Celestine also raised the quicksand scepter in his hand and knocked it heavily on the gong.
At this point, the gong that had been silent on the Beetle Platform for thousands of years was finally struck, and a mysterious energy shock shot out from the gong, directly hitting the gate of Ahn'Qiraj.
"Boom!"
The entire Silithus began to shake violently. Everyone present, especially the coalition soldiers who were already waiting in the fortifications in front of the gate, clenched their weapons and stared at the people who had flashed out. The golden door of Ahn'Qiraj.
"The gate is about to open, and the bug-men are about to come out."
In a fortress behind the fortifications, it has been converted into a frontline headquarters. High-level coalition forces, including King Saurfang, Mikaela, Halfor, etc., are here to observe the situation on the frontline and make decisions on the battle situation. Conduct an assessment and make tactical adjustments based on the assessment results.
Now, as the gates of Ahn'Qiraj completely disappeared in the golden light, the top leaders of the coalition forces all leaned towards the window to directly check the situation on the front line with their naked eyes.
Sure enough, the Ahn'Qiraj insect army rushed out as soon as the gate disappeared, trying to crush all resistance.
What rushed at the front was a swarm of beetles that were larger than a human being. The terrifying number of them crawling all over the ground was mind-numbing.
Following closely behind the beetles are the real bugmen, the Qiraji warriors, who are over five meters tall. Their bodies are covered with thick chitin carapace, and their left and right arms have no palms, replaced by a pair of giant pincers that look like scorpions. , its power is enough to crush steel!
Then came the Qiraji swarm guards with four translucent insect wings on their backs. They were different from the Qiraji warriors. They were slender and wore veils. They seemed to be women among the insect people, but they could fly at low altitudes. Its arms are like a mantis, a pair of sharp scythes that choose to devour people.
In addition, the last person to appear was a group of Anubis guards more than ten meters tall. Legend has it that these black dog-headed giants were once the jailers guarding C'Thun. However, after the Titans disappeared, C'Thun used his evil power to control these guys. Now this group of jailors have begun to serve the prisoners in the prison. It is really sad!
With the appearance of the insect army, the battle for Ahn'Qiraj began.
"Fire!"
The frontline commander of the coalition forces gave an order, and countless cannonballs, fireballs, and ice arrows were fired from the fortress built by the dwarves in a circle in front of the gate. The power of gunpowder and magic representing Azeroth launched the first round of attacks on the insect army.
In just a few seconds, countless beetles fell into the fire and became corpses flowing with stinky juice, and were trampled under the feet of the following insect army. After all, these beetles are the cannon fodder in the insect army, attracting firepower.
However, due to the consumption caused by the death of the beetles, the main force of the insect men did rush to a position dozens of meters away from the fortress. With the strength of the insect troops, especially the Anubis defenders, the masonry of the fortress may not be Able to block their attacks.
"Come at me!"
Amidst the war cry, an orc commander brandished a battle ax and rushed out of the fortress first. After that, countless coalition soldiers followed him and killed the insect troops.
The fortress behind is an important fulcrum of firepower and must not be breached by the opponent. Therefore, the soldiers of the coalition took the initiative to attack and used their bodies to form a city wall to block the opponent's impact.
The battle has now entered a fierce stage.
Suddenly, Michaela saw a golden light rising from the center of the battlefield.
"No need to guess, it's Celestine."
Torina said: "She is still as fierce as ever. To be precise, her team is very fierce."
In Celestine's team, Cato Sicarius, Efreni, Kaldo Diego, Calga and Nikana Sharokin all joined the frontline battle, and Kata in the team Lina Greyfax and Belisarius Call stayed in the fortress to support the front line with magic.
In addition, Mariana's team is also fighting on the front line. Of course, unlike Celestine, Mariana is much more low-key. She does not use "Rage of Revenge" to soar into the sky like Celestine, making everyone Everyone can see it.
Instead, Mariana's squad relied on their extensive dragon-slaying experience to make them adept at dealing with larger opponents. For example, right now, Mariana, Agri, Atek and other teammates are surrounding and killing two Anubis guardians.
Seeing this, Michaela knew that there were countless Anubis guardians in Ahn'Qiraj, and Mariana's experience could be promoted.
On the other side, following the charge of the orc frontline commander, there was also the team of the two brothers Graka-Stone Ax and Glade-Steel Ax. They had already bumped into the team of Qiraji warriors and were in the middle of a bloody fight.
At this moment, beside Mikaela, Cenarion Council commander Marlis said: "It seems that the battle is going well. Our people have blocked the opponent's first round of impact."
"Um."
Michaela nodded.
In the spiritual world, Torina followed and said:
"In the original story, when Ahn'Qiraj opened its doors and the Qiraji army fought against the coalition forces in Silithus, the three local insect hives would launch an attack together with the insect army. At the same time, because the Twilight Hammer did not They were completely surrendered, so they have been threatening the coalition forces from behind. This made that battle very difficult for the coalition forces."
"However, with Mikaela's efforts, the Twilight Hammer was cleared in the first step, and then the adventurers cleared the three insect nests, plus the fortress defense system that directly blocked the gate of Ahn'Qiraj. , and also eliminated unstable factors such as the Dread Lord before the war began.”
Torina concluded: "So we will definitely win this battle easily, hahahahaha!"
However, in reality, Michaela frowned: "The situation is not good."
"Eh?"
Torina didn't know why: "Michaela, didn't our front line hold up?"
Not only Michaela, but also Halver frowned: "The situation is not good!"
"What's going on?"
Torina, who had no concept of military affairs, was confused.
In reality, Mikaela, like Halford, turned away from the window and sat back at the conference table in the middle. King Saurfang, Dwarf Marshal Bruvor and Commander Marlis also sat back. At the conference table.
(Veteran general Salaka is commanding at the front line)
Brewer was the first to speak: "Tsk, those bugs are smarter than we thought."
Commander Marlis said: "According to our night elf historical records, the insectoid troop commander should be General Rajax. During the Battle of Quicksand thousands of years ago, it was he who organized the sneak attack on Nanfeng Village. fought and killed Staghelm's son."
"General Rajax, huh."
Halford added: "What a difficult guy."
Michaela also believes: "Faced with the open door, General Rajax was able to resist the temptation and sent only one force to conduct a tentative attack, while the main force hid in Ahn'Qiraj. Our subsequent battles , it’s troublesome.”
Any battle has two different directions: tactics and strategy.
For example, in the Battle of the Open Door that has not yet ended, the coalition forces used the fortress defense line to block other bugs at the door tactically; but strategically, the fortress defense line was also a tool to consume the opponent's vitality.
Even if this line of defense is broken through and the insect army successfully enters Silithus, as long as the defense line can successfully consume a large number of insect troops, the coalition can still have another decisive battle at Cenarion Fortress.
After being sealed in the Beetle Wall for thousands of years, the door was reopened. For every insect man, it was like a prisoner who had been in prison for decades and was suddenly able to leave the prison. It was an extremely huge temptation.
However, General Rajax of the Insects resisted the temptation. He did not send the main force to hit the coalition's defense line head on, but only conducted a tentative attack. This resulted in the main force of the Insect army not being lost and preserving A lot of vitality.
On the other hand, the coalition forces cannot move the fortress without long legs. As long as the insect troops do not attack, the fortress defense line can only be reduced to a decoration.
In addition, from the strategic point of view of the Insects, they do not need to defeat the coalition forces at all, they only need to
They have to defend for a year and let their god, C'Thun, who is hidden deep in the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj, break free of the seal, then they will win.
An ancient god who broke free from the seal was definitely not a being that mortals could fight against.
After listening to the discussion of the battle situation by the top leaders of the coalition forces, Torina in the spiritual world understood the above facts and immediately issued a soul torture:
"Then the previous fortress was built in vain?"
If we only consider the results and work backwards, then the fortress defense line proposed by Michaela is indeed in vain. It is obviously impossible for the Qiraji to continue to use the Tianling Gai tactics and hit the fortress with their heads.
In fact, there are obvious logical errors in the inference of the results. On the contrary, game theory can better explain the situation at hand.
If the fortress defense line proposed by Michaela had not been implemented, then the bugs would have been able to rush straight to Silithus and fight in the desert with the coalition forces that had no defensive advantage. They would not have sent out only one force for a tentative trial like today. Attacked.
"Then what should we do next?"
Back at the military meeting, Michaela asked the others: "Should we leave the fortress and take the initiative to attack and enter Ahn'Qiraj?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes turned to King Saurfang. He was the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, and all battle plans of the coalition forces must be decided by him.
"Um……"
After thinking for a few minutes, King Saurfang finally decided: "Tomorrow, the main force will march into Ahn'Qiraj for a decisive battle with the bugs!"
Everyone present knew that King Saurfang's decision was a little too hasty. Maybe it is the best choice to observe for a while. However, what the coalition forces lack most is time!
well.
Mikaela also sighed. If the main force of the Qiraji was not severely damaged in the opening battle, then the subsequent battle within Ahn'Qiraj would probably be difficult.
Thinking of this, Michaela said from the bottom of her heart: "General Rajax is indeed a powerful commander."
Meanwhile, on the other side of the Beetle Wall.
"Niang Xipi!"
General Rajax, the commander of the insect army, was cursing in the local accent of the insect people at a special Anubis guardian with a blue body and an eagle head:
"Today's battle, we bugmen have been preparing for thousands of years. We have all the time. The state of vigorous vitality and competition between all things is still before our eyes. Osrian, why do you want to stop the main force of our bugmen from attacking? Destroy those mortals? Do you think this will be our burial place?"
"No matter how you put it, we are 150,000 vs. 100,000, and I have the advantage!"
As he spoke, General Rajax excitedly raised his right arm and slapped his chest with a huge ao.
But no matter how excited General Rajax was, Osrian still said in a voice without any emotion:
"General, those mortals have built a strong defense line outside the gate. It would not be wise to use our main force to attack the defense line."
Hearing this, General Rajax became completely angry: "You..."
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