Thandol Bridge

Of course, we must rescue them!

The New Alliance and the Old Alliance have never been enemies.

It's just that there are rifts between them due to certain prejudices, but for a longer time, the two have fought side by side as a whole, and have bled and sacrificed for this world.

Moreover, in the context of this Burning Legion invasion, even races with deep blood feuds can reunite, let alone the Grand Alliance, which only has slightly different political views?

The Burning Legion will never be satisfied with destroying empty cities.

The almost empty continent of Lordaeron made Archimonde feel that this was an insult to him by the natives.

So, when he learned that millions of humans were heading to Azeroth in the south, he immediately ordered the Burning Legion to pursue them.

Even if they chased to the ends of the earth, he would make these natives taste the consequences of angering the Legion Lord!

"My lord, the bridge ahead has been destroyed by the humans!" The Doom Lord's adjutant flew back from the vanguard and reported the situation Kaz'zak had scouted to Archimonde.

"I know," Archimonde said contemptuously, "Do they think these little tricks can stop the Burning Legion? Hmph, continue to advance!"

Archimonde has plenty of ways to get the Legion across the strait.

The easiest way is to construct a bridge with energy, or to make the sea surface solid.

Neither of these is difficult for him.

As for the New Alliance, their task is not to fight a blocking battle at the Thandol Span.

They just need to delay for enough time.

"We cannot expose Dalaran, so this time we can rely on the air force."

After discussing with Aiden and Antonidas, the leaders decided on a plan:

Use the air force to temporarily delay the Burning Legion's advance across the strait, and at the same time let Dalaran pick up the refugee Team of Terenas and others, and send as many people as possible to Los Angeles, which is already on its way to Kalimdor, through its teleportation array.

During this period, the air force has been expanded.

Currently, there are five airships, two hundred helicopter mixed brigades, and a considerable number of Silvermoon Dragonhawk Rider troops.

In addition, Sindragosa's Flying Fortress has been equipped with a lot of anti-aircraft firepower, which can also play a great role in air combat.

After replenishing enough ammunition and mana bombs, the air force set off for its destination.

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The magnificent Thandol Span is the only land passage connecting the continents of Lordaeron and Azeroth, with a total length of more than two thousand meters.

The dwarves' architectural ability is fully demonstrated on this sea-crossing bridge.

In the past, people came and went here from north to south, and merchants gathered, but now only a few broken giant piers prove that it once existed.

The Burning Legion's army has gathered here.

After sweeping through the entire continent of Lordaeron, the number of demons has increased instead of decreasing.

In addition to the sub-intelligent races that joined them, those demons who fell from the sky and survived also found large groups.

The total number of Legion demons has increased to more than 100,000.

Archimonde came to the Thandol Span, glanced at the situation of the bridge, and sneered: "Isn't it too easy to repair this level of damage?"

He stretched out his hand and grabbed into the void, and those broken bridge surfaces that had sunk to the bottom of the sea floated up from the sea water against common sense under incredible magic.

They automatically returned to the piers and reassembled in the previous order, connecting again.

Archimonde's magic was like restoring the explosion process.

"Cross the bridge! My servants! Catch up with those natives and bring destruction and death to all living beings!"

Archimonde shouted.

He maintained the effect of the spell, waiting for all these minions to pass.

The demons let out a wild cry.

Two huge mana mechs took the lead in walking onto the bridge.

Their image is somewhat different from ordinary mana mechs.

Four mana cannons were installed on the shoulders of the mechs, enhancing their air defense capabilities - because the Alliance's air force strength had already caused the Burning Legion to suffer twice.

The Mo'arg engineers learned their lesson and are gradually improving the mechs.

This type is named "Mark II".

At this time, the New Alliance's air force was hiding in the high-altitude clouds above the bridge.

Aiden was in Sindragosa's fortress.

"Report Commander, the Burning Legion is crossing the bridge. Should we attack?"

"Wait! Wait until the first mana mech is about to finish crossing the bridge."

"Roger, Commander!"

It still takes some time to cross the two-kilometer bridge.

Each mana mech is about fifty meters apart, with other demons in between.

Soon, more than thirty mana mechs have appeared on the bridge one after another.

"Start attacking!" Aiden gave the order.

The airships and floating fortresses began to descend, with helicopters and dragonhawk riders covering them to prevent flying demons from approaching.

When the sound of the engines was captured by the demons, the air force had already entered a suitable attack position.

The mages poured mana into the magic guides, activated the mana bombs, and dropped them on the bridge and nearby.

When Archimonde saw these annoying flies appear again, he immediately shouted: "Kaz'zak, lead your people to swat down these flies!"

"Yes, my lord!" The Doom Lord agreed loudly.

Kaz'zak raised the Dragon King's Blade and summoned the demon flying troops, "Follow me, kill these natives!"

The demons flapped their wings and flew into the sky.

"Wizards, my wizards, use spells to intercept those bombs!" Archimonde shouted loudly.

He suffered a great loss from these mana bombs when he summoned the portal in Silvermoon City last time.

If he had his hands free now, he would of course have plenty of ways to deal with these bombs, but now he must maintain the spell.

Once he withdrew his mana, the bridge would collapse immediately.

The flying demons were immediately intercepted by aerial firepower as they ascended.

A large number of rockets and machine guns weaved a net of death in the air, and almost no demons could pass through.

Kaz'zak, protected by the Dragon King's Blade, could break through the firepower net, but he alone could not deal with the people above.

He could only wield the divine weapon with all his might, trying to intercept more attacks for the demons next to him.

Mana bombs fell one by one.

Half of the attack targets were the bridge, and the other half were the demon army densely packed on the north side of the bridge.

Although the demon wizards tried their best to intercept them with spells, a large number of bombs still fell into the Legion demons, each one completely clearing the demons within a hundred meters in diameter.

That meant hundreds of demons evaporated into thin air.

"Stop crossing the bridge!" Archimonde was unwilling, but seeing this situation, he knew he had to free his hands as soon as possible to deal with these guys.

Otherwise, the bridge might not be able to be saved, and his army would suffer heavy losses.

The bridge could be restored after these natives were eliminated.

The demons who had just stepped onto the bridge began to retreat, while those who had already walked halfway could only try their best to rush forward.

The mana mechs were Archimonde's most precious troops, and they must be preserved as much as possible!

So, under Archimonde's orders, the mana mechs rushed forward.

The demons blocking them were squeezed off the bridge or trampled into meat paste, their shapes were horrible.

However, after the first mana mech luckily ran across the bridge, two consecutive mana bombs landed on the bridge surface, completely destroying the middle and rear sections of the bridge.

More than a dozen mechs and the surviving demons under their trampling were either blown into the sky or fell into the strait hundreds of meters below.

"Well done!"

Cheers erupted inside the fortress.

"Continue, keep it up!"

Aiden poured more mana into the magic guide.

This time they brought forty mana bombs and more conventional bombs, which would definitely give the demons a good taste!

"Pay attention to monitoring Archimonde's movements!"

"Roger, Commander!"

When the aerial sniping operation began, Marshal Garithos and his guards had not gone too far.

Hearing the sound of explosions from the Thandol Span, Garithos was a little strange - could it be that someone would help them blow it up again?

He realized that the situation must have changed.

"Lieutenant Brammall, please take some people to scout near the bridge. See what happened there!" Garithos immediately found a Wildhammer dwarf gryphon rider and ordered.

"Yes, Your Excellency Marshal!"

The dwarf immediately took off with a team of four gryphon riders and headed north.

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Archimonde was extremely angry when he saw more than a dozen mana mechs being lost like this.

However, the changes that occurred in the Silvermoon City Casting Camp had not yet reached him, otherwise he would definitely be even more furious.

Seeing that the bridge could no longer be saved, although nearly half of the bridge surface near him was still maintained, the demon army behind him suffered heavy casualties.

If he didn't take action, he would definitely lose big because of the remaining seven or eight mana mechs on the bridge.

"Anyway, the Silvermoon City camp will replenish a large number of mana mechs in the future," Archimonde comforted himself.

He decisively stopped the spell.

Without his energy to maintain it, the bridge immediately collapsed again.

The demons on the bridge, like those destroyed earlier, fell despairingly into the strait.

Archimonde glared at the air force in the sky, now it was time for him to take revenge!

"Commander, Archimonde has stopped!" The observer immediately reported the situation below.

Aiden's heart tightened, and he immediately said: "Withdraw, notify all brothers, retreat immediately according to the original plan!"

He stopped pouring mana into the magic guide, and then said to the heroes next to him: "We are ready to intercept Archimonde at any time - I don't know if he can fly?"

"Hopefully not," Kael'thas said.

But for Archimonde, who has become so powerful, flying is not something out of reach.

His hooves kicked off the ground and rushed into the sky like a cannonball.

That huge size did not become an obstacle to flying.

Lieutenant Brammall and the Wildhammer riders happened to see this scene when they flew near the bridge.