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Chapter 122 Steam Knight

Steam Riders, this is the hottest topic in Longton this year.

As the absolute main force and trump card on the battlefield, knights were also a symbol of a country's force. They were also the cornerstone of the aristocracy and the foundation of feudal rule. Their influence was huge in the entire empire and even the entire old world. of.

Even though the swords of the old era have been gradually eliminated with the advent of the steam age, knights still have a considerable degree of retention in the armies of various countries.

After all, these extraordinary beings can really fight. Even if they face muskets and artillery, they are not without the power to fight.

It was only the liberation of productive forces that destroyed the foundation of the chivalry system. Knights had gradually lost their status as the basis of the feudal ruling class and became just a special combat arm in the army.

Coupled with the increasing power of muskets and artillery on the battlefield, although the knights are not completely eliminated from the battlefield, they have gradually fallen from the absolute main force to a marginal position.

Regarding this situation, whether they are nobles with knight origins or ordinary knights, they are still somewhat unwilling to accept it.

But under the rolling tide of changes in the times, there will always be people who have to be sacrificed and eliminated. No matter how unwilling they are, it is difficult to fight against the wheel of the times.

Using a mantis as a chariot will only result in being completely crushed.

So even if some people try to equip knights with various new weapons so that they can still play a role on the battlefield, it doesn't have much effect.

Today's knights are just more useful cavalry on the battlefield, or guards for important people.

However, no one expected that Purficott would kick the wheel of the times and turn it around, and the age of knights was back.

The astonishing power of the Steam Knight has allowed the former absolute main force and ace on the battlefield to regain its former status.

During the time when Purficott left Langton, the big guys in the military who got her design copied the steam knight regardless of the cost and price. Then these old knights who dared to ride into battle on horseback were After trying out the power of the Steam Knight, they conducted a drill.

Use a regiment of guards to fight against five steam knights.

According to the imperial military system, a Guards regiment consists of two to three battalions, each battalion has six to eight companies, and each company has about 120-150 people. It is mainly composed of infantry. When fighting alone, it is equipped with an artillery company. The total strength is usually more than people.

As the elite and elite of the army, the soldiers of the Guards have strict requirements on height and physical fitness. They have undergone rigorous training and have extremely high military quality and combat capabilities.

Under normal circumstances, even if such a force encounters them head-on in the wild, it is definitely not something that just five knights can shake.

With the combat capabilities of knights, it usually takes at least one knight group to dispatch all members before it is possible to defeat a guard group head-on.

However, in this exercise, the five-man Steam Knights destroyed the defenses of the Guards like an overwhelming force, directly penetrated the three lines of defense set up by the Guards, and took away their artillery positions and headquarters.

Although this is just an exercise and there is a big gap between it and actual combat, there is no doubt about the power of the Steam Knight.

The veteran generals of the military reached a consensus almost immediately, passed the resolution to form the Steam Knights, and reported it to the Queen's Royal Council for discussion.

Even the Queen could not underestimate the military's unified opinion. After carefully listening to the opinions of these veteran generals, the Queen finally approved their application to form a Steam Knights. Furthermore, all members of the Royal Guard Knights will also be equipped with Steam Knight Armor.

In addition, the royal family and the military also recruited a large number of alchemists from Langton City. In addition to making them responsible for making steam knight armor, they also ordered them to conduct research on steam knight armor and find ways to reduce their manufacturing costs, and A burden on the Knights themselves.

Although Purficott has given them a simplified version of the abridged version, it still requires a great knight to control this powerful set of armor.

Although it is not an unaffordable thing for the Victoria Empire, which is known as the sun never sets, to form a knighthood of all great knights and equip them with steam knight armor, the veteran generals of the military still hope that It can go a step further and allow formal knights to wear Steam Knight armor.

With such a big move by the royal family and the military, it is obviously impossible to cover up the news related to Steam Knight.

Especially since Princess Anne and the military's top brass knew that the apocalypse was coming and planned to use the Steam Knight as a military deterrent to the empire, there was an even greater need to publicize the power of the Steam Knight.

As a result, not only Langton and the Victoria Empire, but almost all countries in the entire old world knew about the existence of the Steam Knight at the first time and learned about its amazing power.

Suddenly, there was a turmoil in the city of Langton. Each country sent its best spies one after another to obtain information about the Steam Knight from the empire. It would be best to get the blueprints and designers as well.

But Purficott is far away in the north, and the blueprint is the core secret of the empire. It is strictly kept secret by the military. For a while, all countries can only watch helplessly as the steam knights of the empire begin to show off and show off their force, but there is nothing Good methods can be copied.

This has undoubtedly increased the topicality of steam knights, making discussions about steam knights very popular.

For any knight, it would be a great honor to have the opportunity to wear the Steam Knight Armor on board and become a Steam Knight.

In this case, when asked if he is ready to put on the steam knight armor and become a steam knight, I am afraid that the answer of any knight is yes.

Captain William is naturally no exception.

In fact, before he came, he already had great expectations to become a steam knight.

He had already inquired through many sources and found out that Perficott was the designer of the Steam Knight. Now that he was under her command, he obviously had a greater chance of coming into contact with the Steam Knight armor than others.

And he was indeed not disappointed. The first time he met Perficott, he saw the Steam Knight Armor, and he also learned an astonishing number - seventy sets!

This is enough to arm the entire Knights!

Just imagine, five steam knights are enough to destroy the position of a guard regiment. What an amazing scene it would be if the steam knights of a knight regiment launched a charge together!

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the power to destroy a country.

Therefore, when Purficott asked this question, Captain William knelt directly in front of Purficott and said to her: "I am ready to become a steam knight and dedicate myself to you. everything!"

(End of this chapter)