Chapter 490: Three Lines of Defense

"The human heart is a very strange thing, when one step is wrong, it will be wrong every step, not because you don't know that you are wrong, but because you know that you are wrong, so you will stubbornly go wrong! In particular, when this mentality is combined with strong power and distorted self-esteem, it will evolve into an alternative way of correcting mistakes, that is, using the most intense and extreme methods to erase the traces of the past and make the source of mistakes completely disappear! This point, in those who are in power, can easily decide the life and death of others, especially rare, unfortunately, our opponent this time, Jiang Yang, is currently thinking like this! ”

Under the gorgeous sunset, Qin Lang held a glass of amber red wine and sipped it carefully, with a bit of the potential of a magic stick. (Starter)

"Damn, Qin Lang, you don't really want to worship Zhang Jiao's old man as a teacher, right? Look at the tone of your voice, what is the god chattering? Chu Liuyun said with a smile.

"Really? I don't think so, but, so, you have to understand what I'm talking about, it's useless to escape, your former friendship with Jiang Yang has only a skin bag left, you'd better not hold on to the last bit of luck for him, for him, we people live in the world, it means that his mistakes have been continuing, fermenting, only when all of us are dead, he can start again in a bright and upright light, no matter how ridiculous this idea is, whether it can be realized, this is indeed a part of the inferiority of human nature, and it has also been since ancient times, The subconscious minds of those traitors and traitors, their souls have been distorted in the torture from the heart......"

"Damn! Qin Lang, what do you mean? Do you think I will still communicate with Jiang Yang? Chu Liuyun jumped up and said angrily.

"I didn't say that, I'm just stating a fact, analyzing for you, Jiang Yang's kid's current psychological state, and his motives for jumping up and down now, isn't this a pleasure?" Qin Lang smiled, a little unfathomable.

"Enough, the enemy is now, what kind of fun are you doing, Chu Liuyun, go back to your front immediately, what the hell, Lao Tzu is going to kill today!" Xiao Jun roared in a low voice, quickly put on the equipment, and at this time, the creaking sound also came from a distance, and I saw that under the bright sunset, a series of twenty huge black shadows were quickly erected, it was a siege vehicle with a height of more than fifty meters, and I don't know where Jiangyang got the drawings from, there is no doubt that with this thing, for the besieging side, it can occupy a great advantage.

"The distance is four kilometers, not a feint, thirty siege vehicles, fifty catapults, eight bull crossbows are unknown, the other side has more than 20,000 troops, but I can't see the two pirate kings' subordinates."

At this moment, behind the city wall, on a towering lookout, the latest information came, and on it, there were more than a dozen archers who had obtained the skill of Eagle Eye, and even in the light of the setting sun, they could clearly see the range of five kilometers.

And there are a total of eight lookouts like this in the entire Black City, ensuring that every direction can be meticulously detailed.

"Keep watching, catapult ready!" Qin Lang shouted loudly, he and Xiao Jun were jointly responsible for the defense of the western city wall, but the scope of their respective jurisdictions was different, Xiao Jun was responsible for commanding archers and heavy shield armor, and it was to resist the melee combat launched when the opponent attacked the city wall.

And Qin Lang is responsible for commanding all the catapults and eight-ox crossbows, the reason why the division of labor is so fine, mainly because their city defense equipment is too many and too powerful, just taking the city wall as an example, in the past few months, the old man Deng's baggage battalion has built 3,000 forts for these four city walls.

It is not a turret in the conventional sense, but a platform for placing catapults.

You must know that although the city wall of Panjin Black City is already a three-star standard, the widest place on it is only ten meters, such a wide position, the hand-to-hand combat of several people is already very full, such a big man like Xiao Jun, if he is fully furious, within a radius of thirty or forty meters, don't even think about standing people.

Therefore, according to the actual situation, the defense system of this city wall is very different from the normal city wall in ancient times, in short, there are three lines of defense.

The first line of defense is the surface of the city wall that provides cover for infantry and archers to attack and fight, there is a huge female wall to provide safe cover for the defenders, and this line of defense is also the area where hand-to-hand combat is carried out when the enemy rushes up, which is basically no different from the ancient city wall.

The second line of defense is the arrow tower, this arrow tower is a very powerful building after upgrading to the three-star black city, located behind the first line of defense, fifteen meters high out of thin air, so the total height has reached 75 meters, completely made of boulders, with a very spacious horizon and solid defense, each arrow tower, can be placed thirty wind archers, and two eight-bull crossbows.

This is a big killer, such a height, such a horizon, can not only give a devastating blow to the enemy under the city walls, but also be able to use the eight-bull crossbow to snipe powerful enemies, and most importantly, once the enemy attacks the city wall and starts hand-to-hand combat, the archers on this arrow tower can also provide emergency support to the defenders.

There are a total of ten arrow towers like this on each city wall, which is a little less, but the role it plays is self-evident.

Behind this second line of defense is the third line of defense, which is also the 3,000-seat catapult battery built by Old Man Deng with great effort.

These batteries are all within the city wall, fifteen meters away from the city wall, only thirty meters high, completely obscured by the city wall, which sounds incredible, but in fact, this does not affect the shooting range, because the catapult's attack method, the moment the stone projectile is thrown, it can be thrown to a height of more than 150 meters, and finally bombarded the target area in an arc.

In fact, this is a method similar to artillery bombardment, marking the attack area in advance, and setting the standard amount of attack, when a certain command is sent from above, the catapult operator below can directly attack according to the standard amount in advance, and the error will not be greater than two meters, which is very effective.

A turret like this is designed to accommodate up to three catapults, which means that every attack will be carried out by three at the same time, so that the accuracy of the attack will be further improved, and the damage will be increased a lot!

However, so far, in the entire Panjin Black City, the old model of catapults is only about 1,500 units, and the new model of catapults is 1,200 units, so the standard configuration of each fort is only one catapult, but even so, the number of catapults is considerable, in terms of the western line city wall, there are enough 800 catapults.

Of course, if it is still not enough, it can be dispatched from the other directions of the city wall immediately, and the catapults can be mobilized with heavy wagons, but the process is a bit slow, and it will take at least forty-five minutes to mobilize and install.

Because of this, the commander of the catapult is so important that he must be personally responsible.

However, it is not enough to rely on catapults alone, and the firing speed of 800 catapults is not comparable to the coverage of 50 artillery pieces, and in the face of a large-scale attack by the opponent, it is still necessary to have the first line of defense.