The so-called sunset full-body armor actually refers to the iron plate armor used in the middle of the Middle Ages, but under the forging of Sun Lin with excellent steel, with the exquisite joint moving parts developed by skilled craftsmen, this kind of armor modeled on medieval iron plate armor has become a "boutique" on the king continent, which is also the reason why the sunset armor has a good reputation but was beaten into a fool by the weapons of the allied heavy armor troops in actual combat. The Maginot Line has long been known where it has collapsed, because although the armor of the allies looks like a tin can, it is thick!

So not long after the Battle of Maginot began, Sun Lin grabbed several supervisors of the logistics department and scolded: "Are you sure this is armor and not some steel plate armor?" ”

Although the war caused many problems in the internal structure of the utopian empire of the Sun Never Setting Empire, the war also catalyzed the development of the Sun Never Set military industry, not to mention that the number of new blacksmiths cultivated by the Sun Never Set after this war exceeded tens of thousands, and the two sets of armor in front of them alone were enough to make the saliva of all the officers who never set the sun stay.

The armor on the left is a relatively thin steel plate, the head of this plate is no longer a cylinder, but a helmet like a mushroom head, with a gap in the front of the helmet that allows the wearer to observe the outside, and there are two safety buckles on the side of the helmet, which can be opened to lift a piece of steel with a thickness of half a centimeter on the front of the helmet, so that the wearer can eat or drink without taking off the helmet.

The body and limbs of this suit are different from the previous ones but they are very different, and the appearance of the armor itself has not changed much, the only thing that has changed is that this suit of armor also has skirt armor. There are also armor for the thighs and knee pads for the knees, but not at the back of these areas. In other words, the lower part of this armor is removed from the steel boots, and the armor on the thigh is more like a curved steel piece that can only protect the front of the thigh. And that's true, but that's what the armor really is.

Before that, whether it was the armor of the sun never setting or the battle armor of the King Continent, steel sheets would be placed in the joints and shoulder armor parts, but steel plates were no longer used in the joints and shoulder armor of this set of battle armor in front of me, which made the movement space of the limbs larger; At the same time, the joints of the torso that are connected to the rest of the body are lined with deerskin or linen, and of course to protect these parts, the armor is also flanked by a thinner and lighter chain mail, which is dense enough to ensure that any sharp weapon pierces the joints of the armor. It will only be bounced off, and this armor actually had a very familiar name in the Middle Ages - Gothic armor.

In fact, this set of armor was widely spread as knight armor in the Middle Ages, and according to the armor of the Middle Ages, in fact, this armor is divided into two kinds, one is Milanese, and the other is the Gothic in front of him, but after weighing the pros and cons, Sun Lin chose Gothic instead of Milanese, because compared to Gothic, this simple and light armor. Although the Milanese style is heavy, the defense has not been improved in the slightest, and the most important thing is that the Milanese style is only more beautiful than the Gothic armor, but it cannot achieve an effect that the Gothic armor cannot achieve - light, yes, light. Because the weight of the Gothic is only less than 27 kilograms, this is the result of Sun Lin's own selection of excellent steel for the armor, if it is replaced with ordinary steel. This armor weighs only 25 kilograms!

Compared to the armor on the left, the one on the right is actually more low-key than the one on the left. Of course, this has a lot to do with its own color - the Gothic plate on the left is glowing white from the water chestnut in the light of the fire in the warehouse. Thinking that everyone showed where their forbidden words were, but the one on the right did not, because the appearance of this suit of armor itself did not achieve the silver and shiny appearance of the armor, on the contrary, its whole body was almost the color of a piece of iron sand, and the surface was not as smooth as ordinary armor, but like those iron armor that was only slightly polished.

But in fact, the real combat ability of this set of armor is stronger than the Gothic armor on the side, because the internal workmanship of this armor is more fine, and its weight is actually lighter than the Gothic armor next to it, and the most important thing is that the outer armor coverage of this armor is more comprehensive than that of Gothic, and this set of armor also has a more shining name: it is said that this armor is the pinnacle of medieval armor - Maximilian armor.

"I know about these two sets of armor already, but masters, you should explain them to me and the officers." As early as when he saw the armor placed at the front of the warehouse gate, the corners of Sun Lin's mouth were about to rise to the sky, but looking at the group of officers behind him whose eyes were flashing with golden light, pointing at the two sets of armor with expectant expressions, Sun Lin thought about it and said to those military masters.

"Then I'll do it." Standing up was a man with a big nose and a very tall figure, and under the gaze of everyone, he stepped forward and said slowly: "According to the will of His Majesty Sun Lin, we have now developed two new types of heavy plate armor, and these two new types of plate armor have great hope that they will be equipped with most of the heavy troops of the whole army within two years. This armor is bigger than the full-body armor we used in terms of body coverage, right? But in fact, as you know, this suit of armor has a greater advantage, that is, his joint moving parts are larger than the previous ones, because we decided not to use steel sheets and use deerskin linen rope and other lining instead, which makes the weight of our armor only 27 kilograms, and the most important thing is that the defense of this suit is more than 20% stronger than the previous one! And it can be used with countless bows, arrows, arrows, and stone projectiles! ”

"And the one next to it is even stronger than this Gothic armor in terms of flexible dù and defensive dù." The military master of the sun never sets said with some regret on his face: "But it's a pity that although this set of armor can also be produced, it is too complicated because of the materials and processes. It is necessary to have a high-level blacksmith or higher to create the details, so we can only produce on a small scale at the moment. Therefore, this set of better armor can only be used by officers and elite troops who never set, so this set of armor is called officer armor"

"Well, don't be content. You must know that the defense of these two sets of armor is no worse than that of the Allied super-heavy plate armor, and more importantly, these two sets of plate armor are not even more than the full body armor we use now in terms of weight. Sun Lin pouted and said.

The two sets of plate armor in front of you are the battle armor that all the heavy armor troops in the future army of the sun never sets, and this set of plate armor that can add 3 points of defense to the army while not attaching the negative effect of "consumable body" to the troops, is definitely worth the price, and in fact, the people present don't know that this set of armor in front of them is actually only equipped with the cavalry troops of the sunset, and in the depths of the warehouse, there are several armors with similar styles but suitable for heavy raiders, hoplites and other types of troops.

Obviously, Sun Lin's effect had been achieved, and almost all the high-ranking officers present were shocked by the two sets of well-made battle armor in front of them. Compared with the chain mail and full-body armor he was wearing now, everyone present suddenly felt as if they were not wearing a set of armor at all, but an iron can.

However, if there are only these two sets of plate armor, it is impossible to shut up all the officers who do not set the sun, because these plates are only suitable for heavy armored troops, and it is impossible for those officers of light troops to use them at all, but since the sun does not set this time is to come to a comprehensive military reform, how can it not take into account the feelings of light troops? After all, two-thirds of the troops in this disarmament are lightly armed troops and mountain warfare units formed by the sunset.

"With regard to the light armoured troops and the mountain troops, we believe that there is the necessary protection. But we can't provide too much, the advantage of the light armor unit is mobility, we may make the light armor unit have more lethality, but it is absolutely impossible to put too much effort into the armor of the light armor unit. Therefore, we believe that those who are considered by our military department to be lightly armed, including certain ranged units, are equipped with only cuirass for armor. Helmets, hand guards, wrist pads, knee pads are sufficient. At Sun Lin's suggestion. The military masters also led the officers to a new suit of armor, but there was no such thing as shoulder pads or skirt armor in front of them. All that was possessed was a steel helmet that was larger than the Gothic and officer armor helmets but had no face protection, a breastplate that looked extremely strong, two finely crafted handguards, and a set of knee and wrist guards were gone.

In fact, the model of this set of armor was provided by Sun Lin. And this model is actually the armor used in the European Renaissance, and its model is very much like the armor worn by the Spanish conquistadors, but a lot of parts are omitted, but because a lot of parts of the armor are omitted, so this set of light armor in front of you will not add much weight to people, which is true for both heavy infantry and light infantry, but although many parts are omitted, the part that remains is equivalent to the armor of the heavy infantry, especially which breastplate, Ordinary swords and guns can't be pierced at all, even if they are knocked with a mace, they may not be able to knock the concave, which several military masters have shown to many officers on the spot.

And then, several masters of the military industry who never set the sun led everyone to see the sharper weapons created by the sun after continuous improvement, but Sun Lin seemed to have lost interest in this, in fact, Sun Lin had already learned about these weapons through the guò system, for him, now it is important to make a template for the new arms of military reform in his mind.

With the expansion of the imperial plate, the system in Sun Lin's body is constantly improving, and there are more and more aspects that can be involved, but in fact, its role has gradually become smaller, if the original Sun Lin is compared to a host, then the system in Sun Lin's body almost includes all important accessories such as CPUs and graphics cards, but now, Sun Lin is constantly growing, from a desktop to an artificial intelligence, and the system has gradually decreased from those important accessories to an indispensable but not vital thing, It's like software, etc., which is responsible for cooperating with management rather than management.

However, this does not have much impact on Sun Lin, Sun Lin always believes that even if he has a system against the sky, what really succeeds can only be achieved by himself, but the system that has been updated several times can be involved. It really shocked Sun Lin, just like the troop module that Sun Lin had been dealing with in his mind now.

The sun never sets on the Empire's troops, although each has its own characteristics. However, the large number of troops is not a good thing when there are more and more and larger in the empire during the war, because the large number of troops requires more and more command skills of the generals. At the same time, it also increases the burden of intelligence transmission and logistics mobilization of the troops, and in addition, in order to produce various combat weapons required by various troops, the military factory will also slow down the production of equipment, so Sun Lin is like, can it be like auxiliary cavalry, the army that never sets the sun to a new fusion.

As a result, Sun Lin did it with the help of the system, but with the assistance of the system, this time it was integrated. In other words, the military reform has become more thorough, and at the same time, Sun Lin has obtained an unexpected benefit: relying on the concept provided by Sun Lin, the future army will be completely divided into four levels, namely the militia army, the local army, the regular army and the elite army.

In the past, militia units referred to those conscripts who were responsible for the logistics of the sunset, but now, after a brand-new military reform, the militia units are no longer logistics units, but groups of troops that have received military training although they basically have no actual combat experience. Within this level, Sunset will have two classes - the Swordsman Regiment and the Spear Regiment.

If it were just a change in the troops, it would seem that these two classes were no different from the militia swordsmen and conscripted spearmen who never set the sun at the time, but in fact everything included the number of legions, the equipment dispensing, the officers of the troops, and so on. Almost none of them have anything to do with militia swordsmen and spearmen.

The newly formed Swordsman Regiment and the Spear Regiment were almost configured according to the number of one Swordsman Regiment and two Spear Regiment in each city, but although these two arms were called regiments, their numbers did not have the number of regular legions. Because the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Ministry of Civil Affairs stipulate that the minimum number of people in each regiment of the two branches of the armed forces is only 500, and the maximum number cannot exceed 1,000.

However, although the number is not even a tenth of that of the regular army, in terms of armament. The equipment of the Swordsman Regiment and the Lancer Regiment is quite good, first of all, the Swordsman Regiment and the Lancer Regiment are one of the units equipped with new light armor. In terms of weapons, the pikes used steel pikes and zither-shaped shields, both of which were built according to the standards of the "Aegis" units that had been declared completely disbanded, and in some of the larger and more affluent cities, the pikes were equipped with one or two javelins per person in addition to spears and shields.

The swordsman regiment is also equipped with a small steel shield and steel sword at the same time, and is equipped with a cross crossbow at the same time, unlike the spear regiment, the members of the swordsman regiment must be equipped with a cross crossbow and learn how to operate, of course, the cross crossbow is a very simple remote device, basically as long as it is handed over, it will be almost used. Of course, the power of the cross crossbow cannot be compared with the Mo forging crossbow equipped by the regular army of the sun never sets, and the use of the most ordinary iron crossbow arrows will not be equipped with a cross crossbow, at least it can ensure that these militia units have a certain long-range counterattack ability.

Although the militia force is a force and belongs to the military department of the sunset, all the expenses of the militia force are the responsibility of each lord of the sunset or the lord of the city where the sun never sets, because the militia force shoulders the two professions of the security force and the city defense force at the same time, which also makes it basically impossible for the militia force to be sent to the battlefield 99%, and even rarely concentrated in peacetime, because each militia unit will be broken up into a squad mode after 3 months of training according to the regulations, and will be sent to various towns, villages and other places to patrol. Therefore, although the militia units are nominally part of the Ministry of War, in fact all militia units are administered by the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

The so-called local troops are similar to the militia forces in some aspects, that is, the local troops are also nominally managed by the military department, but in essence, the local troops are under the management of the nobles within the Sunset Empire, of course, the local troops are represented by the nobles of other countries who are recruited within the Sunset.

Equipment and training is the responsibility of the military department that does not set, the sun does not set is a military power, and the military department attaches great importance to each unit, although it is called a local army, but each local army has to go through at least one year of military training, and the weapons equipped with it are also distributed by the military department, but the military expenses, logistics expenses, weapons maintenance, etc. of each local army are handed over to the aristocratic groups who are responsible for each local army, of course, in exchange, the nobles can let their children enter the army to seek rights. This is because officers of these local units can be promoted to officers in regular units if they pass the test.

However, in order to ensure that the local troops would not be eroded by the aristocracy, Sun Lin demanded. When regular troops and local forces then cooperate with each other in combat, the local forces have the right to command. But in the end, the command is vested in the senior officers of the regular army, and at the same time, in October every year, the empire will review the ability of the local troops, if the combat capability of the troops decreases, the noble group that manages the local army will be punished, and this is quite light, and the local legions funded by the nobles will be directly disbanded! Because Sun Lin said at the beginning that the local troops would be formed according to the corps of the regular troops, but the number of places to form was limited. At present, the military department stipulates that only 40 regiments will be formed in the next two years.

Therefore, for the quota of these 40 legions, or these 40 people who can walk into the power class of the sunset, the nobles of the various regions of the sunset all moved after the new military reform, because according to the information about the formation of local troops, this army is almost half a private army.

It is worth mentioning that in terms of local troops, those alien tribes who belong to the sun never sets also have the right to apply for opinions, so when the list of 40 local army corps is released, people will be surprised to find out. Among the 40 local troops, there is not only one Bearman legion, but also two Snake Man legions, and even a half-orc legion. Of course, as the leader of the local troops, the Cumans directly smashed out 8 local legions, but it is no wonder. Who told the military department that the sun never sets stipulates that the Cuman archers are not a regular corps-level army?

Of course, in fact, a large part of these 40 local troops and corps are regular troops that have been disbanded before the sun never sets. It's just that it has changed its name and lowered its grade, but not only has it not declined in the slightest in terms of combat effectiveness and equipment. On the contrary, it will be improved because it is about to be replaced with new combat equipment, such as the Dick Cavalry Regiment in the current Dick Territory, which was originally the 11th Heavy Cavalry that never sets, not only has it gained a lot of moldable "fresh blood" after it has been turned into a local regiment, but also the money that those Dick nobles who surrendered on this cavalry regiment is simply catching up with the expenses of Dick City for several months.

In fact, it is not only the Dick cavalry regiment, the alien regiment and the Cuman archers who have been converted from regular troops to local troops, and even some legions that originally belonged to the army that never sets will also be for the local troops, but this downgrade has not had any impact on the troops, because although the local troops are lower in rank than the regular legions, they are almost the same as the regular legions in terms of rights, and these degraded local legions are almost all served by those nobles after being demoted. This made even those in the regular army a little red-eyed.

Although there may be 40 more legions in the country that cannot be completely controlled by the empire in the future, compared to the advantage of obtaining 40 corps that do not need to spend a lot of money to maintain and the combat effectiveness is definitely not inferior to that of the regular legions, the establishment of local troops is still good, and after all, now that the empire has a great cause, some things cannot be arbitrarily carried out, and the necessary concessions will not cause the empire to suffer any losses.

And above the level of the local army is the regular army that really belongs directly to the military department of the sun and the empire: the empire has always had extremely high requirements for the gold and brightness of each branch of the army, and the empire has always firmly believed that a corps with rich combat experience and iron-blooded discipline can defeat an ordinary corps three times its own, so the place where this military reform has changed the most, or the root of this military reform is the reform of the regular army that never sets.

Therefore, in the first step, the sun never sets to eliminate some troops that are only enough for one regiment or a few regiments from the ranks of the regular army, and then under the new equipment, several new arms are designed, and the original old arms are used to complete the new regular army of the sunset.

In terms of light infantry, after many suggestions and references, Sun Lin decided to eliminate the hook and sickle soldiers, and then singled out the Mishal double axe soldiers who originally belonged to the Mishaal heavy infantry regiment as a blueprint, and selected the Vikings who never set the sun and the battle maniac among the Mishals, forming a new class of troops - the Sunless Raid Legion.

The raid corps currently needs to reach the establishment of 6 legions, and at the same time, including many regular legions such as the raid legion, are formed according to the new 11,000 full staff, and the raiders basically have two pairs of armor, one is the half-body armor that is currently about to be promoted, but in order to meet the requirements of which northern men, the helmets of the raid legions have been changed to horn helmets, although Sun Lin himself has always believed that the protection of horn helmets is inferior to that of new helmets; The other set is the traditional inlaid armor on which the sun never sets, and the two types of armor are designed to make the raid legion suitable for different battles: the new bust is suitable for the raid legion to fight head-on and complete the raid project of crushing and piercing the enemy's phalanx head-on, while the lightweight inlaid armor can reduce the physical consumption of the raid legion as much as possible when fighting in the mountains or chasing and roundabout operations, after all, the tactics of the raid legion pay attention to raiding, attacking, and eating the enemy in one go.

In terms of weapons, the raid legion is configured according to the traditional 3 flying axes, a triprope and two hand axes, but because it is the new legion structure that allows the raid corps to be equipped with some engineering deadlines, of course, it is certainly not artillery, trebuchets and the like, but grenades and Greek flamethrowers that can only be used by griffin knights: after the battle of Maginot, the original Greek flamethrowers no longer belong to the army, but are divided into various legions as engineers, and a large part of them are dropped into the raid legions, Of course, the Raid Legion also familiarized the soldiers with how to operate those killing weapons. (To be continued......)