Darkus always felt that this legion, which had been researched for many days by a group of veteran soldiers, was very abstract, and he didn't even know what kind of product it was.
From the Roman Republic to the Roman legions before Diocletian's reforms? It seems not. Dacus remembered that the Roman legion was composed of pure infantry. If auxiliary troops were not included, there were less than two hundred cavalry. The Anatolian Grand Military District of Eastern Rome? It doesn't seem to be the case. There are not enough cavalry and there are no heavy armored cavalry. Early modern times? Not to mention, not to mention flintlock muskets, there are not enough large spears.
The Army's Cube Division? It seems not. Moreover, Darkus saw the shadow of modularity in the Druchi Legion. He felt that it was more like a combined brigade, but it didn't seem to be the case. A normal combined brigade did not have such a number of infantry.
Let's think of the Legion as Druchi's combined brigade. Judging from Darkus's only military experience, he believes that excluding political and other factors, as long as there are no problems with supplies and training, the combat effectiveness of the Druchi Legion in the new era will be It is very powerful. With the military vehicle, Reaper Ballista and the Dark Rider, the tactics will be complex and changeable, which can meet the next needs.
The main enemies faced by the Drukhi Legion are the levies and standing soldiers of Assur, that is, the group of spearmen, archers, and a small number of rangers. It can also deal with the group of marauder light cavalry in the Kingdom of Elion. The infantry cooperates with the dark riders, either forming a formation or forming a car barrier. It can also deal with the silver helmeted cavalry composed of Assur nobles.
Then... nothing more happened. This was not a game. Nineteen dragons could be pulled out directly from the opposite side. The chariots of the Tyrolok Kingdom were introduced before. They were composed of the nobles of the Tyrolok Kingdom. They were on the same level as the Silver Helmet Knights and were comparable to Druch's Cold Lizard Chariot.
As for the white lion chariots, dragon princes riding donkeys, mist walkers, shadow warriors and other kingdom-level elite soldiers, they are even more pitiful. The regular Drukhi army has no chance of hitting them, and they have to rely on luck. The number of sword masters in the White Tower of Hoth is usually limited to one. The White Lion Guards of Charis around the Phoenix King are just like the Varangian Barbarian Guards in Eastern Rome. They are all numerous.
Phoenix Guard? They usually guard the Temple of Asuryan, and are usually dispatched when Ulthuan faces threats, such as the emergence of Chaos Demons, and there are fewer of them. When the Thai brothers went through the tribulation in the Asuryan Temple, Nakali crippled the Phoenix Guard. At that time, Kadroin was not the captain of the Phoenix Guard, but a dissolute nobleman, until one day he had a clichéd epiphany. ...
The same is true for the Avalon sisters beside the Eternal Queen, otherwise the Eternal Queen Alarielle would not have been driven into hiding by Dorian's army.
Speaking of the behemoths of Ulthuan, first of all, the giant eagle that maintains a cooperative relationship with Asul, and the supporting Skyslayer airship are all scattered, and they are all considered individually. It can be cobbled together, so Ahsur Sur's beast-type spell uses Katang's transformation spell to transform into a giant eagle... Not to mention the phoenix, dragon, and tree people of the Kingdom of Avalon, there is only one ancient sea dragon beast, Amana, who squats under Lothern all year round. .
What else? It should be gone. Why is Ulthuan said to be weak in this era? It's all for a reason...
When Malekith attacked Ulthuan in 2300 of the Imperial Calendar, in Darkus' opinion, it would have been about the same without the Thai brothers who were the protagonists. With his existence in this timeline, can't he be defeated by an early attack? That's really bad.
Assur's levies and standing troops are the main force of Ulthuan. The Druchi Legion only needs to deal with these, and the other kings will fight against the kings and against the generals. Malekith and Darkus don't expect the Legion to defeat everything, and rely on the Legion alone to clear Ulthuan.
As for the creation of dozens of legions, there is currently no agreement. The current legion is just the initial first version. After some discussion, Malekith is ready to adjust three legions after returning to Naggaroth, and then combine these three legions. form a large army.
Various elite soldiers, noble soldiers and behemoths such as the Cold Lizard Dread Knights and War Hydras in Druchi will be filled into the large army in a modular way, and various supporting tactics will be compiled later, such as legion The super level cooperates with four combat hydras to launch an attack, the cold lizard fear knight charges between the two brigades, etc., highlighting a complex, changeable and flexible force.
In Darkus' view, this is just like a corps-level unit in the modern army. If you build a few corps, you can form a group army. During the time he went to the old world, the legion was started first, and there may be continuous adjustments in the future, such as the logistics system related to him, etc. According to the actual terrain and strategic and tactical needs of Ulthuan, large and light field kitchen trailers were assigned to At which level, there are still supply units such as bread teams and slaughter teams that supply bread and meat. However, the legion can also provide supplies by training on the plains outside Nagarond, and it hasn't been a few years anyway.
There are also specific military salaries and prices in Druchi society, etc. These are all things that the Prime Minister has to worry about. No one in Druchi society can figure it out at present. He can only refer to GW's green skinned mathematics to guide people. Get organized and do it bravely.
The weapons of the legion are easy to obtain. They are all ready-made. You don’t need to be clever. The Sky Piercer used by the Dread Spearman, the Messer used by the Gloomy Swordsman, the repeating crossbow and shield used by the Black Sharp Crossbowman are all ready-made. , even if you want to upgrade, you can't upgrade it, it has been taken to the extreme by Druchi, which is nothing more than coating the shield with thin steel.
Compared to their weapons, the armor of Druchi soldiers is very cumbersome.
First, there is the innermost Kaitan, which is close to the body and serves as an armor. Then there is the long-sleeved chainmail that covers the thighs. The upper body wears a multi-layered Gothic half-throat breastplate. Some breastplates also include skirt armor baffles to protect the thighs, followed by shoulder armor with raised edges and gauntlets with inverted blades on the forearms. The lower body is much simpler. It is either protected by a chainmail skirt or has a skirt baffle. If conditions are good, it can also be equipped with leg armor or calf armor.
The very classic upper body has entered the fifteenth century, while the lower body is still stuck in the fourteenth century.
There are various facial differences in helmets, including those that protect the chin, those that cover the face, and those that expose the face. Usually, the helmets of elves are exaggerated pointed helmets with sunshades and all kinds of fancy and useless decorations, because elves usually have flowing hair, whether it is Druchi, Asul, or Aslay. . Only some non-mainstream Druchi will shave their heads or leave Kallion's Barutu-style braids. The pointed helmet can meet the needs of placing pointed ears and buns. Some high-end helmets have an opening on the back of the head. , showing off the flowing hair, Darkus’ helmet is like this.
Some soldiers will add exaggerated metal decorations to the edges of the facial contours of their helmets, or add some layered but useless decorations from the visor to the tip of their head. There are also some elite veteran troops who will add visors to the tip of their heads. A pointed ornament similar to the Sky Piercer's spear is added to represent the inheritance and honor of the army.
But the only thing that no one dared to touch was the curved half-moon spire on the helmet, which was a symbol of rank and honor, just like the hard tassels that represented rank in the Roman legions. Doing this in the hierarchical Druchi army is simply a way to live longer.
In terms of being a human being, Darkus has never been a human being, so he decisively chose to cut off his head and let all the soldiers in the legion grow their hair...
This has many advantages. For example, after being beheaded by the enemy, he cannot use his hair to carry it. , you can only fix it with your fingers, no... the shape of the helmet can be fixed, and the lack of hair will reduce many other problems, such as hygiene and convenient wound treatment.
Darkus doesn't think the armor needs any improvement? In the near future, armor other than chain mail will be cast in one piece, and with integral armor, there seems to be no need for scale armor, plate armor, and pierced armor.
Compared with these, the most troublesome thing is chainmail. There are five classic production steps, first blacksmithing, then wire drawing, then ring making and hole turning, and finally assembly.
Making chain mail is a very time-consuming and repetitive manual labor, but compared to other armors, it has a huge advantage in mass production, that is, it requires low craftsman skills. As long as the raw materials and tools are available, it will take a long time. With time and effort, almost anyone can build a set of chain mail in a small workshop. So Darkus decided to take care of the blacksmithing and drawing, and leave the rest to Nagarond's labor dispatch.
There is no need for Darkus to worry about the military flags and horns. Druchi has experienced thousands of years of war, and these systems are complete. They are nothing more than embroidering some words on the flag to indicate the legion, group and centurion to which they belong. It is nothing more than adding another kind of double-sided flag, that is, a double-sided flag with a flag on the left and right sides of the flagpole, with the regimental emblem and related honors embroidered on the flag.
As mentioned before, there are many branches in the Druchi army, and the punishment among them is a must-try feature of Druchi. Druchi, who is cruel to his cousins and other races, is also cruel to his own compatriots.
Punishments also come in many forms, and public beatings such as caning are the norm, ranging from injuries to death. Druchi is used to living in torture and pain, and there are usually self-mutilations. Habits, it’s perfectly normal to have traces of whipping and self-mutilation on your body.
Extra work of cleaning stables and toilets abounds. Some Druchi officers dare to do things like punishing parents and deducting share of spoils. As for the consequences...
rations are reduced at the team level, and camping outside the camp is even sparse. usually.
If these are still acceptable, the next step is to get harsher treatment. For example, the punishment for sleeping while standing guard is to be whipped to death.
The strange thing is that there is very little eleven kill rate in Druchi, that is, one soldier in a small team will draw a lot, and then he will be beaten to death by other soldiers in the team, but this rarely happens. , because for Druchi who made a big mistake or failed in the battle, this is not a punishment, but a gift of some kind... Because usually, a continuous sit is adopted, that is, all kills!
It's okay when fighting against the Yankee Chaos or Civil War. Military discipline and punishment are relatively loose, but the concept is different when facing the cousin Asul. This is why Druch soldiers prefer to launch a suicide charge when they lose the battle. The reason why he didn't want to retreat was because he wouldn't lose anything if he exchanged for two, and he would gain blood if he exchanged two. If he went back, he would be killed in a row, so he might as well die in battle...
As the window period approached, Darkus called back his three phantom gods. , Dastan's aunts Hagelin and Whitney also came back. After studying with the world's number one metal mage for a period of time, Drusala and Colonia had an epiphany as if they were cheating. He and Drusala spent the night together, talking about the pain of separation, and then got up and went to work the next day.
Facts have proved that Darkus, the second-in-command, was wrong. He only knew that with converters, open-hearth furnaces and electric furnaces, there would be no need for things like blast furnaces. But now he gave him a ruthless blow and he successfully The sorceresses have introduced a wrong direction, even though the so-called kiith steel they have trained can be used.
With Drusala and Colonia working day and night, a brand new wide hearth blast furnace appeared. The height of the blast furnace is 24 meters, the diameter of the furnace is 3.3 meters, and the diameter of the furnace belly is 7 meters. The number of air outlets reaches as many as 8. The hearth walls are surrounded by steel plates that Malekith reinforced with magic and runes. The brickwork of the furnace body and belly consists of 6 steel strips and is held together by linings. The linings are supported by steel jackets, which are strong enough to withstand The turbulence of the sea of resentment.
Yes, Malekith, what these sorceresses created frightened Darkus. He only had one feeling about this blast furnace, and that was that it was so terrifying. He felt that this thing was too supermodel, super. It shouldn't be here, it shouldn't be in this world. So he asked Malekith to stop teaching orphans to become bureaucrats, and now the operations room on the Temple of Malevolence is closely guarded by the Black Guard day and night. Darkus made a request to Malekith! He asked Malekith to imprint the entire process and process in his mind. In his eyes, Malekith was the so-called chosen person with destiny. What Malekith had to do was to be the last one. Safety gate.
When the entire set of crafts and processes is damaged or lost, Malekith has to copy the set of craftsmanship through memory and practice in his mind. This is his lifeblood. If the food is not available, he can still rob it, but if it is gone, he will It's really gone. If Malekith can't do it, then maybe this set of crafts really shouldn't appear in this world.
The current whole process is to put the ore produced from Haig Grave and the coke produced by the coke oven into the blast furnace. After heating the blast furnace with coal, air is sent into the blast furnace through the hot air blower to produce molten iron and waste slag. This process initially took eight hours, and as the new furnace heated up, the time was reduced to six hours.
There is a 500 cubic meter wide hearth blast furnace in this furnace. If it is operated all day long, the peak value can barely reach 170 tons of molten iron. The main problems lie in the oxygen enrichment rate, coal ratio and coke, but this does not require a bicycle, which is already very It's enough. Let's upgrade it slowly in the future.
Colonia has added an auxiliary equipment for the mixing furnace in front of the converter, which is mainly used to adjust and balance the supply and demand of molten iron between the blast furnace and the converter to ensure uninterrupted supply of the molten iron required by the converter. The molten iron is stored and stored in the mixing furnace. Mix the molten iron ingredients and uniform temperature.
The molten iron burned out of the blast furnace is poured into the converter through a mixing furnace fixed on the track and hoisted at both ends by steel chains. In order to avoid heat loss during the process of loading and discharging molten iron, Whitney also installed the converter on a For the trunnion, the bottom blowing outlet can always be above the molten iron before it is filled with molten iron, and the blowing can also be stopped when the molten iron is discharged.
Darkus, who was unable to help, became more and more confused as he looked, and the more he looked, the more familiar it became, because he saw the shadow of the early 20th century. He only knows that there is no need to pour the waste slag from the blast furnace into the sea. The national highway in the Kauchen Plain can be used. The waste slag is best used for paving roads. In addition, he is also planning to transport the waste slag from Nagaros in the future. One is to develop infrastructure and the other is It can make the ship pressurized.
Although the relevant oxygen top-blowing equipment has been made by hand, it has not been used for the time being due to time constraints. Instead, a quantitative blower was built to blow air into the converter.
The bottom of the converter is heated, the molten iron is poured from a hole above the converter, and pressurized air is blown in to oxidize the molten iron and remove all impurities. Brand-new, high-quality molten steel comes out of the furnace in less than half a day. Hour. Then the two converters were brought together so that while one was blowing air, the other was already full.
Then something even more evil happened. Darkus's two phantom gods did not directly cast the molten steel produced by the converter, but adopted a double steelmaking method. Combining the converter and the open-hearth furnace, the open-hearth furnace will slowly but effectively complete the final refining, and they also retain a program that allows the open-hearth furnace to adjust the metal composition later.
In fact, there is no need to follow up, it is outrageous enough now. Darkus thinks that his two phantom gods have added manganese, but this thing cannot be communicated. He knows that it is manganese, but he does not know the specifics. His two phantom gods have added manganese. The Phantom God said that this was the sea gold brought out by Chapeuto when he rose. They used metal spells to grind the sea gold into powder and added it to the molten steel.
Focusing on fantasy and non-mainstream colors.
The "sea metal steel" produced through this process is extremely strong after processing. Malekith became interested and became the blacksmith he once was. He underwent double testing using physics and magic, and finally came to the conclusion This kind of sea gold steel is harder than Ulthuan's Ysramasilver. The key is that it is very light and can be used to make subsequent black dragon armor or rare equipment.
But we are faced with two problems. One is that the working hours are very long. Even with the forging of an air hammer, it takes a long time to take shape. Fortunately, the demand is not that big. There are only the behemoths of Lustria and Nagaros. The black dragon and the sea beast of Chapeiuto have a relatively large demand for this kind of sea gold steel. The other is the rare sea gold that needs to be salvaged in the deep sea.
Moreover, the soul breakers in the Stormweaver Cult will transform into marines and frogmen like the trident bearers next door, and move in the deep sea with the blessing of black magic.
At the current stage, the fruits sown by Darkus have finally been harvested relatively satisfactorily, including high-end Haijin steel, Keith steel that meets war needs, and the production of consumables such as tools and arrowheads. Open hearth steel.
"Have faith in the sorceress!"
If you do this, Hagrid Grave's iron and coal production capacity will also have to increase.
"I won't bear the infamy of labor dispatch." The
casting method of Haijin Steel was only known to Darkus and others, and Keith Steel and open-hearth steel began to be produced according to the updated process. The next worst thing is the steam engine and various related machine tools. But for those who are not in a hurry, the existing equipment can handle it, but the production capacity cannot be increased. Now Darkus has to go south because the dimensional stone dust typhoon from the chaotic wasteland of Antarctica is coming.
Darkus called the family animal trainers headed by Kalien, and he also specially called Tiktato.
Kalien appeared again in the form of Balutu. He put on the holographic mask he obtained when he first came to the continent of Lustria. He will lead nine beast trainers from the Hell Calamity family to form a formation. One team was led by Tiktato, and the other team was composed of sorceresses and Adreze followers headed by the three phantom gods, plus the god Ha of Darkus, a total of one giant pterosaur and three Ten pterosaurs, the prepared team flew to the south under the ejection of the pterosaurs.
Ha Shen's huge wings spread out, as wide as a huge sailing ship. The wings danced at first, carrying Darkus up lightly. After flying to a high altitude, the wings stopped flapping and began to fly using the thermal air currents above Lustria.
In this way, Darkus drove the God Ha to fly in the sky of Kauchen Plain. Behind him was the infinite sky, in front of him was the boundless plain, and the sea was about to appear on the horizon.
The ground is a vast plain, with dead grass undulating with the breeze, as if paying the highest respect to the supreme ruler of this land, Darkus, dancing in the wind. A group of foraging chocobos jumped out of the grass and began to escape in the opposite direction of the pterosaur group's flight.
There are white clouds floating in the sky, like dreamy fluff. The sun hangs high, casting a warm ray, illuminating the entire Kauchen plain, giving this land of despair and hope a rich and colorful colour.
After fixing his legs, Darkus stretched his arms in the wind and reveled in it. At this moment, he seemed not to be alone. He was not alone in the first place. He seemed to be integrated with the heaven and earth.
Just when Ha Shen was about to climb up into the clouds, something disappointing happened. A group of rhinocerosary dinosaurs appeared in Darkos's field of vision, which made him troubled. It was because of this group of rhinocerosaurs that were active over the Kauchen Plain. He had to build a bunch of cattle sheds in Rosario Province, and mobilized a large number of Druch soldiers and Reaper ballistae groups to defend the cattle sheds.
Nowadays, a large part of the cattle in Rosario Province are shorthorn cattle that Dacus's uncle, Dastan and the admiral of the Mogar family worked hard to get from the old world. This kind of cattle is very good, so good that it can Blessed by Suhat... No, this kind of beef has fine bones and rich meat, a short growth period, saves feed, strong adaptability, high meat quality, high meat yield, and a tender and delicious taste. Although heifers cannot go to heaven, they are high-quality dairy cows, and these cows are also very easy to feed. They can eat no matter whether it is rough or salty grass.
Originally, Darkus planned to adopt fenced grazing due to lack of manpower. This has many benefits. For example, the cows will drink water and eat grass on their own, without the need for extra supervision, which greatly saves labor. Each herdsman can illuminate more than 200 cows. Looking back, It’s just a herd of cattle, with no human beings to be seen, and usually only one herdsman is needed to cruise around on horseback.
More importantly, fenced grazing can make more rational use of the pasture. Define areas in the pasture and allow cattle to roam in these areas, which is conducive to the growth of pasture. In this way, the cattle can eat fresh grass at all times, have sufficient nutrition, and grow long. To gain fat quickly, you can even herd cattle and sheep together. You can graze the cattle first and then the sheep. The cattle eat the tall grass and the sheep eat the lower grass. This can greatly improve the utilization of the pasture. A windmill can also be placed in the center of the fence to draw out the underground water and divert it to a drinking water trough. It is for cattle and sheep.
The result is good now. Compared with the unsatisfactory labor dispatch of Cordoba Province, the rhinoceros is more interested in the cattle and horses of Rosario Province, so that Darkus has to allocate a large amount of strength to ensure the safety of Rosario. Safety in Austria. As a result, cows, horses and dairy cows can only be raised in cowsheds. Fortunately, there are not many livestock now, and the harvested corn stalks can be used as feed, and alfalfa has also been planted.
As Umak of the ancient saint Iqi, Dakoos can control this group of rhinoceros dragons blessed by Iqi, but the same group of rhinoceros dragons are mainly unruly, and they cannot stay quietly on the bridge like the pterosaurs. On the tower, they do not accept other people approaching. As soon as he leaves or is not outside, the rhinoceros will run away and cause riots in the city. If it weren't for the group of rhinoceros being useful, he would really like to get some yellow-spotted toads. Either kill all the rhinoceros that are active on the Kauchen Plain or allow the rhinoceros to have some friendly interactions with Druch's trainer.
Darkus, who was angry in his heart, was about to pick up the horn and blow the horn to tell the group of approaching rhinoceros to roll as far away as possible, but he soon discovered something was wrong. The group of rhinoceros seemed to be seeing Queen Ha chose to turn around and fly away in the opposite direction. This group of rhinoceros seemed to be afraid of God Ha and this creature of the ancient saint Iqi wearing myopia glasses.
Darkus laughed contemptuously. Although he was unruly, he bullied the weak and feared the strong, right? Regardless of whether God Ha can disperse or command the rhinoceros, he is ready to let God Ha, who can fly normally, patrol the sky above the Kauchen Plain.
Soon, the group of pterosaurs flying in a rectangular formation in the sky passed the southern outpost, flew over the whirlpool swamp, and flew towards the coastline of Anureel Province.
First stop, Twilight Fortress!
There will be another chapter tomorrow, it’s over, it’s really over…