As the enemy advanced, our missile troops prepared for another volley, while the melee fighters positioned themselves ready for impact... The cannons fired with mixed results : one destroyed an enemy chariot( red H) thundering toward them, smashing it to smithereens wit a well placed shot. Another aimed right for the enemy general( red E), whose comrades failed to warn him of the incoming shot. Unfortunately, the cannon ball must have been a rubber one, for it failed to wound… The third cannon misfired, but without great consequence. The helstorm managed to land its rockets just in front of the enemy line, hitting not a single one, and finally the helblaster thinned out one of the greenskin units… Fire from handweapons proved ineffective on the right flank, however the handgunners on the left flank (green A) managed to kill enough enemy boar riders to make the rest run. The archer detachment inside the ruined building managed to kill a wolf rider, but that was not enough to panic them…
The greenskins retaliated by firing at the 3rd Rotte, which lost its nerve and broke the line, despite being close to Berthold. The latter was, on the bright side, more than able to keep the enemy wizards in check. The enemy continued its steady advance….
Seeing them coming so close, the Reiksguard knights Berthold had placed on the right flank decided it was time for them to find death or glory and charged the night goblins on the far right (red G), only to find no less than 3 ball bearing lunatics heading right for them… Miraculously, these madmen only killed one knight, leaving the others free to engage their comrades…The valiant action of the Reiksguard had however achieved something else : It had provided our handgunners with new targets. In this target rich environment, it became hard to choose who to shoot at. I suppose that’s why one of the cannons blew up… The other 2 killed several enemy, but failed to rout any of them. The Helblaster aimed for the pump wagon, its other targets no longer in LOS, and destroyed it with its first 2 barrels… the third barrel destroyed the gun itself… The Helstorm, aiming for the enemy General’s unit drifted sideways, decimating the gobbo unit next to it. The right handgunners killed one fanatic, their champion another… (Not a bad round, but not great either…) On the left flank, our valiant handgunners killed all but 4 of the enemy boar riders, these however did not scare easily, for they did not run…
Apart from some repositioning of the combat units, nothing much happened on the Imperial side.
Now it was the Orcs hour of glory ! almost all their units charged, mostly the warmachines, whose trained crew abandoned their machines, escaping with their lives… The swordsmen were defeated in combat and ran straight off the battlefield… the right handgunners did the same and it was only the presence of Berthold that held the army together…
Following this, the left handgunners were charged and defeated by the boar riders, however killing all of them in return, leaving only the greenskin hero to pursue (and catch) them…. However this action found the Orc right in front of the Heavy Lancers…. He did not stay there long…
All in all, this was a hard fought battle, which did not result in a clear victory for either side. Not wanting to nitpick, me and my opponent called it a day and a draw… We had a great and fun evening…
