Chapter 570 Close Combat (I)

The soldiers in crimson uniforms raised their improved flintlocks, stared at the approaching pack animal transport team, and placed their sights on the escorts standing scattered beside the transport team.

"Fire!"

Pulling the trigger, the smoke screen rose, and a rain of lead bullets swept past the pack animal convoy not far away, which was dragging rare ore back to the defense area.

The transport team without any bunker fell like miscanthus under the pressure of the wind under three rapid rounds of fire from the ambushers, and disappeared into the ground in a stream of light blue light, leaving behind a patch of clothing full of holes.

Some members of the transport team lay down under the vehicle frame to escape, raising their flintlock rifles and preparing to shoot at the attackers.

They knew very well that once there were casualties in the transport team, their lord would see the death message on the information panel, and at the next moment, the territorial cavalry would be dispatched to search for traces of the transport team along the route.

The mission of the escort is to delay the attacker's movements as much as possible.

"charge!"

The officer of the ambusher drew out the saber from his waist and shouted to his infantry. The soldiers holding long rifles immediately emptied the barrels of their rifles, mounted bayonets as precisely as in drills, and began to charge.

The escort knew they needed to stall for time, and the officer leading the assault knew this too.

Break out of cover and take out any resisting Guards with a quick charge.

The cry of killing rang out in the woods, and the troops in crimson uniforms rushed out of the tree shelters and quickly eliminated all remaining Guard members in bayonet battles.

Guerrilla, confrontation, breakaway.

The lords who took root first encountered not the regular troops of the Crusaders, but harassment attacks from the knights who retreated in the direction of the Crusaders. The scattered knights were integrated into a new force.

The two heads of the double-headed eagle no longer bicker.

It was too late, and the Double-Headed Eagle, which was no longer quarreling, could not assemble a team that could fight the main force of the coalition.

They could only prioritize rebuilding a cavalry force with high mobility on the Great Plains with the assistance of their new masters... Maybe they shouldn't be called the Knights now.

The name Legion obviously suits them better.

The environment of Sky Island Continent is different from other places. The shadow area of ​​Sky Island has been stripped of mass by floating islands for a long time through "reverse meteorites", and this part of the mass has been returned to the earth due to daily losses.

What was originally a mountainous area has also turned into a plain-like existence over the years. The number of tall trees here is significantly less than in other areas with a more stable environment, while the number of low shrubs and vines is significantly more than in other areas.

There is no danger to defend the plains, which is the greatest test of the army's combat ability.

The areas with the richest resources also happen to be the plains that have been plowed thousands of times by empty islands. The deep mineral veins here have been turned to the surface. Those who control these areas may also dig out the bones of cloud-dwelling creatures in the soil. Obtain magic materials and floating stones.

Only large mountains will appear far away from the sky island ring, the kind of mountains that can be called natural chasms. Part of the coalition's defense line also relies on this insurmountable natural chasm.

The coalition forces are constantly reinforcing the defense lines built along large mountain ranges. They are preparing for the worst. They have to prepare for the worst.

But this does not mean that they will give up the extremely rich rare resources outside the defense line, let alone give up these resources to their enemies. After the situation stabilized, every lord under the coalition forces sent their own resource harvesting The team began to collect resources in the shadow area of ​​the sky island.

Most of them still carry "war debts".

A dead debt.

The purpose of the newly formed mobile light cavalry of the Knights was to make the resource harvesting work of the coalition not go so smoothly, to avenge themselves for being attacked, and to delay the progress of the coalition's garrison for the incoming Holy See army.

There is no fancy troop composition, just soldiers relying purely on horse maneuvers.

Light cavalry usually consists of infantry armed with brown bass rifles. They will dismount after arriving at the target location to conduct ambush operations. Horses are just a tool to assist in maneuvering - they will only consider launching a charge as a last resort. Horses Being injured means they can take away less loot.

The cost of this kind of cheap light cavalry is very low. Because it does not fight immediately, but dismounts and ambushes, the training time can be greatly shortened.

Perhaps the most technical part of it was teaching a soldier to ride a horse...which was much more difficult than teaching them to use a flintlock.

Lords with high-speed troops, such as dire wolves, hunting spiders, and terrifying rats, will bring troops that can keep up with the troops and complete coordinated operations when taking action. The follower war beast troops can greatly improve the combat capabilities of the mobile cavalry.

‘War beasts cooperate in combat: shooting accuracy +5%, enemy hit rate -5%, different bonuses will be obtained according to different types of war beasts. ’

‘Assault Small War Beast Impact: The impact effect caused by this unit’s charge is +25%, the damage received during the charge is -15%, and there is a higher probability of causing a critical hit in close combat. ’

'The finest of hounds, sharp claws, fangs, and a loyal heart. ’

In this way, a large number of highly mobile light cavalry troops were deployed to the shadow area cast by the sky island, and the coalition forces sent out resource transportation and harvesting teams to engage in firefights. Under the entire shadow area, there was a scene full of vitality and everything.