On another high building on the city wall, the officer responsible for measuring distances shouted loudly.
The messenger on one side quickly waved two colorful flags, and the personnel below loudly repeated the words of the rangefinder upstairs.[.]
At the trebuchet phalanx and crossbow phalanx, the reports sent back from the range finders were immediately transmitted here.
The soldiers responsible for launching the trebuchet quickly made corresponding adjustments.
The entire assembly line from ranging to final adjustment takes no more than one minute, which shows that the Dragon City army has made great progress in this regard.
Through the observation of high-rise range finders, the distance is then reported to the equipment troops in the city, so that the troops in the city can still hit the enemy even after they are blocked by the city wall.
The vanguard of the orcs advanced slowly towards the city wall, and the soldiers on the city wall also tightened their weapons.
Ian was breathing heavily as he watched the orcs getting closer and closer, as if the scene from last year was appearing before his eyes again.
But Bolt had left the tower long ago and came to the city wall. He wanted to fight the orcs instead of standing on the tower and waiting for the result!
Naturally, Bolt could only leave the tower with Zhang Liao's permission. Zhang Liao had heard about the deeds of the Far North Fortress, and Zhang Liao admired such a tough and real man. As a soldier, Zhang Liao could not refuse Bolt.
Special request.
The anger in Bolt's eyes ignited again. He adjusted the slightly crooked helmet on his head and stared intently at the orc forward who was approaching step by step.
Like him, there were all the soldiers of Dragon City, who were also staring at the orc forwards, watching them getting closer and closer to the Far North Fortress.
Among the army behind the orcs, all the orcs are also watching this forward. Although Thor also knows that these 30,000 forwards alone have no chance of capturing the Far North Fortress, but as long as they can maintain a stalemate for a while, then the rear will
A steady stream of orc warriors will swarm in and attack the Far North Fortress in one shot!
With a huge strength advantage, the orcs can get a great respite by breaking through the Far North Fortress regardless of the cost of casualties. And as long as the Far North Fortress is broken, based on this, the orcs can quickly radiate to the entire north of the Hengduan River.
Area, plunder a large amount of food!
What happens after that may be just like what generations of orcs have hoped for, returning to the rich land they dream of!
Thor held his breath. He watched the forward slowly approach the Far North Fortress, and estimated the distance between the two in his mind.
"Marked! Eight hundred meters!"
The observer's voice came from the observation building again. Eight hundred meters away, it was already very close to the furthest attack distance of the Longcheng Equipment Troops!
Zhang Liao also heard the report coming from the tall building next door. He squinted and then issued a confusing order.
"Order the equipment troops to stay put, they don't need to participate in the wave attack!"
The staff officers of the Second Army Command behind Zhang Liao looked at each other in confusion, as if they could not understand Zhang Liao's order.
However, the herald on one side did not slack off and directly conveyed Zhang Liao's order.
After receiving the order, there was a burst of curses from the equipment troops, but they were not scolding Zhang Liao for not allowing them to attack, but they were cursing the infantry for their good luck!
"Bah! Let those animals take the lead again." A soldier in charge of the trebuchet said angrily.
"Yeah, those guys are usually quite arrogant, and this time the forward troops probably won't be enough to fill their teeth." The team member next to him sat down on the piled rocks and muttered.
"Come on, those guys are probably having fun right now. I guess after this fight, they will gain military merits one after another. Really, when will our equipment troops be able to take the field!" The team members on the other side also complained.
stand up.
Speaking of which, those who were organized as equipment troops in the Dragon City Army were pretty useless.
As early as the predecessor of the First Army, that is, when Longcheng attacked Mok City in the second year of Shenli, the equipment troops had already appeared. However, at that time, Longcheng's second military reform had not yet appeared, and they naturally became
A member of a mixed establishment.
After the second military reform, the equipment force became a separate service and was added to the military system. However, the equipment force is still attached to each army's established army and becomes an integral part of the established army.
At present, the Far North Fortress has gathered almost all the regular first-line and second-line military equipment units in Dragon City. They come from different organizations, and even one company comes from the navy!
In the Longcheng Army, the equipment troops were very unpopular, especially the Second Army. In the last battle of the April War, almost no equipment troops participated in the battle! Although many crossbows were drawn from the navy at that time, but once
Neither the trebuchet nor the large crossbow was carried, which resulted in the entire Second Army's equipment unit not getting any honor at all when assessing military merit!
This is something that makes the equipment troops very angry. The most irritating thing is the soldiers of other units. The equipment troops are canceled every now and then, which makes many people hold their breath and want to slap them with facts.
After finally waiting for the Battle of the Far North, they were ecstatic to roll up their sleeves and fight. Unexpectedly, just as they were preparing to start, they received Zhang Liao's order not to attack for the time being, and they naturally wanted to curse.
Doesn't Zhang Liao know the strength of these equipment troops?
The answer is no. Every senior officer in Dragon City knows how powerful these things that look bloated and clumsy to outsiders are.
Especially when attacking city fortresses, the equipment troops can be said to be the king. However, there is also a very important reason that restricts the development of the equipment troops, that is, equipment including trebuchets and large crossbows are indeed the same as those of the Dragon City army.
The usual high mobility is out of place!
Longcheng believes in the importance of soldiers and speed, especially the First Cavalry Division, which takes this speed to the extreme. Even ordinary army formations also take the key to speed to the fullest.
Thanks to Dragon City's developed animal husbandry industry, Dragon City now has more than 10,000 horses for transportation alone, and relying on its unparalleled maritime advantages and developed river transportation, it can support the rapid actions of Dragon City's army!
As a result, the equipment troops have become a drag on the army's operations. This is also the reason why many troops are unwilling to take them.
But at this moment in the Far North Fortress, their advantages will be brought into full play, and the positional warfare equipment force will still be one of the most powerful means of attack.
It is a pity that Zhang Liao is obviously unwilling to kill the chicken prematurely. So they can only continue to wait angrily, believing that this opportunity will come soon.
The postponement of the attack by the equipment troops does not mean that the long-range troops are at hand. On the contrary, almost every soldier in the Far North Fortress can become a long-range force!
A hand crossbow for each person is no joke, and this does not include the archery troops specially used to cover the strike!
Although the equipment troops do not need to attack, the range finders on the tower are not free yet and still have to report the distance to the entire army.
"Marked! Five hundred meters!"
Another loud shout came, and as the flag language was conveyed, the entire Far North Fortress knew that the orcs were almost within the attack range of longbows and crossbows.
The long-range means used in the Far North Fortress this time are composite longbows and powerful crossbows.
The range of the composite longbow can reach the ultimate limit of 300 meters! The crossbow is even better, reaching 300 meters!
Of course, if you want to use this kind of compound longbow, you don't have to think about it without extraordinary arm strength. Bolt has tried this kind of compound longbow before.
But he was out of breath after only shooting five arrows. This shows how much arm strength and physical strength this compound longbow requires!
The strong crossbow is better. This single-person strong crossbow, with the help of gears, is relatively simpler than the compound bow, but it is still a very physically demanding job.
On the city wall, behind the heavy infantry were three rows of crossbow infantry.
They are the most numerous sword and shield soldiers in the Second Army, responsible for supporting the heavy armored soldiers in front and acting as a stranglehold force.
As for the pikemen in the four divisions of the Second Army, they are all on standby under the inner city wall!
At first, Ian couldn't understand why Zhang Liao put the best spearmen on the second line to deal with the orcs, instead of fighting the enemy on the first line of the city wall, and instead used heavy infantry as the first line to fight the orcs.
"Pikemen are indeed a very good choice for dealing with orcs, but on a relatively small city wall, the inherent phalanx support of pikemen will be weakened a lot. In close combat, sword and shield soldiers are better!" These are Zhang Liao's original words.
, Ian found it hard to imagine how humans could defeat orcs in hand-to-hand combat.
For the humans on the Ross continent, the natural advantages of the orcs will be a despairing gap. If it were not for the more complete battle formation on the human side, the orcs might have been defeated long ago and the current western continent would have been lost.
Now, Ian is looking forward to it, because Dragon City's extraordinary long-range attack methods in the far north fortress will become a nightmare for all siege orcs!
The weapons in the hands of those heavy armored infantry also made Ian breathe a sigh of relief.
It's not a sword or a shield, it's a single-sided axe!
This single-edged axe, about 1.8 meters long, is the halberd used by the euphorbia warriors!
Now, look at the heavily armored soldiers at the front of the city wall. People who are familiar with Dragon City's military affairs may be able to guess where they come from right away.
Yes, they are the Euphorbia troops!
The king of ground combat, the most perfect heavy infantry!
In order to strengthen the defense force of the Far North Fortress, Zhou Yunfei specially sent all the Euphorbia troops in Dragon City to the Far North Fortress, a total of 3,200 people.
This unit of Euphorbias took Longcheng three years to build. Just to train these Euphorbias, Dragon City spent several times the cost of cavalry!
And every soldier in the Euphorbia unit has the lowest rank of second lieutenant!
It is no exaggeration to say that they are an officer corps.
The Longcheng Military Staff Department conducted several exercises and conducted confrontation drills between this Euphorbia unit and other arms. The final result was shocking. Under a single confrontation, one Euphorbia unit could be equal to five heavy soldiers.
Armored soldiers, or equal to ten spearmen!
Such combat effectiveness can be said to be one against ten! Of course, cavalry is still a nightmare for heavy armored infantry, and euphorbias are no exception. But among infantry, they are indeed the undisputed kings.
Using them as the first wave of defense force is simply overkill. But Zhang Liao wants to use them to fight a beautiful defensive battle. Because Zhang Liao knows that once the battle starts, the orcs will come in a steady stream.
The guards of the Far North Fortress will bear pressure from the opponent again and again.
Before the reinforcements arrive at the designated location, Zhang Liao must ensure absolutely high morale. Only in this way can he perfectly defend the Far North Fortress!
"Marked! Three hundred meters!"
The observer's voice came from the tall building again, and the orcs entered the shooting range!
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