Chapter 635 Chapter 594 Collapse!

At noon, the defenders of the eastern fortress responded quickly. The imperial troops of the two divisions galloped out of the city and arrived at the bank of the river. Afterwards, the small fleet stationed on the water village wharf in the city immediately drove out through the diversion canal. At the pier, came to the river bank. Whether it's doubts or surprises.But the unquestionable fact in front of them is: those barbarian races are really going to attack the eastern fortress on a large scale!Are they... wanting to forcibly cross the river? ! Just after noon, the battle started immediately.In terms of crimes, the death squad orcs in the two phalanxes rushed forward carrying huge pieces of wood, trying to build a pontoon bridge on the river, regardless of the covering projectiles of the human archers on the other side.

Those orcs were all bare-chested, and even gave up their armor for the sake of flexible movements. Instead, they only held up a wide wooden board to block arrows when they were running. On the south bank of the river, human archers lined up on the river bank, shooting salvos one after another, trying to prevent the opponent from building a pontoon bridge on the opposite bank. The arrows were flying like locusts all over the sky. On the north bank, arrows were everywhere on the ground. The orc death squads running and working on the wooden boards worked under the dense rain of arrows. From time to time, some orcs were shot by arrows and let out a few howls.One by one, the furry soles trampled back and forth on the shallow surface of the river bank, and the black soil on the ground was gradually stained red with blood.

An hour later, the orcs paid the price of hundreds of casualties, and finally built a simple bridge pier about ten meters wide on the opposite bank. At this time, the archers on the other side had already started to retreat.The commander of the human army is the deputy of General Rostock, the deputy head of the Storm Legion, and the supreme commander of the eastern fortress, Dominguez. At this moment, the forty-six-year-old general personally led the troops of two divisions to command the sniper attack on the south bank, and with his back against the eastern fortress, the heavy engineers were nervously moving out the large ordnance in the city, one by one. The catapult was also pushed to the bank, and began to bombard the other side of the river.

Afterwards, the empire's warships also drove to the river. Eight imperial sea-soul-class warships lined up on the river, closely connected, and fired at the orcs on the north bank with the ballista on board. With the addition of warships, the losses of the orcs were once greatly increased.In less than half an hour, the beast soldiers on the shallows on the north bank almost covered the shallows with their corpses, and the sailors on the boat also took up their bows and crossbows and shot towards the north bank. Humans once had the upper hand in battle. The pier built by the orcs on the north bank had been bombarded twice by catapults and collapsed, but these orcs seemed determined to cross the river here. After the two collapses, they sent a large number of death squads to Rebuilt, corpses, broken arrows, and wood scattered on the ground are everywhere on the shallows.

Seeing the human warships blocking the river, General Dominguez was full of doubts...Looking at the situation, it is impossible for the enemy to cross the river here... Could it be that they came to die on purpose? From the perspective of the enemy, the densely packed orc army on the other side is probably at least 100,000. With so many troops sent, it is obvious that they are going to attack here. On the warship, the sailors fired ballistas frantically, watching the orcs on the other side keep falling, the huge crossbow arrows shot past, with strong penetrating power, often able to shoot three or five orcs at the same time, like a string Like candied haws.

The sailors roared excitedly, watching the enemies on the other side fall down in rows under the attack of the invincible warships of the empire, and the bows and arrows in their hands were also shooting vigorously. Many soldiers even used too much force when they were excited. Even the thumb for drawing the bow was cut and dripping with blood. The orcs still did not give up in the slightest. Under the impact of thousands of orc warriors who almost committed suicide, the bridge pier was firmly nailed to the north bank, and countless timbers were reinforced to withstand the crazy bombardment of humans.

At this time, Dominguez had already quickly sent someone to the city to mobilize the air force. A brigade of about 150 bombing airships was stationed in the eastern fortress. At this time, seeing the orc army on the other side pressing down on the border, General Dominguez immediately remembered the benefits of the airship—these orc formations were so dense, It is on a flat and open wilderness. If there is no bombing at this time, when will we wait? The battle lasted until the afternoon. It seemed that the orcs didn't take advantage of it. The human soldiers fell into an atmosphere of extreme fanaticism and joy. In most people's eyes, these orcs were probably out of their minds and ran here Come to die stupidly.

But at this moment, the situation suddenly changed! On the surface of the river, eight imperial sea soul-class warships were originally lined up, but although the river was dug several times wider by the empire before the war, these warships were originally Battleship of the Navy.Huge warships were originally a bit reluctant to drive on this river channel. Therefore, since the start of the war, none of the empire's largest Poseidon and Sea King-class warships have entered the river channel. Only the small Sea Soul-class warships in the imperial navy can Driving on the river - but even so, the eight sea soul-class ships lined up on the river seemed a little crowded.

The fleet was tightly packed together, almost connected end to end, and the warships fired at the north bank with all their strength, but they didn't know that the catastrophe had come! ! The accident happened extremely suddenly! The fleet lined up in a row, the flagship is in the penultimate position, and the general commanding the fleet is an imperial navy veteran who has participated in two Nanyang expeditions.And amidst the frenzied atmosphere of the sailors on board, suddenly, a dull roar was heard from underwater! boom! ! This sound was like a heavy hammer hitting a wooden board, and then the hull immediately shook violently a few times. Before everyone could react, the warship had already tilted seriously to the left!

Afterwards, the sound of underwater collisions was heard incessantly, mixed with the terrifying sound of planks breaking.After the hull tilted, the sailors on the ship shouted and ran in panic, and many people fell into the water. At this time, someone from below panicked and reported that the cabin below the waterline had been smashed through the hull! "Below! They're underwater!!" The captain immediately issued an order, and the sailors picked up their bows and arrows, and shot towards the water with all their strength, but through the water, the bows and arrows lost most of their power.Some sailors set up ballistas, turned around and fired towards the water.

Water warfare in this era lacks the ability to counterattack underwater.And some brave sailors, after receiving the command from the chief, had no time to take off their clothes, grabbed the short knife and bit it in their mouths, jumped into the river one after another, and dived into the water. Row after row of sailors bravely jumped into the water, and the scene seemed to fall into a brief silence for a moment.The hull was still tilted, but the sound of the underwater collision seemed to have stopped, and many people rushed to the side of the boat to look down. However, none of the sailors who jumped down with their knives in their mouths came out after they went down. After a while, someone exclaimed, and on the surface of the water, streams of bright red blood came up from below, as if coquettish red flowers bloomed on the surface of the water! Then, bubbling bubbles appeared everywhere on the surface of the water, and the people on board fell into a strange tension. More brave sailors took off their boots, bit their knives in their mouths, and jumped into the water... Then, suddenly, there was a violent collision sound underwater, and suddenly a cloud of water sprayed out from under the river!In the water splash, there was still countless blood spurting up, and some horrifying broken arms and broken corpses were mixed in it! ! With one after another exclamation, the underwater hull let out a mournful sound—the sailors who had been struggling to block the damage in the cabin had no time to escape, and in the midst of a roar, they watched the hull suddenly break apart ! The icy river water rushed in frantically, instantly obliterating the sailors under the cabin. Then the hull broke from the middle, and the bow immediately tilted up high, and the sailors and officers standing on the bow fell into the water under the shouting. At this time, finally, the underwater enemies showed their faces. A few giant monsters covered in oily fur and faintly tinged with flesh-red color emerged from the water with their heads protruding from the water. The huge heads spurted out blood , with a growl. There are more than a dozen of these monsters, each of which is at least five meters away. They are the hippopotamus orcs who are good at water among the orcs. These hippo orcs were born with huge bodies and terrifying strength. After diving into the water, each hippo orc held a huge hammer in their hands! The flagship of the human fleet was suddenly attacked by several hippo orcs and broke! The sudden collapse of the flagship immediately caused the panic of the entire fleet, and the general of the fleet fell into the water before he could give the final order.And the hippo orcs were still lurking in the water, wantonly hunting and killing the human sailors who fell into the water. Although these sailors are excellent sailors who have fought against the waves in the sea, no matter how good the water skills of human beings are, they are no match for this natural underwater race.Coupled with the huge body and brutal strength of the hippo orcs, the sailors under the water died quickly, and they were strangled one by one and even swallowed underwater by the hippos. This is exactly the plot of the criminals. On the North Shore, they deliberately sent a large number of orcs to risk their lives to build a pontoon bridge to feign an attack, thereby attracting the human fleet to the water.But the hippopotamus orcs quietly entered the water from the upper reaches, went downstream, lurked in the water, and ambushed the human fleet in one fell swoop. The human warships responded immediately after being attacked. On the warships one by one, the brave sailors were not afraid of the underwater monsters, and even some officers with strong martial arts skills took the lead and took off their clothes, carrying The dagger jumped into the water. However, on the surface of the water, soldiers of broken human warriors kept appearing one after another, and for a while, blood was everywhere on the broad river! The battle is still going on, and the human warships have been attacked one by one. After suffering a lot of casualties, the marines finally realized the fact that they have no choice but to deal with these underwater monsters attacking them. Soon after the flagship was sunk, another warship was sunk. Afterwards, the fleet began to issue flags one by one: retreat! It is completely meaningless to continue to stay on the river, and can only let the soldiers die in vain. But at this time, they wanted to retreat, but they couldn't do it! After all, the river is still a little narrow. The fleet is lined up on the river. The dense formation is crowded together. At this time, they want to retreat, but in the chaos, they can't even turn around!Several large ships were crowded together, and even collided with each other, while the hippo orcs frantically devoured the lives of the sailors underwater, and even some hippo orcs got mad and surfaced, trying to attack the humans on the deck ——However, this kind of hot-headed action finally brought casualties to the hippo orc. If they were underwater, human warships would naturally have nothing to do, but once they surfaced, the sailors immediately took up bows and arrows and even ballistas to fight back. Although the hippo orcs had rough skin and thick flesh, they couldn't withstand the ballista's attack. After howling a few times, several hippo orcs were shot by the ballista and fell into the water and sank. On the river, amidst the chaos, human warships crowded together one by one, unable to enter or retreat.The sinking of the flagship has brought confusion to the command, and the river is not only narrow, but even the depth of the water is far from being comparable to that of the sea! Even some damaged warships sank for a small part, but the remaining half still floated on the water—but they happened to block the river!