Chapter 348
2020-11-02
Chapter 348 Port Hatrapa and the Puppet Potions
North of the yellow golden sea.
The unnamed island, Port Hatrapa.
The waves crashed against the white sand, and the tall coconut trees swayed gently in the breeze.
The battlefield in the north of the continent has already begun to drift snow, but it is still hot here.
Hatrafa is a secret private port belonging to the East Lunch Company, and the time it took to discover and start construction was actually not long.
It was urgently activated due to the special circumstances after the battle between Alwin and the Cyrus fleet.
Although it is located within the golden sea, the core sphere of influence of Cyrus on the east coast of the new continent, the location here is very hidden.
The island with a natural and excellent port is not a small area. Although most of them are uncultivated forests with complex ecological systems, they have sufficient fresh water. If they are managed carefully, they can supply thousands of people here. Life.
It is surrounded by reefs and is connected only by a narrow waterway to the lagoon outside the private harbor. If a foreign enemy attacks, no matter how many people and how many ships come, they can only enter and exit through the narrow and long waterway.
As long as you build a sufficient number of forts on both sides of the passage, you can firmly hold this gate that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
The other side of the island is also densely populated by reefs.
Although due to time problems, the original detectors of the East Lunzhi Company have not had time to explore clearly, but they believe that under such complex hydrological conditions, there must be more than one path leading to the Tasman Islands not far away. path of.
The Tasman Islands consists of the islands, reefs and sandbars of the Star Sifting Cover. Even if a whole fleet hides in it, it is impossible to find it out in a short time.
Obviously, just by looking at their initial selection of the port for pre-construction, it is obvious that the impossible is ready to be used for something good.
However, it just happened to be cheaper for Alwin and the others.
In order to avoid Cyrus’s eyes and ears, they did not choose to return to “Dilburn Castle” or any of the colonies belonging to Pharretis.
The “Misty Silver Lamp” is turned on all the way, like a large cloud of white fog at sea, quietly coming here from the territorial water buffer zone of Sark and Tulip in the north.
Hidden smoothly.
In fact, although Cyrus established a large number of naval bases, colonies, and bastions on the east and west fronts.
For two hundred years, step by step, he defended his world hegemony with the Great Wall at sea.
But there is a key issue that cannot be ignored.
That’s because the population of Cyrus is too small!
Compared with the land, the population is very thin, and it is impossible to rule the most extensive territory in the whole world.
Just like the kingship of ancient China did not go to the countryside, they only established a point-like limited rule with naval bases and cities, and there were a large number of vacuum areas outside of this that they had no time to take care of.
It also gave pirates and other powers room to thrive.
There have even been cases where pirates drove the Cyrus people off a certain island to occupy the magpie’s nest, and the Cyrus officials didn’t bother to care.
At this point, it was the third day that four warships came here.
In the dry dock, which is not small in scale, but still very crude, the crew towed the two most damaged battleships “Cape Storm” and “Stelenburg” ashore for great cultivator .
When! when! when!
Pin! nail! nail!
The poop of the “Cape Storm” was damaged again. The carpenters who were already familiar with the ship were instructing the sailors to rush on and off. They wanted to use the East Lunch Company to expeditiously deliver it as quickly as possible. ship to repair it.
“Stelenberg” had a small half of the sideboard torn by the strong huge might of self-destruct. Although it didn’t go below the waterline, the injury was even heavier than that of “Cape Storm”.
Even after an emergency repair, the water kept leaking while sailing.
There are a group of sailors at any time on the way home, who are responsible for using the human pump to pump water continuously for 24 hours, so that it insists on coming here.
As expected by the carpenters.
The repair time of “Cape Storm” is a little faster, and the time for half a month should be about the same, and “Stelenburg” may not be able to re-launch before the end of this “Silver War”.
However, Alwin, the commander-in-chief, is not in a hurry.
Because he had just received the next order from Lieutenant General Gustav, the highest military commander of Fort Dearborn, when he had just arrived at Port Hatrafa. A “reward order”.
Lieutenant General has, in the name of the highest military officer stationed in the new continent, asked the Royal Army for the credit of all officers and soldiers of “Cape Storm” and “Endeavour”, especially for their outstanding contributions or heroic sacrifices s individual.
In the Recognition Order.
Promote Alwin to Colonel (and then have command of the small fleet), Milan to Lieutenant Colonel (pulling strongly against a crazy tide), Gary to Major (Captain no longer matches his rank Ability and Merit), promoted Boris to lieutenant colonel (the credit is already enough, this time give Alwin a face)
Other personnel have been promoted.
It’s just because the direct superior of Alwin and “Cape Storm” is the Admiralty, and it can only take effect after the order of the military arrives.
But both from Lieutenant-General Gustav’s point of view and from Alwin’s point of view, it is clear that the military is impossible to dismiss the order.
The “Order of Commendation” was personally delivered by Major General Demond Brand, and it also meant that he came to check the results in person.
After all, not to mention the current “Silver War”, it is the battle between the two countries overtly and secretly for so long.
This kind of “completely annihilate the opponent’s fleet headed by a Level 3 ship” is rare, let alone quietly done.
There are a number of Level 3 ships in the entire new continent Cyrus, each of which is related to Cyrus’ dominance over this continent.
After losing this fleet, it’s hard for others to say, but it’s absolutely crazy to send their La Plata vice-king district!
However, there are two layers of cover in physics and spirituality, and no one can find out that it is actually the hand of Pharretis.
At the same time, the captured battleships were temporarily placed under Alwin’s command, allowing them to withdraw from the battle sequence for temporary repairs. Major General Demond Brand also promised to find a way to replenish the lost troops as soon as possible after returning to Alwin.
When he finally left, he just took away the flags of a few ships. He was going to show the results of the battle to his “allies” and strive for benefits!
Ta Ta Ta
After inspecting the dock work, Alwin, alone, walked along the unrepaired loess path on the island to the currently planned residential area on the island.
At this time, the manpower on the island is tight, every manpower is precious, and everyone has their own work to do.
“Hey, hey”
Beside him, a row of shirtless Cyrus soldiers strode past, together they carried the trimmed tree trunks to go. Residential areas build temporary shelters for soldiers.
Now that they are temporarily out of the battle sequence, it means that they need to stay here for a while.
The yellow golden sea is affected by high mountains, ocean currents and trade winds, and the climate varies from place to place.
But most of the area has a tropical marine climate, which is not friendly to most soldiers who grew up in the high latitudes of the old continent.
Malaria, yellow fever, blood dysentery, edema, colds, parasitic diseases, and all sorts of bizarre ailments make you can’t guard against it.
If there is no stable home to ensure a good rest, whether it is physical condition, battle strength, immunity will decline rapidly, and you will be defeated by various diseases without fighting!
The only thing that makes people feel incredible is that they are not guarded by Pharretis soldiers at all, and they are not wearing any shackles or other things that restrict their freedom.
Even these Cyrians had a fiery and aggressive look on their faces, as if they were building palaces for their king, not in the service of Pharetis.
“Your Excellency, please rest assured that the soldiers’ accommodation will be delivered on time!”
When passing by Alwin, the captain and officer in the lead also saluted him respectfully, and the others carried logs. The soldiers also saluted.
Alwin nods quite naturally, watching them run away energetically.
Even the crew, who had long been accustomed to Alwin’s magic tricks, shuddered to learn the truth.
I am more and more in awe of my own captain.
Because, it’s not that these Cyrus soldiers have turned away from darkness, but they have all drank a unique potion. Alwin uses mushrooms grown from Mallory and Mopilates as raw materials—[Puppet Potions].
This potion will not have any effect on wisdom, ability, or health, but it has quietly implanted in their hearts a command to be completely loyal to Alwin, and all other values and ideas will be based on this core. and make adjustments on your own.
The most important thing is that it is very concealed, and there is no hyphae or abnormality on the body. As long as there is no choice that contradicts the core command, even the closest people can’t find it.
However, this kind of thing that has been completely called “evil” also has limitations. The effect of a single dose of medicine lasts up to a month, and the effect will gradually decrease over time, and even gradually develop resistance.
There is one more major flaw.
Even if the potion level can only control the ordinary person, the official Knight who has undergone extraordinary transformation and baptism is almost immune to this thing.
It is absolutely impossible to use this thing to easily gain a large number of loyal subordinates, control the command of the enemy’s military, or be used by the leader to rule the people.
Based on the principle of waste utilization.
Since there were so many prisoners of Cyrus, Major General Dermund Brand didn’t say what to do with them before he left, and Alwin simply took the initiative to turn these prisoners into the construction army of Hatrapa. a member of .
Like those Anuma and Atrians whom Cyrus enslaved.
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(end of this chapter)