Once a battle plan is designated, it is almost impossible to change it, especially a war involving hundreds of thousands of people.
The Alliance warriors are brave and fearless, but they cannot hide the fact that 90% of them are illiterate.
The reason why the confrontation with the tribe was delayed for so many days, apart from the nice reason of tactical deception, was also a more practical reason was that Carlos and his officers needed to fulfill their specific responsibilities.
Managing a regiment of more than 300 people, the commander of the regiment can do everything personally, have authority over every detail, and can be both father and mother.
To manage a legion of more than 3,000 people, a general must rely on his deputies, quartermasters, military judges, military advisors, the commanders below, his cronies, and the informants of the soldiers who can be called by their names, in order to take control of the legion.
Managing the entire alliance's army, come on, has nothing to do with personal ability. Even Lothar still exists within the alliance as a face-selling person. In fact, most of the subordinates in charge are generals with titles and official titles. It's not that Lothar is unfriendly to the people, but that he is too meticulous in everything and is too exhausted to play with such a behemoth as the Alliance.
Carlos originally had Alterac veterans under his command, and with the strong support of the Iron Horse Brotherhood, he was able to quickly control this 100,000-strong army in such a short period of time.
But having the support of military officers does not mean that the battle can be won.
If the entire combat plan is highly condensed, even if it is very concise and easy to understand, it is nothing more than that the infantry is responsible for Come On Baby, and the cavalry is responsible for ASS We Can or Ass Ass In.
But putting an idea into practice is not a matter of one or a few sentences.
Apart from the Knights of the Silver Hand, Carlos could not think of any other force that could stand firm in the face of the advancing orc army.
The tide of darkness was not blown out. It had not been long since the end of the Battle of Hillbrad. Although the soldiers of the Alliance did not think that humans would lose, they really faced the tide-like orc army again and counted on the self-esteem of the soldiers. There is no difference between self-cultivation and suicide.
So batch is very important.
The thirteen legions on the front must be separated into several batches, resisting layer by layer, blocking layer by layer, and luring the enemy layer by layer, in order to buy at least one day for the arrival of the cavalry.
When people are killed, they will die. It is natural for living beings to fear death just as they want to eat when they are hungry and sleep when they are sleepy. A soldier can fight the orcs for his father and mother, for the girl next door, for promotion and wealth, for revenge and for his puppy Afa, but an official cannot take this matter for granted.
Will be blackmailed.
Logistics guarantees, cavalry marching routes, turning points and landmarks, material distribution, all preparations have been made. The last remaining question is who to send to die.
The legion resisting the first wave of the orcs' offensive was no different from dying.
Kalsby may have placed the Knights of the Silver Hand at the forefront, and if he did, he might be able to hold off the orcs' attack, but what's the point?
The ultimate goal of the entire campaign is to completely annihilate the main army of the Orcs in the Burning Plains.
Without mobilizing all the main forces of the orcs and giving enough space for the cavalry to retreat, as long as more than 10,000 orcs return to their fortress, the alliance will not be able to defeat the Burning Plains in a short time. If the Battle of the Burning Plains cannot be ended within a short period of time, the consequences can already be foreseen...
So someone has to die.
There is no need to hold a meeting to talk about this kind of matter. The most common solution is for generals at the level of regiment commanders to sit together, eat and drink, and come forward in a heavy atmosphere. This time is no exception.
It was still the Iron Horse Brotherhood who stood up.
I don't know whether it was a coincidence or a historical necessity. The Seventh Legion, whose main source of troops was the survivors of Stormwind City, took on this heavy responsibility. Some people were afraid of it, and some people didn't want to fight for it.
It's a disaster, but it's also a glory.
With the Seventh Legion as the main force and the Third and Fourth Legions on both wings, the three legions were at the forefront of the resistance against the orcs. Carlos demanded that they must persist for three hours before retreating.
In a battle involving 100,000 people, the battlefield could cover dozens of kilometers in radius. The role of these three legions was to stay there, forcing the orcs to spread out their forces and expand the attack array.
The second layer of defense is about two kilometers behind the seventh legion. As the thickest part of the force, the seven legions are arranged in a wedge shape. Unless the three legions on the first line are quickly defeated by the orcs, the tribe can only attack from the left and right. Divide your troops and attack in each direction.
The remaining three legions are serving as reserves to prepare for counterattack one kilometer northwest of the second line of defense.
Orgrim knew that Carlos still had about 20,000 troops hidden on the east side of the decisive battle site. Carlos was also betting that the orcs would choose to take the initiative and pull the entire battlefield to the east, so that the cavalry would move forward. Much more comfortable.
To be honest, the entire formation of the alliance is an offensive formation and a defensive posture.
Not the worst choice, but stupid.
Even in order to confuse Orgrim and the few intelligent orcs in the tribe, Carlos deliberately made mysteries in the formation.
Everything is to make the orcs come out in full force and walk a few more miles to the north.
These few miles are the key to life or death. The alliance needs this distance from the time the cavalry appears in the field of vision to cutting off the route. If Carlos and his infantry regiment do not put enough pressure on the tribe, and the orcs still have reserve troops to guard the back, then the entire cavalry roundabout battle plan will be They can achieve beautiful results, but their plan to annihilate all the orcs will eventually come to nothing.
Depression and dullness inevitably enveloped the entire military camp. Except for the Arathor Empire, human society had not fought a battle of this scale for many years. The battle in Hillblade was fierce, but in that vast land, countless humans sacrificed their lives and exchanged space for time. Hundreds of small troops sacrificed their lives in the wilderness and among the woods. Fill a path for the future.
If there are less than ten thousand orcs, they will be invincible.
Now, humans are going to have a head-on confrontation with the orcs.
This unspeakable emotion pervaded the soldiers.
Before dawn, Carlos was already dressed with the help of his attendants. The Judge's armor was severely damaged during the assault on the Molten Core. The frontline blacksmiths could not repair these armors made of light cast iron, so Carlos chose another set of armor.
It was a set of armor specially built for Lothar by Terenas Menethil II. Lothar seldom wore it for various reasons and was only used as a ceremonial dress in certain ceremonies, but this armor was gorgeous. The shape is not just a hollow flower shelf, and the weight of more than 30 kilograms proves the quality of this armor.
Carlos had seen this armor a long time ago and thought it looked familiar. When Lothar died, the armor he didn't like during his lifetime became ownerless and fell into the hands of Carlos.
When Carlos ordered people to remove the decorative inlays, he suddenly realized.
Isn't this armor a generalissimo suit?
Simply fill in the nail holes and paint, and this set of thick armor, which is both simple and gorgeous, has become Carlos' favorite.
"The highest expression of victory and glory will be well deserved today."
