Chapter 157 War Preparation

The magic pattern at the core of the brute force armor is not very complicated. As long as you have studied enchantment and brute force, it is easy to imitate it.

Richard is unwilling to make the technology of making brute force armor public for the sake of fame.

He is not only a magician, but also a noble lord.

Richard will try his best to control the brute force armor, which can enhance the combat effectiveness of the army.

It is the instinct of every noble lord to maintain the leading military power.

Richard is ambitious and is no exception. He is now concentrating on accumulating military merits, expanding territory, and increasing strength. Of course, he does not want such excellent equipment as brute force armor to become cabbage and fall into the hands of competitors or even enemies.

Richard's psychological age is very mature. Because he carries secrets, he does not want to be burdened by false reputation.

Once he becomes a well-known figure in the magic world, everything about him will be exposed and studied repeatedly.

Enemies hidden in the dark will find ways to target him.

Unless the strength of Harland Territory grows to the level of Duke Jonathan Territory and has the power to protect itself, Richard will consider making some of the research results public and recruiting magic talents from other regions.

However, once the brute force armor is used on a large scale, it will definitely not be concealed.

Even if there are confidentiality regulations in the military, Harland Territory is also very cautious against spies.

But over time, the secrets of the brute force armor will still be leaked and studied by others.

To stop and delay this process, the first thing to do is to strictly manage it from the source, and every piece of brute force armor must be strictly registered. It is managed by Richard, Sophia and other high-level territories in person.

When the war breaks out, the brute force armor is issued and immediately taken back after the war ends.

Without a physical reference, the enchantment runes of the brute force armor are difficult to leak.

The second point is to study anti-counterfeiting technology.

Richard obtained the magic spell knowledge created by Shao Gongyuan from the Starlight Bottle.

This knowledge uses the principle of sound wave recognition, chanting special syllables, and resonating and binding with magic equipment to open the magic equipment. Using this new knowledge, each piece of brute force armor is set with an opening spell. This will greatly improve the anti-copying ability of brute force armor.

However, in this way, magic materials will be added to the brute force armor. Richard calculated that the cost of making a piece of brute force armor will increase to about 150 gold coins.

To crack the opening spell, you need to be proficient in the principle of sound wave recognition. Understand sound analysis and data processing, and then convert it into digital signals after feature extraction, and then analyze and process the digital signals, and compare them with the sound signals stored on the magic equipment.

In this way, the threshold for copying will become very high.

Even if the legendary magician does not have enough knowledge, he will not be able to decipher the secrets of brute force armor.

Richard will set a different opening spell for each piece of magic equipment, and it can only be opened by using the sound of his own speech.

In order to increase the difficulty of deciphering, he will also use the ancient O'Fran language as the opening spell.

Raising countless thresholds, although it increases the cost and is also troublesome to use, but in this way, it guarantees no leakage to the greatest extent.

In addition, Sophia and Wendy can also master different numbers of brute force armors and store them in different castles.

After returning from the dead world, Richard has begun to teach them the ancient wizard language, O'Farran.

Both of them are very smart and have mastered the wizard language in a few months.

Because there is no language environment for O'Farran, the learning progress is a little slower, and only a lot of short sentences are mastered.

The simpler the opening spell is set, the lower the cost.

Richard only plans to set a one-word opening spell.

With Sophia and Wendy as assistants, Richard's idea is realized very smoothly.

Entering March, the three of them have made ten brute force armors, and Richard has equipped these armors to the first squadron.

In fact, the effect of brute force armor on improving strength is not as good as the boiling blood potion of the evil god church.

Richard observed that the boiling blood potion can increase about four points of strength and one point of agility, and the duration is still ten times that of brute force armor.

However, the side effects of the boiling blood potion are very large, almost consuming most of a person's vitality. After using the boiling blood potion, the physical fitness will deteriorate very seriously, and there will be no potential for practicing breathing methods. And after using the boiling blood potion, you will become irritable and impulsive, and it is easy to be calculated by the opponent.

Irritable people basically don't live long on the battlefield.

The brute force armor has no side effects, and it also consumes fighting spirit.

A high-level warrior apprentice can use the fighting spirit in his body for about three times.

In battle, three minutes can often decide the outcome of a battle.

Entering March, Richard's spirit became nervous.

It has been three years since the last orc invasion this year.

According to the previous rules, the possibility of a war breaking out this year is very high.

Every time the orcs go south, they enter the Eagle Mountains in early March and enter the southern foothills in mid-March to attack the human fortress.

Fort William and Fort Sophia are both fortresses on the southern foothills of the Eagle Mountains, and they may be attacked by orcs at any time.

Entering March, Richard has sent the Warcraft Cavalry Squadron, extending one hundred kilometers to the north, to scout the intelligence of the orcs, so as to prepare a few days in advance.

The Harland Territory also entered a wartime state ahead of schedule and accelerated the production of weapons and equipment. In particular, arrowheads and arrow shafts, which were consumed in large quantities, needed to be stockpiled.

The ninth and tenth new squadrons finished the recruit training ahead of schedule and were equipped with weapons and equipment.

Because most of the soldiers had only practiced breathing techniques for a short time, their physical fitness was not as good as that of several old squadrons. These two new squadrons would not participate in field battles, and were placed by Richard in Fort William and Fort Sophia, respectively. Their main task was to cooperate with the auxiliary soldiers and be responsible for the task of defending the city.

A large number of catapults were installed in the two castles, and hundreds of alchemical bombs were stored.

As long as the number of orcs attacking the city did not exceed one battalion, relying on the guard force of one old squadron, one new squadron, and two auxiliary squadrons, the defense force was sufficient.

The garrison of Fort Vick was still the fifth squadron, with a squadron of auxiliary soldiers, and the castle was also equipped with a large number of catapults.

With Fort William and Fort Sophia on the front line, Fort Vick's safety was greatly increased. It should be enough to have a squadron stationed.

The main military force of the territory. The first, second, sixth, seventh, and eighth infantry squadrons, plus Richard's personal soldiers, the headquarters logistics personnel, and the main force of more than a thousand people were all transferred by Richard to the Bobi Brick Kiln Factory to serve as the general reserve.

Bobi Brick Kiln Factory is located in the center of the three territories of Harland, about 30 kilometers away from Fort William and Fort Vick, and a little further away from Fort Sophia, only 40 to 50 kilometers.

Stationing troops in this place can support any direction and respond to sudden crises. This kind of deployment of troops is conducive to defending with the same attitude in response to changes.