Chapter 26 The Emperor* Group

Just as Epla began to expand its organization on a large scale like a balloon, mass-producing weapons and equipment were preparing to expand their troops, after the autumn harvest and long sea drift, and a month-long long journey, the newly-edition 38th Army of Epla, which had almost cooled down, finally waited for its opponent, the Seventh Legion of the Osa Empire. "《》.com

How many legions are there in the Osa Empire? To be honest, this is a very difficult question to answer.

As a feudal country, everything in the empire was based on the feudal system, and its army was no exception. Lords of all sizes collected people and horses on their fiefs and served as private soldiers. When these noble lords entered the court to serve as public offices, their private soldiers became the imperial official army. At this time, although the people were still those people and the troops were still those, this army had already become the official army of the empire from the original lord's private army to the official army of the empire.

Therefore, unlike modern armies, the size of each imperial regiment is different. Generally speaking, the size of the imperial regiment is determined by the scope of the recruitment area: a vast and financially prosperous country will of course be larger in the size of its legion, and vice versa.

In most cases, the number of a legion is approximately between 40,000 and 200,000 - both large and small, and is commanded by the lord. Of course, it is rare for the lord to personally command the army. Generally, it is commanded by generals entrusted by the lord himself - in short, it is not under the command of the officers of the imperial government. Moreover, unless under special conditions, the imperial government will not administratively divide a legion into two parts, or combine two legions together.

The identity of the Emperor* regiment was acquired as the lord entered the court and was also lost as the lord resigned - of course there was an exception, that is, the "large army" collected all by the emperor directly under the jurisdiction of the emperor.

In modern terms, the "large army" is the strategic reserve team of the entire Emperor**, which is surprisingly large (there are 1.2 million infantry and artillery, and the flying dragon troops at the level of the fleet and the legion. It can be said that the three navy, army and air force are equipped. From a certain perspective, it is somewhat similar to the UMC in later generations). ("" website 7*)

In name, it is under the command of the emperor, and of course in most cases it is still managed by generals. The emperor is often the imperial guards composed of children of nobles in the Gyeonggi region, with a total of only 30,000.

Whether it is a "large legion" or a small legion, the composition of the arms is similar - long-term cultural homogeneity has penetrated into the bones of the empire's fiefdoms.

Taking the Seventh Army as an example, a typical medium-sized imperial regiment is generally composed of aristocratic troops and civilian troops. Generally speaking, "technical" troops are composed of aristocratic troops, while those who take action or cannon fodder mainly come from the civilian class - including "Yorman" who was summoned by the lord and led the military pay, as well as serfs who depended on serf owners and were almost no different from prisoners in the colonial corps.

Among the noble troops, the most "prestigious" unit is the vanguard of the Imperial** Regiment - the Chest-Packard Cavalry. These heavy cavalry use straight swords as weapons, and the number is generally around 5,000. Considering that the knights who formed these troops are all nobles with high titles, this is already a very astonishing number.

These knights mainly use impact and are supplemented by close-range casting - because they need to be flexibly used on the battlefield, their power is the level of the triangle. Although the heavy cavalry themselves have high mana, under normal circumstances, they do not have time to chant complex high-level spells on horseback.

In actual combat, these knights are equipped with expensive magic armor and their spell bonuses, their impact and defense are extremely terrifying. For this era, in the previous battle with the Wagang Army in the Eastern Continent, even the magic-equipped puppets that the Wagang Army is proud of, it is difficult for them to block the charge of these heavy cavalry head-on. "《》.com. Any conventional weapons in this era, as well as spells below four stars, are difficult to pose an effective threat to these heavy cavalry like cans.

In addition to heavy cavalry, the dual-purpose dracostal unit is also the backbone of the cavalry unit of the Imperial Regiment. These dracostals have about 5,000 people - and they also have detailed distinctions between grenade cavalry that focuses on protection and mainly conducts frontal combat, and light dracostals that are highly mobile and responsible for fire support.

Heavy grenade cavalry is equipped with a protection level second only to heavy cavalry, and is equipped with large throwing grenades like iron watermelons, but the main weapons are still sabers and dragon muskets. The light dragon cavalry unit is similar to the dragon cavalry unit of the colonial corps. It mainly uses dragon muskets and sabers as weapons, and focuses more on mobile combat and firepower support. These cavalry are also composed of nobles - generally small and medium-sized nobles with relatively young military merits and titles. Compared with heavy cavalry with strict protection, these relatively light cavalry have a higher mortality rate on the battlefield.

The heavy cavalry and the dragoon are both the main combat troops, and the noble mage troops responsible for supporting them are all light cavalry. These "battlefield panacea" generally have about 4,000 people, and their roles are many and flexible:

They can use triangular or even four-way spells to output firepower, or use water-attribute magic to treat their own troops (of course they must be noble cavalry, and the lowly Yoman and serfs cannot be rescued). Some mages belonging to the "association" can also form team-level cooperation and display certain large-scale defense or offensive spells. Most of these troops are young nobles, because such cavalry is not easy to obtain military achievements, so there are naturally fewer opportunities to be promoted.

There are about 2,000 cavalry artillery troops in the support force - these light-equipped units are also responsible for battlefield fire support. They can use long-range attack rune cannons and close-range direct fire to launch grape bullets to attack enemy infantry dragon artillery. Because the artillery attack accuracy of this era is simply a smack, they often need to rush to the enemy and close to fire. For this reason, they are wearing the military uniforms of the dragon cavalry unit.

In addition to these ground cavalry units, some imperial regiments - such as the current Imperial Seventh Army, are also equipped with some special cavalry - that is, the Air Knights. Under the command of the Imperial Seventh Army, there are two Griffon Knights regiments, responsible for fighting with the enemy's air forces without the Flying Dragon Corps and launching air strikes on the enemy's ground forces. Of course, the Imperial regiment cannot achieve joint combat with air and ground like modern troops.

The main groups of cavalry units composed of nobles are these - the rest are the main body of the Imperial Regiment, the infantry units composed of civilian classes such as Yoman and serfs.

Like the colonial corps, the main force of the infantry unit is also a battle infantry that fights through formation. The Seventh Corps of the Empire has four battle infantry corps equivalent to the colonial corps stationed in Aimera. In terms of combat methods and weapons and equipment, they are basically the same as the colonial corps. The difference is that except for a few officers leading the team, these battle infantry are all composed of "Yorman" who was summoned by the lord and joined the army.

The result is that the combat effectiveness of these battle infantry corps is actually lower than that of the colonial corps. The reason is very simple. For battle infantry with the same weapons and equipment, the better the military discipline, the higher the combat effectiveness. And these "Yorman" as free men are fighting for the honor of the empire, so they naturally cannot use harsh military discipline like those prisoners.

Of course, this is not a problem for the Imperial** regiment - after all, the nobles don't want a group of civilians to compete for military merit with him.

In addition to battle infantry, there are also engineering troops and artillery units responsible for supporting them - these units are also composed of Yoman. The engineering troops are mainly responsible for building cities, building bridges, setting up roadblocks, street fighting assaults, etc., and equipped with siege axes, while the artillery units are equipped with howitzers and infantry artillery. Among them, the infantry gun barrel is longer and has a high initial velocity, and are responsible for direct fire support, while the short and thick howitzers fire "special shells" such as flames and magic through curved fire, which are generally used to attack small cities.

During this expedition, the Seventh Legion of the Empire also specially used heavy weapon of the "Urban" to fight against the monsters owned by legends and rebels.

It is said that in the era of Emperor First Emperor, Urban (who later proved that he was actually a dwarf), the engineer who invented this cannon, made all his efforts to create this unprecedented giant cannon with the full support of Emperor First Emperor. At that time, the new Osa Empire provided the engineer with all the raw materials.

The workers dug out a huge special casting cellar, melted the bronze, and began to pour this unprecedented weapon. When the mold was shattered, what appeared in front of everyone was a "terrifying but extraordinary monster" (the first emperor's words) - the Urban cannon.

The gun is 17 feet long (about 5.18m), weighs 17 tons, the barrel is 8 inches thick (about 20cm to withstand the huge impact force when firing), and the caliber is as high as 30 inches (about 762mm), which is enough to accommodate an adult. The granite shell used is 1,500 pounds (about 680 kilograms). Until now, it is the most powerful firearm besides the modern artillery used by Epla artillery.

After the casting of the cannon was successfully completed, the First Emperor ordered the first test firing outside the palace. The cannon was placed outside the palace gate and the loading was lengthy but smooth. With the roar of the earth and the mountain swaying, the shells were sank into the mud 6 feet deep a mile away. Urban fulfilled his promise, and the First Emperor had the weapon to make him achieve his achievements.

In order to transport and install these bulky metal cannons, a large number of suspended magic crystals were attached to the gun mount, and an extremely complex pulley system was used. At the same time, in order to prevent the destruction of these expensive weapons by the defense army, a defensive magic array was attached to the cannon, and a metallic serf was installed. The transport of the cannons was entirely carried out by serfs, while the artillery squad was composed of two well-trained groups of Yoman team members, who were fully responsible for the arrangement, loading, firing and even maintenance of the cannons.

Finally, there were some spearmen equipped with super spears, responsible for resisting the charge of the enemy's heavy cavalry - these real cannon fodders were naturally composed of serfs. If they wanted to escape in the face of battle, the officers in charge of supervising the battle would cut off their heads with a knife without hesitation.


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