Black Dragon Code

"Cheers to the Emperor of the North!"

Clondou walked out of the captain's cabin in cloak, and ordered the sailors to take out the remaining wine in the warehouse and distribute it to all the crew members on board. People's nerves have already been strained by the increasing pressure, and it's time to relax.

In fact, as the captain, the pressure on Klondor is not less than that of others, but even greater. He gave the Veloster chart to the Black Dragon Emperor, and he is also the direct person in charge of this mission. He couldn't believe what kind of ending he was going to face.

So Kelendo is far from being as calm and breezy as the surface, and the anxiety and suffering in his heart are also tormenting him all the time.

Fortunately, they all survived. After half a year of drifting at sea, the ocean-going fleet finally arrived at its final destination. Some people even shed tears of excitement.

But arriving at the destination does not mean the mission is over, on the contrary, their mission has just begun.

Klondor is an experienced captain. After having a few drinks, he did not lose his mind amid the cheers of the crew. He did not rush to order the landing, but let the fleet cruise around the offshore area. The far eyepiece observes the situation on the shore.

Veloster is a hidden place for the Elradians. The light of civilization has not yet reached the corner of the world. Therefore, on this continent, it is impossible to have a port that allows large ships to park in and out. The shallow water not far away is a taboo place for ocean-going fleets.

With the displacement of iron-clad ships in the ocean-going fleet, even the smallest cruising reconnaissance ship can hardly guarantee that it can reach the shore safely and stably without being stranded, let alone the flagship, frigate and supply ship-they simply cannot sail into it. Offshore, it can only berth on the sea which is still a long distance from the coast.

The "Landing Ship Project" of the Northland is still in the long process of research and development. At present, the crew can only rely on the original wooden boats that are commonly used in Elradia to go to land. This process is very dangerous because of poor stability and weak defense. At this time, once a soldier is discovered and attacked, even if the opponent only uses primitive bows and arrows and projectiles, the damage caused is enough to be fatal.

The "suitable place" that Klendo said in his mouth refers to avoiding densely wooded and open coasts, which is not only conducive to observing the situation, but also can provide support from the sea in case of emergency and ensure the safe landing of soldiers. In addition, it is also beneficial to set up a sentry base as soon as it lands to prevent the attack of the natives of Veloster.

After half an hour of observation and analysis, combined with the comprehensive discussion of the information submitted by the scouting ships, Krondo selected the landing point for the soldiers.

He was kind and solemn, his fingers moved across the simple semi-finished map drawn by information integration, and finally stopped at a certain part: "We go ashore here.

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"ah?"

His words aroused unanimous confusion among the others in the command room, because after the discussion and analysis just now, the commanders came up with a total of two landing plans: the entire south bank with open terrain and parts of the east bank.

In contrast, the situation on the south bank is much better than that on the east bank. It stands to reason that landing in a small area on the east bank can only be used as an alternative, but Captain Kelendo chose this more difficult path.

"This is an order, notify all landing personnel to prepare!" Kelendo did not explain his motives, and the order was issued immediately.

The reason for making this decision is that after a period of time, they are bound to leave this land, and once in contact with the local aborigines in the process, as long as the other party is not stupid, they will definitely investigate their motives, the direction they came from, The landing site, even after they leave, will build a tight line of defense at the original landing site.

This is not what Krondo wants. He understands the difficulties facing his country. The empire on which the sun never sets has a strong blockade, a sharp drop in trade volume, a backlog of domestic goods, a sluggish economy, and a surge in unemployed people... All kinds of instability Factors have brought great harm to the north, and this oppressed country is constantly finding new ways out.

If Veloster is judged to be valuable, the empire will definitely visit this continent again. Krondo wants to hide the landing site on the south bank to create the best environment for the empire's return.

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Landing training is one of the routine training and assessment subjects of the Northern Fleet. Soldiers who cannot complete the assessment with excellent results will not be allowed to become a member of the Northern Fleet. The royal court's orders are very strict in various military training. Superior spellcasters also have no privileges, and still have to receive training and participate in assessments.

Therefore, it took less than five minutes for the whole process from the order giving, the preparation of the troops to the start of the operation. Soon, hundreds of landing craft were dropped from the warships of the ocean-going fleet, densely packed like dumplings in a pot, fast and effective. Move towards Veloster in sequence.

The landing plan was successfully completed unexpectedly. Maybe the natives of Veloster didn't care about the coast guard, or maybe there were no indigenous tribes around here at all. Anyway, the landing soldiers did not encounter any obstacles or obstacles during the whole process except for coping with the turbulence of the waves. hit.

"At least for now, it's a fertile land."

Krondo, who jumped ashore, thought that when the ocean-going fleet approached, he saw many beautiful islands surrounded by lush forests one after another. After standing on the main mainland, he found that this place has a mild climate and fertile land, far more than North Elradia, with its barren land and harsh climate, is much better off.

Such land should belong to the Black Wing Empire!

"Quickly take the things you carry off the boat and hurry up!"

Before the feet stood on the ground of Veloster for three seconds, Captain Krondo's order came again: "Go in, we must complete the arrangement of the station and sentry before sunset."

His Majesty's order is to try not to offend the local aborigines, to try to develop trade with them, to develop common new trade products, and to build a maritime trade system.

But in Krondo's own judgment, this is basically impractical, otherwise the guys from the trading city-state would have done this business a long time ago. As far as he knows, the natives of Veloster are a group of people with dark skin and strong bodies. The heterogeneous people themselves have not developed a highly organized society similar to countries and city-states. That is to say, the Velosters are not eager for trade. On the contrary, they have great vigilance and hostile.

Coupled with factors such as language barriers and different customs, it is obviously difficult for them to reach any friendly agreement with the Velosters. The pioneers of the trading city-state have tried and proved after repeated attempts that similar policy measures are wrong and ineffective.

Therefore, Krondo secretly violated His Majesty's order and made his own decision. Instead of continuing to make futile efforts in this regard, he asked his subordinates to devote their limited time and energy to investigating Veloster's climate, real estate, and indigenous tribes. In the exploration of social composition, force level and so on.

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