Chapter 387 Crossbow Arrangement (extra update for 600 monthly tickets accumulated)
On this side, Zhou Xu and Wang Dong were busy confirming the attribute panels one by one, while on the other side, the first three-bow crossbow had been successfully pulled to the grassland village.
The messenger carrying Zhou Xu's order arrived before the three bows and crossbows, and had already conveyed the order to Ye Jinghong and Li Ce.
Ye Jinghong and Li Ce have already learned that these three crossbows are key weapons specially developed to cope with the upcoming war with the Lizardmen. Naturally, they dare not be careless with each one.
After calculating the arrival time of the transport team, Ye Jinghong and Li Ce waited outside the village in advance, fearing that something might go wrong with this important weapon.
When the transport team's ox cart pulling the three-bow crossbow came into their field of vision, Ye Jinghong and Li Ce both opened their eyes wide unconsciously.
Before this, their weapons and equipment were basically at the scale of a single soldier. This was the first time they had seen such huge weapons and equipment.
However, when they recalled the even more exaggeratedly sized Ankylosaur among the large group of Lizardmen, Ye Jinghong and Li Ce understood the enormity of the triple-bow crossbow.
If they didn't have weapons of this specification, what would they use to deal with the huge armored dragon? With this mentality, after simply completing the handover work, Ye Jinghong and Li Ce quickly asked people to move the weapons to the training ground outside their village, which was spacious enough for them to operate.
And it was at this stage that the two realized that they were still naive.
They originally thought that the weapons were pulled over by an 'ox cart', but they found out that it was the 'ox' that pulled the weapons over, and the cart and the weapons were actually one and the same!
But on second thought, this weapon is so big and it looks very heavy. If there are no wheels underneath it, it will be very inconvenient to move it.
Following this line of thought, this design really becomes reasonable.
During this time, Li Ce and Ye Jinghong looked around the three-bow crossbow while asking questions of the R&D personnel who were accompanying them.
"How do I use this thing? What are the requirements?"
"For efficiency, a set of operations requires six soldiers, who must have excellent physical strength and power."
As he spoke, the R&D staff member quickly conveyed Zhou Xu's instructions.
"The leader said that before the spring, the number of these three-bow crossbows should reach four, which means that at least 24 soldiers are needed to operate them."
"In addition, considering the possibility of injury in battle, each group will have two substitutes. When they are not needed, they will serve as guards for the three-bow crossbows and be responsible for protecting the safety of the crossbowmen and the three-bow crossbows."
"So the total number of this first batch of crossbowmen should be thirty-two."
Having said that, the R&D staff quickly added another sentence.
"Oh, by the way, the leader also said that we should not choose candidates from the rattan armor soldiers, but from ordinary soldiers."
The rattan armor soldiers were the elite fighting force in his hands. Although the triple-bow crossbow had high strategic value in the later battles, Zhou Xu had no intention of letting his elite fighting force operate the triple-bow crossbow. That would be a bit of a waste.
The three-bow crossbow exists to curb the opposing shield-armored dragon, while the vine-armored soldiers are to curb the core combat power of the opposing lizardman army. Both are indispensable.
After understanding the situation, Li Ce had a basic idea in his mind.
At the same time, the soldiers who were training in the distance were undoubtedly attracted by the big guy who was sent over.
It is worth mentioning here that although the group of recruits headed by Li Tie were sent to Tieshan Village to incorporate the tribal population, the fifty recruits recruited later were sent directly to Caoyuan Village for training after completing the recruit training.
After all, Tieshan Village no longer needs more troops.
This is a perfect opportunity now. We can directly select suitable candidates from this batch of new recruits to form a crossbow unit.
The delivery of the three-bow crossbow distracted the soldiers who were training over there to a certain extent. After seeing Li Ce coming, they quickly tensed their nerves and pretended to be training seriously.
Li Ce noticed these behaviors, but he was busy at the moment and didn't have the time to deal with them.
"Fifty new recruits follow me, the rest of you continue training."
Upon hearing this, Silk and Drogo were stunned for a moment, not to mention the others.
According to usual practice, any new equipment would definitely be given to them first, but this time, they had nothing to do with it?
The fifty recruits named by Li Ce, after being confused at first, reacted quickly and were undoubtedly excited. They quickly lined up and followed Li Ce towards the new equipment that had been delivered.
During this time, Silk and Drogo, who were training, couldn't help but look at him sideways.
However, there was no way they could even think about getting something that even the rattan armor soldiers didn't have a share of.
Here, it is worth mentioning that those who were frantically rolled up by the humans on the side of Da Zhou were not only the ordinary grassland elves, but also the elf knights led by Silk.
It’s just that the grassland elves are madly involuntarily in their work, while the elf knights led by Silk are madly involuntarily in their training.
The nature of the grassland elves is that they will not easily accept such things.
But the nature of soldier training is different from ordinary work.
Compared with human soldiers, you are at a disadvantage in training. Does that mean you are not as strong as them? It's a matter of face. Who can swallow this?
The result was that the training volume of the grassland elves was constantly increased by human soldiers.
In the beginning, they could not keep up with the training intensity of human soldiers, but later they were able to keep up slowly.
During this period of time, Silk and his companions who joined the soldiers' training here have obviously become much more capable, and their physical fitness has undoubtedly improved significantly.
They could feel that they had become stronger, and sometimes, they couldn't help but wonder, if they had the strength they have now when the Lizardmen army attacked, would the situation have changed?
And the answer is no!
Although this answer is cruel, it is reality.
From the very beginning, the outcome of that battle was not something that could be changed by just a few elven knights improving their physical fitness and enhancing their combat capabilities.
Let’s not talk about the large army of Lizardmen, let’s just talk about the Ankylosaurs.
As long as the Shield-Ankylosaurus cannot be dealt with, the destruction of the elven village is basically a foregone conclusion, and there is no other possibility at all.
(End of this chapter)
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