Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 2352 Trapped Battalion vs. Crane Control Soldiers, Trapped Battalion vs. Crane Assault
"Tell the brothers not to attack yet, prepare the oil!"

"Bring all the catapults up here!" Xue Rengui said coldly, looking at the imposing formation of the Panshan heavy infantry in front of him.

Are the Panshan heavy infantry strong?
Of course they are strong. They are the strongest defensive heavy infantry in the world. That's no exaggeration!
However, this force was at its strongest when it was paired with the Divine Archer Battalion. Only when these two forces were combined were they at their most powerful.

Without the support of the Divine Archer Battalion, the Panshan Heavy Infantry, who have almost all their skill points allocated to defense and lack offensive capabilities, will have their weaknesses fully exposed.

There are no absolutely invincible armies in this world; their strength lies in the direct combination of various troop types.

Without other units to cover their weaknesses, even the strongest units are easy to deal with.

As a heavily defensive infantry unit, the Panshan Heavy Infantry have almost no mobility, making them easy targets.

It can be said that if any unit does not want to engage in combat, the Iwami heavy infantry will have a very hard time catching up with them.

The weight of their equipment is a given, and speed and endurance are their biggest disadvantages.

Therefore, this unit almost always stays stationary on the battlefield, creating the most favorable environment for other units, especially the Divine Archer Battalion, to deal damage.

Now, the sharpest spear of the Divine Bow Battalion has been separated from its strongest shield, even though there is still a Crane Control Soldier cooperating with them.

However, although some soldiers of the Crane Control Battalion were equipped with bows and arrows, they were not like the Divine Bow Battalion, which was a dedicated archery output unit.

The Divine Bow Battalion is staffed by soldiers who wield improved heavy bows. Each soldier possesses incredible arm strength, enabling them to achieve a greater range than ordinary archers. At certain distances, their arrows can even pierce through heavy armor.

However, the Crane Control Soldiers absolutely lacked this ability; they could not coordinate perfectly with the Panshan Heavy Infantry like the Divine Bow Battalion.

Moreover, even the Divine Bow Battalion wouldn't send them out to fight a battle against the Panshan Heavy Infantry alone.

The Han army was very fast, although it was impossible to pull up such large machines as catapults in a short time.

However, the kerosene was transported up very quickly.

"Throw them all up!" Xue Rengui said with a cruel smile.

Although the Song army generals had already noticed something was wrong, they ordered the archers of the Crane Control Squad, who were positioned on higher ground on both sides, to fire arrows.

However, they were not the Divine Archers and posed no threat to the armored troops.

The slow-moving heavy infantry of Panshan were clearly helpless at this point, whether they were advancing, retreating, or evading.

At this point, Xue Rengui could only use kerosene to deal with them.

After all, with the enemy's equipment, they could withstand several shots from bows and crossbows, let alone ballistae.

"Have Yan Shan open the passage, and the Crane Control Soldiers attack immediately!" Zhao Kuangyin ordered coldly from within the army.

The Panshan heavy infantry can be considered a bunch of shield bearers, only super-enhanced versions.

But no matter how much you strengthen them, having only shield bearers won't make a difference.

At this point, Zhao Kuangyin had no choice but to send the Crane Control Soldiers out to attack ahead of time, abandoning their defensive advantages and directly confronting the Han army with swords.

If Xue Rengui were allowed to keep throwing oil here, the slow-moving Panshan heavy infantry would likely be burned to death by the oil. "General Gao, the rest is up to you!" Xue Rengui saw the Crane Control Soldiers rushing out and heading straight for the Han soldiers who were about to throw oil canisters again, and immediately gave the order to Gao Shun.

Although the Crane Control Soldiers were also an elite force, they were definitely the worst among the several elite forces of the Zhao Song Dynasty.

Elite battalions are not something that can be assembled in large numbers at will; it's not just a matter of military spending, but also a matter of sourcing the troops.

The members of these troops were selected from the most elite members of the entire army.

However, it is impossible to draw all the elite soldiers from an army. If too many are drawn, it will directly lead to the collapse of the combat power of the ordinary soldiers.

Therefore, it's not that simply pulling anyone from the army into this elite battalion, training them for a period of time, and they become an elite battalion.

Unless it's a unit like the Black Riders or the former Champion Battalion, where families are military households for generations, with the previous generation of Black Riders being the next generation, or Black Rider reserves, each household must select at least one child from a young age to undertake certain military training.

Therefore, how could the Song Dynasty possibly have drawn the Crane Control Soldiers from its army according to the standards of the Panshan Heavy Infantry?
In addition, the Crane Control Corps was only formed in the last two or three years, so it was naturally inferior to the other armies in terms of overall strength.

The individual combat strength of the Crane Control Soldiers is absolutely inferior to that of the Trapped Camp. Having fewer people has its advantages. With a scale of several hundred, the quality of their personnel can be absolutely pure and unadulterated.

In this environment, even though the Trapped Battalion is outnumbered, they won't be at a disadvantage against the Crane Control Soldiers. In a street-like environment, can you really expect to leverage a numerical advantage?

Not to mention, one of these units is heavy infantry and the other is light infantry. How could the heavy infantry possibly suffer a loss?

"The last general takes command!"

Gao Shun gave a shout and then led the Trapped Camp to the front.

"Ding, Gao Shun..."

"Let our men seize the houses on both sides and take the high ground!"

"Archers, launch your arrows! Go around the Trapped Camp and strike the Crane Control Soldiers behind them!" Xue Rengui ordered in quick succession.

At the same time, the Trapped Camp and the Crane Control Squad also officially clashed. As elite battalions fighting each other, the battle between the two sides was extremely fierce.

However, judging solely from casualties, it is clear that Gao Shun's elite troops had the upper hand.

As a heavy infantry unit, their equipment advantage was undeniable. For every fallen member of the Trapped Battalion, at least three members of the Crane Control Squad would fall as well.

Moreover, when the elite troops fell, most of them were only wounded, and very few died in battle. Their heavy armor provided them with the best protection.

It wasn't that Jing Si's Crane Control Soldiers were incompetent, but rather that the two armies had fundamentally different roles. This is similar to Gongsun Zan's White Horse Cavalry directly charging the vanguard of suicide soldiers during the Three Kingdoms period; if he had used a different tactic, the outcome might have been completely different.

"Damn it!" Jing Si, the commander of the Crane Control Squad, roared angrily at the result.

The battlefield environment was too unfavorable for them. In such an environment, they could only fight head-on, and there was no chance for them to maneuver.

Enraged, Jing Si personally led his men into battle.

"Ding, Jing Sihe Strike skill activated..."