Although the situation in Nanchuan was temporarily stable, bad news came one after another. In the following weeks, the Kingdom's regiment suddenly joined forces with the local guards, and even the Church Skitarii and Knights joined in, frequently dispatching. Small strongholds and outposts of the rebel army located in various places fell one after another, and people's movements to resist rent, expropriation, and seize food were repeatedly brutally suppressed, and a large number of soldiers and people were killed.
All forces have abnormally joined forces to strangle the people's resistance in Montenegro. The actual combat strength of the rebel army, which is mainly composed of farmers, slaves, laborers, and small traders, is mostly at the elementary level, which is enough to deal with the local guards and the Skitarii. However, when faced with the mid-level and above professional armies such as the regular corps and the Holy Knights, The disadvantages of a lack of training and heavy equipment were immediately exposed.
In this world, not only are magic and swordsmanship, spellcasters and combatants strictly divided into hierarchies, but the army also has its own class system.
Measuring the combat effectiveness of an army is mainly composed of individual soldier quality, equipment, logistics, training, command and other indicators. There are nine levels in total. Levels below level 3, levels 4-6, and level 7 and above are respectively primary, intermediate, and high levels, also known as standing, elite, and epic military levels. The seemingly complex military system of the Kingdom of Stormwind can actually be simply divided into two camps: those affiliated with the royal family and those under the orders of the church;
The standing army (level 1-3) generally refers to the non-professional army that mobilizes new soldiers, combines farming and warfare, and the military police force that also takes care of maintaining public security. The royal state and county guards, the church's skitarii and the rebel militia belonged to this class.
Elite troops (levels 4-6) refer to armies with professional personnel, standardized equipment, and unified logistics and command. Including the regular corps of the royal family, the Holy Knights directly under the church, etc. Equipped with magical engineering weapons, most of the beggar troops of Skaar's cronies can rival this class in combat strength.
The epic army (level 7-9), in terms of the quality, equipment and logistics of ordinary soldiers, has not been significantly improved compared to the elite army. The leap in combat effectiveness mainly depends on one important indicator: the level and number of heroic units in the army. After all, this is a magical world where great wizards and great knights can fight one against a hundred or more. When playing Warcraft 3, Oster already knew that in the late stage, the battle line is basically a battle between big-headed soldiers, and no one can kill the other. The heroes of both sides use their skills behind the formation, and the outcome depends on who can move more serpentinely. coquettish; coquettish;
The only military forces that can be classified into this level are a large number of palace mages, several directly affiliated royal corps with flying aircraft carriers and integrated air and space strike forces, such as the First Corps, the Seventh Corps, the Yuexi Corps, etc. On the church side, it refers to the high-level paladin order, which is personally led by the Lord of the Temple and equipped with a large number of priests, healers and holy light mechas. Currently, there are only three major knight orders: healers, holy shields and punishments.
Generally, the armed forces of countries and organizations are composed of the primary standing army as the main body and the middle-level elite army as the backbone. It would be great to have one or two troops that have reached the threshold of high-level epic level, enough to dominate a party.
As for level 9 and up, there is actually an extra level 10. Also known as the legendary military rank, it basically does not appear in mortal armies. The armies of Titans, Burning Legion or demigods and the Lich King can probably be classified into this level.
Of course, in actual combat, morale, intelligence, commanding experience, adaptability, etc. will also greatly affect the outcome of the battle. For example, the rebel militia has the support of the masses. Although it is at the same level as the county guard and the church's skitarii, it can always chase away the latter two like rabbits who have lost the support of the people and have low morale;
But that is limited to fighting within the same class. In most cases, military rank boundaries are the dividing line in combat effectiveness. If a low-level army wants to challenge a high-level army, it needs to pay several times the casualties to achieve a balance of power; if the level difference is more than 3 levels, it is basically a crushing game. Unless the gap in numbers and logistics supplies is too large, it is almost impossible for the weak to come back. Condition.
In the previous Battle of Nanchuan, facing the Sentinel Ridge Corps, which had an overall strength of level 6 and was considered powerful in the mid-level, the rebels' primary troops stationed in the camp were unable to win despite having many advantages such as location, command, and intelligence. . In the end, Skarr almost played all his trump cards, especially the veterans of the Beggar Clan with combat experience, who came to the rescue and gained the upper hand in the head-on confrontation. Of course, the sacrifices were quite heavy.
In the armed riots in the past six months, the rebels mainly faced low-level troops from the kingdom and church, as well as some grassroots bandits. It seems huge, but in the army, only the veterans of the Beggar Clan can be considered to be at the mid-level, and the combat effectiveness of most of the newly recruited militiamen is only level 2-3 at most. The overall strength is a typical primary standing army, which is still far from the elite military level, and the epic level is even more inaccessible.
Furthermore, due to the long-term control of spellcasting technology and raw materials in the Kingdom of Stormwind, the church has always strictly monopolized the authority of holy arts. The extremely lack of capable and experienced spellcasters is also a major bottleneck restricting the combat effectiveness of the rebels. It is precisely because of this that Oster, as a famous red-haired villain who is proficient in holy arts and magic, is so valued by Skaar and is trying his best to win over him.
In addition, the rebels spread their stall too big. In just a few months, the base area expanded from the original Black Mountain County to more than a dozen surrounding villages and counties, and even penetrated into the Knights Territory in the north. To launch a campaign with such fanfare was to declare war simultaneously on the Crown and the Church;
Although the Kingdom of Stormwind is full of crises, it is far from being a weak link of the old forces. On the contrary, it is still one of the most powerful regimes in Aixing.
As the new overlord of the alliance, the kingdom has been expanding all year round, relying on war to support war. The regular corps have rich experience in actual combat, and have basically been transformed into magic weapons. They are also equipped with a considerable number of spellcasters and engineer combined brigades. Although the Church of Light is not as powerful as before, it has gradually established a firm foothold in the Dawn Mountains of the Twilight State in recent years. Heel, and was allowed to resume its armed forces, rebuilding a group of human beings' most powerful combat units, the Paladins.
In addition, there is a huge gap in equipment and logistics between the two sides. The rebels only occupy the northeastern corner of the Western Border State, but the reactionary forces have the support of the entire kingdom in manpower and material resources.
During previous inspections, Oster had long seen that the rebels' strategy of giving up guerrilla warfare and dividing their troops for garrisoning was too radical. It is obviously not a wise idea to use primary combat forces to confront mid-level or above, or even high-level professional armies head-on. Once the government begins to pay attention and mobilize high-level combat forces to encircle and suppress the rebels, the outer strongholds will not be able to hold at all and will be defeated one by one.
The victory of the Battle of Nanchuan can be said to be an accident. Thanks to the full support of the headquarters, the emergence of the commanding genius Mordias, and the opponent's commander's underestimation of the enemy's aggressive advance, they were able to barely defeat a regular regiment. And being unable to take away the opponent's vitality at all, the annihilation battle finally turned into a pursuit battle.
At present, the main force of the rebel army is divided. If other large peripheral strongholds that are far away and cannot be rescued are attacked at the same time, Nanchuan will not be so lucky.
What's more, the most powerful high-level epic army in the kingdom is not in the eastern continent. They are basically sent to the north to fight the Lich King - probably the Super Brain King. Although the battle report showed that they were defeated by the legendary omnic army, and they were defeated and retreated one after another. But it does not mean that it is difficult for these defeated remnants of the top mortal epic army to deal with a few peasant armies. Once the withdrawn expeditionary force is sent to the Western Wilderness, even if it is only part of it, it will be much easier for the freed-up kingdom to attack the resistance forces, and the situation will further deteriorate.
He also wrote a report to the headquarters specifically about the matter, but apparently did not pay enough attention. In other words, Skar didn't come up with a good solution. The subsequent development of the situation basically verified Auster's inference.
