Three days later, 1,500 warriors on the Tooth Extraction operation boarded the ship and set off for the first target of the raid: Chishui City. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

At the same time, in accordance with the guidelines set at the strategic meeting, other soldiers of the First Army also escorted ammunition and food to the north one after another, and they would follow the inland water network, passing through the Chishui River, the Wangdu Canal, and the Sanwan River, and finally arriving at Yougu Town.

In order to cope with such a large-scale march, in addition to the paddle steamers in Neverwinter, Roland also leased thirty sailing ships from the Margaret Chamber of Commerce to transport war materials.

In this way, he was able to send 3,000 soldiers and corresponding artillery ammunition to the north in a month's time, before the arrival of July. In later generations, the scale of transshipment of thousands of people may be completed by three or four river passenger ships in one trip, but in this era, it is an incredible innovation.

Once the Tooth Extraction operation has obtained enough Divine Punishment Stones, the vanguard will also head to the north, and eventually the town of Glove will gather an army of 4,500 men to force the Church to form a group in the Coldwind Ridge.

Of course, the emergency plan is not impossible, one situation is that the church is dispatched extremely quickly, such as letting a small part of the Divine Punishment Army surprise without logistics and lightly armed, all the way south along the Desperate Mountain Range, all the way to Neverwinter. The other scenario is that the enemy abandons the Holy City and enters the kingdom from the junction of Dawn and Grey Keep.

The 500 men who remained in Neverwinter were to defend against the former, and the defense of the city always gained some advantage, especially with the support of 152 mm fortress guns. The latter would be a lose-lose situation, the First Army would have to turn to a war of attrition, the Church would lose the holy city of Hermes, its faith and status would suffer a heavy setback, and the Grey Keep would lose a large number of people.

Fortunately, the chances of the second scenario are very small, the Church has completely lost its foundation without the Holy City, and the Gray Keep can still have a chance to revive the lost population, and the Pope will not use this suicidal method of warfare as long as he does not lose his heart.

The first fleet departed with Edith Conde, the pearl of the Northland.

"Rest assured, Your Majesty, I will write to my father and ask him to take out half of the Northland's stock of food for the soldiers, and the lords of Glen will fully cooperate with all the demands of the First Army. ”

"Aren't you going back to the Northland?" asked Roland.

"I would rather follow the First Army in all the battles that follow than go home," Edith said, standing on the side of the ship, raising her long hair and stroking her chest, "my brother please." ”

"I'll take care of him. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, and I will be waiting for you in Glen - when the real battle comes. ”

After the ship left, the nightingale's dissatisfied voice came to Roland's ear, "Tsk, it's a life-and-death war, but she talks like a lover on a date." ”

"Ahem...... Is there one?"

"Can't you see that......? Now there is no strong wind, which is just a superfluous move. Nightingale snorted coldly, "Of course, it is not excluded that she has long been accustomed to making such gestures towards men, which is already an instinct. ”

"Are you still haunted by that letter?" Roland shook his head with a smile, "it's impossible. By the way, is she reliable?"

Nightingale reluctantly replied, "Basically, at least when it comes to expressing allegiance and talking about those battle plans, it's telling the truth." ”

"That's enough," Roland exhaled, "let's go back to the castle." ”

During this time, Neverwinter faced the pressure of the Great War, but there was also a lot of good news - the projects planned during the Demon Moon were completed one after another, and the infrastructure construction ushered in a stage of blowout.

The most important thing is that the West has finally gained its own access to the sea.

After receiving the news, Roland immediately notified the Ministry of Construction, and soon there would be a number of houses, warehouses and temporary docks on the shoal. With a natural deep-water port as a foundation, larger ships could be built – but given Anna's focus on military production, these shipbuilding plans had to be postponed until after the war ended.

The construction of Highway 67, which connects the factory area with the southern shoals via the Chishui River Bridge, has also begun, and the construction team is the original team of the Kingdom Avenue. Roland also made good on his promise, and nearly half of the high-performing workers were granted official residency status and ID cards.

In addition, the first coke oven in the North Slope Mountain was put into production.

To be precise, it could have started running earlier, but there were stumbling during the trial period, such as not emptying the furnace air when the furnace was first opened, causing the coal used for dry distillation to burn directly, or failing to control the temperature and time, resulting in coking failure. Later, there was a serious accident in which the exhaust pipe was blocked by smoke and dust, and the flame suddenly escaped from the furnace when the coke was released. Fortunately, with the help of Axia's playback ability, the cause of these accidents was quickly identified, and a series of improvements were made, and a new batch of coke ovens was also under construction.

In addition to infrastructure, military production has also ushered in a breakthrough.

A howitzer that can add an important weight to the big war has finally been trial-produced.

Despite the limited size of the projectiles and the limited charge of the warhead, it can still inflict a fatal blow on an enemy within a radius of ten meters, and this distance can be doubled by adding fragments.

It is conceivable that if several 152-mm guns with a range of nearly 10 kilometers were thrown into the battlefield, they could pass through the preset positions and hit the enemy's rear directly - the people of this era had never experienced the horrors of the king of war, and the shock waves and fragments of howitzers were absolutely devastating to the enemy in groups without any cover.

Unfortunately, such a heavy object can only be transported by hummingbirds, and in the absence of a hard road, only two doors can be deployed at a time.

Even so, Roland was unwilling to give up such a powerful firepower.

In contrast, the news of the successful operation of the steam turbine's schematic model is less important.

After all, whether it is a new type of steam ship or thermal power generation, there is not enough manpower to develop it for the time being. In a sense, from the moment the news of the Dawn Kingdom was received, Neverwinter had entered a wartime system, and all planning had to make way for war, and Anna was no exception.

Today, her daily work is spent in the mornings processing shells and fuses, and in the afternoons cutting the key components needed for heavy machine guns.

The arsenal even produces bullets and revolver rifles in three shifts, and thanks to the mysterious moon and candlelight, all kinds of machine tools can run at full capacity without major problems.

Shortly after returning to the office, the Flying Courier delivered a secret letter from the fjord.

This is...... Tierie replied?

Roland hurriedly opened the note and quickly finished scanning the contents of the letter. After pondering for a while, he asked the Nightingale to find Maisie.

"Take Sylvie and go after the departing fleet, and let Ife do what the letter says. ”

"Goo!"