were already overwhelmed by their quality alone.

A "Firework" rocket launcher was also put into battle. The territory of this type of weapon has produced four. However, because paper rockets are difficult to adapt to the humid climate of the jungle, the army can only support one artillery and its ammunition.

A hundred-man team was scrapped on the spot. Less than thirty people died directly, but as many as fifty were pierced by shrapnel and wailing on the ground. They begged friendly forces to save their lives, but the priests who controlled discipline were

Kill using spells.

"Hellfire! This is the terrifying flame from hell! The kingdom is over! I want to go home!"

The artillerymen were also busy preparing their respective positions. They used baskets made of bamboo strips, filled them with soil, and then placed them around the artillery. This was probably useless to the jackals in front of them, but they needed to practice.

Sakala was actually quite panicked, not to mention that it would take at least two hours for his side to set up the military formation. He was now like a teacher taking care of primary school students on their spring outing. He was extremely busy and prayed that Iket wouldn't leave.

Don't talk about martial ethics and take the lead in attacking.

"Forward! Brave Jackal warriors! Let those slaves hold back their center and right flanks!"

"Load the shells!"

Can two thousand human elites defeat seven thousand jackals?

Six 75mm artillery pieces formed a crossfire, and the solid shells rammed wildly in the jackal's traditional large vertical deep-cold weapon phalanx, with many troops on their way mixed in the middle.

Then each artillery crew began to fire freely.

The reason why we should try our best to increase the width of the battle line is to prevent the enemy from forming an effective detour on the troops. After all, they are where there are fewer people.

However, Sakala's wish is likely to come true. Under the influence of the rat people, Ictor has never known what martial virtue is.

"Those rats want more on the left wing! Reinforce our boar riders! Who will take command? Of course, at my command! I am the high priest!"

Every time a grenade explodes, countless pillars of dust will be stirred up around it, mixed with the blood of jackals.

If a cannon fires like lightning, then a group of cannons fires like a continuous thunderstorm.

Of course it is possible.

The 2nd Battalion and the 1st Battalion have deployed mobile thorn nets in front of the formation and on the left flank, with a total of two layers, but the Guards on the right wing have not.

The artillerymen began to operate the six 75mm artillery to calibrate the target, and the 120mm mortars were all loaded with grenades. The ranging officers of each artillery team gave a thumbs up to the Jackals, and the artillery crew immediately began to adjust the artillery position.

The total combat strength of the First Army was nearly 2,000 rats. Each company was arranged into two horizontal lines as much as possible to widen the formation, forming a wide front of about 800 meters.

"Let our elite warriors go to the right wing! I will go there too! They only have two thousand people! The great warriors will ruthlessly crush their right wing!"

The same goes for a ratman with such sophisticated equipment.

The jackals who were still organizing their troops only saw a few small black dots flying from the sky.

If it weren't for the support of belief in gods, the jackals would have almost collapsed on the spot.

The order for artillery fire was quickly passed on, and now there were mountains of solid bullets and shotgun shells in the territory. He didn't mind spending more ammunition on the jackals.

Coupled with the extremely high level of artillery skills of the rat artillery, more than 300 gnolls were killed in just the first salvo.

Saqqara was still cursing and ordering his troops to line up. Obviously, not every priest knew how to line up their troops, and they had no war plan.

Ikot rode his horse past the formation. Every time he passed a company, the Stormvermin officers would be rather naughty and ask their rats to shout "Long live the clan leader!".

But this is not the end, just after the first round of solid bullet firing, mortar shells with longer flight distance also fell.

If it weren't for Iket's complete firepower system, he would never dare to play like this.

At about 6 o'clock in the morning, all the troops of the First Army were in formation. At this time, the sun had just risen from the horizon, and the Jackals could already see the neat military formation in the distance.

Mortar shells using wooden delay tubes could not explode accurately on the ground. Due to calculation errors and the Ratmen's tendency to let the shells explode in the air, six 120mm mortar shells exploded in the air and hit the surrounding jackals.

People poured down deadly shrapnel rains of death.

Then, and then there is no more.

It can be recycled anyway.

"Brothers artillery! It's time to test us! Fire for the clan!"

The Guards will punch you when the time is right, instead of passively defending on the spot. This can also be regarded as a preview of the underground battle.

The priests finally managed to stabilize the situation, but at this time the chaotic jackal army still had no formation at all.

What's even more frightening is that less than thirty seconds after they calmed down, the rat men opened fire again.

"Clan leader! Fire! Keep firing! Kill them all!"

After receiving good feedback, the Skaven Artillerymen were enthusiastic.
Chapter completed!