Chapter 1171: A Cost-Effective Choice

Of course, the reason why firearms can achieve miraculous effects on the battlefield is not to say that the power of firearms crushes magic. One of the main reasons is that those extraordinary people such as magicians and knights did not guard against the rebel army having weapons such as guns. In their world, the only long-range weapons are bows and crossbows. How can one imagine that there are weapons with such a long range.

If they were really prepared, the mages would have been prepared to defend against magic early on. Even if they could not completely resist the firearm attack, at least they would be able to weaken the power of the firearm to a certain extent. Therefore, it is conceivable that after having a certain understanding of firearms, the results obtained by the rebel army with firearms will definitely be affected.

However, in any case, the rebel army has guns, at least it has a force to fight against the enemy's transcendent.

The insurgents under the city quickly rushed to the bottom of the city wall, and set up a long ladder and began to rush towards the city wall. The firearms supported by the church were not enough to arm everyone, so most of the rebels still used cold weapons such as spears and swords. It's just that those insurgents, without the previous panic at all, howled excitedly and waved their weapons one by one, and rushed up the city wall along the long ladder.

Besides, on the city wall, although the defenders carelessly lost a lot of extraordinary people, it doesn't mean that they have no power to fight back. After all, the gunmen on the rebel side had only been trained for more than ten days, and they were far from being called sharpshooters. Even with the sniper rifles they used, it was impossible to kill all the Transcendents at once.

Seeing the insurgents rushing up the city wall, the city defense army and the superhumans also came to their senses, and immediately stepped forward to start a fierce battle with the insurgents who had ascended the city, trying to drive these insurgents down the city. Moreover, those extraordinary people guarding the city also found an opportunity to display their abilities without showing their heads, and all kinds of lights suddenly shone on the city.

Groups of fireballs, ice cones, and lightning bolts swept towards the insurgents who had just climbed up. At such a distance, if the magicians only use single-target magic, it will not affect their own people. Moreover, the rebel army and the city defense army have not yet been completely entangled, and even at the top of the city, they are still quite distinct.

Moreover, in addition to the mages, the Transcendents on the defense side also had knights, and they were definitely strong melee fighters. Those knights who looked like iron pots aroused their fighting spirit one after another, turned into human-shaped torches, stood in front of the rebel army, and swung their big swords to harvest heads.

"Bang bang bang!" The gunfire sounded again.

Only this time, besides some soldiers and superhumans who were defending the city, there were also many people from the rebel army who fell with the sound of gunfire. After all, the gunmen on the rebel side had only practiced for more than a dozen days, so it was impossible for them to be so superb in marksmanship. Moreover, those insurgents who attacked the top of the city were also standing between the gunmen and the defenders, so it was inevitable that they would be accidentally injured.

Speaking of which,

In terms of firearms and weapons, Ye Zan actually has more advanced firearms, such as energy beam weapons, weapons with intelligent auxiliary functions, and so on. However, the weapons that Ye Zan equipped the rebels were still relatively primitive gunpowder firearms in the technological world, that is, the kind used in the Great Wilderness. Moreover, Ye Zan did not add any refining power to those firearms to enhance the various data of the firearms.

Pure gunpowder firearms have the advantages of simple manufacture, simple use, and low cost. It can be said to be the best choice for armed "cannon fodder". Although it is said that in the ranks of the rebel army, the gunmen exist as elite troops, but in Ye Zan's eyes, they are no different from "cannon fodder".

There is a movie called "Starship Troopers", which tells the story of a war between the Terran and the Zerg. In this movie, the setting of human technological level has always been criticized by many movie fans. After all, from a common sense point of view, the human beings in the movie are already capable of interstellar colonization, but the weapons used by soldiers are still outdated gunpowder guns. Among the soldiers' weapons, the one with the highest technological content may be the tactical nuclear bomb the size of a grenade.

However, if you want to force rationalization, this setting in the movie is not incomprehensible. After all, with the development of human technology to that extent, the value of human beings as a labor force may not be much. To put it bluntly, human life is worthless.

Therefore, thinking about it from a dark perspective, in the war against the Zerg, the federal government allowed human soldiers to enter the landing operations, and only equipped them with outdated gunpowder guns. In fact, they used those soldiers as cannon fodder, and even actively hoped that those soldiers would die in the war. After all, from the perspective of the federal government, there are a large number of idle and unemployed people in society, which is often not a good thing for governance.

Since it is cannon fodder, it is obviously more cost-effective for you to equip him with expensive high-tech weapons than to equip him with cheap basic weapons. Those cannon fodder are destined to die on the battlefield, and there is no chance of recycling any weapon, so it is enough to ensure that the cannon fodder has a certain attack ability when facing the Zerg. If it weren't for the fact that the individual powers of the human race and the Zerg race were not too far apart, I'm afraid the federal government would like to let them go to the battlefield with bare hands.

Of course, on Ye Zan's side, there is no "calculation" like the federal government in "Starship Troopers", but the various rebels are indeed cannon fodder for "preaching". Therefore, from the perspective of cost performance, it is in the best interest to provide "backward" firearms to the rebel army.

Some people may think that Ye Zan's actions are too cruel. He obviously has powerful enough weapons, but he wants to let the rebels die in vain. However, although those civilian uprisings were driven by Ye Zan, wouldn't it be good for them to "beat the nobles and divide the land"? The reason why those civilians revolted was not because someone forced them to revolt with a gun, but because of a "beautiful future." Then, isn't it reasonable to work hard for a "beautiful future" and even pay a corresponding price for it?

Ye Zan is from the world of science and technology, and there is a world of monasticism between him and the world of Chenxi. Although he does not really regard human life as trivial to the people in the world of dawn, it is also difficult to develop much "empathy". After all, from the perspective of the technological world, he is not even the same species as the "humans" in the dawn world.

The provision of guns to the rebel army was purely because the rebel army's combat power was too low to overthrow the regime held by the descendants of wizards. To achieve the goal, gunpowder firearms are the most cost-effective choice. After all, even a more advanced weapon that is twice as powerful cannot get double the effect.

On the top of the city, the rebel army was quickly driven down, and with the bursts of gunfire in the distance outside the city, the defenders began to suffer a large number of casualties. In the past, the rebel army served as a shield for them, but now they drove the rebel army off the top of the city, and instead made themselves lose a barrier. However, among the large number of casualties, the main ones were ordinary soldiers, magicians, knights and other extraordinary people, and it was not so easy to die after being prepared.

I saw those magicians propping up their magic shields one by one, watching metal bullets shoot on the magic shield, causing ripples one by one. And at this time, because the bullet was nailed to the magic shield, they also understood the means used by the other side.

"What is this? Did they use this to kill Karl and the others!" A magician looked at the bullets of the magic shield in front of him and shouted in surprise.

"It looks like it should be a strange long-range weapon, like a slingshot played by a child. However, I don't know what they used to shoot the projectile. This power is actually much stronger than the military crossbow!" A certain age magician said in a deep voice.

For magicians, although they are not completely restrained by long-range weapons, to a certain extent, there is indeed no good way to deal with them. They don't know how the opponent shoots these projectiles, but they know that they need to consume magic power to cast the magic shield. Therefore, regardless of whether the opponent can keep shooting, they must not be able to keep the magic shield on.

"They are beyond the magic range, we have to find a way!" A magician said with a pale face.

"We can't just be passive like this. We should organize people to go out and get rid of the opponent's shooter team." Another magician made a suggestion.

When defending the city, with the protection of the city wall, it can be said that the defending side is waiting for work at leisure. They only need to wait for the enemy to climb up, and then swing their swords to kill them. When going out of the city to fight, the city wall lost its effect. They and the rebel army were fighting face to face, and they were really fighting for their lives.

Therefore, the proposal to go out to fight in the city did not receive immediate response from everyone.

Perhaps, in the hands of those untouchables, such weapons cannot be used casually! With such thoughts in mind, the people on the city defense side decided to wait and see the situation before making a decision.

The magician temporarily retreated from the city wall. After all, the magic shield cannot be opened for a long time, so it is safer to hide under the city wall. And those who stayed on the city wall were some low-level knights and the ordinary soldiers led by them, and they all hid carefully on the city wall.

Since no one came forward, the gunshots from the rebel army also stopped, and no more troops were sent to the city, which made the entire battlefield fall into silence for a while.

However, the silence was only temporary, and after more than ten minutes, suddenly, several larger metal "warheads" were shot out from the rebel army's team. Moreover, the flying speed of the "warhead" is not fast, at least the trajectory of the flight can be seen with the naked eye, as if it has come to the city wall in a leisurely manner.

"What is that that shoots so slowly?" A soldier muttered in confusion when he saw the metal bullet flying from between the battlements.

However, just when the city defenders were still wondering, the metal bullets that flew to the top of the city suddenly exploded and made a deafening roar.

"Boom boom boom!"

The city wall trembled violently amidst the roar, while rocks and shrapnel flew around, just like a magician's explosive fireball, but the explosive power was obviously stronger than magic. Under the explosion, the surrounding soldiers were unlucky. Those nearer were directly torn apart by the shock wave, and those farther away were shot into sieves by flying stones and shrapnel. Almost, a metal bullet cleared an open space on the city wall, and there was no one who could stand within the explosion range.

Not to mention ordinary soldiers, even those knights with fighting spirit could hardly survive the explosion with the protection of fighting spirit alone. At most, they are a little better than ordinary soldiers, that is, they don't die so happily, but fall to the ground with injuries all over their bodies and howl.

"What the hell is this! We can't wait like this, we have to rush out and finish off their shooter team!" After knowing the tragic situation on the city wall, the commander of the city guard finally made up his mind. After all, if it is really going on like this, no one will dare to go to the top of the city in the end, so how can we defend the city.

With the command of the commander-in-chief, and no one else could think of a better way, the city defender finally organized a team. In this team, in addition to ordinary soldiers led by knights, there were also more than 20 magicians following behind. Their idea was not to really enter the ranks of the rebel army, but to escort the magicians to the range of magic, and rely on magic to deal with the shooters in the rebel army.

The gates of the city opened with a bang, and the soldiers came out in a line, and the knights also mounted their mounts, surrounded by a group of magicians in robes. The team did not form a team in front of the city gate, and rushed towards the rebel army directly, wanting to catch the rebel army by surprise. They didn't forget that the rebel army still had explosive warheads, so they didn't dare to stay in one place.

"Bang bang bang!" A series of gunshots came from the rebel army again.

The soldiers rushing towards the rebel ranks fell down on the charging road screaming like felled wheat amidst the gunshots. However, the team's charge did not stop at all because of this. Under the urging and yelling of the knights, they continued to charge tenaciously and desperately.

"Whoosh, whoosh!" Several metal missiles were shot out, some landed behind that team, some landed on the left and right sides of that team, and of course some landed in the middle of the team. However, the mages in that team did not dare to relax in the face of this situation. Seeing this situation, they immediately cast their magic spells, and all kinds of magic spells faced the flying metal missiles.

Those metal missiles, after all, fly relatively slowly, which gives the magicians the possibility to block them. All kinds of magic swept away like a tide, submerging the metal missiles in an instant, and then triggered deafening roars one after another. The violent explosion even tore the magic into pieces, but it still didn't fall into the team after all.