On the Seven Towers

Just as Count Carlos was wielding his sword and going out to fight, a Chinese army had already marched to a place only half a day away from Suero.

There are more than 2,000 troops in this neatly organized and uniformly equipped army, including the strength of two regiments. The soldiers formed two lines, two by one, occupying the winding dirt road, with no end in sight.

Xiao Chen and Catalina rode two horses from the front to the back of the team. Catalina had sneaked into Suero and surrounding towns to collect intelligence a few months ago. When she returned to the main force today, she encountered a bandit. Xiao Chen is at the front of the team. So Xiao Chen accompanied her to find Wang Jiyuan who was at the end of the team.

According to the committee's resolution, in addition to the necessary manpower remaining in Hebend New City and the school, all high-level and master-level warriors and mages who could be called upon were assigned to the escort army to move with the army.

The army preparing to seize Suero was personally led by Wang Jiyuan, and was accompanied by Master Gabriel, Xiao Chen, Roger, Evelin and other high-ranking soldiers, as well as many mid-level masters.

Catalina had never seen an army marching on such a scale before, and now she saw a steady stream of soldiers passing by her, and she couldn't help but feel a huge sense of oppression.

"It's so spectacular." She didn't dare to speak loudly in front of such an army.

Xiao Chen said: "How is it? You haven't seen our expanded army yet, have you?"

At the front of the team were ordinary soldiers wearing cotton uniforms, who accounted for the largest number in the team. The military camouflage combat training uniforms brought from the previous world can no longer keep up with the expansion of the Guards. Now these soldiers are wearing monochrome green military uniforms produced by local clothing factories. Each of them was carrying a Type 02 air rifle and carrying equipment. The rifle bullets were placed in the bullet bag of the carrying equipment. Each of them was also equipped with two spar grenades.

"Their weapons seem to be different from a few months ago." Catalina said.

"This is a Type 02 air rifle. It was finalized before you left, but it was installed three months ago." Xiao Chen said.

Catalina had used the Type 01 rifle. She squinted and took a closer look at the Type 02 rifle. She found that it was longer and larger than the Type 01 rifle, and the craftsmanship seemed to be better. Whether it was the jet black barrel or the wood-colored gun The handles appear fine and smooth.

Xiao Chen told her that in addition to improving the performance of the Type 02 air gun in all aspects, it also expanded the magazine and increased the number of bullets to 5. Therefore, the current air gun bullets are no longer scattered, but use five bullets in one. loaded magazine design. Airgun bullets do not require propellant, so they are much smaller than gunpowder gun bullets, allowing each soldier to carry more bullets.

In addition to conventional bombs, the weapons research and development department also developed spar explosive bombs, spar armor-piercing bombs and spar shield-breaking bombs. The first two naturally use the power of crystals to improve the combat performance of bullets, while the shield-breaking bullet is a relatively special bullet. Its main function is to consume the mage shield through the above magic circle, although it is not like the magic-breaking bullet. Arrows can directly penetrate the shield, but they can also consume much more energy on the shield than ordinary bullets. If such bullets are used to shoot at the mage, the mage's shield can be quickly exhausted, causing damage to the mage. However, this kind of bullet requires the use of rare forbidden magic crystals as materials, so it is not installed on a large scale. It is only equipped to snipers with better marksmanship among soldiers.

"That's a sniper, right?" Katarina asked, pointing to a soldier carrying a longer barrel. In the era of Type 01 airsoft guns, all guns were the same and there was no such type of weapon.

"Yes, the sniper's air rifle is a specially customized Type 02 modification. Not only does the barrel have a longer barrel, the gas tank is larger, but it is also equipped with a simple telescope. The details of these guns have been carefully polished by dwarf craftsmen. So the shooting accuracy is much higher," Xiao Chen said.

After the group of soldiers passed by, a group of soldiers who looked very different came over. These people were not wearing cotton uniforms, but armor on top of short cotton clothes. They were close combat soldiers with fighting spirit.

These soldiers generally have the strength of warrior apprentices, and some have reached the level of low-level warriors. Most of them wear light armor and are equipped with swords, shields or spears, and their style is closer to the warriors of this world. However, they are equipped with a 02-type air pistol and four crystal grenades on their waists, which gives them a modern feel, a mix of modern and classic.

"If an ordinary lord had such an army, it would definitely be his most proud bodyguard. They basically rely on these elites to fight, and the ordinary people recruited do not have much combat effectiveness at all." Katarina said, "The opposite empire has the habit of relying on this kind of powerful troops to raid the opponent's coach."

Xiao Chen said: "Our melee troops are not consumables used for assault. Their main task is to prevent the opponent's fighting spirit warriors from breaking through the fire blockade of our soldiers, and then killing our artillery and ordinary soldiers."

Catalina nodded. She found that these warriors were very well-equipped. No matter their armor or weapons, they were all equipped with reinforced magic circles. This is much better equipment than when she was a mercenary.

However, these arrays look quite different from the arrays of magic weapons on the market, and appear much simpler and plainer. But those who know the formations will find that their structures are more streamlined and effective if they take a closer look, giving them a sense of ingenuity but not craftsmanship.

They are all new magic arrays developed after reorganization of magic analysis, mathematical simplification of circuits, repeated screening and comparison of various schemes by computer, and a large number of actual tests. Not only are they more cost-effective in terms of materials and performance, but they are also suitable for industrial batch drawing.

Unlike traditional enchantments that are all done by alchemists manually, Chinese enchantments are all done in enchantment factories. Although enchantment factories are not large-scale manufacturing factories, they have introduced factory production models, such as assembly lines and quality inspections.

Often, an assembly line in an enchantment factory is basically composed of a group of alchemy apprentices. Each magic array will be disassembled into several structures that can be drawn separately. A skilled alchemy apprentice, with the help of the crystal charging pen invented by the Chinese, can draw a structure with very little mental power. Generally, he only needs to practice for a few days to master the specific part he is responsible for. After drawing several processes in sequence, five or six alchemy apprentices can complete 90% of the production process of a magic array, and then the low-level alchemists will integrate and complete the drawing of the finishing part, which will play a finishing touch, and finally be reviewed and revised by the mid-level alchemists. The magic circle that only low-level peak alchemists were qualified to complete was made in this way, and the speed was several times faster.

Although the effect of this magic circle is not as good as the magic circle drawn by an alchemist himself, the speed of equipment production has been greatly improved.