Iron Power And Sorcerer

Iron Power And Sorcerer Chapter 68

2021-12-19

Chapter 68 Expedition
"You can have this Essence, Qi, and Spirit as soon as you have assembled, Not bad." Admiral Zio said to Antonio while riding in front of the phalanx.

This is the first time in ten years that Legion 3 has returned to full capacity.

This is also the first time that the assembled "Great Veneta" has lined up with all the equipment to be inspected by Admiral Zio and Major General Antonio.

One chief infantry battallion and nine infantry battallions have more than 5,000 infantrymen, and two cavalry battalions have more than 600 cavalrymen. This is the entire battle strength of the third Legion.

Except for five infantry battallions, which are temporarily recruited reserve soldiers, all other soldiers are standing troops who operate once a day.

There was no artillery, as artillery would slow down the march considerably, so the auxiliary artillery units of the Republic of Veneta were formed separately.

Winters, Bud, and Andre are now three little apprentice officers in the Chief Infantry battallion. Stand proudly at the front of the infantry line, but at the same time stand humbly behind the regular officers.

After the review, Admiral Zio didn't talk much, but gave Antonio a solemn salute.

Antonio returned his salute and entered the Legion square. With an order, Antonio led the entire Legion out of the barracks in four columns.

No one knew where to go, but the atmosphere was chill and no one dared to talk. The soldiers followed those in front of them with mechanical strides, as did the officers, only on horseback.

The three apprentice officers didn't even know where they were going, and according to Winters' observation, several regular officers were also questioning each other with their eyes, apparently they didn't know where to go either.

The third Legion left the station without a word, went around Hailan City, and walked all the way east.

As we go farther and farther, Winters is more and more familiar. He and Andre looked at each other with a heart-to-heart look, and it was obvious that Andre also recognized this road, which was the road to Haidong Port.

Finally, nearly 6,000 officers and soldiers from the third Legion arrived at the port of Haidong Port.

The battle is over long ago, but it will be a long time before Haidonggang's wounds are completely healed. Looking around, there are burnt black and broken walls everywhere.

This original military pier is now basically out of function, and neither officers nor soldiers know why Antonio brought the third Legion here.

Antonio leaped to the heights so that all the soldiers could see him.

He glanced at his soldiers and said aloud: "It's here that the Tanilla Union launched a shameless sneak attack on us. They didn't declare war, they burned our ships. , they slaughtered unarmed civilians. The vile islanders thought that they would scare off the Veneta, that they would make the judgment a few days later."

Every word he said, the people beside him The sorcerer herald will use the amplification technique to repeat it again, and the amplified sound resounds throughout the Haidong Port.

The Legion phalanx absolute silence, all eyes focused on Corps Head on the high platform.

"That's why I have called you, Veneta's bravest and best men. The Republic has trained you from ignorant children to real men. And the Republic is now She needs you, and she expects each of you to do your best."

The soldiers involuntarily clenched their weapons, and Winters clenched their hilts involuntarily.

Antonio paused, angrily roared: "Today! At this moment! I will lead you from here! Revenge on Taniria! Blood debt can only be paid in blood, we will never forgive! Tanili The Asian Federation must be destroyed! Destroy the Federation!"

"Destroy the Federation!"

"Destroy the Federation!"

"Destroy the Federation! ”

 …

Amid the thunderous cries, a huge ship flying the flag of the Veneta Navy sailed into Haidong Bay, its fully deployed sails Like white clouds floating on the sea. Behind it, one large ship followed the giant ship into Haidong Bay.

Antonio raised his hands and pressed down, the Legion phalanx again absolute silence.

Antonio sternly gave the first order: "There is no light load for long distances. Cross-sea expeditions, supply lines are a matter of life and death! All excess capacity must be used for food and gunpowder. All officers Dismount!"

After speaking, Antonio was the first to leave the saddle and stand on the ground. With him taking the lead, the third Legion, at least general, down to the warrant officer, all dismounted.

"The officers' war horses are kept at the station, and they can fight without a mount. The third Legion is all under orders! Except for weapons, ammunition, tents and cooking utensils, I don't bring any items, and throw them all in Haidong Port!”

——Cut——

As the tide began to rise after the afternoon, the sailors who stayed in Haidong Port to cooperate with the army moved out the wooden planks and Small boat, two temporary buoyancy trestle bridges were built for the third Legion to board the ship.

This is a joint operation of the army and the navy, and the navy has shown twelve points of courtesy. The flagship of the Offshore Fleet, the Glory, was sent. The arrival of this ship in Haidong Port means that the commander of the Offshore Fleet has also arrived in Haidong Port.

In addition to the Glory, another twenty-one "voluntarily enlisted" large armed merchant ships served as troop transports.

According to the plan, this squadron will first carry the third Legion, and the remaining warships of the Veneta Navy will join this squadron, and finally form a team with more than 30 large sailboats. and a mighty fleet of a dozen galley warships.

In theory, this fleet of more than 40 large ships plus the third Legion riding on it is enough to deal with any enemy in the Inner Sea.

However, there were some small flaws in the plan at first...

The naval liaison who was sent ashore looked at the position of the sun in the sky, and then looked at the sea water He reluctantly said to Antonio: "Your Excellency, your subordinates need to speed up their boarding. Otherwise, it will be very troublesome after the tide goes out, so they have to wait until the tide rises in the middle of the night."

Antonio He has also been worried about this problem. He pointed to the trestle and said: "This kind of buoyancy trestle is low and has to climb on the boat. My soldiers are impossible faster. It is definitely not enough to rely on these two trestle bridges. Let the big boat put down the small boat and row the boat. Small boats carry people up. It is necessary to coordinate people to transport people by small boats, and my personnel system cannot be messed up."

The naval liaison of the colonel's office felt that Antonio had a point. He pointed at Antonio nodded, ran to the beach quickly, and rowed back to the Glory to upload a message. Veneta army and navy ranks are not common, so soldiers on both sides do not need to salute each other.

Watching the naval liaison leave, Antonio was left with only a few colonels. Looking at Lieutenant Colonel Contell's expression, Antonio patted Contell's shoulder: "If you have something to say, you can say it."

"Is it too hasty to send troops now? "Contaire asked worriedly: "We just finished the assembly today, at least we have to let the reserve soldiers practice for a week?"

Antonio looked at the other officers around him, including These officers, including Contell, were all Antonio's capable subordinates. If they also question Antonio's strategy, it must be explained clearly.

Antonio retorted: "The key to this war is not how well we are prepared, but the gap between the enemy's preparedness and ours. Those five reserve battalions are not ranked now. Useful, but I still have your five elite standing army battalions. And the Tanirians have nothing now, they are still the captains and planters leading their own small group. Drake preemptively destroyed the sea east port, We also have to seize the opportunity."

Contaire still couldn't hide his worry: "But after all, we only have five battallion standing troops, and several main islands of Taniria have a population of 100,000. Up and down, we are still too few."

"Of course, it is impossible for us to capture the islands with only one Legion. We are now going to fight a victory to boost the morale of the Republic and tear open a path for the subsequent offensive. A hole." Antonio added: "If you all think I shouldn't send troops now, what will the Tanirians think? If we can be surprised, we have already taken the lead."

"But can we really be surprised?" Contell stretched out his hand and pointed to the colorful silhouettes on the pier of Haidong Port: "There are no secrets in Hailan City!"

A nearly six thousand People's troops left the station, and it was impossible to hide it. When the third Legion was still moving towards Haidong Port, the news that Da Vineta was going to sail at Haidong Port had already reached the ears of the officers' families.

When one officer's family knew about it, soon all the military's family knew. There has always been a special channel for the dissemination of news among family members of military personnel. Although it is essentially word of mouth, the speed and efficiency of dissemination are astonishingly high.

The family members of the military set off for Haidong Port as soon as they heard the news. No one would give up the opportunity to see them off. After all, this may be the last time...

So There is this scene in front of everyone: the child pulls the father's sleeve and refuses to let go; the wife who is a step late is kneeling on the dock and crying, desperately moving towards the boat and waving her hand; there are several old men who are even trembling Everyone came over in the carriage, and these old men who probably lost their husbands in the war 30 years ago are now here to say goodbye to their sons.

Although the boarding process was still going on in a tense and orderly manner, the originally solemn and solemn expedition became sad and desolate, and anyone who saw this scene would have their eyes wet.

Antonio was also unable to order the dispersal of the family members who had come to see them off. These women, children and children are undermining the morale of the Third Legion, which is something Antonio doesn't want to see. But if he orders the dispersal of the families, he will permanently lose the respect and trust of his soldiers, which is worse than a weakened morale.

And...for many, this could really be the last chance to see family. As long as the boarding is not delayed, Antonio can only sigh and let him go.

"The Thirteen Committee has already discussed that it is impossible to keep secrecy." Antonio turned away, no longer looking at the scene on the pier: "As long as we send troops, it is impossible to keep it completely secret, but There is still a time lag to hit the Tanirians. The faster we act, the less time we have for the federation to react. So it's not about secrecy, it's about how quickly we get to the islands."

Several lieutenant colonels looked thoughtful.

Antonio said quietly: "After all, there are no secrets in the sea blue city."

——cut——

The third officer is busy When they got on the boat, a Hailan City sheriff was leading the patrol to carry the bodies out of the house after the fire.

One, two, three, four...

A total of twenty-five corpses were found from the burnt house, and the charred bodies were placed in the On the street, there was some kind of heretic sacrifice ceremony, which soon attracted crowds of onlookers.

"Fire?" a patrolman asked coldly.

The sheriff also felt panic in his heart, but still insisted on reprimanding his subordinates: "Not even one of the twenty-five people in the fire meeting escaped? These corpses have fatal injuries on their bodies. Arson."

"Look at this man, this one on his neck is enough to kill him, but his head is split open." Another patrolman's lower teeth collided with his upper teeth uncontrollably, I almost cried: "Who is this dead? Does it take two kills to die? Didn't we meet a cultist?"

A patrolman squeezed through The crowd, handed a letter to the sheriff.

The sheriff lifted the paint, glanced at the contents of the letter, and suddenly said with a smile: "We don't need to worry about this case, the sheriff in the dock area is willing to take over this case, he said it is a family Vendetta."

"Do you think this is a family vendetta?" asked the patrolman who kept fighting the Cold War.

"Will family vendetta kill the whole family? Will it be all men who will die?" The sheriff said nonchalantly, "But since someone is willing to help us share our worries, then even if they say they are roasting themselves and me. I don't care."

——Cut——

Until they got to the dock, none of Winters, Bud and Andrea thought that they would start today.

Andre was looking forward to seeing his family before leaving, while Winters and Bud had little hope.

Bud is not a Veneta, and Antonio strictly forbids Kesha and Ella to see them off. For this kind of behavior that will dampen the spirit of the army, Antonio has always been extremely disgusted.

Even if it doesn't come, Winters doesn't know how to deal with parting.

It was finally the turn of the Hundred Men Squad where Winters was on board, but a strange woman stopped Winters who was about to set foot on the temporary trestle.

"Mr. Montagne, please hold your steps," said the stranger respectfully.

“You know me?”

“Someone wants to see you, please come with me.”

“who?mysterious and secretive.”Winters shook the head, followed along.

As long as it wasn't a sheriff with a few patrols coming to arrest him, Winters didn't worry about anything else.

The strange woman led Winters to the side of a dark, silver-trimmed carriage, signaling that the person who wanted to see Winters was in the car.

Seeing this carriage, Winters held breath cold air and quietly took out a steel cone and held it in his hand.

Opening the carriage door with the other hand, Winters is ready to use the arrow, steel cone in hand.

However, there was an unexpected person sitting in the car.

"Miss Anna? How about you?"

Anna asked nervously, "Why can't it be me?"

"Uh...you and I Did I say one thing?" Winters knew he had probably misunderstood.

"What are you talking about? Come in and close the door." Anna grabbed Winters' arms and pulled him into the car: "Don't let anyone see...I'm not married yet. What."

The two sat in the carriage, and the atmosphere became a little awkward.

Winters quietly stuffed the steel cone back into his pocket again, his tense nerves relaxed and he was a little tired, he said jokingly: "If you came to me to pay for the painting, not now. As it happens, I'm going to take a boat to Taneria soon."

In fact, since Shire found Winters the day before yesterday, Winters' nerves have been tense. Last night was even more tense to the limit. He repeatedly planned, checked the route, and prepared contingency plans, but he was still surrounded by perils when he actually started. Now suddenly relaxed, intense fatigue finds Winters, and he wants to sleep very much now.

Anna's eyes turned red: "Why are you always like this? Why are you treating me like this again?"

"Just kidding." Winters apologized quickly, he sighed : "When you first met, you would slap me when you were angry, but now why are you crying?"

"You just hate that slap! You small-eyed guy! I've seen it a long time ago. Come out, you remember everything, you just pretend to forget."

"You say yes, so it is." Winters doesn't have the energy to argue now.

This attitude made Anna even more angry, she suddenly leaned back in the chair and turned her head away from Winters: "You go."

"Okay, I gone." Winters stood up. He looked at Anna's neck, profile, and hair. An idea popped into his mind for no reason: Anna's profile may be my last memory of peace, and it represents the hope of another life path. Beautiful imagination.

"Why haven't you left yet?"

"Want to see you again." For some reason, Winters wanted to touch Anna's hair. So he reached out and ruffled Anna's naturally curly hair: "Because you are beautiful when you are free and unconstrained, full of vitality."

Then he opened the car door and stepped out.

A pair of arms wrapped around Winters from behind him. Anna cried, clinging to Winters' back, "I just want you to do one thing for me, just one thing...you want to come back, you just come back."

"It's too simple Now, do the ashes count?"

Anna burst into laughter and slapped Winters' back hard: "You are really annoying..."

And then Anna From the handbag, I took out a Divine Idol carved from hardwood. This Divine Idol is only the size of a thumb, but it is full of details and lifelike. It is a Goddess with a shield and a spear.

Anna put this Divine Idol in Winters' palm: "No matter how far and how difficult it is, Athena can guide those who have left their homeland to return to their hometown."

"When will you learn woodcarving?"

"I've never learned woodcarving." Anna said timidly, "It's not good at carving, right?"

I'm so stupid, how could I not pay attention to this point? Winters thought. There were several more wounds on Anna's left hand and the index finger of the right hand. The edges of the wounds were already red and swollen, and they were obviously new injuries.

"This is the most exquisite wood carving I've ever seen, and I'll exchange it with you for the most valuable thing." Winters searched all over and found nothing of value, so he took off the Put the golden sword of honor in Anna's hand: "This sword is my father's saber, but it has no commemorative significance... Anyway, it is the most valuable thing on my body."

Today Yuanyuan There was only a review scheduled, so Winters wore this sword of honor.

Anna was at a loss and said incoherently: "No, this sword is too precious, I can't have it... Why did you give me your father's sword... Is it an engagement token? No, no, no, I...I...I...we haven't reached that kind of relationship...by the way, my family doesn't marry the northerners!"

"Where did I say I was going to marry you?! And why do you always say me A 'northern' person?" Winters almost fainted: "My mother's family is from the United Provinces, and my father's family has always been in Veneta, so how can I be a 'northern' person?"

"It may be that you are taller, but you are not from the north... I don't want to get married yet..." Anna said weakly.

The chariots, the horses Xiaoxiao, and the pedestrians have bows and arrows at their waists. Father, mother and wife see each other off, and Xianyang Bridge is not seen in the dust. Qianyi stopped the road and cried, and the cry went straight to the sky. (Writing a lot is not as good as the forty-one words of the poet, and I can feel the charm of the text, but this poem is best enjoyed with the painting "Soldier Vehicles" by teacher Wang Kewei)
The following plot It goes without saying that in the 1.547th millennium at dawn, there is only war, war and war.

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