Chapter 600: The Battle of Mordan (2)
The quiet morning was broken by the sound of horns, and the originally calm as the sunset barracks instantly became lively like a water surface that had been thrown into a bomb, and the sunset baggage troops as logistics troops were pounding the porridge in the pot with a big scoop in their hands: as the sun never set began to grow rice, this rice production method from the eastern continent was not only accepted by the civilian class that the sun never sets, but also by the soldiers in the army, as for the reason is very simple, Because drinking this kind of thing is no different from tasteless soup (don't compare it with the porridge of later generations, the people of the civilian class generally have 1/3 of the rice in a bowl of porridge in order to save expenses, and the army also provides 2/3 per bowl per person, of course, it is worth the soldiers' situation that there are all kinds of strange side dishes in the army, such as smoked lizard meat, dried fruits, etc.), it is much better than trying to gnaw on those black breads that can't even bite their teeth, After all, brown bread is something that exists between minerals and food.
In addition, the soldiers who never set the sun also began to wear their armor with the help of their comrades, and the soldiers who did not set on the sun, as the second-line troops, also began to assemble the siege equipment that had been folded up before, as for the vassal army of the commercial alliance in the army that never sets, although the comprehensive strength of these soldiers is not strong, but fortunately, these soldiers have made good performances in obeying the command of the officer, and they also began to organize their clothes after the horn sounded, Prepare to go into battle with the soldiers on which the sun never sets after breakfast.
As the defenders of Fort Berandany, who were also woken up by the sound of these horns, their performance was not as neat as the sun never set, except for the fact that it was not their own people who woke them up but the soldiers outside the city, the most important thing is that although Fort Berranni claimed to have 200,000 defenders, in fact, there were less than 10,000 regular soldiers belonging to the Kingdom of Moldan. And this also includes those militia units that belonged to the city defense army and security army of Fort Berranni before the sun never sets.
In addition, the remaining 190,000, the so-called defenders of Fort Beranne are actually only more than 80,000, and these more than 80,000 people do not know what soldiers, not even the militia, because these more than 80,000 people are not only men and women, but also some residents of Fort Beranne who have just touched the Mordan crossbow a few days ago, and their melee ability is 1, and their defense ability is 2. Those who don't have money can't even reach 1, and as the charging power of the soldiers, these burghers of Fort Berranni, who are equipped with Mordan repeaters, don't even have this attribute!
However, it is worth mentioning that the long-range damage of these burghers of Fort Beranne is as high as 10 points, and some even reach 11 points. What's even more surprising is that the morale of these Berranni residents is even higher than that of the regular Mordan soldiers guarding the castle.
But it's no wonder. After all, the Mordan crossbow is a mechanical crossbow made by imitating the crossbow technique of the Eastern Continent. The countries of the Eastern Continent have the same Mo forging mechanics as the Great Empire, and even the mechanics of the Eastern Continent are divided into dozens of schools, such as the Mojia mechanics controlled by the Western Qin Empire, the stone warfare mastered by the Dacheng Empire, and the bronze mechanics owned by the Tianming Empire. But where will this decline go?
As for the reason why the morale is higher than that of the regular army of Mordan, one is because of the influence of Fort Berranni on the inhabitants of Fort Berranni, after all, no one wants their house to be breached by invaders, and secondly. Due to the fact that the Water Qilin Empire came to the Kingdom of Mordan almost every few years to fight the autumn wind, and every time they were looking forward to Fort Beranne, under the influence of such a situation, over time, the residents of Fort Berranni have blind confidence in the fortress where they are, in their opinion, it is estimated that even if the dragon comes, this fortress will not be able to fall, and this is the most fundamental reason why the residents of Fort Berranni will have such a high morale, it is true that this is a good thing in the war, but if Fort Berranni is captured, Then these residents of Fort Berranni, armed with Mordan's crossbow, will also have the possibility of a complete collapse in an instant.
Half an hour later............
"Hahaha......... Those ants who never set the sun actually want to attack the city! Looking at the army that never sets in the distance, marching forward in a phalanx of thousands of people, although the citizens of Mordan on the city wall were indeed shocked by the solemn military appearance of the army that never sets, but not many people were frightened, because these soldiers with Mormoredan crossbows had great confidence in the huge city wall they were in.
Although the scale of the buildings of Fort Beranni was not as large as the Minas Stirris, there were no six-story walls of Minastilis, no terrifying giant trebuchets on the walls of Minastilis, and no human warriors in silver armor in Minastilis. But Fort Berranni can also be considered a small Minastirris.
Because the Moldan people are good at operating long-range weapons, although all the castles of Borranie are designed to have no moat at the edge of the city wall, no hot oil at the city gate, and no rolling stone or wood rolling tools on the city wall, they have a large number of catapults and bed crossbows, and even a unique device of the Mordan people called the Ten Repeat Crossbow, but unlike the honeycomb crossbow of the Water Kirin Empire, the honeycomb crossbow shoots the javelin in a straight line at the machine gun, and the Ten Consecutive Crossbow is a bit like a pipe cannon being developed by the sunset. The 10 giant crossbow arrows are fired sequentially in the way of pipe cannons, which are stronger than honeycomb crossbows in terms of shooting power, but the number of one-time fires is less than that of honeycomb crossbows, and this type of crossbow is the same as the so-called magazine car in later generations, and loading ammunition is a hard wound.
At first, the Mordans laughed at the soldiers on the side where the sun never set, but then these ridicules turned into doubts and solemnity, because the soldiers who never set not only pulled out 20 heavy siege guns from their army with Kodomon, which were larger than siege guns, but most importantly, the side on which the sun never set actually let the engineers drag out a full 200 land scorpion crossbows!
For the military department of the sunset, the scorpion crossbow, which originally appeared in the Roman era of the original world, is already an outdated product, even if the sun does not set now, the whole army, whether it is the navy or the army, is equipped with a large number of this weapon, and the 3rd and 4th generations of the scorpion crossbow have been transformed and designed by the masters of Mo Forging, and various mechanical principles have been used.
But for this kind of weapon, which has not even reached the middle of the Middle Ages in the King Continent, the Sunset Scorpion Crossbow is not only the crystallization of the War Mechanics of the Great Empire (it was originally like this, after all, the small scorpion crossbow has added the long-coveted techniques of the King Continent, such as Sunset Folding Science, Mo Forging Steel Bone Science, and Mirror Mirroring), and the power of these scorpion crossbows is not small.
With the southern conquest and northern war of the Great Empire, many materials about the Sunset War Equipment have been circulated to the entire King Continent, and as the most commonly used weapon of the Sun Never Set Army: the land battle scorpion crossbow has also been unveiled and displayed in front of everyone: these scorpion crossbows are a simplified siege crossbow in the eyes of all the people in the King Continent, and their power is not only strong enough to destroy the enemy's heavy siege weapons in a few casual strokes, but also according to rumors, even those slender and long, Watchtowers made of stone may not be able to hold up under the fire of these scorpion crossbows. Coupled with the long range and high accuracy of the scorpion crossbow, he became a recognized public enemy of war equipment among all the war equipment in the King Continent, and also won the nickname of "medieval bazooka" of the army on which the sun never sets.
"Quick! Fast! Hit all those sunset scorpion crossbows with all the siege equipment you can get! If these war machines start shooting, it won't be long before all of our city defenses are destroyed! "The people of the King Continent who have passed the actual combat test understand that even the strongest iron wooden walls and other urban defense facilities used to resist the rain of arrows will definitely not be able to withstand the pouring of the scorpion crossbow that the sun never sets, and the most effective way to deal with the scorpion crossbow is to destroy it before it starts to operate, so the commander of Mordan, who guarded the castle of Berranny, shouted at the surrounding heralds in panic after seeing the 200 scorpion crossbows.
"And Your Excellency, what about those black pipes?" After a herald found the scorpion crossbow, the Kodomon in iron armor had begun to remove the barrels of the heavy siege guns on his body with the assistance of the surrounding Sunset Engineers, and asked worriedly: "That thing doesn't seem to have appeared in the Sunset Siege before, do you want to destroy that thing first?" ”
"I ask you, will our trebuchets be able to hit those enemies?" Commander Moordan, whose face was still a little panicked, asked. And the herald, after testing it with his gaze, turned around and stammered, "That...... It seems that a couple of trebuchets should be able to knock down that position. ”
"Then if we miss, aren't we wasting our time destroying those sunset scorpion crossbows? Compared to those things that don't know the way, the key is to destroy these scorpion crossbows that pose the greatest threat to our city defense system first! Commander Mordan kicked the herald away and yelled at him, "Why don't you go to herald?" You think our Château de Berranie has fallen! (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )