After defeating the first wave of the Mutant Army, Zheng He decisively ordered the army to disembark and seize the time to build a defensive structure between Fengshan County and the port.
The navy was mainly made up of archers, more than 70% of them. The remaining 30% were basically light saber and shield soldiers wearing leather armor. There were almost no heavy armor infantry or cavalry.
Other than that, there was the specially formed Fire Team.
The three main types of soldiers were all fragile and not suitable for close combat.
Zheng He knew that when facing a strong city, if they attacked forcefully, they would only be using their weakness to attack the enemy's strength. Even if they used the cannons to blast open the city gates, the navy that charged into the city to fight would be trapped in the swamp of war and unable to extricate themselves.
The most ideal strategy was to lure the enemy out of the city and fight outside the city. That was why they had to build defensive structures in time. Otherwise, a cavalry charge from the enemy would be able to crush the navy.
Fortunately, Star Nation was small and didn't produce warhorses at all. Cavalry was also a rare type of soldier in Star Nation. It was even more so for adventurer players. Most of them fought on foot.
"Hey! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! "
As soon as the battleship docked, hundreds of sailors used special carriages to dismantle the cannons from the battleship and moved them to the port with great difficulty, then to the designated artillery positions.
It took a full hour to install 20 cannons.
The entire ocean fleet was equipped with more than 300 cannons. Other than some given to the central army, the eastern army still had 100 cannons left. Zheng He's plan was to move at least half of the cannons to the artillery positions.
The cannons of the Ming Dynasty were a bit ridiculous. They could only be fired horizontally. Therefore, even if the cannons were to be pushed into the enemy's city walls, they could only hit the walls and not shoot directly into the city.
Therefore, in a siege battle, the only use of cannons was to blast through the door or to collapse the city walls. Furthermore, the cannons were extremely cumbersome. They were really useless.
It was a good thing that the navy had Zheng He, the firearms expert, who knew how to maximize the power of firearms. The power of cannons was undeniable in a positional battle. It was a great defensive weapon.
Therefore, while the enemy was stunned and retreating back into the city, Zheng He ordered to build a perfect defensive structure with the port as the rear.
The soldiers gathered materials from the ground. Bags of sand were piled up into high ground and earthen walls. At the highest point were 50 cannons arranged in a row, which was also the Eastern Army's greatest reliance.
The entire firepower net was divided into four levels according to the range.
The first level was the archers' long-range attacks. Bows and arrows had the longest range and the largest killing range. The downside was that once the enemy broke through, the lethality would be greatly reduced.
The second level was a net of fire formed by cannons. After breaking through the rain of arrows made by the archers, the enemy would face the bombardment of the cannons. Whether it was in terms of lethality or impact, the cannons were the strongest.
The third level was the firepower support network formed by the gunners. According to the navy's establishment, every sentry was equipped with a team of fire guns. A navy formation was equipped with a total of eight teams of fire guns.
In mobile warfare, firearms were naturally criticized due to their cumbersome operation and unsatisfactory sights. However, relying on the fortifications and hiding behind the sandbags, the Fire Rifle Squad was able to unleash a powerful destructive force.
The fourth and final level of firepower was made up of saber and shield soldiers. Their mission was to protect the cannoneers, the members of the Fire Rifle Squad, and the archers.
The enemy who broke through the first three layers of firepower would face the saber and shield soldiers' finishing touches.
With a reasonable crossfire network and fortifications to defend, it was practically the enemy's nightmare in the era of cold weapons.
Zheng He's use of firearms was indeed the best among the generals. No one could compare.
Of course, Zheng He's plan had a major premise, which was that the enemy had to take the initiative to attack the position. Otherwise, once the enemy bypassed the position, the so-called firepower network would be nothing more than a decoration.
In other words, if the enemy simply withdrew, it would be a failure for Zheng He. Zheng He didn't forget that the Eastern Army's mission was to completely pin down the Mutant Army. If it was just a standoff, the players in the city could teleport back to Lion City at any time. The attack of the central army was simply a joke.
On the city wall of Fengshan County.
It should be said that Zheng He's strategy was extremely smart.
The army didn't go ashore first and used the cannons to bring great fear to the enemy. Then, they followed up with a successful pursuit and successfully built fortifications on the shore.
It could be imagined that without the first wave of attack, the enemy would have rushed out to cause destruction.
What about now?
The Mutant Army, still in shock, could only stand on the city wall and watch as the enemy got busy in front of them and built fortifications at an astonishing speed.
There were Mutants in Star who weren't afraid of death.
When the Eastern Army was installing the cannons, some players also suggested to leave the city in time to stop the enemy.
The problem was that the Lord of Fengshan County had experienced a setback and now didn't dare to open the city gate no matter what. In his opinion, as long as they didn't go out and had the support of a large number of players, the territory would naturally be free of worries.
Once they attacked, the slightest mistake could lead to a counterattack by the enemy.
After weighing the pros and cons, the Lord of Fengshan County naturally chose a conservative strategy. The so-called national honor, in the eyes of ordinary players, was naturally relatively pure. There weren't too many interests mixed in it.
But for people like the Lord and the leaders of the guilds, they had to make a trade-off.
The Lord of Fengshan County's choice wasn't surprising.
…
Just like that, the morning slowly passed in the standoff between the two sides. Throughout the morning, groups of players were continuously teleported from Lion City to support the frontline. The Mutant Army was approaching the 30,000 people mark.
Apart from the combat professional players, some life professional players from Star Nation also came to Fengshan County one after another. They spontaneously rushed to make medicine, equipment, arrows, and other supplies to support the frontline army for free.
In Fengshan County, players could be seen everywhere. Everyone's face was filled with a kind of solemnity that the country was facing, as well as a kind of lofty ambition to devote themselves to serving the country.
The two opposing emotions mixed together, encouraging the players to move forward without asking for anything in return. Even the players who had died in battle didn't complain at all. Instead, they faintly felt a sense of pride.
The players from Star Nation were still relatively united. In the face of a national war, no one retreated. The will of the entire country slowly condensed into an indestructible force in the face of a crisis.
By noon, the total number of players gathered in Fengshan County had exceeded 50,000. More than half of the adventure-type players in Star Nation other than the Temasek Mercenary Group had gathered in Fengshan County.
Such a scale once again gave the players confidence.
Seeing the enemy building fortifications outside the city and showing off, the players from Star Nation couldn't swallow this resentment. The voices of people requesting to fight in the city were incessant, each louder than the last.
"This is our territory, and we won't allow it to be desecrated. We must fight!" someone shouted.
"Fight! Fight! Fight! "Everyone responded.
The voices of people requesting to fight broke through the clouds. Even the Eastern Army could hear it clearly.
Seeing this, Pei Donglai's face flashed with a trace of seriousness. The enemy's high morale couldn't be underestimated. Thinking of the Commander in Chief's judgment just now, Pei Donglai couldn't help but feel even more ashamed.
Zheng He's expression was calm. He only ordered the entire army to enter a level one state of alert and prepare for a battle at any time. Logically speaking, the longer the battle dragged on, the stronger Zheng He's fortifications would be.
However, this was not a local battle, but a battle that concerned the overall situation, so it had to be ended quickly. Therefore, Zheng He hoped that the enemy could leave the city to fight as soon as possible.
Thinking of this, Zheng He continued to order the entire army to shout at the top of the city wall, actively provoking the enemy, and provoking the already sensitive nerves of the enemy so that they could start the battle as soon as possible.
"Listen up, cowards up there, do you dare to come out and fight with your grandpa!"
"They just got beaten up badly. How would they dare to come out and fight?" Someone deliberately responded.
"Haha ~ ~ ~"
The unbridled mockery was unusually ear-piercing.
"Useless cowards, stop watching and go back to your mother's womb!"
"These bastards are afraid of our cannons and don't dare to fight, right? A bunch of cowards! "
"Haha ~ ~ ~"
The soldiers were a bunch of uncouth men. When they scolded people, it was quite simple and crude.
When the Star Nation players on the city wall heard this, they almost exploded with anger. Their already fiery emotions could no longer be controlled and burst out like lava from a volcano.
At this moment, even if the Lord of Fengshan County wanted to stop them, he wouldn't be able to. If he tried to forcefully stop them, the first to suffer would probably be him, the Lord.
The eruption of a volcano was the power of heaven and earth. It wasn't something that could be stopped by humans.
As the Lord of Fengshan County was the number one Lord of Star Nation, he naturally wasn't an ordinary person. Seeing that it was impossible to stop them, he could only go with the flow.
Learning from the first attack, he completely disorganized the two thousand troops under his command and arranged them into the players' teams. They were in charge of temporary battle commands so that they wouldn't rush forward like a swarm of bees.
The players didn't object to this arrangement of the Lord of Fengshan County. They knew that as adventure-type players, they were used to killing monsters in small teams. They really didn't have any experience fighting against such a large army.
Star Nation was small, and there were almost no fights between lords in the wilderness. It seemed very strangely peaceful. Therefore, mercenary groups like those in the China region didn't have any soil in Star Nation.
Compared to the two, the Star Nation, which was peaceful in a corner, could indeed be considered a paradise. The problem was, this was a game, the wilderness. How could there be a real paradise?!
When the war came, all fairy tales would no longer exist.
Amidst the chaos, it took a full hour before the Inhuman Legion was reorganized. More than forty thousand Inhuman Army once again marched out of the city gate and pounced toward the enemy's position.
At the front of the army was the rarest five thousand cavalry troops.
Although they were called cavalry, there were all kinds of mounts. Apart from warhorses, there were also wild boars, leopards, tigers, wolves, and other wild beasts.
Such a cavalry could be considered unparalleled throughout the ages.
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