Graycastle, City of Neverwinter.
Roland was sitting at his desk, listening to a call from the frontline of the Fertile Plains.
Of course, it was not entirely accurate to say that it was the frontline. Considering the speed of signal attenuation, it was only wide enough for a call between Neverwinter and Longsong. Before the invention of the repeater amplifier, this was also the maximum distance of a handheld phone.
However, this did not mean that it was impossible to break through this limit.
The simplest way was to let Leaf act as a "relay". In the state of the Heart of Forest, her consciousness could cover the entire Misty Forest, which meant that she could transmit messages faster than Lightning, who could fly at the speed of sound. The frontline only needed to call Leaf, and then Leaf would relay the message to Roland. In a sense, this could be regarded as a real-time communication.
"The current situation is going well," Leaf said in a low voice, imitating Iron Axe's tone. "As you expected, the demons have launched several destructive attacks on the railway, but the impact on logistics and transportation is not significant. Without the help of the Spider Demons, they would have to land near the tracks and move the tracks with brute force. They would have to evacuate before the 'Blackriver' got close to the tracks. The Ministry of Engineering would be able to repair the damaged tracks without having to replace the tracks. "
"It seems that the armored train has played its role."
"Indeed, Your Majesty. It can be used as a small stronghold, whether it's for mobile rescue or railway maintenance. The only regret is that the number of trains is still too small. If possible, I'd like to arrange a "Blackriver" between each station. "
"It's easy for you to think about it," Roland couldn't help but grin. "In addition to the armored train, the freight train also needs to be produced, and this part of the work is still inseparable from the witches. Now that we have two, it's already very good. Continue to push forward the frontline and try to complete the general attack before midsummer. "
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Leaf replied in a low, muffled voice.
"Actually... you don't have to imitate my nasal voice."
Roland coughed. "By the way, are there any signs of the demons launching another large-scale attack?"
A week ago, he had been woken up by Nightingale in the middle of the night and learned that the First Army had been attacked. He had been really nervous for a while, but fortunately, Anna had told him that the loss was not big and Edith had calmed the people down. Only then did Roland feel relieved.
In fact, the First Army's weakness had always been fighting in a lightless or dimly lit environment. Not being able to see the target would greatly reduce the killing efficiency of the hot weapons. Moreover, there was no way to mass-produce the tracer bullets, so they had to rely on the witches' abilities to a large extent. Who would have thought that the demons would choose to launch their first attack at night? Not only did they understand Sylvie's Magic Eye thoroughly, but they also realized the nature of guns and cannons. They dispersed their formation and even crawled forward. Fortunately, the demons did not have enough weapons to fight against them, and the First Army had executed all the requirements of the emergency combat training. Otherwise, the result would be hard to predict.
"If it's an attack like the last night attack, we didn't find any signs of it," Leaf said. "Miss Sylvie spends one or two hours every day to check the places that the demons must pass through. She also takes the Magic Ark or the 'Seagull' out to investigate from time to time. At least it's safe so far."
"What did the General Staff say?"
"They think there are two possibilities. One is that the demons have sensed our change and can't use the same trick again. The other is that the demons have limited forces and can't plan two large-scale attacks in a short period of time."
"Really?" Roland said thoughtfully. What worried him the most in the last attack was not only the demons' amazing learning ability, but also the Senior Demon who was the attacker.
It was not the first time that something like this had happened.
Now that he thought about it, since the first Senior Demon appeared behind the snow mountain, Neverwinter had fought with this kind of special evolved demons four times. Hundreds of years ago, the Senior Demons were the generals of the army. The Union could only kill them after sending out the Blessed Army to defeat them head-on. But now, the status of the Senior Demons had obviously declined, and the frequency of their appearance had increased, which was not good news.
The God's Punishment Army, which was an extraordinary army with brute force, could still deal with them. However, if a group of Senior Demons with various abilities broke into the camp, they would have to pray for God's blessing.
Since there was no special way to deal with the demons, Roland could only think of a universal solution, such as constantly pursuing more powerful firepower and completely wiping out the demons before they could take action.
"The demons will never let their foothold on the Fertile Plains be threatened by human beings. Continue to be vigilant and don't give them any chance to take advantage of us."
"Understood!" Leaf raised her voice and then said in a normal tone, "Your Majesty, Iron Axe has hung up."
"Phew..." Roland gently exhaled. "Who's the next person to report?"
"It's the Minister of Construction, Carr Van Bate."
The Ministry of Construction? He was a little surprised. With sufficient materials and manpower, there shouldn't be any difficulties in the project. "Bring it in."
"Your Majesty." Leaf imitated Carr's voice again. Although it was not as difficult to distinguish as Echo's voice, she sounded quite good with the swaying branches and rubbing leaves. "The construction team has encountered some trouble recently. I think we may need help from other departments in the Administrative Office."
"Is this girl... addicted to it?"
What the Minister of Construction wanted to report was very simple. After the night attack, many workers were frightened and their morale was obviously low. Moreover, the construction of the railway was a long project, and many foremen found that their workers were slacking. Carr hoped to change shifts or call relatives to improve morale.
After all, not everyone was willing to take risks in pursuit of high pay. Therefore, Roland focused on the second method. "Relatives? I remember that more than 70% of the workers who applied to build the railway are immigrants, and many of them don't have a complete family. If the polarization is too obvious, I'm afraid it will cause a worse impact. "
"I've also considered this, Your Majesty." Leaf replied on behalf of Roland. "Before the railway construction team set out, they issued a transfer contract. I think maybe we can use the person designated in the contract to replace the relatives. Since they're willing to entrust everything to the other party after their sacrifice, they must be very important to them. In a sense, they can be regarded as relatives. "
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