About 10 miles outside Mok City, the Dragon City army established a simple camp.
Zhou Yunfei looked at the busy generals around him, and the corners of his mouth slowly curled up.
"Sister Chan, what do you think the expressions of the old guys in Mok City are now?" Zhou Yunfei said in a bad way. Diao Chan looked at the young lord and started to have bad thoughts again, so she remained silent and let someone
People make malicious guesses.
The third prince was currently looking at the new batch of mysterious things transported by logistics. Since he could not get close to see them, he had to think about what they were from a distance.
Those objects are about four meters high, with shelves reinforced by several long logs on both sides. In the middle is a thick and long log, with a large semicircular concave iron pot tied to the top. See here, look
The officials may have guessed it. Yes, it is the trebuchet.
Zhou Yunfei had a whim and drew a sketch based on his imagination. Unfortunately, his half-hearted skills confused the craftsmen who saw the sketch. What kind of thing is this? Fortunately, Zhou Yunfei explained that it was a trebuchet, and simplified it in detail based on the principle of leverage.
After telling the story to the craftsmen, Zhuge Liang was very interested and participated in it. In fact, catapults appeared in China a long time ago. The first large-scale use of catapults in the history of Chinese wars should be Li Xin (Flying General Li Guang's).
Ancestor) attacked Chu. The Chu army secretly prepared a large number of catapults. When the Qin army crossed the river, they suddenly launched them at the same time. Countless sharp stones smashed into the Qin army like a dark cloud. The 200,000 Qin army was completely defeated. Li Xin himself was defeated and committed suicide.
Later, Wang Jian, one of the four generals of the Warring States Period, led an army of 600,000 to capture the Chu State. This shows the power of the catapults at that time. Therefore, there was no problem with the technology of the Han Dynasty, but it was still quite rough in terms of accuracy and range.
It made the catapults at that time too useless. There was also a record of the thunderbolt chariot used by Cao Cao in the Three Kingdoms, but that thing was mainly used to scare people, and the real lethality was not much. Compared with the trebuchet designed by Zhou Yunfei this time
For trebuchets, the precision range is much higher. Judging from the current progress of completion, the level is roughly the same as that of the Song Dynasty. In fact, in Zhou Yunfei's plan, trebuchets are divided into many types.
It has a very large and long range, which is used to attack strong fortresses, and then there is also a small catapult that is easy to carry, or it is more accurate to call it a ballista. In the plan, long-range strikes will be divided into several levels.
The first is ultra-long-range strike. This trebuchet will have a range of more than 500 meters and an accuracy control zone of 50 meters. It is specially used to attack fortress cities. Of course, considering that it will be very difficult to make such a machine, it will definitely not
There are too many. But considering its super power and the casualties of the army attacking the fortress, Zhou Yunfei would not hesitate to choose money in exchange for the lives of the soldiers.
The next step is medium and long-range strikes. This will be the most important and most numerous part of long-range strike firepower. The range of this type of machine will be controlled beyond 200 meters, exchanging large numbers for lack of accuracy. Zhou Yunfei likened it to modern warfare.
The king of all is artillery. Of course, this is just his wishful thinking. But once this simple and practical machine is equipped on a large scale, it will be enough to change the way war is fought.
The last is the short-range strike. In this part of the strike, Zhou Yunfei will use a combination of humans and machines. The newly developed heavy crossbow and light crossbow will cover all ranges within 200 meters. The front line will adopt a heavily armored front like a rock, while a large number of reserve forces will be used.
The easy-to-operate, labor-saving crossbow will be used to deal a major blow to the enemy. Of course, bows and arrows are still indispensable, and the longbow troops 200 meters away will play an important role in small-scale combat conflicts.
According to Zhou Yunfei's plan, craftsmen in the Dragon City Academy of Sciences are stepping up their efforts to develop the above-mentioned weapons. It is not difficult to imagine that in future battles, the Dragon City army will have three strikes. The first is long-range fire coverage, and the second is long-range firepower coverage.
The first is the advancement of the heavy-armed troops, and the third is the charge of the Iron Torrent heavy cavalry. For the backward technology of the Ross continent, these three blows will be extremely fatal! Of course, there are also light cavalry who have high hopes for Zhou Yunfei.
They will be responsible for pre-war reconnaissance, wartime guerrilla warfare, post-war recovery tasks, and can even serve as the main force of the war on certain occasions.
After initially establishing such a force that combines near and far, guerrilla and military formations, Zhou Yunfei can confidently say what kind of shock Dragon City will bring to this continent in the future, or tomorrow.
The third prince, who couldn't figure out what these machines were for, gave up on exploring. He turned to observe the most eye-catching team.
In the Euphorbia Troops, Dian Wei was reporting the military situation to Guo Jia, and the Euphorbia Troopers behind him were not wearing armor at this time. Most of them took off their armors, and only wore a pair of underpants to wrestle with each other to relieve their boredom.
The third prince looked at those muscular monsters and thought of the orcs far in the north. It was strange. Except for the different skin color, they seemed to be slightly shorter than the orcs. Their muscles were not inferior to those of the beasts. The third prince
Thinking of the heavy full-body armor they took off weighing 50 kilograms (plate armor, not scale armor and chain armor) plus two layers of hard leather armor padded inside the plate armor, plus a full-coverage helmet and gloves, the weight is nearly
70 pounds! If the euphorbias wearing full equipment represent indestructible defense, then the three-meter-long iron halberds in their hands are scary. Different from the Chinese halberds in history, Zhou Yunfei proposed to design a new
Weapon, of course, he shamelessly copied the weapon of the famous Swiss Halberdier in Europe. This weapon, which looks like a spear at first glance, turned into a sharp single-sided ax on the top side! This is more conducive to chopping in the front, and like this
Weapons are a nightmare for ordinary soldiers, and a square formation can easily be formed at a distance of three meters to defend against cavalry charges.
In fact, Zhou Yunfei had a strong preference for cavalry early on, because in Zhou Yunfei's image, the army that was most between a cow and a cow was the Mongolian cavalry, which came and went like the wind and was unpredictable. But later with Zhuge Liang and others
After discussing it in detail, he realized that he had thought too simply.
Infantry is always the protagonist in war. The role played by light cavalry, or the cavalry unit, always relies on strategic maneuverability to complete the victory of the war. The requirements of the cavalry unit for non-human factors such as terrain and weather are too strict. Like the glory of the Mongolian era
The cavalry force can only be said to be a special product of a specific historical period. It was glorious for just a century and was destroyed by the emergence of firearms troops.
Light cavalry are often used for large-scale strategic maneuvers and take on special combat missions. Don't expect light cavalry to annihilate large numbers of enemy troops. Wearing only light armor, they cannot be used to charge enemy formations. It is impossible to use the bows and arrows on their backs alone to annihilate enemy troops.
To annihilate the enemy. Therefore, the light cavalry is mainly used for reconnaissance and hunting before the war, assisting the infantry in interspersing harassment and maneuvering during the war, and chasing deserters after the war. In addition, the light cavalry can quickly give a part of the enemy's formation during the battle.
Saturation strike, thereby destroying the enemy's formation and creating opportunities for follow-up troops.
Heavy cavalry is limited by mobility and charging distance. Often the charging distance of heavy cavalry is only a short one or two hundred meters, and after charging a few times, it will have no horsepower to fight. And you should not be overly superstitious about heavy cavalry. Compared with other arms,
Generally speaking, heavy cavalry is too expensive. Once you fall into the enemy's formation after charging, you will find that heavy cavalry is also so fragile. Moreover, the terrain requirements for charging are very strict, otherwise you will fall off your horse during the charge and you will have no chance to stand up.
Already.
It was precisely the cavalry unit that could not be the main force in the large-scale war of the entire Dragon City army, so Zhou Yunfei changed his mind and equipped his troops with various near and far weapons, using comprehensive strength to improve the strength of the army. In fact, Zhou Yunfei saw several major knights in the empire
After the regiment only had a few thousand people, they still laughed at them, thinking that they had no money for equipment, so they could only get so many. In fact, this was not the case. As an assault force, so many people were more than enough in a battle of 10,000 people. When it reached the level of 100,000
In a battle, twice as many cavalry would be of no use and could only be used to assist the infantry in decisive battles.
So after thinking about it, Zhou Yunfei decided that the future legion level should be improved according to a certain ratio, about 6:3:1, 60% infantry, 30% cavalry (light cavalry + heavy cavalry) and the last 10% long-range strike force. In this way, in the future,
The large army will be responsible for most of the combat tasks. As for small-scale special battles, the army will be mobilized to complete them according to the situation.
When the third prince came back from his thoughts, it was already dark. Feeling empty in his stomach, he was going to go to Zhou Yunfei's tent to have some food. A few days ago, Zhou Yunfei said politely, "Let's eat together." Three princes didn't have anything to eat at that time.
The prince agreed, but Zhou Yunfei became depressed. Seeing that the meals carefully prepared by Diao Chan were swept away by the third prince, he couldn't help but sigh, the culture is really different.
The next morning, when the sun shone all over the earth and gave it new vitality, the army had breakfast and lined up neatly two miles outside the city.
Zhou Yunfei, who was worried about the sacrifice of a large number of precious soldiers in the siege, found that the city gate was wide open, and groups of soldiers ran out of the city gate and slowly formed a square formation outside the city!
"What's going on?" Zhou Yunfei asked while standing on the newly built car.
Not to mention Zhou Yunfei was strange, even Guo Jia Jia Xu and all the generals were confused. "It seems like he wants to compete with us in the ring?" Zhou Yunfei asked uncertainly,
"Yes, according to mainland rules, during a city defense battle, when the number of defenders is greater than that of the attackers, the defenders will line up under the city to give the attackers a fair showdown!" The third prince affirmed. Then Zhou Yunfei
A group of people were dumbfounded. How could this battle be fought like this? Aren't you all fooling around? It's a pity that after getting the approval of the third prince Yunabil and others, Zhou Yunfei's eyes twitched. What kind of demeanor is this! In war, people will die, how can it be done?
Whatever! In fact, this regulation in mainland China is nothing. For other armies that are not special forces, the combat effectiveness of individual soldiers is almost the same, so the side with more people will naturally have an advantage, and it is a big advantage. When one side is several times more powerful than the other side
, to give recognition to the courage shown by a small number of parties, and to defeat the opponent with maximum strength is the greatest respect given to the opponent. It may seem old-fashioned, but it is actually full of chivalry. For a modern person like Zhou Yunfei, this is a typical fool's thought.
This is the collision of two civilizations and two minds.
Although the opponent was stupid, this played into Zhou Yunfei's plan. Compared with brutal siege warfare, field battles could undoubtedly bring out the strength of the Dragon City Army better and minimize casualties. So Zhou Yunfei signaled Xu Sheng to start.
Xu Sheng didn't have any emotional fluctuations about this series of changes. In his opinion, whether it was a field battle or a siege battle, the fighting method was the same! Use all your strength to defeat them with one blow!
The sun was rising slowly, and the armies from both sides were slowly approaching.