Realm of Power

‘Why are you so anxious? There is a distance of 50 miles from Barras to Aaron. Even if the Falcon Army really attacks Barras, there will still be 170,000 of our troops there! “The Dorok military representative in the office seemed extremely dissatisfied.

He has always expressed contempt for the weakness of the Parliament. With the war approaching, the Parliament actually allowed refugees to flee. This kind of womanly kindness itself has a very bad influence on the soldiers fighting on the front. He is here today to strongly demand that more people be allowed to flee. Duo Ze closed the city gate and encountered the speakers of several parliaments asking Duo Ze to evacuate the General Council to a safe area.

"The Falcons are not from Barras!"

The civilian who came to report said breathlessly, pointing to the northeast with trembling hands, "They came from the river. Now outside Aaron City, there are already Falcon Army warships. Go and take a look. The entire The ports in the east of the city are all enemies, and the city is in chaos! "

"You mean the Falcon Army bypassed Baras and went directly down the river from Kurma!" This sentence immediately made everyone in the office change their faces.

"This is impossible. Haven't I already ordered you to send people to cut off the river with sunken ships? Why do the Falcon Army still come up from the water?" This time, even the depressed Duo Ze stood up.

He hurried to the window of the office, his face suddenly turned pale,

The streets were in chaos, with people running around everywhere. The shrill ringing of bells, representing an attack, kept coming from the towers in the northeast. The report was correct. In the northeast, at the port outside the city, there were several strong blasts. Black smoke rises into the sky,

The only good thing is that the port of Aaron City is not within the city, but on an inland lake 2 kilometers away from Aaron City. But from the position of the window, we can clearly see that there are countless black spots on the inward bend of the river in the east. It is roughly estimated that the number of warships is at least 20.

If calculated based on the average troop carrier carrying 300 people, the Falcon Army that has arrived outside Allen City now is at least about 6,000 people. Such a powerful combat force is enough to undertake the task of breaking through the outer reaches of Asia.

What worries him the most is not this. How the Falcon Army broke through the inland river blockade is the most fundamental problem. Otherwise, the 100,000 Falcon troops from the upper reaches will come in this way, and the hundreds of thousands of volunteers placed on the front line in Baras will no longer have any advantageous terrain to take advantage of. They will face a frontal battle with 100,000 elite troops. For those civilians who don't even have training, it will definitely be a massacre!

"General Ruitangsi, who did you send to execute the order to block the river?" Duo Ze withdrew his gaze from a distance. With a ferocious face, he turned his head and glared at General Dorok standing below. A solemn murderous aura came up his back, and he said loudly, "Such an important military decision has been delayed until this time. Such a person It should be dealt with immediately! "

"The person responsible for blocking the river is Captain Rubiel of the newly formed Seventh Flag Regiment! But we are really not to blame for this matter."

The military general looked ugly and replied with a sad look on his face, "Your Excellency issued an order to sink ships and lock the river, but because a large number of sunken ships are needed to block the river, it is now in a mess. Such a number of ships cannot be found at all..." ."

"How could it not be! Isn't there always a forest of ship masts in Allen Harbor?" Duoze's face became heavier when he heard such words, and he snorted. "I also checked the port records when I issued the order. It's just that In July and August, there were 78 large merchant ships docked at Aaron Port, not counting those small and medium-sized ships. To put it bluntly, only half of them would be enough to block the entire river. "

"Your Majesty the Speaker is right. Port Alen is indeed full of ships and masts, but it has been mostly empty recently. What remains are just two or three kittens with no background. They have to make a living. Venture out!”

The army general looked at the several parliament speakers opposite and said, "As for large merchant ships that can be used to sink ships and block rivers. In fact, it is not completely absent, but this requires help from the parliament. Unfortunately, our requests were simply ignored. "

"Help from the parliament?" Duoze's face was stunned for a moment. When he saw the general's troubled look, he immediately knew what was going on.

The port of Aaron City is the responsibility of the Parliament. During peacetime, many Speakers have built fleets to use the river to transport goods. Since the last meeting, a method of sinking ships and blocking the river was formulated. The Speakers have already ordered their own The fleet hid elsewhere,

The consequence of this is that the number of ships in the entire Aaron Port has shrunk significantly.

The army requisitioned ships everywhere, but could not find even a large merchant ship. What they requisitioned were only some small fishing boats that could not be reused. Even if the army requisitioned them all, it would not be enough to block this river channel that is hundreds of miles long and more than 30 meters wide.

"You guys... I really don't know what to say about you!" Duo Ze looked at the several speakers with bloodshot eyes who were clamoring to evacuate just now. The speakers lowered their heads one after another. Duo Ze's eyes were so terrifying, like a man being trapped. bitten the beast

One of the speakers replied with disdain.

"Your Excellency, President Speaker, this matter is originally the problem of the military. There is no boat. Don't they know how to use other methods, such as blocking the river with huge rocks? The other party is shirking responsibility in this way. It is obvious that they want to get rid of themselves. punishment!"

"Boulders blocking the river? Only you gentlemen hiding in Allen City would think of such an idiotic method! If you have the ability, try blocking it with rocks!" His words were like igniting a fire Exploding barrels, the military generals all turned red, filled with indignation,

The speakers did not know that the military had actually done such a thing, but in the face of the real power of heaven and earth, the humbleness of manpower was simply in vain. Heavy rains had fallen continuously for more than ten days recently, and the water level of the river had skyrocketed. In the big river, the military had no choice but to order the soldiers to block the river with stones when the expropriation failed. At first, it was relatively smooth.

But when the blockage of the river became narrower and narrower with distance, the situation quickly reversed, and the impact of the river doubled. In the end, the boulders weighing several tons were swept away by the violent river water as soon as they were put into the water. The embankment that blocked the river broke in the middle under the load.

The consequences of the dam breach caused the military to lose three officers and more than 200 people under their command, and one of the officers was the son of a general present. The military has always been silent about this matter. Now it is No wonder no one can stand it when people poke their own soft ribs like this.

"That's enough. If there's anything to argue about, let's talk about it later. We'd better find a way to take the port back from the Falcon Army!" Duo Ze waved his hand with a serious face to stop the situation where the two sides were at odds, and looked into the distance. Where the thick smoke was rising, he said in a solemn voice, "Otherwise, when the Falcon Army's assault force establishes a foothold at the port, more enemies will definitely come along the river. We must immediately mobilize some people from Baras to come back." Fight back!"

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On a battleship on the Neiwan River in the east, the commander of the Western Army, Krolisat, was also looking at the majestic city across the river in the distance with focused eyes. To be fair, this Dorok city The heart of the city is extremely solidly built. The tall city wall is like a cliff, along the entire The city extends to the distance. From where I stand, I can see that the Doroks on the city wall are busy running. Some trebuchets placed on the tower platforms have also been pushed out, signaling an enemy attack. The clanging sound shook over the city, like a frightened little woman,

It seems that his sword really caught the Aaron people off guard. The only regret is that this time the navy only dispatched 20 warships converted from troop carriers, and the troops it could bring were only 6,000. Compared with Compared with the 170,000 enemies on Aaron's side indicated in the petition, it was not that ordinary.

But Crolisate is not too worried about this. These 6,000 people are all elites he personally selected from the legion, 2,000 senior archers and 2,000 thornwa longbowmen. This kind of combat power is enough to deal with Doro The Croats wanted to rely on their numbers to launch a charge, and the remaining 2,000 people were the heavy infantry he specially borrowed from the Northern Army. This time it was a siege battle. Without the heavy infantry to suppress the formation, the Western Army's light infantry would Soldier tactics will be very limited

6,000 lions are definitely stronger than 170,000 sheep. Crolisate believes that with 20 warships full of Thors on the river and 4,000 specially selected powerful archers, the Aarons will completely know who they are. How vulnerable!

Only by showing absolute force will Aaron City's resistance be reduced to a minimum!

"Sir, our 1,000 forwards have broken through the defense line of the port defenders and are fully occupying the port!" An officer from the Western Army ran over from the front to report.

"Order the troops to build defenses on the spot! Their mission is to stay in the port." Crolisate ordered with a stern face. To his side, the side baffles of several warships were slowly opening. The huge ships The body hit the ripples of the water, like several giant beasts stretching their bodies on the lake, and some dark muzzles protruded from the hatch.

"Yes, I understand!" The officer turned around and left.

Crolisat narrowed her eyes slightly and took a closer look at the surrounding terrain. As the largest inland port in Dorok, the terrain of Aaron Port is somewhat low-lying. The periphery of the port is an open land about a hundred meters long, and then a 3-meter-long The high peripheral low wall can become the center of gravity for senior shooters to support the defense line. The second line of defense is the port building closest to the water. Crolisate decided to use it as her headquarters, and finally the 20 edge of battleship

By the time everything was arranged, most of the day had passed. Allen City's counterattack had not moved, and the Falcon Army was also waiting at the port.

A strange sit-in war. By the time the Aarons completely understood that this unit of the Falcon Army would not receive reinforcements in the short term, it was already 4 o'clock in the afternoon.

Some Dorok troops began to move out of the city. They gathered outside the port and formed loose formations, numbering about 10,000 people. This was the beginning of the Battle of Aaron.