Chapter 671 New Target

Olan's words shocked several people present, and the information she brought was huge. Ista has been able to develop until now, and the funders behind it have contributed a great contribution. Franklin also said that he saw the rebels planning a general attack on the Tower of Harvest. Unfortunately, Sauron was strangled in the cradle before the time, but it is not difficult to see that it is not easy to support the funders of Ista.

Now the power behind the rebels has a lot to transfer investment, and there is also the idea of merger, which has given him hope for the Battle of Roaring Bay. It's just that this is not enough. The sponsors also hope to see the pirates led by Zero have the ability to attack land, so that he can spend more investment on them. This is human's normal, and it will be operated in the same way if it is changed to zero.

As for merger or something, it sounds tempting, but Zero doesn't think about it. He doesn't plan to hand over the pirate command he finally won, so it would be ideal to maintain such a ally between the two.

"Don't worry, I will give you a strong answer." Zero-pointed.

Olan stretched out his hand and said, "I look forward to the opportunity to fight side by side with Mr. Zero."

"There will be."

Olan came, and she left again. However, she brought a batch of important materials and also gave zero a chance to win the first funder. When the Watchman left, he promised to deliver all the equipment and materials ordered by Zero within a week at most. The batch of electromagnetism will be delivered as soon as possible to facilitate the soldiers on this side to familiarize themselves with and operate them. Zero also promised to pay part of the money to Oran when they were delivered.

Olan doesn't seem to care much about this. Leave a sentence "There are still many opportunities to cooperate in the future", and the female leader of the rebel army should not leave.

The next step is zero busy time.

Since the equipment is available and the opportunity has come, it is very urgent to lay the first stronghold on the western continent. Mr. X's bar was temporarily used as a war room, with several captains, and Mr. X and Mamiro discussing the choice of strongholds. There are two final goals. One is the closest to Roaring Bay and only takes three days to reach the Whisperer Strait. The other is relatively far away and needs to walk on a waterway for nearly a week to land in the Broken Bay and finally reach through the Emerald Forest. The city of Cannon.

These two cities were selected for two main reasons. One is that they are rich in resources nearby, and the second is that they are within a week.

Rich resources are fundamental for pirates to gain a foothold, and the journey must be controlled within a week, otherwise too far will leave too much room for the Pope's Hall to prepare.

The problem now is that zero must choose one between the two cities as the target of attack.

The port city of Farrow was established in nearly ten years and belongs to an intermediate town. The resident population is between 20,000 and 30,000, and there are rich iron ore, copper ore resources, and a small and medium-sized uranium mine nearby. The residents of the city mainly live on mining, and there is a 300-person army stationed in the city. Facero has built perfect fortifications, but after all, there is no danger because of the sea, so the fortifications are weaker.

Every year, a large amount of ore and uranium will depart through the pier of Farrow, then enter inland through a specially opened waterway, and then turn to the city of New Rome. Because of its particularity, the base camp of the 4th branch of the Holy Indian Order is only 300 kilometers away from Farrow. In Fácerro's history, he has also been attacked by pirates many times, but it has been repeatedly repelled by the commander of the 4th regiment, Sine and his soldiers.

Therefore, the pirates are very familiar with Farrow and Signe. If they want to attack Farrow, they need to consider how to resist the counterattack from the 4th Division. Of course, with the combat power at hand, this knighthood can be completely destroyed. Fassilo is completely valuable and worth doing. In addition to being close and rich in minerals, what is more important is that the special waterway "Road of Destiny" goes straight to the hinterland of the Western Continent.

After fighting Farrow and controlling the channel, Zero has the capital to march straight to the city of New Rome.

Another city, Cannon is a military fortress. At first, only the Pope's Hall was set up at a checkpoint near the Emerald Forest, bordering the Eternal Mountains. The western line bordering the Eternal Mountains and the Emerald Forest is flat, but after that, the more it extends to the east, the higher the mountain trend will be. In the middle part, the mountains are nearly 2,000 meters above sea level.

The Eternal Mountains go all the way east and extend north near Caesar Bay, thus forming a broad arc in the inland edge. This arc is a natural barrier for inland areas and even New Rome. In this era when large flight units cannot be supported to achieve air combat, the Eternal Mountains are like a natural wall, guarding the only way to the inland - the bloody road!

This road is also a very strong stroke in the history of New Rome, representing the expansion of the Pope's Hall. In that era of blood and fire, the Knights of New Rome paved this road with life and blood. When the blood-stained road completely appeared on the map of the Pope's Hall, it represented that the only alien and advanced mutan beasts in the Western Continent had become the past, thus forming a glorious era dominated by human beings in the Western Continent.

Guarding the blood-stained road was originally a checkpoint set up by the Pope's Hall in those years. Later, with the increase of troops, it changed from a checkpoint to a military base, and then gradually evolved from the base to today's fortress city of Canon.

There are mainly two kinds of people living in Cannon, one is a soldier and the other is a slave. Cannon has no so-called citizens. The two classes are distinct, and there is no gray area at all. The resident population of Cannon remained at about 20,000, 80% of whom were slaves. A large number of slaves were used to develop the wood ore of the Emerald Forest and a cloud iron produced by the Eternal Mountains. More, but it works for three oil platforms in the sea area behind Cannon.

The Holy Seal Knights are stationed here with two subgroups, the 5th and 6th, with a total of more than 4,000 soldiers.

The next target to attack is one of these two cities. In contrast, Cannon is better than Farrow in terms of strategic location and resources. But several people in Manshan think that it is more practical to attack Farrow. After all, Cannon is a fortress city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The number of soldiers stationed in the city far exceeds that of Facero, and to attack Cannon, a land war is needed. Because Cannon is built on a cliff. Although it is leaning against the sea, it can't attack from the sea.

Fasero does not have this problem. Over the years, pirates have visited this port city, and they are very familiar with Faro. As long as the army presses over, the 4th subgroup is stationed in the algorithm Cerori, which can basically be defeated.

Looking at the Manshan people advocating to attack Fassero, Mamiro seemed to disdain it. Ling smiled and motioned everyone to be quiet and asked, "Mr. Mamiro, you were the head of the Knights. I don't know what to think of these two cities from your perspective?

Mamiro was slightly surprised that he would be here purely because of Mr. X. The respect of the old boss was more dissatisfied with Sauron and the Pope's Hall, which made him choose the zero side. But Mamiro is very excluded here. Originally, he did not interrupt a combat meeting like this, but now Zero asks for his opinion and gives him enough respect.

Mamiro doesn't know much about Zero. But just from the fact that he could use the pirates and planned a miracle battle, Mamiro would naturally not treat him as an ordinary young man. He nodded and said, "If it were me, I wouldn't choose Farrow. There is no doubt that Farrow is much easier to play than Cannon. But because of this, it is not worth attacking.

Captains such as Manshan and Cundrela are strong, but when it comes to leading troops to war, their vision naturally cannot be compared with Mamiro, who is from the Knights. When they were a little disapproving, Zero said unexpectedly, "I agree with Mr. Mamiro." He landed heavily on the waterway leading to the hinterland and said, "Although, we can quickly go inland by water. But don't forget that this waterway does not directly reach the city of New Rome. Its destination is still a long way from the city of Rome, including several colonial cities. Here, it can be said to be the home of the Pope's Hall.

"If we really do this, as long as the Order cuts off our retreat, we will basically have no way to go. At that time, there are only two choices, one is to continue to go deep alone, and the other is needless to say. If the army goes deep and can't get any supplies and cover, I doubt whether I can support it near the city of Rome. Ling smiled faintly and put his hand on Farrow: "Since we can quickly reach the inland by waterway, the Pope's Hall can also quickly use troops against Farrow. Moreover, after slapping the Pope's Hall on the Roaring Bay, as long as Sauron is not stupid, he will understand that Fahero, who is too close to the Roaring Bay, is likely to become the second target of our direct attack. Maybe when we kill, we will not face 300 soldiers, but one or several knights.

He moved his finger again, came to the top of Cannon, and said indifferently, "So our goal is it!"

The people in Manshan immediately looked a little strange. When they wanted to say something, Zero gestured and said, "I know what you want to say. Cannon is a fortress, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are many troops stationed there. These are its advantages. However, under this advantage, it hides many fatal eliminations.

Zero looked at Mamiro again and asked, "I don't know how long it has been since there was no war in Cannon?"

Mamiro's eyes lit up. Although there were many people present, except for him, only Mr. X probably knew the meaning behind the zero problem. Of course, Mr. X can't answer, after all, he has been out of the Order for too long. So Zero would ask him, and Mamiro refused and said, "For a long time, there has been no war for at least 20 years."

"It's been so long that I'm a little curious. Do the soldiers in the fortress still know how to hold guns?" Zero smiled faintly.

Manshan, Cynthera and other talents began to grasp the real meaning of the zero words, if there had been no war for 20 years, and the soldiers who happened to be stationed in Cannon had not been rotated. Such soldiers, even if they practice every day, can't compare with those soldiers who go to the battlefield every day in terms of consciousness and quality. Even if strictly counted, both are veterans.

"I don't know how often Cannon will update the defense system, or does its facilities still use what it was 20 years ago?"

Next, Zero asked a series of questions. If it weren't for Mamiro who is here now, even Hindera, who are natives of the western continent, would not have been able to answer. Zero information is already a military secret, and naturally it will not be known by outsiders. Mamiro also simply listed what he knew. For example, the latest update of Cannon's defense system was ten years ago. It can be said to be an update. In fact, it has replaced some old facilities. Generally speaking, Cannon still uses things from 20 years ago.

There is also a power mecha force stationed in the city, but this unit only has Paladin-type mecha, but there is no low-altitude flying arms such as Griffin Knight. Of course, there are still round table knights, and there are two more.

But none of this can avoid the key problem, that is, Cannon has been comfortable as a fortress city for too long. For a long time, even the external wall, it is estimated that he can't resist the bombing of a few heavy artillery.

Finally, Mamiro concluded: "Because of the strength of Cannon's strength, at least on the surface, no one wants to provoke it. Even your four pirates are the same, so the two knights stationed in that city are used to comfort. And because of this comfort, he even refused the order of the Pope's Hall to transfer other orders to change their defenses with many excuses.

"Well, then our goal can be basically finalized. That's it!" Zero Chongzhong patted in the fortress city and said, "However, Fothero can't let it go like this."

Mr. X said with a moved face, "We can't swallow so many things."

"No, I'm not going to really attack it. It's just that we can't let Lord Sauron be too idle, not to mention cover our real goal and put some smoke. Zero laughed.

Everyone knows that zero means tamping to hide that their real goal is the fortress Cannon. Such falsehood and falsehood, true and true, is also in line with the way of soldiers. When the Cannon War began, the Pope's Hall was late to react.

In addition to some strong and middle-dry suspicions, Zero also cares about its geographical location. The fortress is located at the throat of the blood-stained road, and it is not so easy for the Pope's Office to take back the fortress. And in this process, as long as the zero operation is right, it will soon be able to stand firm here. Next, we can gradually enter the inland areas through interests and force.

In terms of interests, if you take Cannon, then the three affiliated oil well platforms can create endless wealth. In the new era, although there are new energy sources, oil is still the largest energy raw material. These three oil well platforms alone represent more interests than the port of Facero. As for force, it is naturally not enough for the pirates in their hands to continue to work, but this is also not difficult to solve. Zero believes that there are many people who are dissatisfied with Sauron, especially those who live a hard life on the outer island. As long as there is a suitable opportunity, Zero can turn them into their own soldiers.

The Battle of Roaring Bay is crucial. It is a battle related to the fate of countless people in the whole Western Continent. Its impact is not limited to pirates and the papal chamber, and with this battle, Zero does feel that the situation on this continent is quietly changing in his hands.

Next is another busy time.

Oran's equipment began to be shipped four days later, and several officers came with the equipment, who would be responsible for teaching the pirates to use this batch of electromagnetic equipment. Mr. X has never been so busy in the past few decades. He is not only responsible for counting materials, but also counting the pirate's own property. After several days and nights of fighting, a sle of forms was handed over to Zero.

Zero took a cursory look and couldn't help smiling bitterly.

The pirates are really not so rich. After the resource statistics of Haijia, if all the assets are converted into gold coins, it is only about 500,000. At present, the cash is only 70,000 to 80,000 gold coins. Gold coins are hard currency promoted by the Pope's Office, and precious metals are value-preserving currency at any age. However, this amount of money is not enough to pay Oran's first payment. Fortunately, Oran does not pursue it.

Zero does feel a problem, and he is still very poor. If you are so poor that you can't get the resources to fight another battle, the people below will not be able to open the pot.

Then there is the question of correcting the name of the pirates.

If you continue to be in the name of pirates, it is just a game of officials and bandits in the eyes of most people. However, Zero wants to continue to advance and get the support of more funders on the one hand, but on the other hand, it needs more people's aspirations. To win people's hearts, we can no longer bear the banner of pirates, at least erect a righteous image in the eyes of civilians.

After a few days of deliberation and discussion with the captain below, Zero decided to self-proportionate the revolutionary army. And the pirate source*, its force is called the Sea God Regiment. The Neptune Regiment is divided into three armies, headed by three captains, Manshan, Cindera and Hooker. Each army, including officers, has a regular staff of 1,000, which is basically the establishment of a knight squadron.

Zero is naturally the leader of the revolutionary army, and his capable people are an independent combat group, not included in the Haishen Regiment.

Next, in front of zero is the problem of training. When marching into the Western Continent, pirates can no longer be as scattered as before, and their combat effectiveness is really limited. Therefore, it is imperative to classify the members of the Haishen Regiment according to their abilities and specialties, and then add systematic training to make them into several special arms.

Of course, there is not so much time for Zero to train troops now. But at least, teach these guys how to obey the command and fight like a soldier!