Chapter 362: Griffin Knight
"Wow!"
More than a dozen miles away from Miracle City, a existence that had been designated as a military forbidden place, rows of royal griffons roared through the air in a neat procession.
There were at least five hundred royal griffons hovering in the air in this area, and that number of royal griffons was one or two golden dragons who were terrified to see them. And these royal griffons are different from before, if you look closely at the figures on their backs, some female warriors who look thinner are riding on the back of the royal griffin with swords in hand.
"How are the fighters adapting?"
"The griffons are very docile and much more controllable than the sword eagles."
The royal griffin is easier to control than the sword eagle, after all, it is a product of the system, Richard has long ordered the royal griffin to fully cooperate with the knights, and directly skipped the domestication and familiarization section, and directly entered the tactical action practice stage.
"The griffons are much stronger in physical strength and strength than the Sword Eagle, even if they carry us and all the equipment of the body, they can fly in the sky for two hours, and even if they enter the battle, they will last much longer than the Sword Eagle."
Sandrine's tone revealed an extreme satisfaction with the new mount, compared to the somewhat squeamish Sword Eagle Royal Griffins are indeed much braver, the weight of the Sword Eagle is generally strictly limited to 55 kilograms, so the selection is basically a petite woman as a rider, and it must be cultivated from an early age.
In order to make up for the lack of physiology, these female riders have to train harder than ordinary people, not only to polish their physical fitness, but also to control their weight, which is not enough for outsiders, after going to heaven, each person can generally only carry no more than five kilograms of equipment, a short soldier plus goggles and helmets is already the limit, seriously affecting the air combat ability of the sword eagle knights, most of the time they can only be used for reconnaissance.
But the royal griffin is different, the standard weight of the royal griffin is set at seventy-five kilograms, and in addition to carrying a rider of about fifty kilograms, there is a large surplus load to carry equipment.
Twenty-five kilograms of maneuvering space is quite large, the machine factory has developed a fifteen kilogram griffin riding gun for griffin knights, about six meters long, the barrel is made of special wood bought in the south, and the head of the gun is also made of expensive dwarven metal, the purpose is to make the griffin knights have stronger lethality, in addition to each griffin knight is also equipped with a short crossbow, which can be used for mid-range combat in the air, and three hand axes for throwing, which together take up the rest of the space.
"Sandrine, let me see the results of your training during this time."
"Yes, Lord Richard!"
Sandrine is the former head of the Sword Eagle Knights in Drifting Snow City, a rare female knight, after the matter in Drifting Snow City was almost peacefully resolved, she took her sword eagle knights to take refuge in Richard, the sword eagle knights have always been a rare class, and the Lancester family has raised more than two hundred sword eagle knights.
In all previous wars, because the enemy had little air power, there was basically no attrition, and when Richard entered Drifting Snow City, Jaime had been controlled, and no one ordered them to launch a suicide attack on the air power of the Hunter family, and now they are basically under Richard's command.
It's just that the sword eagle knight is like a treasure by other forces, but he is not very seen by Richard, the load is insufficient, the flight distance is not enough, the body is light, and the hand-to-hand combat ability is not good, anyway, in Richard's eyes, it is almost useless, and the only possibility is to eat less.
After Sandrine and her sword eagle knights defected to Richard, Richard used them as the backbone and recruited a group of petite but athletic women as recruits to supplement the griffin cavalry.
I've been training for almost a month now, and it looks like it's getting a little bit better.
With a few peculiar whistles, the griffin knights who had been lined up in the air suddenly changed formation, and the first column began to dive, attacking the opposite group of scarecrows.
"Bell, bell, bell..."
With the force of the royal griffin's impact, the riders pinned their rifles nearly six meters into the scarecrow and quickly disengaged, leaving only the scarecrow impaled in the ground.
When the second team of griffin cavalry dived, they took out the short crossbow on their waists and released them in a row, and completed a volley at a distance of more than 20 meters, although it was not as accurate as the cavalry dive, but most of them were on target, and the last team of griffin knights with throwing axes also threw neatly at a height of more than 20 meters, covering the pile of scarecrows on the ground.
After these one-kilogram hand axes were thrown from more than twenty meters in the air, they were really good, and no matter how thick the armor was, it was difficult to block the blow.
"Good practice."
After the griffin knights finished the drill, Richard still praised it, although he knew in his heart that Sandrine must have used the old soldiers of the original sword eagle knight to show him in front of him, but the sword eagle knight's fighting style is very different from the griffin knight, and it is indeed worthy of praise to practice like this in less than a month.
"What strength are you now?"
"It's still at the beginner level of knights, and it's not far from the intermediate level of knights."
Sandrine is only in her thirties now, not counting the Hunter family, from a normal point of view, she is a good talent, and the world is not fair to women, it is more difficult for women to get out in the army than men, and Sandrine's strength can be regarded as the best if you exclude the female heroes under Richard.
"This time, you have a meritorious role in training griffin knights, you can get a place in the training camp, try to break through to the middle level of knights, and then select some talented and excellent people among the griffin knights to enter the training camp for training."
"Thank you, Lord Richard!"
Sandrine's words were a little excited, and there was even a hint of flushing on her face, she knew about the training camp, and entering the training camp to strengthen her strength was also something she dreamed of, but according to her estimates, she had just joined the other party, how could she go through a period of testing to have this kind of opportunity, she didn't expect happiness to come so suddenly, causing her voice to tremble a little.
"It's okay, train these griffin knights well, especially those recruits, after making meritorious contributions on the battlefield in the future, you can get more resources."
Richard didn't doubt the loyalty of these new recruits, they are also human lords of the Northlands, and the Lancet family themselves have surrendered, where will these new recruits have any two hearts, besides, the griffin is the most important link among the griffin knights, don't look at the intimacy of the griffins and these riders now, if someone gives birth to two hearts, these partners who are still cooperating with tacit understanding one second will throw off the rider on their backs in the next second, and they don't have to worry about loyalty at all.
"Yes, sir."
Sandrine listened tightly, naturally knowing that some of her cleverness had been seen through.
Richard didn't plan to delve into it, and it was normal to take out the pawn to strengthen the façade during the drill, but he still had to beat it for a sweet date, so that Sandrine knew that he just didn't pursue it, and not just fooled around.
"Alright, let's continue training."
"Yes!"
Sandrine stood in place and respectfully watched Richard and the person in charge of the test site leave, and she had already made up her mind that she would strengthen the training of the recruits in the future, and in a month, she must let this group of recruits who were still vomiting and diarrhea in the air be able to take action.
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