The elements that measure the combat capability of individual soldiers are nothing more than three: firepower, mobility, and protection.
For example, a soldier under modern equipment, the gun he uses is the fire output, theoretically speaking, machine guns, submachine guns, etc. are definitely stronger than rifle firepower; as for protection, a soldier has helmets, body armor and even crotch guards and other equipment, and its battlefield survival rate is always higher than that of people without protective equipment, right? Maneuverability, if from a personal point of view, running fast is strong maneuverability! If in terms of the overall mobility of the troops, then motorization is stronger than mule and horseification, right?!
In terms of weapons, the perfect combination of firepower, maneuverability and protection is the tank! Although the survival rate of tanks under the attack of more advanced weapons such as helicopter gunships and bombers is also very low, as far as the Army is concerned, I am afraid that there is no better weapon than tanks, without him, because the Army may not have any weapons that can do better firepower, mobility, and protection than tanks.
This is in terms of individual combat and weapons in modern warfare. But these three elements, put into the era of cold weapons, even if they are put into the "Journey to the West" system of divine and demonic stories, I think it is still true.
From the perspective of firepower, in the era of cold weapons, many times it is to look at the weight of weapons. If you look at novels such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin", it is inevitable to introduce the weight of the weapons they use when it comes to the protagonists. Lu Zhishen's Zen staff weighed sixty-two kilograms, Guan Yu's Yanyue sword weighed eighty-two kilograms, and Zhang Fei's eight spears weighed fifty kilograms...
The unit of measurement of the weapons used by Lu Zhishen and others is "jin", although it is converted into today's weight due to different eras, it is still a little different. But there is no denying that their weapons are certainly heavier than those used by the average person. However, the weight of the weapons they used was simply not enough to see in front of the nine-tooth nail rake of the Eight Commandments of the Pig.
Don't underestimate the nine-tooth nail rake of the eight precepts of the pig
How much does the "nine-tooth nail rake weigh?" In the eighty-eighth episode of the Journey to the West, "Zen to Yuhua Spell Cast Meeting Heart Ape Wood Clay DoorMan" it is clearly stated that it is "5,048 pounds"! This weight is still a little far from the thirteen thousand five hundred pounds of Sun Wukong's golden hoop stick, but it is also heavy enough.
Let's do a physics calculation! According to the kinetic energy formula: Ek = (1/2)mv
Ek: indicates the kinetic energy of the object, in unit: Joule (J)
m: indicates the mass of the object, in kilograms (kg)
v: Indicates the speed of movement of the object, in meters per second (m/s)
It is not difficult to see that kinetic energy is directly proportional to mass and speed of motion, in short, the greater the mass and the faster the movement speed, the greater the kinetic energy. Moreover, the formula proves that the magnitude of kinetic energy is proportional to the square of velocity, which emphasizes the importance.
In this way, the Eight Commandments of the Pig used a nine-tooth nail rake less than half the quality of the golden hoop stick to deal with Sun Wukong, even if the speed at which they swung the weapon was the same, but the kinetic energy generated was far worse. What's more, how can the movement speed of the Eight Precepts of the Pig reach the level of Sun Wukong, and from this point of view alone, how can the Eight Precepts of the Pig win against Sun Wukong? But that's compared to Monkey King! If compared with ordinary gods and monsters, he wielded a nail rake weighing 5,048 pounds, and the gods and monsters did not have a point of taoism, no matter who was hit by a palladium, they would be crushed to pieces.
In terms of mobility, the Eight Precepts of the Pig will not fight clouds, and it will not be able to do a tendon bucket of 18,000 miles, but how the Eight Precepts of the Pig can also "cloud to fog". See the original text of Journey to the West:
Elder Gao said, "Eating is still a small thing, but now he can make the wind, the clouds come and go, and the stones fly sand, scaring my family and neighbors, and they can't live in peace." He also locked up the little girl in the back house, and he never saw her for half a year, let alone how to live or die. Therefore, knowing that he is a monster, I want to ask a mage to retreat with him, to retreat. (Journey to the West XVIII)
This is the maneuvering ability of the Eight Commandments of pigs. Although it is not possible to go back and forth from Datang to Lingshan several times a day like Sun Wukong, it is also possible for the Pig Eight Precepts to travel thousands or even thousands of miles a day.
In terms of defense ability, I don't seem to have seen the "Journey to the West" talk about the self-defense ability of the Eight Precepts of the Pig, not as clear as Sun Wukong said - copper-skinned iron bones, especially after eating Lao Jun's Jindan, it is even more invincible. But as a pig, the eight precepts of the pig have a thick skin and thick flesh, and their own protection should also be able to pass.
From the perspective of these factors, the comprehensive combat ability of the Eight Precepts of the Pig should not be bad, and it is certainly incomparable with Sun Wukong, but sun wukong's battle value is basically the existence of the ceiling in Journey to the West - it is basically impossible for the other party to win Sun Wukong without a magic weapon.
In addition, as the marshal of the canopy, Pig Eight Commandments was in charge of the 80,000 water army in the Heavenly Court, and his combat ability in the water was still OK. Examples such as the Battle of the Quicksand River vs. the Sand Monk, and the Battle of the Nine-Headed Worm in the waters near the Matsuri Kingdom illustrate this point. If according to Sun Wukong's own words, his combat effectiveness in the water is not good, it is possible that the Eight Precepts of the Pig in the water can fight with Sun Wukong.
Pig Eight Commandments vs Sand Monk Animation
However, in addition to the three elements of firepower, mobility and protection, there is another important factor that must be taken into account, that is, a person's will to fight. At this point, the Eight Precepts of the Pig are a little worse. Pig Eight Commandments are good at fighting a tailwind battle, and the black hand is never ambiguous. For example, to extinguish the "jade-faced fox", Sun Wukong is not rare enough to move, and the Eight Precepts of the Pig are directly built to death by palladium.
Pig Eight Commandments Battle Scorpion Essence
However, whenever the Eight Precepts of the Pig encounter a hard battle, it is basically that he can run and run, hide if he can hide, and even sacrifice his brothers. This is still confirmed by the original content of the "Journey to the West":
They (the Eight Precepts of the Pig, the Sand Monk, and the Yellow Robe Demon) fought eight or nine rounds in front of that hillside, and the Eight Precepts gradually became weak in the future, and the nails and palladium were difficult to lift, and the strength was not increased. ...... The idiot said, "Sha Monk, you should come up and fight with him, and let the old pig come out." "He couldn't care less about the sand monk, and as soon as he slipped into the artemisia grass and the thorny kudzu vine, he didn't distinguish between good and evil, and when he entered it, the tube scratched his scalp, scratched his face, and fell asleep, never daring to come out again, but leaving half of his ears and listening to the sound. (Journey to the West 29th)
The ability of the Pig Eight Commandments to run without winning seems to be no one, and there is no strong fighting spirit, which greatly weakens the combat value of the Pig Eight Commandments. The person who knows the Eight Precepts of the Pig the most is the master brother, he knows that the Eight Precepts of the Pig are also easy to overestimate his combat effectiveness, so every time he "kicks the door", it is generally Sun Wukong who fools the Eight Precepts of the Pig. Probably in the Ming Dynasty, it was immoral to directly kick the door of others, so when I watched the original journey to the west, I found that Sun Wukong did not want to do this thing anyway, only the eight precepts of the pig did not care about three seven twenty-one, going to the door facing the people's house was a frenzy! This is the eight precepts of the pig ignorant and fearless.
Therefore, a comprehensive evaluation of the Eight Precepts of the Pig can probably lead to such a conclusion: the real combat strength is close to the first-class; the actual combat ability, the top three are not entered; the strength in the water is indeed first-class.
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