What's wrong with building a steel torrent in a dungeon?

"Sir! I, I don't want to go with them. I want to fight with you." The officer said immediately. Not only him, but other young officers also said so.

Hamilton did not answer their request, but said: "You must be calm in the future. Don't say such thoughtless words as you just said. Do you understand?"

After he finished speaking, he stopped the officers who were about to speak and said, "I'm tired and want to rest. We will set off on time the day after tomorrow afternoon."

Chapter 370 The Final Struggle

With the divine magician's careful care, Hamilton was finally able to walk.

But after recovering from his serious injury, his face was pale and his body was very weak. Even the supervising officers could not bear to watch this scene and said that Hamilton did not need to go with the army, but Hamilton directly rejected them and said that he wanted to stay with his fleet.

When the agreed time came, the elven fleet set sail again. Except for the five charred warships, all other tree ships that were still capable of fighting were dispatched.

The only nine warships were sailing alone on the ocean, which was in stark contrast to the last expedition.

After a whole night of sailing, they soon arrived at the outskirts of Freeport.

The Freeport, which had the Feather Clan, naturally discovered them first. All the warships came out at once and headed towards the elven fleet in the distance.

Hamilton scanned the enemy fleet with a telescope and immediately noticed something was wrong.

The number of warships seems a little too much.

He called his deputy staff officer over and pointed angrily at the warships in the distance, saying, "Didn't you say before that more than half of the small boats in Freeport were lost? Why, why do they still have so many? This is impossible!"

The deputy looked at the densely packed warships in the distance with some disbelief. After a long while, he said helplessly: "This, this is impossible! I personally counted that at least six of the enemy's warships were dragged into the sea by vines. The remaining more than ten warships were set on fire by our rockets and hit by artillery."

"Did you see them sink?"

"That... is not the case." The staff officer was stunned for a moment, then said, "But with such damage, even the dwarven steel battleships cannot be repaired. They can only slowly sink. How can the engineers of Orila City be more powerful than the dwarven navy?"

"Humph!" Hamilton said, "Have you forgotten who defeated the dwarves in the Endless Ocean? Moreover, the Freeport is right next to us, and the damaged warships can be directly towed back to the port for repair."

"But, their repair speed is too fast. Where do so many craftsmen come from?"

The staff officer looked into the sea with a telescope and found that most of the warships had a lot of signs of repair. He saw with his own eyes that one of the warships was pierced by their artillery, and the hull had begun to take in water and tilt. How could it be repaired? Are their crews all monsters?

Even the elves can rely on ancient trees to repair themselves, but the craftsmen in Orila City don't have that ability? Can they bring the steel back to life by themselves?

The engineers at Freeport really did not perform any miracles, just modular replacements, modifications, excellent damage control, and a spirit of not giving up.

Sometimes miracles are not so mysterious, and they don’t even require the participation of so-called clergy.

Under this "miracle", Freeport only lost ten warships compared to the last naval battle, which is far from the so-called casualties of more than half.

Seeing this scene, all the elf soldiers turned pale, they knew very well what this meant. They had no chance of succeeding in the surprise attack.

"I deserve to die!" The staff officer lowered his head deeply.

"Forget it." Hamilton said, "Who would have thought that we would set out again in such a short time? We didn't even have time to investigate the Freeport intelligence. It's not your fault."

"The warriors of my Elf Empire will fight to the death! Even if the enemy is strong and we are weak, and there is a huge disparity in military strength, we will definitely defeat the Elf Empire and cannot let these barbarians look down on us." An officer immediately stood up and said, his eyes full of determination.

"Good! This is the warrior of my Elven Empire!" Hamilton's eyes sparkled, and he said, "Hang out the flag of a life-and-death battle! The proud Saint Selux fleet will fight to the death."

"As you command!"

“Fight till death!!”

Not long after, blood flags rose above the ancient tree, which shocked the elven soldiers.

Hamilton was relieved to see the soldiers ready to die.

At least the navy he commanded had not degenerated into the same state as the army.

But what followed was a deep sense of self-blame.

The navy was so excellent, but as the commander, he still failed to protect them.

Courage is important.

But in the face of such an unequal strength, no amount of courage would be of any use.

More importantly, the sailors in Freeport have courage that is just as great as theirs, or even greater than theirs.

After all, for them, this is defending the motherland, protecting the weak, and fighting against invaders. Don't underestimate the courage that any soldier who protects the country can burst out.

The battle began quickly and ended just as quickly.

The warships quickly surrounded the elf fleet, first using artillery to frantically attack the tree ships and break through the outer defense shield, then using flying thunder cannons to shoot at close range, forcing the elven warriors to retreat, and then sent out the Feather Clan Aerospace Force to begin bombing.

Same routine, same moves. The only difference was that this time they didn't use troll warriors to attack the bottom of their warships.

But even if the moves are the same, so what? The elves have no way to deal with it.

The battle lasted only two hours, and all the tree boats were emitting thick smoke, and several tree boats had already begun to tilt towards the sea.

The courage that had been hard-won before the war was almost shattered by the endless artillery attacks, and fear took over the hearts of every elven warrior.

Seeing that the tree boats no longer had any ability to fight back, the warships surrounded them one after another, and the soldiers climbed up into the tree boats along the immobile vines.

At this time, the elven soldiers had already lost the courage to resist. Under the gaze of the muskets, they woodenly put down their weapons and became prisoners.

Hamilton wanted to disguise himself as an ordinary officer, but unfortunately, before he could disguise himself, his exquisite and expensive coat betrayed him.

Thus, this powerful naval commander also became one of the many captives in Freeport. He should be the highest-ranking general captured by the Elf Empire throughout the war.

The elven soldiers in the Freeport dungeon were still fantasizing that one day the Empire's fleet would be able to break through and rescue them. Although they knew that this was unlikely, in this dark prison, this hope might be their last ray of hope.

However, when they saw their commander-in-chief, Hamilton, walk in and become their cellmate, all the soldiers collapsed to the ground.

it's all over.

Chapter 371 The War of Two Worlds

The Battle of Freeport is over.

Such an ending once again shocked the entire main plane.

When the city of Orila used its artillery to break the myth of the Dwarf Empire's invincibility on the sea, the main position had already begun to look at the city of Orila with admiration.

This time, the main fleet of Orila City did not even appear on the scene. It only relied on the warships modified by its allies to defeat the elves, the second overlord of the ocean.

So far, no one will doubt the power of firearms in naval warfare. This is the answer! It can be predicted that the sales of new warships will rise sharply in the next period of time.

Although the elves repeatedly argued that their defeat was due to insufficient preparations before the war and the navy was at a critical moment of transformation, they lost the naval battle, not because of their lack of strength.

If it were in the past, relying on the Elf Empire's voice, they might have been able to whitewash the defeat in this war.

But now is different from the past. With the powerful voice of Biesong Harbor, the elves no longer have the ability to whitewash. Soon everyone knew the news of the elves' tragic defeat. Even the details of the war, the rude orders of the elven queen, the tyranny of the war commander, and the scene of the final desperate charge were all published in the newspapers.

This exposed all the elves' lies. All the whitewashing and excuses became clown makeup they put on their faces.

Of course, the Elf Empire blocked the country as usual, and strictly prohibited any rumors from entering the country. However, with the Elf Guild, it was obviously impossible to close the country and block all news.

Not long after, rumors spread throughout the Elf Empire.

The Elf Queen's desperate act spread quickly, and the rumors became more and more outrageous. There were even rumors that the Elf Queen was Fran's long-lost sister, and the two of them were in cahoots with each other in order to turn the entire Elf Empire into the private property of Orila City. Some even simply spread that the Elf Queen was Fran's X-slave, and all of this was the master's mission.

Lucy Antiriel tried every possible way to catch the rumormongers, but there were too many rumors to catch them all. Even if she used thunderous means and brought out the oldest and most mysterious intelligence unit in the Elven Empire, the Dark Side of the Moon, she still couldn't dispel the rumors.

Ultimately, this is the people's dissatisfaction with the war, the Elf Queen's tyranny, and the nobles' control of the country and their manipulation of the people.

The more violence is used against this emotion, the stronger it becomes.

In the big cities, the people's dissatisfaction with Lucy Antiriel was slightly less. After all, apart from donating some money, they did not participate deeply in the battle, and Lucy Antiriel had a strong control over the big cities. But in the villages and towns that could not be radiated by the big cities, the situation was different.

A large number of poor people were sent to the front lines, and their lives and deaths are still unknown. They do not have much recognition for the queen or the entire country, and they have no sense of honor in the war. How can they think about such a grand thing when they cannot even guarantee their own lives?

However, this time, the Elf Kings rarely took advantage of the situation.

Of course, this was not because they suddenly felt guilty and planned to submit to the wise rule of the Queen. It was because the threat posed by the trolls was so great that they had to put aside their domestic grudges. At least until this threat was eliminated, they had to work together.

So the Elf Kings tacitly helped the Elf Queen to keep the battle reports secret, and began to deploy troops and sent their own troops to the south to fight against the trolls together.

Soon, one troop after another set out from the Elf King's base and headed south.

Although winter is not a good time to fight a war, they obviously can't wait until next spring. If reinforcements from Orila City arrive, this battle will only be more difficult.

When the war machine started and more and more chips were added to it, it was impossible for them alone to stop it.

Although the Elf Kings knew that it was time to end this war, at least they could still save some dignity if they withdrew now. After a while, no one could say for sure.

But at this critical juncture, no one dared to be the first to propose a ceasefire.

Regardless of how the Queen would react and what accusations she would put on him, the anger of the young elves in the country alone would probably overwhelm him.

For the sake of their own reputation and interests, the Elf Kings had no choice but to continue to increase their stakes.

But not everyone thinks that the Elven Empire is at its wit's end. There are also many elves who are optimistic about the future. After all, in terms of size, the elves are much stronger than the Troll Empire! With so many soldiers, one person's spit can drown the other side.

The first batch of reinforcements already numbered 50,000, not to mention the follow-up reinforcements. These elf troops were no longer the ones that had just been recruited and sent to the front before they had time to complete their training! These were all elite troops, from the elites under the various elf kings.

Most importantly, their morale is very high! Some elven officers even said that they wanted to teach the Southern Legion a lesson on what the essence of the elven army is. Although the Southern Legion is well-known, it can only fight against weaklings like trolls at best.

One elf king even arrogantly stated that they would end the battle before the New Year.

Under the blessing of this atmosphere, even the soldiers felt that they would defeat the Troll Empire with overwhelming force. After all, this was a national mobilization of the Elf Empire.

This move by the Elf Empire caught Zhu Chongba and other officers off guard. After all, in their previous plan, as long as the vanguard troops were defeated, the Elf Kings would not dare to intervene for the sake of each other's interests, and would only wait and see until the reinforcements from Orila City arrived to end all the disputes.

But what was unexpected was that when the war went too smoothly and all strategic goals were achieved ahead of schedule, it seriously stimulated the Elf Kings and forced them to end early.

But it was just a little bit of a surprise.

In fact, before the war started, officers such as Zhu Chongba overestimated the elves' troops and even built so many lines of defense, which could be said to be excessive defense.

As the confrontation prolonged, the entire northern defense line of the Troll Empire had been repaired to be impregnable. All the key positions were filled with trenches and bunkers, and the size of the trenches was gradually increasing, giving people the feeling of living directly in the trenches.

Such a terrifying and intricate fortification. Not to mention 50,000 reinforcements, even if there were 500,000 reinforcements, they would still be able to fight.

During this period of confrontation, the Orc Empire also transported a large number of firearms to Freeport. Endless ammunition, endless weapons, and warriors from various forces and races in the main plane.

These warriors do not want military pay, money, and even bring their own food... all for the chance to take part in this war against the Elf Empire and against hegemony! Because they all come from the Elf colonies, and have been oppressed and bullied by the Elves in the past few hundred years.

They also tried to resist, but their country was too weak and the elves were too powerful. Now that the trolls had risen up and fired the first shot against the empire and the elves, they naturally responded and joined the battle.

In the past few hundred years, they, like the trolls, have been oppressed by the elves. Although they are thousands of miles apart, their similar experiences have made them resonate with each other.

The trolls' successive victories fully stimulated their fighting spirit and gave them a glimmer of hope, so they traveled thousands of miles, paid for their own travel expenses, brought their own dry food, and came to the Troll Empire, spontaneously joining the war.

Such soldiers cannot be dealt with by the expeditionary forces who were recruited through deception or force.

At this point, this war was no longer a battle of grudges between the elves and trolls.

It has evolved into an unprecedented confrontation between two worlds.

On one side is the traditional empire headed by the elves, and on the other side are the colonial countries based on the Vienna Alliance that have been exploited and bullied for thousands of years.

Chapter 372: The Great Artery in the Forest (Rewards and Extra Updates)

After the victory of the naval battle, Freeport once again welcomed various supply ships.

Countless boxes were unloaded from the ships, moved to the docks, and then transported by manpower to the trenches on the northern front.

The invention of steamships has increased the efficiency of ocean transportation by more than ten times. It also caused mountains of goods to pile up in free ports.

There were no railways or even decent roads in the Troll Empire, and Sankara was very worried about the problem of poor transportation of supplies at first. However, after several consecutive victories, the morale of the entire empire soared, and countless people came to the Freeport to spontaneously help transport supplies.

The scene was so lively and the people were so enthusiastic that even Jinzaka, who was used to seeing many storms, couldn't help but be stunned.

Of course, Sankara would not really let the trolls work for nothing. In addition to a certain amount of money, he also promised that all the trolls who helped transport supplies would receive a portion of food to offset their consumption and losses.

The civilians of the Troll Empire already lack food and clothing, and it is common to only eat one meal a day in winter.

Now you can even get food by helping to transport supplies. Is there such a good thing in the world? Such a move has undoubtedly greatly mobilized the enthusiasm of the people, and also made the trolls, who originally had a heavy life and some concerns, fully devote themselves to the transportation business.

In this way, they used simple tools to open up a supply line through the jungles and mountains, solving the problem of uniform distribution of massive amounts of materials for the war, and ensuring that the soldiers in the trenches had a stable supply so that they would not starve or run out of ammunition.

"Let me see what this brings us."

As a new group of troops arrived in Gorom City, Zhu Chongba immediately went to meet them.

The arrival of this group of caravans also meant that the impact brought by the elven fleet was completely eliminated, and the supply line from sea to land was reopened. All the soldiers and officers on the front line finally put their minds at ease.

"I guarantee you will be satisfied with the goods this time." The orc in charge of this caravan said with a smile.

"Oh? What is it?"

The orc captain said, "This time, in addition to the various winter clothes that the adults specified, we also brought something that our young lady missed the most."

The eldest lady is referring to Kagraz.