DR April 1825, Port of Belland, New World

This small harbor is being restored, and you can see a lot of labor at work, and there are about a dozen warships in the harbor, which look like goods made by a slave city-state. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Of course, the most eye-catching thing should be the huge structure that has just been built near the harbor, and the huge floating battleship Tianhuo that stays inside.

The construction of the temporary airport was not much of a problem for Lorraine, and this time with the help of the air combat mages, coupled with the hard work of the captives and the casting of the magic guide of the Son of Heaven, the construction of the airport was quickly completed.

After they defeated the slave fleet and took over the port of Belland, they got information about the vicinity from Singh, the long, very scary, and actually weak cat-like former slave owner.

It must be said that the governor and the army of the colonies were miserable, there was no food but not enough industry, and the nearby saltpeter producing areas and other metal mines were all occupied by slave owners, and they came to plunder from time to time.

By the time the Skyfire arrived, there were only a few small towns left in the colony of St. Orlando, and all the rest of the territory had been captured by the enemy, and the most powerful of them were the Riberians in addition to the hated Normans.

When Lorraine came to Josephine with breakfast, Her Royal Highness was gritting her teeth and holding a letter, and after putting away the milk and bread, he walked up to the girl, "Who's the letter?" You look like you're angry? ”

"Of course! How dare the treacherous Riberians send a letter of mockery! ”

Lorraine read the letter, and finally could only smile bitterly and say that the other party really didn't say anything wrong. Only a floating battleship that looks very powerful can only say that you are strong enough, and without a strong territory and army, others will not recognize any of your rights.

"Lorraine, how much can we mobilize now?"

"The Skyfire is being overhauled after a long flight, the mages and engineers can't move, Carl Jr. and Engels are inspecting the metal here to see if it can meet the manufacturing of magic armor, half of the Marine Corps has to be placed here, and there are exploration and sea exploration tasks...... In this way, I think that the use of 500 troops should be the limit. ”

"How can it be so little!"

"What we need to do is build a new base, the military strength is not enough, although the residents here recognize your authority, but it will take time for them to really submit."

"The government affairs are handed over to those staff officers, you hurry up and find Xiao Yilin and them, and we will lead the troops to level here!"

Josephine pointed to the large map behind her, the result of a combination of nearby maps and aerial exploration, and she pointed to the nearby saltpeter source.

It's just that there are still many bandits nearby, and the key is the nearby city of Lane, which is said to have a lot of soldiers from slave city-states, and their leaders will not give up saltpeter.

"Are you sure you're going to hit here in the first place?"

"Of course, with saltpeter our firearms can work, I have seen the weapons used by the captives and the locals, the vast majority of them are still using arquebuses and breech guns, they are not our opponents at all, and when the saltpeter mines are in our hands, we will have enough ammunition to conquer other areas."

"And then occupy enough raw land, you can build more munitions, arm more troops, and eventually occupy the New World?"

"That's right, worthy of my man!"

"What about the salary?"

This is a key, who would be willing to carry your head to accompany you desperately if you don't pay money, this is not StarCraft, you can send unlimited troops only by resources, reality is not equal to the game!

"Well, that's really a problem, we're looking for caravan trade?"

"Hey, let your staff make a plan first."

Lorraine shook her head and left the princess's room, I really don't know why the descendants of the bloody empress want to fight so much, and they want to go up before the economy is developed.

The resource intelligence near Beland has been found, as a transit port, there is actually a coal mine and iron mine nearby, and the quality is relatively average, but with these plus saltpeter mines, it is not difficult to build a batch of munitions.

Footsteps came from behind him, "Captain Lorraine, excuse me. ”

Lorraine came back to her senses and tried to keep smiling as much as she could, "Who are you, what are you looking for me?" ”

The person looking for him was a second lieutenant, holding a large pile of papers, "My name is Sean, a former member of the 12th Mountain Infantry Regiment of the Near East Army, and currently the second lieutenant captain of the 7th Marine Corps. ”

It's even better if you don't throw the papers on the floor when you don't salute......

"I'm sorry sir, but you need to look at these documents." Ignoring the ensign's somewhat embarrassed expression, Lorraine picked up a document that read about the Legion's armament mission.

"These things should be solved by the staff officer, how can they be left to me?"

"That's right, Her Royal Highness Princess Josephine thinks that you are the highest-ranking military commander at the moment, and these things have been transferred to you from the staff office."

Well, it was really frustrating to get the ducks on the shelves, and Lorraine had to ask Ensign Sean to help move things to his office before he could start working.

Judging from the current intelligence, the number of the Seventh Legion has reached more than 5,000 people, and although the number of 500 people that can be used is small, it seems that there is also a chance to defeat the slave soldiers of Ryan City.

If the mages who went to scout were not mistaken, sixty percent of those guys were still using wooden shields, iron spears, and short swords, and the others were using muskets and bows and arrows, and the muskets were all old-fashioned arquebuses, and there was no hit rate beyond twenty meters.

There were traces of cannons on the city walls, but no matter how you look at the magic pictures on the documents, you can see that those cannons have a large caliber, but the cannonballs are small and the range is less than three hundred meters, which is inferior to the bows and arrows of the elves.

"Has the information been confirmed?"

"It's been verified three times, those enemies...... It is indeed a bit weak, not much stronger than the indigenous tribesmen of Korsalan. ”

"The guerrillas can still pull out infantry guns, what are these things?"

Ensign Sean could not answer Lorraine's question, of course, it would be nice to have artillery in this era.

"Hey, there are still a lot of Elamites in the city of Ryan?"

"Yes, it's small, the ears are a little square, and it's expected to be in the thousands."

How could the Elams, a small people skilled in magic and engineering, be abused to scum by the slave city-states......

"Second Lieutenant Sean, go and inform Uncle Azinaha that five hundred infantry and horses will come out, and we will go to Lane City to have a look."

"Are you going to visit or to besiege the city? The people there were not friendly at all, and our people were attacked as soon as they passed. ”

"Then try to find out."

Maybe you can get more information from the Elamites about what to do without a population in the development base.