Chapter 662: Preparing for War (2)
In addition to the 4 major guardian corps, according to the information given by the No. 5 spy in front of him, in addition to the apologetic troops with a total number of about 500,000 people, the Holy Light Empire also has three other regular armies, and one of them is the angel legion brought to them by the angel clan, with as many as 100,000 people: after all, although the angel clan's fertility is not good, after nearly 10,000 years of cultivation, it is still possible to assemble a legion of 100,000 people. Moreover, most of the fights between the New Griffin Empire and the Divine Light Empire are petty, and the number of times that the Griffin Troops, Angel Legions, Titans, etc., are deterrent arms is far greater than the number of warring arms.
The other two legions are called the Red Legion and the Moloch Legion by the Great Empire of the Holy Light, which is dominated by the religious system of the Great Empire, and the Red Legion is called the Red Legion, but not all of them are legions dressed in red: all of them are called Red Legions, because in the main religious system of the Holy Light Cult, the two Holy Light Archbishops need to wear a red cloak, so many times the archbishop is called the cardinal. And the so-called Red Legion is actually the Legion of the Guardians of the two archbishops (not the Legion of the Descendants).
The personnel selection of these redcoat legions is different from the cathar legion, the 4 major cathar legions are all recruited from those who believe in the Holy Light Cult in the Holy Light Empire, while the redcoat legion can be recruited from anyone and any race, and the most important thing is that the treatment given by the redcoat legion is the same as the cathar legion in many aspects, and even some are better than the cathar legion, but this is not because the Holy Light Empire suddenly became so cheerful, but because the redcoat legion has a different status from other legions on the battlefield, And this empire is estimated to be only acceptable to the troops of the Red Coats in this case - at best, they are called assault troops, and if they are ugly, they are called death squads.
That's right. Although the Red Coats are equipped with the same sophisticated full-body plate armor as the Apologetic Legion, and at the same time have a powerful German-style two-handed broadsword in their hands, their role on the battlefield is not like that of the Apologists in the Apologetic Army, arranging themselves on the battlefield to engage in hand-to-hand combat with enemy soldiers, and any soldier who becomes the Red Coats knows that when they stand on the battlefield and appear in front of them is the enemy, there is only one thing they have to do - pick up the weapon in their hand and charge forward. You can never take a step back.
In such a situation, the soldiers absorbed by the Red Coats began to gradually change from civilians to prisoners, etc., although this made the military discipline of the Red Coats worse and worse, but because these guys are outlaws, they are not afraid of death after going to the battlefield. In many cases, it can turn the tide of battle that looks like it will be lost, and it is loved by commanders. In addition, the Red Legion is backed by two archbishops of the Holy Light Sect. And behind the two archbishops is His Majesty the Pope, the highest status of the Holy Light Empire, so although the civilian class and the aristocratic class of the Holy Light Empire have a lot of opinions about the Cardinal Legion, the high-level military department of the Holy Light Empire, which controls the power of the Holy Light Empire, and the Military Department of the Holy Light Empire, which manages the military department, turns a blind eye to this legion, as long as it doesn't poke out any big baskets, even if the Cardinal Army kills all the men and women in the city after capturing a city, The military department and the top brass just laughed it off. Therefore, the Red Legion is like a black psoriasis in the army of the Great Empire of Divine Light, although it is a stain, it can't be washed off.
Compared to the notorious Redcoat Legion, the reputation of the Moroch Legion is much better, but it is only much better: on the vast King Continent. Because nearly 10,000 years ago, the terrifying human alliance became the overlord of the continent in a hundred years after calculating the various races one by one (of course, the human race at that time did not have the courage to provoke the dragon race, after all, this race can be described as unique, but it was the leader of the human alliance who happened to marry the princess of the blue dragon clan in the dragon clan, so the dragon clan has no meaning for the human race to become the overlord of the king continent, although for the dragon clan at that time, after the collapse of the alliance of the dead, which is the biggest threat to their clan, The battle in the mouths of those intelligent races that exist like grit in their eyes is nothing more than a group of ants fighting each other against another group of ants), and during this period, the originally weak Holy Light Sect has also spread throughout most of the human alliance in a short period of time, including those races that have been turned into vassals by the human alliance, so now, in fact, some races have abandoned their belief in the god of forging and so on, and choose to become believers in the Holy Light, and this includes a dwarf tribe called the Fire Rock Dwarves.
In the culture of the Dwarven faith, the so-called Moloch is a fire demon who is the enemy of the god of forging, and the legion provided by the Fire Rock Dwarves to the Great Empire of Divine Light is called the Moloch Legion: in the Moloch Legion, it is either a dwarven heavy gunner armed with a strong tower shield and a spear, or a furnace warrior holding a steel hammer with a head that is one size larger than his head, although it is an infantry unit, it is equipped with dwarven plate armor that is thicker than the heavy plate armor on the heavy cavalry, Although while gaining strong defense, it loses mobility.
However, no one is perfect, and there is no absolute perfection in the existence of troops, although the Moloch Legion is extremely slow to move, and is the favorite of enemy ranged troops, especially long-range war equipment units, but they often cooperate with the fast-moving Redcoat Legion: the advantage of this is that the Redcoat Legion will attract some firepower for it before then, so that the slower Moloch Legion can suffer less damage from ranged units before reaching the combat location, The disadvantage is that these dwarven warriors have also been affected by the personality of the cardinal soldiers, and they are becoming more and more similar to the redcoat in terms of behavior, if it weren't for the fact that these dwarves are not fatal, it is estimated that they are dwarven-like redcoat soldiers.
"In the regular army, the presence of the Angel Legion can now be determined that it is not there." After opening the information book that was suddenly received in the council, Sun Lin smiled and said to everyone: "In this case, it is estimated that our side will only face 200,000 griffin knights in the air force of the Griffin Empire, and if we do more, we can only add 50,000 flying dragon knights of the Tianlong Empire, and our side not only has about 100,000 griffin knights, but also tens of thousands of bat knights to cooperate, plus we belong to the defensive side and have a large number of ground-to-air long-range weapons and troops, even if our soldiers are nearly half less than the other party." Besides, after the opponent's air combat force has shrunk to 250,000 now, the air combat troops on our side will definitely be able to defeat the enemy's air combat forces with the cooperation of long-range troops and long-range equipment on the ground. ”
"Of course, despite this, we can't take it lightly." Sun Lin said, then looked at the No. 5 spy and asked, "If I'm not mistaken, there should be a few elite troops in the army of the Divine Light Empire, right?" Did you gather any information about these forces? ”
"I'm very sorry for Your Majesty Sun Linmian, according to the information collected, the information of the elite troops of the Holy Light Empire is in the Holy Light Cathedral, and before that, we did not capture the Holy Light Cathedral, let alone have the ability to take advantage of the chaos to infiltrate the Holy Light Cathedral, so our intelligence network has no information about the elite troops of the Holy Light Empire, but there is some messy intelligence that shows that the Holy Light Great Empire has a total of 3 elite troops with a large number of people and at least 5,000 people, namely the Ruling Knights, The Shield of Light and the Spear of Light, the only thing we can be sure of now is that the Great Empire of Light did have these 3 legions, and sent them to fight on the battlefield many years ago, other than that, for example, if there are other elite troops, and where these 3 elite troops are, we don't know. ”
"It's to be expected." Sun Lin muttered to himself, and then continued to ask the spy who never sets: "Okay, we all know something about the first-line troops and elite troops of the Holy Light Empire, so now let's turn our attention to the enemy's second-line troops, before the No. 5 spy told us that the number of regular troops of the Holy Light Empire, including the angel legion provided by the Angel Clan, has a strength of about 700,000 troops, which means that the number of the second-line troops of the Holy Light Empire is nearly 500,000?" ”
"Yes, His Majesty Sun Lin, but to be exact, it should be no more, no less, just 500,000, it is worth mentioning that the Holy Light Empire is divided into 2-line arms There is only 1, and this kind of troops is generally called the Pilgrimage Legion by others, and even the people of the Holy Light Empire are called the Pilgrimage Legion, although these legions and legions are estimated to be defeated in the face of any of our 2nd line troops, but their existence cannot be ignored, because the soldiers of the Holy Light Empire in the 2nd line troops are all-rounders, and they can use compound bows to support in terms of range, In melee combat, they can pick up a mace in hand-to-hand combat, and even ride a war horse as a support light cavalry or give them war equipment to control. ”
"It's a bit like the auxiliary cavalry of our empire where the sun never sets." Sun Lin sighed: "However, our auxiliary cavalry does not control war equipment, and it seems that under certain circumstances, these guys will give priority to attacking." (To be continued......)