122. Chapter 122 Steam Knight


Chapter 122 Steam Knight

Steam Knight, this is the hottest topic in Langton this year.

Knights, as the absolute main force and trump card on the battlefield, were also a symbol of a country's force, the cornerstone of the aristocracy and the foundation of feudal rule. Their influence spread throughout the empire and even the entire old world. That said, they are all very huge.

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

After all, these extraordinary beings can really fight. Even when facing 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 it is a nobleman born as a knight or an ordinary knight, he is 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.

If you try to use a mantis as a chariot, the end result will be to be 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 escorts of important figures.

However, no one expected that Purficott would give a kick to the wheel of the times, causing it to turn a corner, and the era of knights was back.

The astonishing power of the Steam Knight has allowed the once 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. After the veteran knights of the formation tried the power of the steam knight, they conducted an exercise.

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, There is an artillery company attached, and the total strength is usually more than 2,000 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 cannot be shaken by just five knights.

Based on the combat capabilities of the knights, it usually requires at least one knight group to be dispatched 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 department 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 unified opinion of the military. After carefully listening to the opinions of these veteran generals, the Queen finally approved their application to form a Steam Knights Order. In addition, 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 shortened version of the simplified drawings, 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 military department The veteran generals still hope to go one 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 top military officials 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.

For a time, there was a turmoil in the city of Langton. Each country sent its best spies one after another to obtain information about the steam knights 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 appear and Show off force, but there is no good way to imitate it.

This undoubtedly increases the topicality of steam knights, making the discussion about steam knights very popular.

For any knight, it would be a great honor to have the opportunity to wear a steam knight armor on board a ship 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 no exception.

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

He has already known through many inquiries that Perficott is the designer of the Steam Knight. Now that he is under her command, he obviously has a greater chance of coming into contact with the Steam Knight armor than others.

And he was indeed not disappointed. The first time he saw Purficott, 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 charged together!

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

So, 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, dedicate everything to you”

(End of this chapter)

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