Chapter 413 Newport Crisis

Just as the Sword Empire swept the south of Yongye with orc soldiers, another orc army that did not belong to the Sword Empire appeared on the edge of the Dragon Flame Desert. They were ordered to attack a human city by the sea at the other end of the desert.

Yes, the first counterattack carefully planned by the Orc Empire was set in an unexpected place - the new port of the desert port city of the Sword Empire.

There are about 300,000 bright orcs who have surrendered and migrated, 400,000 human civilians, and more than 10,000 elves, and these are protected by more than 14,000 people in the newly built 304 Armored Division of the Holy Sword Empire and more than 3,000 city defense forces.

It really tastes like thin skin and big stuffing. The original troops here have long been replaced by the remote eastern line and the elf forest, leaving only some new recruit eggs.

The entire 304 Division is a newly formed force composed of spearmen, crossbowmen, a small number of magic cannons and mortar units, as well as dozens of tanks and armored vehicles. Such a chaotic configuration is still reluctantly equipped considering that there may be orc troops here, because the general garrison behind the sword empire cannot have the luxury of tanks.

In the whole army, there are only division commanders, division chiefs and a tank commander who have experienced the first battle against orcs in Xingang. Counting the team of the city defense force, no more than five people have fought with orcs.

The armored reconnaissance vehicle of this unit found an army of orcs entering the desert during routine reconnaissance. After repeated confirmation for a day and one night, it was determined that the target of the huge orcs army to enter the desert was Newport.

The boundless orc army has been winding for several kilometers and coming eastward along the Dragon Tail River in the desert to Xingang, with a number of about 250,000 people, which is almost 20 times that of Xingang troops.

Because there are too many recruits, most commanders have no idea about the orc army. The Xingang troops have to organize commanders in batches to visit the bright orc veterans who fled to Xingang, and supplement some common sense of the orc army by dictation.

The new port defenders who received the news immediately began to deploy defenses, strengthen city defense, and began to evacuate civilians in a planned way.

After receiving the news, Arcado immediately ordered to concentrate the navy and transport fleet of the Sword Empire to rescue everything from the new port as much as possible. Arcado clearly knew that the new port could not be saved, and what he could do was to minimize the loss of the new port.

More and more ships began to rely on the new port to transport equipment, personnel, and even stored magical crystals. However, as the army of orcs got closer and closer, His Majesty the Emperor of the Holy Sword Empire once again ordered the ships transporting equipment and magic crystals to be changed to rescue personnel.

An unprecedented transportation of personnel at sea began, but when the Holy Sword Empire was carrying out the rescue of Xingang in full swing, the western sky of Xingang was illuminated by red fire one night, and the endless army of the orc empire set up camps and kicked off the battle of Xingang.

The next morning, the 304 Armored Division of the Newport Defense Force of the Holy Sword Empire in black armor entered the battle. City Defense Commander Mayer described the scene before the garrison's participation in the battle at that time: "Vim, the commander of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd City Defense Regiment, came to report to me. He just gave a quick and brief introduction to the situation. A brief and powerful handshake expressed everything. We all know that we are facing a difficult task. The crossbowmen of the camp quickly jumped off the truck, and then the truck disappeared on the street corner in the distance. These cars slowly travel through the city. It takes the road back south. Go to the port and prepare to board the ship to evacuate this increasingly dangerous place. These archers stayed to listen to my command. They are calm and confident. They are going to be baptized by war!"

At about 9 o'clock in the morning, the troops of Newport of the Seiken Empire carried out the order to counterattack. An hour later, a few tanks began to warm up. The crossbowers of the 2nd City Defense Regiment saw an assault force composed of about 70 tanks rumbling past him and began to move towards the preset assembly position under the warm sunshine in the morning.

The tank was followed by a large number of sword empire soldiers in black armor. They carried long infantry spears on their shoulders, and some still held pipes.

When the yellow tank disguised in the desert began to approach the orc enemy in front of them, the human commanders standing on the wall could clearly identify from the telescope that the huge war beasts of the orc empire in the distance were moving slowly in the direction of Newport, driven by orc soldiers, row by row. The orc infantry phalanx drove slowly.

Those pale painted tanks slowly drove into the position hidden behind the sand dunes. Many tank commanders climbed out of the turret and looked at the direction of the Orc Empire army with binoculars. From time to time, they drilled into the turret and continued to look with binoculars. Obviously, they were adjusting the angle and direction of the magic gun.

Suddenly, the magic cannons of the forward tank troops opened fire. It is unknown whether it hit the target or not, but a puff of smoke soon came out in the distance, followed by a loud noise, and the melodious drums of the Orc Empire army beat even louder!

The rounds of tanks fired one after another made the crossbowers and magic gunners standing on the wall excited. Their army could take the initiative to attack when the soldiers pressed the border, which made them extremely proud.

Then the young sword empire spearmen hiding behind the barbed wire quickly and crazily entered the battle to fight against the orc empire wolf knights who had rushed to the front. These wolf knights tore open the barbed wire and were hit by crossbows or mortars, hanging on the barbed wire like pieces of pork waiting to be sold.

Unconsciously, the battle has lasted for a quarter of an hour. Those long spearmen of the Sword Empire astringently strangled the wolf knights who crossed the barbed wire and tried to maintain their defense line.

The orc empire had to invest more offensive troops in this unexpected defense line, and the Bimeng beast, accompanied by a large number of orc wolf knights, began to attack the defense line of the sword empire army like a tide. For a while, the long-gun infantry that covered the tanks and magic artillery troops suffered a lot of losses.

Near a barbed wire, more than a dozen human spearmen tenaciously held their positions. With a long gun, they turned the orc wolf knight who crossed the barbed wire to the ground, then pierced the giant wolf's claws, forced them to fall to the ground, and finally stabbed the heads of these monsters.

The tank stopped firing and began to launch to ensure the safety of its own defense line. At the beginning of the cruel defensive battle, the armored forces of the Holy Sword Empire found that they had lost four tanks.

In the face of the army of the Orc Empire, the commanders of the Sword Empire were shocked. This is the first time they met the army of the Orc Empire. The last time they counterattacked the soldiers of the Orc Empire here have long been transferred to the East Front and the Elf Forest.