"When it's time to go on a rampage, a bunch of pig teammates pull all sorts of backshit. When it's time to wait and see, these ignorant people will send divine help!"

In the bow compartment of the armoured afloat ship Agni, Aldrich Triss was in his heart and put down a written order given by someone in the name of the Grand Duke.

The commander of the naval battle, who was spurred by the intelligence of the large-scale landing of the four forces in the North Sea on the coastline of the three countries in the North Sea, "humiliated" took advantage of the armored float ship to pay a special visit to His Excellency Baron Tris, the Grand Knight of Virtue, in order to obtain the support of the forward strategy led by him.

The credit of the almost total annihilation of the Elder Sacrifice Group was too great, and Aldrich Triss could no longer suppress it, so he originally wanted to use the armored floating fleet that gathered under his command again to load some elite knights, and directly airdrop the hinterland of the three North Sea countries with frog jumping tactics to surprise and behead the royal families.

Unfortunately, the Grand Knight of Virtue neither approved nor objected, and his attitude of sudden ignorance meant to delay the pace of action was very obvious.

"Obviously, you don't want me to get credit! the essence of the destruction of the Invincible Armada, coupled with the annihilation of the Elder Sacrifice Regiment, the two are not divided between the two and the heavy results, are you not satisfied?"

The situation is stronger than people! No matter the order of the noble clan, personal strength, and accumulated military exploits, they are not as good as Baron Aldrich Triss, the only thing that can be stronger than him is the commanding force, but unfortunately most of the armored floating ships that once did not obey the order now choose to submit to the command of the Great Knight of Virtue because they must make a decision on the front line.

The commander of the naval battle, who swallowed his anger, with a flash of anger on his face, naturally could not escape Aldrich Triss's eyes, and he pondered for a moment, and decided to fight again, trying to convince people with reason.

With a crisp snap of his fingers, and two taps of the middle finger of his right hand on his left palm, the staff of the bow cabin immediately put down the work at hand, stood up suddenly, and silently bypassed the commander's seat, and went to the main cabin from the aisle to take a seat.

"Baron Triss is now really full of wings, involved in the military manufacturing industry, not only has abundant wealth, but also has a sharp expansion of latent power! Coupled with the foresight of the warplane, the prestige of going from one victory to another, even if the forces of the Customs Union are intertwined, the most complex armored floating fleet seems to have become his personal domain. ”

Looking at the preoccupied naval commander, Aldrich Triss stretched out his hand and asked him to sit down, but unfortunately in the bow compartment, except for his tiger seat, the rest were the staff's seats.

"Except for you and me, there is no third party in the cabin, and no one will deliberately eavesdrop. You might as well talk about whether the adventurous move of the floating fleet to load elite knights to raid the three royal families of the North Sea came from the signal of a certain big man in the rear, or whether you made a decision that ignored the current situation in your own brain. ”

The Grand Knight of Virtue's questioning of written orders can be said to hit the nail on the head. All orders were recorded, and the naval commander knew that this was his greatest flaw, but in order to be able to achieve the same amount of merit as Aldrich Triss, and even surpass him, he could only use this very dangerous, double-edged sword.

"According to the original plan, the main naval force of the three countries in the North Sea will be destroyed, and the next action is to cooperate with the armored floating fleet to carry out the early bombing to clear the obstacles for the continuous landing of the army. There is no problem at all, it is just that someone deliberately delays the timing in order to hinder the reaping of the results of the battle by his colleagues. ”

Aldrich Triss laughed in surprise when he heard this, and he shook his head slightly: "Good plans often can't keep up with the changes in cruel reality! Our side is so fast that the speed of the defeat of the Invincible Armada is so fast that the logistics supply cannot keep up with the pace of consumption. ”

"You may not know that the armored floating fleet's ammunition stocks have bottomed out, and if we don't replenish them immediately, we'll really become a floating troop fleet. Of course, this kind of situation may be something you would like to see, but if you go to the three countries in the North Sea to open up a second battlefield, and land and establish an advance base in an integrated naval and air combat cluster, it will be difficult for you to gain a firm foothold without the support of the fire bombing of the armored floating fleet. ”

"Don't underestimate the Three Kingdoms of the Beihai Desert! Even if the Elder Sacrifice Group is almost completely wiped out now, due to the influence of the rising tide of the elements, the secretly cultivated apprentice can still handle it, and it is definitely not a problem to throw out five small fireballs with force. ”

"But is it necessary for us to sacrifice and shed blood needlessly with the lives of young men?

When the naval commander was a little impatient, he finally heard the weighty words, and hurriedly interrupted the lecture of His Excellency Baron Tris.

"Your Excellency Commander Tris, you also know that the long-awaited four northern nations have been marching on their century-old enemies. Happily, they have captured countless cities and land, and they will definitely be able to pay the debts they owe to buy new weapons and equipment from us, but we can only watch how stupid and short-sighted this is!"

Aldrich Tris took a deep breath, "The report of the destruction of the Invincible Armada and the Elder Sacrifice Order has not yet spread within the three North Sea countries, and the high-level will definitely join forces to seal the news, think about it, I will do the same." ”

"The massive landing of the Four-Nation coalition forces in the north and the bloody slaughter of the way will certainly provoke a backlash from civilians, and at the same time they will question the situation on the front lines. As long as we wait for a few days and allow this emotion of defeat to ferment, the fire medicine keg that has been full of contradictions among all strata in the country and hidden internal worries in society will ...... as soon as it is ignited."

The Grand Knight of Virtue raised his hands upward, leaned forward slightly, and made a foley sound of "bang" in his mouth, causing the unsuspecting naval commander to take two steps back in fright.

"What you're saying is hypothetical, but the trend of events seems reasonable. "He was very thick-skinned, and with no third person in the bow cabin watching, he quickly returned to his normal state of mind.

Remembering the information from secret sources, Aldrich Triss inherited an old mage tower, and was supported by a tower worthy of the Grand Duke's think tank, and indeed had a reputation for "visionary" when it came to strategy.

"Of course, we won't waste time in vain, it's up to you to ask the top level of the Customs Union in the rear base camp for instructions, and immediately activate the spies and spies who lurked in the three countries of the North Sea in the early years, take advantage of the split attack of the alliance forces of the four countries in the north, spread the news of the defeat through various channels among the people, and light the fuse of destruction as soon as possible. ”

Aldrich Tris put his hands back in place and sat up slightly straight: "The foreign war ended in a disastrous defeat, not only losing the hegemony of the North Sea, but also the astonishing profits of the monopoly trade routes. The alliance forces of the four countries in the north that once stepped on the soles of their feet have already knocked on the door of the country, and they are recklessly attacking cities and plundering land!"

"Externally, we must not keep the enemy out of the country! Internally, the interests of all strata are unevenly distributed! The berserker corps that has lost all demands and the main naval force to defend the merchant ships has no main force to defend the merchant ships, and if the ruling class of the three countries in the North Sea is sober-minded, it should obediently bow its head and admit defeat, and then we in the victorious country will draw up a peace treaty!"

"Huge war reparations, cession of overseas enclaves and even parts of territory, opening of trading ports, removal of trade barriers, and allowing our industrial and commercial products to be sold ......"

"The Harolds, who are languishing under the bloody butcher's knives of the Four-Nation Coalition in the North, whether they are the royal nobles who have lost the army that maintains the legitimacy of their rule, or the civilians who make up the majority of their numbers, will cheer at our entry. ”

"Wouldn't it be better for the Customs Union, as the victor, to enter the three North Sea countries as a rescuer without hindrance, to receive the royal greetings, the apologies of the nobles, and the knees of the commoners?"

The naval commander was silent, apparently dumbfounded by the coherent reasoning and judgment of the Grand Knight of Virtue, and continued to carry out a risky forward strategy, so that the two robbers would put their hands into the pocket of a bitter master, and might turn against the potential allies of the four northern countries.

When he said what he thought, Aldrich Triss nodded his head in agreement: "At the moment when the Harolds have lost most of their forces and surrendered, our fragile alliance with the four northern nations, or our partners in the same trenches in the face of the same enemy, has reached a crossroads. ”

"It's not a shameless betrayal, it's a different choice that inevitably happens when the concept and strategic direction don't coincide. The alliance of the four countries in the north wanted bloody revenge, looting floating wealth and paying high military expenses, and sharing the profits of the North Sea trade routes. As for the Customs Union, it is estimated that the appetite is not so good and can swallow the Harolds in one gulp, then the wisest choice is to open up the three North Sea countries into a sales market for a large number of industrial and commercial products, and by the way, include them as economic and trade regions, so as to integrate tariffs in advance. ”

Seeing the stunned look on the face of the naval commander, he remembered that His Excellency Bridges Rodney was a complete layman in politics and economics, and remembered that his brother Quincy Rodney, the Grand Master of the Cold Mountain Knights, was still his own introducer, so he did not show a sarcastic smile of the noble clan.

"The credit is not escaped here, now we have to surrender, capture the prisoners who can be exchanged for ransom, wait for logistical supplies, especially the armored floating fleet that has run out of ammunition, and then set foot on the territory of the Harolds in full armor and knock on the door of a country that has been closed for a hundred years...... Well, it is estimated that someone will come to share the profits and dilute our credit, so everything must be accelerated!"

Aldrich Triss revealed an intention to go hand in hand, more than anything else, to "capture" His Excellency Baron Bridges Rodney on the spot, and through "secret room politics" the two seemed to have reached some kind of intention, or a less than a fair deal.

The naval commander, who arrived at the Agni with a cautious and angry expression, left with a satisfied smile on his face, and as soon as he returned to his flagship, he issued an order urging his men to search for and rescue prisoners and salvage the sunken booty, and in his own name he was ready to explain to the rear base camp.

After being alerted by his lieutenant to see the armored floating fleet slowly moving and joining him in the clean-up operation, Bridges Rodney added Aldrich Triss to the report written by the Alpha Panel.

"Whether it's merit or fault, he always feels a little bottomless without him!"

I didn't plan to eat alone, and I confessed to the bottom of my heart, and the naval commander more or less changed his opinion of the Great Knight of Virtue.

"That's a good start, isn't it?"

Of course, there are also his own people installed by Aldrich's "friends" in the naval flagship, who have become the spokesperson of the Merchants' Federation and the majority of the members of the House of Representatives, Baron Tris, who has the status of an industrial and commercial upstart, and his eyes are not only all over the two fleets of the sea and air.

Without such an astonishing potential power, how could the temple, which was once on the verge of turning its face, once again extend the hand of friendship, just thinking that Aldrich Tris's identity is already worth wooing and investing.

The eyes of all the people of the Customs Union are on the defeated North Sea countries, like a flock of scavenging vultures, ready to pounce and tear the delicious flesh and blood of the prey that crashes to the ground.

Only the Grand Duke's think tank, the masters of the Eight Leaves Organization, and Aldrich Triss have turned their attention to the countries of Middle-earth and the Southern Duchy, which are gradually changing the tide of war, and the third force sandwiched between the two camps, the Bimon Orc tribe, has expanded dramatically in the prolonged war, and has the ability to break free from the cage.

"As a moderate abolitionist, it was imperative to abolish serfdom in the three North Sea countries as the negotiator of the victorious treaty. Whether it is good or good, the defeated country is an excellent pilot, especially under the threat of war, and there will be very little resistance!"

Everything is aimed at emancipating the productive forces and fundamentally changing the nature of the relations of production.

As a traveler from a foreign land, I will comply with the needs of industrialization and send out the strongest voice of the new era!