Lord: Marry the villain's daughter at the beginning?

Lowry looked at last night's combat report with distress. More than half of the soldiers in the attacked camp were injured, and this was the first time that the First Army had suffered casualties since it set out on the expedition.

To be honest, if Doug saw this casualty ratio, he might faint from anger. After all, so many elite professionals failed to take down even an outer camp during a night attack, and a lot of people were killed, causing Hammond's troops to directly lose their combat capability.

The other side only injured some ordinary soldiers.

But Lowry was still not satisfied, thinking that the gray-collar medical system was too advanced, otherwise there would be more sacrifices this time.

Laurie called Darcy over, and the two discussed last night's battle together and prepared to write a report to send to Gray Collar.

This time the enemy did not collapse at the first blow, nor did they just fire a few shots into the air to justify their military pay, which they didn't know whether it still had any.

The enemy's advances and retreats were measured, their will to fight was firm, and their combat proficiency was extremely high. The confrontation between the two sides over the past two days can be regarded as the first battle between the army of the new era and the elite troops of the old era, and it is very valuable for reference.

"Is the gap between ordinary people and professionals still too big?"

Laurie was writing a report while listening to Darcy's advice.

"If it's medium or long distance, our troops still have the advantage."

As Darcy personally experienced the camp raid last night and hit the enemy general on the head, he has a lot to say.

"But once a combat professional gets close to you, it's hard to resist with just the molten sword and enchanted cloth armor."

Afterwards, Darcy recalled and said with emotion: "As expected of Lars' knights, they are so tough."

Lowry nodded and said, "Although the molten sword allows a single soldier to engage in close combat when the ray gun overheats, it is a bit useless when we have the advantage in numbers. We can report this to the Governor and ask the technical department to improve it in the future."

"Let's change it to a spear."

Darcy suggested: "If it was a spear last night, maybe the sacrificed brother wouldn't have to use his body to create opportunities, and could have cooperated with others to restrict the actions of the professionals."

"The molten sword can be modified into a weapon specifically for close combat armor-piercing and used by specific soldiers."

After Darcy finished speaking, Lowry agreed and included these suggestions in the report.

At first, Lind planned to use the fused sword as a bayonet, and even made it into a disposable weapon to save money.

Because according to the experience of previous lives, in future wars, the opportunities for hand-to-hand combat between soldiers on both sides will become fewer and fewer, and the long-range firepower of both sides will be what truly determines the outcome of the battle.

Moreover, when it comes to a bayonet fight, it is usually the last moment. The idea of ​​making the melted sword into a disposable weapon and developing it in the direction of portability is correct.

So not only the Molten Sword, but also the Enchanted Cloth Armor continues this design idea. The main purpose of the Enchanted Cloth Armor is to resist the opponent's muskets and reduce long-range magic attacks, and on this basis, it sacrifices a certain amount of close combat defense in exchange for the mobility of rapid transfer.

But this time, in the battle with the elite troops of the old era, close combat occurred more than once.

All we can say is that Linde also made a very typical empiricist mistake.

In Lind's previous life, due to the emergence of automated weapons such as machine guns and weapons of mass destruction such as artillery and mortars, cavalry had gradually begun to withdraw from the stage of history.

Although there were still many cavalry organizations during World War II, they were generally used as mobile infantry, and the cavalry could never reproduce the glory of the feudal era.

However, in this world, relying on the various magic of professionals, as long as the knights can maintain their formation, they can withstand the hail of bullets and even artillery charges.

And although Lind is madly climbing the technological ladder, the iteration of equipment cannot be achieved overnight. Tanks and airplanes that can completely replace the role of cavalry have not yet appeared, and the gray-collar army still retains a large number of cavalry.

The horses in this world are also more durable than those in Lind's previous life. Under the influence of multiple factors, Lind made some misjudgments, and there is still a lot of room for close combat on the battlefield.

Fortunately, it was discovered not too late.

Just as Laurie and Darcy were discussing the current development of the war, a guard suddenly came in to report that scouts had discovered a large group of troops from Silver Wing City ahead.

"Aren't their elite troops all in our prisoner camp?"

Darcy put on his armor and rushed to the front of the army with Lowry.

"That's right, that's why they brought the rest of their troops here."

Darcy scratched his head in confusion at Lowry's answer. The night attack had failed and all the elite troops had been lost. Shouldn't they have stayed in the city to build up defenses and wait for rescue by friendly forces?

"You won't understand if you haven't memorized the Chivalric Code."

Lowry had come into contact with this kind of people when he was a border soldier, so he could roughly guess what Hammond was going to do.

At this time, the First Army had already deployed its troops, and at the front were not the machine gunners as in the past, but the traditional plate armored soldiers.

Although the soldier holding the ray gun doesn't seem so traditional.

Lowry's personal followers raised the commander's flag and rode to the front of the position.

"Is the person coming here Governor Linde's commander?"

Seeing Hammond's voice as loud as a bell, Darcy widened his eyes. He had indeed hit the target with the shot last night.

Although the high-explosive ray gun is still in the testing stage, the one in Darcy's hand has been specially debugged and there is no possibility of any problems. However, the opponent was actually jumping around as if nothing had happened even after being hit on the head.

Lars' knights are really tough.

Laurie took the loudspeaker from his personal attendant and shouted, "I am the general of this army. Are you the defenders of Silver Wing City?"

"Do you dare to come out and fight me?"

Hammond rode out on his horse, pointing his spear directly at Lowry.

"Don't dare!"

Lowry answered confidently, "You are at the same level as me, and you want me to fight you in a one-on-one duel?" Of course, if the two professionals exchanged levels, Lowry would not accept the challenge.

Although Hammond had anticipated that the other party would not dare to accept the challenge, he did not expect the other party to answer so directly.

"I have only one request. After you take over Silver Wing City, you are not allowed to rape, plunder, or burn the city."

Hammond gave up. After all, the other party was not a demon, and they would still massacre the city even if they surrendered.

"Of course, people from the North don't fight people from the North. As long as you surrender, everyone can get a share of the land!"

Hammond automatically ignored the second half of this sentence. After getting the promise from the other commander, Hammond waved his hand, and the remaining cavalrymen behind him mounted their horses and raised their spears.

Looking at the Silver Wing City defenders in a fighting stance, Darcy beside Lowry asked in confusion, "Didn't they surrender?"

"Silverwing City surrendered, but they didn't."

Lowry looked at Hammond who was about to launch a desperate charge and said with emotion: "It's just a matter of loyalty to the king."

Hammond put on his visor and shouted in a loud voice: "Knights of Lars, charge with me!"

The plate armored soldiers in the front row of the First Army pulled the safety of their ray guns and pulled the trigger at the cavalry team.