The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is a 2014 U.S. magical adventure blockbuster that is the last in the Hobbit trilogy. Unlike the Lord of the Rings trilogy, which depicts the history of the War between the Mo Terrans and the Half-Orcs, the Hobbit trilogy can be seen as a prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, which is more depicted as the rise and fall of the dwarves under the struggle between the half-orcs and the dragons. (The original book is slightly different from this movie in terms of content, so we will discuss it according to the content of the movie)
In this film, the dwarven army, led by the then King yamashita, Thorin Oak Shield's cousin Iron Foot Dane, appears in batches for the first time in front of the audience. This dwarf force has strong combat effectiveness, reasonable military configuration, mature and steady troop coordination, and exquisite equipment that the dwarven tribe can make skillful craftsmen and can specially crack the elven arrow array. Let us see the dwarven army for the first time, there is a refreshing and even shocked feeling - it turns out that the craftsmen of the dwarven tribe are so creative, and the army of the dwarven tribe is so capable of fighting!
The combat effectiveness of the Woodland Elven Troops is ranked first in Middle-earth!
The dwarves who fought jointly with multiple arms did not fall behind when faced with elves who had a lot more troops than they did. They first cleared the elves of a rain of extremely threatening arrows through the spinning heavy bows and arrows, and inflicted a lot of damage on the elven troops when the spinning heavy bows and arrows landed. Then they sent out their own shock force, the Goat Cavalry, to directly attack the shields of the elven troops. Although the losses were not small, they rushed into the infantry phalanx of the elven troops.
The impact of the dwarf goat cavalry cannot be underestimated
Then, led by Iron Foot Dane, the Dwarven army began to engage in close-quarters hand-to-hand combat with the elven troops. There were casualties on both sides, and although Gandalf, the grey-robed mage known as Middle-earth, tried to stop them, he was unable to stop the dwarven army and the woodland elf army led by Thranduil, resulting in unnecessary casualties. If the army of half-orcs had not arrived, perhaps the dwarves and elven armies would have fought endlessly.
Thorin was not persuaded by Gandalf to cause a war between the dwarves and elves
Due to the strong entry of the half-orc army, the dwarves and elves had to release their previous suspicions and fight against the common enemy, the half-orcs. Later, the human armed forces retreated to Riverdale town along with the elven army, resulting in an even more unfavorable situation for the dwarven army, which was already numerically inferior. But the dwarven army was still led by the Thorin Oak Shield, working together, with tenacious perseverance, and amazing courage, and with the help of the beast army brought by the gray-robed wizards, they almost completely annihilated the half-orc army that surrounded the kingdom under the mountain.
With Thorin, almost all of them are the elite of the dwarves!
It can be said that the fighting power of the dwarves is very strong, and they can basically win in the case of going head-to-head with the half-orcs. And the dwarven craftsmen are ingenious, they make the machinery for war, powerful and flexible. Moreover, the cooperation of the dwarven army is quite perfect, and in the chaotic environment of the battlefield, it can work together to kill the huge ogre with the effect of group injury. In the case of extremely inferior numbers, it is possible to win. So how exactly did these dwarven armies achieve these goals?
Because of the size limitations of the dwarves, many dwarves use powerful weapons to attack the enemy
Compared to normal humans and elves, dwarves do not have an advantage in height, let alone fight tall half-orcs, and dwarves have to attack on their backs, which is a very laborious and dangerous behavior on the battlefield. In order to make up for the impact of the low stature on the attack power on the battlefield. Many dwarves used heavy axes, hammers, and long spears to fight.
Many of the Thirteen Taibao used heavy weapons
For example, in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the only dwarf golden thunderbolt in the Lord of the Rings expedition, uses a double-plate axe, and can wield two axes in combat with half-orcs. Thorin Oak Shield's cousin Iron Foot Dane also uses a barbed iron hammer that looks like it is not light, and in the battle of the Five Armies, combined with the armored wild boar under his crotch, he can kill a few in and a half of the orc team. Ordinary dwarf soldiers, after assembling a certain number, can use spears to kill giant ogres at a very fast speed.
Iron-footed Dane also uses heavy weapons such as iron hammers
There was never a shortage of skilled craftsmen in the dwarven race, so they were able to use their metallurgical and casting advantages to create more suitable weapons for themselves, and use their great power to make up for their height defects and achieve more victories on the battlefield.
Skilled craftsmen within the Dwarven race have created superiorly protective armor for the dwarven army
Although the Dwarves prefer to live in deep mountain mines and do not like to interact with other races, this does not hide that the metal casting and smelting technology of the Dwarves is ahead of other races in Middle-earth. Since the dwarves can dig out such extinct gems as the "Heart of the Mountain", they can certainly dig out very good metal deposits.
The dwarves' superior metallurgical technology was a guarantee for the reproduction of their race
On the basis of abundant resources, the dwarven craftsmen were able to make full use of their racial talents and go further than other races on the road of metal smelting and casting. For example, the Mithril shirt that Thorin Oak Shield gave to Bilbo Baggins was a defensive dwarf stab armor. Bilbo Baggins later gave the dress to Frodo, and Frodo, who was wearing the dress, poked A long stick into Frodo's chest in the dwarf pit by a giant half-orc, and passed Frodo unconscious on the spot.
It was this Mithril dress that saved Frodo's life
If it was someone else in the Lord of the Rings Expedition at that time, it was estimated that the giant half-orcs came so suddenly, it is estimated that they burped on the spot. But Frodo was unconscious for a short moment because of the protection of the dress, and woke up on his own. It can be seen how much the dwarves value protective equipment!
The Dwarven army in The Hobbit has several typical helmet-like forms
The armor of the dwarven army is silver overall. The protection is comprehensive, and the helmet and shoulder pads are angular and angular, which increases the resistance to pressure and blows. The whole set of armor even has iron gloves to protect the hands, and the lower part of the armor also extends directly below the knee, and the protective area is quite large. Sometimes half-orc soldiers are confused: why most of the time a dwarf soldier needs several half-orc soldiers to beat to death?
Iron-footed Dane's same armor in the film
This is because the metal smelting level of the half-orcs is very backward, and their armor is mostly made of splicing, so their armor looks like a patch, very scattered. And their knives and guns are not sharp enough, nor are they tough enough. Coupled with the complete and sturdy dwarven protective equipment, it is more difficult for an ordinary half-orc soldier to kill a dwarf soldier.
The Dwarves' combat machinery is designed and manufactured to be significantly ahead of other races in Middle-earth
In the Battle of the Five Armies, the Dwarven army, under the threat of arrows from the woodland elven troops led by Thranduil, did not resist casualties and directly launch a pig attack like the half-orcs or strong orcs, or used their shields to defend against the threat of bows and arrows in situ like humans. The dwarves use another ingenious machine to crack the elves' invincible bow and arrow attacks, which is a ranged rotating heavy arrow.
The woodland elven troops led by Thranduil were not small in power
No matter how many bows and arrows the elves shot, this sharp weapon could be easily cracked. Moreover, the spinning heavy arrow can also bring a lot of casualties to the elven troops when it lands, directly turning Thranduil's prosperous beauty into a bitter melon face that is more surprised than heartache.
Rotate the heavy arrow directly to defuse the elven tribe's bow and arrow attack
However, the arrow array was still cracked by the dwarves' sharp weapons and brought a lot of casualties
Without the protection of the advanced technology of the dwarves, the half-orc troops were more miserable when facing the arrows of the elves. Same formula, different curative effects! The elven arrows inflicted massive and effective damage on the half-orc army, including the war beasts. Therefore, at this time, we can understand a truth: war is a major help in promoting scientific and technological progress!
The half-orc troops were heavily killed and wounded by the arrows of the elves without cover
The ram chariot equipped by the dwarven army is also quite domineering, and in addition to the amazing impact of this chariot, there are 3 to 5 dwarf soldiers on the vehicle. The ram in front of the chariot cooperated in the attack under the high-speed impact, and the car was also equipped with a large crossbow arrow that could be fired continuously and quickly changed the crossbow clip, which was called the machine gun of the cold weapon era. If there is no large ogre in the half-orc army, this ram chariot is estimated to rush from the beginning to the tail, and the half-orc cannot stop it, and Asog can only be dumbfounded when he goes down the mountain.
The ram chariot has amazing impact!
The Dwarven armies are skillful in their tactical coordination and powerful lethality
In this film, the Dwarves face two armies with completely different tactics. One of them was a smaller, but well-trained, offensive and defensive elven force. Faced with such an elite force, the Dwarvens first used rotating heavy arrows to break the most important arrow array of the elven troops. But this was not enough, because the elven troops did not only rely on bows and arrows to fight the world, they were also quite experienced in position defense.
As a result, Iron Foot Dane sent out a number of goat cavalry troops, with the help of the shield array of the elven troops downhill. At the time of the battle between the elven chief lancers and the goat cavalry troops, the main force of the dwarven infantry was already forced to enter the front, and began to engage in close hand-to-hand combat with the elven infantry of the first front, almost in an instant, breaking the first line of defense of the elven infantry and effectively supporting the goat cavalry unit in the bitter battle.
The dwarven goat cavalry rushed into the elven shields
Fortunately, at this time, the public enemy of Middle-earth, the half-orc army, appeared, the elves and dwarves had to stop fighting, quickly separated, and the dwarf infantry began to move and deploy to the half-orc army, ready to die in Iruber!
An army of half-orcs appears, and the dwarves and elves stop fighting
When the dwarves and elves truce charged at the half-orcs, the elves remained on the sidelines
When the dwarven troops faced the extremely large but low-strength half-orc army, they carried the impact of the half-orc army with two columns of shields, and then cooperated with the elf's sharp troops to attack the half-orc infantry phalanx that had been beaten to pieces by the elven sharp troops. On the flanks, the remaining goat cavalry and goat chariots with strong deterrent power were released, and the half-orc infantry phalanx in the rear was charged, consuming a large amount of the half-orc's living strength until these forces were destroyed by the giant ogre sent by Asog.
The main dwarven forces are lined up to meet the enemy!
At this time, the main infantry force of the dwarves had eliminated the half-orc infantry phalanx in the front row, advanced forward, and cooperated with the elven troops to continue to kill and injure the half-orc living forces in large quantities. The fact that the dwarves attached so much importance to group combat was obviously correct in the recognition that the strength of individuals in war was insignificant, and that only through the correct tactics could the strength of the group be brought to the extreme. Less wins more, weak wins stronger!
The King of Yamashita charged forward, causing the remnants of the dwarves to explode into amazing combat effectiveness
After the elven forces and the human armed forces retreated into Riverdale, the situation on the battlefield of the dwarves became more and more unfavorable. While the Sorin Oak Shield was still hesitating whether to come out of Iruber to meet the battle, the few hundred dwarf soldiers on the battlefield were forced by the half-orc army to the front of the moat of the fortress, and the goat chariot and goat cavalry had been exhausted, and these dwarf armies could only be described as a backwater battle.
The dwarven troops are forced into a desperate situation and can only fight on their backs!
At this time, the King of the Mountain, Thorin Oak Shield, who originally only wanted to guard the gold, passed his inner test and no longer struggled. Rush out of the fortress with the Twelve Taibos inside Irube and lead the charge at the front of the infantry phalanx of the dwarf troops. When the dwarven soldiers saw this, they were furious and finally broke out the strongest will to fight, and actually began to launch a counter-charge against the huge army of half-orcs.
The leader of the King of Yamashita gave the dwarf troops the courage and strength to fight back!
The leader of Thorin, the king of the mountain, made the remaining dwarven troops burst into amazing combat effectiveness. Thorin Oak Shield even with a small number of people dared to go directly to Raven Ridge, ready to execute the decapitation of the commander of the half-orc army, Asog, at this time the dwarfs were crazy, but they lost their senses, solving asog could plunge the half-orc army into chaos, and the chaos of the half-orc army could undoubtedly solve the battle faster!
Asog's command ability was not bad among the half-orcs
However, the battle of the five armies became the ultimate song of the glory and glory of the dwarven army, because the dwarves really could not withstand such a great consumption. After the Battle of the Five Armies, it was almost impossible to see the dwarves in Middle-earth. The reason for this is that it is difficult to increase the population in large quantities, in addition to the low fertility rate of dwarves. And the limit of the population makes the dwarf force unable to be more powerful!
The dwarfs, on the other hand, are more likely to clash with other races. For example, if Iron Foot Dane could fight with the elf king Serandil a few more words, maybe the dwarves and elves would not have sacrificed so many good soldiers in vain. The wars caused by frequent conflicts have made the population of the dwarves smaller and smaller in the past wars. The principle of "being able to move and never moving" that the dwarves believed in was a very big hidden danger to the development and growth of the dwarven race, but successive dwarven rulers did not realize this enough.
In the later Lord of the Rings trilogy, we can see the dwarves lying in the Moria pit, including Bahrain, one of the original Dwarvens. In the battle of the five armies, the dwarven army counterattacked in the battle, but achieved the last dignity and tragedy of the dwarf race!