Iron Power And Sorcerer

Iron Power And Sorcerer Chapter 78

2021-12-19

Chapter 78 Haiquan
"Please provide things as written on this paper." Bud put The list of supplies was pressed on the table, and his voice came from his helmet, which sounded a little humming: "It will all be delivered to the dock by noon tomorrow, and someone will be responsible for receiving it."

Winters and Andrea Prestige Standing sternly behind Bud, wearing a full set of officers' armor. Especially Andre, who was holding the hilt with his left hand and looking dangerously at the middle age person behind the table.

Although Bud's tone has been as polite as possible, their posture obviously does not allow the other party to refuse.

The thin and dry mayor of Haiquangang lowered his head, not daring to look at the three tall and majestic officers in front of him, and hurriedly picked up the list on the table with both hands and looked at it carefully.

After reading this list carefully, the mayor of Haiquangang, who was originally sad, slightly eased his brows.

Lieutenant General Nareshaw's quartermaster knew the details of Ocean Spring Harbor. Their list would make the mayor aches, but they could definitely come up with it through gritted teeth.

And the Vengeance Fleet is only asking for supplies such as grain, flour, and chai cloth, so that this small commercial port will not be hurt.

However, the businessman's nature made the mayor of Haiquan Town still want to bargain, and he said with an embarrassed expression: "Master officer, there are less than 1,000 families in this town, how can you get such a price in a hurry? So many things? Like this...10,000kg of twice-baked wheat cakes? I...I...where can I get so many wheat cakes? And..."

"en? ' Winters, with a bad face, let out a long, menacing note from the depths of his nostrils.

The skinny mayor immediately fell silent.

"That's what you said—you can't get these things right." Andrei also sneered and said, "Since you don't want to pay, then we'll take it ourselves, haha, it's better. ”

tone barely fell , and he pushed open the door to leave.

The mayor of Haiquan Town jumped three feet in a hurry and ran over to stop Andrei. His intuition told him that the other two officers were hard to tell, but this tallest and burly officer was really capable of looting and looting, and he would not be condemned by his conscience at all.

"Sit and sit, don't worry." Seeing that the fire was almost over, Bud helped the hair grey-white mayor back to his chair and said softly, "My colleague is in a hurry. A little bit, but it's all the truth. We have to collect these materials no matter what, either you donate them, or we take them. In fact, we come to you to ask for it, which is already a kind of preferential treatment... If I'm you, and I've already gone to find someone to bake the cake."

Sweat dripped from the forehead of the mayor of Haiquan Town. What is brat playing.

But the dozens of warships moored outside the port are not fake, nor are the dark cannons on the ships, and the bloody smell of these youngsters, who are about the same age as their grandson, is not fake either. fake.

Under the huge psychological pressure, the expression and tone of the honest and gentle officer around him made him feel very cordial and credible.

The mayor of Haiquan Town swallowed his saliva and nodded it with difficulty. The whole person seemed to be ten years older in an instant: "I will pay, I will pay."

"No hurry, tomorrow Just send it to the dock before noon." Bud bent down to pick up the list that had just dropped on the ground, and put it back on the mayor's desk: "By the way, where is the water source in the town? We can get the fresh water ourselves, no need You provide it, save some strength for the townspeople."

"Fresh water... fresh water..." Old Town Head was in a trance, as if he hadn't come back to his senses from the conversation just now, he suddenly yellowed. : "Cannons! How many cannons do you have?"

Andre strode to Old Town Head, grabbed Old Town Head's collar and lifted him up, and asked fiercely: " Spying on the military situation, want to die? I think you are a spy from the Federation!"

"Don't do this to the old man! He is almost the same age as your grandfather." Bud immediately stopped Andrea, Winters also rushed to help.

The panic-stricken Old Town Head hurriedly explained: "I'm not trying to find out about the military, isn't it... Can your fleet put a round of cannons on the dockside?"

Winters and Andre looked at each other and didn't know what the old man had in mind, but Bud understood.

Old Town Head said more and more excitedly: "That's right! Fire one round! The whole fleet fires one round! Empty cannons will do, if you'll help me fire one round, I'll be able to stay overnight tonight. Get everything you need!"

Bud and Andre looked towards Winters.

"Mr. Mayor, gunpowder is a valuable military material, and the fleet is impossible to use precious gunpowder to scare the townspeople." Winters frowned said to the mayor of Haiquan Town, he also understood the old man's idea.

Old Town Head could see clearly, this middle-height officer was the leader of the three, he grabbed Winters' arm and said, "Gunpowder is easy, I'll get supplies from the town arsenal. You guys, I can give you all the gunpowders of the arsenal in Haiquan Town. If you don't show your martial power, not only will I, the mayor of the town, not be able to do it, but the people in the town will not be willing to hand over the materials. If they have the heart Procrastination will also delay the preparation of supplies!"

Winters was thinking, but Bud and Andre didn't speak.

"I can also take a sum of money to comfort your excellencies," Old Town Head pleaded again.

“It’s impossible for the entire fleet to fire one round of guns, and the dignified Veneta navy to terrorize the civilians of the small town is really outrageous.” Winters pondered: “But I can think of a way to find one. The main warship is coming to fire a round of guns. The money is not needed, you hand over all the gunpowders in the town arsenal."

"Okay! Good!" Old Town Head nodded hard, he remembered again Some other things: "Then can I ask the three officers to leave me a note? If Haiquan Town doesn't hand over the supplies, they will bomb Haiquan Town with cannons."

"I can't possibly write this thing to you. You donate it, not us. Get it?" Winters laughed and said, "But I can write you an equivalent document with similar meaning."

——Cut——

The mayor of Haiquan Town holds a copy of "If Haiquan Town does not pledge allegiance to the Republic of Veneta, the Veneta Navy will bombard Haiquan Town. The sloppy" threat letter hurried to ring the bell to summon the townspeople to a meeting.

After completing the task, Winters walked slowly towards the dock with Bud and Andre.

"I can't figure out why this town is called Haiquan Town, and I didn't see any wells in the town square?" Andre asked casually.

Budd replied at a moderate pace: "In the Sea Territory near this island, you can often see whales floating on the water and spraying water. The ancients saw the wonders of sea fountains from a distance, so the town was named Sea. Quanzhen."

"You know again?" Andre was a little unconvinced.

"Because I read." Bud said with a smile.

Winters unbuttoned his jaw and took off the helmet with the feather tassels stuck in it. The heavy helmet was suffocating and sweating, his hair was wet.

"Ai, after so many years in the military academy, I ended up working as a robber." Winters sighed, apologetically said: "Thank you both for helping me with this disgusting errand."

"Hey, why are you talking about this?"

In order to restrain the military and prevent the military from becoming too powerful in the Republic, the logistics of the army of the Republic of Veneta are all managed by the Directorate-General The civil service is responsible.

When the plate is in the hands of others, it is inevitable that it will not be as the military intends.

even more how For this hasty cross-sea expedition, the Vengeance fleet has emptied Veneta's combat readiness warehouse. Nareshaw and Antonio had no idea whether the follow-up supplies could be supplied, so the United Command agreed that no supply opportunity should be missed. It is better to throw supplies into the sea in the future than to fill the cabin now.

Therefore, this time just now "forced donation".

The dirty work of raising military funds is not difficult in theory, but it is rare to do it beautifully. You can't make it too ugly, and you have to get the supplies. So Winters turned to Bud and Andre for help.

Logically speaking, although any honorable officer would not be willing to do this kind of dirty work, it would never be his turn to let a small warrant officer go to work.

But who made Winters successful in the capture of the Vengeance, then killed the leader, and became the Hundred-Men Commander as a warrant officer?

And not the Hundred-Men Commander of the ordinary Hundred Men Squad, but the Hundred-Men Commander of the chief battallion.

The ordinary Hundred Men Squad has only 80 people, while the Hundred Men Squad of the chief battallion has 150 people, which is enough to have the strength of two ordinary Hundred Men Squads.

All from the Army Officer Academy, the seniors have not yet reached the Hundred-Men Commander of the chief battallion, you are a small trainee officer who has just left the military academy and took this position within a few days-although It is a temporary generation - how can it not be envied by others?

Even Andre felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, let alone others.

Only Bud privately and worriedly admonished Winters: "You were not put in a good place, you were put in a snake pit!"

So Winters is now acting more and more Low-key, his attitude became more and more humble, and he saluted when he saw the senior, for fear of being said by others, "This kid has become arrogant as the Hundred-Men Commander of the chief battallion."

Fortunately not many people know that Serbia Ti Corps Head was Warrant Officer Montagne's uncle. Someone was pointing fingers at him behind his back, and Winters gritted his teeth and endured it. But if anyone dared to throw dirty water on Antonio, Winters would definitely fight him.

Speaking of which, Winters hadn't seen Antonio alone since leaving Aquamarine. There are no blood relatives in the military camp, only superiors and subordinates. That's fine, at least Winters feels comfortable. If you deliberately take care of him, he will feel uncomfortable.

So in the days of rest after the Battle of Lighthouse Harbor, what Warrant Officer Montagne hoped most was for the Army Headquarters to send someone to replace him, the interim Hundred-Men Commander.

He also couldn't figure out why he wanted a small warrant officer to act as the temporary chief battalion Hundred-Men Commander. Logically speaking, it was more reasonable to transfer a senior lieutenant from another battallion.

But when Winters went to Comtel, the lieutenant colonel said this: "Legion has no personnel authority. The first Hundred Men Squad is equivalent to destroying the battle strength of two Hundred Men Squads. Letting you temporarily replace the Hundred-Men Commander will only destroy the battle strength of one Hundred Men Squad at most."

Lieutenant Colonel Comteier Patted Winters rested on his shoulders and comforted him: "This is an excellent opportunity to practice, you should cherish it, but others can't ask for it. Besides, you won't be allowed to stand for too long, just stick to it. Don't be afraid of other people's gossip, only mediocre people. I won't be jealous."

The superiors of the superiors said so, and Winters couldn't say no more.

However, Warrant Officer Montagne waited day and night, and did not look forward to taking his place as a regular officer, but received an order to start again.

Bury the dead, repair the warship, salvage the weapons and supplies from the sunken ship, and ship the prisoners back to the sea blue city, after completing this series of post-war finishing work.

On the third day after the Battle of Lighthouse Harbor, the Veneta Vengeance Fleet set off again.

The result of this great decisive battle at sea outside the port of the lighthouse has been transmitted to the entire Cenas Gulf and even farther places through the exchange of merchant ships.

That's why Admiral Nareshaw tried every means, even at the risk of putting the Veneta fleet at risk and creating opportunities for the enemy, to have a fleet battle.

Because Lieutenant General Nareshaw firmly believes that a large-scale naval war general can decide the direction of the war, and even the outcome, the victor of the fleet battle will be able to take everything.

Veneta's navy in the Battle of Lighthouse Harbor not only overwhelmed the Tanirians' fleet, but also their confidence in fighting.

On the route from Ocean Blue City to Golden Port, except for several ports in the near sea which are directly ruled by Veneta, the ports on the far sea are only nominally owned by Veneta, and the union of Taniria and Taniria. flirt. And the seaports that are closer to the archipelago like Haiquangang actually already belong to the sphere of influence of the Federation.

After the news of Veneta's victory over Taniria spread throughout the Gulf of Cenas, where the revenge fleet went, the Veneta Autonomous Port, which had begun to stir because of the fiasco of Haidong Harbor, became overnight. become orderly. And the federation territory like Haiquangang didn't even have the courage to resist, and one by one looked down at the wind.

Nareshaw commanded the Vengeance Fleet to quickly clear every nail in the route, step by step approaching the main island of Taniria Archipelago.

"So, look what you've done? You've just killed the bravest and best captains and sailors of Taneria. Vessels flying the Veneta flag are now Running rampant on the Inner Sea, the harbours that were loyal to us surrendered one by one." Edward Kenway said sullenly in the cabin of the fire bird.

"You really can't blame me for that!" With a cynical smile on his face, Drake lay in the swinging hammock, the wounds on his head and shoulders being treated: "No matter what. I win or lose. As long as the Veneta fleet can scare two cannons, those islanders will definitely want to hang their underpants on the poles as white flags. Don't tell me how loyal those islanders are, you Do you believe what you say?"

"Even if they had the courage to resist the Veneta people, this fiasco has dissipated because of you." Captain Kenway suppressed his anger: " Do you think it's worth it to take twenty of the best boats in Tanilla for your personal feud?"

Captain Drake - no, he's out of the boat now - sighed , smacked his lips, and said nonchalantly: "It's right to have a fleet battle, if I win, the Veneta war plan will go bankrupt on the spot, what will you say then? So, only It's my fault that I lost."

"I think you forgot why the Venetas fought with us?" Captain Kenway sneered and asked, "If you hadn't copied Veneta Home port of the navy, this war is simply not going to start."

"You're wrong again, the Veneta will go to war with us whether or not I burn Haidong Harbor. Debella again and again Advocating for martial power, the Veneta council's call for war is getting louder every time. As long as the Veneta's territorial ambitions remain, war will be the inevitable result. I just let the war come earlier, and I also won the first place for the archipelago Machine." Drake yawned, closed his eyes and said slowly: "Stop talking nonsense, you come to save me, doesn't it already show where you stand? If you don't vent your emotions, don't you? Happy, then you cut me with a knife?"

Kenway pulled out his machete without saying a word.

"Hey! What are you doing? Are you really going to cut me?" Drake broke out in a cold sweat, struggling to get up from the hammock.

The cold light flashed, the lanyards on both sides of the hammock were cut cleanly, and Drake fell heavily on the deck, holding his back and moaning: "Well... my old waist. ..."

"You don't understand now, or don't want to understand. As long as your fleet exists, it is a sword hanging over the Veneta people. As long as your fleet exists If they are not destroyed, the Veneta will not dare to sail freely in the inner sea."

"What's the use of you talking about this now?" Drake clutched his waist and struggled to stand up: "Since You didn't want to attack the Glory, then you should have left me on the High Level of the Vengeance to die!"

"You're still alive." Captain Kenway said grimly: "Although your fleet is gone, as long as you are alive, you are still a sword hanging over the head of the Veneta. Your plan has failed, so I want you Fully support my plan in the federation!"

Kenway wrinkled his nose and said, "And I wouldn't leave my friend on the ship High Level to die."

——Cut——

The sun slanted westward, and a Veneta flag was slowly raised on the pocket gun fortress of Haiquan Harbor in the chorus of the salute of a main Veneta warship. .

Not far from the town square, Old Town Head is talking to the gathered townspeople.

Andre stood on the fort, looked at the town square, snorted disdainfully, and spat on the ground.

"Actually, I think it's a good thing for you to come out and do a little dirty work." Bud said to Winters while raising the flag: "This is actually a kind of love for you, a very brilliant arrangement."

Winters didn't speak.

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