Xiao Yu had been pondering for a long time about which secondary main base to upgrade first, and which unit to produce first.
For people who have come from modern times, the most important part of their understanding of modern warfare is air supremacy. The air force is absolutely king.
The four main bases, after reaching the second level, can call the air force. At this time, it involves the question of which air force is more suitable for warfare in this era.
As we all know, the reason why there is air supremacy is based on the powerful air bombing capabilities of the Air Force. After World War I, for a while, many military scientists believed that as long as they controlled the air supremacy, they could control the outcome of the war. Large-scale bombing alone could completely destroy the opponent's will to resist, and infantry participation was no longer needed.
However, if the air force cannot cause mass destruction and form a deterrent force, then the air force can only be used as a scout.
During World War I and World War II, the reason why the Air Force was able to develop was because the load capacity of the aircraft continued to increase, and the heavy bombs that could be carried became more and more powerful, so that air supremacy could be realized.
However, although the air forces of the four bases of Warcraft can fly, there are very few that can cause mass destruction. How many bombs can a griffin, or wyvern, carry? The Terran's aircraft can't come out until the third-level base, but obviously the amount of ammunition it carries is not very high. And, the biggest problem is, there are no bombs in this world.
In this case, although it seems that Xiao Yu has so many air units that can be produced on the surface, there are not many that are really useful.
Regarding the issue of bombs, Xiao Yu also thought about it for a long time, and finally found that only the self-explosive bats of the orc race had two types of bombs, Molotov cocktails and unstable compounds. If he wants to research some bombs by himself, he thinks that he doesn't have that ability yet, and the world may not have these materials.
In addition, whether it is a wyvern, hippogryph, fairy dragon, griffin, or dragon eagle, they can only cause single-target attacks.
Such a single attack may cause a surprise blow when the opponent is unprepared, but it has no major effect on a large-scale battlefield.
In this era, there are huge crossbows. Xiao Yu believes that the air force produced by the base cannot be so powerful that it can fly high enough for the opponent to miss.
If you fly too high, you will definitely not be able to hit it down.
In this case, you are flying down in mid-air to attack, with such a wide field of vision, other people's ballistas can easily kill you, which does not have much effect, but will only increase the huge loss.
So, after thinking about it for a long time, Xiao Yu decided to upgrade the base of the beast clan first, then build a beast pen, and use bats to bomb.
Xiao Yu also had doubts about the bat's unstable compound and the power of the incendiary bottle. If he encountered heavy infantry, would he be able to blow up such a thick armor, but there was no way, only they could bomb now.
Therefore, Xiao Yu immediately went to the base of the orcs through a secret passage, and began to upgrade the main base.
Xiao Yu knew that other people would definitely know where these bases were in the future, and they would definitely try to attack them. Therefore, two preparations must be made for the base and the Lion King City. The two must be connected and able to switch troops at any time.
In order to guard the safety of several bases, Xiao Yu spent a lot of money, and densely packed sentry towers and watchtowers around the three bases. One hundred thousand gold coins. If Xiao Yu hadn't won 8 million gold coins in gambling, it wouldn't have been built at all.
The terrain where the base is located is very rugged, and the jungle is densely covered. If a general large-scale army wants to attack, it must go through the jungle, so it will not be able to form an array.
Once dispersed, these sentry towers can play a huge role.
The sentry tower is not as magical as in the game, and it also requires hard labor and farmers to operate it. However, the sentry tower can have the role of prioritizing the detection of enemies, and there are giant crossbows shooting inside. As a means of defense, it is very good.
There have been adventurers who wanted to come here to capture orcs and elves for sale, but in the end they all hated under this densely packed sentry tower.
Xiao Yu originally wanted to rely on these sentry towers to defend the city, but found that the construction of sentry towers was not allowed at the top of the city. Moreover, if there is a place as big as a sentry tower, put a few ballistas or a dozen elf archers, condescending, and the power will not be much different.
The sentry tower is only in the place where there is no city. After it is put down, it can play a great role. In the place where there is a city, the solid wall of the city can be used with heavy firepower such as ballistas. The sentry tower is a bit superfluous.
In the game, the sentry towers are very powerful, but not in the real world. If the sentry towers had the firepower of a machine gun, Xiao Yu would build several rows of watchtowers under the city without hesitation. However, the sentry towers are just faster than the normal ballistas, and the defensive power of the sentry towers is definitely not as high as the thick city walls. If someone hits them with a city crash vehicle, they will fall apart, wasting money in vain. In the previous games, the sentry towers were so powerful because there were no city walls and crossbows.
Perhaps, after the sentry tower reaches a higher level, it will be more powerful, and it can be used according to the situation at that time.
It took three full hours to upgrade the base, which made Xiao Yu wait there anxiously, as if he was going to take a shit but found that there were people in all the pits.
Finally, after Xiao Yu was about to go crazy, the base of the orcs had reached level 2, and it was possible to build animal pens and soul homes.
Xiao Yu couldn't wait and immediately chose to build animal pens, and let the hard workers build five in one go. If it's just a beast pen, the speed of building troops must be too slow, but now he urgently needs this batch of air force.
Reaching the rank of Master Chief, in addition to being able to upgrade a main base, also allowed Xiao Yu to have 4,000 soldiers.
Four thousand base soldiers, such a powerful unit, can do a lot of things if they cooperate well.
Moreover, because the second-level main base was upgraded, Xiao Yu found that the maximum number of catapults of the orcs had reached fifty.
Therefore, Xiao Yu immediately ordered forty catapults to be built again, which was very urgently needed. It's really a timely gift.
With the extra 2,000 troops authorized, Xiao Yu was also thinking about what kind of troops to produce. One thousand of them must have been given to bats.
If there is too little bombing, the effect will not be achieved. Even a thousand people, Xiao Yu still wondered if it was enough.
For another thousand, Xiao Yu decided to produce some wolf cavalry, Kodo beasts, shamans and witch doctors after thinking for a long time. Wolf cavalry is both mobile, combative and absolutely tenacious, and especially when facing the opponent's cavalry, it can cause huge damage.
Horses will panic when they see wolf mounts, which will affect the combat effectiveness of cavalry.
Moreover, the wolves of the wolf cavalry can also attack. It can be said that one unit is equivalent to two attackers. It's like an elf hunter, but the fighting ability of the wolf cavalry is definitely much stronger than that of the elf hunter.
Elf hunters are mainly roaming, powerful in reconnaissance, and their melee attacks are definitely not as good as powerful wolf cavalry.
Xiao Yu also considered human heavy cavalry, but the mobility of heavy cavalry is not as good as that of wolf cavalry. The light cavalry is still weak in Xiao Yu's troop composition, so it is necessary to increase the wolf cavalry in the past.
Looking left and right, the first animal pen was finally established, and Xiao Yu couldn't wait to give birth to the Batrider immediately. But when he took a look, he realized that if he wanted to produce the four arms in the animal pen, he had to buy the production permission first.
To purchase the production authority of a unit requires 10,000 merit points.
Xiao Yu was so angry that his nose turned crooked. It's a restriction again, can't you let me go smoothly? All arms are created directly, and then sweep the world.
But fortunately, now that Xiao Yu has fought for such a long time, after buying five animal pens just now, he still has more than 50,000 merit points.
Xiao Yu chose bats, wolf riders, and kodo beasts without hesitation. With the remaining 20,000 merit points, Xiao Yu had to build a soul destination.
Kodo beasts are things that increase the combat effectiveness of the orcs. They must not be less, but there is no need to produce too many, just one hundred, and five hundred wolf riders. Then three hundred for shaman and one hundred for witch doctor.
The five animal pens began to produce bat riders at full capacity, followed by kodo beasts, and wolf riders last.
It takes half an hour to produce a Batrider. One stable can produce up to 48 bats in 24 hours, and five stables can produce up to 240 bats. Basically, a thousand bats can be produced in more than four days.
Xiao Yu built another soul destination and bought a shaman, with only a few thousand merit points left, and the witch doctor has no merit points to buy for the time being. But anyway, there will be a war for these two days, and it will come out soon.
"Hmph, now I have a second-level base, just you, Xie Sanlang, fight with me, and see how I can kill you." Xiao Yu's eyes flashed a gleam.
(end of this chapter)