Eight hundred and thirtieth chapters broken courage
In fact, compared to artillery, the manufacturing threshold of muskets is lower.
The artillery Yongye Army Leader can be mass-produced, let alone muskets.
However, precisely because of the low threshold, Yong Ye's military leader prioritized the launch of artillery and was slow to put the muskets into service.
Because this thing not only has a low manufacturing threshold, but also has a lower usage threshold.
Any farmer, holding it, can easily kill a well-trained knight - a knight with defensive combat skills and body protection is another matter.
If the leader of the Yongye Army does not have an advantage in the cold weapon war, Sean will definitely advocate the route of musketry first and then artillery to enhance the combat effectiveness of the infantry.
But they innovated the combat skill system first, and were one step ahead of others in this area.
Later, they annexed the Kentana Barbarians, who were known as the best in infantry warfare, and cold weapon warfare reached its peak.
The musket was pushed out without any hurry.
Because this thing is different from artillery, not only is it difficult to manufacture, but it is also a personal weapon. When it is deployed on a large scale, confidentiality work is much more difficult than artillery.
Once it is copied by the enemy and becomes widespread, it will in turn undermine its dominance in cold weapon warfare.
No installation does not mean there is no research, no production, and no inventory.
Sean, who was foresighted, knew that this was a major trend in the future, and his approach was just to control the emergence and proliferation of muskets.
With the foundation of black powder, sooner or later someone will come up with a musket. After all, its basic principles are exactly the same as those of artillery.
When Sean realized that their real enemy was not just the Odin Orcs, his thinking involuntarily changed and he no longer hid.
This time Sean supported Sophia Liya. The most powerful force was not the artillery regiment composed of 300 artillery pieces, nor the two main battle legions, but 20,000 Andis longbows and 20,000 Type 15 guns.
rifles, two million heavy arrows and two million rifle bullets.
These long-range firepower weapons were enough for Sophilia to organize the temporarily recruited farmers into longbowmen and musketeers after the simplest training.
These two professions are typically easy to learn but difficult to master.
It only takes a week for them to master the most basic skills. The rest is mainly about formation and the most basic command and command.
As for the issue of accuracy.
Neither is needed.
The former is basically invisible to the enemy during the projectile process.
They just lined up in formation, followed the command of the commander, drew their bows and sent out the long arrows. As for whether they could kill or injure people, it was completely left to the enemy's luck.
They shoot enough arrows at once and densely enough, and they will always gain something every time.
The same goes for guns.
Even snipers who have undergone rigorous training and have specialized firearms cannot kill an enemy with one shot, let alone these farmers who have pieced together the enemy.
All they need is to line up in a row like longbowmen, aim at the target directly in front of them, and pull the trigger. Whether they can hit the target depends entirely on luck.
So far, the harvest has been quite fruitful.
Because their enemies have never had any experience with muskets, do not know its characteristics, let alone how to defend and avoid them.
Especially when it is twenty or thirty meters close to the city wall, there is no way to separate them as much as before. As long as the direction is exactly the same, it is easy to gain something.
"It worked. We succeeded. This thing can really kill those stinky orcs."
"Haha...haha...I killed, I killed an Odin orc, haha...Let's see who dares to call me a coward in the future."
"Bah! Which of your eyes saw that you killed the enemy? Is it possible that you can still see the trajectory of the bullet clearly? Maybe your bullet has already missed the target, and someone else shot it wrongly.
Not necessarily! Besides, the name of coward cannot be erased by killing one or two orcs."
"The one right in front of me is the one I aimed at, and the one I killed. Even if the other idiots miss the shot and kill it, it still belongs to me. If you don't accept it, wait and see who kills more."
"It's a competition. Are you afraid of you? I really thought that I was a sharpshooter because I lost one person! Come on, come on. The loser not only ran naked around the school field, but also shouted ten times about himself.
He's a coward."
"Okay, it's a deal!"
"This thing is powerful, even more powerful than a bow and arrow. Haha, I already like it. I have long heard about the craftsmanship of Yong Ye Army Leader. In recent years, it has made rapid progress and is unparalleled in the world. I didn't expect it to be so exquisite. Not only
It is possible to produce artillery with huge destructive power, and it is also possible to produce such exquisite anti-personnel weapons. It is a pity that if we had such a sharp weapon when we were defending the city wall, how could the defense line have fallen."
"Be content, we can have enough black powder barrels, which is already a blessing to the princess. If it weren't for the fact that the princess is now the lord's wife of the Yongye Army, how could the other party give us such a sharp weapon? More
What's more, the real defeat in this war was not due to the supply of weapons, but to the opponent's invincible means. Now the Blood Castle is still obscured by black mist, and His Majesty the Grand Duke is not sure whether he is alive or dead!"
"That's right. Today we will make these damn barbarians pay the price for what they have done. One row will withdraw and the other two will step up."
Contrary to the morale of the Odin Orcs, who were greatly hit, the defenders on Sophilia's side were greatly encouraged after seeing the power of the rifles.
In order to keep confidentiality and save ammunition, their previous training mainly focused on basic operations and formations. Live ammunition shooting targets were relatively limited, let alone shooting live animals.
Before this, most people had no idea. What if the power of the rifle was not as powerful as expected?
If the other party were to rush forward and fight with bayonets with rifles, they would be even less qualified.
After giving it a try, the effect was not as simple as exceeding expectations, but several times greater than what I imagined.
Before their ammunition was exhausted, Hai Ridong's troops wanted to capture their camp, but that was wishful thinking.
Chief Hai Ridong and the others understood this truth. When they stopped their all-out attack, the corpses of the Odin orcs left outside the camp had piled up into a mountain. The number of dead soldiers was twice the sum of the previous casualties, and the injured were even more.
Most of the injured have been listed as dead.
The penetration and tearing capabilities of bullets are far superior to that of bows and arrows. Once they penetrate deep into the body, it is difficult to safely take them out with the current medical methods of the Odin Orcs.
The result of forcible excavation is either death from massive bleeding or infection.
The entire Odin orc army could hear the moans and groans of these injuries throughout the night, further damaging their morale.
"Great Chief, this battle is going to be unwinnable if it continues like this! Our soldiers have to rush forward despite the opponent's artillery fire every time. When they get close, they don't even see anyone, and they are hit by a burst of arrows without feathers from the opponent.
The arrow was shot down. This kind of sharp arrow not only has the lethality that ordinary sharp arrows cannot have, but the range and shooting speed are also beyond our imagination. The furthest wounded and dead are five hundred meters away. According to the warriors who retreated in front.
, they witnessed with their own eyes that those soldiers completed five launches within a few seconds."
"The long-range firepower of both sides is completely out of proportion. Our warriors are using their own lives to consume their ammunition. No matter how much blood and courage they have, they will be exhausted in a short time."
"This is a trap. This is to catch us all in order to consume the brave warriors in our tribe. If this continues, when all the brave warriors in our tribe who have the courage to charge are exhausted, our tribe will fall apart and be destroyed.
If the other party rushes back to the prairie like a flock of sheep, it will also lead to a dead end."
"Great Chief, you should think of a way. You were the one who urged us to attack the opponent's main force. When this happens, you always have to give us an explanation?"
"The casualties are not terrible. What is terrible is that not only us, but also the warriors below have no hope of victory at all. How can we continue to push them forward?"
"If it doesn't work, we will fight to the death, cross them, and fully attack their hinterland. Even if they retake the defense line and block our retreat, at least we can get a reprieve for our people and gain a way to survive.
Chance."
"The foggy area that emerged earlier is not infinitely long. The sentinels I sent reported that it is only three hundred kilometers long at most. It is really not possible. After looting their hinterland, we bypassed the fog.
, go north to meet up with His Majesty. Under such circumstances, it is impossible for Your Majesty to ignore death and not save him."
"At this time, we should really give up. It is better to bow our heads like Your Majesty than to be eaten entirely. After all, no matter what Your Majesty says, we are still our tribe and will not kill us. As long as we survive this kind of situation before us,
Crisis, we still have a chance to start over.”
"You are just a bunch of cowards. Are you afraid of this little casualty? The opponent's ammunition cannot be endless, especially if it is used at such a high frequency as before, it will definitely consume a lot of money. If we can grit our teeth and hold on for two more rounds, maybe
Their ammunition will be completely exhausted, and by then they will be just a bunch of lambs standing around."
"What you said is easy. It's not you who is charging forward. If you have the ability, then you will lead your tribe as the main attack."
"Hold on for two more rounds? If we hold on for two more rounds, more than half of our warriors will be dead or injured. How much courage do you think our warriors have left by then? I'm afraid it's not the other party but us who will be the lambs to be slaughtered."
"Lead the team and charge forward. I just agreed in advance that if my tribe really runs out of ammunition, after the camp is captured, the equipment, supplies, and prisoners inside will be given priority to our tribe.
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"This is natural. As long as you have the ability to do it, you are our hero. Do we still have the nerve to grab the spoils from you? Not to mention letting you choose. In the following southern expedition, all the spoils will belong to you.
Prioritize selection.”
In the camp of Chief Hai Ridong, the leaders of the major tribes got into a quarrel.
Although Sophia Liya had mastered the rhythm as much as possible and boiled the frog in warm water as much as possible to consume Hairi Dongbu's vitality, by the time they realized something was wrong, they no longer had the strength to jump out of the pot.
It's just that they didn't expect that the lethality of the muskets would be so great, and it would have such a big shock to the Hai Ridong tribe, which directly frightened many leaders. They believed that if the battle continued, the casualties would be disproportionate to the gains.
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They will all be dragged to death and consumed here.
When such a clear understanding arises in the mind, the thoughts will naturally change.
The plan to move closer to Ulan Baz, which they had resisted in the past, has become an option.
After all, it is better to linger on and survive than to be eaten in one bite.
No matter how brilliant Ulan Bari is, the most they can do is exploit them to enrich themselves, but will not completely kill them all.
This point emerged from the fog that cut the north and south, and Ulan Bage sent envoys one after another to warn them, asking them to be careful of the Yongye Army Leader. This was a trap set by the other side, and it could be seen that it was a trap for them.
Not only did he still remember the friendship between the two sides as being of the same clan, but he also understood the enemy they were facing now better than they did.
It's a pity that they thought Ulan Bazhi had a new method at the time, so they turned a deaf ear to this warning, and only then did they realize this after they led 30,000 elite warriors in.
Chief Hai Ridong's face was also uncertain for a while, and his heart was swinging from left to right far more than other leaders.
Because the other leaders still have the opportunity to become cowards and defect to Ulan Bari.
He, the leader, had no chance when he openly ignored Ulan Baz's orders.
When the time comes, it would be the best outcome to be killed as a warning to others, and your own tribe may even be implicated, dismantled, divided, and annexed.
But at this time, no matter how stubborn he is, he will only make the leaders below him alienated from him and leave him one after another. His end may not be any better.
It seems that bypassing Sophilia's military camp, using the mobility of their own cavalry to get rid of the opponent, cutting into the opponent's hinterland, and fighting to sustain the war seems to be their only option.
Even this option is likely to allow them to jump into a pocket formation, be surrounded by the Royal Court's new army and Sophilia's army, and be blocked alive in the Byron Alliance.
But there will be at least three to four months, or even half a year, of maneuvering time to keep his army from falling apart immediately, and maybe there will be a new turning point.
After thinking of this, Chief Hai Ridong finally made a decision and said: "This matter is settled like this. We will send some troops to hold the other side down. The main force will directly cross them and go deep into their hinterland to seize the winter supplies we need.
But everyone must keep one thing in mind: we must not be in chaos within ourselves. Once we start to fight over petty profits, we will have no hope at all.
In order to ensure that the other party will not follow us and kill us, my right tiger guard will be behind us and be nailed here for a week. However, as a price, you can only bring enough portable food for your own people for a week, such as sheep.
Always stay.
This is not only to allow us to persist in practice longer, but also to facilitate your automatic mobility. After all, in the opponent's hinterland, surrounded by enemies, we are the safest only if we are in constant motion. We will not care when the time comes.
How powerful are your troops? You can never stay in the same place for more than three days. Do you leaders have any opinions on my strategy?"