Chapter 420
2021-01-06
Chapter 420 Role ReversalEuron's order to retreat instead of chasing left James scratching his head, thinking that What crafty plots and machinations did he dare not hesitate, he covered the last soldier who could still move and retreated and left the shore, watching helplessly as Euron took the people back to the shore, and pushed the few that lay in the long boat on the beach into the icy cold. Jump out of the water, grab the oars and row into the dark Bay of Ice.
Is it really withdrawn?
If it is said that Euron's original plan was to interfere with the normal production of Bingxia Port and burn down two battleships and several warehouses, now the goal is basically achieved, so I choose to close it as soon as it is good, it seems that there are several points of truth... But in Bingxia Port At this moment, there are still many Ironmen who have not evacuated, and he has a huge advantage. Even if he wants to run, how can he be so rushed?
But James didn't spend too much time figuring out the reason for the rapid withdrawal of the other party: Ice Gorge Harbor was deserted by deserters-to be precise, the first group of guards who retreated from the eastern canyon defense line. The army was rescued.
Because the Ice Gorge Harbor was attacked and it was impossible to implement the established defense plan, the entire Gorge line of defense closest to its west on 1/4/2022 first collapsed and fell. Many people who hurriedly threw the Wildfire and evacuated without even using the Dragonglass arrows, their cowardly behavior of perfunctory defense and evacuating without saying hello undoubtedly killed the robes who held the line, and on the other hand, they were trapped in the The Bingxia Harbor in the war provided assistance: when dozens or hundreds of defenders who fled from the front line of the canyon appeared on the mountain road east of the fortress with torches, the Ironmen who were preparing to take down the walls and gates outside the door returned. It was the rescue soldiers from Night's Watch who arrived quickly, and the attack was not smooth, so he immediately threw the guy away and fled the battlefield.
After opening the east gate, simply gathered up the defenders in the western section of the canyon who had fled, and changed their Dragonglass weapons into murderous Tie Family gangs, the commander of Ice Gorge Port took this gang The active force of the reinforcements rushed back to the port. Although the battle strength of the improvised troops was difficult to guarantee, the momentum succeeded in deterring Euron Greyjoy, who knew nothing about the existence of the canyon defense line, forcing him to drop the Ironmen, who were still scattered in the port, setting fire and destruction, and hurriedly withdrew from the battlefield.
The canyon defense plan was reversed by the defenders and had a strange ending: the port fortress that was supposed to send a reserve team to support the canyon defense line was finally rescued by the soldiers who were withdrawn from the canyon defense line.
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The retreat of the King of the Iron Islands completely lost the chance of escape for the remaining Ironmen in the port, and after burning the remaining longships on the beach, they merged to Together, the smooth ice gorge defenders began to dispatch missions to clear the remaining enemies who had penetrated into the wall.
Because of the lack of civilians, Bingxia Port had no other types of casualties except combat personnel in this round of attacks, but the fortress itself was in a mess: most of the port was burning, and the only three battleships were one. One ship has been completely reimbursed, and the other one has also caught fire. It was only barely saved because it just launched without too much Wildfire. Only the flagship "Ben Wolf" that has experienced combat survived because the sailors were more experienced. Most of the granary in Bingxia Port was burnt down, and the dozens of tons of dry wood for shipbuilding that you donated together in the entire North were almost burned... Fortunately, the Wildfire warehouse where the combat preparedness was stored was far away from the harbor, so luckily it didn't cause more damage. Catastrophe.
But the shipyard's core workshop survived: the North's elite troops stationed here faithfully fulfilled the heavy duty Robb Stark had entrusted to them—they took Bear Island and White together from the very first attack on the harbour. The craftsmen, technicians and assistants recruited from the port gathered in one place for key protection, and followed closely the other parts of the port, fighting off several waves of Ironmen who infiltrated the fortress and tried to set fire to destroy the shipyard and slaughter the technicians... ...Although most of the residential area and storage area were burned down, the tools, equipment and technical backbones that are crucial to the "resurrection" of the North Navy in the future have not suffered losses under strict protection, which is the only good news in this attack.
Of course, some people disagree.
In order to succeed in the sneak attack, the number of Ironmen who entered the port by long boats along the coast was not many. The troops led by James fought several times with the invading enemy, and recovered most of the port, but nearly half of them were killed or injured in the battle when they hit Euron: not only the land-grant recruits suffered losses, but also the fifty soldiers brought from the Westerlands. The guards were only in their early twenties - oneself sacrificed and bleed to protect the North's naval port, but the protected North people huddled in the shipyard and couldn't call out. Put all the blame on the North people.
"I sent people to ask you for help, why don't you come out? If the fortress falls, you'll be useless to defend the shipyard!" Jaime growled at the commander of the North soldiers, his eyes wide open. The blue veins on the red face burst out. If it hadn't been for a hard fight, there was no strength left, and at this moment, he would have rushed up and grabbed the opponent's collar and fought.
"Ser Jaime, please calm down. There are not many people in North who have mastered shipbuilding skills. If the house and food are burned, they can be rebuilt and planted, but it is extremely difficult to retrain if there are no people. Yes."
"Shit!" James was furious, "Northern people's lives are life, my Westerners' lives are not lives? I think you just want to see me die, so you don't want to hide. Come out!"
"Please control your emotions, we respect the heroism of you and your troops in battle, but it is absolutely impossible to accept this vicious accusation!" The heart, naturally, immediately rebutted without a guilty conscience... After a few months of coexisting peacefully with each other, all grievances erupted with the defeat in the battle with Euron, and a fierce quarrel broke out between the two sides. Even the commander of Bingxia Port could not stop it.
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Fortunately, the enemy's second round long-range attack quickly interrupted the infighting of the Bingxia Harbor defenders.
Ironmen Fleet, who had previously undertaken the decoy mission, was afraid of the huge lethality of Wildfire incendiary bombs and did not dare to get too close. He only sailed and attacked at the edge of the catapult's maximum range. . It looked like he was going to storm the harbour, but in fact it was just to attract the attention of the defenders... Although the momentum was huge, the damage to the harbour was minimal. However, with the successful sneak attack of Long Fleet and rushing into the fortress, these sailboats have approached the port silently, taking advantage of the gap of the ice gorge port's defense against the sea.
In the plan, once the two groups of Ironmen landed can cooperate to break through the fortress, the sailboat will also berth into the port and release the crew to participate in the occupation. If they fail to succeed, they will also launch incendiary balls at close range to further damage the harbor when the landing soldiers board the longship and leave the dock to cover the retreat of their own personnel.
After Euron, who was rowing his longboat away from the coast, gave his signal with the torch, the sail fleet, which had ceased fire for a long time, began to carry out the latter mission - to fire again.
One after another, flaming Fireballs streak across the sky and smash into within the wall, and the port's defense towers were either destroyed by previous Ironmen infiltrations, raging flames, or defending The ammunition was used up in the war, and the ammunition could not be replenished in time. Only a few ballistas and slingers could be quickly put into battle.
It took more than half an hour for the Night's Watch troops who recaptured the port to restore most of their defenses, and finally drove away the Ironmen fleet close to the port with firepower advantage after several rounds of firepower...
The defense of the Ironmen is over, but next, despite a series of missions to dispose of prisoners, put out fires, rescue the wounded, and dispose of corpses... But the defenders must immediately face a greater threat: the front lines The retreating defenders accidentally lifted the siege of Ironmen, of course, it was a loss of horses, but everyone has not forgotten - the special defensive significance and terrain of Gorge are doomed.
After simply putting out the fire and salvaging the combat supplies, the Bingxia Port defenders put aside the aftermath and began to fully prepare for the test of the dead army.
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[The goal of 70,000 words is still 13,000, so let’s sprint in the last few days and ask for a wave of various tickets! ]
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