In the armies of the Empire, armor and equipment can generally be divided into several levels: ordinary cavalry generally do not wear iron armor, and regular cavalry units are mainly leather armor and rattan armor. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 In order to strengthen the defense, some well-equipped cavalry, such as the cavalry of the Central Army, will strengthen some iron pieces in key parts on top of leather armor.

According to the tradition on the mainland of Ceylon, this kind of leather armor is already a very well-equipped army, because neither the Bright Empire nor other empires have the habit of wearing heavy iron armor weighing dozens of kilograms.

After all, in actual combat, although the defensive power of iron armor is much higher than that of ordinary leather armor and armor, too heavy armor will greatly limit the flexibility and mobility of cavalry. Moreover, with the iron smelting technology of the mainland of Ceylon, refining a large amount of iron armor undoubtedly requires a huge amount of money, not to mention the cost of supporting a heavy armored cavalry.

Therefore, in the army of the Empire of Light, real iron armor is only made by low-level officers such as cavalry captains, that is, ordinary plate armor. This armor has a piece of cuirass on the chest and a piece of iron on the back, as well as armor such as shoulder and arm guards. Generally speaking, the armor prepared by this low-level officer, because the appearance is relatively simple, and most of it is mostly black, so it is regarded as a symbol of low-level officers, and even some soldiers habitually call the low-level officers of their superiors "black armor officers".

In the Bright Empire Army, positions above the battalion officer level are considered mid-level officers in the army. Although most of the armor of these officers was mainly iron, it was reinforced with steel sheets in key parts. For a large country like the Bright Empire, only middle-level officers can wear these equipment, which shows that the iron-smelting technology on the mainland of Ceylon is still very backward.

In order to strengthen the defense, this armor was no longer simply nailed with flat iron sheets, but adopted some higher craftsmanship. For example, small pieces of steel are covered like fish scales, because the iron armor itself is black, and the color of some steel pieces is white, and the shape shows some black and white lines, such armor is called "black and white armor".

As for the higher level, generally speaking, it is the flag regiment-level officer in the main corps, such as the commander or deputy commander of the Northwest Army, or the garrison commander in the second-line troops in some places, etc., which can be regarded as some senior officers who can take charge on their own. Generally speaking, to be able to reach this level is to step into the ranks of high-ranking officers of the empire with one foot. Joseph's position as the prefect of the garrison of Sadland was considered an orthodox rank in the barracks.

Generally speaking, the armor of this level is mainly made of delicate steel, and iron is no longer used. Although the iron-smelting and steel-making technology of the Bright Empire is in a relatively backward stage. But this kind of steel armor that can only be equipped with high-ranking officers has raised a notch in terms of texture and defensive power. At the same time, in the process of forging, a large number of higher craftsmanship was used, and considering that high-ranking officers rarely fought in the front line in general, the shape of plate armor was no longer used. After all, the shape of that plate armor is more suitable for the chopping of frontal defensive weapons, and because senior officers do not need to fight on the front line, the manufacturing process of armor is mainly based on defensive arrows.

In the Empire of Light, generally speaking, the scale armor in the shape of fish scales is considered to be the strongest defense against bows and arrows, because sharp and penetrating weapons such as bows and arrows can easily penetrate flat armor, but it is difficult to penetrate scale armor. Therefore, generally speaking, officers of this level are prepared with fish-scale steel armor, because the steel plate is bright in color, and there is an obvious eagle feather on the helmet, so it is called "Cangling armor".

As the best armor in the army of the Bright Empire, the Cangling armor highlights the level of military craftsmanship of the Bright Empire in the armor. Low-grade plate armor is good for resisting frontal slashes, while the scale-shaped feather armor is better suited for defending against sharp piercing weapons such as bows and arrows.

However, at the general level, the armor equipped by the Bright Empire is different, and at this level, the armor completely abandons the style of plate armor and fish scale armor, and instead uses a large number of armors such as "chain mail". They are mainly made of high-quality mild steel, which is harder than ordinary steel sheets, but also flexible. After wearing it, the high-level generals will not make their bodies stiff and bloated, and they will not limit their martial arts when fighting.

This kind of chain soft armor is nailed together with a small piece of soft steel like a lock, hooked one by one, and when encountering the slashing of the front of a heavy weapon, the force can be instantly dispersed through the countless lock rings. The resistance is increased, which reduces the damage to the user's body. At the same time, because they are tightly locked together, the gaps between the armor are dense, and it has a strong defense against sharp and penetrating weapons such as bows and arrows.

The production of chain mail is quite complicated and cumbersome, taking the armor workshop within the Empire of Light as an example. First of all, each general needs to tailor his own clothes, after all, armor is actually metal clothing, especially soft armor. There is even a saying in the iron-smelting workshop in the imperial capital: a skilled armor master must first be a good tailor!

On the mainland of Ceylon, the relationship between the three empires was always less and more warlike, so due to the massive need for armor, basically a piece of armor had to be completed in a short time. Therefore, even in some military workshops in the imperial capital, a high-grade Cangling armor must be made by several masters.

The general-level chain mail is made of iron wire with a diameter of about a few millimeters, which is calcined and twisted into a ring with a diameter of only about one centimeter after heating, and it is also hammered into a flat ring, and smaller iron holes are punched out at both ends of the ring. Generally one-eyed, there are also two-eyed, three-eyed ones are rare, and only some great master-level masters will build them. After being lassoed with each other, they are connected with rivets, and the iron rings are interlocked, sometimes with smaller iron rings to turn the desired shape, which is suitable for human wear and various activities and battles.

Gould muttered in a low voice for a moment before pointing to the soft armor and said, "Boss, look, this set just now is the Cangling Armor, and this is the chain soft armor that can only be equipped at the general level, and it is even one level higher than the Cangling Armor.

Take me as an example, I used to be a deputy commander in Sadlandshire, and I was qualified to wear this kind of feather armor, but you are only a commander level non-military officer, and being able to wear the feather armor is already very unusual!

However, it is impossible for His Majesty not to know this, but he gave you this set of soft armor, and the intention in this is clearly to reuse and promote you......"