Heart of Empire Chapter 312: Crossbowmen

After taking over the three light infantry brigades that were replaced by the main army, Verina worked hard and made some changes to the three regiments under her command.

First of all, after the original First Defense Wing and Second Defense Wing received some soldiers, they were scattered and filled into the troops to serve as the backbone, which greatly increased the strength of these two wings improvement. In the third regiment, which is the Shahaiwan Harbor United, Verina simply established a light infantry brigade intact, and with the soldiers from the original garrison battalion, this formed the Shahaiwan Harbor United. main force. At the same time, this also made this wing formed the latest to become the one with the strongest comprehensive combat power among the three wings of the garrison army.

Now, don't underestimate the garrison in Verina's hands. The scale of 4,500 people is a net worth that some medium-sized warlords can barely achieve. As for the shortcomings of the poor quality of the soldiers in the past, after supplementing a part of the regular army and improving them, it is impossible for most of the small warlords to compete against Verina's troops. Even if it is like Ma Long, who has vanished into thin air, adding up the strength of the heyday, if he wants to take the current garrison army head-on, it will still hurt his muscles and bones. It is not impossible for one of them to be killed if he fails.

What is even more terrifying is Dane's main army.

Even the light infantry, which is regarded as the main force in the hands of most warlords, and which can already be regarded as a regular army, has been eliminated by Dane. It can be seen how big his main army is. is strong.

The establishment of the main army has not yet expanded, and it is still the size of 3,000 people in two wings. However, in terms of overall strength, it has changed from shot to shot.

In the first regiment that can play a huge role in the frontal battlefield, the number of white wolf guards has been expanded to three brigades. A group composed of 900 white wolf heavy infantry can become a powerful force on any battlefield. A mainstay.

When fighting against the Iron Spike Hill Legion, facing five times the siege of the enemy, and even the not-so-weak opponents like the infantry of the Lost City, they were able to hold out for a long time. Not to mention, if they encountered opponents like light infantry, they might not have more than ten times the number, and they might not even be able to suppress the White Wolf Guards.

In addition, in addition to three battalions of White Wolf Guards and a battalion of White Wolf Cavalry, the First Wing was also equipped with a battalion of crossbowmen.

The Crossbowman is a long-range shooting unit from the altar building of White Wolf Castle. These human archers wearing leather armor, round steel helmets, and equipped with daggers and crossbows, although not like the ranger troops, have very superb shooting skills and keen skills, but in Dane's eyes Looking at it, among the human armies on the entire continent, there are very few long-range units that are more powerful than these crossbowmen.

The key to this lies in the crossbows in their hands.

These crossbows, in terms of attack power, may still not be as powerful as the longbows used by elf archers, which are nearly one person tall. The crossbows shot out are almost three times as long as the long arrows Ya is no match. However, with a box of crossbow bolts, and then by shaking the joystick on the side of the crossbow, the equipment can be quickly loaded, and the normal archer can be completely exploded in terms of shooting speed.

Eight crossbow bolts are placed in a crossbow bolt box. Quickly shake to reload and shoot. Regardless of the aiming problem, all eight crossbow bolts can be fired within a minute. What's even better is that you only need to pull the trigger to shoot the crossbow. Unlike a longbow, it takes a lot of effort to pull the bowstring once to aim and shoot.

Replacing the crossbow box is also very convenient. After the crossbowmen shoot out a crossbow box, they only need to throw away the box and take out a new box, which can be reinstalled within half a minute.

Of course, the most economical way is to refill the exhausted crossbow box with eight arrows. The price of a crossbow box made from an equipment factory is not cheap, but if you really encounter the kind of time that requires fast and intensive long-range firepower for continuous attacks, it is obvious that the strength that crossbowmen can play The effect is even better than that of the elf ranger.

The only fly in the ointment is that if the long-range arms of the two sides shoot each other in a traditional battle formation, the range of the crossbowman is relatively disadvantaged, and the crossbow arrows fired by projectiles are not like long bows and arrows Like the arrow, when falling down after crossing an arc, you can get a special kinetic energy bonus, and the damage ability will also be discounted.

But in any case, although the crossbowmen are not enough compared to the top, they are still more than enough to compare with the bottom. Even if it is not as good as the authentic elf ranger unit, it has its own characteristics, and it is still a very good long-range shooting unit-it is better than letting light infantry equipped with short bows serve as the long-range firepower of the first regiment. times gone.

Actually, White Wolf Fort, as the base of the temple, was used for training by human arms. Just like the forest base Auriana, where sword dancers and sentries could be trained at the very beginning, Auriana could also train corresponding low-level arms-crossbowmen and infantry.

But Dane didn't try to train the crossbowman at the beginning, because he didn't have much money at that time, and the training of the crossbowman also cost money, so it's better to throw the resource ~IndoMTL.com~ which is more expensive Elite ranger troops go up.

The reason why he started to train crossbowmen now was because he was on the verge of a war, and he had to expand the combat power of the regular army in his hands as soon as possible. Moreover, when the building level of the White Wolf Fort's [shooting range] was raised to level four, the crossbowman became a strong crossbowman, and his level has risen a lot, which has the value of training.

As for the other initial unit—infantry, the reason why Dane didn't train them was different from that of crossbowmen. White Wolf Fort's special unit, the training program of White Wolf Guards, is located in the same building [Barracks] as the infantry training ground. This means that if Dane wants to train the White Wolf Guards in the barracks, he cannot train infantry, and if he trains infantry, he cannot train White Wolf Guards. Anyway, he can only train one of them at the same time.

Well, whether it is [Infantry] or the upgraded unit [Heavy Infantry] that appeared in the fourth-level barracks, there is a certain gap in strength between the White Wolf Guards. Therefore, under the conflict between the two, Dane's mind was confused, so he let the White Wolf Guards not practice, and went to train ordinary heavy infantry.

The same is true for the cavalry unit at the base of the temple - [light infantry]. With the White Wolf Cavalry, Dane would not train ordinary light infantry. I didn't see that on the battlefield, the red scarf sand bandit cavalry, an outstanding light infantry, was almost no different from paper when faced with the impact of the white wolf cavalry. (To be continued.)