The Ominous Lord of the Skaven

Chapter 238

Although there is no distinction between day and night underground, normal rest must still be carried out.

Just as most of Ickert's side fell asleep, the fortress defenders also began to seize the opportunity to prepare for field battles.

Colt's battle plan was very simple. He concentrated all his strength on one wing, forcing Ickert to mobilize the reserve team to defend, and then used the cavalry charge on the other wing to cut off the artillery.

At 480 o'clock in the morning, the two sides who had finished their rest began to confront each other. Ikert's side was surrounded by 500 jackals and internal affairs spearmen, with [-] recruited rats and [-] jackal slaves on both sides.

The stragglers were deployed in front of the formation, with 465 guards, 240 recruited ratmen, and 1000 jackal slaves serving as a reserve team to protect the artillery positions.

As the defensive side, Ickert does not need to adopt any aggressive formations, he only needs to play steadily enough to win.

In order to deal with Windsor's tortoise shell array, Colt also lined up his troops. The central army consisted of 2200 zombie swordsmen, 800 zombie shooters on the left wing, and 500 zombie shooters on the right wing, forming a front-line force. , the remaining 700 zombie shooters are all used as a reserve team.

This army composed entirely of zombies has no skirmishers at all, all members are line infantry, and due to the mass casualties of human officers, multiple infantry companies had to be merged to a very bloated level, which is very unfavorable for command.

As the attacker, Colt did not immediately reveal his offensive intentions. Before the attack began, he first ordered the remaining artillery units to start shooting against Windsor.

This move did attract the Ratman artillery to launch a large-scale counterattack. Fortunately, there are still a large number of earth mages remaining on the fortress defenders, and the artillery will not be wiped out in a short time.

When most of the artillery of the two armies started to shoot at each other, Colt ordered the troops to start moving forward again, and the zombies moved forward amidst the cheerful drumbeat.

The momentum formed by more than 4000 people is extremely huge. This is the largest battle Ickert has experienced so far. The total force invested by both sides has exceeded [-].

The orderly formation of the fortress defenders made the Ratmen feel dignified, and it was the first time that the recruited spearmen encountered an army of the same level as their own.

At 600:[-] in the morning, less than [-] meters away from the Windsor infantry line, the zombies finally showed their intention to attack.

Colt's left wing began to accelerate forward, and the center army also adjusted its pace slightly. Only the right wing maintained the initial speed.

Not long after, the entire army had launched an oblique attack formation.

From left to right, a slash is formed.

As the so-called "slant attack in case of indecision", as a classic offensive formation, the oblique attack can be applied to most ancient battlefields.

In this way, the order of engagement between the fortress defenders and the First Army will change to the left wing, the center army, and the right wing.

The entire reserve of 700 zombie shooters also began to move to the left.

The forces of the central army and the right wing are obviously weaker, but their task is only to prevent the left wing from being outflanked, and they have to fight later than the main force of the left wing, which can delay more time.

The main force on the left wing only needs to break through quickly with an absolute advantage in strength, and start detours as soon as possible to win.

Colt is confident in the tactic, even after losing the first round.

Yes, as the so-called expert knows the way, just from Ickert's defensive formation, Colt has already seen that the opponent is not simple.

If the opponent recklessly thinks that the left wing is the absolute main offensive force of the fortress army, and transfers all troops to this side for defense, Colt's reserve team can directly turn to the right wing. Can attack the weak point of the opponent.

But Ickert was very steady, he did not easily mobilize any reserve team.

This forced Colt to throw all the reserves to the left flank, trying to break through the front with a more ferocious offensive.

But at this time, Ickert's reserve team has also begun to mobilize. 240 recruited ratmen, a total of two companies, are moving to the right flank of the First Army. Six 45mm guns and six Dimensional flamethrower.

Such a force is enough to defend the attack of 1500 people, not to mention that the defenders of the fortress have no artillery support at all at this time.

It only takes half an hour at most, and their last artillery will be completely defeated, and the Skaven artillery drawn out will bring a devastating change to the battle situation.

Colt's only hope is to make progress on the left flank and mobilize Ickert's reserve team as much as possible, otherwise there is only a dead end waiting for him.

Facing the heavy defensive pressure on the left wing, Ickert also turned all the skirmishers to the right wing and began to harass.

The bullets of the stragglers hit the zombie line densely. The 11.4mm projectiles have considerable lethality. Most of the zombies within 200 meters will burst out blood holes. If they are lucky, they can directly crush their spines.

Casualties continue to appear in the zombie line, but the fortress army is still advancing resolutely.

When they were less than 100 meters away from the skirmishers, the zombies in the first row had already accelerated to the fastest pace!

He came directly to fight the stragglers in close combat!
This was a rather reckless and effective method, and the hunters had no choice but to retreat. Fortunately, their two legs were still much stronger than zombies.

Ickert can only order the disabled skirmishers to turn into right-wing reserve troops to assist in the defense in a line formation (skirmishers can be turned into a line if necessary, but it depends on training and professionalism).

At the same time, the main force of the zombies who had driven away the stragglers still did not stop charging. In fact, Colt gave them the order to load the shotgun and close to one round of fighting, mainly to damage morale.

This kind of close-up assault seems to be able to cause a major blow to the enemy when approaching, but in fact, when the troops approach the opponent, they have already paid more casualties.

This kind of hard-to-shoot tactics is only applicable when the force is superior, and it must be superior.

However, considering the unusual bodies of the zombies, the close-firing tactics can actually hit the morale and cause greater damage to the creatures, because their aim is actually very mediocre at a long distance.

And once the situation develops into a close-range confrontation, the undead can easily gain a greater advantage, so Colt did this.

Although the Ratmen recruited by Ickert immediately began to tilt their firepower at the zombies, the results achieved were minimal. Most of the zombies were still able to continue fighting after being hit to the torso, and they could still give their teammates a hand if they lost their arms or legs. block the gun.

The line infantry opened fire under tremendous pressure, seeing the undead getting closer, but their attacks never had the desired effect.

Under normal circumstances, the defender should have no trouble dealing with such a reckless army.

(End of this chapter)