58: The weakness of the archers
A huge clearing in the center of the town near Stone Mountain.
"Look, this is the weapon you're going to master, and it's about the same as the musket you're usually trained in. I'll show you how to do it first, and then you'll take turns to test it. Jessica, who was the instructor of the musket team, took the musket in her hand and shouted to the soldiers in front of her.
"Isn't that just an iron rod, what's different, it's a little heavier than a wooden stick, and it's not as powerful as the spear I used to wield. The people in the group whispered.
Aslan walked over, he looked at the thirty or so people, and said: "I know that you have been wondering what you are training for like this, and now you are about to recognize a new 'power', you have more questions, please wait until Captain Jessica is done, you can ask me, and I will answer them to you one by one." ”
After Aslan finished speaking, he looked at Jessica, nodded and said, "Jessica, you can start, let these boys take a good look at the power of this musket." ”
"Rest assured, Lord Castle, it's time for them to open their eyes. Jessica looked at the musket in her hand, the flintlock musket was much better in shape and power than the musket of the imperial era, similar to the Spanish conquistador's riding rifle, more convenient and easy to use.
She walked to a firing position, one hundred meters, one hundred and fifteen meters and two hundred meters in front of him, and placed a target on each side, this time it was not armor, after all, Flying City did not have so much armor for them to spoil. This time, several boulders were used, and a circle was drawn in the middle of the boulders.
Jessica followed the procedure, she took out a bullet wrapped in oiled linen from a small clip around her waist and stuffed it in, and then took out a wooden stick and sent the bullet deep into the chamber of the gun.
Jessica raised her musket so that it was flat in front of her eyes, his eyes fixed on a small dimple on it, according to the words of the lord of the city, it was the aiming point, and he first aimed at the target a hundred meters away.
Bang!
A gunshot pierced the sky.
Jessica confidently put down the gun in her hand, but the movement of her hand did not stop, and immediately stuffed another ammunition into it, and took out a wooden stick to press the bullet.
Bang!
The same voice sounded again, this time aiming at a stone target a hundred and fifty meters away, and Jessica repeated the action again without looking.
Bang!
This time, Jessica finished shooting three times and walked in front of Aslan, "Report to the city lord, the three targets have been test-fired." ”
"Very good, the marksmanship is much better than mine. Aslan patted Jessica's willow waist and said.
The corners of Jessica's mouth twitched slightly, obviously not expecting Aslan's groping, but now that Aslan was the city lord, and she was also the captain of the musket squad appointed by Aslan, she really didn't dare to refute him in public.
At this time, Aslan looked at the musket team, and saw all the soldiers staring at the stone target in the distance and the musket in Jessica's hand in amazement.
"Alright, you've all seen it, now give you five minutes, and you can go and see the stone targets in the distance. Aslan said to the soldiers of the musketeers.
As soon as Aslan's order was given, the musket team was about a hundred people, and they ran out as if they were crazy, and looked curiously around the three stone targets.
After a while, Aslan said to Jessica, who was staying nearby, "Alright, you can call them together." ”
"Yes, Lord of the Castle!"
Jessica shouted to the soldiers in the distance, "It's five minutes, you guys don't come back soon." ”
Hearing Jessica's voice, the soldiers ran back, and they were neatly sent back to their previous team, and their eyes were all fiery at this time.
Aslan walked to the front of the team, looked at everyone's hot eyes, and said with a smile: "You have all seen Captain Jessica's achievements and the power of this musket, which of you can tell me, well, it's you." Aslan said, pointing to a young man at the front of the group.
Enzes didn't expect the city lord to speak to him, he swallowed his saliva, stood up straight, and said, "Yes! Report to the city lord, Captain Jessica's targets of one hundred meters and one hundred and fifty meters have all hit the center of the circle, and the two hundred meters are only two centimeters away from the center of the circle. ”
"Do you have any questions for me now?" Aslan laughed.
Enzes looked at his comrades next to him, and he asked a little nervously: "Lord of the city, is that musket the weapon we are going to use, why is it so powerful, and it has smashed deep holes in those stone targets." ”
Aslan took it and took out a prepared musket and said: "Yes, your weapon is a flintlock musket, so you call it a musket team, as for this principle, I can't explain it to you clearly, in short, it fires the ammunition inside at a speed faster than an arrow, and it can easily shoot through the armor in the range, but the effect on the body protection and fighting spirit of intermediate professionals is much worse." ”
"Then we can really use it, it feels dangerous. A soldier next to him said.
"Even the Dou Qi Protector of an intermediate professional can't break it, so what's the effect? It's not as good as a sharpshooter. Edgar pursed his lips and said, he had seen Captain Bill's tentacles, not to mention intermediate professionals, and high-level swordsmen were also killed in one move.
Aslan waved his hand and said, "As long as you remember the operating procedures that were taught to you when you were trained before, you will have no problem at all." ”
"As for being inferior to the Divine Archer, I want to ask, have you cultivated your fighting spirit?" Aslan looked at Edgar with a smile.
Edgar subconsciously shook his head.
"You don't even have fighting spirit, no matter how accurate your archery skills are, you can't shoot a junior swordsman, not speed, power, or even a lifetime. ”
Aslan said mercilessly.
The other soldiers were silent instantly, as Aslan said, if they couldn't cultivate their fighting spirit, the role of archers was too low, at most they were threatening those light infantry who had no armor, and they were not equipped with shields.
This is also the reason why there are so few archer troops in the Zaft continent, because it is too difficult to cultivate archers with fighting spirit, and ordinary archers do not have much impact on the battle situation.
"Alright, it's time for your practice, and your captain Jessica will come first. Aslan said when he saw Jessica next to him.
"Yes, Lord Castle!" Jessica walked out of the group, took the musket and three bullets from Jessica, and walked to where Jessica was standing before, Jessica picked up the gun and looked seriously at the target in the distance.
Bang!
Aslan looked at the stone target from a distance, and Jessica's first shot was quite good, right next to the crater before Jessica.
Click.
Jessica had already removed the cartridge casing from the cartridge at this time, waited for a few seconds according to the process, and took out the second bullet and put it in.
Bang!