Chapter 36: Attack
After hearing the order, the team members immediately began to prepare. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info and Martin also began to call out for natural allies.
Short-faced bears, cave bears, great hyenas, hyenas, saber-toothed tigers, cave lions, and earth sloths...... Behemoths were summoned.
"These ...... What's it?, why is it so weird?" Natasha asked. She is a nomadic girl, close to nature. Therefore, there is a certain interest in animals and plants. This has a certain common language with Martin. After Sophia noticed this, she also found works such as "Insects" to read.
"Because they are at a disadvantage in the struggle for survival. Martin replied.
"Then why are you summoning these losers?" asked Natasha, "Wouldn't it be better to summon those who succeeded?"
"Because success is not necessarily the strongest, and failure is not necessarily weak. In nature's struggle for survival, victory belongs to the fittest, not the strong. The fittest is not necessarily powerful or advanced. Certain sharks are a prime example of this. It has not changed much over a period of 100 million years, and is called a living fossil...... But still at ease. And many creatures that are more powerful and advanced than them have been lost to the river of time. Losers, in fact, are likely to just be born at the wrong time. For example, "Martin pointed to the carnivorous beast", they may have been capable of predators, but the disappearance of large herbivores has replaced them with a lack of prey. ”
However, for his words, Natasha had an expression of "I don't understand what you're talking about, but it's amazing".
After all, the preparations for battle are ready. But there was a little dispute over the command.
In battle, if the soldiers do not know the generals and do not know the soldiers, then there will be a big mess. A pile of building materials is not called a building, and a mob is not an army. The army pays attention to discipline and order. A soldier must obey the command of his general in order to win the battle. However, if the soldiers do not understand the situation of the generals, it is difficult to be convinced and obey the command.
Put yourself in their shoes, and it does. The battlefield is very dangerous, with a rain of guns and arrows, and the soldiers can be killed at any time. The content of the general's command is greatly related to the survival and safety of the soldiers. It can even be said that the soldiers pinned their lives on the command of the generals. Can anyone trust someone easily in such a thing?
Therefore, those Northland militia are more inclined to let the captain of the Northern Army squad they are familiar with command them. They didn't trust Martin. In their eyes, Martin was an outsider. They could be sold at any time - sometimes some people were sacrificed as bait in war, and some people were forced to be sacrificed in the queen's house. In short, there are many tricks, and there are many dark sides. Even, for some high-ranking people, fighting a war is a good means to cut off dissidents.
A soldier may be full of enthusiasm to serve his country, but he and many of his comrades may be sacrificed by the king in vain to bring down a disobedient earl. Deliberately sending them to the location of the enemy's army, and even deliberately leaking their march route to the enemy...... There are many ways to do it. It's cruel, but war is cruel.
The Northlands are treacherous, and the indigenous people often fight each other. Therefore, the way of war is very clear. Therefore, they united and strongly demanded that the captain of the Northern Army be the commander-in-chief of the team.
However, this made it difficult for the squad leader, because before setting out, the commander of the fortress had given him a clear order - to follow Martin's command.
Martin laughed at the conflict. If you put it in the past, the kid who just came out of the jungle couldn't understand the essence of this kind of problem. It will only be easy to give command to others, or emphasize their own strength, and their vision is stronger, and they should act as commanders. At that time, he couldn't understand this kind of people's back.
"Let's work together. I command my people, and you command them. Martin suggested.
In fact, this is also risky, and it is easy to bring problems such as coordination errors. If a large army gathers and forms a coalition to fight the enemy, it is possible that this situation will lead to mistakes or even defeat. For example, two kings each lead an army to face a common enemy, a large empire. Then it is very likely that there will be disputes and contradictions due to the lack of a supreme commander, and the conflict will eventually be defeated.
But with the small scale of the current battle and the ease of communication, this kind of problem is much easier to solve. Moreover, according to the orders of the commander of the fortress, the captain of the Northern Army should also obey Martin. The current coordinated command is actually to stabilize the morale of the army and appease those militias in the north.
The captain of the Northern Army, who was entrusted with this task, was also a smart man, and immediately nodded. Then he began to lead the team. Assign tasks, lay out formations, and give speeches. Everything is done very quickly. Martin, who was watching, kept nodding his head. He is not really a soldier who can lead troops into battle, but an adventurer who is good at squad conflict. But I have been friends with Canian and others for a long time, and I also have a little understanding of some military issues. I know that the team leader is doing everything clearly.
If the squad leaders of the northern army have such military qualities, then it is no wonder that these "wolves" from the north will make the enemies of the south fearful, as if they have encountered a cold snap.
Then Martin looked back at the villagers. Their military literacy is uneven.
There were no serfs among them who cowered and were forcibly conscripted into battle. However, Martin, as an experienced adventurer, can also see that some young people have clearly not been in battle. There was a mixture of excitement and fear on their faces. Their equipment is acceptable, and as you can tell from their gestures, they tend to be well-trained. This is probably related to the fierce customs of the people of the Northland and the martial tradition. But Martin also found out. They lack real battle formation training, and lack a sense of tacit cooperation with each other.
But that's pretty good. Martin recalls his first appearance. The poor, forcibly conscripted serfs with bent short spears and wooden shields in their hands. There is no foundation in martial arts at all, and fighting depends on instinct.
If it were those people, they wouldn't be able to stop these fierce northerners. Martin thought. The King of the North Sea has the foundation to form a strong army, if he chooses war......
The captain of the Northern Army is a smart man. He had courage even among the young people, but that courage came and went as fast as it came. Not sustainable. So he put the young people in the second row.
In the first row were the regular soldiers under his command, as well as the men in Martin's ranks. They have the highest force value here, so as a striker, tear the enemy apart and strike at the enemy.
As for the last row, there is a group of middle-aged uncles. Some of them are veterans, and some of them have done robberies in the past. Basically, they all have practical experience. The will to fight is reliable, and there is no problem with combat skills and so on. It's just that although the explosive power is still there. But in terms of endurance, it is not comparable to that of young people. Not suitable for protracted combat. So it was put last. The squad leader wants to reduce the amount of time they spend fighting as much as possible. But they are also a key force, especially as the last line of formation to hold up the big picture.
Martin noticed that people were more likely to use axes, which were the weapons favored by northerners. There are throwing axes, and there are one-handed axes - with round shields and the dress of the famous Northland raiders, who have sacked many port towns in longships. There are also a few people who use two-handed axes and wear heavy armor. He looks like an elite Sami axeman. Martin wants their fighting power to be relied upon. Regardless, heavy weapons like axes are perfect for dealing with huge humanoid monsters like ogres or trolls. There were also people who carried shields on their backs, bows and arrows, and long swords at their waists. Northland archers are just that, and their hand-to-hand combat is no less than that of ranged. Others wore chain mail and held swords and shields. Dressed as a Northland Swordsman, the Northland Swordsman is one of the backbone of the Northern Army. Although it is slightly inferior to the feudal knights on foot when fighting on foot. However, both the cultivation cost and the maintenance cost are much lower than the latter. but can complete most of the tasks of the one. There was no sign of the Odebo halberd in the ranks. But come to think of it, it's the elite of the Northern Army. Even retired veterans don't settle into such a small village with all their equipment.
The most lacking class of troops is the heavy cavalry. No matter how fierce and warlike the people of the Northland are, it is too to pull out the heavy cavalry militia from a small village. In the ranks, that is, there were a few people on horseback, dressed in light armor, and armed with spears. Dressed as a scout cavalryman. Martin believed that the spear was more likely to be thrown out and used as a throwing spear than to charge under the armpit like the cavalry of the heavy cavalry.
Due to the uneven level of everyone's equipment, the team leader did not organize everyone to divide the team according to weapons and equipment. If such a team in fancy dress goes into battle to fight a real war, there is a disadvantage. But there is no problem in fighting such skirmishes.
The squad leader blew the horn and ordered the team to move forward. Martin noticed that he was controlling the speed at which everyone was moving so that they didn't tire everyone out because of the speed.
The monster in front of you, facing the advancing team. He was very calm. This does not bode well for the Northland militia. Monsters that lack training and discipline, if morale is high, should rush forward - and then the formation is chaotic and weak, and they are defeated by a disciplined army. Or demoralized, cowering and retreating. Defeated by a charge from a disciplined army.
Only experienced and well-disciplined monsters will behave like the monsters in front of them.
Originally, the strength of ordinary people was far inferior to these monsters. Humans rely on equipment and combat intelligence to defeat these monsters. But now, monsters also have those advantages, and they also have strange powers, which humans don't have. Apparently there is something to fight.
"Let me dedicate you all to the Great God!" the squad leader, as the titular commander-in-chief, let out a roar of rage in accordance with Northland tradition as he threw a spear at the other party.
This means that the battle has begun.
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Time flies so fast, I haven't played 2 for almost a year. It's Chinese New Year again. Originally, I was depressed, but I was replaced by the duty time and the high year-end bonus, and I thought that I would not send that. I also donated more money to a certain news I saw on ACFUN because of the high year-end bonus.