"Affecting Ice Cave City?"
Chapple looked at Dane in surprise, but didn't understand what Dane meant.
Their territory, from White Wolf Castle to Sandy Bay Port, belongs to the southernmost part of Schindler.
The Ice Cave City, which is almost four hundred kilometers away, is the second largest city in the north of Schindler, and it got its name because of the special ice cave environment around the city.
It is not a suitable place to live, the environment is relatively harsh. If one were to choose the place with the worst soil environment in the barren Schindler, it would definitely be around the Ice Cave City. In the wasteland, there are still some slightly better lands that can be used to grow food near water sources, but the Ice Cave City is not included, and there are no farms around the city.
But it still has a large population, and has become the second largest city in the northern region. The main factor is that in the ice cave terrain around the ice cave city, there are some high hunting value, A monster with the characteristic of ice element. At the same time, there are abundant mineral resources in the ice cave terrain.
Miners, monster hunters, and mercenaries have become the main groups in Ice Cave City, and there are quite a few of them. At the same time, a large number of industries supporting these hunters, such as hotels, taverns, and equipment repair and manufacturing industries, have also developed fairly well. At the same time, as a source of raw materials, there are still many caravans visiting.
All in all, although the living environment is relatively harsh, it is a lush town with an estimated resident population of 10,000 to 20,000. If the large floating population is included, the Ice Cave City may even have a scale of 100,000 people.
Ice Cave City is not a place where one warlord has the final say. There are several warlords, large and small, in Ice Cave City and its surrounding areas. Much more confusing. In fact, Ice Cave City has always been the most chaotic place in Schindler, because the interests there are the most obvious. Unlike other big cities, urban development needs to be maintained. In Ice Cave City, as long as you grab the territory and send people to mine, you can dig out money, which is the easiest resource to compete for.
In such a chaotic and far-flung place, Chapple really couldn't think of any way to exert influence there. He even found it extremely difficult to control when he deployed intelligence eyeliner to Ice Cave City.
But Dane didn't think his idea was whimsical. He said: "Chapple, don't limit yourself to the fact that we can only use military actions to influence the situation in other regions. Now, our control in the south is the strongest, and in the entire Schindler, we are also considered There is a strong side on the outside, and sometimes, we express our attitude by making our voice known to the outside world, and that is a way of exerting influence."
"Also, we now hold the lifeblood of Schindler's ocean trade. Although some of the raw materials produced from Ice Cave City will be transported by land, there are also many parts that will be transported to us by sea. Way, transported to other places. In this way, is there a lot of places we can control?"
"These are all ways to demonstrate our influence. Of course, it is unlikely that we will get too much benefit from the turmoil in the Ice Cave City at such a distance, but at least we have the capital in the Ice Cave City." In the situation of the cave city, there is something to talk about."
"Chapple, I hope you can make good use of this. I won't ask too much. After all, the geographical distance is indeed an objective difficulty, but at least, you need to cool down the battle situation in Ice Cave City to a certain extent. How to do it, you can discuss it with Verina who is in Shawan Port, anyway, it is better to keep the war in Ice Cave City from escalating too quickly.”
After listening to Dane's long words, Chapple said thoughtfully: "I think I understand what you mean, and I will find a way to do it."
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The battle in Ice Cave City is undoubtedly a precursor to the upcoming war. On the one hand, Dane needs to ask Chapple to do something that can cool down the war in Ice Cave City. On the other hand, he must also continue to strengthen his military equipment, which is on the agenda.
Now, not counting the troops in Comilla, just talking about the line from White Wolf Fort to Shawan Port, the number of troops owned by Dane has reached 7,500 in terms of establishment.
The first thing to talk about is the garrison army controlled by Verina.
Originally, the strength of the garrison corps was two regiments of 3,000 people. Now, she merged the guard battalion of Shahaiwan Port with the port guard. The wing, just the strength of the garrison army, reached 4,500 people.
Moreover, there is also an improvement in combat effectiveness.
At the beginning of the garrison army, most of its soldiers were temporarily recruited recruits, some recruited mercenaries, and some second-line security forces in the past. These soldiers are poorly equipped, and the quality of the soldiers is also very average. Even after training, individual teams that perform well may be able to reach the level of regular soldiers, and most of the others are worse than regular soldiers.
But it's different now.
After the battle with Governor Conley's Iron Spike Legion on the outskirts of Shawan Harbor, Dane realized that among his elite troops, the effect of using light infantry with them was very poor, and When fighting some critical battles where the combat situation is relatively difficult, the light infantry regiments that are more likely to collapse in morale under harsh situations may also become pig teammates who are dragging their feet.
It was precisely because of this idea that Dane made a new military reorganization plan very simply. He wanted to replace all the light infantry units in his main force with real main forces.
As for the light infantry regiments that were withdrawn, of course they cannot be wasted. For Dane's main army, they are a burden, but for Verina, this is a rare treasure!
In any case, these light infantry regiments are regular troops who have been trained for a long enough time, have mastered certain military skills, and have decent discipline and quality of soldiers. Even if it is at the bottom of the regular army, it is better than those recruits and second-line security teams in Verina's hands.
Ever since, after receiving these eliminated light infantry regiments, she dispersed them and filled them into her own legion, and the strength of the entire legion has also been greatly improved as a result.
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Returning a chapter later, the subscription continues to drop steadily, which is super miserable. (To be continued.)