Struggle in the Steam Age

"Sure enough, there are some abnormal observers in the estuary area." In the observation post on the top of the ship's mast, Lawrence whispered with a telescope in his hand.

At this time, the small fleet of two boats they were in was slowly passing by less than 1,500m from the mouth of the river, so Lawrence just took this opportunity to observe the situation at the mouth of the river.

And when he had just changed into a sailor suit and climbed up to the mast to observe for less than 30 seconds, he discovered the flashing reflection of the glass lens on a small soil slope by the river mouth.

Unlike the practice that sea ships often stay away from the coastline in order to avoid running aground or hitting reefs, most of the routes in the Great Lakes region prefer to detour and stay close to the lake shore.

After all, there are nasty freshwater murlocs everywhere below the lake surface in the entire lake area, so generally boats will try to choose those shallow water areas with fewer murlocs for activities.

In this case, Lawrence only needs to let all the commandos hide in the cabin or simply hide behind the strings of the ship. It will be able to drive smoothly along the close-range river mouth without arousing anyone's suspicion.

Because extraordinary power will strengthen the body of the person who possesses extraordinary power, Lawrence and another ranger disguised themselves as sailors and climbed onto the mast to investigate the situation on the shore when the ship approached the estuary.

And just as they had guessed before, someone had indeed established an observation post in this crucial estuary area and monitored various situations in Faceless.

It has to be said that these observers still have some experience in this area. At least Lawrence didn't find an observation point hidden in the grass of the mound with branches and weeds until he saw the reflection.

After discovering the observation point, Lawrence immediately summoned the phantoms of several insects and began to investigate the surrounding situation with the discovered observation point as the core. Soon, he found several insects. The position of the observation post.

"Although these guys are not extraordinary, they do look like a group of veterans." After Lawrence finished observing and joined everyone, the first sentence he said was his guess about the identity of the group of people.

"I guess they may be some experienced outlaws."

"As for the reason I came to this conclusion, it's very simple, because I asked my summoned creature to search the surroundings carefully after I found the first observation point just now."

Lawrence said as he took out the map just now, and then drew a few circles in the estuary area. "In addition to the flash just now, there is a big rock on the other side of the river slightly upstream of the river. Behind the rock is a three-person observation team. And behind the small mound where the flash point is, there is also a hidden part. , a five-man combat team is stationed."

"Then we should re-plan our action plan." The lieutenant looked at Lawrence and said. "Being able to arrange three groups of more than ten people in this estuary in one breath can show one thing, that is, the other party has sufficient manpower. By the way, Your Excellency, have you noticed any characteristics in those three groups of people?"

"There are some characteristics." After being asked by the lieutenant, Lawrence immediately recalled what he saw just now, and soon he discovered several small situations that he discovered during the investigation just now.

"If I remember correctly, these three groups of people should come from three different forces."

"For example, we first discovered the observation post that used binoculars to spy on us, and the team at the rear didn't look like a group that had been together before. Because they were obviously a bit confused in terms of equipment and coordination, it should be It’s a mob that got together improvised.”

"However, the team hiding in the upper reaches of the river is completely different. Although there is only one Transcendent among them, they have uniform equipment and weapons."

Having said that, Lawrence frowned and looked at the map, and then continued. "And the post they chose is also very distinctive. Because of the blocking of a huge rock, that place can just block the attack from the direction of the river. But at the same time, they can see the situation of the post at the mouth of the river and the team behind the post."

"If this is the case, then the opponent is likely to be a commando team composed of a relatively strong core team and a large group of rabble."

After hearing Lawrence's answer, the lieutenant quickly came to a conclusion. "That is to say, the opponent's manpower should not be too small, maybe even more than ours."

"But on the other hand, those guys will definitely not be as well-organized as we are." After talking about the opponent's advantages, the officer also began to analyze the opponent's disadvantages.

"From the layout of the sentries, it can be seen that the opponent's interior is only integrated through strong strength. In fact, there is a huge gap between the core manpower and the manpower recruited from the outside. Therefore, if there is a real fight, the opponent's overall morale should not be good. too high..."

According to the newly obtained information, Lawrence and the others immediately adjusted their offensive tactics. More than an hour later, Lawrence, who had already made a plan, landed on the lake again from the direction of the shallows.

After everyone lined up on the shore, they immediately began to march north along the lake shore.

While the Shaw Island navy under Lawrence was advancing, the adventurers who came to support also entered the hilly area on the shore of the lake and began to open the investigation line.

According to the plan, these transcendents will provide scouting for the large troops along the way, and block the battlefield in case of emergency.

"There are some patrols and some fixed sentries." As Lawrence and the others moved forward, the transcendents who were scouting ahead quickly reported what they found along the way through the paper manikins that Lawrence had distributed to them before. question.

"There are more than 30 patrols along the way. It seems that the other party wants to make a big news this time." said the wanderer who was directing the reconnaissance team ahead.

"It's normal, at least someone who can figure out how to get a group of rich people together and plot evil will naturally come up with a big plan."

Lawrence stood on a small mound and said to a bridge over the river, "Have you investigated that bridge? I see that this is the only place on the map that allows us to cross this river to our destination."

"We've just scouted over there." The rogue replied to Lawrence. "A team of five is stationed on each side of the bridge, and each of these teams is led by a Transcendent."

"Besides, there is a patrol team consisting of two extraordinary people and four elite gunmen constantly patrolling on the bridge."

"This is a bit abnormal." After listening to the rogue's report, Lawrence showed a puzzled look on his face.

"Why are there so many people stationed on this bridge far away from their ambush circle? Even if it is to establish a defensive circle, there is no need to station so many people in such a far place!"

"This shouldn't be aimed specifically at us." Just as Lawrence began to think about whether his behavior would fall into the enemy's trap, the voice of the former naval staff officer appeared in the paper doll contact network

. "If you want to stop the intruders, such a team is basically useless. Because if there are fewer intruders, you can completely bypass them, and if there are many intruders, these people can't stop them at all."

"That's right, I think this group of people should be guarding the rear of the conspirators." Safiel, who was standing beside Lawrence, put forward his opinion.

"You see, what they should be guarding now is a retreat road from that ruins all the way to the lake. If I guessed correctly, the other party is likely to bring wealth, hostages or other things through the waterway after ending their conspiracy. Get something out of here."