Volume 19, Chapter 18 The Fifty Meter Cut
"Kill...!" With the loud shouts, the *** players excitedly rushed towards their final target. Of course, this target was not easy to deal with. Because the transnational teleportation array itself is equivalent to a troop transport channel, the area is full of high-level troops that our guild has just arrived.
Different from the slower but cheaper shipping, the unit transmission cost of the teleportation array is much higher than that of shipping. Although the larger the teleportation array, the lower the average cost of each transmission, no matter how low it is, , the cost of the teleportation array is definitely not cheaper than shipping or land transportation, or even air transportation. In fact, according to the costs calculated by the players privately, even if they pay experts to use advanced flying creatures to help transport, the unit cost will not exceed even the cheapest teleportation array.
But... just as airplane tickets are much more expensive than train tickets but there are still people willing to fly, the teleportation array's unparalleled speed advantage is its ultimate magic weapon to attract tourists. However, the high cost of unit teleportation determines that even if teleportation arrays are used to teleport troops, they are only limited to high-level units. If even cannon fodder is transported using teleportation arrays, it is not as cost-effective as buying them directly at the battle site. .
Precisely because of the high cost of teleportation arrays, all those actually teleported by our transnational teleportation arrays are high-level military units. When the *** players rushed out of the building complex and saw a dense mass of high-level units in the square in front, their enthusiasm was immediately extinguished.
Because the transnational teleportation array is equivalent to the connecting bridge between China and Japan, the pressure on material transfer here can be said to be very high. Although only a small number of small units and relatively high value materials are transported using the teleportation array, as a connecting channel between the two countries, the daily throughput of materials here is still astonishing. In order to allow these things to be transported in and out smoothly, the entire transnational teleportation array is actually surrounded by a large open square. The main function of this square is somewhat similar to the container stacking area in the port. It is an area specially used for cargo sorting and transshipment. Now, due to the war, all the materials parked in the square have been transported back to Essinger on the other side, and what replaced these goods were swarms of high-level military units.
"Damn, what did I see?" Seeing the densely packed troops in front, the fastest *** player immediately stopped rushing, but the people behind him still pushed him forward involuntarily. , but no matter what, the speed of the charge has slowed down after all.
Although the subsequent *** players also discovered the terrifying situation ahead after rushing into the square, they did not see that there were more people in the square, so the team was still pushed forward. Although the people in front were frightened by the senior troops, they were prepared to die after all. Therefore, after a slight hesitation, these people started running again, hoping to use their own strength to clear a bloody path for those behind. .
Looking at the crazy charging enemies, our legion showed no intention of wavering. A senior NPC stood on a high platform and shouted loudly: "Everyone, pay attention, form a defensive formation."
Boom, boom boom. With three neat footsteps, the entire legion moved forward three steps. The heavy shield bearers in the first row quickly lowered their shields, and the spearmen behind immediately extended their spears from the gaps and tops of the shields. Behind these people, a row of long archers quickly raised their arrows and pointed at the sky at an angle of 20 degrees ahead. Then with the commander's order, there was only a buzzing sound, and a row of neat arrows flew out at the same time.
The flying arrows used by these advanced archers seemed to be equipped with special pronunciation devices. The flying arrows with a sharp whistling sound rushed into the crowd of Japanese players like a group of noisy worker bees, and instantly brought down the crowd.
In addition to luck, *** players who can reach here alive also have strong own strength and battlefield experience. After being attacked by a wave of arrows and losing a row of men, some soldiers immediately shouted for the people with shields to rush forward. In fact, there is no need for these people to shout, the people with shields are already speeding up.
Quickly changing the team arrangement while running, *** players and shield bearers in NPC quickly rushed to the first row. Although they could not form a perfect formation during movement like our guild troops, they could Relying on his own strong strength, he formed a defense line with many loopholes and twists and turns, but in general, he finally protected the front line of the line with shields. With this shield array, at least in the face of arrow rain, the survival probability of Japanese players and NPCs will be greatly improved.
The excited Japanese players looked a little proud of the newly completed protective formation, but what they didn't expect was that their pride only lasted less than two seconds before turning into fear, because the second wave of arrow rain attacked. They fully understood what the elite troops of the Frost Rose Alliance were called.
The group of shield bearers who charged with their shields and the people behind them who were protected by shields all thought that they could completely ignore the attack of the archers and rush to the front. Who knew that when the second wave of arrow rain came down, they would rush to the front. The shield hand was suddenly surprised to find that the shield he was holding turned into paper. Those falling arrows penetrated their shields as easily as through a layer of window paper, then penetrated their bodies, and then penetrated all the people behind them and those behind them. In the end, those arrows unexpectedly returned He breathed half a foot deep into the ground before stopping completely.
Although the distance between the two armies is relatively close now, after shooting through the shield, they can penetrate three layers of human walls and sink directly into the ground half a foot deep. How can a bow and arrow achieve such a position? This damn is simply a small-caliber anti-tank gun!
The second wave of arrow rain ended. Although the charging *** players realized that their opponents were amazingly powerful, they had no intention of giving up. The city walls in front and the terrifying street fighting have already cost them too many people. Now that victory is in front of them, how can there be any reason to give up? So what if the arrow rain is powerful? The distance is only so far. Before the two armies come into contact, they will only receive two rounds of arrows at most. What are the people at the dead point afraid of? The thing that *** people are least afraid of now is dead people.
Despite this thought, the subsequent arrow rain still surprised Japanese players. Indeed, their charging speed and the distance between the two armies are indeed only enough for the archer to 'shoot' two arrows under normal circumstances. This is because *** players calculate the opposing troops as high-level units with outstanding strength. If it is an ordinary army, it is enough to 'shoot' an arrow in this short time. However, *** players are destined to be disappointed today.
Just when the Japanese players thought they could engage with the elite forwards after two rounds of arrow rain, a shout suddenly came from the archer troops on the opposite side. "Let's all change the peacock's arrows." Hearing this cry, a neat sound of arrow change suddenly came from the archers' team. Then all the archers put four arrows on the bowstring at a time, and then pulled the bow. Driven to the limit.
After the archers were ready, a commander at the front of the team suddenly raised a flag, and then waved it down violently. With a "boom" sound, a large black cloud suddenly rose into the sky towards the front. *The player team was covered.
Looking at the black clouds that suddenly rose in front of them, the charging *** players immediately realized that something was wrong, but at this time they had no way to hide. They could only watch the black clouds fall in the crowd, and then saw the *** players who were already less than ten meters away from our forward fell to the ground one after another, and behind them there were even more. The troops were cleared, and the assault line of the Japanese players was pulled back fifty meters in an instant, because all the people within the fifty meters in front had fallen to the ground.
"This...this...what's going on with this guy?" Looking at his companion who suddenly fell, the *** player finally realized the problem.
Even if calculated based on the speed of the fastest member of the *** player team, it would take at least two seconds to cover the fifty meters in front, and the shooting speed of the archers on the opposite side seems to be exactly three seconds. One round, that is to say, if all the fastest people charge, as long as the opponent's shooting speed does not slow down, they will need to withstand at least a dozen rounds of arrow rain to rush past this terrifying fifty meters. However, the more serious problem is that more than two seconds are calculated according to the speed of the assassin, but have you ever seen anyone use an assassin to attack the defensive line of heavy shield and spearmen? What's the difference between that and hitting a rock with an egg?
In standard tactics, there are only three types of troops that are most suitable for attacking heavy shield lines - heavy cavalry, heavy infantry and pikemen. Among the above three types of arms, the fastest is naturally the heavy cavalry, but even at the speed of the heavy cavalry, it will take at least three seconds to cover this distance. And according to the shooting speed of the archers on the opposite side, if the charging team cannot Rushing through the fifty-meter distance in three seconds means that as long as the opponent does not slow down, no matter how many people come here, they will all be shot to death within the fifty-meter range.
What used to be a 50-meter distance for *** players to rush over in a few seconds has now become the most terrifying 50-meter distance to death. Those who can rush through cannot break the formation, and those who are capable of breaking the formation are not fast enough. This is a completely unsolvable proposition. Of course, it is actually easy to crack this proposition. Just use unlimited personnel to rush forward, and wait until the archers on the opposite side are too tired to fire their bows anymore, or when they run out of arrows, then they can rush over. Is it just the number of people who need to be filled in during this process... Anyway, *** players know that the number of people left on their side is not enough.
"What to do now?" A group of *** guild presidents parked at the edge of the square were discussing together.
A guy who seemed to be less assertive suggested: "How about contacting Matsumoto-kun's Ghost Dragon Club? They seem to have taken into account everything that may be encountered on the entire battlefield. The previous mobile angels and those annoying... All the Frost Rose Alliance masters have solved it, maybe they have already thought of a way to deal with this situation?"