Heart of Empire Chapter 31: Ice Cave City
"Affecting Ice Cave City?"
Chapple looked at Dane in surprise, but didn't understand what Dane meant.
Their territory, from White Wolf Castle to Sandy Bay Port, belongs to the southernmost part of Schindler.
As for Ice Cave City, which is almost 400 kilometers away, it is the second largest city in the north of Schindler, and it got its name because of the special ice cave environment around the city.
It is not a suitable place to live, and the environment is relatively harsh. If one were to choose the place with the worst soil environment in the barren Schindler, it would definitely be around the Ice Cave City. In the wasteland, there are still some slightly better lands that can be used to grow food near water sources, but the Ice Cave City is not included, and there are no farms around the city.
But it still has a large population, and it has become the second largest city in the northern region. Valuable monsters with ice element characteristics. At the same time, there are abundant mineral resources in the ice cave terrain.
Mistakes, monster hunters, and mercenaries have become the main groups in Ice Cave City, and there are quite a few of them. At the same time, a large number of industries supporting these hunters, such as hotels, taverns, and equipment repair and manufacturing industries, have also developed fairly well. At the same time, as a source of raw materials, there are still many caravans visiting.
All in all, although the living environment is relatively harsh, it is a lush town with an estimated resident population of 10,000 to 20,000. If the large floating population is included, there may even be 100,000 people in Ice Cave City scale.
Ice Cave City is not a place where one warlord has the final say. There are several warlords, large and small, in Ice Cave City and its surrounding areas. Looks the same, but much more confusing. In fact, Ice Cave City has always been the most chaotic place in Schindler, because the interests there are the most obvious. Unlike other big cities, urban development needs to be maintained. In Ice Cave City, as long as you grab the territory and send people to mine, you can dig out money, which is the easiest resource to compete for.
In such a place where the situation is chaotic and the sky is far away, Chapple really can't think of any way to exert influence there. control.
But Dane didn't think his idea was whimsical. He said: "Chapple, don't limit yourself to the fact that we can only use military actions to influence the situation in other regions. Now, our control in the south is the strongest, and in the entire Schindler, we are also considered Sometimes, we express our attitude by expressing our voice to the outside world, which is a way of exerting influence.”
"Also, we now hold the lifeblood of Schindler's ocean trade. Although some of the raw materials produced from Ice Cave City will be transported by land, there are also many parts that will be transported to us. By sea, transport it to other places. In this way, is there a lot of places we can control?"
"These are all ways to demonstrate our influence. Of course, we are unlikely to get too much benefit from the turmoil in Ice Cave City at such a distance, but at least we have Capital can speak in the situation of Ice Cave City."
"Chapple, I hope you can make good use of this. I won't ask too much, after all, the geographical distance is indeed an objective difficulty, but at least, you need to play a certain role in the battle situation of Ice Cave City The cooling effect. How to do it, you can discuss it with Verina who is sitting in Shawan Harbor. Anyway, you can try your best to prevent the war in Ice Cave City from escalating too quickly."
After listening to Dane's long words, Chapple said thoughtfully: "I think I understand what you mean, and I will find a way to do it."
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The battle in Ice Cave City is undoubtedly a precursor to the upcoming war. On the one hand, Dane needs to ask Chapple to do something that can cool down the war in Ice Cave City. On the other hand, he must also continue to strengthen his military equipment, which is on the agenda.
Now, not counting the troops in Comilla, just talking about the line from White Wolf Fort to Shahai Bay Port, the number of troops owned by Dane has reached 7,500 in terms of establishment.
The first thing I want to talk about is the garrison army controlled by Verina.
Originally, the strength of the garrison army consisted of two regiments of 3,000 men. The strength of the two regiments of the garrison army alone reached 4,500 people.
Moreover, there is also an improvement in combat effectiveness.
In the beginning, most of the soldiers of the garrison army were temporary recruits, some recruited mercenaries, and some former second-line security forces. These soldiers are poorly equipped, and the quality of the soldiers is also very average. Even after training, individual teams that perform well may be able to reach the level of regular soldiers, and most of them are worse than regular soldiers.
But now it's different.
After the battle with Governor Conley's Iron Nail Hill Legion on the outskirts of Shawan Harbor, Dane realized that among his elite troops, the use of light infantry could have a great effect. Poor ~IndoMTL.com~ And when fighting some critical battles where the combat situation is relatively difficult, it is easier for the light infantry regiments whose morale will collapse under adverse circumstances, and may become pig teammates who are dragging their feet.
Because of this idea, Dane simply made a new military reorganization plan. He wanted to replace all the light infantry in his main force with the real main force.
As for the light infantry regiments that have been withdrawn, of course they cannot be wasted. For Dane's main army, they are a burden, but for Verina, this is a rare treasure!
In any case, these light infantry regiments are regular troops who have undergone long enough training, mastered certain military skills, and have decent discipline and quality of soldiers. Even if it is at the bottom of the regular army, it is better than those recruits and second-line security teams in Verina's hands.
Therefore, after receiving these eliminated light infantry regiments, she dispersed them and filled them into her own legion, which greatly improved the strength of the entire legion.
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