Many people don't understand the difference between fighting during the day and at night.
Especially in the aspect of city defense, even if you tell him that there are many unfavorable conditions at night, he will often just say: "Then just arrange for the soldiers to be on guard and not let them go to bed too early." Thinking that this is enough. Solve all problems.
Tricking war is a common practice in today's mainstream society in Padrosi.
Overconfidence, talking on paper, and not paying attention to details.
Know your mistakes and don’t correct them.
It seemed that as long as the generals lined up in formation, the soldiers would move on their own. No matter day or night, spring, summer, autumn or winter, just a few simple steps are enough to deal with all problems.
This large Eastern country, which was founded on war and gained its current status through war, is now ironically full of politicians joining the army and taking command based on their background rather than ability, etc., a series of unsatisfactory bureaucratic styles.
This is why soldiers, non-commissioned officers, lower-level officers, and people who have experienced some battles have an instinctive distrust of high-level generals.
These guys talk strategy at banquets and brag about their military exploits at afternoon tea parties with noble ladies in the back garden.
completely.
don't know.
war.
This is not just experience, but the entire concept, the entire starting point, they are completely wrong.
The "Beat Generation" who talked about war on paper didn't even understand what war was. In their understanding, the so-called battle is similar to a chess game, "from stillness to movement", thinking and then acting, a rhythmic back-and-forth, round-type game.
What our Mr. Sage doesn’t know and doesn’t care about is.
Duke Juliande was able to obtain the position of commander, although it was not unrelated to his origin, but another reason was that he was one of the top masters in the Padrosi Empire in theoretical strategy and chessboard.
This was also the reason why he had previously rejected the proposal of the Grand Master of the Independent Knights. The Duke was very confident. This confidence comes from his familiarity with theory and countless victories on the chessboard.
But the battlefield is not a chess game.
People who play chess are in a safe environment. They can think slowly and then make every move. Although a few chess games have a limited time, it is ultimately different from the sense of urgency on the battlefield.
war.
It is always in a state of motion.
You won’t have much time to think, and your so-called grand strategy may not be fully developed because of certain details.
Nothing matters on the battlefield, and the time you are given to think about it is extremely short. So when Juliand encountered the real battlefield, he acted like any armchair commander.
He panicked, and then he didn't have the calmness and rationality that he had when he was boasting before the war started. He just randomly played all the cards in his hand.
"No plan can be fully effective after encountering the enemy." This sentence refers to this situation.
When it comes to the impact of the difference between the tenses of day and night and the environment on the battlefield environment, the easiest to understand and most direct and intuitive aspect is the judgment of the enemy's and our positions.
It is impossible for soldiers to keep their nerves tense all the time. Excessive pressure caused by being nervous all the time will cause people to become nervous, make mistakes in judgment, and fail to execute orders properly. In the end, it is likely to become indistinguishable between ourselves and the enemy.
So the sentry post was left for others to rest. After discovering the enemy, the sentry post blew the horn to order the troops to assemble and prepare for battle. This is almost a commonplace practice that anyone with a little knowledge of military affairs is used to.
However, one thing that most people have always ignored is that it takes time from the time the enemy is discovered at the sentry post to the time the troops are assembled.
Whether the enemy attacks the city first or the troops gather first? This issue involving "timing" and "racing", like many other issues, is a key element in all battles.
Therefore, seizing the opportunity as much as possible is something that everyone should consider. Promising city lords will cut down the trees outside the city wall, leaving at least one kilometer of bare vision, leaving no room for the enemy to hide. It is for this reason that the sentries can detect the enemy as early as possible. and sound the alarm.
But this is only limited to days with sufficient sunlight. When darkness comes without stars or moon, the sentry's field of vision is limited to what can be illuminated by the huge bonfire on the city wall.
Just not knowing when the enemy will arrive or where they will come from is enough to completely demoralize most people.
And those officers who can only talk on paper can only explain rigidly in textbooks under the best circumstances, how can they deal with such a crisis that no one has ever seen.
The victory rate of the human defenders dropped with the visibility, and when the attack really came.
They - supposedly - were unprepared for this and had nothing to do about it.
if.
Henry is not here.
"one two three!"
"Eight hundred meters away!!"
"Sound the alarm!" the sentry's loud shout echoed on the city wall, and the person who received the message quickly shook the bell tied with a thick hemp rope vigorously. The loud sound of "clang, clang, clang, clang" echoed throughout the north of the town. The soldiers and mercenaries quickly dropped the cards, dice or wine glasses in their hands, grabbed their weapons, held down their shaking helmets, and ran towards the open space outside.
"Still approaching! Very fast!"
The sentries standing on the city wall can see the scene in the distance without a telescope - our Mr. Sage is worthy of his rich experience. Even in the field of night city defense battles that ordinary people are not familiar with, he still knows what There are loopholes that should be filled.
"The bonfire at six hundred meters! It has been overturned!" the sentry roared hysterically. With excellent eyesight and being at a high altitude, they could clearly see the scene of burning charcoal being knocked into the air - and this was Henry Answers to night vision problems.
On the only way to the north of the city wall, there are dozens of smoldering fires wrapped in mounds of earth every two hundred meters, leaving only a small gap for oxygen to enter - the bright bonfires may be able to illuminate a larger area. , but they burn too fast and require people to keep adding firewood next to them. Even if there is a high reward for going out of the city into the dark and terrifying wilderness, it is only once. No one will be willing to stay outside.
Therefore, it takes the form of sealing and smoldering with a mound of earth. The fire only emits a dim red light in the dark. It cannot illuminate a large area but can burn for a long time. And when these running ghouls and undead are knocked over on the road they must pass, When you get them——
The large amount of oxygen that enters instantly will cause the flame to jump up.
It was a warning that was almost impossible for the Sentinels to miss.
"Cring the bed crossbow!"
"Cring the bed crossbow!"
Repeated shouts were passed from the highest position of the sentries to the left and right, and the imperial combat engineers who received the news quickly turned the huge crank rocker in groups of two, and the chains slowly pulled At the same time, another person in the group of three sentries also reported loudly again.
"Four hundred meters!" the sentry on the right reported loudly, while the other sentry on the left immediately turned around.
"Sir!" "Archers -! Light the fire." The officer who received the report reacted quickly. The archers standing behind him lit the arrows, and then the officer vigorously waved the torch in his hand.
"put!"
"Pah, pah, pah, pah!" More than a dozen burning fire bombs drew golden-red bright spots and fell towards the mid-air. They were extremely conspicuous in the dark sky, and then disappeared from the landing point and two hundred meters away. Judging from the dark red fire, it fell about 120 meters away from the city wall.
——The leader of the enemy ghoul group has just crossed 400 meters away. This looks like a premature attack with completely wrong timing. However, its target is never the center of the enemy army. .
The dazzling orange-red fire disappeared.
The bed crossbow with long cocking speed was used as the benchmark for testing.
"Northeast, wind speed three!"
"Northeast, wind speed three!"
A longbow with a uniform draw force and a consistent shape shoots arrows of the same weight, but the range and landing point are different in the constantly changing wind conditions. The witch's body is always accompanied by bad energy, and the wind direction is naturally from north to south, so when they fired arrows, it was against the wind.
"Northeast, wind speed three!" Words spread from the center of the city wall to both sides to every crossbow operator.
"Click, click, click!" The combat engineers immediately adjusted the position of the crossbow based on the report. The left and right gears were adjusted to the correct position with the constant swing of the wrench.
"Soak in oil!" Immediately afterwards, the huge crossbow, which was as big as a lance, was lifted up, but its precious armor-piercing arrowhead was put aside. It only used the tip of an ordinary spear and wrapped it with a thick linen.
"Zi——" About 30 centimeters of the entire spear was inserted into the cast iron oil pan that had been heated by fire. The boiling black oil dripped on the ground and splashed everywhere. Fortunately, the air was cold and they were all Wear a thick layer, otherwise someone will definitely get blisters all over.
"Get ready!" Twelve torches were raised in unison.
"put!"
"Bang!!!" The huge stored energy released at the moment of pulling the wrench caused the thick bow string to hit the blocking module made of cowhide, and the huge crossbow missed so fast that it was hard to see It looks like a shooting star that flashes across the sky with red lightning.
"Click - click -" But their impact points were only slightly further away from the extinguishing arrows.
Just over 150 meters outside the city wall, a huge crossbow burning with raging fire was nailed to the ground. The silence lasted for about two seconds. Just when everyone was worried, the flames were struck along the way. Broken snow spread under the ice.
"Bang boom!!!"
The raging fire that instantly ignited in the confined space shot up and shattered the snow above. This ditch two meters wide and more than half a meter deep was naturally another pointer given by our wise man. Along with the fire, it was built by hiring suicide squad mercenaries at a high price. It was filled with a lot of kerosene, but it was quickly covered with snow due to the heavy snow. Therefore, only bed crossbows with extremely powerful penetrating capabilities can be effective. ignite.
But despite this excellent and detailed plan, bad chi still works against them.
"Left side! It's not lit!" I don't know whether the crossbow missed too far and caused the flame to lose oxygen, or the kerosene below also froze in the severe cold. It was different from the bright line of fire burning in the middle and right side. The ground on the left was pitch black, making it impossible to see clearly.
"Notify the death squads!" The officer in charge turned his head and roared, and then three sentries blew their horns in unison.
"Woo————" The long and dull sound of the horn was the agreed signal, and torches lit up more than a hundred meters outside the city.
"Fuck it, I'll do it. I'm really unlucky." This two-hundred-man troop, covered in warm furs, are all tall men with tall horses and solid muscles, but you can see some strange things from the weapons they carry.
This group of people all have giant swords, giant axes, and giant hammers that look very heavy at first glance.
Professional hunting mercenary.
People who deal with monsters, large beasts and dragons.
The word war was originally not associated with them.
But if the target of the battle is a ghoul, a guy with rough skin, thick flesh, sharp teeth and claws, then it is another matter.
"Charge!" A whole wall of fire lit by fire oil in the two-meter-wide ditch not only provides lighting to clearly see the number and direction of the enemy, but also provides another line of defense on the outside of the city wall to kill as many zombies as possible. Ghost, so the vacancy on the left, which is more than twenty meters wide, must be filled no matter what.
"Two hundred meters! The vanguard of the ghouls crossed two hundred meters!" the sentry shouted loudly. Fortunately, the defenders had made preparations early under the guidance of the sage, otherwise they would not open the city until the flames failed to light up. It would be too late to dispatch troops.
"Crossbowmen! Fight them!" This team of two hundred people is a large hunting mercenary group. They are well-trained and well-coordinated. Under the command of the squadron leader with a vulgar tone, there is a whole row of mercenaries holding hunting heavy crossbows. They set up the drive.
The wall of fire that ignited in the darkness had a very wide lighting range. They took advantage of this lighting to quickly kill the leading group of ghouls. The melee troops seized this opportunity to rush forward, and discovered the reason as soon as they got closer.
"The crossbow missed! It didn't break the snow!" One of the mercenaries shouted: "Who brought a shovel!"
Obviously, even with arrow correction and the extremely high accuracy of Padrosi's crossbows, more than 70% of the 12 crossbows missed when faced with a 2-meter-wide target 150 meters away that only knew the approximate direction.
What they originally fought for was numerical superiority. As long as one shot hit and ignited, they could ignite an entire ditch.
"It seems that luck is not on our side, prepare to meet -" The mercenary who shouted earlier was one of the two deputy captains, and as soon as he finished speaking, he immediately opened his jaw and looked at the dense cluster of ghouls running around. .
"Five hundred...eight hundred..."
"What the hell!" The squadron leader who had previously commanded the crossbowmen rushed up with an angry curse, grabbed the giant hammer behind his back, and jumped towards the ditch.
"I can even knock down a dragon lizard, you ice-breaker, wow!" With a loud shout, the mercenary man raised the giant hammer high, and then landed with an astonishing force the moment he landed. The sound shattered the snow covering this section, but because of the movement, he almost fell into a ditch full of kerosene.
"You idiot, you should lose weight!" Fortunately, the deputy commander decisively threw away his weapon and grabbed him.
"Don't fight, retreat! Retreat!" "Ouch!!" The roaring ghoul was already running in front of them on all fours, and the mercenaries started to run back in a hurry. Fortunately, the ditch was opened at this time. Flames also began to burst out from the broken gaps. The deputy captain threw out the flying ax from his waist with a "swish" sound and hit them even more. The surface burned quickly and the volatile kerosene burned in a very short time. One after another sprang up inside.
"Heart!" The rising flames were always a step too late. Before the wall of fire could completely burn, several ghouls rushed over. One of them pounced directly on a mercenary squadron leader who stumbled and fell to the ground.
"Boom-bang!!"
Like lightning and thunder.
In the blink of an eye, the ghoul was shot through the right shoulder by a heavy crossbow and pinned to the ground.
The two-meter-long iron crossbow is specially designed to deal with earth dragons. The ghoul's horny cortex that can block sharp swords is a joke in front of it.
"Oh my god..." The mercenary man grabbed his giant hammer and wiped the sweat from his forehead. The ghoul that had been shot in front of him still had its ugly mouth full of fangs dripping with black bodily fluids open.
"Quickly - withdraw - come back - come -" The amplified sound of the trumpet and the rapid sounding of horns urged the mercenaries to rush back. Many crossbowmen wanted to turn the wheel to wind the string, but many But the ghoul had already passed through the wall of fire and rushed towards them with its body covered in flames.
"Ahhhhhh--" screamed again and again. Even though he was a well-trained hunting mercenary, he still couldn't make any trouble in the face of the overwhelming numerical advantage.
"Throw it away! Throw it away! Weapons are not as important as lives!" the deputy commander shouted loudly, and under his order, the crossbowmen who were originally serving as cover troops also quickly dropped their heavy crossbow machines and ran away.
"Roar!!" The ghouls who came one after another passed directly through the wall of fire literally. The high-purity fire oil with additives burned at an alarming temperature, causing their protective cuticles to be burned and cracked, and the oil-rich oil After the inner layer of skin was ignited, some high-level ghouls who had not completely lost their sense of pain began to scream.
Like moving torches, the group of ghouls moved closer to the city wall.
"Damn it!"
"Archers! Move to the left! City defense spearmen, get ready." Although the mercenaries worked very hard, the wall of fire on the left was not completely ignited. Whether out of instinct or wisdom, a large number of ghouls began to move closer to the left in the dazzling firelight.
"Quick!" At a distance of one hundred and fifty meters, all the mercenaries outside the city ran at the fastest speed in their lives. Archers and crossbows attacked the ghouls to cover them, but there were still people who were lagging behind being pounced on by the flame-covered ghouls.
The extensive use of expensive fire oil had an effective killing effect, and more than a thousand ghouls were ignited and felled. The faster they rushed, the faster they died. In just half a minute, the mercenaries outside successfully rushed into the city.
"Kill!" The response troops who had been prepared for a long time thrust out their spears and killed several ghouls that were chasing after them. Then everyone quickly pushed the city gate and locked it tightly. .
"Bang!" The abominable undead spirit that was not yet dead slammed into the door. The scratching sound could be heard clearly through the half-meter-thick copper-embedded wooden door. When the heavy door bolt was finally locked, the mercenaries They all collapsed on the snow with a sigh of relief.
"Oh my god... I want more... next time, even with this reward... I won't do it anymore -" the mercenary squadron leader who wielded the sledgehammer complained. , but the battle is far from over.
"Don't let up!" the officers roared loudly.
"Running out of arrows!"
"Running out of gas!"
"Where is the logistics!"
"Quick!" Various shouts accompanied the rapid movement of torches. Before it was over, just when the mercenaries had finished breathing and got up, several city defenders standing under the city wall suddenly paid attention. At some point something starts to move.
It was another thing the Suomir man had asked them to arrange, something they hoped not to have any use for.
"Dig a pit half a meter deep at the base of the city wall, and put wooden bowls of water in it. Place one every 5 meters. If it freezes, remember to break the ice in time."
"Uh, sir, what is this for?"
"shock."
"Uh, what vibration?"
"The vibration of the ground, unless you prefer to feel it with your face against the cold ground."
Henry said every word:
"Ghoul."
"I know how to dig holes."
"Oh, by God." The guarding soldier made a prayer gesture and then raised his weapon.
