Chapter 74 Elite Troops
The next morning, Zhang Yang went to the training ground.
The training ground at this time is no longer the small circle it was more than a month ago.
To the east is the newly built city wall, to the north is a residential area, to the south is a large tract of green farmland, and the rest of the west is occupied by training grounds.
It is two hundred meters long from north to south and one thousand meters long from east to west. It is surrounded by fences made of logs, which looks very impressive.
At this moment in the training ground, the 100 recruits were training, sweating profusely, it was quite a spectacular sight, but even so, they would occasionally be beaten and scolded by the instructor Qin Ge.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Yang was no longer in a hurry and just waited at the edge of the training ground. However, he soon felt something was wrong.
I sent over 100 new soldiers five days ago. Are these enough now? I looked left and right, counted again and again, and the number of new soldiers was still only 87. Damn, there were still 13 missing!
At this moment, Zhang Yang really felt like he was going to explode, because the population of the village was so tight now, every one of them was a treasure, and suddenly 13 of them were gone. Fortunately, he didn't have a heart disease, otherwise the whole book would have been ruined.
Taking a deep breath, Zhang Yang went to the barracks next to him and looked around. He did not find any sick recruits. He opened the training ground properties in the village construction order, and the information inside made him even more furious.
"You have 87 recruits in training."
What the hell?
It would be fine if 100 new recruits haven’t been trained well after five days.
There are still 13 missing. Is this a training ground or a killing den? However, Zhang Yang is no longer the same as before. He suppressed his anger in a few seconds. I think the instructor should give him a reasonable explanation.
The training of the recruits was quickly over, and the instructor Qin Ge, who always looked sick, walked straight over with a fake smile that was uglier than crying.
"Greetings, Mr. Village Chief. Are you here today to finish the training of the new recruits?"
"What do you mean?" Zhang Yang looked at the guy without any expression on his face.
"Oh, the village chief has been very busy these days, so I haven't had a chance to report. Among the 100 recruits you brought, there are five elite-level recruits and 25 outstanding-level recruits, so I changed the training method on my own initiative. After all, the training ground has been upgraded to level 3, and I naturally can't let you down for your trust."
Instructor Qin Ge still spoke in that tone as if he had just recovered from a serious illness. This was really a trick, as his voice was quite loud just now.
However, Zhang Yang's anger had subsided by then, and he was thinking in his heart that perhaps the best and most elite among the 500 recruits were concentrated on this side of the recruits.
At this moment, when he looked at the sick instructor again, he immediately became kind. What a great instructor, he still had to train despite being sick. No, he must have a raise. Well, he must have extra meals. Give him enough meat.
"Very good, tell me more about it in detail." Zhang Yang smiled brightly.
"Yes, village chief. After I changed this training method, the recruits will have four career choices instead of only three. They are longbowmen, sword and shield soldiers, spearmen, and two-handed swordsmen. The first three are regular soldiers, and the last one is an elite soldier. In other words, as long as you walk out of the training ground, you are an elite soldier."
"However, this training method is somewhat cruel. In the past five days, there have been six deserters and seven eliminated due to lack of physical strength. The deserters were all killed by me, and the eliminated ones were sent back to the residents' homes. I don't think they will live long. I didn't ask for instructions in advance about this matter. If the village chief blames me, I will not say anything."
Zhang Yang opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.
In theory, this was a good thing, so it only took him a second to pretend he heard nothing.
"How long will it take to complete the training? Also, will you provide weapons and equipment for the new soldiers?"
"Reporting to the village chief, the entire training will take ten days. Today is only the sixth day. By then, you will probably have 40 two-handed swordsmen, and the rest will only be regular soldiers."
"As for the weapons and equipment for the new soldiers, I'm sorry, village chief, my training ground only provides wooden swords, wooden spears, and wooden shields for training. If you need them, just take them."
Zhang Yang thought about it and it seemed to be true.
"Then I need to know the specific combat effectiveness, strengths and weaknesses of this new type of soldier, as well as their performance after advancement."
"As you wish, the two-handed swordsman is a first-level elite soldier, with strength E, agility E, defense F+, two-handed weapon proficiency 300, and skill slash."
"The advantage is that it moves fast and has high attack damage. Ten two-handed swordsmen can kill a blue wolf with half of them killed or injured. Under tactical command, at least 50 regular first-level soldiers are needed to kill a blue wolf."
"As for the disadvantage, it has no shield, so its defense is very low, and it is suppressed to death by ranged soldiers."
"To upgrade the two-handed swordsman, a captain-level monster remnant soul is needed, and then it will be upgraded to the second-level elite soldier Berserker, with strength D, agility D, defense E+, two-handed weapon proficiency 400, and skill Wind Slash. If the enemy has ranged soldiers, their damage output is not inferior to the third-level regular soldiers."
"The Berserker upgrades to the third tier to become the Storm Swordsman, but it requires a hero-level monster remnant soul, which are those big monsters above level 25. Their attributes are strength C, agility C, defense D+, two-handed weapon proficiency 500, and skill Storm Slash. If we don't consider the enemy's ranged soldiers, their damage output is comparable to that of a one-star hero."
"Finally, compared to regular soldiers who can only be upgraded to level three, elite soldiers can be upgraded to level four. Although not as good as some legendary soldiers who can be upgraded to level five or even level nine, it is already quite good. Only three heroic spirits are needed to upgrade the Storm Swordsman to the Hurricane Swordsman, with strength B, agility B, defense C+, two-handed weapon proficiency 600, and the skill Hurricane Slash, which is completely comparable to a three-star hero."
After listening to the introduction of instructor Qin Ge, Zhang Yang had a general understanding of this type of soldiers. It is not a panacea, but it is very targeted. Its shortcomings are obvious and its advantages are even more obvious. As long as the enemy does not have long-range weapons, it will be invincible in close combat. That's what it means.
In addition, the attribute advantages of this type of soldiers are obvious. The strength and agility attributes of regular first-level soldiers are only F+, while the strength and agility attributes of this elite first-level soldier are E, a full two levels difference. Moreover, it can be upgraded to the fourth level. Although it is difficult to upgrade, it is always simpler and easier than starting the hero trial.
"Very good. You keep the 40 recruits who are most likely to complete the training. I want the remaining 47 recruits to complete their training immediately. The ratio is 30 longbowmen and 17 sword and shield soldiers."
Zhang Yang made a decision quickly. Although elite troops were very tempting, conventional troops could be quickly mass-produced at this stage. Wu Yuan was still waiting to train these new recruits in wooden spear throwing.
"As you wish." Instructor Qin Ge seemed stunned for a moment, but did not say anything.
Soon, 47 recruits passed the training at the training ground and became first-level soldiers. This process must be completed at the training ground. At this time, they will receive the first-level weapons and equipment given by the village construction order, including leather armor, spears, long bows, feather arrows, long swords, and wooden shields.
Then, they will be sent to Wu Yuan, and strengthened into elite soldiers with the residual souls of ordinary monsters, and finally strengthened into captain-level soldiers with the captain-level monster souls.
But Zhang Yang always felt that something was wrong. After checking the village construction order, he suddenly discovered that these 47 new recruits actually had a new attribute called morale. As long as the morale was lower than or equal to 45, the soldiers would have an 80% chance of running away.
"What is the morale threshold for this two-handed swordsman you trained to escape?"
Zhang Yang couldn't bear it any more and could only go back to ask instructor Qin Ge. If the elite soldiers were so dishonest, he would really go crazy.
"Mr. Village Chief, please do not confuse the concepts of elite soldiers and elite military branches. Elite soldiers refer to those who stand out from the crowd among regular military branches, but if the elite military branches are described as outstanding, it would be an insult to them."
"So, in battle, only when the morale value of elite soldiers is lower than 10 will they have a 30% chance of deserting. The remaining 70% will still fight to the death. Finally, if they are not in combat, they will not desert unless their morale value is 0."
Instructor Qin Ge answered with a smile, which looked like he was gloating over someone else's misfortune.
At this moment, Zhang Yang really wanted to punch him in the face for that smiling face.
Laugh at your sister!
(End of this chapter)
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