Just as Barty Crouch Sr. had said, Voldemort had sent so many Death Eaters to attack the Ministry of Magic for one purpose only: to divert Hogwarts Castle's attention and force either Linley or Irina to come reinforce the Ministry of Magic.
Otherwise, Voldemort could have waited until after taking Hogwarts Castle, then concentrated the Death Eater army to attack the Ministry of Magic.
These Death Eaters were attacking the Ministry of Magic to make Hogwarts Castle send a Demon King level wizard as reinforcements. But by doing so, they would have to face a Demon King level wizard head-on, with no chance of escape.
Cannon fodder!
After hearing Barty Crouch Sr.'s mockery, that term surfaced in McNair's mind.
Even cannon fodder needed a competent commander, and he, McNair, a core member of the Death Eaters, was the commander Voldemort had chosen!
He was the commander of the Death Eaters attacking the Ministry of Magic, but he was also one of the cannon fodder!
Once McNair understood all this, his face turned utterly grim. Yet he had no choice. Having thrown himself completely into the Death Eaters, he no longer had any way back.
Unless McNair captured the Ministry of Magic before Hogwarts Castle's Demon King level wizard arrived, completed Voldemort's task, and left this place to report back to Voldemort.
Otherwise, his fate would be to die here!
At that thought, a fierce glint flashed in McNair's eyes. He no longer traded insults with Barty Crouch Sr. and instead growled, "Death Eaters, by our master's command, seize the British Ministry of Magic!"
By then, more than six hundred Death Eaters had entered the narrow passage, already exceeding the number of Aurors in the Ministry of Magic's hall!
At McNair's command, all the Death Eaters charged toward the Ministry of