Age of Empires From Scratch Chapter 289

  Chapter 289 Everyone wants better equipment

  David feels that manufacturing a batch of power armor for naval warfare does not conflict with the current naval construction.

  It is impossible for him to give up the development of warships. Even if the navy soldiers have a piece of power armor more advanced than Tony's steel armor, it is impossible for him to give up the battleship, a mobile maritime combat platform with multiple functions.

  This kind of naval soldiers using power armor is mainly to replace small combat units such as patrol boats and marines.

  If it develops strong enough, maybe it can replace the carrier-based aircraft? David wasn't so sure about that.

  After wandering around Winter City with Hood and Sophia for a while, David returned to Glamorgan Castle with the two daughters.

At this time, the sun had already set, and the whole of Winter City had turned into a haze. Sophia turned around and looked at the river to the west after walking a few steps. Fortunately, the road in Winter City was flat and clean enough, so she didn't stumble and fall. fall.

   "Do you like sunsets?"

   "I've never seen the sun set on the water before. This scene is very beautiful." Sophia put her hands on her eyes, as if she could see it more clearly: "Don't you think this scene is beautiful?"

  David stopped and looked back to the west: "It's beautiful, but it doesn't feel strange after a long time."

  When he first came here, he also liked to appreciate the beautiful scenery around him, especially at that time when he opened up the campsite, there were only a few houses, and he could clearly see everything around him at any place.

  Looking at it day and night, the scenery you can see every day, no matter how beautiful it is, you will feel bored.

   "You can look at it differently!" Sophia turned around and continued to walk forward: "Aren't there many beautiful places nearby?"

   Several places were mentioned in one breath, such as the forests and mountains in the north, the plains in the east, and the farmland in the south were all mentioned by Sophia.

   "By the way, what does it look like on the other side of the river?"

   "Like the north, there are large forests."

   Now that Winter City has the conditions, whether it is the soldiers under him or Tony, who is always full of curiosity, they all conducted a simple investigation on the other side of the Winter River.

  After the preliminary investigation, the conclusion is that there is a relatively flat area on the other side of the river. As it goes deeper, the terrain will become more and more complicated, with countless hills and hills rising one after another, which is not suitable for large-scale construction of residential areas.

  However, if Winter City develops fast enough in the future, the industrial zone can be moved to the other side of the river—to be precise, various new factories will be built directly across the river. Currently, there are not so many factories in Winter City.

   After returning to Fort Glamorgan, it was time for dinner, and David took Sophia and Hood directly to the restaurant for dinner.

  Looking at the long tables that seemed a bit empty at first, becoming more and more lively, David suddenly felt that this little day is pretty good, maybe he should work hard to fill up those empty seats?

  Different from David Earl of Glamorgan enjoying his daily life happily, Lord Dudley of Iron Tree Castle, Marquess of Morgan, has no interest in enjoying delicious food at all.

   Sitting on a tall and powerful horse with an unusually handsome appearance, Dudley-Marquis Morgan and his cronies are inspecting the situation in the northwest fortress of Iron Tree Fort.

The damaged city wall not far away, together with the wounded soldiers being carried away from time to time, including the commander Ismael Sosa knight who accompanied him to patrol the fortress, the armor that was always shiny was stained with countless dust , blood and mud, looked very embarrassed.

   "How many soldiers can continue to fight?"

   "Two hundred knights from the Iron Tree Knights; four hundred full-armored infantry; one hundred and ten strong archers; and a thousand auxiliary soldiers."

"So many strong archers?" The losses of the Iron Tree Knights and the elite infantry were not too great, and the situation was much better than Dudley-Marquis Morgan expected, but when they heard that there were only a hundred strong archers left, they immediately Realized that it was not good.

   "The elves have a large number of excellent archers. Even if the elves do not attack the fortress, they will often shoot at our archers."

   Not only did the strong archers suffer heavy losses, but the inventory of arrows was also rapidly decreasing.

"I have already mobilized the craftsmen of Iron Tree Castle to step up to make more arrows." In addition, Dudley-Morgan Marquess wrote letters to the lords with good relations around him, hoping to buy some weapons from them equipment.

   Not only bows and arrows, ordinary knives and guns are also worn out. The blacksmiths here in the defensive fortress are constantly repairing various weapons and equipment except for sleeping. Their work is not as easy as that of the soldiers on the front line.

   "Although those elves have learned some strange abilities from unknown sources, and there are also those huge treants to help, but I believe in you, you can drive those elves back to the depths of the forest."

   "It will definitely not disappoint adults."

  After a few words of encouragement, Marquis Dudley Morgan was about to return to his castle to rest. He just turned around when he heard a strange whistling sound from the air above.

  Looking up, a big gray bird was flying across the air. After flying a certain distance towards the outside of the fort, it circled in the air for a while, then turned its head and flew towards Iron Tree Fort.

"That is…"

   "That's the Quin-jet fighter from Winter City."

  Marquis Dudley-Morgan basically stays in his castle and has never seen this thing. But Ismail Sosa has seen it many times recently, and already knows that the thing comes from Winter City, and it can carry many people to fly quickly in the air.

When Winter City sent a strange convoy to pick up the migrated population, Ismael Sosa also met with Gareth Stanton, the leader of the Winter Knights, and he knew this The gray metal giant bird is called a Quinjet fighter, and it is the main means of transportation in Winter City, especially the Winter Knights.

  Telling the information he had to the lord, Marquis Dudley-Morgan tried to open his eyes wide, looking at the Quin-style fighter in the sky: "This thing comes from Winter City?"

   "Yes, my lord."

   "Why did they come to Iron Tree Fort?"

"Recently, they often come to see if anyone is forced to stay in Iron Tree Castle because of our war with the elves. The people who were forcibly relocated from all over the kingdom to the northern plains arrived in Winter City safe and sound."

  Marquis Dudley-Morgan just remembered that some time ago, someone had indeed reported to himself that a large number of people who migrated were forced to stay in the outer city of Iron Tree Fort because of the war, which might cause chaos.

  At that time, he paid more attention to the war with the elves, and raising various supplies from other lords, and didn't take this matter to heart at all.

  Ismail told himself that he realized that when he passed the outer city, he didn't see any chaos at all, nor did he see a large crowd gathered.

   It seems that those who gathered have been picked up by the people of Winter City?

   "From Iron Tree Fort to the Northern Plains, you have to walk along the Iron Tree Forest for a long time, right?"

"Yes!"

   "Those elves didn't attack the relocation team?" Could it be that this group of elves specifically grabbed the humans in Iron Tree Fort to fight? Regardless of other humans? In the eyes of these elves, is there any difference between the humans in Iron Tree Castle and the humans in other places?

   "The elves attacked the team in Winter City on the way."

"oh!"

   That's right! Marquis Dudley-Morgan curled his lips, thinking that the young man named David took it for granted, thinking that sending a few knight guards would scare off the group of elves? These elves are obviously crazy.

   "But according to the reports of the soldiers sent to investigate, the elves were repelled without causing any losses to the team in Cold Winter City."

  The corners of Dudley Marquis Morgan's mouth just stopped halfway, and the muscles on his face were sore.

  Although he already knew that the army of Cold Winter City has good combat power through the matter of Snowfield Fort, but he always felt in his heart that the army of Iron Tree Fort was not that far behind that of Cold Winter City.

  Reality reminded him again and again that Iron Tree Fort and Winter City are not at the same level in terms of military strength.

   Sighed helplessly, at this moment, the giant gray bird called the Quinjet fighter flew over the head again, and flew straight to the direction of the northern plain, and soon there was no shadow to be seen.

  Looking at this scene, Marquis Dudley Morgan understood that, without talking about other things, this speed alone was enough to make him feel desperate.

   "Next time... Cold Winter City sends people to pick up those people who were forcibly relocated from other places, let me know."

  Marquis Dudley-Morgan wanted to see the team in Winter City with his own eyes. He wanted to see with his own eyes what this army looked like.

   At that time, he will also bring the number one alchemist and magician of Iron Tree Fort. If possible, he hopes that these two chief consultants can see something useful to make his army stronger.

   At the same time, some people in the capital of Tiran Kingdom were also discussing weapons and equipment.

   Earl Sutton-Stewart was immediately called to the castle by His Majesty King Abelson after he visited the actual display of the new equipment.

   "What do you think of our new equipment?"

"You mean the newly manufactured armor and weapons?" Seeing His Majesty the King nodded to himself, Sutton Stewart gave a bad comment with a disdainful expression: "The equipment displayed in this batch is not as effective as Those sets at the beginning!"

   "Not only the Knights of Tiran will be replaced with new equipment, but the Knights of the Guards will also be replaced."

   Sutton-Stewart immediately understood why the latest batch of equipment had deteriorated. After the demand increased, in order to ensure the output, the effect of each piece of equipment had to be reduced: "If it was before, I might agree with your decision, but now..."

   Abelson observed Sutton Stewart carefully, as if he wanted to draw a more accurate conclusion from his expression: "Do you think the new equipment can't suppress the Winter Knights?"

   "With all due respect, if the Knights of Tiran using this kind of equipment confront the Knights of Winter, they will not be able to fight back at all."

  (end of this chapter)

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