Orc Tyrant

"Unexpectedly, the general gave an order to retreat."

Jackson admitted to the fact that he had never thought of it before in a manly tone.

"But now the situation has really become very difficult."

The rest of the high-ranking officers leaned on the polished wooden tabletop, and the surface was scarred by constant use. The orderly had just cleaned up the discarded dinner plate.

But in fact, everyone didn't eat anything, just some rodents and a small amount of food rations.

Mount Mihir was already at risk of running out of food. When Yushikin gave the order to retreat, Jackson was already considering whether to eat some greens.

But at least for now, they have to face a greater challenge than running out of food.

If you lead the remaining 60,000 people to safely retreat to the predetermined location.

The wounded soldiers have been evacuated through the underground trails, so the large forces do not need to worry about the injuries, but according to the speculation during this period, the number of Ouke surrounding Mihir Hill is at least 400,000, and they are all rare. The elite troops.

It is almost impossible to break through such a powerful force.

To this day, the scouts discovered a gap in the north of the encirclement. At the junction of the Gough Army and the Black Fire Army, there is a passage with very few Ouke moving.

But Jackson couldn't judge whether this gap was due to Oak's own stupidity or some kind of trap.

He studied in military school. In the siege of ancient wars, there were often tactics of encircling three sides and leaving one side for the defenders to escape, and the siege would often lay ambushes on the way of escape in order to wipe out those who thought they were safe in one fell swoop. Survivors.

Jackson wasn't sure if Gu Ke was playing such a trick.

"Everyone, let's talk about it."

After removing the cutlery, the tactical display was illuminated again in the command post, and then his chief of staff stood up and nodded to everyone.

"It may not be that bad either."

He pointed to the monitor and said, while zooming the image of the area currently occupied by Oak.

"At present, our team is scattered in a two-kilometer-wide area, and the passage is here, here."

According to our plan, the best time to evacuate is in the early hours of the morning. Although the line of sight was poor at that time, it was also the time when Oak was the most relaxed. They would be confused at this point.

"The problem is that once we enter the mountains, the higher we climb, the fewer roads."

He showed everyone the surrounding road network, which gradually became narrower and narrower, and finally came together.

"We will be here in less than two days, and once the above happens, we can only move on along a passable road."

"And Greenskin must also know the meeting point of this road network."

A certain teacher intervened kindly, as if everyone needed his assistance to see this obvious fact clearly.

Since the start of the battle, everyone has had enough of these green skin scourges, and Jackson is also very sure that they want to solve everyone once and for all.

Even if they were all idiots, they knew very well that the defenders of Mount Mihir would advance there.

Jackson felt a tingling pain in his palms, and he was sure they would be lying there waiting to launch an ambush when the tired defenders tried to cross the narrow canyon.

"This can explain what the investigation team just reported to us."

The deputy chief of staff also added, and Jackson nodded solemnly.

In the past few days, the scouts have discovered several large green-skin truck formations cruising on the road, but unlike people’s understanding of them, whenever the scouts want to test the details of the green-skinned trucks, they will try their best. Remain restraint and shrink back.

Undoubtedly, they were waiting for people to cross this path to exchange fire with the ambushing troops.

"Are you sure there is no other road through this mountain range?"

When Jackson asked this, he had already guessed how he would answer.

"Isn't there a detour?"

The chief of staff shook his head.

"There is no other passable road around here."

He moved the screen and stopped at the top of the path.

"There is only this road left, unless we disperse to take those small intestines and bypass the entire area, but if we go a hundred kilometers north, we can reach the edge of the canyon and keep marching on a safe road."

His words hit Jackson's arms, and the frontline commander nodded in agreement.

"We will be attacked by greenskins on the road, and even if our main force can miraculously bypass the mountain range intact, before we reach the meeting point, we still have to move the same distance to the north, and then we will It will enter a narrow hill, where Oak can easily deploy his forces against us."

"If that happens, we will all be finished."

Jackson turned his head to look at the chief of staff, trying to hide the violent stirring anger in his heart.

"We have to venture across this mountain pass. If we can break through the ambush ring they set for us before the chasers launch an attack, maybe we can escape by chance."

"This is a pretty bold idea."

Jackson nodded solemnly.

"Even so, I think this is the best opportunity we can grasp."

The worst thing is that this is right. Everyone knows this very well. There is almost no chance that is better than no chance at all. This is probably the so-called hope.

Then he smiled coldly, inspiring others with a completely disguised determination.

"We can't fly this mountain, we can't drill this mountain, so..."

"Maybe we can get through."

The only wizard in the command post, Ms. Elena stared at the map in a way that Jackson could only describe as speculation, and said thoughtfully.

"Here."

She pointed to a lake filled with a valley, and the main road not far away led directly to that mountain pass.

Some kind of building stood by the lake with the logo of the Imperial Engineering Department on it.

The front-line commander stared at her, and her words suddenly brought hope to everyone. Although she was an impulsive and sloppy optimist, after several weeks of getting along, he knew very well that her judgments were usually credible.

"What do you mean?"

In response, she adjusted the image to the maximum resolution, and Jackson studied the terrain, still at a loss.

"For me, it's like a dead end."

The lake is in front of a long narrow valley with a dam at the top, thus forming a huge man-made reservoir.

A thin path encloses it, and the trickle still flows in the river bed below. There is no doubt that the water there is flowing out of the sluice, but the distance between the two ends of the dam is too far-it is obvious that it is in the past Carry a lot of water.

The road near the dam deviated from the exhausted waterway and continued to rise along the **** of the valley, winding on a continuous cliff, and passing through the top of the huge dam.

Suddenly, Jackson frowned. Something that was not appropriate obviously touched his curiosity that day. He pointed to the partially dried river bed.

"Where did the rest of the water go?"

He pointed out this problem. It is obvious that the amount of water injected into the lake in the upper reaches of the river far exceeds the amount of water passing through the sluices at the bottom of the dam.

The witch smiled.

"Under the mountain."

She reduced the scale of the map again, and then pointed to another power station built on the gentle **** of the mountain, this time at the far end of the hill.

Jackson took a breath. It was almost at the exit of the canyon, just a few kilometers from the intended location.

If they can get there in a certain way, there is no need to frustrate Oak's army to cross the mountain pass, and it will undoubtedly surprise the main European forces that are still surrounding here.

"There is a power plant that uses the water in the reservoir and the water pipe connecting the two buildings to generate electricity. This project used to be assisted by arcanists and led by the Imperial Engineering Department. In order to solve the power gap problem in Tyre, but later Work was stopped because of funding."