Compared to the battle damage of the Knights, the losses of the Poseidon Order were relatively light. Of the 17 members of the Trident who died in the battle, 15 of them died in the missile bombardment, and the rest died in the counterattack before Essien's death. More than 200 ordinary soldiers were killed in the battle, and 300 were wounded, which was only a minor injury for the Poseidon Regiment. But when he saw another set of numbers, Zero's eyelids jumped heavily.

The first is fifty missiles, each of which costs 500 gold coins, for a total of 25,000 gold coins. Then there are the 15 electromagnetic bombs, their prices are more expensive than missiles, one is 800 gold coins, and the total is 12,000. In other words, in these two attacks alone, Zero used up nearly 40,000 gold coins, not counting the other ammunition consumption.

In the past, most of the wars with zero participation were squad-type operations. Later, he attacked the northwest tundra, and participated as a soldier. Counting battle damage wasn't his job at all, so he didn't have a concept. Now 40,000 gold coins have been lost in a battle of 3,000 men, and God knows how much those 10,000, or even more than 100,000 people, will have to spend in a war.

"War is indeed a money-burning machine. He sighed.

Next comes the harvest.

The strategic reserves of the fortress are quite sufficient. First of all, there are a lot of reserve units of food, clean water and synthetic food, enough for the two legions in the fortress and the entire slave camp to survive this winter, it can be seen that the Papal Hall invests a lot of money in the Canon fortress every year, and it is no wonder that Mamiro said that the two legions stationed in this fortress are unwilling to transfer. Such conditions were not available to other knights, and as Mamilo said, the place where his legion was stationed was very treacherous, and the subsidy was low.

With these foods, there is no problem with the supply of the Poseidon Regiment on land for the time being, and it is more than enough to add another three or five thousand people.

Then there is the ammunition.

There are 100,000 units of ordinary rifle bullets, and 30,000 special bullets include armor-piercing bullets, sniper bullets, and incendiary bullets. 1,000 fragmentation grenades, 500 rounds of infantry missiles, and 200 sets of heavy artillery shells and revoltometer gun magazines. As for firearms, there are 500 dragon gun machine guns, 50 anti-aircraft machine guns, 10 heavy guns, and 10 revolter guns for mechas. Counting up, there are also quite a few reserves of ammunition and firearms.

Needless to say, the ammunition is basically used by the Shanghai Divine Order. The dragon gun machine gun is also a new-age firearm, with two modes: burst and sniper, and uses standard bullets. When you need to snipe, you can switch to the No. 2 magazine, and you can switch to sniper bullets. The power of the dragon gun is not comparable to the ordinary rifles used by the Poseidon Regiment, and the soldiers can get an additional boost in combat effectiveness by replacing this machine gun.

Of course, there were clearly not enough dragon guns in the warehouse. However, this is not a big problem, and a batch of dragon guns and ammunition of the Knights were also recovered during the battlefield inventory, some of which have been damaged, and the rest plus the inventory is enough to equip the existing soldiers of the Poseidon Order.

As for the anti-aircraft machine guns and heavy artillery, it was an added bonus, and the firepower of this batch of heavy weapons was strong. If it hadn't been for the Trident that raided the fortress gates last night and destroyed the weapons. If you attack head-on, you don't know how many people you will lose in the face of these weapons. The power of anti-aircraft machine guns and heavy artillery, even Franklin was unwilling to face, let alone ordinary soldiers.

Once equipped, they can replace the one that the fortress has destroyed. The city wall was rebuilt in advance, and the damage of the city wall was basically hopeless, and there was only one way to rebuild. It is estimated that it will not be needed in a short time, especially those five heavy guns. As for the anti-aircraft machine guns, they could be arranged at other commanding heights of the fortress and could provide strong fire support if necessary.

On top of that, they can be moved and moved much more flexibly than heavy guns.

The only thing that is completely unusable is the special revolver cannon for the paladin mech, which is even more hideous and huge than the cannon used by Brown before, and it is not a weapon that can be used by human beings at all. Just because they can't be used doesn't mean they don't have value, and Ishtar might be interested in acquiring them. Then in the same way, it is also an income.

A special batch of ammunition was also found in the warehouse, which was used by the Knights of the Round Table in Essien. This batch of ammunition is not ready to be sold, and they naturally have to be used on the captured Knights of the Round Table.

Zuihou's harvest is crude oil, and hundreds of tons of crude oil are stacked in a crude oil warehouse, which is packed into more than 50 oil drums and neatly discharged in the warehouse. After seeing this report, Zero couldn't help but be glad that last night's fighting did not affect the crude oil warehouse. Otherwise, the entire fortress would have to be blown up to the sky, and hundreds of tons of crude oil would be worth 500,000 gold coins according to the price of the Western Continent.

That's a lot of money, and zero is earned on crude oil alone. If you count the other supplies, then there will be at least one million gold coins coming in from this battle. But the greatest wealth is not these, but the three oil well platforms under the control of the fortress. The three platforms produce nearly 100 tons of crude oil per month, so if they control the fortress, they don't have to do anything, and they also have 500,000 gold coins per month.

He didn't have much concept of money before, and that's because Beonise took care of it for him. Now that he does everything himself, Zero finally has a more intuitive concept of wealth.

After reading the report, Zero stood in front of a plasma plate, on which was a complete map of the Western Continent. This map was much more detailed than the one in Mr. X's hand, and Zero's eyes fell on Canon Fortress, and then followed the bloodstained path all the way to the Pope's Chamber. On this 8,000-kilometre-long road, you have to pass through five major cities on the surface controlled by the Papal Chamber, as well as more than 100 small and medium-sized towns.

From the distribution of these cities, it can also be seen what kind of price the Pope Hall paid all the way back then. In the foundations of every heavy city on the surface, I am afraid that thousands of corpses are built. This highway that runs through almost the entire continent, and every inch of land is stained with blood, so it's no wonder that the highway is named the Bloodstained Road.

"Go and inform the head of the regiment and ask them to come here for a meeting. Zero said to the soldier outside the door.

A moment later, all the core members of Zero and the three leaders of the Poseidon Regiment, walked in. Looking at the excited expressions on their faces, it seems that these guys were still excited about the battle last night. Only Franklin's face was as usual, and the co-captain, who was full of confusion, was much more relaxed than the others.

"Sit down, guys. Zero said lightly, this is the command room, and usually only Essien and Lei Ming are active. There were very few chairs, but now there were enough chairs in the command room to have enough for everyone in the room at the moment.

Of course, Franklin didn't have a chair. Even Essin's newly built chair wasn't enough for the giant to stuff half of his ass, and Franklin had to sit cross-legged on the ground. Zero gave him an apologetic look, then looked at the others, "Guys, how are you feeling now?"

"It's good, it's just not fun. Boss, I'll be left with some harder opponents in the future, and I don't have any strength to kill ordinary soldiers. Manshan laughed hehehe, if you don't know him, you may be confused by the honest smile on Manshan's face, who knows that he killed people last night but ran all the way over. Beneath his giant rolling stones, I don't know how many corpses of knight soldiers.

Next, each of them expressed some of their feelings, and the three of them were obviously much more emotional than the members who had followed Zero early. After all, this is their participation, and it is inevitable that they will feel a little excited about the first real war.

After they finished speaking, Zero stretched out his hand and said, "I can see that everyone is very happy." But don't be too happy, if we just gave the Pope Hall a slap in the face last time we roared the bay, then this time the battle of Canon is a direct punch to them. A slap will naturally make you lose face, but if you punch it directly, it's not as simple as losing face. I'm sure this punch should hurt them, so the Papal Hall will fight back soon. ”

"It's better, I wish they all came back, and then we'd beat those guys back. Manshan slapped his fists and said excitedly.

"No, it's not that simple. You must be mentally prepared, if the Pope's Hall is not fought this time, it will definitely be a pattern of death war. Zero poured a bucket of cold water on it, lest they be hot-headed and underestimate the papal chamber's counterattack.

Zero walked to the window, pointed to the bottom of the fortress, and said, "Take a good look, this place can no longer be called a fortress." If the Papal Chamber were to come now, would you think you could defeat them in such a place?"

"We can rebuild the broken walls. Cinderella said.

"Yes, but it takes time, and that's where we get headaches. Zero smiled.

Kaede said at this time: "Head, just say what you want to do!"

These old people who have been with Zero for a long time are very aware of Zero's style, and he must have already thought of countermeasures before calling everyone to a meeting. Zero smiled, walked back to the plasma plate, and said, "Naturally, we can't just give up the Canon Fortress, but we have to rebuild it, it will be an important stronghold for us on this continent." In our hands, we want it to never fall again!"

"That's the determination we should have, and if we don't have a stronghold, we don't have room to move forward. In that case, it would be impossible to tear down the behemoth of the Papal Chamber. Then again, we don't just have to be determined, we have to act. Zero snapped his finger and tapped it at the Canon Fortress, then swiped forward into the bloodstained path, continuing up toward the Papal Chamber.

The crowd followed his fingers as they moved their gaze, and at first everyone was confused and didn't understand what zero meant. But as his fingers crossed the bloodstained path and pointed straight to the Pope's Chamber, everyone's eyes burned. There seemed to be a fire burning in my heart, and as Zero fingertips moved, the fire burned more and more!

"From the moment you set foot on this land, I think you should all have come to your senses. This path is by no means easy to follow, and every step in the direction of the Papal Hall means blood and sacrifice. Zero looked at everyone below seriously, nodded his finger vigorously and said, "This will be a bloodstained road, I don't know how many people will lie on the road forever when they reach the end." All I know is that every step forward on this path must be a huge blow to the Papal Chamber. And when we get to the end."

Zero force swiped on the place of the new Roman city: "The Papal Hall will cease to exist!"

"Back then they came from the city of New Rome, and now, we are fighting back from the Canon fortress!"

No one spoke, but the sound of breathing was quietly rapid. Zero's jihua can be said to be wild or stupid. Because he gave up the safer practice of devouring the papal chamber with guerrilla attacks, and then shrinking and even zuihou eating the new Roman city. Instead, the most radical and dangerous means were employed. But it is undeniable that it is also a blood-boiling strategy.

Hitting back from the front, stepping over the corpses of the enemy and smashing into the lair is exciting just thinking about it.

Especially for outlaws like Manshan, Zero's almost crazy strategy is the most appetizing for people like him.

"Boss, you just give the order, let's pack up the guys and hit the road now!" Although he knew that it was impossible, Manshan still said hehehe, and he was addicted.

Unexpectedly, Zero nodded and said, "That's what I mean, you take two hundred soldiers with you and go out with me in the afternoon." ”

At this time, the barbarian was stunned and said, "There is another war so soon?"

"It's just a little bit of a fight. Zero smiled faintly and looked at the map on the plasma plate. On the map, starting from Canon, cut into the Bloodstained Road and walk another hundred kilometers or so, where there are two small towns. Zero reached out and gently circled the two towns with his fingers.

The fortress of Canon was not self-sufficient, and its slave camps served more oil well platforms, the wood mines of the Emerald Forest, and the iron ore mines at the foot of the Eternal Mountains. As for the clean water and synthetic food for drinking, it is natural that they have to be brought in from other cities, and there are two small towns less than a hundred kilometers from the Bloodstained Road, which are most likely supply points for the fortress.

If they are also enclosed in the Shili range, then daily life will not be a problem, not to mention that now that the gate and outer walls of the fortress have been demolished, it is necessary to properly establish some sentinels. Zero didn't want to wait for the Pope's Hall to hit the lair before discovering the enemy's traces, so he asked Manshan to arrange manpower. There will definitely be troops stationed in the town, and Zero didn't take it to heart, the only thing to worry about is that the people in the town are running out, so that there is no equipment and no manpower to operate.

In the next morning, zero played an efficient office efficiency. One order after another was issued in his hands, even if it was to be sent back to the Pope's Hall in the wildest way, Zero was not arrogant enough to think that such a big thing could be done with this little Liliang now. Once the direction is set, then the details must be carefully considered and then put into action in order to successfully reach the end of the line.

To win this war, soldiers alone are not enough, Zero also needs a base that can provide logistics. This base is undoubtedly the Canon, and the wood mines, iron mines, and oil well platforms under the control of the Canon can produce a large amount of resources for zero every month, and these resources can be exchanged for the required materials or gold coins through Istah, which is the capital needed to sustain the war.

Now there is no shortage of soldiers under Zero, what is lacking is workers. So his first order was to recruit workers, first of all the slaves who had run away last night. Believing that they were still hiding in the Emerald Forest, Zero asked Cinderella to arrange for some people to go into the forest to find the slaves, and Zero's offer was tempting. All those who wish to return can be freed from the status of slaves, and in the fortress they will be workers. In addition to providing them with accommodation and food, Zero will also settle their salaries.

Not to mention wages, food and water alone were enough to attract these slaves back. Without these things, let alone winter, they probably won't even survive this autumn.

But these slaves were not enough, they were only enough to maintain the normal work of the fortress. After reading some information in the fortress, Zero knew that the deposits of wood ore and cloud iron were actually very rich, but their value was not as great as that of crude oil. Half of the fortress's slave camps were for oil wells, and the rest were assigned to the construction sites of the wood and iron mines.

It is evident that the fortress made a special assessment of the wood and iron mines, and it is not difficult to see from this information that the four thousand slaves did not reach the average daily production level of these two industries. Essien doesn't like them because the crude oil alone is worth as much as the other two mines combined. But for Zero, no amount of money he will feel like he has enough.

The more wealth you accumulate, the less time this war will take. Wars have always been built with money, and zero decisions make use of all wasted resources. If you want to do this, you will have to increase the number of workers and food.

The slaves recruited from the Emerald Forest were the first batch of workers, and the second group of workers could be recruited from the outer islands. And this work is carried out together with the recruitment of new soldiers, there will be casualties in the war, and the soldier is also a consumable. The current soldiers of the Guanghai God Regiment are definitely not enough to open up the entire bloodstained road, so the recruitment of new recruits is also imperative.

Zero has seen the hardships of the inhabitants of the outer islands on the western continent, and for the city of Rome, these people living on the outer islands are none of their business at all, and naturally there will be no corresponding supplies and assistance. These people will be the target of zero-priority recruitment, and the recruitment of workers and recruits can be held at the same time, and then classified according to the quality and career orientation of the personnel.

Next, fate has to be called, and Billy and Ji Ya will be indispensable and important personnel. They are active not on the battlefield, but in the base. Zero needed Billy and his Jishu team to go through all the tools they needed, including the wells, and see if they could be retrofitted to make the operation more efficient. As for Ji Ya, she may have to integrate with some female soldiers into a field medical team to ensure the survival rate of the soldiers to a greater extent.

There is one more thing that needs to be handed over to Ji Ya, and that is the corpse of Thunder Ming. The Legion Commander who had died in battle didn't have half an evolution point left for Zero, believing that there should be a great secret to be unearthed on this corpse.

So at the end of the morning, Zero's brain was running at high speed almost all the time. He was relieved when all the orders had been issued. Looking at the stacks of materials and reports on the table, he suddenly felt a little nostalgic for the days when he was a wilderness mercenary.

At that time, although the days were hard, they were relatively simple.