Continental Warriors Yoo Ma

For this defensive battle, Ma Youfu prepared two hundred grenades enchanted with lighting.Based on the calculation that the effect of a flare lasts for 5 minutes, it is enough to support the bastion to fight until dawn.

At that time, his strategic intention will also be realized.

The grenade launcher in Ma Youfu's hand has now undergone a comprehensive improvement.

He fitted the grenade launcher with a twelve-round magazine, modeled on the revolver.Since the entire cylinder weighs more than ten kilograms, it is impossible to complete the rotation of the cylinder by simply pulling the trigger with the index finger like a revolver. Therefore, Ma Youfu referred to the mechanical clock that has gradually become popular in this era, and installed it on the grenade launcher. A clockwork device.

In this way, as long as Ma Youfu turns the cylinder counterclockwise once after loading the bullet, winds up the mainspring, and then only needs to pull the trigger, and the spring force of the spring steel will drive the cylinder to rotate. .

The grenade gun, which had to be reloaded after firing one grenade, has now evolved into a semi-automatic weapon that can fire twelve grenades at a time and reload. Ma Youfu's firepower is much more ferocious.

The only downside is that the weight of the grenade launcher has increased a lot.If it weren't for a certain LSP achievement that improved his strength a lot, it was already comparable to a strong knight, I'm afraid he really wouldn't be able to use this weapon proficiently.

With the assistance of one flare after another, the Mulholland army's attempt to use the cover of the night was basically bankrupt.

One after another, the accurate and ruthless twelve-pound shells smashed into the Mulholland army with a scream, causing a lot of damage.

The most impressive scene of the first wave of the offensive occurred when the Tlemcen rebels advanced to a distance of 450 meters.A solid shell flew into the rebel army in Tlemcen from a height of 1.6 meters above the ground, like candied haws, and hit a group of soldiers carrying siege ladders in a column.

The heads of a full twelve soldiers were chopped off by shells in the blink of an eye, as if they were beheaded at the same time.Twelve dead bodies sprayed with blood from their neck sections took another step or two under the action of inertia before falling neatly to the ground. This scene directly frightened the soldiers around them.

Then, the evil iron bullet hit the ground and bounced up because of the uneven angle, plowing out a bloody passage, and finally exhausted all kinetic energy in the miserable scene of limbs flying around.

The lack of organization and complex composition of the Mulholland rebels immediately collapsed, dropped the weapons in their hands and fled backwards, and was shot dead by the supervising team before turning around full of resentment, fear, and helplessness. Assault the formidable crusader fortress.

The Mamluks and Ottomans would not regard these Tlemcen rebels as their own, and the Crusaders would not show mercy.Although Ma Youfu believed that it was justifiable for these Tlemcens to launch a rebellion, since they had already taken up arms against the Crusaders, they could only respond with artillery and swords.

Although it was a bit cruel to say, Ma Youfu would also like to thank the Mulholland Jihad Army on the opposite side for gathering these Tlemcen rebels who were originally scattered in the mountains and deserts and sent them to his guns.

As long as all these people are killed today, Tlemcen will have stability and peace for a long time.

In the front are the brutal artillery of the Crusaders, and in the rear are the deadly bows and arrows of Mulholland's "compatriots". In this way, the Tlemcen rebels are "advancing, demoralized by the artillery, and retreating", and "forced by the supervising team In the state of moving forward", pull back and forth.Their best record was to attack the starting point of the defensive slope, and then they could no longer bear the pressure of mass casualties and dispersed in a herd.

This time the Tlemcen rebels learned their lesson and did not flee to the rear, but to the mountains on the left and right.

It's just that it's October now, and the temperature in the Atlas Mountains drops sharply. It's hard for these people to survive without food.And even if they survived, after being treated like this by brothers of the same faith, their will to resist will be greatly reduced, and they can no longer pose a threat to the Crusaders.

Immediately afterwards, the armies of the Ottomans and Mamluks launched an offensive.

However, whether it is the light infantry recruited by the Mamluks from Egypt and Syria, or the Azar mercenaries of the Ottomans, they are essentially troops composed of ordinary farmers, and their combat effectiveness is unreliable.

But after all, it is the troops directly under our own side, not the consumables that can be discarded at any time like the Tlemcen rebels. When launching the attack, the two commanders of Mulholland still gave some support.

The Ulema cast magic spells to strengthen the courage of the soldiers participating in the attack, so that these ordinary soldiers no longer feared the artillery of the Crusaders.

And Prince Muhammad, taking advantage of the Crusader artillery massacring the Tlemcen rebels, moved the artillery position forward, and quickly built an artillery shelter made of baskets filled with soil and logs.

In this way, the Ottoman artillery can pose a greater threat to the Crusader bastion.And even if an artillery battle broke out, the artillery of one's own side would not suffer too much if they were protected by bunkers.

This strategy really works.Although the various original artillery of different calibers of the Ottomans still could not pose a threat to the walls of the bastion, the defenders on the walls still suffered certain losses under the continuous artillery fire.

A shell fired by a giant magic stone projectile even directly hit a [-]-pound infantry gun. After the gun mount was directly smashed, the fragmented stone bullets scattered and scattered, killing all the soldiers of this artillery group. die.

Fortunately, Ma Youfu had plenty of spare artillery on hand, so the firepower of the bastion was not weakened by this loss.

However, after suffering this loss, Ma Youfu had to concentrate all artillery firepower to carry out anti-artillery operations to eliminate the threat of Ottoman artillery.

The task of defending the frontal siege troops was all handed over to the infantry.

Whether it is the new arquebus troops carefully built by Ma Youfu, or the giant shield crossbowmen and longbowmen who have proven their value in past battles, they can cause effective damage to Mulholland's light infantry.

It's just that this kind of killing efficiency is not as good as a cannon loaded with grape bullets.

After the enemy rushes to a distance within 300 meters from the bastion, he can use the Turkish compound bow in his hand to attack.Even though Ma Youfu's troops had a high rate of armor, the dense rain of arrows still caused a lot of trouble for the defense.

The closest the enemy came to the bastion, they had already climbed over the defensive slope, built a bridge deck on the ditch, and were about to rush under the city wall and set up a siege ladder.

It's just that Ma Youfu used his infantry trump card at this time. After a grenadier centurion, he instantly turned the tide of the battle.

After the long battle that lasted from eight o'clock in the evening to twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, Ma Youfu quickly counted his own losses.

Two twelve-pounders were lost.One was destroyed by Ottoman artillery, and the other was scrapped due to bombing.

Even though the craftsmanship of the Rouen Artillery Workshop has been greatly improved and is far ahead of the average level of this era, there is no guarantee that every artillery will be an excellent product that will not cause problems throughout its life cycle.Explosions are always unavoidable.

It's just that Ma Youfu still has enough artillery to deploy on the city wall, so it's not a big problem.

As for the infantry, a total of 48 soldiers were killed, and another 92 had to withdraw from the battle due to injuries.

The overall attrition rate is about [-]%, which is acceptable.

On the side of the Mulholran Jihad Army, the situation is much worse.

In the artillery fire, Ottoman's artillery position was completely misfired after holding on for two hours.Including the two giant magic stone-shooting cannons with obvious targets, most of the artillery was destroyed, and the artillery unit lost at least 300 people.

As for the infantry unit, just look at the number of corpses left on the battlefield, which is one kilometer long and two kilometers wide, and you will know how heavy the loss of the Mulholran Mujahideen is.

Ma Youfu roughly estimated that the enemy's casualties were about 8000 people, and all light infantry units basically lost their combat effectiveness.

It's just that even after suffering such a loss, the Mulholran Jihad Army still has no plans to retreat.

The dismounted Sipasi cavalry began to gather and line up.Although these military pillars of the Ottoman Sultanate have shown a tendency to decline in combat effectiveness due to the corruption of the system, they are still the most powerful force in the hands of Prince Muhammad. Even the newly rising Yenicheri cannot compete with him because of insufficient numbers. on a par.

The Sipasi cavalry looked indifferently at the miserable Azabu mercenaries who withdrew from the front line, covered in blood and wounds, showing contempt.

How can these stupid and cowardly peasants who set foot on the battlefield for money be compared with the noble and martial Sipasi cavalry?

In Nicopolis, it is not that the Sipasi cavalry did not fight the Crusaders.Since the fathers of the Sipasi cavalry were able to defeat the Crusaders, they can also defeat those European invaders today!

Chapter 480

After gathering in line, the Sipasi cavalry placed a delicate blanket on the open space in front of them, and began to pray for the last time before the day passed.

A highly respected Ulema presided over this prayer, and along with the rhythmic chanting, a magical aura emanated from the Sipasi cavalry.

The Ulema of the Mulholran religion is roughly equivalent to the priests of the Seven Saints.

It's just that among the priests of the Seven Saints, only those who have enough qualifications to obtain the extraordinary power bestowed by the Seven Saints through prayer can be promoted to a priest.

However, the Ulema of the Mulholran religion has no such restrictions.Every ulema can gain supernatural power through prayer and chanting.It's just that this extraordinary power cannot be applied to oneself, it can only bless other Mulhollan believers.

Moreover, the magic spells cast by Ulema are generally weaker than those of priests.Only those Ulema who are pious enough to the true god Ankabal, familiar enough with the "True God Golden Sutra", and highly respected, can perform high-level divine arts under suitable conditions.

In terms of individual strength, Ulema cannot be compared with priests.The former can only be used as a BUFF machine in battle, while the latter can not only use magic to buff one's own side, but also wear heavy armor, pick up weapons, and go directly to the front to fight the enemy.

The use of divine arts in the two religions, one favors breadth, the other favors depth, there is no distinction between good and bad, but each has its own strengths.

It's just that every Ulema can perform divine spells, so that the Mulholran belief can spread rapidly at the beginning of its birth, throughout the entire Arabian Peninsula, and quickly spread to surrounding areas such as Iran and Anatolia.This system is very useful for missions.

But in terms of the role of their respective divine arts systems on the battlefield, the Mulhollan religion is not as good as the Seven Saints religion.

Although every Ulema can use divine spells, the types and effects of divine spells in the Mulholran religion system are not as good as those of the Seven Saints.And the same kind of magic cannot be superimposed, which has led to the fact that although Mulholland's army can often obtain magical buffs, the improvement is not obvious. technique, turning the tide of battle.

But even so, the Sipasi cavalry, who were blessed with divine magic and strengthened both mentally and physically, still put unprecedented pressure on the crusaders defending the fort.

Ma Youfu even heard the sound of a soldier swallowing his saliva because of nervousness.

After four hours of fighting, it is reasonable to say that soldiers who are already familiar with the battlefield environment can still have this kind of reaction, which shows that the sense of oppression displayed by those Sipasi cavalry is still quite sufficient.

Ma Youfu even suspected that the opponent deliberately showed the Sipasi cavalry ready to fight to create invisible pressure.

This is not finished.

After the Sipasi cavalry finished their prayers, they began to receive cups from the Ulemas.

"Strange. This scene really resembles the scene of drinking strong wine before the expedition. But aren't the Mulhollandists forbidden to drink alcohol? Even if they drink it in private, they have to find a name of 'fermented juice' to cover it up. How can they break the ban openly?" Ma Youfu felt suspicious.

But after a thousand Sipasi cavalrymen drank the liquid in the cup, Ma Youfu immediately realized that it was not an ordinary drink, but some kind of stimulant, which could greatly increase the combat effectiveness.

A thousand elite Sipasi cavalry, after drinking the red hashish, even their eyes began to glow red.

Their expressions became fierce and aggressive, their chests rose and fell, and they breathed like a blower, as if only by doing so could they suppress the energy and desire to fight that were about to explode in their bodies.

If these Sipasi cavalry were just outstanding warriors with superb martial arts skills and well-equipped equipment before, then at this time, the crusaders on the fort only saw a group of beasts eager for blood and killing.

Perhaps only the terrifying Viking warriors recorded in the history books who can go berserk can compete with these Sipasi cavalry.

"The beards of the mountains! Faced with these thugs catalyzed by drugs, I am afraid that even dwarf warriors as tenacious as granite will feel terrified!" Oli Longbeard couldn't help sighing.

The dwarf master did not manage various blacksmith workshops in Rouen, but came all the way to the Maghreb to test two newly cast rune cannons.

Although Oli Longbeard and Jean Bro lost the gunnery competition at the beginning and suffered a complete defeat in the development of artillery, Ma Youfu did not completely deny the value of rune artillery.

He deliberately let Oli Longbeard combine the dwarf's rune magic skills with the most cutting-edge artillery casting technology of this era to create two rune cannons.

The idea of ​​using these two rune cannons is quite different from ordinary cannons. Ma Youfu intends to use them specifically to deal with extraordinary enemies that may appear on the battlefield—such as the undead colossi that he encountered when fighting against undead pirates. .

A rune cannon with a total weight of three tons and a length-to-diameter ratio of fifty to one.This means that the 24-pound shells fired by this rune cannon have a faster muzzle velocity, and the gun is more powerful and has a longer range.

Although the rune cannon is heavy, there are many weight-reducing runes engraved on the cannon.Therefore, when encountering difficult-to-pass terrain during transportation, let the rune mage activate the weight-reducing rune, and the rune cannon can easily pass through obstacles, greatly improving mobility.

In addition, the muzzle of the rune cannon is engraved with the prayer of Mirna, the goddess of luck.As long as the rune mage injects magic power and recites it once before firing, the hit rate of the artillery can be greatly improved.

In addition, the shells equipped with this rune cannon are not limited to the three types of solid iron bullets, hollow explosive shells, and grape shells used by ordinary artillery in Ma Youfu's army. There are also various kinds of shells with different magical effects. special shells can be used.

Hearing Oli Longbeard's exclamation, Ma Youfu said: "Master, no matter how fierce those Mulhollan people are, no matter how ignorant of death, they are nothing but flesh and blood. In front of the cannon, it is still as fragile as a piece of paper.”

Although Ma Youfu was talking to Oli Longbeard, he deliberately raised his voice so that the surrounding soldiers could hear him.

Seeing that the Duke is still full of confidence, the anxiety in the hearts of the Crusader soldiers has also decreased a lot.They had been fighting continuously for four hours at this time, and they were quite exhausted both physically and mentally. Now facing an enemy who was not afraid of death, it was inevitable that they would feel fearful.

However, Oli Longbeard, who has been watching the battle, is thinking about another question: "My lord, when will the two rune cannons of our dwarf artillery be able to go into battle? You specially transferred us to this statue Is the fortress of the stars just for us to watch?"

"Don't worry, master dwarves, when the enemy's trump card comes on the scene, you will come in handy. The key to determining the outcome of this battle lies with you dwarves. Please wait patiently."

Seeing what Ma Youfu said, Ouli Changxu could only hum a few times, and then continued to wait obediently.

At this time, cheers full of bloodthirsty and desire for war came from the enemy line.Looking into the distance, Mayoufu found that it was the commander of the Sipasi cavalry, a bearded and strong man wielding a golden machete, mobilizing before the battle.

After listening to Bernard's account of the mission, Ma Youfu knew that there was a Pasha under Prince Ottoman's command who tried to assassinate Bernard at the banquet to intensify the conflict between the two sides.

"Muhammad actually entrusted the most important task of attacking the tough battle to this kind of subordinate who tends to go alone, um..." Ma Youfu thought thoughtfully, "Otherwise, I will help the future conqueror of Constantinople, except Get rid of this disobedient subordinate."

Just as the Sipasi cavalry were preparing to attack, a heavy fog hit.

Ma Youfu frowned, and immediately realized that the situation was wrong, and ordered: "Assemble all the battle mages, use the wind-making technique, and blow away this thick fog."

He could clearly feel that the concentration of free magic power in the surrounding environment had risen sharply.This shows that this thick fog is definitely not formed naturally.

In the establishment of the Rouen army, each company will be equipped with a battle mage who can cast at least one level of spells.There are two battalions of infantry stationed in the bastion now, so Ma Youfu has six battle mages under his command.

Among them are four first-ring mages and two second-ring mages.

The wind-making technique is a second-level spell, and if these battle mages were allowed to cast their own spells, it would be absolutely impossible to disperse the dense fog.

This is because the effects of single-player spells are not decisive on the battlefield, and the range and range are too short.

Without the use of techniques such as "magic range extension", most single-player spells have a range of about 200 meters.Only some advanced spells, such as tsunami or avalanche, can have a range of more than one kilometer.