Chapter 612: First Battle (Part 2)

As soon as Lindsay's sharp shout fell, the soldiers of the three squadrons immediately moved like a conditioned reflex.

They quickly dispersed and divided into small teams, taking the small teams as the basic combat units, set up their shields, and drew their swords from their waists.

Because the battle was carried out in a complex mountainous area, long weapons such as spears and axe guns were not practical in this terrain, so the soldiers of the three squadrons did not carry their long swords, only their shields and long swords.

Squeak...

The sound of sharp swords being unsheathed, which made people feel scalp numb, came one after another.

Darlene, Yara and the rest of their comrades in the 3rd squadron of the 1st squadron of the 17th battalion, huddled together tightly, supporting each other and taking care of each other.

Although the sudden rain of arrows was dense, it did not cause much damage to them.

The veteran Lindsay had rich combat experience. As soon as she heard the sound of the bowstring, she immediately warned the soldiers of the three squadrons.

The soldiers were well-trained. As soon as they heard Lindsay's shout, they immediately dispersed in small groups and set up their shields.

Because they set up their shields in time and each of them was fully armed and had a set of armor, the sudden rain of arrows did not cause them much damage.

Most of the arrows were blocked by their shields.

Even if a few arrows escaped their shields and successfully hit the soldiers hiding behind the shields, due to the protection of the armor, these arrows failed to break through the soldiers' armor and cause fatal damage to the soldiers.

Whoosh!

An arrow hit the edge of Darlene's shield and hit Darlene's right shoulder armor.

Seeing that Darlena was shot, Yara, who was guarding Darlena's side, immediately asked Darlena with a nervous face: "Dallena! Are you okay?"

"Ah, it's okay." Darlena said, while raising her right hand holding the sword to pull out the arrow stuck in her right shoulder armor, "The power of this arrow is very weak, it didn't even penetrate my armor, and my skin was not even scratched."

After saying that, Darlena threw the arrow on the ground.

Yara looked at the arrow and found that there was indeed no blood on the arrowhead, so she felt relieved.

"It seems that the equipment of this mountain barbarian is indeed very weak." Yara said to Darlena.

"Yeah." Darlene nodded, "If the arrow just now was shot by our crossbow or by our Britannian bow, my right hand might not be able to be used for a while."

After being hit by the mountain barbarian's arrow just now, Darlene felt that the equipment of the mountain barbarians was far inferior to that of their Britannians.

The arrow just now could only shoot wild beasts and unarmored humans.

If it is used to deal with fully armed humans like Darlene and her friends now,

its power is not enough.

The imaginary enemies of the Britannian Empire have always been the Holy Hilan Empire in the north, the Frank Empire in the east, and the Roland Empire in the south. Among them, the Frank Empire is the mortal enemy that they wish to destroy immediately.

These three empires are like the Britannian Empire. Even the most ordinary soldiers in the army can have a complete set of equipment from head to toe.

Therefore, in order to deal with these three empires, the Britannia Empire developed a powerful crossbow that could penetrate armor long ago and promoted it throughout the army.

Its power is simply not comparable to the bows of the mountain barbarians who can only shoot wild beasts and are not wearing armor.

As Darlene said just now, if the arrow just now was shot by the crossbow of their Britannia Empire, then her right hand would not be usable for a long time afterwards.

After a rain of arrows, although some people were shot by an arrow like Darlene, because the power was too weak, they could not penetrate the armor, and could not cause any fatal damage to them. At most, they were scratched by the arrowhead that barely penetrated the armor.

As soon as the rain of arrows ended, hundreds of mountain barbarian warriors in strange costumes flashed out from the bushes on both sides of them while shouting in a voice that Darlene could not understand, waving their swords in their hands, and then rushed towards Darlene and the others like a tide.

"Here they come!" Darlene shouted to her comrades beside her, tightening her sword and preparing to meet the enemy.

Shouts of killing suddenly rang out in this small forest.

The smell of blood began to linger in this small forest.

A young man, about 30 years old, with a black dot tattooed on each eye and foot, rushed towards Darlene with a sword in his hand.

Looking at the sword getting closer and closer to her head, Darlene's mind suddenly flashed the training content on the training ground before.

Sword swinging and defense training are compulsory courses for every infantryman.

Darlene raised her left arm, which had long been trained with muscle memory, and grabbed the shield in her left hand to block the sword that was slashing towards her.

The right arm, which had also long been trained with muscle memory, clenched the long sword in the right hand and stabbed at the mountain barbarian who was attacking her.

And this mountain barbarian was also very capable. Facing the sword that was stabbed unexpectedly, he suddenly dodged and avoided the stab.

While dodging the stab, he swung his knife at Darlene again.

The knife slashed down from the top was as fast as lightning, and he also got in place when he approached.

But Darlene's usual sweat on the training ground is not in vain.

Darlene retracted the sword she had stabbed just in time, and swung her sword to block the mountain barbarian's sword.

After blocking the mountain barbarian's sword, Darlene immediately took half a step back, retracted her sword and shield, and quickly got into a stance for the next fight.

But the mountain barbarian was staggering while holding the knife that had been struck back, looking at Darlene with a look of horror as he fought back and forth with no distinction between the top and the bottom.

He never thought that a mere woman could be so powerful.

If it were a one-on-one duel, Darlene might not be a match for this mountain barbarian with rich fighting experience.

But luckily - now is not the time for a one-on-one fight.

When the mountain barbarian was staggering and regaining his center of gravity while holding the knife that Darlene had taken away, Yara, who had been staying by Darlene's side, saw the right opportunity and pounced on the mountain barbarian.

Yara stepped forward, her feet sliding and the ground making a sound.

One flash, another flash.

The sword in Yara's hand flashed twice.

The mountain barbarian dodged Yara's first slash, but not the second.

Yara's second hit hit the mountain barbarian's left shoulder firmly.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!"

Although the languages ​​are different, the screams are common to all countries and ethnic groups.

After being hit on the left shoulder by Yala, the mountain barbarian let out a miserable howl.

This mountain barbarian is full of flaws at this time.

Having temporarily forgotten her nervousness and fear, Darlene only had the thought of facing and killing the enemy in her mind. She lowered her body and swiped the long sword forward in her hand!

The sharp sword blade cut open the mountain barbarian's belly.

Various organs such as the intestines immediately flowed out along with the blood along with the wound, and flowed all over the floor.

Shanman, who was not willing to die like this, struggled for a while and then slowly fell to the ground softly.

The eyes that still retained the unwillingness stared at Darlene and Yara lifelessly.

From his slightly open mouth, pink liquid mixed with blood and saliva flowed out.

Looking at the brutal death of the mountain barbarian, Darlene and Yara's faces suddenly turned as white as snow.

It was the first time they went to the battlefield, the first time they fought with the enemy, and the first time they saw corpses.

It was also the first time I saw a corpse from their hands.

While Darlene and Yara were still frightened by the corpse in their hands, a mountain barbarian not far from Darlene had already slashed at Darlene with a sword in his hand. .

--Oops!

Darlene cursed secretly and tried to raise the sword in her hand to block the slash.

But it was too late.

It was too late for both Darlene and Yara beside her.

Darlene could only look helplessly and desperately at the sword that was getting closer and closer to her.

The military genius brought Zizhi Tongjian to another world

The military genius brought Zizhi Tongjian to another world