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Chapter 1272. Anniversary Celebration: When the cannon is fired, a million ounces of gold is really not just an empty promise
According to the battle plan formulated by Ms. Hood and her subordinates, after the Transians' operation called "Anniversary" began, the Great Reef Province had to eliminate the small murloc clan closest to the border within three to five days, so as to quickly open up the situation and then advance into the territories of other murloc clans in the Savage Sea.

Using a war lasting twenty days to eliminate the threat of murlocs in the southern border is the best outcome of the plan, but in fact, Ms. Hood is doubtful about whether this brilliant result can be achieved.

After all, the total number of the five murloc clans is almost over one million, and the number of warriors assembled on their side is only about 30,000 at most.

This is a thirty-fold difference in military strength!

Even if the mermaids had the advantage in individual strength, it would be difficult for them to eliminate so many enemies within twenty days. If this was really simple, the Great Reef Province would not have been troubled by these problems for so long.

Therefore, from the perspective of the Merman Governor, no matter how good the Transians are at fighting, not all of them are ruthless people who can wake up in the morning, tear a murloc apart with their bare hands before going to breakfast, and defeat a group of murlocs before going to bed at night.

However, Governor Hood was a leader who had experienced the chaos of the Songhai Empire. She was sure that the Transians were absolutely capable of fighting. Therefore, according to the Governor's idea, it would be a great victory if three merman clans could be eliminated at the end of this "anniversary" war. The remaining two could be dealt with slowly by the mermaids' own strength. This was also in line with the plan of the Great Reef Province to use manpower and material resources to build an "undersea defense line" after the war.

It would be troublesome if they really swallowed up the underwater territories occupied by five murloc clans in one go. That would mean that the actual controlled area of ​​the Great Reef Province would almost double, which is too exaggerated to think about.

But the fact is, after ten hours of fierce fighting on the first day of the war, Governor Hood soon discovered that his previous plan might be a bit "conservative".

"Please tell me again, Ms. Nikita. I was distracted just now and didn't hear your report clearly. Where is the Transian vanguard now?"

In the logistics area of ​​the front-line position, the governor, who was dressed in military uniform to boost morale, soon met his most trusted Tide Warrior commander, and was then stunned by the shocking results reported by Nikita.

Seeing the Governor's face full of disbelief, Ms. Nikita, who had been fighting with the players for several hours and was already exhausted, but still holding the Tidal Halberd and remaining alert, coughed and said in a more serious tone:

"The front line has been pushed to the core trench of the Murloc Clan, at least that was the case when I escorted the wounded back from the front line. But that was two hours ago. It's hard to say where Transia's vanguard has reached now.

But what is certain is that this nearly 100-kilometer-long "Gray Trench" connecting the southern border of the Great Reef Province and the coast of the Land of Origin has in fact belonged to us, Governor!"

"what?"

Governor Hood was still confused when he heard the same report for the second time.

She made a gesture, and the guard beside her immediately handed over a shell, which was activated and displayed a psychic map. The governor took a look at it, and then said in surprise:
"You mean to say that our Transian allies took only ten hours to break through our first front line? They accomplished in one seventh the time what we had planned to do in three days?"

"Well, that's what I mean."

Nikita rubbed his aching shoulders and said:

"My advice to you now is to move the logistics position forward immediately. Otherwise, it will be difficult to meet the Transian warriors. It's not about the wounded. After all, there are no wounded in the war. Those seriously injured warriors will always drink the terrifying potion with pride and find the area with the most enemies to die together with them, so as to open the way for their own warriors.

It is said that this is a fine tradition of the Transian People's Army, although it does seem a bit too horrifying to me.

In addition, their ammunition consumption was far beyond our expectations.

After only ten hours of fighting, one third of our allocated Riptide Crossbow enchanted ammunition has been used up. If we continue this offensive, the ammunition we prepared for this battle will be completely used up in two days at the latest."

"what?"

Ms. Hood was even more surprised. She exclaimed:
"I prepared ammunition for them based on firepower that could flatten the Great Reef Dragon Palace! How come it ran out in ten hours? When I was young, I served as a logistics officer in Yuedu Province. This amount of ammunition should be enough for a legion to use for a month even at the level of war in Yuedu Province!

What the hell did they do with all that enchanted ammo?

Eat it as a meal?"

"If they really ate it, they wouldn't be consumed so quickly. Those guys continued their style of fighting on land in the seabed. Whenever they encountered a murloc stronghold, they would first drive the Son of Tristana to charge in and bombard it, no matter how many enemies were inside, and then launch a resolute charge."

Nikita sighed and said:

"Their generals are obviously using the consumption of ammunition in exchange for a faster march and fewer casualties. Coupled with an effective command system, the human wave tactics that the fishmen are best at have been greatly weakened to a certain extent.

After all, not even the strongest murloc can survive the vortex of blades caused by the explosion of an enchanted crossbow's ammunition.

This also led to a very bad consequence.

At present, there are no intact fishman strongholds on the battlefields ravaged by the Transians, which means that when we build the underwater defense line along the Gray Trench in the future, we have to build it from scratch in the ruins. "

"This is a good thing. It saves us from spending more manpower and resources to demolish those blasphemous creations."

The Governor was a person who had seen the world after all. She quickly calmed down. After the shock came a burst of ecstasy. She stared at the map and said:

"I will immediately order the tribesmen of the Great Reef Dragon Palace to participate in the operation of making more enchanted ammunition. However, they are advancing so quickly, so what about the murloc fins that were agreed to be used in exchange for military merits? They should not have time to spend on collecting spoils, right?"

"You guessed it right, Governor."

When this question was raised, Ms. Nikita sighed helplessly and said:

"The Transians adopted a very advanced counting method. They used something called the 'World Network' to help them count each person's kills and military merits. In theory, the warriors didn't need to cut the fish fins themselves.

General Qin even entrusted this matter to us.

He also said that those things were just a formality. If we needed the emblem of the murlocs to boost morale, we could cut it off. If we didn't need it, we could just destroy it on the spot.

With the assistance and statistics of the World Network, we only need to calculate the military merits according to the number given by the other party during the seven-day settlement."

"This"

Governor Hood rubbed his forehead.

She participated in the war of the Songhai Empire and had some understanding of the World Network. Naturally, she would not doubt whether this system would lead to the situation of "killing innocent people and claiming credit". After all, there was a new god standing behind this thing.

Even if the Transians are shameless, the gods must maintain their dignity and integrity.

What's more, among the fishmen, there is no distinction between military and civilians, so there is no question of killing innocent people for credit.

The Governor knew that the military merits gained by the Transians on that day must be an astronomical figure, but curiosity still drove her to take out the "deep-sea customized version" computing orb given to her by Governor Murphy, and clumsily logged into the World Network through this data node. A temporary entrance to the "Anniversary Celebration/Sea Abyss Scripture" had been added to the simple interface.

Hood clicked on it and glanced at the total number of military achievements.

The string of zeros dazzled the Governor's eyes. Being good at calculations, she simply calculated in her mind the rewards that the Transians could get for their ten hours of fighting, and her heart immediately sank.

"cough cough"

The Governor put away the computing orb, coughed awkwardly twice, looked around, and pulled Nikita aside. She whispered:

"I suddenly realized that with the speed at which the Transians are killing enemies, the fiscal surplus of our Great Reef Province may not be able to pay for the various rewards they need, and it can barely last until the first seven-day settlement. So I would like to ask you, Nikita, to immediately find Ms. Bijuka as the 'Governor's Special Envoy'. I hope to use Ms. Bijuka's connections to urgently allocate some supplies from the Red Earth Province's finances to us."

"what?"

Nikita's eyes widened and she said in surprise:

"No way! Although our Great Reef Province is a remote area in the Kingdom of Atlan and not very rich, we have accumulated wealth for hundreds of years. We won't go bankrupt after a war, right?"

"That's definitely not the case! Our Great Reef Province does have some assets after all. The problem is that this battle is just the beginning. We need to build an underwater defense line, Nikita."

Governor Hood shook his head and said:
“That’s a long and huge project. Even if we don’t use precious metals for internal transactions, it still requires a huge amount of materials. The psychic protection gems needed for the defense line alone will cost a large sum of money. Prince Bai promised to help us find a way in the Callum Empire, but we have to pay for the materials ourselves.

Anything you can save now is good.

I also plan to open up an underwater trade route from the Great Reef Province to the Red Earth Province after this battle. This will also benefit the Red Earth Province, and we definitely can't be the only one to pay for it.

Besides, all the rewards we prepared before were aimed at "crushing" the enemy, but now the Transians have turned the battle of crushing into a battle of annihilation. You have also participated in the naval battle in the Cato region, and you know how terrifying it will be once the number of military merits increases. I estimate that after this battle, the finances of the Great Reef Province will be under great pressure just to pay the personal remuneration to the Transian warriors.

This is not to mention the portion of the profits we have to pay to the Transian authorities.

Alas, war is indeed a waste of money. "

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"Well, I will convey your opinions and requests to my aunt. I believe she can understand our difficulties."

Nikita was not an intelligent merman, but she could understand Governor Hood's concerns and agreed to the task.

He was just about to talk to the Governor about the issue of the Avengers Temple recruiting soldiers in the province, but before he could open his mouth, a red-tailed Tidehunter hurriedly rushed over riding a sea serpent war beast.

She didn't even have time to salute the commander and the governor. Her charming face under the fur helmet shouted to them with excited joy:
"Front-line battle report!
The Transian Vanguard has broken through the core Abyss of the Murloc Clan, and the Murlocs outside the Evil Beast Fortress on the edge of the Gray Trench have collapsed across the board. Now our brave landman allies are launching an assault on the interior of the Evil Beast Fortress without stopping. Those warriors have clearly stated that they want to capture the chieftain of the Murloc Clan alive and send him to the Abyss Holy Scripture as a sacrifice to the Heavenly Lord!

General Qin invited our soldiers to join the battle to break the city. Those desperate fishmen summoned the filthy ocean currents to protect the core area of ​​their city.

The people on land need priests to break the evil spell.

Many fishmen fled from the deep sea to the islands in fear, but the Transians said that we don’t need to worry about those fleeing soldiers. They will annihilate those fishmen thugs on the islands and return a clean gray trench to us. "

"So fast?"

This even shocked Nikita.

The mermaid commander who had participated in the Battle of Kato said in amazement:
"Their destructive power has increased significantly compared to a few months ago. The speed of progress of these land people is so fast that it is frightening."

Governor Hood next to him didn't know whether he should be happy or worried.

The good news is that if we are lucky, we can achieve one-fifth of the goals of this war within 24 hours of the first day of the anniversary celebration. Even if it is only the weakest of the five murloc clans, it will be an absolute victory.

But the trouble is that they put on such a wonderful deep-sea blitzkrieg, and as the host, I can’t just not show any appreciation, right?
You must complete at least one military commendation!
But even with the lowest level of commendation, it would still be a huge sum of money to be given away. In desperation, the governor could only use his "wrong ideas".

After Nikita and her herald left with great joy, Governor Hood quickly found Ms. Dena who was healing the wounded in the rear. She did not beat around the bush and said to Ms. Dena directly:

“For many years, the ghost ships in Shipwreck Bay were sealed and suppressed by the Giant Pan Temple, but now the situation has changed drastically, and we can no longer invest more resources and energy in those dangerous things.

Therefore, I ask the Temple of the Great Rock to open the seal of Shipwreck Bay and select five ghost ships from among them to give to our Transian allies as a reward for their outstanding professionalism and amazing strategy in today's war."

At this point, Governor Hood also specifically reminded:

“This is an extra reward, so don’t pick the big ones, pick some small ones as gifts first, and keep those dangerous big ships as exchange for military merits.

Let me make it clear in advance that this is not because I am stingy!

Mainly because large ghost ships are too dangerous, we cannot send those horrific supernatural objects to weaklings who are unable to control them, so we must use this method to identify warriors who can control ghost ships. "

"Oh, yes, yes, it's not that we are stingy."

Ms. Dena echoed.

She did not expose Governor Hood's little thoughts, because she had faced the same dilemma the Governor was facing a few months ago. She could really understand the Governor's happy and worried mood, especially when she saw the "bill" that was constantly updated as the war progressed.

Thinking of this, the wise Ms. Dena rolled her eyes and whispered:
"However, there are only about thirty ghost ships in the Shipwreck Bay. Giving them away like this is not enough. Madam, I suggest that we also open the forbidden area of ​​'Dragon Bone Bay' to our Transian allies."

"You're crazy! That place is forbidden!"

Governor Hood was startled, and she shouted:

“That’s the most dangerous place in this sea!
Although the legendary sea dragons have long been extinct in the Savage Sea, those sea beasts with sea dragon blood cannot be tamed at all. More than a hundred years ago, we spent a lot of effort and relied on the majesty of the human body of Haiyuan Tianzun to seal those hybrid beasts in Dragon Bone Bay.

We want to reward the warriors, not send them to die, even though they are not afraid of death."

"Those horrible creatures are simply beyond our reach to tame, Governor."

Ms. Dena shook her head and said:
“You also saw the strange war beasts of the Transian warriors. There were not only the death-calling vultures in the yellow sand and the blood-seeking hyenas in the dark mountains, but also dangerous creatures like the astral scorpion lions. It turns out that they enjoy challenging difficulties. Even if they can’t tame those sea dragons, killing them as a test of combat is also a unique pleasure.

You believe me!
I have had a lot of contact with warriors, and I believe they will like this "copy".

Besides, aren’t we short of money?
If we don't find a way to make some money, the Great Reef Province will go bankrupt after this battle, so I suggest that we open that alien beast copy and sell "tickets", and let the warriors pay with their newly acquired military merits!

You can enter once for every 500 military merits."

"what?"

The Governor was stunned. She exclaimed:

"Let them exchange their hard-earned military merits for an opportunity that could kill them? Is there really anyone who would do such a losing deal?"

"Of course! The prerequisite is that we have to do some 'publicity'."

Ms. Dena showed a subtle expression, waved her hand and said:

"Leave it to me. Little Catalina and I will give you a satisfactory plan."

(End of this chapter)