Otherworldly Castle Era

Chapter 21 School drill

When I came to the school grounds, I saw rows of soldiers standing neatly together to form a small square. The five dark cannons placed next to them were very conspicuous. Two of them were significantly larger than the other three. Not only the thickness, but the length is obviously longer.

“These two cannons should be the siege artillery mentioned by Lu Sushu!” Yang Song thought to himself, “What a big guy! I just don’t know how powerful it is.”

When Yang Song and the others walked to the front of the queue and stood facing the queue, Di Qing took the lead to stand out and salute: “Subordinate Di Qing, see the lord! There are ten teams of various teams, with 120 people, and the assembly is complete, please ask for instructions! ”

Seeing the appearance of this standard soldier, Yang Song is also very familiar with it, waved his hand and replied: “The general is exempted from the salute, show it one by one!”

“Yes!” He turned around and ordered: “The first column on the left, turn left, walk in unison, and start fighting drills!”

In the first column on the left, you can see that it is a sword and shield soldier, holding a shield in the left hand and a knife in the right. Lu Su, who was beside Yang Song, explained: “Lord! Everyone! This is a twelve-man sword-and-shield squad, with one leader and one captain. They have iron bucklers in their left hands and sharp swords in their right hands. There is a spare short knife, wearing a steel half-length armor, and a skirt made of steel sheets at the waist. The lower edge of the steel helmet on the top of the head has a horizontal brim, similar to a straw hat, which can protect the shoulders and defend against falling from the sky. Because the arrow is made of steel, it can be made thinner, and it is light and defensive at the same time. It is impossible to shoot through this kind of armor with general loss.”

Watching this team of sword and shield soldiers practice tactics, sometimes they raised their shields for defense, sometimes they used knives to chop, and even lay half on the ground with their right hand attacking the lower part of the front, while their left hand was on the top of the body to defend against the attack, and finally came to a row. In front of the wooden dummy target, with a horizontal shield in his left hand and a war knife in his right hand, he roared and slashed forward. I saw a row of crisp sounds, and the wooden dummies had separated their bodies!

“Good!” Yang Song applauded and cheered! “The defensive attacks are very good, the soldiers are very powerful, and the swords are also very sharp.” Several people behind him also agreed.

“Lord, this kind of war knife belongs to the horizontal knife, straight back, single edged, the whole knife is one meter long, four fingers wide, all steel, improved design, center of gravity and weight are very moderate, very practical!”

After the demonstration, the Sword and Shield Squad, under the command of the squad leader, lined up and walked back, standing next to the rightmost column, becoming the last column of the small square. Then it was the second column just now, and now in the first column, a team of pikemen armed with pikes began to practice!

Pikemen squad faced the target, “Raise the gun!” With an order, the twelve men raised their long spears pointing to the blue sky forward, stepped forward with one foot, and leaned forward, ready to charge and assassinate.

“Stab!” The command is concise and powerful!

“Drink!” He shouted in unison, and at the same time he took a step forward and pierced the spear in his hands!

“Close!” The Pikemen squad ordered to close their guns and stand up straight.

“Divided, alternate two groups before and after!” Continue to give orders!

The twelve-person team tacitly alternated one step forward and backward, forming two rows with six people in each row.

“Advance alternate attack preparation!”

I saw two platoons of pikemen, raising their guns in an attacking posture at the same time. Under the command of “Attack”, after the first row stepped forward, the second row began to move forward, and waited until the first row pierced the pikes to recover. At the time, the second row was just in the front row, and in the first row before the gun was confiscated, he stabs forward. In this way, the two rows alternated forward and backward slowly but steadily, stabs a shot at the same time each step forward. There are not many people, and the speed is not fast, but there is an overwhelming momentum. It seems that there is nothing in front of them that can stop them. Even if there is, it will be destroyed!

Lu Su dutifully introduced: “This is a small team of pikemen, equipped with two-handed spears, the spear of the spear is made of steel, with a blood tank; the body of the spear is a hollow steel tube, and the tail has a four-diamond cone. The steel cone is used as a counterweight. The gun is three meters long. It is not so much a spear, but a spear.”

“Each pikeman is also equipped with a short knife, in order to prevent the spear from being lost on the battlefield or being close behind by the enemy, as a backup; the pikeman is a medium-armed infantry like the sword and shield soldier, and has an arm shield on his left arm. There are three kinds of sword and shield soldiers. Although the defense is not as strong as the sword and shield soldiers, the attack range is longer and much sharper!”

Yang Song nodded. He looked at these soldiers. There were three kinds of outfits, one was the garb of the Shield Soldier and the Pike Soldier, and the other was the armor that covered the whole body. The last one was very light, like leather. .

The demonstration of alternate attacks by the Pikemen in the exercise field was completed, and a collective assault was finally rehearsed. The charge in the exercise is not a swarm of rushing up, but maintaining a certain speed, maintaining the formation and cooperating with each other, which looks more shocking.

After the Pikemen squad returned, the next demonstration was a small group of soldiers whose entire body was wrapped in armor. Even the faces of this group of soldiers were hidden by a visor.

“Lord, this squad is heavy infantry, the most elite infantry. Steel full body armor, steel helmet with visor, steel shoulder armor, steel skirt, and thick-soled boots with steel plates. The defense is All in all, plus the two-handed halberd main weapon and the one-handed war knife secondary weapon, it can be said to be armed to the teeth.” Lu Su seemed to hesitate to speak.

“What else? Let’s talk, what are the shortcomings?” Yang Song probably guessed what he looked like. Looking at the halberds in their hands, they were only a little shorter than the spears, and they were more than two meters long, but they were thicker, plus the war swords on their waists. The weight of the equipment in this suit is staggering!

“Yes, Lord. These heavy-armored elite heavy infantry have sharp attacks and stronger defenses, but! Weight is a problem. Although it is because the steel armor has only a thin layer, it is not as heavy as it seems, but there are four More than ten kilograms, it’s not something ordinary soldiers can equip. It needs a talented person with strong physique. Moreover, this set of equipment is extremely expensive. Therefore, it is not easy to supplement this heavy infantry. In the future, the lord wants to expand these elite infantry and equipment. You don’t want to talk about it, the most important thing is that the soldiers are not easy to find!” Lu Su saw that Yang Song had guessed it, so he said all the shortcomings of this unit.

“Well, I probably guessed it too, but I didn’t expect it to be so harsh!” Yang Song thought it was just a matter of the weight of the equipment. He didn’t expect to supplement the battle damage in the future, let alone the issue of expansion! A wise man is worthy of being a wise man! Think very comprehensive!

“More than that, in fact, starting from reality, this unit is a bit impractical, or because of the weight problem, long-distance marching is not good, only a drag on the army, the battlefield battle is also a trouble, these heavy infantry are very suitable for defense, not suitable for offense. So! In order to let these elite soldiers play a role in the battlefield, each team is equipped with a carriage, usually marching on the carriage to rest, fight and then get out of the queue! In addition to the carriage, the cost of each heavy infantry But it’s very high.” Lu Su was still adding, he was afraid that the lord would see all the shortcomings, despising this unit, and hurriedly said.

“Although they have these ills, their role is more important.” Just as Yang Song was thinking about the practicality of this unit, when he heard Lu Su introducing the importance of heavy infantry, he listened attentively.

“As long as they appear on the battlefield, it is a symbol of victory. It can not only improve the morale of their own soldiers, but also give the enemy a fatal blow. The solid defense is not afraid of any arrows. After close combat, the enemy will have no Any chance!”

Yang Song looked at the heavy infantry rampaged on the martial arts field. Really, the dense rows of dummy men in front were attacked by heavy infantry, and debris was flying all over the sky. With a halberd, the dummies in front of them were dismembered. Watching the waist-breaking wooden pile shattered under the impact of the infantry, it was a humanoid tank! Watching a group of three heavy-armored infantry cooperate with each other to clear a large area of ​​open space, just like opening Wushuang, there is no defensive posture, all are offensive, offensive!

Looking at the scenes before him, Yang Song was almost dumbfounded, what kind of killing efficiency was this! Although the goal of the exercise is the immobile wooden dummy, you can also imagine the performance of these soldiers on the battlefield! Fortunately, these are all dummies. If you really encounter real enemies, UU reading www.uukanshu.com may not perform as well as these dummies! These dummies have no senses or feelings, but the real enemy sees his people being cleared like slices of melons and vegetables, and he turns around and flees without being scared!

“Awesome! Really amazing!” Yang Song praised again and again, “If it weren’t for the conditions, I really want to change the whole army to such soldiers!”

“Heavy infantry is not only called heavy infantry because of the weight of the equipment, but also because of its status and very important role on the battlefield!” Lu Su heard Yang Song’s praise. I also give you a sigh of relief in my heart. He was really afraid that the lord would cancel this unit without pretending to understand.

“Lord, there is actually no need to change the entire army to heavy infantry.” Lu Su heard Yang Song’s sigh, and the worries in his heart were about to appear at the beginning, and he immediately persuaded him, without waiting for Yang Song to ask questions, and said, “Heavy infantry. It’s not the reason for the high requirements of the army. The cooperation of the arms is the most important! Strong crossbowmen wearing heavy armor is not necessary! And the army concept is to defend against the enemy, can attack far and never close combat!”

Next is the heavy shield soldier: “The exercise of the heavy shield soldier is different from the previous units. The heavy shield soldier pays more attention to defense. Defense is the responsibility of the heavy shield soldier. Only when forced to enter, will he use his waist knife to enter. Hand-to-hand combat.”

The drill of the 　　 Heavy Shield Squad consists of a group of soldiers holding heavy shields in both hands and standing in a row. There is a wedge between the heavy shields to fit together, making the whole squad a shield wall. There is a support rod for erecting the shield behind each heavy shield.

“Lord, this diagonal ground support can lead the enemy’s impact into the ground, and the soldiers behind are very safe. After forming the shield wall, they are not afraid of impact!” Lu Su proudly explained the defense method of heavy shield soldiers. .

“Heavy shield soldiers usually cooperate with pikemen, there are no heavy shield soldiers acting alone!”