Azeroth Shadow Trail

   Chapter 1458 91. Wait for Black to lose Ma

   In fact, you can tell from the looks and figure of Marshal Barry Westwin that he is a down-to-earth Kul Tiran.

His face is stern and majestic, with a signature hooked nose, and when he frowns, he is as fierce as a hawk that locks on the target, and his years of military career have filled him with an aura that is not angry and arrogant. .

   Although he has the big belly that Kul Tiras men generally have in middle age, this does not affect the majesty of this marshal.

A long-used black navy three-cornered hat was placed on the table in front of the marshal. This worn hat did not seem to match the identity of the marshal, but the folds produced by its frequent use showed that this hat was the favorite of the marshal. thing.

  It is said that it was a naval battle gift from the then captain Dalene to the then sailor Marshal Barry many years ago.

   Many people in the aristocratic circle know that the only two admirals in human civilization have good personal friendships. They have spent 20 years of naval career together, and they are real life and death.

Marshal Barry Westwin served under Dai Lin and became a brigadier general. He was very hopeful to become the second most powerful figure in the Kul Tiras military. Unfortunately, he and Dai Lin had some conflict of ideas and Invited by King Terenas to help Lordaeron form their own navy with the title of marshal and title.

  I have to say that the old seal, Marshal Barry, did a really good job.

   In less than ten years, Lordaeron had two fleets, and in the seven years of the Orc War, these two fleets withstood the cruel test of war.

   Although compared with the Kul Tiras fleet, of course there are still some shortcomings, these two fleets are enough to make the Kingdom of Lordaeron look down on the eastern continent, and even carry out ocean colonization missions.

  Gene Greymane saw the precedent that Marshal Barry Westwyn helped Lordaeron successfully establish a navy, and wanted to replicate the victory of the Lordaeron fleet in Gilneas.

  Gene's navy dream or something, it wasn't a random idea.

   In short, this old marshal is an absolute leader in the navy of Lordaeron. He is the soul of the navy of this country, and he is definitely not an easy opponent to deal with.

   After Marshal Barry personally commanded the Alliance Navy to enter the Frozen Sea, the North Sea pirates suffered under this old and tough guy. More than one-third of the strongholds of the pirates were pulled out by him.

   It is said that the pirate king of the North Sea, Anne Bonn, said more than once after she was drunk that she was willing to kill old Barry at the cost of two-thirds of the pirate fleet being wiped out!

   Then she can completely waste the entire alliance navy in the waves of the frozen sea with only one-third of the North Sea pirates left.

   The so-called insults of the enemy are praises.

  From this point of view, Marshal Barry Westwin is indeed a ruthless character.

   And now, in the conference room of the Fearless Fortress, as the old marshal's breaking news was thrown out one after another, the entire conference room became silent again.

   But this time, not because of shame, but because all commanders and captains are seriously thinking about the situation in front of them.

   They are all the backbone of the navy who were picked up by Marshal Barry. They knew that this was the style of the old marshal. Before every war, there must be such a meeting for all commanders to speak freely.

   A few minutes later, a young captain rose first, gave a military salute to Field Marshal Barry Westwin, and said:

   "My Excellency Marshal, I think this may be a bait by the pirates.

   They know that we are always looking for their main force for a decisive battle, so they try to lure us into their stronghold by massaging to gain the advantage of the war. "

   "What a stupid thing to say! You said it, you didn't say it! Are you also a fan of the nonsense literature that has become popular recently?"

   The captain's conclusion immediately drew rebuttals from his colleagues. A half-elf commander snorted, and he stretched his voice and said:

   "In terms of absolute strength, personnel quality and firepower, our three fleets are obviously higher than those of the North Sea pirates.

  The reason why this decisive battle dragged on for almost three months is because the cunning pirates knew very well that they could never be our opponents in a head-to-head naval battle.

   Familiarity with the frozen sea and the supply points all over the coast are the biggest advantages of the pirates. Now why should they give up their biggest advantages and take the risk of choosing a head-to-head battle that is beneficial to us?

   This is not at all common sense.

   But there is one thing I agree with in your words, that is, the pirates must have bad intentions! They are indeed trying to deceive us, but for an unknown purpose. "

   "Can you two say something useful? Two masters of nonsense."

   Another old captain with a pipe coughed a few times, and he spit out a sentence. Amid the laughter of the others, he coughed a few times, stood up and said with a serious face:

   "Master Marshal, I think the most important thing now is not to figure out what conspiracy the pirates have, but to make good use of the current situation, as long as they gather together, isn't it the decisive battle opportunity we have been looking for?

The    Quel'dorei elves have assured us that once the decisive battle begins, their sorcerers can use the power of the sunwell to temporarily suppress the Tidestone artifact in the hands of the undead pirates.

  Although the terrain of Rogue Harbor is complicated, it is difficult for us to drive the large fleet into it.

   But on the other hand, as long as the North Sea pirates go in, it will be difficult to quickly evacuate the birds and beasts.

   As long as we hurry up and seize the opportunity to block the pirates near the rogue port and cut off the supply line of the North Sea pirates before they realize it, then whether it is a decisive battle to defeat the enemy, or a siege and an annihilation of the enemy, we will be sure.

   The initiative in the war will truly return to our hands.

   Even if the big siege didn't get the expected result this time, it wouldn't be a big problem, at least we took the initiative to attack with momentum! For the current situation of the alliance in the frozen sea, it is also a very important strategic purpose to show momentum and restore morale. "

   This proposal made the Admiral who sat at the top of the conference table nodded frequently, and the other commanders also affirmed this guy's speech, and a desire to fight accumulated in the conference room.

  The main reason is that everyone is also holding a fire in their hearts, wanting to find those **** pirates immediately after being humiliated and beat them up to ease the anger in their hearts.

   At this time, the representative of the Dalaran mages who sat beside the marshal but kept a low profile and never spoke, Madam Modera, the archmage of the Council of Six, suddenly said:

   "Everyone, we spellcasters don't know much about naval warfare, but we are used to looking at a certain thing from multiple perspectives, such as the current trends of the North Sea pirates.

   Do you think there is a possibility that the pirates have had problems with their supply lines, so they have to assemble the last army and try to launch the last blow of the dying struggle? "

"how can that be?"

As soon as the    Archmage's opinion came out, it was immediately overruled by other commanders.

  Because in the Frozen Sea, the war between the navy and the pirates that has been going on for nearly three months, at least until now, the Alliance Navy has actually been in a very passive state.

   And the commanders who have always been arrogant have a very clear understanding of their weak situation this time.

Although they have also won pirate ambush in sea encounters, achieved victories that are enough to boast, and captured more than a dozen small pirate ships, but from the perspective of the overall war, the current casualty ratio of both sides has not reached the breaking point. to the point of.

   On the contrary, the Alliance Navy is at an absolute disadvantage in terms of material consumption.

  The North Sea pirates who lost their warships can always get supplies from the South China Sea. It is said that one-third of the goblin shipyards in the entire South China Sea have received orders from undead pirates to manufacture more pirate ships for them.

   As for the loss of personnel, it is even simpler.

  The captains of the undead fleet don't even need to go to the South China Sea, they can recruit enough outlaws by dropping a few bags of gold, silver, jewelry and food on the alien territory on the coast of the North Sea.

   Frost trolls, bearmen, walruses, murlocs, and the terrifying savage vrykul, etc., these **** are eager to join the pirate fleet to earn their first pot of gold.

  The Navy is different here.

   They only have a few colonies in the Frozen Sea, such as Zhiyuan County and Amber Pine Town, and the pressure on material and personnel supply is already great.

  Especially after Gilneas suddenly announced its withdrawal from the war, the two colony points of Grizzly Hills belonging to Gilneas no longer provided any supplies for the Alliance Navy.

   This leads to a more difficult mode for supplies.

The cunning pirates continue to send small groups of troops to loot the food, grass and ordnance transported from the eastern continent to the northern land. If it wasn't for the Quel'dorei elves who stood firm on the alliance's side and used magic to help the fleet transport supplies, two of Lordaeron's The fleet cannot last.

   But supplies can be raised, but the shortage of sailors and soldiers cannot be created out of thin air.

  The old sailor on the Alliance Navy side is only one less dead, which makes it difficult for the Alliance fleet to let go of their hands and feet in combat? Don't you think there's still an elf fleet?

  Er, at the level of the elf fleet's naval battles, that is, in large-scale naval battles, they form a mighty array in the outer waters.

   Really let them enter the field to deal with pirates, let alone the naval commander of Lordaeron, even the elves themselves are not at ease.

Seriously, after Lord Barry Westwin witnessed that the elves could make their paper strength extremely luxurious, but after being established thousands of years later, the "toy navy" that had never even fought a single actual battle left the port, and it was mediocre. When An An came to the Frozen Sea to participate in the military cruise, the old marshal had already thanked Holy Light for shelter in private.

   This is the current situation, but the archmage said that there was a fatal problem with the pirates' supplies. If there is no real evidence, how can people convince this conclusion?

   "You idiots!"

   The old marshal, who had been letting his commanders speak freely, finally couldn't stand it any longer.

   He stood up with a cold face, put on his navy triangle hat on his head, grabbed his command knife and pointed it at the bottom of the world map in the conference room, and tapped it hard at the location of the South China Sea.

   He cursed:

   "Don't just focus on the ocean in front of you because you are fighting in the North Sea, I have been telling you that the pattern needs to be opened up!

   Keep your eyes open!

   Think carefully about what Admiral Dai Lin is doing in the South China Sea?

  The North Sea Pirates ship supplies from the goblin shipyards, and all their large shipyards in Northrend have been destroyed by us!

  The Kul Tiras fleet has just destroyed several shipyards under the command of the goblin chaebols in the South China Sea, and asked all the goblin chaebols not to support the war between the North Sea pirates and the alliance navy.

   Do you understand now?

  The Archmage's guess is correct!

   It is no longer us who are in the supply **** now, but the arrogant North Sea fanatics before. I know that the last few days have been tough for everyone, and so am I.

  The king's scolding made me unable to lift my head, every time I saw the traces of the looting of the Dreadnought Fortress, it was like the slaps and saliva of the pirates slapped me in the face.

  These humiliations make us unable to lift our heads, so that we cannot go back to our hometown with our heads held high to receive the cheers and salutes of the people.

   But we still have a chance to wash away the shame.

   With the blood of the enemy.

   or our blood.

   Now is the best opportunity that can be created for us with the intentional or unintentional assistance of various forces.

  The North Sea pirates will no longer have a steady supply of ships, they know this, so they can only choose to let it go when their strength is abundant.

   They know very well that they will either defeat us in the final battle, or they will have to withdraw from this frozen sea in embarrassment and surrender this sea to the Alliance. "

   Marshal Barry shrugged.

   He looked at the high-spirited naval commanders in the conference room in front of him. He was satisfied with the bravery of these guys, but he was somewhat disappointed in his eyes.

   The vision of these guys is still too low.

  Lordaeron is not Kul Tiras with a strong naval tradition. These land people are very brave in fighting, but unfortunately their thinking is too rigid, and all they think about is a set of tactical theories born out of the army.

   However, the sea is not a battlefield that can be won only by bravery and numerical superiority.

   After a few seconds, the old marshal coughed a few times and retracted his slightly divergent thoughts. He used his marshal to command the scabbard of the sword, knocked on the table and shouted:

   "Now, I order!

  All captains and commanders and soldiers cancel their vacations, and before midnight today, I want to see all warships that can go out of port are ready for battle.

   I want you to bring all the explosive shells we can carry, all the slashing weapons, all the sailors that can move!

  I want you to raise the battle flag of the Alliance, assemble towards the Howling Fjord as quickly as possible, and block the North Sea pirates in the waters near Rogue Harbor before they are ready for a decisive battle.

  You all know what I'm going to do, and I need your best effort!

  I'm going to finish catching a turtle in a urn!

   Send instructions to the Arathi Highland Knights and Alterac Barbarian Mercenaries stationed in Grizzly Hills.

  I need them to advance by land, block the pirates' possible final breakout route to land, and participate as marines in the ground attack on Rogue Harbor in the ocean finale.

In this battle, the two fleets of Lordaeron plus the Quel'dorei fleet, as well as warriors from the Kingdom of Stromgarde, the Kingdom of Alterac and the city of Dalaran joined us against the North Sea Pirates and their pirate allies.

   I don’t think I have to mobilize your courage anymore, because in every way, I have the advantage no matter what!

   Gentlemen!

   The pirates must be defeated in this battle!

   Shame before the snow! "

   "Follow orders!"

  The pre-war declaration of the old marshal quickly aroused the fighting spirit of all the commanders. They responded with high spirits, and then walked out of the conference room with a cry like a hungry wolf pack, and began to prepare for the war.

   But Field Marshal Barry Westwin Sr. did not leave immediately.

   On the contrary, he waited until everyone had left before taking out his Kul Tiras-style navy pipe in this empty conference room and lit it with his mouth.

   In the rising smell of spicy tobacco, Admiral Lordaeron looked at Archmage Modera beside him, and he whispered:

   "I have no combat missions for the caster units in the fleet, Archmage, and I want you to be prepared for any worst-case scenario.

   I mean, send as many naval commanders and sailors as possible out of danger when necessary.

   For a navy, ships and weapons are also lost.

   But trained officers and sailors are the true wealth of a fleet, and only if these commanders and sailors survive can the naval spirit of Lordaeron continue. "

"Um?"

   Archmage Modera frowned when she heard this request. She sensed that it was unknown, so she looked at the old marshal, who let out a puff of smoke and smiled, and said in a low voice:

   "I know what you're thinking, yes, I'm actually not sure about this fight.

   The opponent was Blake Shaw after all, the young man who defeated Dai Lin.

   But on the battlefield of the sea, the young age has already shown its fangs, and after defeating the kind-hearted Dai Lin, he raised the sword of provocation to me, an aging veteran.

  If I don't respond again, doesn't it seem like we old men are too incompetent?

  I really want to see what kind of talent and power the pirate tyrant who is destined to dominate the endless sea of ​​the next era has."

  The old marshal looked at the dim sky outside the window and said in a low voice:

"Compared to falling into a political conspiracy that has no place on the field, the battlefield is the final destination of my generation. Compared to being humiliated and dying in bed, perhaps being buried in the waves will make me close my eyes with satisfaction. "

   (end of this chapter)