"Earl Demps, you are a smart man, I'm glad."
Captain Hart's tall body stood in front of Earl Demps, who was not even 1.7 meters tall. He was as condescending as a mountain and full of oppression.
"Because of your wise decision, the people of Mero City do not need to suffer more damage in the war. They should thank you, the city lord, for your wise decision. On behalf of the president, I also express my gratitude to you for your correct judgment. Appreciate it. Before setting off, the president repeatedly emphasized that we hope we can achieve our goal while minimizing casualties, especially civilian casualties. Now that you have chosen Kaesong to surrender, it satisfies all of us. "
Count Demps had no expression on his face, but secretly gritted his teeth and looked at Captain Hart, wishing he could bite this guy to death in one bite.
If possible, the devil would want to directly open the city gate and surrender!
However, as soon as the guys from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce appeared, they were completely beyond everyone's expectations. They bombed the entire west gate of Metro City and destroyed it!
By God, Mero City is the most important city on the southwest border of the empire. The city wall has been specially allocated by the Candela Empire Military Department to build it beyond specifications. Coupled with the careful operation of the Dempsey family for hundreds of years, it has now reached a sufficient level. It is a super exaggerated city wall that is thirteen meters high, nearly ten meters at its thickest point, and over five meters at its thinnest point.
Because of this city wall, Mero City is even known as one of the ten most difficult to conquer cities on the Sainz continent.
The result was that this city wall, which could scare almost all enemies, was destroyed by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's attack before it even lasted a minute!
Along with the collapse of the city wall, there was also the confidence of all the defenders of Mero City, including Count Demps.
Even such an exaggerated city wall can't withstand the magic artillery attack of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's escort team. Why should Metro City defend the next more fierce offensive of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce
So Earl Demps only thought about it for less than two minutes, and then he decided to surrender directly to the city.
Of course, now that the entire western wall of Metro City has been directly blown away by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escorts, even if the city gate is not opened, what's the point
As for what Captain Hart said. Although Earl Demps was also considering the fact that surrendering so readily could save the people in Metro City from the baptism of fire, the main reason why he surrendered so readily was because of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce Guards. It embodies a terrifying power that is far beyond the endurance of Metro City's guards. Even beyond Earl Dempsey's imagination.
Even if the Imperial Military Headquarters came to check the situation here, I believe they would not be able to find fault with him when they saw the entire city wall collapsed outside.
"Okay, Count Demps, you withdraw all the garrison to the city. Then do whatever you are supposed to do and don't worry about us." Captain Hart suddenly waved his hand again.
Earl Demps was startled.
What does "what are you supposed to do" mean? Isn't the current situation that Metro City has been captured by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escorts and is under their occupation
Why, according to Captain Hart, do they actually not intend to move anything, and do they still think Metro City can remain as it is
"We take over the defense of Metro City. As for the rest... we are not interested." Captain Hart saw Earl Dempsey's confusion and explained: "We are only here to occupy Metro City. This is the president's fault." The only thing left to us is something to consider later.”
Earl Demps thought for a while and felt that this was reasonable.
After all, the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort team is only responsible for military operations. As for the specific arrangements after occupying Metro City, that is a matter for other departments of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to consider. Of course, they, who are essentially soldiers, do not need to take care of it.
but…
"Do you really think you can always occupy our Metro City?" Earl Demps sneered and looked directly at Captain Hart with a trace of contempt on his face. "I admit that the combat effectiveness of your New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort team is very strong, but if your President Xu Yixu thinks that he can really occupy our Metro City with just a few thousand of you, that would be too naive!"
"Really?" Captain Hart glanced at Earl Dempsey, laughed a few times, and then waved his hand, and several guards from the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort team came up and escorted Earl Dempsey.
"Captain. I think it's safer to kill this guy. I'm worried that he will secretly incite people in the city to resist, which will be troublesome." Next to him, Nuen, deputy captain of the human escort team of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce escort team, Si came over and whispered.
"No." Captain Hart shook his head. "According to the intelligence, Metro City is the territory of the Dempsey family, and the Dempsey family has deep-rooted influence here. By keeping him in custody, we can make other people have some concerns. If we really kill him, it will cause big trouble." ”
Newnes thought about it and thought it was a good idea. Then he said: "Then at least we should find a way to control him, right?"
"Of course, the few elven boys in the team have already been prepared to ensure that he can't do anything."
"Mind control?" Newnes immediately laughed.
Seeing that Captain Hart had already made arrangements, he felt relieved and began to look at the undamaged wall on the north side of Mero City where they were at the moment.
"Captain, do you think we can make arrangements before reinforcements from the Kandra Empire arrive?"
"I don't know." Captain Hart shrugged. "No one knows when reinforcements from the Kandra Empire will arrive. But what we can be sure of is that as long as they approach fifty kilometers from Mero City, they will be discovered by us immediately. Since there is no information from the reconnaissance airship team, then It proves that reinforcements haven’t appeared yet.”
"Well... Anyway, let's hurry up."
Captain Hart glanced at Newnes and frowned: "Say Newnes, you are not a young boy who has never seen blood. Why do you seem so nervous this time?"
Newnes scratched his head sheepishly.
"When I think that we are invading the Candela Empire, I can't help but feel a little nervous. Captain, think about it, this is the Candela Empire. In the history of the continent, except for the Maro Empire, no one else has dared to invade the Candela Empire, right? "
Captain Hart curled his lips disdainfully: "We've already come in now. The president has said it countless times that the Candela Empire and the Malo Empire are just paper tigers that look powerful. In fact, they have the power in their hands. Their strength has long lagged far behind this era, but they still don't realize it, and they always feel that they are very strong. When we were in the Luersun Kingdom, we fought against the forces of the Candela Empire many times. It's not like you haven't noticed the gap. Come on, what are you afraid of?"
"I'm not afraid, I'm just worried..." Newnes licked his lips, looking worried. "The Candela Empire is the most powerful empire on this continent. We are just a chamber of commerce, but we come to challenge the Candela Empire. This..."
Hearing these words, Captain Hart suddenly became solemn, looked at Newnes with a stern face, and said sternly: "Newnes, if you are afraid, you can go back now!"
Newnes quickly waved his hand vigorously: "No, no, no, captain, you misunderstood. I'm really not afraid, but... I'm just not that confident... You see, we only brought five thousand people here this time, and the Candela Empire followed You can send 50,000 or even 500,000 people casually. I always feel... I always feel that some of them are not so appropriate... "
Captain Hart snorted heavily, shook his hand vigorously, and said in a deep voice: "The president has repeated it countless times. It is no longer an era when the number of people determines everything. Why don't you understand?"
"Of course I don't think the president is wrong, it's just... I just lack confidence."
Seeing Newnes' troubled expression, Captain Hart sighed inwardly and shook his head helplessly.
If even Newnes, the senior general of the escort, is like this, then there must be a lot of people in the entire escort who have this idea.
It seems that just as the president said in a private conversation with Captain Hart before setting off, even though countless actual battles have proven that the modern warfare model based on military magic machines mastered by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce has already It is far beyond this era, far better than the traditional form of war, and has even broken the traditional concept of deciding victory or defeat by military strength. However, there are still countless people on this continent who hold those traditional concepts and thus have a negative attitude toward the New Flying Chamber of Commerce. Not enough confidence.
"So the purpose of our operation this time is of course not to occupy the entire Candela Empire. This is unrealistic. With the current strength of our Chamber of Commerce, even if we can wipe out all the troops of the Candela Empire and defeat all the opposition forces, we will still be able to defeat all the opposing forces. It is impossible to really control the entire Candela Empire. This is determined by the huge disparity in scale between the two sides. "
Captain Hart remembered what Xu Yi said at that time and couldn't help but nodded secretly.
The president's head is very clear, and he is definitely not dazzled by the victory because the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce escort team has won many battles before.
"Our real purpose is to crush the traditional ideas in everyone's minds and make them realize that the times have really changed, so that they can truly accept the changes that the magic industry industry has brought to the world and accept our New Flying Chamber of Commerce. To lead the development of this era, and to achieve this goal, is to defeat the most powerful behemoth in everyone's mind, which is the Candela Empire."
"As for how to crush it... we need to do it step by step through this operation. And the first step... is to crush something that represents invincibility in everyone's mind..." (~^~)