Wealth is like sea water: the more you drink, the more thirsty you feel.

- Horace (founder and founder of Roman classicism)

Things have developed to this point, and Oscar's decision to appoint Mary as the chief of the General Staff of the House of Augustus was also announced; This is not surprising, because this appointment is also the result of the generals' thoughts. After all, the Augustus family has been able to stand side by side with Luquis and Quintus so far, and it is this legendary female god of war.

Today's meeting not only properly settled the matter of supporting the Maxentius family, but also passed the staff system that Oscar had always wanted to implement but did not say; This undoubtedly made Oscar feel relieved for a while, as if a mountain had been moved away.

The matter of sending a fleet to the Maxentius family could not be delayed any longer, and Oscar gave the official order before the meeting was announced, and the two fleets were immediately ready to depart. In addition to the two fleet commanders, Anne and Shi Xiu, Oscar also specially asked Mary, the chief of staff of the fleet, and Laka, the vice admiral of the First Legion, to go to the fleet by name.

The special relationship between Oscar and Mary has long been known to the generals, so whether Oscar appoints Mary as chief of staff, or Oscar wants to take Mary with him to the fleet, the generals will naturally not raise any objections; After all, in the eyes of the generals, the identity of Mary as the goddess of war is not the main identity, she will definitely become one of the mistresses of the Augustus family in the future, there is no doubt about it!

As for why Oscar still took Rakqa, this is obviously Oscar's dissatisfaction with Rakka's unauthorized participation in the family factional dispute; Of course, the Quintus family was overjoyed. Because this at least proves that Oscar's heart is not biased towards Luquis. And the people of Luquis's family are even more indifferent. Because they have an absolute advantage over the Quintus series!

Not to mention the relationship between Luquis himself and the various generals in the faction and the Augustus family. Even Oscar's trust in Luquis is incomparable to Quintus; In addition, among the fourteen generals in the seven legions of the family, only three are neutral factions, and the Quintus faction is only four generals, and the remaining six generals are all members of the descendant faction.

And that's not counting the special affection of Luquis himself with General Spartacus, who went to North Africa, and General Licinius, who was in charge of the Guards Cavalry Corps; Even if General Licini could only reconcile for some reason, and Tukaraka and Tukararca were forbidden to participate in Oscar, the advantages of the lineage faction were beyond the reach of the outsiders, and the outsiders relied on nothing more than Oscar's deliberate support for balance.

Although Oscar has decided to take charge of the fleet himself. to wait and see how the situation changes; But the corresponding arrangement is still needed. First of all, there is the division of labor among the remaining generals, and the two deputy commanders, Luquis and Quintus, of course, are still responsible for handling all matters in military affairs; Vipsani also continued to be in charge of his share of government.

After a brief instruction, Oscar also ordered the heralds to go directly to the barracks outside Calaris to convey a new order to the Guards Infantry Regiment: the Cretan Archers and the Hidden Assault Brigade of the Guards Infantry Regiment were immediately sent to the Sardinian military port to prepare for boarding! The reason why Oscar decided to bring some infantry was also to be on the safe side; What if something happens when you arrive in the Latin port?

The naval fleet of the House of Augustus was now the most powerful naval force in the entire Roman Republic, but after all, warships could not sail ashore; In the event of something unexpected, it is extremely useful to have a part of the infantry that can be mobilized at any time. Besides, Oscar was, after all, the leader of the House of Augustus; It also makes sense to bring some proper guards when entering and exiting.

As for why the infantry of these two brigades should go to the military port to board the ship, this is because the military port of Sardinia of the Augustan family has been officially completed; This also means that from now on, the fleet of the House of Augustus will have its own naval port. The port of Sardinia, which was originally used for both military and civilian purposes, has officially become a single civilian port, and there is no longer a single warship moored!

In fact. By the time of the last expedition to Betica, the military port was almost complete. Large-scale warship mooring is already possible; However, it was inconvenient for the officers and men of the First Army and a large number of weapons and equipment, as well as food and grass supplies, to be transported to the military port, so the port of Sardinia continued to be used. Now that the project is officially completed, there will never be such a situation again; This is because there is a special military warehouse built near the new military port to store weapons, equipment, grain and grass materials.

After all the orders were given, Oscar took Mary and Raqqa with Anne and Shixiu to the military port in the heavy rain; Along the way, Oscar and the two beautiful fleet commanders also negotiated the specific fleet configuration plan as they walked. In Oscar's opinion, because of the special nature of this mission, the two fleets must not act separately, and must be combined.

Although Shi Xiu's battle fleet was strong, it had a full ten triremes and twenty twinships; But without a single transport ship, it is not suitable to serve as the main fleet. And Anne's landing fleet, although far less numerous than the Shixiu fleet in terms of the number of warships, consisted of only four triremes and twelve twinships; But there are a full twenty transport ships, which are more suitable for the main fleet.

However, the operation was, after all, a nominal purchase of a fleet of supplies; Moreover, even if the Maxentius family withdrew from the city of Rome, it was impossible to carry too many personnel and materials. Therefore, it is not at all necessary to dispatch all the warships of both fleets; It was enough for each of the two fleets to send a part of the warships.

So, after careful consideration, Oscar said loudly to Anne and Shi Xiu, who were buried in the gallop: "Annie, Shi Xiu; We don't need to send a large fleet for this operation, and you don't need to send your entire fleet! Once you arrive at the port, Anne you will only need to lead ten transports and four triremes.

Shi Xiu, your fleet is full of warships; So, you should set off with ten trirees and ten trirees. You all remember that we are nominally a fleet of ships that buy supplies; When the fleet is formed, Annie's fleet is the main fleet, and Shi Xiu's fleet is the escort fleet! ”

Anne and Seok-su both nodded at Oscar's order to show their obedience, and Oscar stopped talking and ran wildly. Because after shouting these words just now, Oscar's mouth was already full of rain; Even my eyes were beaten by the rain. The distance from Callaris to the military port is not too far, but it took a full three hours to arrive.

The follow-up 2,000 infantry had not yet arrived, and Anne and Shi Xiu arranged their own fleets; Oscar, Mary and Laka also looked for a bathroom, and hurried to take a hot shower and change into a set of comfortable clothes. However, there is no extravagant aristocratic costume in the interior of the military port; Therefore, the clean clothes that the three of them changed into were all brand new admirals' regular clothes.

Combat at sea is different from combat on land, and the soldiers on the battleship have very high requirements for lightness and agility; Therefore, what they needed was not sturdy iron armor, but lighter equipment. Originally, these sea soldiers did not use armor, only weapons; Later, Oscar ordered the creation of special lightweight leather armor for them, which led to the standard weapons and equipment of naval soldiers.

Although this will greatly increase the maintenance cost of the Augustan family's naval fleet, it will also greatly increase the combat effectiveness of the Augustan family's navy and the sense of belonging of the naval soldiers to the family; After all, the leather armor on their bodies will remind them at all times and everywhere that the Augustus family has not forgotten them, but thinks about them all the time.

After the three of them solved their personal problems, they boarded the trireme Anne, the flagship of Anne's fleet, which had been prepared for a long time; Shi Xiu had already sailed out of the harbor with her warship, cruising outside the harbor and waiting for Anne's fleet. At this time, the follow-up 2,000 infantry still did not arrive; Everyone had no choice but to continue waiting.

While waiting, Mary and Anne were, after all, good sisters who had lived together for several years; In addition, the two have not seen each other for a long time, so naturally there are some whispers that need to be talked about slowly. After Mary and Anne left the Anne's conference room together and went to Anne's bedroom on the ship; The only people left in the conference room were Oscar and Raqqa.

Looking at Rakqa who was slightly cramped and uneasy, Oscar also knew that his sudden outburst of anger today had shocked Rakqa; However, Rakka is too young, and if he doesn't teach him many things, he may not understand them himself, which is why Oscar wants to take Rakka with him this time.

After there were only two of them left in the conference room, Oscar looked at Rakka calmly and said, "Rakka, today in the conference room, the eldest brother suddenly got angry at you, don't you feel very inexplicable." Here today, it's just the two of us; There are no kings and ministers between us, just brothers, tell your eldest brother well, why did you stand up and refute General Cocleus today? ”

After experiencing Oscar's anger this afternoon, Rakka was obviously a little timid when facing Oscar; However, Oscar is his own brother who grew up with him since he was a child. After seeing the eldest brother talking to himself with a pleasant face, Raka also breathed a sigh of relief, and then explained to his eldest brother:

"Actually, I didn't mean to stand up against General Cocles; It's just that General Luquis is, after all, the one who watched us grow up together, and was also the right-hand man of my father back then. And General Cocleus, although he is also the general of our family now, is not the old man of our family after all; I just couldn't get used to him questioning General Luquis! ”

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