Macho Wars

"The name is pretty! What do you do in the mine?"

"The little one is a secretary."

"Huh! The secretary? So you are the mine manager?"

Dragon looked at Lance with a faint smile. The other party was taken aback first, and then quickly reacted. He immediately shook his head like a rattle, and quickly explained to himself.

"No, my lord, you have misunderstood. I am really a secretary, and I am responsible for the settlement of accounts on weekdays. It is the mine manager and his sister-in-law!"

"What about them?"

"Everyone ran away! They disappeared three days ago."

"Why don't you run?"

"Because we don't know! The mine leader ran the second day, and the original garrison team also followed. We are left with a dozen little characters that nobody cares about. When we react, it is too late."

The secretary cried a face, and then chattered so hard that he became an abandoned son.Dragon was not in the mood to listen to his complaints and interrupted his grievances directly.

"Okay, okay! You have worked hard and you are not wronged, I am not interested to know. I will ask you, what is left in this mine?

"There is nothing left, sir. Qian and my sister-in-law were taken away by the head of the mine. When the garrison evacuated, they also used trucks to remove the grains in the warehouse. We haven't had a gang for the miners for almost three days. ."

Lance's words made Dragon very disappointed. He said that he was really poor, and he finally came out to fight the autumn breeze, but he was still empty.

At this time, Lannuo came back, and his face didn't look very good.He told Dragon that the situation at the prisoner of war camp was earlier than expected.

Most of the miners were soldiers of the Imperial Army who were looted by the Virants half a year ago. They were forced to engage in high-intensity and heavy physical labor. The food and accommodation conditions were horribly poor. Therefore, their health conditions have been drastic in the past six months. Deteriorating, hundreds of people died of disease and overwork.

Three days ago, the garrison team on the mining area was transferred away, putting heavy shackles on more than 1,500 miners in the mining area before leaving.Although the remaining managers stopped forcing them to work, they also stopped the food supply, and the captives could only survive by drinking poorly clean water from the well.

If Dragon and the others come a few days later, at least one third of these people will starve to death.

Dragoon said with a sullen face, turning his head to Vagi.

"Bald, I'll open a note for you, and you will immediately take someone back and pull a few carts of food. Oh, yes! I need mines, the more the better."

In the afternoon of the same day, after hearing about the situation in the mining area, the headquarters successively sent food and medical teams.Dragoon commanded the soldiers under him to bury mines in the open-pit mining area of ​​the iron ore.

When the engineers saw this kind of routine for the first time, they all praised the wit of the battalion commander, and then secretly criticized this grandson for being so wicked!

Interestingly, Dragoon’s sabotage in the mining area was highly praised by the headquarters.

So in the next few days, the headquarters used a lot of manpower one after another to retaliate and wreak havoc and looting on the Wieland colony.

What the Royal Army did in Darwin Province at the beginning, they have intensified and played here again.The Kingdom Army troops besieged in the city of Kanswia could only watch what was happening outside but could do nothing.

The siege was still continuing, and the defenders were still struggling to support them with fierce firepower several times their own.Although the Imperial Army under the banner of "humanitarianism" did not fire on residential areas within range, it has been attacking industrial areas in the southern suburbs of the city.

Mulatul naturally understood what these damn imperial people wanted to do, but he was helpless because he lacked heavy weapons on hand, so facing the onslaught of the imperial army, he could only shrink the defense line again and again to let the important factories bit by bit. Exposure to the enemy's artillery range.

The two sides just struggled like this, and each other was very anxious.Needless to say, the situation of defending the city, the imperial army besieged gradually showing fatigue, and the logistics system has been overwhelmed.Hundreds of thousands of people ate, drank, slept, and fired guns. Most of the materials consumed every day had to be transported from the back thousands of miles.

When military trucks were not enough, the army requisitioned civilian trucks, even bullock carts and horse carts.This reluctantly maintained this long and fragile supply line, allowing the frontline army to persist in fighting.

Everyone is waiting, waiting for the result across the ocean, even if this result may not satisfy most people, it is no longer the most important thing.

Chapter 167

Facts have proved countless times that war is nothing more than the continuation of politics through another means.

On the one hand, the top leaders of the empire want to continue to maintain their image as a tough overlord through this war of revenge in the New World, and at the same time they do not want to fight an endless all-out war with another powerful country in this weak period.

So the war set many restrictions from the very beginning. It seemed fierce to fight, but carefully clicked to the end, revealing a sense of caution.

On the other side of the kingdom, although their colony seems to be in a precarious situation, the high-level officials have already seen through the weakness of the empire, knowing that this is a bladder game, whoever can't hold it first will make concessions, because even if they know their situation is not Disadvantages, but also to delay time.

Anyway, the big guys don't need to squat in the trenches, eat the rations with dust and stench if they don't, and don't worry about cannonballs falling on their heads at any time. They do have this patience.

The war went on to the 37th day in such a strange atmosphere, and the soldiers on both sides finally ushered in the long-awaited major turning point.A Virant warship carrying an imperial envoy arrived in Kanswia, bringing the final result of the negotiations between the two countries' top leaders.

After more than a month of bargaining, the two countries, because neither of them dared to really push each other into anxieties, their bladder was held up to the end, and they had no choice but to step back.

The empire gave up its territorial claim and returned the Sixth Prince Durham that had been captured before.The kingdom here agreed to apologize to the empire and compensate 32 million gold coins for the previous invasion.

Judging from the result, Wieland obviously suffered a lot. The colony was smashed, and he had to pay a lot of money. But in fact, the empire was not comfortable, and he didn't get any benefits at all.

In order to fight this battle of revenge, the empire's homeland has sent 15 million worth of armaments and supplies to the colony, as well as support troops from five divisions.If you count other total expenditures, the total military expenditure invested by the empire for this war is at least 50 million yuan, equivalent to one-third of the total military expenditure in the new year.

But even at a loss, this war, which is a thousand miles away, is at least won.Therefore, even if the empire’s high-level officials are selling criticism in their mothers, they must support a grin on their faces, allowing the media to proclaim "great victory" and boost national morale.

On the New World side, the colonial army immediately stopped its attack on Kanswia after receiving the order, but the troops did not immediately retreat.

Henry gave Dragon a task to let his troops return to the gate fortress first and escort an "important person" over.When he hurried back to the fortress eagerly, he realized that the important person was still an acquaintance.

"It's you!" x2

After half a year, Dragon saw the sixth prince Durham of Virant again, and the other party also recognized him at a glance.After the two people met, they were taken aback, and then they looked at each other.

Compared to the last time we met, Durham has not changed significantly.After all, the identity of his prince is there. Even if he is a prisoner, the empire will definitely serve delicious food and drink. It is impossible to throw it into the mine as a coolie like ordinary soldiers.

Durham's look towards Dragon was a little more complicated, as if hesitated and stopped.At this moment he noticed the two cross stars on Dragon's shoulder, and laughed and joked with Dragon.

"I'm going up very fast! I was just a captain when I saw you last time, and now I am a lieutenant colonel."

"It's all thanks to you."

"Hahaha~!" x2

When Durham heard the words, he pretended not to understand the sarcasm in the words, and smiled at Dragoon.The atmosphere between the two seems to be very harmonious. People who don't know think they are good friends who have known each other for many years.

Speaking of which, Dragon’s rank of lieutenant colonel is a promotion just obtained two days ago.In this battle, he made a lot of effort before and after, from participating in the planning to charging into the battle, it can be described as exhausting.Coupled with the common appreciation of the commanders and deputy commanders of the military region, promotion is naturally a matter of course.

Since it is an "old acquaintance", Durham is obviously more open than before.He enthusiastically invited Dragon to ride in a luxurious car specially prepared for him by the empire's senior officials-a specially modified armored car.

Dragon didn't want to get too close to a prince of an enemy country, but couldn't stand the familiarity of the goods, so he hooked his shoulders and pulled him into his car.When Tafee and Jack saw this, they could only follow them.

The special car prepared by the military for Durham is a wheeled light armored vehicle. It is nothing special on the outside, but the interior is extremely comfortable.

The original eight seats in the car have been removed, covered with a soft and comfortable wool carpet and two long leather sofas, and even a small wine cabinet.

Dragon and Tafe got into the rear compartment, but Jack didn't want to see Durham at all for some "reasons" he didn't want to mention, so he deliberately sat in the front passenger seat.The two people who are accustomed to sitting in tanks are obviously not comfortable with this environment.

On the contrary, Durham was very relaxed, not like a prisoner at all.

"Don't be so cautious! Would you like to have some wine or champagne for both of you? These are all things in your own country, don't you need to be polite with me, a foreigner?"

"..." x2