Chapter 123: The First Day of Battle
These recruits were lucky, although they had only been training for a short time, Xiao Yu had equipped them with the best armor and weapons.
The Terran equipment produced by the base is much better than the equipment purchased on the market. Not only is it strong in defense, but it is not so bulky to wear, and it is very dexterous.
Moreover, the existence of Uther has greatly improved their combat effectiveness, even if they are only new soldiers, after increasing their strength attributes by 60%, they are all elite soldiers.
There is only one thing they lack, and that is the experience of killing on the battlefield.
On the other hand, those robbers, although they also have equipment, are definitely uneven. Some far-sighted bandits will focus on building some classes to improve the quality of equipment and soldiers.
But if the bandit leader who has no foresight just relies on the number of people to help him grab more money, he will not arm these bandit soldiers with very good equipment at all.
Equipment, it costs money. How much did Xiao Yu spend on arming these 10,000 people, millions of gold coins were thrown in.
When you fight, you fight for money.
Xiao Yu knew that the number of his army was a weakness now, and it was not easy to develop so quickly, and if there were too many, there would be no one to command, but it would be a mess, which would be useless.
What Xiao Yu wants is the elite route.
In the blink of an eye, countless robber soldiers began to rush to the city and collect the head of their dreams, because a human head is a golden coin.
However, they were greeted by absolutely strong armor and absolutely sharp swords.
With a 60% increase in strength, these recruits are condescending to slash, and these bandits simply can't resist it.
And the situation of the soldiers at the base over there, not to mention, the orcs have totems, the infantry have blessings, and a few little bandits can still climb up?
The tragic battle began, but it was only the bandits' side that was miserable, and Xiao Yu's army had almost no casualties.
The long-range firepower behind is still pouring down, and the lives of those robbers under the city are also constantly harvested.
Despite this, the number of robbers was still too many, and in front of the powerful bounty, they were all red-eyed and still crawled up densely.
Xiao Yu was wearing armor, standing at the head of the city, looking at this battle, he couldn't help but sigh, this kind of big battle of more than 100,000 people was really too shocking.
At this time, unless there is a powerful heavy firepower like a heavy machine gun, otherwise, if you want to kill all 100,000 people, even if the other party is there waiting for you to cut off your head, you will have to cut it for several hours.
In the Battle of the Somme that year, because of the appearance of heavy machine guns, it reached the largest number of casualties among soldiers in a day of war, more than 60,000 people.
In this era, there were no machine guns, and it would take 60,000 people to kill them.
The number of people is definitely a huge factor in the absolute victory or defeat of the war. Clausewitz wrote in his "On War" that numerical superiority is the most important and fundamental condition for absolute victory or defeat in war.
Although there are many examples of winning more with less, but that is only superficial, because it is more eye-catching, so everyone pays a lot of attention, in fact, it is rare to have two examples of winning more with less in a hundred battles.
Therefore, in the future, although it is necessary to focus on the elite soldiers of the base, the development of other soldiers is also indispensable. Talents, you still have to dig a lot.
As the battle continued, there were some casualties among the recruits on Xiao Yu's side, but most of them were mistakes made because of the first time they went to the battlefield and the first time they were nervous about killing.
Otherwise, with their weapons and equipment, coupled with the geographical advantage, it will be very difficult to damage.
However, on the bandit side, the losses were even greater.
By now, the bandits had lost more than 6,000 people, but because there were too many robbers, it was impossible to see them.
Among them, the main force of destruction is still the orc infantry and the elven archers.
Terran infantry, dwarven musketeers, and those recruits, even catapults, blades, and ballistas, don't kill as much as they do.
The number of catapults and blades is still too small, and if there are a hundred catapults, it is about the same, and the fire can be more intense.
But there were only ten catapults, and the coverage was too small.
"I don't know if the town hall that has been upgraded to the second level will give me more permissions." Xiao Yu was looking forward to it, if he had a hundred catapults now, the current result would definitely be completely different.
The war continued step by step, the robbers continued to attack the city, but they kept dying, but they also caused some damage to the recruits on Xiao Yu's side.
Xiao Yu ordered any seriously injured soldiers to go down for treatment immediately, and not to fight again, as long as they did not lose their breath, they must be saved through life potions.
A wounded veteran knows how to cherish life and know how to fight more than several recruits who have just entered the battlefield.
In the distance, Xie Saburo watched the battle, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he nodded secretly. Everything is developing in the direction he expected.
The strength of the lion king is really strong, and the robbers' desire to attack is also very strong, and the number of robbers is slowly decreasing. When the number of these robbers is reduced to a certain level, then, his plan can be implemented.
After integrating all the robbers and destroying the Lion King, then he is the true king of the Northwest Land.
However, the strength of the Lion King's soldiers was also a bit unexpected for him. In his news, the number of soldiers in the Lion King Leader should be very small, it should not be more than 10,000, but how can there be so many people now? Moreover, looking at it like this, they are definitely elite soldiers.
Xie Saburo is also a figure who has been mixed in this northwest land for decades, and he deeply knows how difficult it is to build an elite army of 10,000 people.
If he is allowed to stand in Xiao Yu's point of view, such a declining territory, to build an elite army of 10,000 people, I am afraid it will take at least five or six years.
Moreover, he will definitely not develop the elite at the beginning, he will definitely develop the number first, and then slowly build a part to become the elite.
After all, funding, training, and so on are too complicated.
The equipment of these 10,000 people alone will cost millions of gold coins, right? Where did he get all this money? How much money did those medium-sized village owners rob for so many years?
Moreover, it takes at least a year to train an elite soldier, is this Xiao Yu a hired person?
Xie Sanlang couldn't help but feel that he was underestimating Xiao Yu, he thought that once he integrated these robbers, he would definitely be able to easily wipe out Xiao Yu.
But now it seems that he needs to re-examine Xiao Yu.
He didn't know that Xiao Yu's gold coins were earned by gambling, the equipment was bought at the base, and people became elite soldiers by relying on the blessing of the paladin.
Otherwise, these recruits will definitely suffer when they encounter long-tested bandits.
In this era, the paladins who can really bless the blessing of power are extinct, and the current paladins are already great to be able to bless some simple blessings of the protection type.
A strong base, a strong hero, has created all this. If there was no base, no matter how strong Xiao Yu's ability was, it would be impossible to achieve such an achievement in such a short time.
"We're attacking, we're attacking." The robbers made a sound like a mountain and a tsunami. It turned out that several of the robbers, together with the brave warriors, rushed forward and occupied a corner on the recruit's side, forming a bridgehead and temporarily stabbing their heels.
A recruit is a recruit, and in the face of this attack of more than a dozen powerful fighters, he immediately couldn't resist it, and he was killed or retreated one after another.
Seeing that there was hope, the robbers worked even harder, and rushed forward one after another.
At this time, Xiao Qin Che looked at all this calmly, and suddenly shouted loudly: "The first squad of the musket team, in the direction of two o'clock, concentrate and shoot." ”
Bang bang bang......
A burst of gunfire rang out, and the bridgehead occupied by the fighters was immediately purged.
The fighters who were entangled with the Lion King's soldiers were not shot, but the robbers who climbed up immediately behind were immediately beaten down by this burst of dense fire.
"Second squad, two o'clock direction, fire and fire." Qin Che gave another order, and another round of concentrated fire was covered.
The musket is so powerful that the robbers have never seen it, and suddenly so many people are dead, they don't know what is going on.
Panic, and death, slowed them down.
At this time, Grom and Xiao Yu had already used heroic jumps to fly over and slash and slash.
Xiao Yu, Grom and these fighters exchanged hands, which immediately relieved the pressure of the recruits, and Qin Che commanded the fire suppression of the musket team, so that the bridgehead could not attack the others for the time being, and those recruits slowly eased up and rushed up with all their might, and several people surrounded a fighter.
Tyrande was also helping with arrows from a distance at this time, and these dozen fighters were quickly suppressed.
Seeing that a bridgehead they had just captured was gone, those robbers felt a pity for a while, as long as they stood a bridgehead, then the balance of victory in the war would tilt in their favor.
However, seeing this opportunity, they felt that there would definitely be more opportunities, so they continued to attack desperately.
The robbers seized the bridgehead twice again, but they were still beaten, and in the afternoon, Xie Saburo ordered the troops to be withdrawn.
At this time, the soldiers were tired, and they couldn't attack for a long time, their morale fell, and the attack was not as sharp as they began, and it was the best choice to collect the troops.
And through today's battle, more than 14,000 robbers died, and Xiao Yu's Lion King led more than 1,000 recruits.
The first battle, which showed the lack of combat effectiveness and experience of these recruits. Although they have good enough equipment, weapons, and the blessings of the paladin, they are not invulnerable after all, and everything is completely covered. Experienced robbers, the dagger can easily find the gaps that the armor does not cover, and pierce them.
However, what made Xiao Yu ecstatic was that through today's battle, his merit value had successfully allowed him to reach the rank of non-commissioned officer.
This means that he can upgrade a main base to level 2.
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If you have something to do today, it's just two chapters, and you'll be back tomorrow on the fourth watch. The base is going to be upgraded to two levels, haha, a new class.