Struggle in the Steam Age

Due to the import of delicious food and the non-stop treatment of patients in the field hospital, Lawrence also gained a lot of hearts in Pine Valley.

At the same time, because he is a regular military officer and not a military medical officer, Lawrence also inquired a lot of news when he was eating with those senior military officers in the officer's corner of the public canteen these days.

Part of it is good news. For example, a group of elite deermen troops have just entered the war zone from the Great Lakes region in the north. This group of creatures with human upper body and deer lower body are very good at fighting in this rugged mountainous area.

In particular, although they run on four hooves, they are better at fighting on this terrain than those mountain infantry selected from humans.

What's more special is that the proportion of extraordinary people among them is much higher than that of humans, so after being equipped with various powerful weapons, they can even defeat those elite teams dominated by dark elves in team battles.

In addition, those half-goat tribes scattered around the mountains also selected a group of elite hunters to actively participate in this war.

Among them, there are reasons for responding to the federal call as a tribe under the White Eagle Federation, but the main reason is that as local aborigines, they are fed up with the bullying of those wild races in the mountains, so they very much hope to contribute their own in this war. Force clean up those guys.

After all, they live in the same area as that group of wilderness races. If the army of civilized races can successfully get through the communication lines in this area, for these half-goats, just destroying the group of wilderness races will save them from suffering. A lot of bullying, not to mention an important line of communication can bring a lot of benefits to them living around.

However, considering the low organization and weak combat effectiveness of this group of tribe hunters, the headquarters simply dispersed this group of people and distributed them to various troops.

After all, although these people say that their combat effectiveness is a bit low, at least they know the situation in this area very well, so if they lead the way, they should be able to avoid many traps when going deep into the mountains.

Reinforcement troops like deer people or half-goat people are not rare at this time. Apart from these races with a small number of people, there are also some special troops that have gradually gathered on the battlefield from other places.

For example, an armored force composed of 300 steam puppets was also dispatched to this battlefield after completing the feint mission in other areas.

However, Lawrence is not optimistic about the combat effectiveness of this armored force. Although the combat effectiveness of these steam puppets that incorporate a lot of extraordinary technology is not low, considering the terrain of this area, Lawrence does not think these big guys can fight in this narrow mountainous area. How much combat power can be exerted.

Compared with these steam puppet armies that were destined to only serve as mobile firepower points at various points, Lawrence felt that the Griffin Legion and Pegasus Legion that were transferred later were what was needed most here.

Unlike the situation where various new weapons of the army and navy gradually replaced most of the extraordinary force, air combat is still inseparable from various extraordinary forces.

Because the airships as products of technology are too fragile, even with extraordinary power as an auxiliary, these airships can only protect themselves in the air, and sometimes even when the enemy's air power is too strong, they choose to escape or land. Back to the ground to avoid fighting.

For example, in the past period of time, Lawrence and their Pine Valley area launched anti-aircraft fire many times to cover the landing of airships that came to transport supplies or personnel.

If it wasn't for some high-level transcendentals headed by Nora who cooperated with the ground defense forces to set up traps and wipe out several groups of vampire bats and harpies, they would not even be able to guarantee the safety of these communication lines and nodes in the rear.

But even so, the civilized race that lacks air power has only regained air supremacy in a very narrow airspace around the areas it currently occupies.

The arrival of the Griffin Legion and the Pegasus Legion completely reversed the decline in the civilized race's air battle. Only two days after the arrival of these air forces, Lawrence could not find the existence of those wilderness race air forces in the sky of Pine Valley.

You must know that in the previous period of time, even amateurs like Nora would wipe out the double-digit number of wilderness race air forces that broke into the sky above Pine Tree Valley every day.

In the early years, the air force of the human civilized race and the air force of the wilderness race were evenly matched in air combat.

The flying beasts and harpies on the side of the wild race have advantages in speed and flexibility in air combat, while the various flying beast knights on the civilized side have the advantage of being able to fly higher and farther and climb faster Speed ​​comes with greater load capacity at the same time.

Throughout the era of cold weapons, the air forces of both sides have always been about the same. Whether they can win is mainly determined by the tactics and numbers of both sides.

However, as the civilized race entered the industrial revolution, the individual combat effectiveness of the civilized race's army rose sharply. The advantage of air combat has also shifted to civilized races.

After all, compared with those cold weapons mainly powered by muscle power, gunpowder weapons powered by chemical energy are naturally more lethal. And under the same loading capacity, the number of bullets that can be carried far exceeds traditional ammunition such as javelins and arrows.

Especially after entering the era of thermal weapons, the intelligent race has also formulated new tactics, and even summed up the theory of energy maneuvering air combat similar to Lawrence's previous air combat in order to cooperate with the use of these thermal weapons. In this case, civilized races can easily defeat the air forces of wilderness races.

However, even after repeated battles and victories, the air force of the civilized race is only guarding the air above its own position and nearby territories. Because they tried to expand the scope of action, they were shot down several times by the high-ranking transcendents from the wilderness race that came out of nowhere. Finally, they managed to get back the bodies of the wounded and victims with the help of the transcendental team. .

But this also confirms one thing again from the side. That is, these wilderness races did not choose to leave this place to escape the joint attack of civilized races as everyone had guessed, but were preparing for a counterattack that would use all their strength. That's why they will stop the power of the intelligent race from investigating them at all costs like they are now.

At least some of the air force wounded who came to the field hospital for treatment kept reminding Lawrence that a large-scale war would break out within a week to half a month when chatting with Lawrence.

As flying troops, these members of the military have long been regarded as the best of the best. So naturally there are enough extraordinary medical resources.

However, compared with receiving supernatural treatment directly, receiving some conventional treatment before receiving supernatural treatment can effectively save various resources and benefit the recovery of the wounded.

For example, those patients with severe trauma only need to drink a small amount of healing potion or receive one or two simple supernatural treatments after undergoing debridement and stitching operations.

But if they rely entirely on extraordinary power for treatment, then they need to consume 5 to 10 times the extraordinary resources to achieve similar effects.

This is why Lawrence's field hospital has a lot of extraordinary people besides ordinary people.

Unlike those ordinary wounded, these wounded who received extraordinary treatment often did not need to be hospitalized, but returned to their respective combat units directly after finishing the extraordinary treatment.

"The patrols of those wilderness races around have been greatly strengthened in the past two days, and it is difficult for me to infiltrate too far behind the enemy without alarming anyone."

After performing operations on several air force casualties, the little doll walked out of the tent and said to Lawrence. "These air force soldiers are right. It will be a few days before the wilderness race wants to start a war."