Chapter 1171: Cost-effective choice

Of course, the reason why guns can work wonders on the battlefield is not that the power of guns crushes magic. One of the main reasons is that those magicians, knights and other transcendents did not expect the rebels to have weapons such as guns. In their world, long-range weapons are only bows and crossbows, and where can they imagine a weapon with such a long range.

If they really take precautions, the magicians are ready to defend against magic early, and if they can't completely resist the attack of the gun, at least they can weaken the power of the gun to a certain extent. Therefore, it is conceivable that after a certain understanding of firearms, the results achieved by the rebel army with firearms will definitely be affected.

However, in any case, the rebels have guns on their side, and at least they have the strength to fight against the enemy's transcendentals.

The rebels under the city soon rushed to the bottom of the city wall, and set up a long ladder and began to rush to the wall. The guns supported by the church were not enough to arm everyone, so most of the rebels still used cold weapons such as spears and swords. It's just that those rebels, completely devoid of the previous panic, howled excitedly and waved the weapons in their hands, and rushed up the city wall along the long ladder.

Besides, on the city wall, although the defenders of the city have carelessly lost a lot of transcendentals, it does not mean that there is no power to fight back at all. After all, the gunners on the rebel side have only been trained for more than ten days, and they are far from being sharpshooters. Even with the sniper rifles they use, it is impossible to kill all the transcendents at once.

Seeing that the rebels rushed to the city wall, the city defenders and the transcendents also came to their senses, and immediately stepped forward to start a fierce battle with the rebels who had ascended the city, trying to drive these rebels out of the city. Moreover, those transcendents who defended the city also found an opportunity to display their abilities without showing their heads, and suddenly all kinds of light shone on the city again.

Balls of fire, ice picks, and lightning swept towards the rebels who had just climbed up. At such a distance, if the magicians only use a single magic, it will not affect the people on their own side. Moreover, the rebel army and the city defense army have not been completely entangled, even on the head of the city, they are still distinct.

Moreover, in addition to the magicians, the transcendents on the defending side of the city also have knights, who are definitely melee powerhouses. I saw that those knights who looked like iron pots stimulated their fighting spirit, turned into humanoid torches, blocked the front of the rebels, and waved the big sword in their hands to harvest the heads.

"Bang bang bang!" the gunfire rang out again.

Only this time, with the sound of gunfire, in addition to some soldiers and transcendents on the defending side, many people on the rebel side also suffered together. In the final analysis, the gunners on the rebel side have only practiced for more than ten days, and their marksmanship naturally cannot be so superb. Moreover, those rebels who attacked the city were also in the way between the gunners and the defenders, so they would inevitably be injured by mistake.

Speaking of which, in terms of firearms and weapons, Ye Zan actually has more advanced firearms, such as energy beam weapons, such as weapons with intelligent assistance functions, and so on. However, the weapons that Ye Zan equipped the rebels with were still relatively primitive gunpowder firearms in the technological world, that is, the kind used in the Great Wilderness Realm. Moreover, Ye Zan did not attach any refining power to those guns to enhance the various data of the guns.

Pure gunpowder firearms have the advantages of simple manufacturing, simple use and low cost, and can be said to be the best choice for armed "cannon fodder". Although it is said that in the ranks of the rebel army, the gunners exist as elite troops, but in Ye Zan's eyes, they are no different from "cannon fodder".

There is a movie called "Starship Troopers", which tells the story of the war between the Terrans and the Zerg. In this movie, the setting of human technology has always been criticized by many fans. After all, logically speaking, the humans in the movie have been able to colonize the stars, but the weapons used by the soldiers are still backward gunpowder firearms. Probably the most high-tech of the soldiers' weapons is a tactical nuclear bomb the size of a grenade.

However, if you want to force rationalization, this setting in the movie is not incomprehensible. After all, human science and technology have developed to that extent, and the value of human beings as labor force may not be much, to put it bluntly, human life is worthless.

So, from a dark point of view, the federal government, in the war against the Zerg, allowed human soldiers to enter the landing operation, and only equipped them with outdated gunpowder firearms. In fact, they just used those soldiers as cannon fodder, and even actively hoped that those soldiers would die in the war. After all, from the federal government's point of view, the existence of a large number of idle and unemployed people in society is often not a good thing for rule.

Since he is cannon fodder, it is obviously more cost-effective for you to equip him with high-tech weapons with high value than with low-value basic weapons. Those cannon fodder are destined to die on the battlefield, and no weapon can have a chance to be recovered, so as long as the cannon fodder has a certain attack ability when facing the Zerg, it is enough. If it weren't for the fact that the Terrans were too far from the individual power of the Zerg, I'm afraid the federal government would be eager to let them go to the battlefield with their bare hands.

Of course, Ye Zan's side does not have the "calculation" of the federal government of "Star River Troopers", but the rebel armies from all walks of life are indeed cannon fodder in the matter of "preaching". Therefore, from the point of view of cost performance, it is in the best interest to provide "backward" guns to the rebel army.

Some people may think that Ye Zan's approach is too cruel, obviously there are powerful enough weapons, but he wants to let the rebels go to death in vain. However, although the revolt of those commoners was promoted by Ye Zan behind them, was it not good for them to "fight the nobles and divide the land"? The reason why those commoners revolted was not because anyone forced them to revolt with guns, but for the sake of a "better future." Isn't it right, then, to work for a "better future", and even pay the corresponding price for it?

Ye Zan is a person from the world of science and technology, and there is a world of cultivation between him and the world of Dawn. Although he doesn't really regard human life as a mustard for the people in the Dawn World, it is difficult to have much "empathy". After all, from the theory of the technological world, he and the "humans" of the Dawn World are not even the same species.

The guns were supplied to the rebels simply because the rebels were too low to overthrow the power held by the descendants of the wizards. And to achieve the goal, gunpowder firearms are the most cost-effective choice, after all, even more advanced weapons that are twice as powerful will not get double the effect.

At the top of the city, the rebels were quickly driven down, and with the sound of gunfire in the distance outside the city, the defenders began to suffer heavy casualties. Before, the rebels were shielding them, but now they have driven the rebels off the city, and they have lost a barrier. However, among the large number of casualties, mainly ordinary soldiers, magicians and knights and other transcendents did not die so easily after being prepared.

I saw those magicians, one by one, holding up their magic shields, and watching the metal bullets shoot on the magic shields, causing ripples and ripples. And at this time, because the bullet was nailed to the magic shield, it also made them understand the means used by the other side.

"What is this, is that what they used to kill Carl!" said a magician, looking at the bullets of the magic shield in front of him, and exclaimed in surprise.

"It looks like it's a strange ranged weapon, like a child's slingshot. It's just that I don't know what kind of projectile they tend to shoot with, but this power is much stronger than that of a military crossbow!" said a mage of some age.

For mages, although they are not completely restrained by ranged weapons, they do not have a very good way to deal with them to a certain extent. They don't know how the other person shoots these projectiles, but they know that it takes mana to cast a magic shield. Therefore, regardless of whether the opposite side can shoot all the time, they definitely can't keep the magic shield on their side.

"They're out of magic range, we'll have to figure out a way!" said the magician, pale.

"We can't just be passive, we should organize people to go out and deal with the opponent's shooter team. Another magician made a suggestion.

When defending the city, there is the protection of the city wall, and the defender of the city can be said to be at ease, only waiting for the enemy to climb up, and then swinging the sword to slash and kill it. And when they went out of the city to fight, the city wall lost its effect, and they fought with the rebels face to face, and they really fought with their lives.

Therefore, the proposal to go out of the city to fight did not get the immediate response of everyone.

Perhaps, in the hands of those untouchables, such weapons cannot be used casually! With this in mind, the people on the defending side decided to wait and see the situation before making a decision.

The magician temporarily retreated from the city wall, after all, the magic shield could not be turned on for a long time, and it was safer to hide under the city wall. And those who remained on the city wall were some low-level knights, as well as those ordinary soldiers who led them, and they were also carefully hiding on the city wall.

Since no one came forward, the guns on the rebel side also fell, and no more troops were sent to the city, which made the entire battlefield fall silent for a while.

However, the silence was only temporary, and after only ten minutes, I suddenly saw several larger metal "warheads" shot out of the ranks of the rebels. Moreover, the speed of the "warhead" flight is not fast, at least the trajectory of the flight can be seen with the naked eye, as if it has come to the city wall in a leisurely manner.

"What's that, shooting so slowly?" a soldier muttered in confusion when he saw the flying metal warheads from between the battlements.

However, just when the defenders of the city were still wondering, the metal warheads that flew to the top of the city suddenly burst and made a deafening roar.

"Boom, boom!"

The walls trembled with a roar, and stones and shrapnel flew in all directions, almost like a magician's exploding fireball, but the explosion was significantly stronger than magic. Under the explosion, the soldiers around them were unlucky, and those who were closer were directly torn apart by the shock wave, and those who were farther away were also shot into a sieve by flying stones and shrapnel. Almost, a metal warhead, clearing a clearing on the city wall, and there was no one who could stand in the explosion range.

Not to mention ordinary soldiers, even those knights who have a fighting spirit, with the protection of their fighting spirit, it is difficult to survive the explosion. At most, they were better than ordinary soldiers, that is, they did not die so happily, but fell to the ground covered in wounds and wailed.

"What the hell is this! We can't wait any longer, we have to rush out and finish off their team of archers!" After all, if it really goes on like this, no one may dare to go to the city in the end, so how can you defend the city.

With the commander's order, and no one else could think of a better way, the defenders finally organized a team. In this team, in addition to the knights leading the ordinary soldiers, there were also more than two dozen magicians following behind. Their idea was not to really fight into the ranks of the rebels, but to escort the magicians into the magic range, and rely on magic to deal with the archers in the rebel army.

The gates slammed open, and the soldiers marched out, and the knights mounted their mounts, surrounded by a group of robed magicians. The team did not form in front of the city gate, and rushed directly towards the rebel army, wanting to catch the rebel army by surprise. They have not forgotten that the rebels still have warheads that can explode, so they do not dare to stay in one place at all.

"Bang bang bang!" a series of gunshots rang out from the rebels again.

The soldiers who rushed towards the ranks of the rebels fell to the road of the charge with screams like wheat that had been cut down in the sound of gunfire. However, the charge of the team did not stop in the slightest, and under the urging and shouting of the knights, they still stubbornly continued to charge.

"Whoosh!" Several metal projectiles shot out, some landing behind the team, some on the left and right of the team, and of course some on the middle of the group. However, the magicians in that team did not dare to relax in the face of this situation, and when they saw this, they hurriedly cast their own magic, and all kinds of magic met the flying metal projectiles.

Those metal missiles, after all, are relatively slow, which gives the mages the possibility to stop them. A tidal wave of magic swept away, instantly engulfing the metal missiles and inspiring a deafening roar. The violent explosion even tore the magic to shreds, but it still didn't fall into the ranks.

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