Extraordinary Voyage Chapter 348: Hartrafal Port and Puppet Potions
Chapter 348 The Port of Hatrafal and the Puppet Potions
North of the Golden Sea.
An unnamed island, the port of Hatrafa.
This is a secret private port belonging to the Donglunzhi Company, and it hasn't been long since it was discovered and started construction.
Because of the special circumstances after the battle between Ivan and the Hilius fleet, they were urgently activated.
Although it is located within the Golden Sea, the core sphere of influence of Hilius on the east coast of the New World, the location here is very hidden.
The area on the island is not small. Although most of it is uncultivated forest land, there is fresh water. If you manage it carefully, it can supply thousands of people to live here.
There are reefs all over its periphery, and there is only a long and narrow waterway connected to the lagoon outside the private port. If there are foreign enemies, no matter how many people or boats come, they can only enter and exit through the long and narrow waterways.
As long as a sufficient number of forts are built on both sides of the passage, this easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack portal can be firmly guarded.
The other side of the island is also densely covered with reefs.
Although the original explorers of East Lunzi Company had not had time to explore clearly due to time issues, they believed that under this complicated hydrological condition, there must be more than one road leading to the Tasman Islands not far away.
The Tasman Islands are composed of star-studded islands, reefs, sandbars..., even if an entire fleet hides in, don't even try to find out for a short time.
Obviously, just looking at the initial port construction they chose here to know, it can't be used for any good deeds.
However, it happened to be cheaper for Irving and the others.
In order to avoid the ears and eyes of Hilius, they did not choose to return to "Fort Dearborn" or any colony belonging to Phalitis.
Turning on the "fog silver lamp" all the way is like a large cloud of white fog on the sea, quietly coming here from the territorial sea buffer zone of Sack and Tulips in the north.
Hidden successfully.
In fact, although Hilius established a large number of naval bases, colonies, and bastions on the east and west sides.
It took two hundred years to defend its world hegemony step by step with the Great Wall on the Sea.
But there is a key issue that cannot be ignored.
That is, the population of Hilius is too small!
Compared with the land, the population is sparse, and it is impossible to govern the world's most extensive territory in every aspect.
Just like the ancient Chinese monarchs who did not go to the countryside, they only established point-like limited rule with naval bases and cities, outside of which there were a large number of vacuum areas that were simply too much to take care of.
It also gives space for pirates and other forces to thrive.
There have even been cases where pirates drove the Hilius people away from a certain island to occupy the magpie's nest, and the Hilius officials were too lazy to take care of it.
At this time, it was the third day that the four warships came here.
Although the scale is not small, but still very simple dry dock, the crew dragged the two most damaged warships of "Cape Storm" and "Stellenbosch" ashore for major repairs.
Dang! when! when! ...
Nails! nail! nail! ...
The stern of the "Cape Storm" was damaged again. The carpenters who were already familiar with the ship commanded the sailors to get up and down. They wanted to use the ship materials sent by the East Lundz company as quickly as possible. It is repaired.
A small half of the side of the "Stellenbosch" was directly torn apart by the powerful force of self-detonation. Although it was not below the waterline, the injuries were heavier than that of the "Storm Horn".
Even after emergency repairs, water is still leaking while sailing.
On the way home, there is a group of sailors who are responsible for pumping water continuously for twenty-four hours with a human pumping machine, before they insist on coming here.
In the predictions of the carpenters.
The repair time of "Cape Storm" should be a bit faster, and it should be about half a month later, and the "Stellenbosch" may not be able to be relaunched before the end of this "Silver War".
However, Ivan, as the commander-in-chief, is not in a hurry.
Because he had already received the next order from Lieutenant General Gustav, the highest military officer of "Dilben Castle", as soon as he arrived at the Port of Khatrafa. More precisely, it was a "commendation order" ".
The Lieutenant General has already applied to the Royal Military Headquarters in the name of the chief military officer in the New World for all the officers and soldiers of the "Storm Horn" and the "Endeavor", especially those individuals who have made outstanding contributions or made heroic sacrifices.
In the "Reward Order."
Promote Ivan’s rank to colonel (from now on with the command of the small fleet), promote Milan’s rank to lieutenant colonel (with outstanding meritorious service), promote Gary to major (captain’s rank can no longer match his abilities and merits), promote Boris For the lieutenant colonel (the credit has already been enough, this time I will give Aiwen a face)...
Other personnel have their own promotion.
It's just that the direct superiors of Aiwen and "Cape Storm" are the naval military, and they can only take effect after the military command arrives.
But no matter from the perspective of Lieutenant General Gustav or Ivan, it is obvious that the military can't dismiss this order.
The "commendation order" was personally delivered by Major General Demon Brand, and it also meant that he came personally to check and accept the results.
After all, don't talk about the current "Silver War", it's just a long and secret battle between the two countries.
This kind of "total destruction of the opponent's fleet headed by a third-tier ship" level is absolutely rare, let alone doing it silently.
There are countless three-tier ships of Hilius in the entire New World, and each one is related to Hilius's dominance over this continent.
After losing this fleet, it is hard for others to say, but the deputy royal district of La Plata who sent them is absolutely going crazy!
But there is a double concealment of the physical and spiritual aspects, and no one can find out that it was actually Falettis's hands quietly.
At the same time, the captured warships were temporarily placed under the control of Aiwen, allowing them to withdraw from the battle sequence for temporary repairs. Major General Demon Brand promised to find a way to supplement Aiwen's lost soldiers as soon as possible after returning.
When he finally left, he only took away the flags of a few ships. He was going to show his "allies" the results and fight for benefits!
Step on.. Step on.. Step on..
After inspecting the dock, Aiwen walked alone along the unrepaired loess path on the island towards the currently planned residential area on the island.
At this time, the manpower on the island is tense, every bit of manpower is precious, and everyone has their own work to do.
"Hey Yo...Hey Yo..."
Beside him, a row of bare-chested Hilius soldiers strode past. Together, they carried the trimmed tree trunks to build temporary shelters for the soldiers in the residential area.
Since they have temporarily withdrawn from the battle sequence, it means that they need to stay here for a while.
Affected by mountains, ocean currents, and trade winds in the Golden Sea, the climate varies from place to place.
But most areas have a tropical maritime climate, which is not friendly to most soldiers who have lived in the high latitudes of the Old World since they were young.
Malaria, yellow fever, blood dysentery, edema, colds, parasitic diseases...There are also a variety of strange diseases that are hard to prevent.
If there is no stable place to ensure a good rest, both physical condition, combat effectiveness, and immunity will decline rapidly, and you will be defeated by various diseases without fighting!
The only thing that makes people feel unbelievable is that they are not guarded by Falettis soldiers at all, nor are they wearing any shackles or other restrictions on freedom.
Even these Hilius faces were full of enthusiasm and high spirits, as if they were not serving Falitis but building a palace for their king.
"Your Excellency, please rest assured that the soldiers' residence will be delivered on time!"
When I passed by Ivan, the captain in the lead saluted him respectfully, and the other soldiers carrying logs also paid their attention.
Ivan nodded very naturally and watched them run away energetically.
At this point, even the crew on the ship who had been accustomed to Ivan's magical methods, shuddered after learning the truth.
I became more and more in awe of my captain.
Because, it's not that these Hilius soldiers have abandoned the dark and cast the light, but they all drank a unique potion. Aiwen uses mushrooms grown from Mallory and Mopilates as raw materials to formulate-【Puppet Potions】.
This potion will not have any impact on wisdom, ability, or health, but it has quietly implanted commands that are completely loyal to Aiwen in their hearts. All other values and concepts will also be based on this core. Out adjustment.
The most important thing is that it is very concealed, and no hyphae can be found on the body, and there is no abnormality. As long as you don't encounter a choice that contradicts the core order~IndoMTL.com~, even the closest people can't find it.
However, this kind of thing that has been completely called "evil" also has limitations. The effect of a single medication can last for up to one month, and the effect will gradually decrease over time, and even gradually develop resistance.
There is one biggest flaw.
Even the potion level can only control ordinary people. Official knights who have undergone extraordinary transformation and determination are almost immune to this kind of thing.
It is absolutely impossible to use this kind of thing to easily harvest a large number of loyal subordinates, control the command level of the enemy's military, or be used by those in power to rule the people.
In line with the principle of waste utilization.
Since there are so many Captives of Hilius, Major General Demon Brand did not say how to deal with them before he left. Ivan simply made his own mind and turned these captives into a member of the construction army of the Port of Hatrafa. .
Like...the Anuma and Atrians enslaved by Hilius.
(End of this chapter)