Chapter 2078 Better to be alone than to be inferior

Because the range of ordinary catapults is only about 100 meters, even if the refined version is better, it will not exceed 200 meters.

However, the catapults assigned to them by the Merchant Alliance can reach a range of at least 300 meters. Even if the boulders and crossbows with the characteristics of the Merchant Alliance are used, this distance can be increased.

Because the boulders and crossbows sold to other forces are relatively rough and bulky, such things will increase a lot of resistance when they are launched, and the range will naturally not be far.

If the range is limited, the power will also be greatly affected.

However, the boulders and crossbows used by members of the Merchant Alliance are designed and built by masters such as Lu Ban and Tang Yan, so these defects will naturally not exist.

Not only will the size not be so bulky, but the weight will also be reduced, so the distance of the launch will become farther.

Some people may ask, shouldn’t the boulders launched by catapults be as big and heavy as possible, because the larger the size, the heavier the weight, and the more powerful it will be.

It seems that this statement does make sense, but it depends on where it is used.

If it was the ancient war, it was on flat ground, facing a fixed city, then the bigger and heavier the boulders, the better.

Because the heavier the weight, the greater the power, so that it can increase its destructive power and break through the solid city wall.

Otherwise, if you put some small stones on it, even if you hit it farther, but can't break the city wall, it's useless.

But now it's different. This is not the scene in ancient times. This is in the sky island world. Although the city is also fixed on the land and cannot move, the sky island that carries it can be moved freely through the windmill.

So at this time, if you make the boulders very huge and heavy, the power is indeed improved a lot, but its range will be shortened because of the increase in the weight of the boulders.

Once the range is shortened and the enemy is out of your attack range, then your catapult is useless. You must know that the powerful things must be able to hit the target.

If you can't hit the target, then even if the power is increased ten or a hundred times, it's useless, just like not firing.

If the catapults and crossbows used by both sides are of the same grade, there may not be any difference, and it will not affect your combat effectiveness.

Because everyone's siege weapons have the same range, both sides must be within this effective range to hit each other, and the distance must not be widened.

Unless you don't want to fight, just waste everyone's time, otherwise you can only close the distance and attack each other. At this time, who can win depends on who has a better level of operation of the siege weapon.

Although both are within the effective range, technology still has some effect. After all, the area of ​​the city wall is much larger than the boulder you throw out.

If you just hit it, it may not cause serious damage to the opponent. Only by hitting the weakest part of the city wall can it really play a fatal role.

So the power exerted by the same equipment is also different, mainly depending on how the user operates it.

Of course, this is the situation where both sides fight at the same starting line.

But if you are facing an opponent whose effective range is much longer than yours, then your disadvantages will be obvious at this time.

First, if your range is only 200 meters, but the enemy's range is 300 meters.

Then unless the distance between the two sides is kept within 200 meters, at this time, as long as you can hit the enemy, the huge boulder you use can play the greatest role.

Because the opponent's damage is not as good as yours, so when everyone hits, if your boulder is more powerful than the opponent, your winning rate will definitely be higher, and if nothing unexpected happens, you will definitely break through the opponent's wall first.

But if the distance between you is more than 200 meters, then you will be uncomfortable at this time.

Your attack can't hit the opponent at all, but the opponent can easily hit you as a target.

Unless your sky island movement speed exceeds the opponent's sky island movement speed, let the opponent and you be more than 300 meters away.

Because only in this way can you make the opponent unable to hit you like you.

But at this time, you can't tell who wins or loses. At most, you just waste time and energy.

But if you are not faster than the opponent, and you can't shrink the distance between the two islands to 200 meters, then you will become a live target, and you can't dodge the opponent's attack.

Because your distance is always kept within 200-300 meters by the opponent, beyond your effective range, but within the opponent's effective range, you can't change the situation of being beaten before the opponent's ammunition is consumed.

But once the opponent's ammunition is consumed, I believe you are almost done. At that time, you will die or be injured. Even if the last two islands are connected together and a landing battle is launched, you can't change the fate of being defeated.

But one thing is worth celebrating, for other forces, such catapults and crossbows will not appear for the time being.

At least they will not appear in forces other than the Merchant Alliance.

Even many forces didn't know that the catapults sold to them by the Merchant Alliance were not the best, but there was a perfect version that was even more powerful than their refined version. Except for Jiang Tian and Gao Cheng of the Merchant Alliance, other middle and low-level people didn't know about this news.

Because Jiang Tian couldn't guarantee whether there were spies among these people, or he was not afraid that these people were spies.

After all, those who could join the Merchant Alliance had gone through many tests, and there must be no problems in terms of character and loyalty.

Otherwise, if the Merchant Alliance was so big and powerful, and a few spies came in, it would be ok if nothing went wrong, but if something went wrong, it would definitely be a big problem.

It's not that Jiang Tian was afraid of someone coming to sabotage or something, after all, the core things were in his hands. If other people wanted to come, they had to weigh their own strength first, whether they could beat Lu Bu, Huo Qubing, Li Cunxiao, and Li Xiuning.

If he didn't have this ability, even if the other party lurked in the base camp, he would still not be able to carry out sabotage.

Even if he did cause damage, it would not have caused much impact.

Because once the other party took action, according to the patrol team arranged on Jiangtian Island, it would not take long for them to discover it.