When Duke set out from Stormcastle, he honestly didn't know that the war had already reached the Andorran Princes, and he had also defeated the Imperial Third Army in Alpine City.

The Principality of Andorra is estimated to have ignored the place of Storm Castle, and has not issued any official announcements, plus Princess Gina is also temporarily supported, and it is even more impossible for Duke to know about the transfer of troops in the French Empire.

But soon, Duke regained his composure, pretending not to see Princess Gina, and still walked towards Baker with the same indifferent expression as before. Let's not talk about other problems, we have to pretend.

"Big brother, it's been a long time. ”

Duke looked at Baker in front of him and said lightly, not to mention that under the siege of the Storm Army, coupled with the lion-headed armor on his body, Duke does have an unusual temperament.

Baker also looked at Duke who walked towards him expressionlessly, and his heart was full of shock. Although the two brothers haven't seen each other for many years, Baker is still very clear about Duke's image and behavior in the imperial capital.

The young man in front of him, except for a face like Duke in his memory, was not like the gentleman he used to be, both in tone and momentum. If it weren't for the same lion's head banner and family armor, Baker couldn't believe his eyes.

Of course, Baker naturally wouldn't show this shock, he was already a genius boy, and with a few years of career as a city lord, he had already achieved basic joy and anger, so he also said in a very flat tone: "Duke, you have changed a lot. ”

Hearing this, Duke had a hint of mockery on his face: "Big brother, people will always become." ”

I don't know if this sentence is what Duke wants to say himself, or if the original residual memory wants to say it, maybe the younger brother who is sloppy has always wanted to say that he has changed in front of his genius big brother one day.

The two brothers looked at each other like this, and Duke couldn't see any thoughts in Baker's heart, which was also the consistent characteristic of the genius big brother, excellent, introverted, and silent. But compared to the embarrassment of the Silver Moon Army at the moment, the morale of the Storm Army is much higher, because they have just repelled one of the most powerful infantry regiments on the continent, and the strength of the Storm Army gives Duke the confidence to look at Baker and look down with pride!

Baker naturally felt the pride in Duke's eyes, which made him very uncomfortable, because Duke could only look up to himself before, and he didn't even have the interest to look down on Duke, and the straw bale really didn't deserve to be his opponent.

After staring at each other for a few seconds, Duke shifted his gaze to Princess Kina, forcing that he was almost done, and it was time to say hello.

"Viscount Duke of Stormcastle, see Her Royal Highness the Princess. ”

Duke dismounted and saluted Princess Kina, but now it is also a formal occasion, and Duke is gradually getting used to the etiquette of this world, and he still has to do it.

Seeing Duke like this, Princess Gina was really a little unaccustomed to it, and subconsciously answered: "Grass ......" But soon, she also realized that the title was wrong, and immediately said in an official tone: "Viscount Duke, thanks to the timely arrival of your reinforcements, and the change in Storm Castle is really unexpected." ”

The latter sentence was Princess Kina's heart, she was indeed extremely surprised by everything in front of her, if it weren't for so many people watching, she really wanted to ask Duke how he did it.

Seeing Princess Jina's amazed look, Duke couldn't help but reply proudly: "That's, you don't look at who is the lord." ”

But after finishing speaking, Duke also felt that something was wrong, so many pairs of eyes staring, didn't the image of the cold temperament he had created before collapse instantly? So he hurriedly said a few more polite words to cover up, and the whole army began to quickly clean up the battlefield.

This encounter in Andorra City can be described as a heavy casualty for the French Empire, if you add the previous Imperial Third Legion, the Third and Eleventh Legions of the French Empire can be regarded as abandoned, especially the Eleventh Legion, which can be called the annihilation of the entire army, and the rest are also gone when Gina was besieged.

The other lord's guards also suffered heavy losses under the high-intensity battle of several days, and at the last moment, except for the Silver Moon Army, which was still holding on, the lord's conscription troops all retreated or were defeated. And when the two thousand Silver Moon Army reached the count, there were less than five hundred people standing.

As for Duke's Storm Fort, it also paid the price of three hundred casualties, to be honest, this number of casualties still made Duke feel very painful, and this is still the elite and veteran of the first regiment, any one is extremely precious, after all, the foundation of the storm is too weak.

The huge casualties under the raid advantage also exposed some things, one is that although the storm armor is one of the best armors mass-produced in this era, it is not invincible. Just like the body armor of later generations, it is impossible to protect against all caliber guns.

The spear of the Spartan Legion, not to mention that it is very easy to pierce through the storm armor, but this kind of piercing attack storm armor is indeed very difficult to defend, after all, as long as it is a plate armor made of metal, it is impossible to have enough toughness, if there is an ultra-high-strength fiber cloth in this era, and the stab-proof suit is set inside, it is estimated that it can greatly reduce casualties.

But this requirement is not something that can be achieved in the Middle Ages, and there is no such ability during World War II, which requires a complete modern materials science as a basis, and Duke can only think about it.

Another way is to strengthen the defense of the storm armor again, but the current storm fort armor generally weighs 30 kilograms, which is a very large burden on the soldiers, if you increase the weight again, then this battle will not have to be fought, and the weight gain will not have much qualitative improvement for the puncture attack, before the metal laboratory of the hydraulic factory did not manufacture titanium alloys, these things do not need to be thought about.

Another point is that although Duke has created the plate armor, it is still in the first stage of the product, and there is almost no ergonomic design. Because the armor is worn on the body, it is not a piece of iron or a can of iron, and the joints need to be moved. The full-body plate armor of the late Middle Ages on Earth has a good ergonomic design to ensure the flexibility of the joints and avoid clumsiness on the battlefield.

Storm Castle was in dire need of Warframe equipment before, and there was no effort to slowly improve the design, so this first version of the Storm Warframe was much less flexible. And the Spartan warriors were macho men who only wore cuirasses, crushing the Storm Army in terms of flexibility, causing them to wantonly attack the weak position of the Storm Armor Junction, which is also one of the main reasons why the Storm Army still suffered so many casualties despite its absolute superiority.

War is the catalyst of science and technology, and it is also the testing ground of weapons, and Duke has sent people to collect these defects, and when the time comes, they will be handed over to the dwarven copper whiskers in the hydraulic factory, and in the manufacture of armor, the dwarves are indeed much stronger than the half-hung blacksmiths of Storm Castle at the beginning.