Chapter 748: The History of the Legion's Heavy Bow Men (Part II)
In addition to shaping the social climate and the foundation of the system, the corresponding education and training were also the key to the Teutonian Empire's ability to produce a large number of high-quality and high-morale longbowmen: after the Teutonic Empire occupied these three regions and turned them into imperial provinces, the then founding king Hermann declared archery in these three regions as part of the compulsory education of the whole people, and the Teutonic Empire stipulated that all able-bodied Norseans between the ages of twelve and sixty-five, Both the Nelson and the Welsh were required to practice archery at a specially built training ground near a church or temple after Mass on each Sunday of their respective religion, and those who evaded training were punished with large fines. Regardless of men and women, this aspect is one of the cultural characteristics of the Teutonic Empire itself, the traditional Teutons believe that men and women are equal, but if you want to be equal, you must bear the same obligations, among which fighting with men is the most important obligation, so there has never been a lack of women in the army of the Teutonic Empire, many female Teutonic soldiers or Teutonic knights are even more courageous than men, and naturally they will be respected as men, far stronger than the so-called feminist fighters in modern human society who do not want to bear any obligations but still shout for equality between men and women。 Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
To get back to the point, in order to ensure that the ordinary people in these three regions have the time and strength to practice the longbow, the laws of the Teutonic Empire also prohibit the three regions from playing football at the same time, and violators will also be punished with large fines: yes, the Teutonic Empire has such a sport as football, but it is not so much the kind of football in the outside world now, but it is more a hybrid of primitive football and polo that first appeared in England in this era of human civilization...... Let's put it this way, one of the reasons why football was banned in these three regions during the Teutonic Empire was that football at that time had just evolved from kicking the enemy's head, and there were no authoritative rules, and when playing football, the total number of players on both sides could exceed a hundred, and there were even those who rode horses...... Therefore, the law of the Teutonic Empire initially banned football in these three places, and then successively enforced this law in other imperial provinces, until the specific rules of football were formulated and formalized, and it was not revoked, but what exactly was football in the Teutonic Empire...... Ahem, get down to business, get down to business.
At that time, in the Knowles region, Nelson region and Wales region, many boys and girls from civilian families could practice longbows from the age of seven, because practicing longbows is very hard, and it is very important to lay a good foundation from an early age; After the establishment of the Teutonic Empire, you can spend a small amount of money to regularly receive healing magic from the mages of the past and surgery using activation liquid to solve this occupational disease; although it takes a long time to become a longbowman and there are corresponding occupational diseases, in the Norse, Nelson, and Wells regions during the Teutonic Empire, learning archery to become a longbowman when you grow up to be a longbowman is a pretty decent dream of a civilian boy. As a legion heavy longbowman, follow the brave and bold His Majesty the King or His Royal Highness the Crown Prince or even the Princess to fight on the battlefield, and the monthly salary and allowance are far more considerable than the income brought by farming or work, and can also be distributed to the spoils of war according to their respective positions in the army!
Wearing a riveted heavy chain mail with plate armor accessories and a black cross robe on a white background, a Charrell infantry helmet with a cotton chain mail mask, a Lombard fighting shield fixed to the wrist of his left hand, a longbow of 1.6 meters in his right hand, and a quiver filled with conical arrows tied around his waist. Sharpening horse rejection stakes and one-handed battle axes for melee combat, and returning home with a large amount of money after winning the war, these legions of heavy longbowmen recruited by the Teutonic Empire are not much different from the legendary heroes, and their experience of going south and north is also their capital for boasting in the tavern; In particular, the possession of the Death Sacrifice has reduced the real death rate to a sensational level - how can a low-risk but high-reward profession not be popular with ordinary civilians in these three regions! Many legion heavy longbowmen even stayed in the Teutonic Legion after completing their compulsory military service for the Teutonic Empire, becoming experienced professional veterans and the cornerstone of the Teutonic Legion.
With such excellent employment prospects, ordinary civilians who want to change their social status or live a better life will also prefer to consider joining the army, rather than through illegal violent crimes, thus greatly reducing the occurrence of crime in a sense; Men with superior arm strength and excellent bowing skills became real soldiers of the Teutonic Empire, so from the day the Teutonic Empire's legion heavy longbowmen were officially formed and born, it was destined to be a strong army composed of elite soldiers, and at the same time had an extremely large reserve source to quickly replenish the battle damage, coupled with the afterlife spell of the sacrifice that can reincarnate one's own dead into the deceased who retains the memory and wisdom of the deceased, this is destined to be a powerful and terrifying force with the passage of time like other Teutonic troops。
At that time, the Teutonic Empire, which had already unified the entire earth or the distant plane, would naturally equip a certain number of legion heavy longbowmen in the local garrisons of various provinces, so at that time, Feng Longde, Caroline and Yarman and other guard knights took a large number of standard longbows made of elm from the permanent refuge of Qixing Mountain: although the longbow has always been made of purple shirt wood, but after all, it is a temperate tree, even in the prehistoric era of China, there is not much distribution, at most there is a little production in the south, but due to transportation costs and other considerations, it can only be reloaded for the Teutonian legions stationed in the southNot only that, the climate of China is much drier than that of the Ilibu continent, that is, Europe, and the archers recruited from the local area are more accustomed to using compound bows, so the local Teutonic soldiers recruited by the Teutonic Empire in this region are also mostly using compound bows, and as a result, in addition to a large number of elm longbows, there are also a large number of compound bows similar to the Qing bows in this era of human civilization......
In many cases, the user is always more important than the weapon, but even with the use of a composite bow or an elm longbow that is more convenient to manufacture and source, the combat effectiveness of the Legion's heavy longbowmen has always been obvious to all, leaving a strong mark on the military history of the Teutonic Empire.
Of course, the longbow is sharp, but to play to the advantage, it still depends on whether the tactics are used properly. In the hands of the brave and fierce Norseans and the romantic and loose Wales, the longbow was only an excellent individual weapon, and even the Nelsons, who lacked hoplites and focused on light and heavy infantry, were relatively unused, while in the hands of the Teutonic people, who were almost born for war, thousands or even tens of thousands of legion longbowmen gathered to launch large-scale salvos on the flanks of the infantry line and in the gaps between the arrays, or in batches of uninterrupted regional arrow rain coverage, which could cause tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of arrows in just one minuteThe intensity of its 10,000 arrows has surpassed the pouring raindrops, which is nothing less than a catastrophe for the enemy army that charges intensively, and gradually affects the tactical use of the Teutonic army: under the condition that their own side has superior firepower, the Teutonic army is more accustomed to using a defensive counterattack or defensive tactics, that is, using the terrain and hoplite troops to form an impregnable defensive position, with longbows, pulley steel crossbows, magic crystal guns, giant pole scale stone throwers, heavy catapults, "porcupine" repeating ballistas, Magic and all other weapons that deal ranged strikes will sustain and damage enemies attacking or within range in large quantities, and then decide whether to attack or not based on the current situation.
Even with so many glorious examples and real capabilities, with the development of pulley steel crossbows and magic guns in the Teutonic Empire, the status of the legion longbowmen in the Teutonic Empire's troops has become more and more embarrassing due to these reasons: the training cycle of a qualified legion heavy longbowman is at least ten years, and the Teutonic soldier equipped with a pulley steel crossbow or magic hand cannon needs at most a few days of training to be generally qualified, and its power is not the same day. No matter how good the texture of the longbow is, it can't break the plate gold armor, while the normal pulley steel crossbow and magic energy guns can easily penetrate the plate gold armor, especially the latter, the magic defense shield with a slightly weaker strength may not be able to withstand their shots, so although the legion heavy longbowmen have always maintained their original treatment and training, the vast majority of the members are also true and professional veterans who have been reincarnated as the dead, and there are very few legion heavy longbowmen who are ordinary human beings.
Feng Longde, who is always browsing and reading these various materials in his soul heart, is naturally very aware of the advantages and disadvantages of the longbow, so he will also make corresponding arrangements in a targeted manner: first, since the Teutonic camp is considered to have been redeveloped and restored from scratch, the military system that originally cultivated the legion's heavy longbowmen can no longer be activated; secondly, the troops that still need to use the longbow to fight are not only those outside human mercenaries, but also the souls of the real legion heavy longbowmen who are still in deep sleep in the soul of silenceThe former are prepared to rely on war to gradually reduce their numbers and leave only the true elite veterans, while the latter, who are destined to be reincarnated as the dead when awakened, will learn how to use modern firearms while retaining their original ways of fighting. Originally, during the Teutonic Empire, it was found that the power of the longbow was less and less powerful than the pulley steel crossbow and magic guns, and the same adaptation method was considered, but at this time, it was basically the Teutonic Empire that completely unified the entire earth or the far-sighted plane, so the legion's heavy longbowmen did not make corresponding adaptations but continued to be retained; finally, it was still the old problem of a large number of standard longbows and conical arrows hoarded in the Teutonian camp arsenal, and wanted to completely remove the longbow from the weapons in the current Teutonic army. It is necessary to ensure that the original Teutonic regiment heavy longbowmen who wake up later are smoothly reorganized into troops equipped with modern firearms on the premise of depleting all the stocks can be done, after all, those standard longbows are indeed inferior to the German guns of World War II that have been installed in large numbers in terms of killing effect, but at least they are also weapons, in the battle of flesh and blood, even a stone without edges and corners will become a lifesaver at a critical moment, not to mention a longbow that has an excellent armor-breaking effect against other metal armor in addition to sheet gold armor.
“...... Your Majesty?"
“...... Damn, unconsciously, I actually thought of so many ......" Yarman couldn't help but shout softly when he looked at his own immortal king for a long time without saying a word, and Feng Longde, who was immersed in thinking, woke up in shock, causing the demon ring-winged barrel helmet on his head to shake, "I just lost my mind, I'm sorry." ”
"You need no need to apologize to the captain of your guard, Your Majesty. Yarman shook his head, "Your Majesty, do you have anything to add to your previous orders?"
"No, let's do what I have commanded when the time comes. Feng Longde waved his hand, took off the Demon Ring-Wing Barrel Helmet, and took a big breath, "At this moment, it could have been reorganized into a whole Boghall team, and it seems that it would be good to be able to retain the number of three Boghall district teams, even if Zhu Henghong's kid's district team is added...... Damn, it's still less than a brigade, and it will take a lot of time to train or reorganize enough Boghall soldiers to add it......"