From troll tribes to elf empires

Chapter 272: Fear in siege and blindness

The strong acid melted first, then the fire burned it, and finally Agatha's hands destroyed the "stubborn" components. The escape cabin was completely destroyed since then, and the group of victims present had no reason to stay where they were.

Go down.

At the scene, in addition to the two elves Cynthia and Agatha, there were also 3 elf engineers, 19 elf investigators, and 12 troll investigators.

Among them, including Cynthia, plus three engineers and four investigators, there are a total of 8 armored units;

Except for the engineer's armor, which is almost just a burden in battle, the other five armored units are reconnaissance-type units whose firepower and penetration capabilities are inferior to those of the combat type, but they all have relatively strong combat effectiveness;

Coupled with the biased functionality, it is enough to play an important role in the following tasks.

Therefore, Cynthia's original plan was to only take away 5 armored warriors, including herself, and take them to participate in the next mission;

The remaining unarmored elves, trolls, and engineers should go to the mainland base station in the northwest under the leadership of the underage witch doctor Agatha to wait for rescue, rather than participating in the battle.

On the one hand, this is to consider the protective capabilities of the unarmored units, and the resulting safety. Regardless of whether there is an instruction from the headquarters to "ensure safety", she believes that she has the responsibility to let them leave the front line;

The reasons on the other hand are relatively more realistic.

In fact, these compatriots cannot keep up with the battle rhythm of armored units, whether it is long-range firepower, close combat capabilities, or even straight-line assault speed. This is almost always the case;

If they were to be forcibly incorporated into the combat team, they would only become a drag on armored units, hence Cynthia's previous plan.

However, this was really unkind. She could already imagine the disappointed expressions of the soldiers and the three bookish engineers when they received the order. By the way, little Agatha must have felt the same way.

You will get frustrated because of this.

Therefore, while the escape cabin was still being repaired, Cynthia had been considering whether there was another possibility.

That is, at the right time and at the right place, make better use of the power of this group of compatriots.

Therefore, in fact, several breakout teams did escape and, due to the "no entry, no exit" order, successfully returned to the city from the distance specified by the city lord.

"Why are you shouting? Can't you sit down and talk properly?"

Time passed little by little in completely different atmospheres inside and outside the city, and about 20 minutes later, something unexpected happened again.

At first, more than 5,000 warriors of all ethnic groups were suddenly dispatched to the city. As soon as Qie Fu left the city, they broke out towards the east, west and south;

"What a cunning guy. This is Cynthia. This is Cynthia. The 01 to 09 hunting groups were ordered to abandon the original target and immediately head to the *-*-* area in the north of the city. The unfinished part of the original target will be taken over by the group.

The command center will guide you through the tracking."

Among the total 28 early warning points, more than a dozen reported sensing breakouts, some of which were hundreds, and some of which were several. After summarizing, it was found that there were more than 2,000 life forms running out of the city at the same time.

OK.

"Eradicate all of us? Are you kidding? Their life strength is far from overlord level, how could they possibly wipe out our entire army? Except for overlord level creatures, I don't believe there are any individuals in this world who can rely on such a small number of people.

Just completely wipe out our species’ existence!”

"Huh? Don't you think this is too passive? Those who go to deliver the message must be the sheltered people who are faster than us, but this will also let them see Mamansi's weakness!!"

This group of reinforcements was later divided into seven hunting groups by Cynthia, and the difficulty of executing the rear hunting circle was once again reduced.

The city's slow response gave Cynthia time to make arrangements calmly, and as time went by, the power this side held continued to fill up bit by bit.

At 8 o'clock on the same day, the number of unarmored scouts in the front remained unchanged, but the number of hunting groups in the rear increased again by two groups, but at this time changes occurred again.

‘Point No. 1 sensed 300 life reactions! Report! Point No. 1 sensed 300 life reactions!!’

"So, hold on to the city and send messenger troops to the royal city. Even if the entire army is unavoidable, we must at least pass on the news here!"

The male city lord slapped the seat and roared angrily. A dull metallic trembling sound continued from his palms. Together with his voice, it lingered in the relatively empty meeting hall for a long time.

At 9 o'clock on the same day, two more hunting groups were added to the outer circle, while inside the city, for some unknown reason, there has been no movement since the last group of breakouts 'left'.

Sitting in the command center that has not yet been fully built, Cynthia is quite happy that they continue to choose to remain silent, because under the information blockade, time is definitely on their side.

And because the hunting team will not advance at cruising speed when performing missions, but will use the maximum speed of the reconnaissance armor in the team;

On Cynthia's side, based on the execution plan she had thought up before, she began to assign tasks to the victims and the supporters who had arrived or would arrive in the future.

"Then have you ever thought about it? Why do they dare to attack us with only 59 individuals? Is it because they have a sure chance of victory?"

After all, trolls and elves are not really without fighting power even without armor. Before external armor was invented, wasn't that how everyone fought with their flesh and blood?

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The formation that the Lieutenant of the Airship Guard and the Captain of the Ugosta Squadron belong to is the 01 Hunting Group. They were originally stationed in the north and deviated from the direction due to previous changes;

Among them, the interception circle of unarmored units will stay in a relatively farther area, while the armored units will continue to move closer to the inner perimeter, and finally reach the near-city area where Cynthia is directly commanded.

In other words, while the two city lords were still arguing over how to deal with it, the four base stations closest to them, and even base stations further away, had already begun to take action;

The intelligence agents under their jurisdiction formed an information encirclement network from four directions, while the base station guards left them behind and rushed towards the command center 10 kilometers northwest of 034.

Therefore, after taking into account the fact that its own population is at the bottom among the northern hegemons, the city lord actually hopes to send out more effective forces.

For example, the armor of the frontline blockers needs to be maintained, and the totems on their weapons need to be repaired, as well as their own necessary food and water supplies. You can't hunt while fighting, right?

In addition, Cynthia also needs to obtain a wider and more stable information circle to understand the situation of her own side, the enemy, and the front line;

"Unknown clusters of civilization-like creatures that are suspected of possessing intelligence must be reported to the Royal City. No matter how powerful the enemy is, with such a huge difference in numbers, it is impossible to block all news in a wide area.

"

Moreover, these compatriots on the scene can be sent to do work behind enemy lines in today's "large field environment". This is a recognition of their abilities by the Republic.

If they become useless drags under her command, then Cynthia feels that there should be a problem with her thinking.

This is an unprecedented number, so there are many teams responsible for interception, and they all follow the prompts of the early warning circle to provide fire support;

But just as they arrived and started hunting, sensing points 05, 04, and 03 located in the north of the city suddenly reported about 7 minutes later——

"Stop what you are doing first. Your perception circle needs to be more sensitive. Immediately bring the original targets of the hunting groups around the north into the observation range. I need more precise positioning here."

After all, the enemy seems to be very powerful and confident, but whether the defense relying on the altar can succeed? This is still unknown in the eyes of the inner city's senior officials.

but

"The amount of the project is too large. Even if there are three engineers to help, and even if the core of the intelligence tree itself has many functional components, I still cannot complete all your tasks in a short period of time."

The latter's wider sensing range is what the former needs now, and no matter how underage Agatha is, her height is already more than 3 meters at this time, and the compact interior of the sealed cockpit cannot be plugged in.

After descending the 3.5-meter-high elf, he also put the little witch doctor into it;

"There is no rush. In order of importance, we will first complete the supply of food and water for survival, and then supplement functions such as armor repair. The existing strength in intelligence is sufficient for the time being, so we will expand it later."

"First, prepare the city defense forces and wait for possible attacks; second, arrange the forces to disperse out of the city and send soldiers from every direction to break out;"

As they moved forward, the 5.5-meter-tall maintenance-type armor transformed into three 'sled dogs' with the assistance of the large plow created by Agatha's magic, pulling nearly two dozen unarmored compatriots forward quickly in the ice and snow.

OK;

In the three directions in front of it, on the left and right, and in an area three kilometers away from the snow sledge, is a warning circle composed of five reconnaissance armors about 4.5 meters high;

The mission of the base is to provide information and logistical support to combatants and commanders;

'But, why can't I lie on the back of the armor.'

‘Point 8’

In the early days, when Cynthia was waiting with more "manpower" and protecting the repair of the escape cabin, the arrangement of the two city lords did play a certain role on the surface.

No matter how fast they are or how far their detection range is, if they cannot get too close to the city, there will always be loopholes in the blockade caused by their numerical disadvantage.

Therefore, all the cores were handed over to Agatha, who had the ability to accelerate their growth and further transform them. Then, under the leadership of the latter, they began to construct a fortress-like multi-functional base underground.

The female city lord still shook her head,

"If we leave the altar area, what are the so-called 'certain casualties'? Is it possible that the whole army will be annihilated? If the two of us die, we will die, but what if it is at the cost of the lives of 4,500 Mamas?

"

Therefore, as time goes by, the interception circle is getting smaller and smaller, and the density of interceptors is getting higher and higher.

After making this advance arrangement, they then selected several races with fast speed and long-lasting endurance, and arranged for them to run out of the city in batches and on a large scale in different directions.

Their successful return and the lack of news from more teams not only allowed the inner city to confirm the existence and power of the Interceptors, but also caused a misunderstanding, making them think that this side's intelligence had been sent out.

Therefore, while the two city lords felt a little relieved, they began to try to arrange the evacuation of the main race Mamans.

"Understood."

The "Intelligence Tree Core" carried by the investigators is the best base point for establishing the command center, and the woods on the mountain can also be the best cover, so that the above-ground part of the reconnaissance tree will not appear too obtrusive;

'Number 5.'

Within this range, the sound perception time is within 30 seconds, which is enough for the rear to make corresponding targeted arrangements;

This is a small hill only ten kilometers away from 034. There are some sparse woods on it. Cynthia plans to build it as a temporary command center at this time.

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While taking a deep breath, the air surged from the nostrils, stirring up layers of fine dust on the ground. Under the warm winter sun shining through the window, it emitted a misty, colorful light in the air;

Therefore, the 26-year-old underage elf was hanging on the body of the mature major like an octopus at this time, and her complexion was gradually changing from crystal clear purple to crimson purple.

Because at the beginning, only the airship guard captain with 23 soldiers and scouts in the near-city area were responsible for executing the blockade plan;

Behind these unarmored scouts are 16 3-armor firepower teams composed of 48 armored units. They will report based on the status of the 'early warning circle', combined with the monitoring assistance provided by the reconnaissance armor in their own team.

, under the control of the command center, the hunt was completed in a further peripheral area of ​​9-11 kilometers.

"We are not the Rhine. Mamans must always be strong and brave in order to maintain its rule over the sheltered people. Therefore, we should take the initiative and use our numerical advantage to directly eliminate them, even if we need to bear certain casualties."

Looking at the fine dust floating in the air like waves, the male city lord's brain seemed to have calmed down a little. He stopped beating to vent his anger and said in a calmer tone than before,

"All those who left the city are missing. The hostility of the visitors is undoubtedly confirmed. Although their life intensity response exceeds ours, there are only a few in number after all. Perhaps we should concentrate our efforts to directly eliminate them instead of doing nothing like now.

Just wait."

"Okay."

Of course, as a commander authorized by the headquarters, whether the orders she issued were 'inhumane' was by no means the main reason for her hesitation. The more critical consideration lay in other aspects.

For example, the lack of "human" power and the resulting lack of execution capabilities;

Silently, he returned to his seat and sat down. After adjusting his emotions again, City Lord Xiong continued,

"To stand still in the face of 59 individuals and let them kill the scouts without decisively fighting back is a sign of cowardice."

After Agatha responded, she nodded and took the engineers up the mountain to get busy;

Therefore, these points that do not have to worry about being directly removed after being exposed will become the most intuitive 'eyes' in this mission, playing a role in accelerating information, thus increasing the time available for rear troops to respond to emergencies.

Their mission is not to fight, but to go underground at a depth of about one meter. Each uses a totem to monitor the movement within 5 kilometers on both sides and 5 kilometers in front of them, and report to the rear in a timely manner if there is any situation.

At 12 o'clock on the following day, at a declination of 15 degrees from the northeast, seven defenders from the base station second closest to the crash point arrived, and 14 armored reconnaissance units also arrived in the past three lights.

;

"Idiot, they fell from the sky! An unknown box contains 59 life units larger than the Rhine! Tell me how they climbed up to the sky and how they came from a distant unknown place.

Come to attack us?"

Before the support from other surrounding base stations arrives, the number of personnel we currently have is really not luxurious enough to give up 30 effective personnel to participate in the battle.

Therefore, the two city lords, as well as several other high-level municipal and priest officials of the Mammoth species, became increasingly nervous at this time.

However, despite the tension, a tone has not yet been set on how to deal with the current situation due to the different views held by the two city lords.

So, she thought and thought. It couldn't be said that she racked her brains, but she put in a lot of effort, and finally found a suitable plan before the escape cabin was destroyed.

‘500 large units have entered the sensing range and are running towards the north at this time’.

The female city lord shook her head slightly and expressed her objection,

Therefore, at that moment, she did not leave any of her compatriots behind, but instead led all of them to run toward the southeast where Double King 034 was located.

Fortunately, due to the timely reporting of the sensing circle, the 18 fire teams finally completed the hunting mission through reasonable distribution within the next few minutes. The furthest one among them did not escape beyond 11 kilometers from the central altar.

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However, their understanding at this time was still a bit too optimistic, and the 'intelligence' was actually not transmitted as expected, because there was a larger encirclement farther away, beyond their estimated range.

Those are the investigators belonging to the Sifang Continent base station. Whether they are armored or unarmored, whether they are elves or trolls, after receiving the request for support from Cynthia, they have already covered tens of millions of square kilometers or even further.

Within the area, relying on its own perception range and the intelligence support of the mainland base station, it formed a careful interception circle;

Together, they formed a multi-layered encirclement of 034, while 'salvaging' fish that slipped through the net from the inner circle, while quickly approaching the core area;

Moreover, each group of breakouts will be assigned several units with special tasks. They will follow the order and return to the city when their team breaks through to 10 Mamansili, 15 Mamansli, and 20 Mamansli.

;

If an individual does come back, the breakout is successful, and if none of them come back, it means that the message delivery failed.

The City Lord's Mansion hopes that in this way, it can know the specific situation outside the perception circle, instead of being completely blind like now.

After Cynthia finished giving the order to the hunting team, she turned back to Agatha beside her and said,

"Hoo! Hoo ho."

The female city lord seemed to be calmer and said this while sitting on the same chair as the former.

Another light hour passed. At 13:00 on the day, seven defenders from the third closest base station at a distance of 17 degrees due south to west of the crash point arrived. Another five armored reconnaissance units arrived, so four more hunters were killed.

Group 'Account'.

After that, it was a nervous and hopeful waiting process.

"What is going on? Who is intercepting our investigators? Why is there no one reporting the news?"

Cynthia herself ran at the front, her armored cockpit not closed at this time, because Agatha was being held in her arms and moving forward together.

Two and a half hours had passed since the support signal was sent. In addition to the victims and the northwest base station supporters, Cynthia had 11 more armored scouts under her command who had arrived from a radius of 400 kilometers.

As for the execution of the blockade mission, regardless of whether an effective blockade is formed on the periphery, Cynthia's arrangements are still very careful.

It is about 9 kilometers away from the central altar. For 034 City, which has a radius of about 1.5 kilometers, it is almost just outside its perception limit;

Therefore, Cynthia arranged a total of 28 unarmored scouts on this large circle with a circumference of 56 kilometers, which she called the 'warning circle';

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Shuangwang·034 City is a city covering an area of ​​about 5 million square meters. Its interior is an inner and outer city structure of a large circle within a small circle;

At this time, because the relevant information was concealed in the outer city, although they were surprised by the scenery in the sky before, overall it still looked as leisurely and peaceful as usual in winter. The protected races may

Chatting, or making babies, without being disturbed in the least by the turmoil of the outside world;

The current situation is: several groups of foreign scouts who went to investigate have never returned, there is no news from the birds, and there is nothing within the sensing range of the ancestor souls, which can explore seven kilometers away from the city when they focus on a certain place.

"Calm down first. This must be the reaction of those previous beings. Their purpose here seems to be to deal with us. It is useless to be anxious now. What we should consider is how to deal with it."

"I agree that 'something needs to be done', but I don't agree with going out of town to proactively seek a decisive battle. Here are what we should do."

However, the inner city, especially the building complex where the Ancestral Altar and the City Lord's Mansion are integrated, has long been filled with a sense of impending rain.

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On the day of the fall, it was exactly 7 o'clock.

Therefore, when faced with the order issued by the headquarters to "completely block internal and external traffic", Cynthia gave up her previous plan and instead considered how to allow these compatriots to exert more power while ensuring safety and combat rhythm.

effect;

“Since we can do this kind of thing, is it possible that there are other means beyond our knowledge?”

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As time went by, the disputes in the meeting hall gradually subsided, and it was the female city lord's opinion that finally took the upper hand.

Therefore, City 034 decided on a preliminary plan of using mammoths to defend the city and allowing a large number of asylum seekers to disperse and break out of the siege;

The proposal that was previously rejected by the major came into my mind from time to time. If this was a human world, the expression on little Agatha's face at this time should be 'blooming red'~

About fifteen minutes later, a group of victims crossed a distance of about 40 kilometers and arrived at a location that had been previously identified by the compatriots who were responsible for exploring ahead;

Even if Agatha could always enable her perception and provide intelligence support, she would still have to go through an oral procedure;

Therefore, a reconnaissance system established with Cynthia's armor as the core has become the best alternative. With its assistance, she can use her own nerve plexus to obtain first-hand intelligence information, as if she were directly

Like casting a spell.

So when 8 lights passed and Cynthia's new instructions came, they had already drawn an arc from the north of 034 to the southwest along the outer circle about 11 kilometers from the center of the circle, and had advanced for more than 20 kilometers, and had even completed it.

A long-range attack and kill on some predetermined targets.

Faced with the new situation, Ugosta could only lead his teammates to quickly turn back and then cross more than 20 kilometers back to the north of the city.

Although mammoths are known for their low agility, speed is actually a comprehensive value that depends on factors such as strength, stride length, etc., so their ability to run in a straight line cannot be considered weak;

Fortunately, the elves were faster. When the hunting group arrived at the "position" in the north of the city in about eight minutes, the general intercepted the team of 500 mammoth warriors ten kilometers away from the city.

27 versus 500

Although there is a huge disparity in numbers, what is about to unfold now is indeed the first head-to-head confrontation between the two sides in a realistic sense.

(End of chapter)