Chapter 46, Position
"Knights, charge!" On the black flaming plains, Rolf was dressed in shiny Holy Knight armor, and the knight's spear was slowly flattened. A silver cross medallion hung from his chest, reflecting a bright glow.
There was a huge gap between the individual combat power of the entire Roman world community. The difference between the first level is often an unbridgeable chasm for low-level creatures. Because of this, military theorists throughout the world have formed many different schools of thought on the question of how to use low-level combat power.
In terms of wide adaptability, the various forces basically adopt the highest combat power that the combat plane can withstand as the benchmark, with a small amount of low-level combat power as a supplement.
As for the specific battlefield within the plane, this theory believes that in the local battlefield, the highest combat power of the two sides should be directly confronted, and the energy enchantment outside the battlefield should be constructed to assist and support the main battlefield, and at the same time, it can also play the purpose of resisting the enemy's reinforcements. The low-level combat power is stationed to guard the enchantment node separately to prevent the enchantment node from being destroyed by the enemy's low-level combat power. This theory was put forward by the famous military theorist Xerxes in the eighteenth century, so it is also called the Xerxes enchantment positional warfare model in military terms.
But as history entered the early nineteenth century, mana forges and energy wells began to be widely used in the Rome of Truth, and the Arcanists began to enter an era of orders of magnitude of energy use. A new tactic began to emerge in Rome of Truth. This tactic is based on the massive amount of energy supplied by the Arcane Tower, which uses high-power spells to deliver quick covering strikes. Interestingly, this tactical idea originated with a Major named Thomas of the Burning Legion. Unfortunately, the Burning Legion at that time could not support such a large energy consumption, and the Burning Legion generally scoffed at Major Thomas's theory.
When the Arcanist's Arcane Tower was erected and mana was no longer a constraint for the Arcanist's conquest of the Endless World, the Thomas Blitz, which had been dismissed as a fantasy, was rewarded by the Arcanists. A new tactical revolution has been vigorously launched.
At this moment, what the Holy See is taking advantage of the Xerxes Barrier Positional Battle. From the results of the First Battle of the Crater, the Holy See directly determined that the enemy entrenched in the crater belonged to the third level of combat power. Therefore, the singer, who was eager to save face, immediately took the initiative to invite Ying. The rest of the Holy Knights formed squads and scattered across the Burning Plains to build enchantments and guard the enchantment nodes.
The midday sun shone on the dark earth, and a knight order of more than two dozen holy knights raised their spears and was covered in holy light, launching a fierce attack on the elemental creatures that were deliberately driven and crowded together.
As a war hero of the First Battle of the Crater, Rolf led the way. It's a pity that the Holy Light power that emanates from his body, the leader who acts as the leader of the chisel tactics, is much dimmer compared to the team members behind him.
In terms of hard power, Rolf is just a rookie who can reach the level of a knight's apprentice. By chance, the line of fire was promoted to become the leader of this knight order. Simply, the twisted elemental creatures that roamed the pitch-black earth at the moment were equally fragile and vulnerable.
The spear stabbed into the elemental creature's body under the coercion of the light. The extremely exclusive light instantly destroyed the core of the entire elemental creature from within.
The elemental power and the holy light were constantly clashing, and the entire air seemed to be twisted and transpiring under this strong and rapidly changing magnetic field.
The power of the Light is best suited to smooth out the distorted radiation that elemental forces bring to the world. The already fragile elemental creatures were quickly swept away by the Light. The midshipman recited a hymn in praise of the Light, and the divine power broke through the sky and descended.
A mysterious rune slowly condensed in the sacred pillar of light.
The Holy Knights, who had wiped out the elemental creatures, charged back and forth twice to clean up the elemental creatures that had gathered together. The peaceful power of the Holy Light even purified the elemental core of the distorted element, leaving only the residual force field still emitting a trace of the radiant brilliance of the elemental hedge from time to time.
Rolf took off his helmet with a blank face, trying to contain his rapid gasps. He was promoted to the line of fire for political propaganda, and in the face of the sarcastic gazes projected by the veterans behind him, he was like a thorn in his back.
There is a famous saying in military circles that laymen talk about tactics, and insiders talk about logistics. Although it is not that tactics are meaningless, what is expressed is that whatever strategy and tactics are, in the final analysis, military supplementary operations will be carried out around logistics.
Groups of civilians who came with the army drove flatbed trucks to load a large amount of supplies on the march of the army.
The knights, who had returned victoriously, formed a large circle. The inner trainee priest prayed in a low voice, building enchantment nodes around the mysterious Holy Light runes. The rest of the men unloaded the supplies under the command of two Holy Knights.
Large bags of logistical supplies were unloaded and piled on the pitch-black, scorched earth. The Light dispels the remnants of the volcanic force and curls up wisps of sparks in the outer ring.
Food, water, medicines, etc. are set aside. The other part of the people unloaded the flatbed trucks with pieces of molded building materials imported from Rome.
The last group of men was armed with shovels and dug a long pit at the edge of the barrier. Three trainee priests carefully drew strange runes of holy light on the edge of the pit.
This is the marching toilet of the Holy See. In addition to ensuring the necessary food and drinking water, the most important thing for the army is the toilet.
How to construct a clean excretory area is a topic that many military theorists are keen on. Once the excrement of the army is not properly disposed of, it is easy to cause large-scale dysentery. The truth of the battle of Chibi, which has been sung through the ages in another world, is likely to be because Cao Cao's army went south and did not dispose of the excrement well, which caused a large-scale plague in the army. Only then did he have to burn the warship and return in embarrassment.
Therefore, the Holy See had to allocate a part of the reserves of the Holy Light and build a magic circle that could purify and decompose the excrement of soldiers and place it at the bottom of the toilet.
The men were naked, holding various tools and began to level the ground, and in addition to leveling the ground within the barrier, a tamping road that connected to the nearby barrier was also an essential process.
The fragile and fluffy volcanic rock ground and its unfavorable horses galloping. A solid road surface can ensure mutual support between the enchantment nodes.
"The bloody charge in the mouth of the bard is only one corner of the real battlefield after all!" Rolf, who had been secretly ostracized, could only pretend to be indifferent and rode on his horse, observing the construction of the entire position. Muttering in your mouth!
"Hey, rookies are rookies after all, no matter how high they are......" A holy knight from other counties looked at Rolf with a smirk on his face, and smiled playfully.
"Oh, who's going to save poor Alice......" The knight on the side pretended to twist his hands on his chest, imitating Alice's movements in the stage play. It immediately caused a burst of wanton laughter.