The reason why the Knights of the Kingdom are so arrogant and domineering is because the upper echelons of the Kingdom value them. The annual military expenditure of the Knights of ten thousand people exceeds that of the hundreds of thousands of troops on the border. Not to mention that they can attend high-level meetings and banquets at will.
The senior officer was dissatisfied.
There are two types of armies in the Kingdom of Langebel, one is the regular army, and the other is the Knights.
This is a country with an almost paranoid belief in knightly charge.
In addition to the recently wiped out Knights of the Kingdom of Langebel, there are three other knights. Among them, the Royal Knights have reached a size of 20,000 and have always been the king's trump card.
However, after watching today's battle, no one in the army on the border will regard the Knights as an ace force anymore, because they are simply vulnerable to the artillery of the Maxim Empire.
"Has the magic image been recorded?"
"It's recorded."
"Very good, take it to the royal capital!"
Manstein clapped his hands.
"Gentlemen, our war is not over yet. We cannot sit still and wait for death. Since the war has changed, we should also change it as soon as possible. We don't have the enemy's big artillery now, but it doesn't mean we won't have it in the future. The first thing now is to convince Lange
The nobles on the plains produce rifles for us and retrain the army. From today on, we trade space for time, do not fight the enemy head-on, follow the rational choice of combat locations, quickly deploy troops, rationally allocate troops, rationally choose combat opportunities, the battle is over
Retreat quickly."
Manstein's plan received support from many military officers.
Their long-range weapons are bows and crossbows. The arrows shot by professionals can reach up to two hundred meters, but they cannot shoot continuously for too long. Levels 2 to 4 can only shoot about ten or twenty arrows, which makes both arms sore.
, you must have a good rest.
The only fortunate thing is that in addition to the powerful knights of Langebel Kingdom, the second best is the archers.
Yes, the archers were named soldiers, which shows their strength.
This was actually forced out by the knights. The knights charged and defeated the opponent's formation, the infantry advanced slowly, and the archers quickly cleared the battlefield and shot at the enemies.
Over time, archers became the second largest force in the Kingdom of Langebel. Later, many professionals practiced archery hard and gradually established the new system army today.
One-third of the Langebel Kingdom's professional army has been assembled on the border, and the number of archers has reached a terrifying 50,000. These people will become the main force to stop the Maxim Empire's army from continuing to advance.
Compared with the sound of a rifle, the arrows imbued with fighting spirit can kill any target within sight without making any sound.
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This time the Maxim Empire's attack made the Eastern Divine Theocracy and the United Magic Empire ready to take action. They sent elite troops to attack the August Empire. However, both countries were old soldiers and did not use heavy artillery as soon as they came up. Only a few dozen
Two artillery pieces opened fire, and they were very far apart, giving the appearance of a serious shortage of artillery.
This made the Augu Empire not feel too uncomfortable during the fight. Instead, it relied on professional troops to press forward step by step and push back the coalition forces of the two countries. The back-and-forth war greatly increased the confidence of the commanders of the Augu Empire, because in
During this period of war, they had annihilated at least tens of thousands of outer continental coalition forces.
They also seized tens of thousands of rifles that were still usable, but these rifles were all "state-of-the-art" single-shot breech-loading rifles with a serious shortage of bullets.
In a strong attack, the rifle troops of the August Empire cooperated with the professionals to continuously capture two lines of defense of the coalition forces and captured three 150mm mortar cannons.
A mortar is a gun with a short barrel, and the ratio of caliber to barrel length is usually less than 1:12 to 1:13.
This kind of gun has a large shooting angle, low muzzle velocity, and high-arc ballistic smoothbore artillery; it has a short range and powerful projectiles, and is mainly used to destroy solid fortifications. Because of its short and thick body and similar appearance to a stone mortar, it is called
It is a "mortar".
The small-caliber, easy-to-carry mortar later developed into a mortar.
This mortar was specially developed by the United Magic Empire for this war. Its principle is the mortar of the Merlox Empire, but the quality of the barrel is very poor, and it can explode within a dozen rounds.
Capturing two positions and capturing such valuable artillery greatly boosted the morale of the August Empire's army and accelerated the pace of the attack. When the commander in the rear received the message that the army had taken over the third line of defense, he was stunned.
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This speed was too fast. When he flew into the air to watch the battlefield, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and he quickly gave the order to retreat.
More than 200,000 elite professional troops rushed into the enemy's third line of defense.
The third line of defense is criss-crossed with trenches, making it impossible for soldiers to cross quickly. At the same time, there are still a large number of supplies that have not been evacuated everywhere, including ammunition that they are in short supply. How to keep their soldiers from being excited, as long as they work harder to get the last
Once a line of defense is captured, they can completely drive the Demonic Alliance forces back to the outer continent.
When the soldiers felt that they were sure of victory, bursts of deafening loud noises suffocated their charge.
Instructor-level experts with the ability to fly took off one after another, preparing to see what was going on. An unprepared swordsman instructor just saw a black dot flying towards him, and subconsciously raised his sword to block. As for the artillery of the Demonic Alliance, they
I have learned this a long time ago. With their strength, they can easily shoot away cannonballs.
The huge force coming from the sword at the next moment made the swordsman instructor's face change slightly, but before he had a chance to react, several more cannonballs flew towards him, directly blasting his body into pieces in mid-air.
Flesh foam was flying, but before the blood foam hit the ground, the shells had already landed on the ground.
In just an instant, the entire third line of defense was engulfed in gunpowder smoke. The soldiers rushing behind felt the ground shaking in horror, and then the position where the shells landed began to slowly advance forward.
This frightened the Ogu soldiers charging behind them to the point of peeing. The unknown was the scariest thing.
Especially in a place like the battlefield where life can be taken at any time.
The charging Augu soldiers turned around and ran away, but their speed was not as fast as the falling shells. As for the Grand Mentor-level experts and Mentor-level masters, they all rushed to the front in order to attack. They were the ones who survived.
"It's over!"
The commander of the Augu Empire stumbled and fell from the sky, a mouthful of old blood spurting out.
"The war has changed. Let His Majesty the Emperor report everything today. Thermal weapons will be the protagonist of future wars. If the status quo cannot be changed, the empire will be in danger."
The adjutant nodded quickly and was about to write a report. The next moment he saw the commander draw his sword and kill himself.