Chapter 209 The invaders can come, and I can go too
"Dong dong..."
In the northwest direction of Daling Lake, in front of the military building complex that had just been put into use, on the huge bluestone square with a radius of more than three thousand feet, the sound of gongs and drums was already deafening.
Countless soldiers of the Renaissance Army, riding on their spirit beasts and war horses, gathered from military camps in all directions.
There were more than 100,000 people watching at the scene, the crowd was surging and the scene was very lively.
This time the army is heading north, except for the naval officers and soldiers led by Huang Zhanglong, Wu Hongai and Huang Lan, the three deputy commanders of the Xuanwu Camp, who will stay at the base camp and will not participate in the expedition, all other warriors and soldiers will take part in this war.
As Wan'er is the current commander of the Xuanwu Legion, she shouldn't need to go into battle.
But she is now in charge of the field artillery battalion and navy of the Restoration Army, and all the psychic cannons and psychic crossbow carts are under her control, so this time the field artillery battalion is going into battle for the first time, and she will lead the team.
This girl was seen riding on a snow-white top-grade dragon-scale horse, looking at the four field artillery battalions that had been lined up with great excitement, with an irrepressible smile on her face.
These new magical weapon-level psychic cannons and magical weapon-level spiritual crossbow carts will be equipped to each main combat corps soon. There will be a total of 40 psychic cannon supporting vehicles and 120 spiritual crossbow carts.
This is a second-level psychic cannon of the highest grade magical weapon level. Every time it fires an energy shell, it consumes a second or third level soul bead or magic core, so the consumption of ammunition is not too great.
These new-type spirit crossbow carts, each of which launches a wave of attacks, can fire ten rounds in succession. Every time twelve level-two magic crossbow arrows are fired, one level-two soul bead or magic core is consumed.
The trunks of these new-type spirit crossbow carts are equipped with three boxes of magic weapon arrow boxes, each containing 120 arrows.
These second-level magic crossbows are difficult to damage, and if one's side wins the war, they can basically be retrieved after the war.
Otherwise, even the current Renaissance Army cannot afford the consumption of magic weapons and crossbows that would be like pouring water once an attack is launched.
This is because Li Dingguo has a magical Human Emperor Cauldron in his hand, which allows him to mass-produce enough magical arrows for his soldiers to use.
Otherwise, these crossbow carts cannot be used on a large scale.
All the fourth-level demon beast inner cores, magic cores, soul beads, and spirit stones that the Fuxing Army currently has in stock have been used by Li Dingguo to set up the small Five Elements Sky-covering Array that covers the island in the middle of the lake.
There are still a lot of the remaining third- and second-level soul beads and magic cores stored in the military supply and logistics department.
According to Hongmei's statistics, these various spiritual energy crystals can only meet the needs of this war.
If there is no way to replenish them in time after the war, even the large naval fleet of the Restoration Army will have to stay in the port.
This time, Li Dingguo personally led the main army corps of the Fuxing Army to participate in the battle, not just to defeat the invading Tatars.
They would also have to take a detour after the war to reach the remains of an ancient battlefield whose general situation had been ascertained, destroy a large tribe of evil spirits entrenched there, and obtain a large number of soul beads of various levels to replenish the reserves of soul beads of various levels of the Renaissance Army.
Otherwise, not only will all the treasure ships of the Restoration Army be stranded in the port after the war, but even these psychic cannons and crossbow carts will become decorations.
Once this situation occurs, it will be fatal to the Renaissance Army, and they will lose their most powerful trump card in an instant.
About a quarter of an hour later, the central square in front of the Fusion Army's headquarters building was already crowded with people, shouting and horses neighing.
The soldiers who went to the battle rode a spiritual beast warhorse, each bringing a spiritual beast warhorse with him, and all of them had two horses.
"Dong dong..."
The rumbling sound of war drums suddenly became louder and louder. This was the army's assembly order.
The warriors who arrived at the central square quickly formed a line under the command of generals at all levels.
Because they are well-trained, everyone's actions are fast but not chaotic, and appear to be in an orderly manner.
In less than half an hour, all the soldiers were lined up and organized.
Li Dingguo and Hongmei, riding on top-quality dragon-scale horses, rode forward at a moderate pace until they arrived in front of the army's formation and stood opposite the soldiers.
"set off!"
Li Dingguo looked around at the soldiers, raised his right hand solemnly, waved it forward fiercely, and immediately ordered the army to march north.
This time, the army did not have any soldiers from the logistics camp accompanying them. All the soldiers participating in the operation were warriors.
This was also a helpless move and also a practical experiment for Li Dingguo.
The enemy was already charging forward with great momentum. They were an elite cavalry army composed entirely of combat soldiers and generals. They were riding on their spirit beasts and war horses and were marching southward day and night at a very fast speed.
If the Fusion Army moves together with the soldiers of the logistics battalion, the marching speed will be seriously slowed down.
If we don't want the enemy to make a unstoppable advance and directly break into our lair, we must intercept them as soon as possible.
Half an hour ago, Wei Jinfan, the head of the Military Intelligence Department, sent two urgent reports, saying that the enemy had advanced hundreds of miles during the day.
This forced the soldiers of the Fusion Army to travel light and launch long-range raids in order to block the enemy's army thousands of miles away.
Now, the various branch bases of the Renaissance Army have begun orderly construction around the Daling Lake.
According to the plan set by Li Dingguo, a sub-base was to be built every 500 miles, and many sub-bases had already been built. Three months ago, Li Dingguo ordered the formation of a reserve force, and officially separated the new recruit battalions composed of reserve soldiers from the logistics department.
The reserve force that has been formed is composed of new recruits who have just become warriors.
Their task is to complete daily training while being responsible for stationing in each sub-base in the mode of a recruit camp of one thousand people each, and guarding those sub-bases.
Now the enemies faced by the Renaissance Army are getting stronger and stronger. Li Dingguo decided that after this war, the selection requirements for soldiers in all the main combat corps of the Renaissance Army will be raised to the late first level of martial arts cultivation.
Soldiers who fail to reach this standard of cultivation will be removed from the ranks of soldiers in each main combat corps and enter the reserve forces to serve as instructors for new recruits and be responsible for the management of various branch bases.
If these low-level warriors who were cleared out by the main combat corps can break through to the late first level of martial arts in the future, they can return to the main combat corps.
The Fuxing Army must also activate its elite troops mode just like Cao Wenzhao's army.
There is a reason why Cao Wenzhao was able to conquer the world with his 3,000 elite cavalry and remain undefeated until now.
So far, Cao Wenzhao's troops have never engaged in large-scale combat with the Later Jin Tatars. They specifically selected Tatar troops with a similar number of soldiers to their own and won every battle.
This is enough to prove the advantages of the elite soldier mode in this magical world.
In elite soldier mode, as long as the commander and his soldiers are strong enough, they can often easily defeat enemies that are several times stronger than themselves.
If it were a motley crowd like the rebel army inside the pass, it would be easy for Cao Wenzhao's elite cavalry to easily defeat an enemy force that was ten times their number.
Li Dingguo had no choice but to make this choice.
This is mainly because this world is too huge, and a long-distance raid can easily cover tens of thousands of miles.
In the future, if the Fuxing Army wants to frequently activate the long-range raid mode, it will not be able to do so without taking the elite route.
Generally, when a large army is engaged in a sweeping attack, it is acceptable to bring along a logistics battalion. However, if it is a long-distance raid, bringing along the soldiers of the logistics battalion will undoubtedly be a huge burden.
After the Renaissance Army grows stronger, it is destined to conquer all directions, and long-range raids are expected to become commonplace in the future.
This time, the Tartar army's long-distance attack was the beginning of Li Dingguo's experiment with the elite army model.
Next, after discovering the problems, we must promptly revise our military reform plan, and after verification, implement it in the Renaissance Army.
"Da da……"
Following Li Dingguo's order, the four land battle corps rode their spirit beast horses one after another and soon formed into four columns. They marched side by side and galloped towards the prairie in the north at an increasingly faster speed.
The four field artillery battalions led by Wan'er, all of their magic-level psychic cannons and spiritual crossbow carts, were all towed by spiritual beasts and war horses, and moved forward in the center.
Li Dingguo and Hongmei personally led two thousand personal guards to follow the rear and guard the Marine Field Artillery Battalion.
All the soldiers rode two horses, including the spirit beast horses that pulled the spirit cannon vehicles and spirit crossbow vehicles.
Next to each cart, there is a spirit beast warhorse that can be used at any time to replace the one pulling the cart forward.
During the march, every time it was time to eat, after a break and then continuing the march, the spirit beasts and war horses used to pull the carts would be rotated so that they could maintain sufficient physical strength and not be exhausted.
Less than half an hour after the army set out, it was already dark.
The soldiers did not stop but continued to ride forward.
This marching plan and battle plan have been distributed to the commanders of each legion, who have been asked to pass them on to officers and generals at all levels under them.
This long-distance raid requires traveling day and night. Except for a total of three hours a day for eating and resting, the rest of the time is used for traveling.
This high-intensity marching mode is simply unbearable for ordinary people, no matter whether they are humans or horses.
For the expeditionary army composed of warriors, soldiers, spirit beasts and war horses, it is completely bearable and there is no possibility of being exhausted.
During the one-hour break for meals, the soldiers could quickly recover their strength through meditation and breathing exercises.
Spirit beasts and war horses need to be replenished with spiritual herbs, spiritual beans and drinking water in a timely manner so that they can quickly recover their depleted physical strength.
With such a huge army marching forward, all kinds of demons and monsters along the way did not dare to come and cause trouble.
Wherever the army passed, the huge bloody aura spread out, making them try to avoid it and stay away.
The road ahead of the army had already been clearly checked by teams of scouts, so they would not suddenly encounter large groups of monsters and demons.
In this big world, the expedition of human armies is still very safe, even when marching at night.
The scout teams roaming around the army are not pushovers either. Once they discover danger, they will give the alarm early.
(End of this chapter)
