Age of Mysticism

  Chapter 346 Robbery

  Century calendar November 4, 2648, morning, sunny.

  After a night of fierce fighting, the Marine Corps of the Raging City Fleet captured the government building in Samuel City, and the mayor and most of the city officials fled. Leo's defeated army gathered in the eastern city, preparing to fight an urban street battle with the invaders.

  If the marines continue to attack with the aim of occupying the entire city, they are likely to suffer heavy losses due to unfamiliar terrain.

  So Luke decisively stopped the attack of the marines entering the city. The troops attacking Port Samuel this time are limited. With the strength of Raging Waves City, it is impossible to fight an all-out war with Leo.

  Order: Destroy as many public infrastructure and factories as possible in Samuel City, take away all valuables that can be taken away, and retreat the whole army after four days.

  After receiving the order, the Marine Corps switched from offensive to defensive and concentrated on demolishing buildings. The six-story Samuel Government Office Building, which was newly built for less than a year, was blown into ruins within half an hour.

   Then various administrative departments, stations, theaters, and large shopping malls in the city were all destroyed.

  Other professionals rushed into the Samuel City Bank and looted all the banknotes and precious metals inside, and all major material storage warehouses were also patronized.

  Because the Marine Corps of the Raging City Fleet followed the defeated soldiers into the city, the security department of Samuel City had no time to transfer and destroy the supplies, so they were rushed all the way east.

   You must know that the Leo Navy is preparing to fight a protracted offensive and defensive battle with the Raging City fleet in Port Samuel. In order to supply the consumption of the war, Samuel City has stored a large amount of military supplies. As a result, the battle ended too quickly, and all these supplies fell into the hands of the Raging Waves City Fleet intact.

  When Luke, who was patrolling the battlefield, walked into a warehouse that was discovered, he was stunned by the pile of supplies inside on the spot.

  Brand-new military trucks and brand-new war machines are neatly placed. The unactivated Tin Woodman and metal soldiers were packed in the box, and the anti-oxidation grease on the surface was not even wiped off.

   Countless food and medicine.

   Various alchemy raw materials, alchemy products, maintenance parts...

  After Luke saw this and knew that many such warehouses had been found, he repeatedly muttered in his heart.

   Get rich! Make a fortune!

  The blood shed last night because of the alchemy magic thrown by his subordinates was replenished instantly this time, and it overflowed violently.

   No wonder so many people like war, as long as they can win, it is a profitable business. Looking at the warehouse full of supplies and the wealth contained in this port city, it would take several years to earn so much money at the speed of Raging Waves City.

  Move!

  Luke ordered all the captured prisoners of war to be sent to carry supplies, and asked the Marine Corps to search for the citizens of Samuel to pull strong men to work as coolies. He will remove all these materials during the four days he stays behind.

  The Marine Corps built a defense line in the occupied area and requisitioned all the vehicles that could be found. Soldiers like wolfs and tigers smashed open the doors of the citizens and dragged out the young and strong men.

  The fleet of Raging Waves City cleaned up the pier, and the fleet docked one by one to load supplies. Every time a ship is filled, it immediately sails to Brilliant Island, unloads the cargo there and then returns to load, and informs all the captains in Brilliant Island to come to Samuel Port to load.

   After calculation, all ships can be pulled back and forth twice, and the carrying capacity is still too small compared to the total number of materials found.

   Even if the captured ships are repaired, they will also participate in the transportation of imported materials, but still cannot transport all the materials away.

  The best solution is to extend the occupation for a week.

  Luke immediately rejected the suggestion from his subordinates.

  For the huge city of Samuel, the Marine Corps with less than 10,000 people cannot defend it, not to mention that they have to allocate a considerable part of their manpower to guard the prisoners. The reason why the Leo army guarding the eastern city did not counterattack was because they had become frightened and did not know the true strength of the Raging City fleet's attack on Samuel this time.

   Within a week, the defeated soldiers in the eastern city can be repaired and reorganized, and the support troops sent from other places will arrive one after another. At that time, as long as they launched a large-scale attack, they would be able to discover the strength disadvantage of the Marine Corps of the Raging Waves City Fleet.

   There can be no undue greed in war.

  Luke insisted that the evacuation order remain unchanged after four days, and requested that high-value materials be transported away. In particular, documents and research materials in various research institutions must be kept and transported with priority.

  When evacuating, all supplies that could not be transported were burned!

  The soldiers of the Raging Waves City Fleet turned into bandits, driving the coolies to transfer supplies to the dock day and night. Vehicles and machinery are not enough, so they are tied to ropes and pulled directly by manpower.

   Someone died suddenly due to overwork; some pirates ignored orders and burned, killed and looted the city...

  The war showed Luke its more cruel side. The winner has the right to do anything to the loser. Conscience and morality are worthless at this time.

  In the cabin of the "Tingtao" airship, Agatha drank her afternoon tea and looked out at the busy pier through the window. The soldiers of Rage City held whips to supervise Leo's labor to carry supplies. They only had six hours of rest a day, and some of them fell to the ground and couldn't get up again.

  The corpse was lifted up by the soldiers and thrown into the car. Agatha saw this scene without any emotion. As the person in charge of the Imperial Secret Service, this kind of scene is just a child's play for her.

   Men in war are expendables.

   Agatha looked at Meteor sitting opposite her again, and found that he was very charming as he worked hard.

  Luke was looking at the various reports sent by his subordinates at this time, learning about the material transfer situation, and the movement of the Leo army in the eastern city.

After a while, Agatha couldn't help but said: "The Republic of Leo has exhausted its national strength to defend Port Samuel, but in the end most of the supplies were given to you when they were useless. This battle can be said to be shaken." The foundation of the Rio Republic, the current government will definitely fall, and I don’t know if the successor can stop the attack of the watchers.”

  Luke did not look up and continued to look at the document in his hand. At the same time, he said: "The more chaos in Leo, the better for the empire... By the way, if the Republic of Leo sends envoys to seek peace talks, please ask Your Highness to talk to them on my behalf."

   Agatha, who wanted to chat originally, froze for a moment: "Shouldn't you talk to them? Don't tell me you're going to Winter Capital soon?"

Luke signed his name on a document, then looked up at Agatha and said: "The attack on Port Samuel was unexpectedly smooth, the main force of the Leo Navy was wiped out here, and other ports can be attacked casually." Complete the set goals.

  Naval battles are like this... If you win, you will win all games, and if you lose, you will lose the national luck.

   The rest of the battle can be left to Mrs. Tasia, I still have my own affairs. "

   "You really can't tell me, what did you do last winter?"

  Luke smiled: "This is a private matter, so don't ask your Highness any more. The victory in the Leo War can greatly relieve the pressure the empire is facing. I believe that after this winter, many things will turn around."

   Agatha remembered that Meteor had told herself last time that he would be in Dongdu this winter, but he didn't expect him to leave so soon. A feeling of reluctance made Agatha's mood suddenly turn bad: "Do you know that I... the empire needs you very much now. And Dai'er, she asked me many times when you will return to the imperial capital.

   There is something important that requires you to go to Dongdu for an adventure!

  Now that the father is behind closed doors and you are leaving again, what should I do if something happens? "

   "You are the only eldest princess conferred by Emperor Augustine, how can you be so unconfident in yourself.

   Tell Princess Daier on my behalf that winter is over and spring is coming, and I will be back. "

  Agatha knew that Meteor’s insistence was hard to change, so she took out a wooden sculpture and put it on the table, and said, “This is the statue I carved for Dai’er, but it’s a pity that it’s a little flawed, so I’ll give it to you.

  I hope you come back from Dongdu soon. "

   Meteor picked up the wood carving from the table.

   This is a wood carving that Agatha carved in the western region, and each knife is very delicate and serious. The sculpture looks like a girl praying with her palms closed and her eyes closed, as lifelike as a scaled-down villain.

  Luke took the wood carving in his hand and looked through it, but couldn't see where the flaws were. If it is very real... The appearance of the wood carving is a little bit different from Daier, and it seems to be somewhat similar to Agatha when she was a girl.

   Agatha and Dill are alike.

  Luke didn't dare to make a professional interpretation of the wood carving, so he said: "Since you made the wood carving for Princess Dai, give it to me...it's not good."

  Agatha changed the subject and said, "I will carve another one for her, and I will give this to you, and she will not object.

  Let's not talk about this...

  If Leo sends envoys to negotiate peace, how should I talk to them. "

   "Then thank you, Your Royal Highness, and Princess Dai, I accept it..." Luke put the wood carving on the table, and was going to find a wooden box for storage later. Facing Agatha's question, he replied: "The principle is to limit the development of Leo's maritime military power with the greatest force, and recognize the absolute jurisdiction of the Imperial Navy over this sea area, and promise not to introduce third parties to intervene in any maritime affairs between the two countries. dispute."

   "Don't you need to claim compensation?"

   "That's your highness, you have free space to play..."

   Luke and Agatha chatted about the post-war processing.

  The Raid on Port Samuel launched by the Raging Waves City Fleet also spread to all parts of the world in various ways.

  The process of the war shocked everyone's eyes.

  Because of the first-class warship, almost everyone agrees that Raging Waves City has more advantages in this battle. If it is a regular naval battle, the Leo Navy will definitely be the defeated party.

  The Rio Navy also thought so, so they decided to defend the port and use the terrain to deal with the Raging City fleet.

  Facing the tortoise formation that the Leo Navy put up in Port Samuel, the naval commanders of various countries felt that even if they attacked by themselves, they would have nowhere to go. Even if you rely on the armor advantage of the first machine class to gnaw hard, it is not something that can be gnawed in ten days and half a month.

   How the international situation will change by then is an unknown.

  The last time the Rio Republic faced the invasion of the Golden Shield Empire, but received extensive support from the international community.

But everyone never imagined that the Raging Waves City Fleet would actually use the No. 1 machine-class battleship as a battle fortress, and concentrate its forces on a desperate collision with the Leo Navy's tortoise array. There was a big rout.

  Leo Navy wanted to be a reef to meet the waves, but it was only when things came to an end that they realized that they were just sand sculptures.

   This World War I had an extremely profound impact on the maritime relations of the entire world.

  The gap between the old-style wooden warships and the new-style all-metal warships is not only a generation difference, but also a wooden stick versus a sharp blade, and it is a dead end.

   Only full metal battleships can fight against full metal battleships.

  The major maritime powers immediately increased investment in the research and development and construction of all-metal warships, and none of them wanted the war in Port Samuel to happen in their own ports. An ocean arms race is quietly taking place among various countries because the fleet of Rough Waves City showed its fangs.

  The Battle of Port Samuel was of great significance to the Golden Shield Empire.

  After receiving the news from Port Samuel, Yate County United even stopped the siege of Snow City directly.

  With the defeat of the Leo Navy, the Golden Shield Empire has the ability to threaten the coast of Art County United from the sea. The powerful combat effectiveness displayed by the No. 1 machine-class warship made Art County United realize the gap between itself and the Golden Shield Empire's sea power. At present, the all-metal warships of the Art County United are still being built in the dock. If the Raging Waves City fleet goes north at this time, the entire coastline of the County United will be their target of attack.

  The follow-up army prepared by the Art County Alliance to attack the Golden Shield Empire had to be mobilized to important coastal cities. Many materials transferred to the front line had to be sent to coastal cities to strengthen the local defense.

  Golden Shield Empire's pressure on the northern border has been greatly reduced, and it can even organize a counterattack against the second-line defense belt, thinking about opening up the connection with Snow City.

  The imperial army on the southern line of Tedgar Hills also avoided a crisis.

  When the Duke of Celtic learned that the United County of Arter was attacking the northern border of the empire, he was ready to launch a large-scale counterattack to regain the occupied cities and strongholds. At the same time, he also contacted the wall-riding faction in the Brotherhood of Blades, saying that the empire is about to end, and let us join hands like our ancestors to save this country.

  Some members of the Brotherhood of Blades have agreed to send troops to support the Tedgar Hills. As a result, at this time, the news that the Raging City fleet wiped out the main force of the Leo Navy was sent back to the Empire.

  The members of the Brotherhood of Blades who were about to raise troops immediately took back their troops, and the barbarian army that had just launched an offensive had to turn to defense again.

  The news of the victory swept across the entire empire, and people discovered that... Furious City is not only very strong economically, but also has a very strong army. If a city's fleet destroys a country's navy, if Rage City sends troops to support the northern border, why not directly attack Winter Capital?

  The hearts of ordinary people are so simple. The victory in the eastern sea swept away the haze of defeat in the north that shrouded their hearts. The strength of the Raging Waves City fleet has become the mainstay of their prediction of the battle situation.

  As long as Governor Meteor leads his army northward, victory will surely be ushered in!

   At this time, Luke had already set foot on the land of Winter Capital.

  (end of this chapter)