Deviation Actions
Description
From my airship, I can see our troops valiantly advancing towards the enemy.
They have to be fast. They have to get close before the enemy reloads their siege rockets.
My mission is to be their eyes in the sky. Spot the enemy guns and report their locations to the artillery behind our lines. As soon as any of them dares to fire, they will be blasted into pieces.
We can’t just bomb the town to oblivion because there are civilians are trapped there.
OUR civilians. In OUR town. We will have to get them out the old way. Bayonet and guts.
Our scouts have secured the flanks, and they will cut the enemy retreat.
They will have no escape. Surrender or death.
We are marching against time. Some heroes are still holding a building in it and patches of the riverbank. They won’t resist for long, and if they fall, enemy reinforcements will rush into the town, risking the whole operation.
The context – Battle of Arcosa Valley
The Mitzish invasion of Salai trough Arcosa Valley was brought to a halt by a local garrison when they flooded the fields and demolished the bridges.
The Mitzish general on that front knew that they had to take the mountain pass that connects the valley and plains before hostile reinforcements arrived, so they launched a quick offensive trough a shallow section of the river and advanced towards the town.
The defenders fought bravely, but the town was surrounded and occupied before the main army could arrive. Well, it has arrived now, and they want to get it back.
The defenders fighting the mitzish onslaught:
Technical
Drawn with 0.5 mm mechanical pencil on Din A4 paper.
Author’s note
I want to paint this drawing, but my free time will be close to none on the months to come,
so I’m posting it this way.
Anyway... happy New Year!
