The root cause of the tense battle in Stranglethorn Valley is not the high combat effectiveness of Zul'Gurub's trolls, but the alliance's greed.
To put it simply, I want it all.
The first major defeat was due to the loss of intelligence and it was thought that Zul'Gurub only had 100,000 fighting troops. However, Carlos still raised 100,000 fighting troops and 100,000 civilians in Stormwind City, which was not to say he underestimated the enemy. explain.
What now?
Even though they knew that Zul'Gurub had more than 300,000 combat-ready soldiers and probably over a million civilians, the Alliance's combat personnel still numbered just over 200,000, and some of them were even transferred to reinforce Pandaria midway.
Even if your current army is more powerful and has better weapons and equipment, facing an army of trolls blessed by the gods, is this what it would be like to fight a war to destroy the country?
Even without the need for Lordaeron to conduct a general war mobilization, the Kingdom of Stormwind could easily recruit 200,000 people.
Even if a lion fights a rabbit, he knows that he must try his best. The men in Stormwind City think that their relatives in the north are too crazy.
But they didn't say anything, they were just waiting to watch the excitement, waiting to act in hindsight.
But the crisis in Zul'Gurub is not a racial crisis between humans and trolls. There are many people who care about the outcome.
The trolls in Zinzaro approached the Evil Branch clan, and the trolls in Zandalari contacted the Erwuzi lurking in Hakkari.
With the excessive demands of Blood God Hakkar and the contraction of the alliance's offensive, the internal conflicts in Zul'Gurub gradually surfaced.
Carlos still had some patience left, and he patiently waited for the outcome of the secret war.
When the alliance's arms dealers saw the slowdown in Zul'Gurub's demand, they directly sold a large amount of weapons and equipment to the Orcs' Atonement Expedition.
Physical fitness belongs to physical fitness, and military skills require acquired training.
Although the old orcs who are officers are all old wives who have fought a lifetime, they will never let the boys die in this war.
In terms of overall individual combat effectiveness, the Blackstone Orcs are actually stronger.
Therefore, the command of the Atonement Expeditionary Force was forced to adopt a posture of "I am strong, please don't bully me" to confront the enemy.
To be more specific, it is group promotion.
Throughout the Glory Expedition, the Orcs planned to dispatch 60,000 troops. The initial 30,000 troops had already seized the frontline bases and started building semi-permanent defenses. The follow-up personnel had not yet completed the formation of the legion.
Even because of the serious shortage of senior commanders, the orcs of Zinsaro have recruited many retired veterans of the former Tastin Gou Mercenary Group, and hired dozens of retired human army commanders with high salaries.
It has been almost fifteen years since the first batch of Glory Orcs joined the mixed alliance. I may not be able to practice politics, but I still understand a lot.
A serious atonement expedition, that is, a surrender certificate, is a blood tax that must be overcorrected. If you don't die more than 50%, it is nothing but atonement.
Let’s look at this time again. Looking at all the world line timelines, there are humans, dwarves, dwarfs, high elves and even trolls investing money in the orcs’ atonement expedition?
Anyway, Drek'Thar has little experience and has no experience.
In this Atonement Expedition, what the orcs of the mixed alliance lacked was not fighting will, weapons and equipment, logistical supplies, or even political support. What they lacked was a commanding general.
The Glory Orcs were originally used more as thugs and less time as brains. The military officers who had experienced in several wars were basically still on the front lines receiving military pay from the alliance. Most of the retired ones were middle and low-level company non-commissioned officers and veterans.
These retired personnel can teach young orcs combat skills, but they cannot formulate large-scale combat plans that they themselves cannot understand.
So Drektar, a left-behind member of the Frostwolf clan, actually openly infiltrated the top command of the expeditionary force.
Doesn't the Alliance Military Headquarters care?
Sorry, the Alliance Military Headquarters can't handle it. Most of the retired army commanders who were hired with money did not march with the army, but stayed behind to help coordinate logistics work and conduct publicity. The accompanying political commissars were even appointed by their superiors. Strictly ordered, military discipline is not allowed to interfere in military operations. As long as the orcs in the atonement expedition do not rebel, you can eat and drink as you please.
Most of the alliance's senior generals and the high-minded military bosses went to Stranglethorn Valley, and the remaining headquarters clerks were all so busy that they had no time to care about the status of the orcs' atonement expedition.
For the Alliance headquarters in Lordaeron, even if the Atonement Expedition is wiped out, it will not affect the overall situation. Stromgarde has enough left-behind soldiers to surround the Soldor Bridge. The orcs... just watch and fight.
Although very irresponsible and even racially arrogant, this act of untying a husky also gives the orcs great military autonomy.
Most of the members of the Frostwolf clan followed Thrall to Kalimdor, and those who stayed behind were elite soldiers and generals.
Unlike the orc children who grew up in detention centers, these Frostwolf volunteers from Drek'Thar have undergone traditional and formal orc military training, and each of them is a qualified orc warrior.
But no matter how qualified they are, the techniques and tactics of the tribal orcs are so incompatible with the alliance's military system.
So much so that the hair on Drek'Thar's not-so-rich top became increasingly rare.
Drek'Thar could understand the black-skinned tactics of the Blackstone Clan, but he couldn't understand the green-skinned tactics of the Alliance.
Assault on the fortress to capture the stronghold and ensure smooth logistics is a basic tactic that is taken for granted.
However, when the Blackrock Mountain army left their Blackrock Tower fortress and marched along the road, their compatriots rejected Drek'Thar's judgment.
Based on the experience teleported by his elders, Drektar judged that the orc soldiers of the Atonement Expedition were not well-trained, and it would be difficult to defeat Blackstone Tower's troops in a head-on confrontation. Therefore, he relied on the fortress offensive, hoarded various materials, and carried out tenacious defensive operations. When the Blackrock Orcs are exhausted, they can mobilize their reserves to carry out a desperate assault, and they can defeat the enemy.
After all, the Alliance's current productivity is astounding. All kinds of logistical supplies are transported from the Lordaeron region to the front line via waterways, and they are richer than those in Blackrock Tower.
A defensive counterattack tactic that takes advantage of one's own strengths and hides one's own weaknesses should be the safest plan.
But the human supervisors didn't speak, and the retired Glory Orcs didn't agree.
The reason is that he is too cowardly.
This is war, fighting, and people will die!
Look at your soldiers, they were still working hard digging potatoes a few months ago. Do you expect them to engage in head-to-head combat with murderous robots like the Blackstone Orcs? !
Drek'Thar was so angry that he didn't want to speak. He chewed the tobacco leaves of the officers and agents and watched them brag.
This group of mid-level and low-level retired orc officers who have commanded a company of 300 people at most are only worthy of Drektar and the others. These Frostwolf orcs were invited by the great men of Zinzaro, but we orcs have our own folk customs, and we cannot just allow them to do so. You are thinking, but I am not allowed to think.
The veterans who had been brainwashed by the alliance's heavy artillery doctrine thought that it was just right to open up and fight.
Although the boys have not experienced systematic training in killing skills, killing is not that difficult. The barrel of a gun is stuck in the mouth, and the ax is used to chop the head. There is nothing that cannot be learned.
The human political commissars were ordered not to interfere with the orcs' military decisions, but they were not required to pretend to be mute.
After the orcs asked the human officers about the quantities of various arms inventories, the human officers knew their next tactical arrangements with their eyes closed.
Dig trenches, position horses, lay mines, set up small artillery, heavy armored units support the front line, and assault personnel hide in trenches.
Every move is not new, and every move cannot be wrong.
Chi Qi returned to Qi, but Drek'Thar could not sit back and watch his brethren die in vain.
So he questioned it.
"What's the difference between what you said and what I said?"
"Of course there is. Your battle line is at the entrance of the Burning Plains. We are passively beaten. What we are discussing is how to fight against the Blackstone Clan and take the initiative."
Well, Drek'Thar counted on his fingers.
Dig trenches, position horses, lay mines, set up small cannons...
What the hell is this called an attack?
Then, Drektal, who argued to no avail, discovered that this was really the way the Alliance infantry regiment attacked.
The tragic war with the Undead Scourge changed the DNA of the Alliance Army. As a direct participant in the war, the Glory Orcs also accepted Carlos's military thinking of large army operations.
Personal bravery is important. After all, whether it is high-end equipment or enchanted armor, it can defend against guns. Warcraft mounts and mutant beasts can be used as human shields. Firepower is not omnipotent. When it is time to draw a knife, you must not be timid and turn away. It will only leave a fatal wound of shame in the back.
The point of contention between Drek'Thar and the veterans is actually his distrust of the new recruits.
It's just that Drek'Thar didn't know how crazy the Alliance's military suppliers were after their supreme Grand Marshal left his loyal headquarters.
Although the alliance headquarters has a secret order not to provide the orcs with heavy artillery with a range of more than three kilometers for the Atonement Expedition, this does not prevent the arms dealers from providing the orcs with modified high-yield cannons that can be fired by trebuchets.
The Mark VI powered armor weighs up to 800 kilograms, and even a strong orc cannot move freely without the help of a servo motor using muscle power.
As an experimental armor equipped with a small arcane core backpack, it is on the verge of being scrapped due to three consecutive overheating explosion observation tests.
Therefore, with a stroke of his pen, the high elf directly sold one hundred verification machines that were urgently installed with water-cooling radiators to the Atonement Expeditionary Force at a high price based on the principle of recovering the research and development costs.
Compared to the high elves' frenzy, the Alliance Logistics Headquarters doesn't look so ugly.
Remember the tens of thousands of heavy turtle shells that could withstand the bites of ghouls in the Battle of Anhador?
The Logistics Department scrapped 20,000 sets at one time and provided them to the Orc Expeditionary Force at a purchase price of 60% off the cost price.
"Wearing this thing, even a hard worker dares to film with a strong orc, what a fool!"
After watching the expeditionary force clearly stand out against the Blackrock Spire army on the empty terrain of the Burning Plains, Drek'Thar realized that no matter whether he won or lost the battle, he must tell Thrall everything that happened.
Great Chief, times have changed.
