Chapter 574 Close Combat (V)
The first thing the Holy See did after receiving the God-given world was to immediately disband the main force that had been established, and very quickly transferred the most elite troops and monks from the several standard legions that it had access to to form three new armies. Divisional troops.
From weapons to troop qualities, from casters to constructs to supporting fire units.
The ratio of ordinary soldiers to spellcasters in this legion reached an astonishing ten to one, which was higher than the vanguard army's twelve to one, which gave the war-repair mixed division greater tactical flexibility.
Each thousand-man team can be equipped with war priests who are armed to the teeth, as well as Templar squads for fixed-point breakthroughs, and are luxurious enough to deploy priest groups carrying flying equipment for aerial reconnaissance and attack.
It is no exaggeration to say that they have completely surpassed the vanguard army that first arrived in this world.
Except there are no paladins.
"This is us, the Expeditionary Force bestowed by the Holy See, a mixed combat training division." A cavalryman patted his chest and the monk next to him and said, "The first super-elite expeditionary force to appear in a division-level organization in five hundred years. The last time the Holy See formed an army was to go on an expedition to the Abyss 530 years ago, and we won a great victory that time."
The Holy See has also equipped these three combat-trained mixed divisions with sufficient retinues. A 10,000-person combat-trained mixed division has five 20,000-person infantry divisions to fill the front line.
They are called line-filling divisions, but soldiers who assist combat-trained mixed divisions can also be called elite soldiers in other units.
With this, a legion reaching the front line numbered up to 110,000 men.
The 110,000 combat troops are not included in the logistics.
Of course, the only ones currently being projected across the world are the three combat-trained mixed divisions and some infantry line-filling divisions that serve as spearheads. The transport capacity of the portal is suddenly stretched thin in the face of legion-level troop projection.
In addition, part of the transportation capacity needs to be used to maintain the serious logistical problems caused by the deployment of regiment-level troops, and part of the transportation capacity must be used to deliver large-scale war machinery that is arriving.
Naturally, there is no way for Miss Paladin to make up for the losses caused by her vanguard army.
Of course, if you really want to add more, you can do so... But Miss Paladin does not belong to any faction in the Holy See, so why should her army be given priority in replenishing soldiers and equipment?
Can anyone benefit from replenishing the strength of the vanguard army?
"So it's the same this time, we will definitely win." The cavalryman patted the recruit beside him on the shoulder: "And you see, we have all been in this world for so long, and we have not encountered any large-scale resistance. "
The first three mixed war repair divisions to arrive in this world have advanced for more than 400 kilometers along the three directions of east, west and central without encountering any large-scale resistance.
The cavalry belongs to the third brigade of the second division of the mixed war repair division, which is this exploration team composed of four thousand-man teams marching on the Great Plains.
They are open in a semi-arc, and each thousand-man team can quickly support after encountering the enemy.
The third mixed brigade of light cavalry warriors armed with firearms also encountered them. Unfortunately, those light cavalry ran faster than rabbits on the prairie when they saw the priests taking off. The cavalry also led a team to pursue them... but These rabbits used their familiarity with the terrain to easily get rid of the chasing cavalry.
Slippery or not.
"Next time they show up again, I'll take you out with me... It's too boring for the cavalry to just follow the team like this. I really want to stretch their muscles." The cavalry captain continued looking at the recruits alongside him.
The full speed advance of the infantry is not enough for the cavalry to move their muscles and bones, and they just
"Yes, yes!" Gaius, the new recruit, grabbed the reins and listened to the admonishment of the veteran beside him.
He squinted his eyes and looked at the black spot in the sky. It seemed to be a big bird spreading its wings... or a bat?
Before he could see clearly what the flashing black dot in the sky was, the black dot had already shrunk back into the clouds, hiding among the slightly gray dark clouds in the sky.
Then he saw the edge of the mountain thousands of meters above, a majestic continent blocking the sky and casting shadows on the ground.
The entire third brigade stopped, and the marching team was so quiet outside the shadow cast by the sky island.
Only large enough air islands will form such ground shadows. According to feedback from the other two advancing forces, smaller shadow areas are not dangerous...but large shadow areas are more dangerous than ordinary sunlight areas.
It's dangerous during the day and even more dangerous at night.
"We are preparing to enter the shadow area of the sky island. The priests will probably discuss for a while... Do you want to eat figs?" The cavalry captain stopped the horse and took out a few fresh three-finger-sized ripe soft fruits from his pocket and handed them to Guyou. Si: "We estimate that we have to wait here for a while, and then we may have to go out for reconnaissance."
"Uh." Gaius looked at the fresh figs in the cavalry captain's hand, his throat twitching slightly. He wanted to have some fresh fruit.
"I picked it on the way. I saw a fig tree when I went out on a reconnaissance mission. I didn't expect there were fig trees here." The cavalry captain shrugged and threw three ripe figs to Gaius.
Then he took out a piece of black bread from his pocket, poured some water on it to soften the bread, and ate it with the split figs.