Azeroth Shadow Trail

Chapter 1458 91. Wait for Bu Laike to lose hemp

In fact, just looking at Marshal Barry Weswin's appearance and figure, he is an out-and-out Kul Tiran.

His face is stern and majestic, with a characteristic hooked nose. When he frowns, he is as fierce as a hawk locked on the target. His years of military career have filled him with an aura of calmness and prestige. .

Although he had the big belly that Kul Tiran men generally had because he was middle-aged, it didn't affect the marshal's majesty.

A long-used black navy tricorne hat was placed on the table in front of the marshal. This worn-out hat did not seem to match the marshal's identity, but judging from the folds of its frequent use, it was clear that this hat was the marshal's favorite. things.

It is said that many years ago, Dai Lin, who was still the captain at the time, personally gave it to Marshal Barry, who was the boatswain at the time, as a naval battle gift.

Many people in the aristocratic circles know that the only two admirals in human civilization have a good personal relationship. They spent twenty years of naval career together, and they are true friends of life and death.

Marshal Barry Weswin served under Dai Lin all the way to Commodore. He had hoped to become the No. 2 powerful figure in the Kul Tiras military. Unfortunately, he and Dai Lin had some ideological conflicts, and Invited by King Terenas with the title of marshal and title to help Lordaeron form their own navy.

I have to say that Marshal Barry, the old sea dog, did a really good job.

In less than ten years, Lordaeron had two fleets, and during the seven years of the Orc War, these two fleets withstood the cruel test of the war.

Although compared with the Kul Tiras fleet, they are still lacking in all aspects, but these two fleets are enough for the Kingdom of Lordaeron to look up to the eastern continent, and even be able to carry out ocean colonization missions.

Genn Greymane saw the precedent of Marshal Barry Weswain helping Lordaeron successfully establish a navy, so he wanted to replicate the victory of the Lordaeron fleet in Gilneas.

Gene's naval dream or something, that's not a figment of the imagination.

In short, this old marshal is absolutely undeniable in Lordaeron's navy. He is the soul of the country's navy, and he is definitely not an easy opponent to deal with.

After Marshal Barry personally commanded the alliance navy to enter the frozen sea, the North Sea pirates suffered a lot under the hands of this old and tough guy. More than one-third of the pirates' strongholds were pulled out by him.

It is said that Anne Bonn, the pirate king of the North Sea, said more than once when she was drunk that she would pay two-thirds of the price of destroying the pirate fleet to kill Old Barry!

Then she can take only one-third of the remaining North Sea pirates to dry up the entire Alliance Navy in the waves of the frozen sea.

The insult of the so-called enemy is praise.

From this point of view, Marshal Barry Weswin is indeed a ruthless character.

But now, in the conference room of the Fearless Fortress, as the old marshal's breaking news was thrown out one after another, the entire conference room became silent again.

But this time it was not because of shame, but because all the commanders and captains were seriously thinking about the situation in front of them.

They are all naval backbones single-handedly selected by Marshal Barry. They know that this is the style of the old Marshal. Before each war, there must be such a meeting for all commanders to speak freely.

A few minutes later, a young captain stood up first. He gave a military salute to Marshal Barry Weswin, and said:

"Your Excellency the Marshal, I think this may be a bait act by the pirates.

They know very well that we have been looking for their main force for a decisive battle, so they try to lure us into their base camp by means of assembly, so as to gain an advantage in the war. "

"What a stupid statement! Just because you said it means you didn't say it! Are you also a fan of nonsense literature that has become popular recently?"

The captain's conclusion immediately drew rebuttals from his colleagues. A half-elf commander snorted and said in a drawn out voice:

"In terms of absolute strength, personnel quality and firepower, our three fleets are obviously higher than the North Sea pirates.

The reason why this decisive battle dragged on for almost three months was because the cunning pirates knew very well that they would never be our opponents in a decisive naval battle.

Familiarity with the frozen sea and the supply points all over the coast are the biggest advantages of the pirates. Now why do they give up their greatest advantages and take risks to choose a frontal decisive battle that is beneficial to us?

This is totally unreasonable.

But there is one thing I agree with in your words, that is, the pirates definitely have bad intentions! They are indeed trying to trick us, but for no apparent reason. "

"Can you two say something useful? Two masters of nonsense."

Another old captain with a pipe coughed a few times, and he complained fiercely. Amidst the laughter of others, he coughed a few times, stood up and said seriously:

"Your Excellency Marshal, I think the most important thing now is not to find out what conspiracy the pirates have, but to make good use of the current situation. As long as they gather, isn't it the decisive battle opportunity we have been looking for?

The Quel'dorei have assured us that once the final battle begins, their mages will be able to use the power of the Sunwell to temporarily suppress the Tidal Stone artifact in the hands of the undead pirates.

Although the terrain of Rogue Harbor is complicated, it is difficult for us to drive the large fleet into it.

But on the other hand, as long as the North Sea pirates entered, it would be difficult to evacuate quickly.

As long as we seize the time, seize the opportunity, block the pirates near Rogue Harbor and cut off the supply line of the North Sea pirates before they notice, then we will be sure whether it is a decisive battle to defeat the enemy or besiege and wipe out the enemy.

The initiative in war will truly return to our hands.

Even if this big siege doesn't achieve the expected results, it's not a big problem, at least we took the initiative to attack and showed momentum! For the current situation of the Alliance on the Frozen Sea, it is also a very important strategic purpose to build momentum and restore morale. "

This proposal made the admiral sitting at the top of the conference table nod frequently, and the other commanders also affirmed this guy's speech, and a desire for war accumulated in the conference room.

The main reason is that everyone is suffocating a fire in their hearts and wants to find those damn pirates and beat them up immediately after being humiliated to relieve the anger in their hearts.

At this time, Ms. Mo Della, the great mage of the Council of Six, who was sitting next to the marshal and remained silent all the time, said suddenly:

"Everyone, we spellcasters don't know much about naval warfare, but we are used to looking at a certain matter from multiple angles, such as the current movements of the pirates in the North Sea.

Do you think it is possible that the pirates' supply lines have already encountered problems, so they have to gather the last army and try to launch the final blow of the dying struggle? "

"how can that be?"

As soon as the archmage's opinion was uttered, it was immediately overruled by the other commanders.

Because in the war between the navy and the pirates in the Frozen Sea, which has lasted for almost three months, at least until now, the Alliance Navy has actually been in a very passive state.

And the commanders who have always been proud have a very clear understanding of their own weakness this time.

Although they have also won pirate ambushes in sea encounters, achieved victories that are enough to boast, and captured more than a dozen small pirate ships, but from the perspective of the overall war, the current casualty ratio of the two sides has not yet reached the level of injury. the point.

On the contrary, the alliance navy is at an absolute disadvantage in terms of material consumption.

The North Sea pirates lost their warships and can get supplies from the South Sea at any time. It is said that one-third of the goblin shipyards in the entire South Sea have received orders from undead pirates to build more pirate ships for them.

As for the loss of personnel, it is even simpler.

The captains of the Undead Fleet don't even need to go to the South China Sea, they can recruit enough desperadoes by dropping a few bags of gold, silver, jewelry and food on the foreign lands on the coast of the North Sea.

Frost trolls, bearmen, tusrusmen, murlocs, and the terrifying savage vrykul, etc., these bastards are eager to join the pirate fleet to earn their first pot of gold in life.

The Navy is different here.

They only have a few colonies in Zhiyuan County and Amber Pine Town in the Frozen Sea, and the pressure on supplies and personnel is already very high.

Especially after Gilneas suddenly announced its withdrawal from the war, the two settlements in Grizzly Hills belonging to Gilneas no longer provided any supplies for the Alliance Navy.

This leads to a more difficult mode for resupply.

The cunning pirates continued to send small groups of troops to rob the food, grass and ordnance transported from the eastern continent to the northern land. If the Quel'dorei elves stood firmly on the side of the alliance and used magic to help the fleet transport supplies, the two armies of Lordaeron would The fleet cannot survive now.

But supplies can be raised, but the shortage of sailors and soldiers cannot be created out of thin air.

Every old sailor on the Alliance Navy side dies and one less, which makes it difficult for the Alliance Fleet to let go of their hands and feet in combat? Didn't you say there is still an elf fleet?

Uh, at the level of naval battles of the elf fleet, that is, in large-scale naval battles, they line up in the outer sea area with mighty power.

It really made them enter the arena to deal with the pirates, not to mention Lordaeron's naval commander, even the elves themselves are not at ease.

To be honest, seeing with his own eyes that those elves can make their paper strength extremely luxurious, but the "toy navy" that has not even had an actual battle after thousands of years of establishment, it is mediocre. When An'an came to the frozen sea to participate in a military cruise, the old marshal had already thanked the Holy Light for protection in private.

This is the current situation, but the archmage said that there was a fatal problem with the supplies of the pirates. If there is no real evidence, how can people be convinced of this conclusion?

"You idiots!"

The old marshal who had been allowing his commanders to speak freely finally couldn't stand it anymore.

He stood up with a cold face, put his navy tricorne hat on his head, grabbed his command knife and tapped at the bottom of the world map in the conference room, and tapped hard on the location of the South China Sea.

He cursed:

"Don't just focus on the ocean in front of you just because you are fighting in the North Sea. I have been telling you to open up the situation a little bit!

Open your eyes a little!

Think carefully about what Admiral Dai Lin is doing in the South China Sea?

North Sea pirates ship supplies from goblin shipyards, and all their large shipyards in Northrend have been destroyed by us!

The Kul Tiras fleet has just destroyed several shipyards under the command of the Goblin Plutocrats in the South China Sea, and asked all the Goblin Plutocrats not to support the North Sea Pirates and the Alliance Navy's war.

Do you understand now?

The archmage's guess was correct!

Now it is no longer us who are trapped in the supply hell, but those North Sea lunatics who were very arrogant before. I know the last few days have been tough for everyone, and so have I.

The king's scolding made me unable to lift my head. Every time I saw the traces of the looting of the Fearless Fortress, it was like the slaps and saliva of the pirates severely slapped my face.

These shames make us unable to lift our heads, and prevent us from going back to our hometown with our heads held high and accepting the cheers and salutes of the people.

But we still have a chance to wash away the shame.

With the blood of the enemy.

Or our blood.

Right now is the best opportunity that can be created for us with the intentional or unintentional assistance of various forces.

The North Sea pirates will no longer have a steady supply of ships, and they know this, so they can only choose to give it a go when they have sufficient strength.

They know very well that they will either defeat us in the final decisive battle, or they can only evacuate this frozen sea in embarrassment and hand over this sea to the alliance. "

Marshal Barry shrugged.

He looked at the fighting spirited naval commanders in the conference room in front of him. He was very satisfied with the bravery of these guys, but he was somewhat disappointed in his eyes.

The horizons of these guys are still too low.

After all, Lordaeron is not Kul Tiras with a strong naval tradition. These land people are very brave in battle, but unfortunately their thinking is too rigid, and their minds are still full of tactical theories born out of the army.

However, the sea is not a battlefield that can be won only with bravery and numerical superiority.

A few seconds later, the old marshal coughed a few times, retracted his slightly divergent thoughts, and knocked on the table with the scabbard of his marshal's command knife and shouted:

"Now, I command!

All captains, commanders and soldiers cancel their vacations. Before midnight today, I want to see that all warships that can leave port are ready for battle.

I want you to take all the explosive shells we can carry, all the weapons that can cut people, and all the sailors that can move!

I want you to raise the banner of the alliance and assemble to the Howling Fjord as quickly as possible, and block the pirates in the waters near Rogue Harbor before the North Sea pirates are ready for the decisive battle.

You all know what I'm up to and I need you to do your best!

I want to complete a catch in a urn!

Then send instructions to the Arathi Highland Knights and Alterac Barbarian Mercenary Corps stationed in Grizzly Hills.

I need them to advance by land, to block the pirates' last possible breakout route to land, and to participate as a marine team in the ground attack on Rogue Harbor during the decisive battle at sea.

In this battle, the two fleets of Lordaeron plus the Quel'Dorei fleet, as well as warriors from the Kingdom of Stormgard, the Kingdom of Alterac and the city of Dalaran, joined us to fight against the North Sea pirates and their pirate allies.

I don't think I need to mobilize your courage anymore, because no matter from all aspects, I have the advantage anyway!

Gentlemen!

This battle must defeat the pirates!

All shame! "

"Obey!"

The old marshal's pre-war declaration quickly mobilized the fighting spirit of all the commanders. They responded vigorously, and then walked out of the conference room howling like a pack of hungry wolves, and began to make intense preparations before the battle.

But Old Marshal Barry Weswin did not leave immediately.

Instead, he waited until everyone had left before taking out his Kul Tiran-style navy pipe in the empty conference room and lighting it between his lips.

Amidst the pungent tobacco smell, Lordaeron Admiral looked at Archmage Mo Della beside him, and he whispered:

"I did not assign combat missions to the spellcaster units in the fleet, Archmage, I hope you will be prepared for all worst-case scenarios.

I mean, get as many naval commanders and sailors out of danger as possible when necessary.

For a navy, the loss of ships and weapons is also lost.

But the trained officers and sailors are the real wealth of a fleet. Only when these commanders and sailors survive can the spirit of Lordaeron's navy continue to be passed on. "

"Ok?"

Archmage Mo Della frowned when she heard this request. She felt ominous, so she looked at the old marshal. The latter exhaled a smoke ring and smiled, and said in a low voice:

"I know what you're thinking, yes, I'm actually not sure about this battle.

After all, the opponent was Bu Laike Shaw, the young man who had defeated Dai Lin.

But on the battlefield of the sea, the young age has shown its fangs. After defeating the benevolent Dai Lin, it raised its provocative sword to me, an old veteran.

If I don't respond anymore, wouldn't it appear that us old men are too incompetent?

I really want to see what kind of ingenuity and strength the pirate overlord who is destined to dominate the endless sea in the next era will have."

The old marshal looked at the dim sky outside the window, and he whispered:

"Compared to falling in a political conspiracy that cannot be staged on the field, the battlefield is the final destination of my generation. Compared to dying in bed in a shameful old age, perhaps burying my bones in the waves will make me close my eyes with satisfaction. "

(end of this chapter)