Chapter 224 Begins (Three Changes, Eight Thousand Words, Asking for Votes, Asking for Subscription~)
Using the drone for long-range observation, the battalion commander Bob did spot that an army was approaching in his direction in the direction of Yangquan City.
"Looks like the people from Yangquan City did spot us. Well, maybe we're moving a little bit. Bob smiled, not very worried.
Yangquan City is backed by the Jianfeng Mountain Range, with an endless plain to the east and a hilly landscape of shrubs and broad-leaved forests to the north.
And Bob's reinforced battalion appeared due east, and it was a relatively high place. Theoretically, the direction of Yangquan City could indeed find itself as a team.
Because the reinforced battalion has a lot of people, three infantry companies, an artillery company, a tank company, a guard platoon, a paranormal awakener combat platoon, a communications platoon, a medical platoon, and a logistics platoon. All these personnel are counted, and this reinforced battalion of Major Bob has nearly eight hundred men.
The artillery battery was armed with twelve self-propelled guns of the M109 model, armed with howitzers of 155 mm caliber.
The tank company is also equipped with fourteen M1A2 master tanks.
In modern warfare, the traditional combat system of military divisions, regiments, and battalions has been gradually eliminated, and now all countries are beginning to implement the combat system of three-level units of military brigades and battalions.
These 800 people camped dozens of kilometers away from Yangquan City, and it stands to reason that Yangquan City should not be visible. After all, they don't have modern observation equipment, and they probably don't even have a telescope.
Looking at such a big city as Yangquan City here, it is the feeling of seeing a small black frame. Is it because I'm building on my side, so there's too much smoke and dust?
Speaking of smoke and dust, the smoke and dust raised by the army coming out of the direction of Yangquan was really big.
"They sent out cavalry. By observation by UAVs there should have been at least three thousand cavalry. Through the lens of the drone, Bob can clearly see the every move of the troops from Yangquan City, dozens of kilometers away.
"This Yangquan City is sending troops very quickly. Are they coming for us?" Frankie also leaned over to the screen to watch the image of the three thousand cavalry. Although it was shocking to watch, Frankie was not worried at all.
At the beginning, the Indians also had a moment when thousands of cavalry charged, but on the opposite side of the original Gatling gun invented in the 19th century, they would be beaten to pieces. What about a modern army now equipped with a stronger Browning heavy machine gun and even a Gatling Vulcan cannon?
Major Bob nodded: "Judging from the judgment, it should be coming for us." It's really strange though, their horses are running at full speed. ”
"Full speed ahead?"
"Yes, carrying a soldier who is also armoured and armed with weapons, and the horses are equipped with vests. With such a high load, the horse is running at a speed of 35 kilometers per hour, which is running at full speed. ”
"How do you calculate this speed?"
"UAVs have rangefinders. ”
"Isn't this fast? Shouldn't cavalry be like this?" Frankie didn't know how to stand, his understanding of ancient warfare was limited to Hollywood blockbusters.
In that kind of blockbuster cavalry battle, two groups of men and horses stand still, and then two groups of people hedge against each other as soon as they whistle. What you want is a big scene, what you want is shock, as for the similarity with the real war? Please, which director and film company care?
In the face of the war novice, Bob had to explain: "Cavalry combat will only enter the state of full speed charge when the last 100 meters. Otherwise, the horse's physical strength will not be able to keep up. The horses in this world are very strange, their endurance seems to be surprisingly good, they have been running at full speed for more than ten minutes, and they don't look tired. ”
"Wow, you can still run like this with such a heavy armor on your back, and you have such stamina. Doesn't that mean that returning to Earth is a champion stallion?!Major Bob will help me catch one of these horses later, and I owe you a favor. "Frankie wonders if he has one of these champion stallions who will make a fortune at Marseille?
Major Bob, on the other hand, didn't listen to what Frankie had to say, and he thought the cavalry was odd.
Of course, there are weirdness, others don't know, but Wu Tiande knows.
These cavalry are the strongest arch guard force in Yangquan City, the Knights of the Sword Blade. Outside Yangquan City, there is a Jianfeng Academy Palace at the foot of Jianfeng Mountain. Even Wu Tiande studied and practiced martial arts in it for several years.
Wu Tiande never brags, and after returning to Earth, he never boasted about how strong he was in the other worlds like other returnees, and he was the strongest in the world.
Wu Tiande has always said very modestly that he is at a medium level in the other world, not high, not low, not good, not bad. It is because of his non-braggadocio and low-key personality that many people feel that what he said about the situation in the other world where he is basically true.
In Wu Tiande's description, the other world where he is located is not very strong or weak, and the level of martial arts. The resources are relatively abundant, and they are not particularly barren or particularly rich. There are strong people, not many, not very few. In short, the other world he is in has always felt like it has been bland.
Sometimes what one wants to know is not necessarily a considerable truth, but one wants to know a truth that one wants to know.
But what is the real situation? Only Wu Tiande himself knows.
"Get into combat readiness!" Major Bob gave the combat order. Although his opponent is a group of primitive people riding horses with cold weapons, he is a soldier, and his combat quality must be maintained.
The combat camp was busy, and everyone was in a state of combat readiness in an orderly manner. Through the positioning of the UAV and the artillery radar, the self-propelled gun has adjusted the angle of fire.
The M1A2 tank has all the combat crews in place and is in operational condition.
Three infantry companies also entered the makeshift fortifications they had just built.
Everything is going on in an orderly manner.
And on the side of the Knights of the Blade, someone has actually discovered the drone flying in the sky a long time ago. Ah Zhong, the guard of the vanguard officer of the Knights, controlled the horse and ran slowly, while saying to the vanguard officer Li Lie, "Eh, head. Don't you think there's something ringing in our heads all the time? At first I thought it was some kind of bird flying over our heads. I don't think so. There was a small black dot that kept following us. ”
Pioneer Officer Li Lie looked up, and the drone flew very high, with a height of more than 800 meters. Just an inconspicuous little black dot in the sky. Li Lie snorted coldly: "It's a bird or not, you can know if you shoot it." With that, he took off the longbow he was carrying behind him during the ride.
Twenty kilometers away, Frankie and Major Bob saw Li Lie's behavior through the enlarged lens of the drone.
"Hey, he's not stupid. The drone flew 800 meters high. He's going to shoot him with a bow and arrows?huh...... Ah?!" Originally, Frankie wanted to laugh at the primitives of the primitives, but the next moment his throat seemed to be stuck by something, and the original ridicule was lost.
Because of a flash of cold light, the drone in the sky was pierced by Li Lie's arrow, and it disintegrated directly in the air.
At a flight altitude of 800 meters, the other party shot an arrow from the bottom to the top during the ride, and an arrow hit a drone.
And Bob's face was a little darker at this time, but because of his racial talent, others couldn't see it.
And over there, Ah Zhong rode away from the team and picked up the drone that Li Lie shot down from the sky and handed it to Li Jie: "Head, that's it." ”
"An iron lump can fly in the sky, and it's not a kite. What is this?" Ah Zhong was very curious, and rode his horse next to Li Lie while commenting on this flying iron thing.
"Whatever it is. Sir senses an invasion of exotic evil today. It seems that the gentleman has a good perception. Hey, it's been a long time since I've had a fight. Brothers, don't ride slowly. Hurry up, and you're going to make the exotic evil look good today!"
"Good!"
The battalion sent a second reconnaissance drone immediately after the drone crashed, and in a moment, Bob noticed that the other side had become faster and was already very close to his side.
"Their cavalry is running at a speed of seventy kilometers per hour! And they have been running for almost twenty minutes since it began! It is now ten kilometers away from our position!" Bob was still composed. Horses are only special when they run fast, but the gap between them and modern armies cannot be bridged by a few fast horses.
"The artillery company aimed at the target, three in a row. ”
Bob's order was conveyed, and the twelve M109 self-propelled guns that had been prepared there for a long time had already adjusted their firing angles.
Bump~bump~bump~
Twelve 155 mm howitzers gave out the roar of war.
This was the first large-scale official contact between earthlings and the other world, and the gift was a 155 mm caliber howitzer. The cannonballs landed on the ground, setting off a roar of rage and huge clouds of smoke and dust all day long. The sound of shelling could be clearly heard even from a position ten kilometers away.
"How can flesh and blood hold off the cannonballs. It's a pity for my warhorse. Frankie sighed.
Three thousand cavalry looks like a lot, but it's really nothing in front of modern artillery. In particular, the queue of cavalry riding is very dense, and the diameter of a cannon is 30 meters, and it must be a person on his back and a horse, and the dead and wounded are not counted.
After firing three times in this burst, this group of primitives that could be hit by 36 shells was directly killed and wounded. Even if there are a few alive, it is estimated that they will be scared and crazy.
Private Max, who was in the front line fortifications, looked at the huge smoke and dust kicked up ten kilometers away, and he smacked his lips and said to his colleagues next door boringly: "The war of bullying primitives is really boring. They're not as good as those organizations in the Middle East. At least those organizations have guns and RPGs, right. I heard that these people seem to be coming on horseback? Hehe, hehe, still cavalry. ”
The soldier next door to Max also put away the gun he was driving, and he also felt that this war was like playing at home, and he said to Max, "Give me a cigarette." ”
"No. Max handed him a cigarette, and the two of them didn't bother to look at the front-line positions, but simply leaned on the fortifications to smoke and chat. Chatting about all kinds of things, celebrity gossip and gossip in the army, the two chatted happily.
"Wait, do you feel the earthquake?" asked Max.
"Huh?" Max felt a slight tremor in the ground. The tremor was not an earthquake, but it felt like tens of thousands of people were running in a neat row that caused the earth to resonate.
Max stuck his head out of the fortifications, and he saw something incredible. As soon as the artillery fire stopped, Bob asked the artillerymen to assess the casualties.
The smoke and dust cleared, and thousands of cavalrymen in black armor and black helmets, armed with bright silver spears, were maneuvering their horses towards the position. They were so fast! Traveling at almost one hundred and sixty kilometers per hour, the current Knights of the Blades were truly running with all their might.
They formed an arrow-like charging formation, and a bright white blade of sword enveloped the entire knights.
And above the Knights, a huge phantom had begun to slowly condense into substance.
Wu Tiande watched from a distance, he knew that the treasure of the Sword Blade Knights: the Sword Blade Knights was about to condense and appear.
Frankie looked at everything in front of him in disbelief: "What's going on?!How can a cannonball not kill them!"
And what surprised him even more was still to come.
The treasure of the Knights of the Blade was successfully condensed, and a golden giant rushed towards him on a white horse with a sharp sword in his hand.
At this moment, the earth seemed to crack everywhere it stood. The air was torn apart wherever its blade swung.
Although he didn't know what it was, Bob already knew that the world was not as simple as he imagined. He gave the simplest and most straightforward order: "Fire!"
The wheel of war began to turn irrepressibly.
PS: I read it wrong, I thought it was Tuesday. Ang ~ Wednesday continues to ask for tickets and subscriptions. Three more, 8,000 words ~ ang ~