Volume 1: The Rise of Elanhill Chapter 0042 Frundsberg
In an instant, the duel between the two great magicians, which might have taken a long time and would only be decided after one side had exhausted all the magical energy accumulated, came to an end.
Frunzberg looked at his two burned and injured palms with a disappointed smile on his face. "Even if I use the most advanced petrification magic, there is no guarantee that a mortal body can withstand such an impact... What a pity, what a pity."
The excruciating pain in his palm, which had lost its magic, began to take effect, and Frundsberg's face turned pale. He leaned against the still cold cannon and looked at his palm thoughtfully.
What kind of person could come up with such a terrifying principle? Magicians have no shortage of long-range attack methods, and have even been using distance attacks to crush mortals. But this method of changing attack modes has never been discovered.
In fact, it is very simple for magicians to create something that can explode. Alchemists can also make some explosives - but those explosives can only be released by throwing and other means, and the attack range is of course pitifully small.
This thing called a cannon is different. It actually does the opposite, using the instantaneous expansion of the explosion to propel objects to fly at extremely high speeds. Using speed to kill people is something that was unthinkable before.
"Teacher..." William, the apprentice who had finally gotten up from the ground, staggered to Frundsberg's side, gasping for breath while holding his chest. He had just thought he was dead, but now there was a sudden turn of events.
The great magician who had seemed so arrogant and unstoppable just now was now lying on the ground like minced meat, without a single breath. The great magician Laisen was dead, and he was killed in one move ...
This scene was so shocking that William needed to digest it. But before he could digest the shock in his heart, the scene became even bloodier.
Blood began to seep out of the pea-sized wounds, gathering together before cooling, and flowing out of the tattered white wizard robe. Then, the light blue blood began to spread on the smooth marble floor, which was disgusting to look at.
You know, fire magic has always been the most cost-effective magic. It is powerful, quick to prepare, and has the longest attack distance. It is the magic that magicians like to use the most.
The remaining magic types are more unconventional: Lightning magic has the fastest attack speed but takes the longest time to prepare and is the most difficult to cast; Wind magic loses its strength quickly as the distance from the body increases, so it is not suitable for long-range combat...
As for water magic, it consumes too much magical energy and is a kind of "borrowed power magic" that communicates with nature. It is the most sophisticated and least cost-effective magical method, and few magicians are willing to specialize in it.
Therefore , very few magicians would bleed to death during a duel, and magicians would rarely see each other's blood: because of the magical aura they cultivated, their blood was significantly different from that of mortals, emitting a faint blue light.
William, who saw the blood, began to feel his stomach churning again: magicians are elegant beings, and they are civilized people who are not used to the sight of blood, so when he accidentally saw so much blood on the ground, William had an urge to vomit.
People are like this. Even if a magician may use magic to massacre hundreds of mortals in a war, they cannot bear to see blood - especially, the blood of their own companions.
"I'm going to...Elan Hill." Franzberg walked back to his desk with great pain, took out a bottle of medicine from the drawer, poured it on his injured hands, and asked in a pause, "Would you like to go with me?"
"Where can I learn this new magic?" William asked, suppressing the urge to retch.
"Yes, I'm going to go and see what interesting things there are." Frundsberg nodded: "You have good talent and are of a good age. If you go there, maybe you can inherit my legacy."
"I'm willing to go! I'm willing to go with you!" William felt that being able to inherit Frundsberg's mantle would not be unbearable even if he had to live in a mortal's territory for a year.
Frunzberg continued to nod, then took some difficult steps and walked towards the door: "Come with me! There is nothing left here to be nostalgic for! The future of the Holy Demon Empire is not here, and neither is our future."
"Corruption, depravity, incompetence, weakness..." Franzberg muttered some ugly words as he walked down the stairs. William knew that his teacher was describing this ancient empire, so he could only lower his head and say nothing.
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"This towed dual-purpose artillery carriage should be deployed on both wings of the infantry phalanx - they must ensure that the entire infantry phalanx is not threatened by the dragon, which is the primary task." On a drawing, Wagron outlined a brand new battle phalanx.
Although Chris has a civilization's technology tree, he has countless generals' understanding and writings on war, and countless valuable data summaries: but he is unable to change and develop this knowledge.
To put it bluntly, he is a "cheater" who plagiarizes and cannot combine things to create something out of nothing. For example, in his knowledge base, there is definitely no paper or detailed explanation of tactical arrangements such as "How ground troops defend against fire dragons".
"In addition to each infantry square, that is, a battalion of 300 gunners, four more anti-aircraft guns should be deployed? How to calculate the extra soldiers? Should they be counted into the battalion or placed in the regiment's troops?" Wilkes raised his question.
After hearing this, Chris had to compromise and said, "Given the special nature of the air defense force, I think it should be deployed in a battalion-level unit so that this unit can fight and defend independently."
"Each battalion should be expanded. The original number of people will definitely not be enough. Let's expand each battalion to 500 people... and strengthen the regiment's artillery."
"A battalion has 500 people, including 300 grenadiers and 40 machine gunners, who are equipped with new machine guns as the automatic firepower support for the infantry; including more than 60 anti-aircraft gunners and apprentices, there are more than 400 people in total, and the rest can be used as reinforcements to take charge of baggage." Wagron knew the current battalion-level organization like the back of his hand, and began to calculate.
"The regiment's artillery also needs to be expanded. 400 people equipped with 20 artillery pieces will need about 4 anti-aircraft guns to provide cover - this will require an expansion of about 60 people. Adding the original regimental staff and logistics personnel, a regiment will have to approach the level of 2,000 people." Similarly, Bourgeois, who was already familiar with the group, followed suit.
"In fact, I think in this situation, it would be more appropriate to set up a regiment into five battalions and directly expand it to 2,500 people." Chris feels that the large-scale troops of the later US military have better independent combat capabilities and higher combat effectiveness.
After all, he was determined to adopt the tactics of ammunition-pouring and weapon crushing in the future. Facing opponents like magicians and dragon knights, he dared not take risks by using any tactics - so, of course, he felt that the US military's tactical system was the most worthy of his study.
The tactical organization of 5 battalions can provide these infantry regiments with a preset baggage battalion organization, and can also be equipped with armored vehicles or even tanks later - in short, with more people, the combat effectiveness of the regiment will be more secure.
"In this case, each battalion will have more than 500 soldiers, and our front line will be wider... Can four anti-aircraft guns stabilize the entire battalion's defense line?" Wagron raised his doubts.
Chris nodded. He also felt that if the battle line was stretched , the defense area of a battalion would be larger. The four anti-aircraft guns would have to deal with air targets and possibly ground targets at the same time, which would be very stressful.
"Then add four more anti-aircraft guns ! We would rather expand a few fewer battalions, but we must ensure the actual combat capability of the troops! Just like the armies of the mortal empires in the past, no matter how many people there are, they are actually useless in front of the magic empire." Chris gave his overall policy.
He also knew that once this was said, the originally vigorous military expansion campaign might suddenly slow down seriously.
Originally, Modler was to form the 4th Regiment in Hanhai, and Corea had been ordered to form the 5th Regiment in Mayne. The 3rd Regiment, which was originally scattered across the country, had now been assembled and transferred to the earthen fort to be expanded by Wilkes. At the same time, the 6th Regiment was ordered to be formed in North County and commanded by Bourjois.
Even Lawrence, who was the commander of the navy, was ordered to form a Marine Corps Regiment and station it in Ferry City.
Then, based on these single-digit regiments, Chris established a higher-level divisional command, with the commanders of the single-digit regiments acting as division commanders, and at the same time began to expand the double-digit infantry regiments.
These double-digit infantry regiments were equipped with equipment eliminated from the 1st Regiment, and their combat effectiveness was not high. They were only formed as supplements and reserves: most of them were still equipped with cold weapons, numbered from the 11th to the 16th Regiment, plus the 12th Regiment of the Marine Corps.
It was also from this moment that the troop organization of Ireland Hill was fixed: all future expansions would be named according to this method.
At the same time, Chris's political department, the "Military and Political Department", which controls the army, was also expanded. This department can ensure that the troops are always firmly under the control of Chris and ensure the absolute ideological unity of Ireland Hill's troops.
Despite this crazy expansion, Ireland Hill has not completed the grand expansion plan of 25 regiments: they now have only 14 regiments, and 8 of them are substandard "second-line garrison regiments."
