After passing the first town, the Wilder family's cavalry gradually discovered that this territory was completely different from other places. After arriving in this territory, they saw flat roads and unseen roads extending into the distance.
The railways in the places they visited were things that could never be seen in other territories, especially the long railways. The high-quality steel was actually used as road materials, which was really unimaginable for them.
When they asked the city lord of the town to provide a large amount of food and materials in the city, the city lord did not resist at all. But when they wanted to dismantle the railway tracks and take them back to cast into weapons, the city lord was almost desperate to fight them.
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"Is there something wrong with you? Why do you want to demolish our railway tracks? Do you know that if you demolish the railway tracks, the railway will be cut off from here? Do you know how much steel and materials will be lost in a day if the railway is cut off?
?We still need railways to transport food. If it is cut off, do you know that all the people in the city will starve to death?"
Many members of the Wilder family were confused by the city lord's rage. Then the city lord also knew that he was now alone. If he made this army anxious, he would not end well. So he said in a slightly gentle tone.
: "If you really want steel, there's no problem, just tell me. I have all the cast steel here. Even if you want swords, we can provide them to you directly. We can also provide them to you directly.
We can also leave the construction to you. Why are we dismantling our railways? Get your people back now. Our spare rails can be reinstalled. Otherwise, the train will not be able to arrive. The consequences are not something a little person like me can bear.
of."
Commander Wilder didn't want to agree at first, but when he saw the cast steel ingots delivered by the city lord, he gave up his plan to steal the rails. Compared to these cast high-quality steel ingots and high-quality swords.
It's really not worth it to get those rails.
This place was originally a coal and steel industrial complex, and the most indispensable thing was steel. After sending a lot of steel, the group of cavalry was finally sent away. The princess breathed a sigh of relief and spat on the ground.
"Bah, a bunch of beggars who have never seen the world! If I had known you were such a thing, I should have contacted the lord and asked him to quickly send an army to destroy you. I am so happy with a little steel. I didn't know that it was just our output in a week.
, when we get to a prosperous place and see the world, we won’t be so scared that you bunch of bumpkins will kneel on the ground.”
Although the members of the Wilder family were not so frightened that they knelt on the ground, they were still extremely shocked when they walked along the road and saw the roaring train coming in the distance. Some of the less timid soldiers even softened.
He fell to the ground. Many of the war horses were out of control and fled in all directions when the train rushed over.
After all, it is impossible for a huge beast like a train to exist in nature. Even in this magical world where giant dragons exist, there are almost no such exaggerated creatures in nature. Although these war horses have been trained, they even have
Some of them have been trained to charge amidst the sound of gunfire. But facing such a huge creature is still unbearable.
But after all, this was the elite army of the Wilder family. Soon there were knights who could endure this terrifying roar and chased back the fleeing troops. Some of them were even whipped in the army as examples.
Under such a warning, no one ran away when they encountered the train again on the road. However, when watching those fully loaded carriages passing by at high speed, they still couldn't help but feel shocked.
Some of these carriages are filled with grain, and some are filled with minerals or steel.
Compared with the steel just obtained from that mining city, the amount of steel contained in these trains is too much. It is no wonder that the people in the mining city there simply do not let them destroy the railway. Compared with the railway that can transport
The bit of steel consumed by the railway tracks seems to be nothing.
"Who is the lord of this territory, who can manage his territory to be so rich?" The commander of the Wilder family couldn't understand what was going on at this time. Steel is almost like hard currency in this era.
resources. In the case where most steel is produced in workshops, every piece of qualified steel is worth a lot of money here. If it can be forged into a sword, the price will even be calculated in gold coins.
A sword costs almost several years of a family's gross product. What I'm talking about here is not savings, but gross production, which means not eating or drinking.
It can be imagined how expensive these things are. After Chengying improved the smelting technology, the efficiency of steel production has obviously been greatly improved. Steel that was originally extremely expensive can only be regarded as an ordinary tool now. Every
An ordinary family can own at least one iron pot, iron farm tools, iron kitchen utensils, a set of knives and scissors, and if you are a little richer, you can also own an iron seeder and other agricultural tools.
equipment.
As for the industrial side, more metal products are needed. What is needed is not just steel, but all kinds of metals, even aluminum, which is more precious than gold in this era.
For this era, aluminum is almost impossible to smelt, and it is rare and expensive. Although it is not clear what role this material that is not as strong as steel can be used, but the value of this thing is extremely precious.
It is not an exaggeration to say that it is priceless. If Wilder were to see the aircraft in his territory at close range and observe that the aircraft skins were all made of aluminum, he would probably let his troops directly seize the aircraft and destroy the aluminum on the outside.
All the alloy skin was peeled off.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! That thing is precious enough to buy a small city, but the value of aluminum will definitely decline over time and with the change of technology, and it will
After all, even if this is not the earth's crust, there is still a lot of metal aluminum stored in it. Unlike gold, this is not a truly rare element.
Wilder originally considered whether to rob the trains here, but on the one hand, these trains allowed him to see the powerful strength of the lord of this territory. On the other hand, the huge power contained in these running trains also made him a little afraid.
In his opinion, the most likely possibility of such a high-speed moving behemoth is a magical creation, and it is difficult to say whether this magical creation has powerful attack power. At least he has no idea how to stop these trains. His knights
Galloping by, the horse can run faster than the train by pushing it with all its strength. But the most they can do is climb on the train. They don't know how to stop it at all. Maybe piling stones on the train track can play a role.
function. But whether this is really meaningful is unknown.
Ordinary stones piled up on the track would probably be knocked away by such a huge vehicle passing by at such a high speed. As for what would happen if the giant stones were transported and collided with the train? It could be a car crash, or there could be fatalities.
The train flew directly out of the track. In that case, the flying train might kill all the people lying in ambush next to it.
Some people have also considered that the train will automatically brake when it encounters a boulder. But until they really understand the principle of this thing, they still do not intend to rob this thing. If it encounters a boulder, this thing will not stop, but
It's a super transformation, changing its form into a train giant.
The consequences would be disastrous. If you were to become a giant, you would definitely be able to smash them all into meat pies with one punch.
As the army continued to advance, they gradually became cautious, and orderly fields began to appear around the core territory.
It is different from the small patches of farmland in other places. The farmland here is connected with each other and covers a vast area. The fields planted by each household are of the same specifications. Large tracts of fields are connected together. Neat roads connect these fields.
The crops on the fields are also growing neatly. At a glance, you can't see the end at all. It's hard to imagine how so many fields are cultivated to be so flat, and how they are planted and harvested?
But just the food on this vast field means endless wealth to people of this era. If they can plant such a wide field and harvest so much food every year, just imagine
If you look at the grain reserves in the granary, you will understand how wealthy this place is.
Cheng Ying had gradually realized the power of the territory until the group of cavalry approached this distance. When they saw steel and trains before, they might have attributed these things to magic. Thinking that it is possible in the territory
There is a great magician or a powerful alchemist.
Although the level experts are strong, they still have to stay away when facing the organized and disciplined 50,000 cavalry. After all, there are still several third-level beings among the cavalry. They lead the cavalry to launch an attack. Even if they are faced with a legendary mage,
He will also perish.
But after seeing the vast farmland, people of this era can clearly understand how powerful the productivity is on this land and how many soldiers it can support.
If they were really aggressive, it would be possible to recruit 100,000 soldiers from just this city.
And with their steel production, they can completely arm these soldiers to the teeth. This means that although this territory only has one city, the combat effectiveness it can display will definitely not be worse than that of the Wilder family. Then even if it is true,
If we want to borrow a path from here, I'm afraid we have to change our strategy.
When the commander of the Wilder family was thinking this, he didn't realize that the lord here didn't even think about talking to them, but was preparing to make dumplings for them.
After they penetrated deep into the territory, armored trains under maintenance roared to life on several railways built around the territory. The trains were equipped with heavy cannons, and there were many shooting holes on the trains.
, allowing the soldiers inside to aim along these places, and in places where railways extend in all directions, these armored trains can shuttle freely, covering large areas within their attack range.
The prey had walked into the trap, and it was natural for the hunter to take action. The Wilder family's army did not realize how dangerous their situation was until they heard the roar of steam engines from all directions.
Trains were passing by at high speeds, emitting white smoke. There was obviously a huge difference in style between these armored trains and those transporting goods. Although I didn’t recognize them, I just looked at a cannon sticking out of the train.
The rugged casing of the mouth and the train itself will make you realize that these are real weapons of war.
"Alert and prepare to attack!" The commander-in-chief of the Wilder family was quite decisive. At this time, he did not consider negotiations or other matters. The other party had already arrived at his door, so he definitely did not come with any peaceful thoughts.
The heavy cavalry formed a charge formation. The light cavalry also flew out, preparing to attack from the flanks and harass the enemy. However, they soon found themselves facing a huge problem. That is, the enemy did not appear on the frontal battlefield at all.
On the train, only armored trains appeared. Of course, it was not true that no infantry appeared. It was just that these infantry were ambushed in trenches near the railway, and it was difficult to observe them from the ground.
The meaning of their existence is to protect the railway and ensure that the railway is not actively destroyed during battles. The armored trains provide fire cover for them to ensure that enemy attacks will not fall on them.
The light cavalry rushed to the armored train and fired the short bows in the direction of the armored train. The precise bows and arrows hit the armored train. However, it had no effect at all. The train protected by the steel armor rushed past, and those archers
Ticking him is not enough.
Someone wanted to use a bow and arrow to jam the gap between the rails and the wheels. However, they only saw that the bow and arrow they shot were easily crushed by the wheels, without causing any impact at all.
Just when they were considering whether to rush forward and cut down the rails with their swords, pitch-black muzzles protruded from the armored train one after another. Then bursts of white smoke were shot out.
The trajectory of the bullet could not be seen at all, and most people did not even know that they were being attacked by something. They screamed and fell from their horses.
The captain of the light cavalry immediately led his troops away. During the evacuation process, a large number of them fell to the ground in a crackling design. The inexplicable death was like a curse, which made people extremely frightened. The heavy cavalry tried to get closer.
The bullets hit their bodies, some of them were bounced off by their armor, and some of them killed their horses.
Many heavy cavalry fell to the ground and broke their necks, and there were larger caliber weapons waiting to deal with them.