Section 285 The First World War (1)
The sky was white, and the entire dragon-like military camp began to stir like a hornet's nest that had been stabbed.
From south to north, all kinds of noisy noises began to be heard from the camps one ring after another.
The shouting of the officers, the grumbling of the soldiers, the fighting of the masters, the neighing of horses and donkeys, the hunting of armor, the unsheathing of the blades, and the subtle sounds of the soldiers, are mixed together to form a harmonious and rhythmic sonata.
Gao Mingjiu tidied up his armor, then took the iron helmet and face guard from the hands of his own soldiers, put them on, and then the personal soldiers sorted them out for him.
There are some strange prints on the smooth helmet and protective surface of the iron helmet, which are said to be the magic power of the spell rune master through a special spell etching technique, although it cannot resist the slashing of the frontal Heavenly Rank master, but it can play an excellent defensive role against the surprise attacks of sniper archers and ordinary soldiers.
As an officer at this level who needs to take the lead in commanding a battalion, it is indispensable to take the lead on the battlefield, and the commander of the capital and battalion makes the officer at this level always suffer the greatest loss on the battlefield, but the officer at this level is often the best reserve candidate for the officer at this level in the army command.
Because of this, the Faculty of Magical Materials has carried out research and development for officers at the level of battalion commanders, deputy envoys, and deputy commanders, and has come up with a series of special full sets of armor from helmets, neck guards, face armor, heart guards, crotch armor, combat boots, and even full-body armor.
This full set of armor combines the advantages of the original armor of various types, and at the same time greatly adds the refinement of the magic line, and the materials are not limited to iron, copper, animal skins and other objects, but more use of a variety of materials to combine.
For example, although the helmet is still mainly made of iron, the iron used in the helmet has been specially refined, supplemented by magic defense, which is half lighter than the original material, but the defense ability has increased by 30%, which has been greatly welcomed by these officers.
Another example is face armor, it turns out that many officers don't like face armor, one is because the armor cover is a little breathless in front of them, and the other is because the ordinary leather face armor has poor defense, in addition to reducing the general damage of stray arrows, there is almost no other effect, and if you use iron face armor, it is extremely inconvenient, whether it is in vision or in battle.
But now this face armor is completely different, this area is made of gray elephant leather produced in Dali Nanzhao and Meng Zhuze's specialty tough grass silk mixed together, and specially quenched and condensed with magic, so that this kind of face armor is not only light and flexible, but also does not affect breathing, in terms of protection is enough to resist ordinary sniper archer shooting, of course, if it is a magic crossbow arrow, it should be another story, but if it is really hit in the face by a magic crossbow arrow, it can only be said that it is fate.
After the soldiers wrapped the wristband around Gao Mingjiu's wrist repeatedly, Gao Mingjiu tried to move his wrist and felt satisfied, so he began to wear his combat boots.
It takes less than half an hour to wear a series of clothes, but it is necessary, and Guy may not withdraw until dark in this battle, provided that he can survive until then.
So in order to survive as much as possible to be able to take off the armor again at that time, then at this time it is necessary to make the best preparations possible.
Any distortion of any action on the battlefield may bring death, which Gao Mingjiu, who was born in the probation army, knows very well.
"Your Excellency, I'm ready to stop. After the soldiers finished cleaning up for Gao Mingjiu, they carefully checked it again, and then said.
"Well, okay. Gao Mingjiu took a deep breath, moved his body for a moment, looked for a feeling, and then reached out again, "Take my bag." ”
The soldiers rushed to get the bag for him, Gao Mingjiu checked it, and a star-shaped dart was hidden in it, emitting a faint ghostly light.
This is a magic weapon, simple and easy to use, as long as you aim at the target and throw it out, it is also considered a life amulet, when you really meet a strong person, you can use this thing to delay and kill the enemy, of course, this magic weapon on the battlefield, especially in the group battle may not be very good, but it is finally a talisman magic weapon.
The Xuzhou Army has begun to equip the officers above the rank of battalion commander and deputy commander with this kind of simple magic weapon, either a throwing weapon of the hidden weapon type, or a wooden magic shield, which is at the discretion of the officers.
Gao Mingjiu chose the Dark Star Spiral, this star-shaped magic weapon, which can hover around the enemy, can block the enemy, and can also injure the enemy, but when encountering a real strong, the effect is limited, and the other magic shield is similar, suddenly launched, it can play a protective role, let yourself get out, but when you meet a strong person, it may not be possible, but it is better than waiting to be killed.
Packed up, the soldiers handed the Mo knife to Gao Mingjiu's hand, the Mo knife is in his hand, I have it in the world! Gao Mingjiu felt that he really had this feeling, only when the Mo knife was in his hand, he could feel that kind of steadfastness, more solid than sleeping in his hometown.
Countless officers or non-commissioned officers like Gao Mingjiu are preparing excitedly or silently at this time, they have no way of knowing what this battle will bring them, but they all know that they must fight, because the county king ordered them to fight, then they must fight!
Huo Congfeng strangled the belt around his waist, and he thought about the knife on his waist again and again, but he still dropped it.
Today is the first battle, and as the deputy envoy of the battalion commander, he has no room to lead the team first, but he may not be able to go to battle yet.
The trenches and various spell traps in front may need to be broken by the masters and magicians, and of course, the attacking army is also needed to coordinate the battle, and I don't know if it will be my turn to get my own army and this battalion.
The number of the black pressure army exceeded that of Huo Congfeng at any time before, and it could be seen from the armbands that in addition to the Heshuo army, the Ya army also came.
"Zhongying, prepare!" The command of the military commander woke up Huo Congfeng, who was still a little dazed, and a series of roars were made by the commander, Huo Congfeng quickly jumped up and came to his position, and the soldiers were lining up in an orderly manner amid the insults of the head and the team.
It's time to go, and it seems that this army has been selected to act as an army for coordinated operations.
The sky was getting brighter and brighter, accompanied by the sound of horns and drums, and the various departments began to line up in turn, each army, 2,500 people, forming a formation similar to the plum blossom array, but with the adjustment of the formation, it became irregular, and the whole process was constantly changing between rules and irregularities.
Jiang Feng, who walked up to the lookout, stretched his body and nodded, "It's almost time." ”
Liu Yansi nodded, waved his hand, and several commanders holding small flags began to wave the flags, and the sound of trumpets and drums staggered and sounded, and the war officially began.
There are not too many fancy, in fact, at this time, everything is consumed by the strength and materials piled up by both sides, to see who consumes the energy in the end, which Jiang Feng and Yuan Huaihe are aware of.
The giant shield was raised, along with one by one leather shield screens held high in the air to ward off possible incoming arrows and stone projectiles, and the masters with hoes and shovels bowed their bodies and began to advance under the cover of the soldiers on both wings.
As soon as they entered the attack range on the city wall, the catapults and ballistas of the Caizhou army began to exert their power, although the giant shield and leather shield could cover most of the arrows and stone bullets, but soon the Caizhou army began to replace them with magic rockets, and the leather shields and giant shields began to be ignited by the attached rockets, and they had to be extinguished by the magicians to urge water-based spells, but the chaos brought by this also made the Xuzhou army have loopholes.
A boulder fell from the gap, and the three masters didn't even have time to snort before they were hit by the cart, which rebounded and pressed horizontally, crushing the two masters to death on the spot, while the other master was not even half of his body, and the plasma splattered out, spraying Huo Congfeng's body.
The recruit next to him trembled all over his body, almost fainting, Huo Congfeng glanced at the other party contemptuously, and then stepped forward and gave the other party a kick, "Go, don't stop!"
The team continued to move forward and began to consciously disperse, the infantry shields in their hands also raised diagonally in front of them, as much as possible to avoid attack.
Accompanied by the shaking of the ground, what appeared in the field of vision of the Yuan soldiers on the city wall was a series of giant stone cannons.
The reason why it is said to be a giant stone cannon is because the specifications of this stone cannon are twice as large as all the catapults they have seen before, more than three zhang high, and the bracket spans more than two zhang, and what makes them even more horrified is that each catapult has three throwing arms, which are pushed by wooden wheels below, and there are special brackets in all directions to fix it, that is to say, once this giant catapult is determined to fall, it can attack in a short time, and seeing the device on the bracket that is not very consistent with other catapults, they can't help but suspect that this should be a kind of magic improved catapult。
Soon the magicians on the city wall came to the conclusion with solemn faces, this should be a combination of magic equipment, its power is still unknown, but at this time to push to the front, it must be Xuzhou thought that it can come in handy.
The magicians guessed correctly, this giant stone cannon cart was improved and re-optimized on the basis of the original stone cannon cart, considering that the stone cannon cart occupies a large area, travels slowly, and the operation is difficult to uniformly, the Shoguanyuan designed this kind of combined stone cannon cart known as the triple stone cannon cart.
Each of these stone artillery carts is equivalent to about one and a half of the original stone artillery carts, but it is enough to accommodate three throwing arms, and at the same time, the spring design is strengthened by re-smelting with magic, and the strength of the throwing arm is also improved, so that the projection distance has been further improved.
Not only that, compared with other stone artillery cars, the Material Guanyuan also took great pains to make an article on the design of stone bullets, in addition to conventional stone bullets, but also specially made special bombs, this special bomb can explode in the air, from a point to a piece, similar to a shotgun air explosion, this is also Jiang Feng gave the idea, and then developed by the Material Officials Academy, but also prepared to be practical in this war.