Chapter 417
2021-01-06
Chapter 417 Port Melee"Night's Watch Defense Plan" is divided into "Gorge", "Wall" And the three parts of "Land Grant", although not all-inclusive, they also basically take into account all possible military situations such as foreign enemy attacks and internal turmoil in the sites under Night's Watch control, and give clear and specific details. coping strategies.
The Gorge is more than fifty miles long, and even if Night's Watch Command did everything it could to mobilize troops, it would only be able to manage an average of dozens of guards a mile—obviously, with such a density of troops, vigilance is more than enough to defend But it's simply not enough.
Much of the "Gorge Defense Plan" is devoted to trying to solve this dilemma.
After determining the segmentation and security arrangements along the canyon, the plan focused on planning: in an ideal situation - that is, when "the enemy launches an attack from one or several places", what should the defenders do? Carry out personnel and material mobilization to maximize the defense strength of the limited manpower, while keeping the parts that have not yet been attacked from being exploited.
Half of the Wildfire and Dragonglass weapons were placed on the front line of the defense section, in order to prevent the Others from making a sudden attack in a remote place far from the fortress. The other half of the battle preparations stored in the three along the line to be within the wall can be accompanied by the actions of the reserve team, and can be accurately and accurately delivered to the attacked place, becoming a powerful support.
Although the two sides have a 20-fold difference in strength, if the battle takes place on one or several narrow sides, the human side can use targeted weapons and geographical advantages through clever planning and operation. , wipe out the huge numerical advantage of the ghouls: to fight, build roads first. After several repairs, the defensive mountain roads have been widened and smoothed, providing a good traffic environment comparable to Wall Top - no matter where the enemy attacks, it is equivalent to fighting against the entire canyon front line defenders.
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The plan is very complete, unfortunately, the enemy commander is a wise Magic creature after all - the newborn Night King does not have much command of large-scale wars experience, but this does not prevent it from making a judgment: directly launching a full-line attack can maximize its own quantitative advantages while maximizing the defect of insufficient human defenders, avoiding attack for a long time without any The embarrassment of adding fuel to death.
Using one's strengths to attack others' weaknesses is the best policy!
Limited by the differences in the commander's individual ability, the level of communication, and the unexpected situation on the battlefield, this is rarely the case in human warfare in the age of cold weapons: a "true, full-line offensive is launched simultaneously on a long front line beyond the line of sight." ” situation - even if the superiors formulate such a tactic, the troops are impossible to implement it in place.
But the dead army has no such concerns: all the ghouls are controlled by the Others who resurrected them, and all the Others are connected to their head, the Night King, the whole army is not so much a branch. The army is more like a whole creature composed of 100,000 cells. Any ghoul can tactically cooperate with another ghoul that it can't even see through thousands of meters away. This is a perfect army with almost 100% execution ability and can complete any tactical plan of the Supreme Commander.
Is there anything in the Gorge Defense Plan on what to do when this happens? Yes, but it is only one page. The content can be summed up as two points: 1. Each defense segment sticks to the position, kills the enemy as much as possible, and evacuates to the nearest fort after running out of Wildfire and Dragonglass combat preparations; 2. Orderly support the three fortresses along the canyon , as far as possible to ensure that the order of the loss of each defense segment is "from far to near", so as to cover the withdrawal of as many defenders as possible into the stronghold and preserve the vitality.
This is the most beneficial way Igor can think of in the face of the disadvantage of the army without fucking servers.
And now, the second of the two trifling goals is also facing an unattainable dilemma, because... There is something wrong with Ice Gorge Port, the westernmost of the three fortresses along the canyon.
According to the plan, after Bingxia Port was attacked on the whole line in the canyon, a reserve team should be dispatched to support the defenders in the westernmost 1/4/2022 section of the canyon, help them stabilize the front line, and exhaust their combat readiness. Afterwards, they evacuated in an orderly manner from east to west, and finally retreated into the port fortress wall as much as possible to save their living strength or use the fortifications to make a last-ditch effort. And now... the soldiers who were supposed to carry out this mission are busy dealing with attacks from within the human race.
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The "Ice Gorge Harbor is attacked by Ironmen" is considered in the defense plan. However, the new commander of the harbour fortress was not as experienced or rigorous schemes and deep foresight as Cotter Pyke and Denys Mallister, and the running-in time with the troops under him was not enough, and the soldiers panicked and forgot the rules before the battle; Not good at defending the city, not to mention that there is a group of North soldiers in the fortress who do not return to the Night's Watch, which leads to a little confusion in the command... These factors are not serious individually, but together, they are so against Euron Greyjoy With a treacherous cunning opponent, it suddenly becomes a big problem.
Bingxia Harbor is different from Eastwatch. There is no wall on the side facing the sea. The Ironmen elites who sneaked into the harbor quietly rushed ashore, which means they have invaded the fortress. They quickly divided into three groups, and rushed to the center of the fortress, the watchtower on the coast, and the three moored ships, wreaking havoc...
Ironmen are pirates, and have never been good at teaming up. The army met force with force on land, in order to sneak into the fortress without being able to bring enough manpower... Their purpose this time is not to occupy the ice gorge port, but to destroy and destroy the port, especially the shipbuilding in it. The factory part, snuff out the signs of North establishing a naval confrontation with the Iron Islands.
The North sailors, who were preparing to put out the fire on the ship, saw that the situation was far from good. The floating fortress on the shore, and the defenders on the watchtower quickly put down the shot against the Ironmen sail fleet in the distance, took up arms and guarded the stairs... A small group of North soldiers saw the enemy's menacing approach, and they retreated decisively to the shipbuilding. The factory is prepared to give priority to protecting its own craftsmen and other technical personnel.
The port was full of people running and shouting, as well as a little bit of fire. Although Ironmen used a trick to deceive the defenders and rushed into the port, they found that the enemy did not lose one's head out because of this. Raise your hands and surrender - there are no unarmed civilians in Bingxia Port. The new land-grant people are from beyond the wall. They have a tough personality. The soldiers on the watchtower threw Wildfire on the steps of the tower to protect themselves, and the sailors on the ship pushed the ship away from the dock to avoid being captured... After a headless scramble, the invasion of the Ironmen began. Set fire to buildings all over the wall, trying to burn down Ice Gap Harbor.
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"I'll take someone to the port to help!" James snapped at the commander who was in a hurry and wanted to take the soldiers to the dock, " You shouldn't have brought all the reserves to the wall just now. Why did you make a fool of yourself and come back for the second time? Of course it's important to expel the enemy who entered the port, but we're all gone, and the enemy outside the wall will take advantage of the situation. If you attack and break through the gate, then Bingxia Port will be finished!"
"No, you lead someone to stay behind to guard the wall, and I will lead a large army..."
"Your little jack of All trades kung fu, just use the past!" James didn't care that the other party was half a level higher than oneself, and interrupted the commander unceremoniously, "Tell me to go, I will go!"
After saying that, without waiting for the other party to reply, he loudly gathered the Westerlands gang and the scattered soldiers who had just been gathered up by him, totaling more than 100 people, and walked down the wall steps quickly, and stopped when he passed a box: "This...isn't this the Dragonglass bomb sent by Queenscrown? It's not for dealing with living people. Which idiot brought it up and opened the cover?"
"It's me...can the bomb explode? , I thought, I really can't hold it, it's okay to order a few to scare people." The soldier next to him answered hesitantly.
"Forget it, take a few and bring the torch." The soldier's answer reminded James that the beacon fires in the eastern Gorge had been connected, and it was red as if the entire gorge within the valley was on fire Come on, this Dragonglass bomb can't be sent to frontline support right now, it's better to use it as waste.
With more than 100 people, Kingslayer murderous-looking rushed towards the chaotic port. The team holding torches like a long glowing dragon quickly attracted the attention of the invaders. Under the command of the two leaders, a large group of nearly 200 people quickly gathered, listed a simple horizontal formation, and pushed them up to meet them.
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James is not afraid of the other side. After roughly comparing the equipment and strength of the two sides, he makes a judgment: Under the leadership of oneself, although the number of the other side is nearly twice his own, But one side can still easily pierce the opposing formation, and won't need too many casualties to win.
But the Bingxia Port is in chaos right now. More than a thousand defenders are scattered around the wall under the malfunctioning command and the enemy sneak attack. I don't know how to deal with it. Instead, the enemy occupies the frontal battlefield With the advantage of numbers, he must be able to quickly end the battle in a clean and neat way when there will be reinforcements on the opposite side at any time!
"Toss with me!" Facing more than 200 enemies lining up to press over, James grabbed a bomb in the hand of a cronie with his right hand and a torch with his left hand, and when the enemy approached 30 The lead was lit when the meter was away, and with all my strength...tossed it out.
"Despicable!"
"Counsel!"
"If you have the ability, don't do this shit!"
The Ironmen have long been I have heard about the power of Wildfire incendiary bombs, and watched the enemy group fly out balls slightly smaller than a human head one by one, although I was surprised that the defenders dared to use this weapon at the risk of fire in street battles with buildings all around , but they are still dodging in the roar of yelling and scolding, all four or five bombs smashed to the ground with the sound of peng peng and rolled - I was wondering why they didn't shatter and ignited the green flame, the lead burned to the end, and ignited the gunpowder inside.
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(end of this chapter)