Three days later, the 1,500 soldiers who carried out the tooth extraction operation boarded the ship and set off for the first looted target: Chishui City.
At the same time, according to the policy set at the strategic meeting, other soldiers of the First Army also escorted ammunition and food to the north one after another. Wanhe, and finally arrived at Yougu Town.
In order to cope with such a large-scale deployment, Roland also leased thirty sailboats from the Margery Chamber of Commerce to transport war supplies, in addition to the paddle steamers in Neverwinter being devoted to the mission.
In this way, he was able to deliver 3,000 soldiers and corresponding artillery ammunition to the north within a month, that is, before the arrival of July. In later generations, the scale of the transshipment of several thousand people may be completed by three or four river cruises, but in this era, it is an incredible innovation.
After the tooth extraction operation has obtained enough Stones of God's Punishment, the vanguard will also go to the north, and finally Yougu Town will gather an army of 4,500 people to force the church to form a group in Cold Wind Ridge.
Of course, contingency plans are not without them. In one case, the church was dispatched very quickly. For example, a small group of the God's Punishment Army would be dispatched without logistics and light equipment, and they would travel south along the Desperate Mountain Range to Neverwinter City. Another situation is that the enemy abandons the Holy City and enters the kingdom from the junction of Dawn and Greycastle.
The 500 people who stayed in Neverwinter were just to guard against the former, and defending the city could always gain a certain advantage, especially with the support of the 152mm fortress gun. The latter is a lose-lose situation. The First Army will have to turn into a war of attrition. The Church will lose the Holy City of Hermes, and both its faith and status will suffer a severe setback. Graycastle will also lose a large number of people.
Fortunately, the second situation is very unlikely. Without the Holy City, the Church can be said to have completely lost its foundation, while the lost population of Greycastle can still have a chance of revival. As long as the Pope is not mad, he will not use this suicidal method of warfare.
Also leaving with the first fleet was Edith Kant, the Pearl of the North.
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will write to my father and ask him to take out half of the food in the north for the soldiers to use, and the lord of Yougu Town will fully cooperate with all the requirements of the First Army."
"Aren't you going back to Northland?" Roland asked.
"Rather than going home, I would rather follow the First Army and participate in all the battles that follow." Edith stood on the side of the ship, raised her hand and raised her long hair, then stroked her chest and saluted, "My brother will ask you."
"I'll take care of him."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, then, I will wait for you in the town of Glen when the real battle comes."
After the boat left, Nightingale's dissatisfied voice remembered in Roland's ears, "Tsk tsk, it's a life-and-death battle, but she said it was like a date with a lover."
"Cough cough... Is there any?"
"Can't you see it? That hair-raising action... Now that there's no strong wind, it's just unnecessary." Nightingale snorted coldly, "Of course, it's not ruled out that she's used to doing this kind of gesture to men for a long time, it's already an instinct. ."
"Are you still brooding about that letter?" Roland shook his head, crying and laughing, "It's impossible to say everything. By the way, is what she said reliable?"
Nightingale replied reluctantly, "There's basically no problem. At least when expressing allegiance and talking about those battle plans, you're telling the truth."
"That's enough," Roland breathed out, "Let's go back to the castle."
During this period of time, although Neverwinter City was facing the pressure of the war, the good news is that many projects planned during the Moon of Demons have been completed one after another, and the infrastructure construction has ushered in a stage of fruit blowout.
The most important thing is that the western border has finally gained its own outlet to the sea.
After getting the news, Roland immediately notified the Ministry of Construction, and soon there would be a number of houses, warehouses and temporary docks on the shoal. With the natural deep-water port as the foundation, larger ships can also be built, but considering that Anna has focused on military production, these shipbuilding plans have to be postponed until after the war is over.
The supporting hub project No. 67 has also started. It starts from the Chishui River Bridge and connects the factory area and the southern shoal. The construction team is the original team of Wang Guo Avenue. Roland also made good on his promise, and nearly half of the top-performing workers were granted official Neverwinter resident status and issued ID cards.
In addition, the first coke oven in Beiposhan was put into production.
To be precise, it could have started running earlier, but it has been stumbling during the trial period. For example, the air in the furnace was not evacuated when the furnace was turned on for the first time, which caused the coal used for dry distillation to burn directly; for example, the temperature and time were not properly grasped, cause coking failure. Later, there was also a serious accident in which the exhaust pipe was blocked by smoke and dust, and the flame suddenly burst out of the furnace when the coke was released. Fortunately, with the help of Axia's playback ability, the causes of these accidents were quickly found out, and a series of improvements were made. A new batch of coke ovens are also under construction.
In addition to infrastructure, military production has also ushered in a breakthrough.
The howitzer that can add an important weight to the war has finally been successfully trial-produced.
Although limited by the volume of the whole shell and the limited charge of the warhead, it can still cause a fatal blow to the enemy within a radius of ten meters. After adding fragments, the distance can be doubled.
It is conceivable that if you put several 152mm artillery pieces with a range of nearly ten kilometers on the battlefield, you will be able to cross the preset position and directly hit the enemy's rear. People in this era have never experienced the horror of the king of war, the shock waves and fragments of the howitzer. Killing a group of enemies without any cover is absolutely devastating.
It's a pity that such a heavy thing can only be transported by the Hummingbird, and in the absence of a hard road, only two doors can be deployed at a time.
Even so, Roland was unwilling to give up such powerful firepower.
In contrast, the news that the principle model of the steam turbine was operating successfully was less important.
After all, whether it is a new type of steam ship or thermal power generation, there are not enough manpower to develop it. In a sense, from the moment of receiving the information from the Kingdom of Dawn, Neverwinter had entered the wartime system, and all plans had to make way for the war, and Anna was no exception.
Today, her daily job is to process shells and fuzes in the morning and cut key parts for heavy machine guns in the afternoon.
The arsenal also produces bullets and revolving rifles in three shifts. Thanks to Miyue and Candlelight, all kinds of machine tools can run at full capacity without major problems.
Shortly after returning to the office, the flying messenger sent a secret letter from the fjord.
This is... Tilly gave an answer
Roland hurriedly opened the note and quickly scanned the contents of the letter. After thinking for a while, he asked Nightingale to find Maisie.
"Take Sylvie to chase the departing fleet, and ask Iffy to do as the letter says."
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