Warhammer: Return of the Dragon

Chapter 54 Page Hammer
At the cavalry training ground outside Tal Khaled, Imrik was accompanying Etila to inspect the cavalry training. It was an inspection, but it was a show off.

Etila, who was standing next to the weapon display rack, picked up a cavalry hammer. This time, she did not wear the white and yellow court dress, but the light Iselama silver scale armor. The female warrior when Rick first met her.

The length of the hammer is about 75 centimeters, and there are six vertical flanges on the hammer head, which is a bit like the hammer used by Druzzi's Dread Knight of the Cold One. He asked, "How did you think of using this kind of thing, no Do you want to attack the frontal position?"

Generally speaking, cavalry will not charge directly from the front. Unless they are holding four-meter or five-meter cavalry guns, it is difficult to take advantage of the dense spear positions. If you want to change this situation, you have to Portable long-range weapons such as handguns, with four or five handguns on the body, shoot a round before reaching the enemy's position, and then continue to charge.

Even so, the lance is not an easy thing to manipulate. It takes years of training to use the lance well. It is difficult to get benefits for such things as attacking the frontal position unless it is a monster cavalry.

Therefore, most of the cavalry who are not skilled in riding are equipped with weapons such as swords or sabers. The same is true for skilled people, but one inch is longer and one inch is stronger. In horse battles, cavalry guns are much stronger than weapons such as swords.

But seeing these people on the left and right, Etila was a little uncertain about the position of this cavalry. Generally speaking, cavalry attack from the flanks and give priority to destroying the opponent's long-range troops, or attack with the assistance of infantry. The enemy's defensive weakness divides the battlefield, but they have armor-piercing hammers, long swords, and cavalry spears.

Imrik standing next to him was a little helpless. When he was sleeping early in the morning, the court maid ran to his bedroom and said that Princess Etila was waiting at the door. After fighting in the dark world for almost two months, even a good Without even realizing it, she was dragged to the training ground by this woman, saying that she wanted to see how Caledon's new cavalry was doing.

For the sake of cute little money, Imrik could only drag his exhausted spirit and bring Etila to the cavalry training ground.

"No, Caledon has his own combat system. There is no need for these people to attack the frontal positions. They will cooperate with the dragon to strangle, or cooperate with the Dragon Prince to directly attack the enemy's cavalry."

In the case of giant dragons, what do you need cavalry to attack the position? First spell bombing, and after the long-range troops shoot, the infantry starts to engage in battle. The high-level dragon prince will first eliminate the enemy's giant beasts, and then divide the battlefield with cavalry. If there are no giant beasts , then the giant dragon rides on the face, a wave of reckless piercing.

And these cavalry, thanks to the strength of pure-blooded elf horses, can still run at an extremely fast speed even if they are dragging something weighing hundreds of kilograms on their bodies, and their endurance is also extremely strong. perfect combination.

So their equipment is very thick, they are equipped with cavalry, and the main weapon is a [-]-meter lance. Use it well, but it will harm the user.

They are troops specially established to cooperate with the Dragon Prince to deal with the Knights of the Cold One. The horse armor is very thick and cannot be pierced by the bite force of the Cold One. Armor is not bad, with swords and other things, it is difficult to fight against those Cold One knights who specialize in hand-to-hand combat.

Most of the Duruqi nobles used black steel armor, a kind of armor forged by fusion of dark magic and sacrificial blood. Although the Dragon Prince was full of contempt for Druzzi, it cannot be denied that the black steel armor Armor provides good protection.

So simply use the hammer, and after getting into a melee, throw down the lance and take out the hammer as a can opener to grind the meat.

To deal with the cavalry, the cavalry has to deal with it. When fighting against the cavalry, the infantry has a natural disadvantage, and the sword hanging on the left is used for chasing and killing the infantry. This is an army that only undertakes some dirty work.

Etila didn't respond to the Dragon Prince immediately, but wanted to find a piece of armor to try the power of this page hammer.

Get someone to find a steel plate, put it on a training stake, and let Etila try it.

The leaves of the page hammer are irregular triangles, each piece is [-] centimeters long, which ensures that it can penetrate the armor and can also bring out the effect of a blunt weapon. It is a sharp weapon for hitting humanoid heavy armor units. Lightly armored infantry, if the head is hit, the head must be blown.

Generally speaking, Asur would not use such crude weapons. Most of them use long swords and spears, which can be used for self-defense and ornamental. But for a person who is extremely efficient, A gem-encrusted sword?And carvings on the arrows to show who the shooter was?Get some feather decorations on the sword lattice?
In the time it takes to build one weapon, humans can build three. Wars are nothing more than population and productivity. Although weapons are ugly, they are effective, not much better than those fancy things.

Take a closer look at this hammer. Although it is a little crude, Etila still knows that it is very good. In terms of material, the hammer head is made of refined steel, which is usually used for forging high-end weapons. , because although Iselama silver is light and strong, it is not suitable as a weapon, and the material is soft, so I can only secretly envy Caledon's family wealth. The existence of Val Anvil makes Caledon never lack excellent equipment.

A one-centimeter-thick steel plate was placed on the stake. This thickness was already the thickness of the strongest breastplate in the entire armor. Holding a hammer in his right hand, he swung the steel plate forcefully.

First of all, the triangular fins hit the steel plate, sinking more than half of it. Etila also felt a shock from the tiger's mouth, which made her arms a little numb. This is a normal phenomenon when testing weapons. In fact, the weight of the enemy is not as heavy as this two-person thick wooden stake. The ideal result is that after the hammer hits the enemy's cavalry, it ignores the armor, causing blunt injuries, and directly knocks off the horse.

Pull out the page hammer and find that the one-centimeter-thick steel plate has been penetrated, and the surrounding area of ​​the gap is also dented. This effect will be even more terrifying when it hits a person.

I can't put it down. If I make this an extended version and use it on the chariot, will it have a better effect? ​​Just when I was about to ask Imrik, I suddenly thought of what he said yesterday.

"Chariot? It's an old-fashioned thing. You fools are still thinking of using this thing to save face. I can arm seven or eight cavalry for the cost of one chariot, and seven or eight cavalry are no more effective than chariots. Much stronger."

"Forget it, it's easy to get pissed off talking to him." Etila thought to herself, and then said to Imrik, "Is this the cavalry equipment you're talking about? What about the magic equipment I want."

He waved his hand and asked the people next to him to take out the equipment from the armory. Because of the small number of people, Imrik armed the troops according to the ratio of 1:1:1. Put one set aside, and Vaal Anvil prepares another set to minimize the casualties caused by the equipment.

Now this plan is still being implemented. All the standing troops of Caledon already have a set of equipment, but enchanted equipment cannot be quickly created. The equipment on the dragon halberd guards has occupied Horadric Malus in the past two months. For all the number of enchantments, this month, the equipment of the cavalry will be enchanted first, then the dragon prince, and finally the standing army.

But this armament plan only needs to be completed within two years, and there is still room for change during the period. After all, no one knows whether the Dragon Prince will have a brain cramp and replace half of the spearmen with five-meter long spears with a slap in the face.

The current regular equipment will gradually be replaced with enchanted equipment, and then placed in the armory through the enchantment of the Vaal priest.

With a magic hammer brought over, Etila re-tested, it was the steel plate just now, only to find that the anti-shock just now was much reduced, the hammer wing cut the steel plate instantly like a hot knife cutting butter, And the depression of the gap is obviously much deeper than the one without enchantment just now.

She tore off the steel plate and found that there was also a deep depression on the stake, which was obviously made by the blunt force of the hammer.

"How about it, are you happy now?" Prince Long walked over from the side, stood beside Aidila and looked at the test stake.

Although she really wanted to use this page hammer to test how hard Imrik's head is, Etila restrained the thought and asked, "What kind of magic is on it, it should be more than just an armor-piercing effect?"

In order to satisfy the customers, the Dragon Prince started bragging, "This is the latest enchantment method developed by the Vaal priests. It can directly cause damage to the enemy, and can ignore armor. .”

In fact, this is one of the effects of "Remorse", the graduation weapon of the usual physics profession in Diablo, and it was accidentally explored. Although the enchantment of Horadric Malus is definitely not as strong as "Remorse", even in his own Guess, it's too weak, but it's enough in the hands of soldiers.

The page hammer looks simple, but the effect on it is not bad. It ignores part of the armor, directly causes damage, and increases the minimum damage. This thing is a priceless weapon if you put it out casually, but now Caledo can do it every day. Make about eighty of these guys. If there are only two enchanting effects, and they are relatively low-level, this number can even be doubled.

Dark magic, so terrifying.

(End of this chapter)