Interestingly, the Dark Iron Dwarves enslaved by Ragnaros occupied the Blackrock Depths at the bottom of Blackrock Mountain. After the orcs captured Stormwind City, they began to use the lava caves here to build and expand Blackrock Fortress.
After hearing that the Bronzebeard dwarves of Ironforge had joined the Alliance, the Dark Iron dwarves joined the Horde without hesitation. They were happy to cause trouble for the Bronzebeard dwarves, and even came out to build various weapons and fortifications for the Horde while Ragnaros was still asleep.
Therefore, the defense of Blackrock Fortress is quite solid.
Two hundred thousand orcs were crowded in a fortress... Orgrim was talking about a decisive battle, but what if the orcs lost and defended the fortress to the death?
Are the hundreds of thousands of Alliance troops going to be stuck in the Searing Gorge? On normal days, Lothar's head would probably explode with worry.
"What's the difficulty? If they really dare to retreat, then it will be up to us dwarves!" Magni Bronzebeard said carelessly.
Anduin was not someone who knew nothing about dwarves. When he was young, he often went to Ironforge and was an old friend of Magni. However, what was the "view"? Not only did Anduin have to be convinced, but he also needed the approval of the generals of other countries.
At this time, Duke suddenly said, "Steam siege vehicle?"
Magni and Gelbin Mekkatorque, the great craftsman who was equivalent to the king of the dwarves, were delighted. They didn't expect that there was someone who knew what was good among humans? And it was Duke, one of the bigwigs of the Alliance?
"Hey, you know that too?" Magni laughed.
Who knew Duke frowned and said, "Not good."
"Why not?" Gelbin was a little unhappy. After all, the steam siege engine was one of the greatest masterpieces made by the dwarves and gnomes.
Duke said confidently: "It must be launched close to the fortifications. It will be easily destroyed by the orcs' crude defensive weapons."
Magni asked, "For example?"
"For example, a giant rolling log that is 100 feet long and 20 feet thick?" Duke gave an example casually, and Magni and Gelbin's faces changed a little.
That's right, orcs are all powerful beasts. If that's the case, then it's a bit risky.
"Why not modify the steam tank, make it ?" Duke waved his hand, and suddenly a three-dimensional projection of a tank model appeared in front of Magni and Gelbin, which was somewhat similar to the almost square, big box-like dwarf steam tank, but very different.
If there was another time traveler present, he would definitely find that this tank looked very much like the Soviet Union's SU-152 tank destroyer during Second War on Earth.
Of course, according to the industrial strength of the dwarves at that time, they were forced to abandon the long gun barrel, but because there was no rotating turret, they could increase the caliber of the main gun even more crazily.
In order to resist attacks from the front, the front armor is thicker when the precision and steel rolling technology are not up to standard. After giving up the rotating turret, you can add a few shooting holes on the side and install some lover musketeers in them to take care of the attacks from the side.
Lothar and Mograine were both confused about the topic Duke was talking about with the dwarves. Their understanding of dwarven weapons was still very primitive. They always felt that dwarven tanks could indeed withstand swords, but they were a bit weak against heavy weapons such as sledgehammers. For example, on the battlefield, orcs were seen more than once carrying large tree trunks to smash dwarven tanks.
But at this time, if you don't trust the dwarves, you have to ask your own soldiers to fight street battles with the orcs. Any commander who cares a little about his soldiers will not do such an inhumane and wasteful thing.
Originally Anduin was a little bit complaining about Duke's late proposal to modify the siege weapons. Firstly, a war was imminent, and secondly, there were only four days left. Would it be in time?
Magni waved his hand and said, "Don't underestimate the strength of the dwarves and gnomes! We can complete such a low-tech transformation in one night."
Magni and Gelbin were so confident that even Duke was a little skeptical.
Are all dwarves so awesome?
After all, it's a steam tank, right? We don't need to recalculate the load to solve the tank's power system? What about the transmission wheels? What about the tracks? What about the suspension system?
Then, the next day, Duke was surprised to a round of applause of amazement and praise.
Duke came out sleepily and was also confused.
Damn it! I asked you to make a tank destroyer, not a land cruiser. What the hell is this iron lump that is more than ten meters long, as wide as three carriages parallel to each other, and almost two stories high?
Not only Duke was confused, but the Windrunner sisters also opened their mouths wide.
At least the appearance is perfect.
Duke noticed that except for the front armor which was really made of fine steel, the two sides were wooden structures covered with two or three layers of iron sheets.
When Duke walked over, he saw a huge wheel made of cast iron that was as tall as a person. Although the outer part of the wheel was mostly covered by the outer armor, Duke could clearly see...
Important things should be said three times.
"How can the car turn and pass through complex terrain? And the car is so heavy, what kind of steam transmission system can handle it?" With this question in mind, Duke turned behind the car to take a look, and he almost bit off his tongue.
What a high-tech monster!
No wonder it is called "such a low-tech transformation".
I believed your lies!
Looking in from the open rear door at the rear of the chariot, Duke could clearly see that at the lowest level, there were at least a hundred dwarves chatting and bragging in front of rows of putters.
It's a push rod for pushing carts!
It turns out that this tank destroyer, which weighs at least dozens of tons, is human-powered!
Use manpower to push, and of course as long as everyone listens to the instructions, everything will be fine.
"Puff!" Duke spurted out all of a sudden.
Just in time. At this time, Magni and Gelbin came over with proud faces.
The dwarf master craftsman Gelbin laughed and said, "How is it? Although it's a bit rushed, it can definitely meet the needs of siege."
Magni laughed along, "Hehe! For this big guy, I specially contributed the largest cannon in the whole of Dun Morogh. You know, normally I only use my beloved 'small steel cannon' to blow up mountains."
"Puff!" Please forgive Duke for spraying again.
He really underestimated the cruelty of the dwarves and gnomes.
What the hell is this little steel cannon?!
On Earth, anything over 20mm is called a cannon. During Second War, the Germans' 800mm Gustav railway gun was already crazy. The problem is that the dwarves are a hundred times more crazy. The caliber of this cannon is in meters.
Magni stepped forward, tiptoed and patted Duke on the shoulder: "Thank you for coming up with such a good idea. Without protection, I really wouldn't dare to pull my baby out."