Chapter 278: Captain Hook
While the mercenaries in the fortress were training for the upcoming war, Karel was not idle, he spent a lot of money from the mercenary union to buy a detailed map of the Sorrow Continent, and then the two of them worked together in Lulin's room to study the attack plan.
After all, this is a fight against a country, not a fight between mercenaries.
"We're looking for a place to land." Karel and Lu Lin carefully studied the map in front of them, there are two countries on the Sorrow Continent, one is the Black Light Empire in the north, this is an extremely cruel country, the people are an ugly-looking, tall sub-human race, warlike by nature, tyrannical, and fast breeding, have launched 7 wars of aggression against the Salvation Continent, causing very heavy casualties.
But now fortunately, the Black Light Empire is mainly on the bar with the Undead Empire, and there is no time to launch the 8th invasion of the Salvation Continent, plus there have been more trade exchanges recently, and the relationship is relatively relaxed.
As for the Empire of the Undead, it's simple, as the name suggests, it's a deformed country formed mainly by the undead, each of whom has the most primitive hatred for all the living, and they are enemies of all the living in the world.
Skeletons, walking corpses, ghouls, wraiths, abominations, crypt demons, lichs, and all sorts of undead make up such a large and deformed empire, and the number of undead is a little more than half of the entire population of the Redeemed Continent.
So far, no one has been able to explain where so many undead came from.
The Sorrow Continent is shaped like a dagger, and the capital of the Undead Empire is on the tip of the dagger, but this does not mean that it can directly attack the capital of the Undead Empire.
Because of this "dagger tip", that is, the southernmost place of the Sorrow Continent. With an average altitude of 800 meters above sea level and 800 meters of vertical cliffs along the entire coast, it is not a good place to attack by any means.
The further north you go, the lower the coast gets, but there's a problem, to the west is the naval base of the Undead Empire, where at least 130 ghost ships are stationed all year round, and attacking from here is tantamount to suicide.
Compared to the west, the east side is much simpler, with an average height of only 30 meters. And there were no troops stationed either. Close to the coast are only small cities.
"How's this one?" Karel pointed on the east coast: "We landed here. ”
"This is the East Coast, and it's a big detour to get here." Looking at the position Karel was pointing to, Lu Lin frowned and said, "If you go around, it will be very variable. There may be some surprises. ”
"I think. We can start here. Lu Lin pointed to a place on the west coast of the Sorrowful Continent. The map indicates that this is a port city of the Blacklight Empire.
"Walk here? We're not going to war on both sides. Looking at the position Lulin was pointing to, Karel said with a frown. And we have very few people, although elite. But compared to a country, it is very small, and it cannot afford to consume. ”
"Wait!" Hearing Karel say this, Lulin seemed to remember something, "That's right! Our numbers are hard wounds! Even if we have those planes and tanks, we can't theoretically consume the Undead Empire, so why should we go to war with the Undead Empire? The more Lu Lin thought about it, the more strange it became, an empire could not be defeated by a group of mercenaries equipped with advanced weapons, but Karel's self-confidence was not pretended, so there must be something that he hadn't thought of.
"Uh, have you noticed any changes in the fortress since you came back this time?" Instead of answering Lulin's question directly, Karel asked an unrelated question.
"Yes, a lot has changed, a lot of buildings have gotten bigger." Lu Lin thought for a moment and said.
"Is there anything more careful?"
"Uh...... There's too much of this to say, oops! Don't sell it! Say it! Lulene said angrily to Karel.
"Well, it's actually my engineering workshop, do you think there are more pipes in the back?" Karel directly made it clear, this time when he came back from outside, Karel found that the magic bomb in his engineering workshop had become 7/14, which means that there were 7 more nuclear bomb-level weapon vacancies, of course this can't be empty!
"That's what you're going to do!?" Lulene looked at Karel dumbfounded, of course she knew what was in those tubes!
"That's right, otherwise you expect this group of people to solve an empire? Or the world's largest empire of the undead? Karel gestured to the mercenaries who were training outside. I'm worried about one thing right now. Looking at the mercenaries outside who were practicing driving tanks, Karel sighed.
"What's the matter?"
"Will they be scared silly." Karel looked at the map on the table again, "Okay, let's talk about why you went this way." ”
"The reason is simple, we are mercenaries." Lulene forced herself to break free from the shock of the nuclear attack and replied to Karel.
"That's it?"
"That's right, you've been here for a relatively short time, and you may not know much about some of the situations." Lu Lin thought about it carefully, "I said before that the identity of the mercenary can pass anywhere, yes, the Black Light Empire is also counted, although those sub-people are not very friendly to people from the Salvation Continent, but they are not at the level of hostility, well, maybe only a little bit." ”
That's good news, if that's the case......
Karel lowered his head and studied the map on the table while heading, assuming that the people of the Black Light Empire would not destroy Karel's group of mercenaries as enemies in the first place, then they could go deep into the Sorrow Continent from the Black Light Empire, and then advance all the way to the main city of the Undead Empire.
But a hypothesis is a hypothesis after all, what if these subhumans go crazy and treat these mercenaries as enemies?
Then there is a danger of fighting on both sides.
This kind of thing can't be agreed upon, so they can only wait for the others to come back, but before they return, there is still enough time to formulate various plans, although it is not guaranteed to be foolproof, but it can ensure that the undead will not be beaten in a hurry.
This hectic day was very fulfilling, and soon 7 days passed and the people who went to the crater returned.
"Looks like you've told these guys something." Look at the dusty Getter tank running outside the fortress. Goode said to Karel.
"That's right, it's better to say it sooner rather than later, and there's still time to train." Karel generously admitted, "They weren't afraid. ”
"Yes, they're the best!" Goode nodded as he looked at the mercenaries who were waving to him while training.
After a long day of discussion, more than ten people finally decided to land at the public port of the Black Light Empire, disperse as mercenaries, and then gather outside the Black Light Empire, and not expose all the equipment on their bodies before gathering.
These metal creations are definitely the stuff of the eye, the source of the disaster.
A total of 240 personnel were identified for the mission. 40 people piloted the aircraft. 120 men drove the tank, the remaining 80 men fought in small groups, and the remaining unselected mercenaries stayed behind to guard the fortress.
"I said, is there enough of such a few people?" Looking at the small and pitiful 3 small squares in the square outside the fortress, Fu Hongxue asked with some concern.
"No way. Our manpower is a shortcoming. But we're not going to fight positional warfare either. Lightning advance is the king, as long as you advance to the capital of the Undead Empire, these mercenaries can successfully retreat......" Goode looked at the real phalanx lined up in front of him. Stared at it for a while and said, "A...... None less. ”
This kind of thing is usually difficult to guarantee, but this is also the reason why Karel makes these weapons and equipment.
More than 200 people scattered in small groups and marched towards the Atlantean Empire's Blue Harbor City, an action of this scale that no one could detect, let alone only more than 200 people, even if it was increased tenfold, it would not attract the attention of any force.
"Being on the boat always reminds me of the last time I was on a boat." Standing on the back deck, Karel spat at Lulin, keeping her hands busy.
"Last time? Oh, that cruise ship? Lu Lin leaned on the fence and thought about it, and it dawned on her.
"Yes, it sank inexplicably, it's just a cheat." Karel grumbled dissatisfiedly, tightening the last screw in his hand. "Okay, who's, yes, it's you, the gunner, come and try this guy." Karel looked left and right, pointing to the man who was originally the gunner of the ship's rear gunner.
"How is this weapon going to work?" Looking at this machine composed of 6 tubes, the gunner asked a little overwhelmed, in his impression, the weapon was either a light and sharp object like a sword or dagger, or a heavy hammer, a heavy axe, a bronze cannon and other heavy and breathless big guys, but this precision instrument in front of him made his cognition extremely biased.
"It's very simple, you just aim at the target through the small circle of the big circle and press the round button." Karel taught the pirate how to use the Gatling gun, and demonstrated to himself, and although the sound of Gatling firing was not as powerful as the gun's, it still startled the pirate.
Try it a lot and you should get used to it.
The arrival and departure of the 12 ironclads attracted only a small amount of attention to the arrival and departure of the 12 ironclads in the harbor of Blueport City, and this attention was quickly forgotten.
Because of the previous agreement with Edward to modify the ships, what Karel had to do every day was to fly each ship in a flying machine, install cannons and rocket launchers on it, and distribute individual launchers, and then teach the pirates how to use them.
Of course, pirates are pirates after all, and a few people who couldn't control their lower bodies because of Karel's beauty, were all stripped of their clothes and hung on the side of the ship, or hung upside down, and they were not allowed to put down until they reached the Sorrow Continent.
So the others quickly became honest.
Just when Karel was teaching this gunner how to aim, how to shoot, and how to deal with overheating, this gunner suddenly screamed!
"We have a fleet behind us!"
Fleet? Karel squinted his eyes and looked at the sea behind the ship, and sure enough, there were several small black dots at the sea level that were rapidly growing.
The gunner shouted and stopped talking, staring at Karel for a long time.
Looking at the eyes of this gunner, Karel also understood, what kind of order was he expecting, the problem was that Karel was okay to fight land battles, and he didn't understand anything when he went to sea, so he commanded a fart!
"You see my dry hair? I don't know anything about the sea, who to go to, I'm just here to load weapons. Karel said immediately, leaving himself clean.
So the gunner immediately found a sailor and sent a message to the captain.
Edward was originally a pirate, but for this mission, all the ships removed the pirate flag and replaced it with the flag of a merchant ship, and at the same time, a group of three ships, divided into four groups, headed towards the Sorrowful Continent, and the ship that Karel was on was the one at the rear.
Soon the captain arrived, a typical pirate figure, blind in one eye, covered with a black blindfold, with a severed hand, replaced by an iron hook, missing a leg, turned into a wooden, wooden prosthetic leg knocked on the deck with a clanging sound. And the name of this captain is also very distinctive, it is called Iron Hook.
Arriving on the back deck, Captain Hook nodded at Karel, then pulled out a monoscope and pulled out the barrel to look at the surface of the sea with the still intact eye.
"It's a pirate." It took a long time for Captain Hook to say that, and then to Karel.
The meaning is obvious, what do you want to do?
Obviously, Edward must have told Captain Hook something before, otherwise Captain Hook wouldn't have asked Karel what to do. (To be continued......)