"Where did such an unskilled driver come from? Is he crazy? Accelerating in corners?" Tang Mo was put in a bad mood by the cheers below, and looked at Harry aside and asked.
"The Flo Chamber of Commerce's... small fleet has little experience." Harry explained somewhat innocently - he was not the father of these people, how could he possibly care about such a trivial matter?
Whether an unknown driver from a little-known team comes to the venue to train, test run, and learn about the track...who knows?
On the other side, some people in the Flo Chamber of Commerce team were not so depressed, and were even a little excited.
Because it is obvious that they cannot get the first place, so they pay more attention to the effect of their own advertising.
Obviously, the advertisement on a car that was knocked off the road is definitely something that people will remember.
The race is still going on. No one stopped for a car that crashed off the track. People's cheers are still going on, and the roar of the car's engine is still going on.
The car of Datang Group took the first place without any suspense. What is a bit surprising is that the car of Gobel Team actually maintained the leading position in the second group.
This team was not favored by others before, but during the competition, it unexpectedly showed its experienced side.
The maid sitting in the stands had a happy smile on her face. This time she finally fulfilled her mission and helped the consortium gain a reputation.
When it comes to car performance, Cyric's cars don't actually have much of an advantage, but their drivers are indeed very experienced.
This racer's talent is very good, and he simply used his own skills to surpass other competitors.
In fact, even Tang Mo had to admit that if the cars used by both parties were similar, the driver of the Datang Group might not be able to beat the driver of Cyric.
The first lap ended in the blink of an eye. Datang Group's car had crossed the starting line again, and everyone cheered wildly again.
For ordinary spectators, the speed of these racing cars is too fast! Their memories seem to still be stuck at the moment when the car overturned, and the cars here have already begun to sprint towards the next lap.
Five seconds later, many cars in the second echelon were crowded and once again passed the starting line stand here.
The dwarves let out an astonishing cheer because their ice-cold convoy took advantage of the chaos and reached the third place.
The nobles, powerful ministers and wealthy businessmen in the stands already felt that this trip was worthwhile, but the game had only just entered the second lap.
The subsequent competition became more intense. The wheel of one car hit the wheel of the other car. Both sides lost control of their cars. The two cars became entangled and knocked off the advertising plaque on the roadside.
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This time, because the two cars were always close to each other, there was no danger of overturning. It was just that both cars ran off the runway and then became paralyzed on the lawn.
However, the audience still cheered, as if they came here to watch the racing competition, not to enjoy the passion of racing, but to simply watch the car accidents.
The accident soon occurred again. Smoke suddenly began to appear around the engine compartment cover of the car representing Northridge, and then flames were seen shooting out.
The car finally drove off the track. The racing driver was frightened and jumped out of the car. Then the staff responsible for putting out the fire rushed up with a basin of water.
Fortunately, the car did not explode and the racer was not injured. It was just a totaled car.
After all, this is a 1920 level car race, and mechanical failures are nothing new.
Tang Mo knew clearly from the beginning that, including the Datang Group's racing car, it would be a very good result if it could complete the entire race.
Sure enough, soon, some individual racing cars had problems one after another. Some were caused by engines overheating and catching fire, some were scrapped tires, and even wheels were lost.
In short, there were frequent accidents, and the spectators were addicted to it - they watched one car after another have problems, which made them more excited than the race itself.
On the ninth lap, there were only 6 cars left on the track. They were the car of the Datang Group team that was running first and had already led for two laps, the car of Gobel or Sirik, the car of Dwarf.
The car of the Binghan Team, the car of the Nanla Empire Team, the car of the Poplar Team, and the car of Marquis Egret...
This is very interesting. The Marquis of Egret, who originally looked ugly, is now in high spirits and is very proud of his car.
On the other side, the elves and dwarves were also chatting and laughing, and they were all quite satisfied with the performance of their team's cars.
The most surprising thing is the team from Nanla Empire. They were not in a hurry or excelled all the way, but they persisted until this point without any problems and the drivers performed very steadily.
At this time, Tiger walked up to Tang Mo, bowed his head and reported in Tang Mo's ear: "According to the action plan you finalized, the first batch of action troops have begun to board the ship."
Tang Mo stared at the Datang Group's racing car on the track and nodded slightly: "With one group, we can take down Dongwan Island. There won't be any problems, right?"
"There shouldn't be any problems." Tiger said: "We have made very careful arrangements..."
Yesterday, he and Loew personally summoned almost all the criminals in Bunas, and then selected the 20 criminals who knew the Zheng State best among them, and asked them to learn about the situation along the entire coastline of the Zheng State.
In the end, the first target of Datang Group's westward expansion was decided on Dongwan Island, the largest island to which Zheng State originally belonged.
This island originally belonged to the Zheng Kingdom, but now it is occupied by the Mirage Kingdom. Therefore, this time, the Tang Group is not attacking the Zheng Kingdom, but the Mirage Kingdom established by a group of goblins.
Tang Mo was very satisfied with this action plan. It would not cause Zheng Guo to be overly vigilant, nor would it immediately lead to an all-out war with Zheng Guo and the Great China Empire.
After the Datang Group completely controls this island and establishes it as an outpost, it will become much easier to use troops against Zheng Guo.
At least, Datang Group will not affect the logistical support of its frontline combat troops due to shipping issues.
What made Tang Mo feel even more good was that the Dongwan Island itself was occupied by the Mirage Kingdom. It was a matter of course for him to snatch it back.
Anyway, Zheng State will belong to Tang Mo sooner or later, so why not take back his own territory now?
That makes sense, right?
There are still plenty of reasons on my side, such as the Wolf-class cruiser, the Bunas-class ironclad... and next year, the more reasonable Tamaki-class battleship...
This is totally true, isn’t it?
Presumably, the dwarves of the Mirage Kingdom must be reasonable, considerate, civilized and kind.
Well, that must be the case.
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On the huge dock of Longdao and Longcheng ports, a crane is hoisting a truck full of goods onto a giant steel ship.
The sailors were all busy, and the soldiers standing on the dock preparing to board the ship were lined up neatly. They were troops belonging to the 1st Regiment of the 1st Division of the Datang Group, with a total of more than 2,300 soldiers.
Remember the total cargo capacity of the Liberty Ship? One Liberty Ship can carry about all the equipment of an infantry brigade.
This time, Datang Group has prepared five free ships, which is all the shipping capacity that can be mobilized.
In order to support the operations of the 1st Regiment, these five Liberty Ships will also carry more small boats for landing, as well as other equipment for the development of Dongwan Island.
Also in order to support the landing operations of the 1st Regiment, the fleet also has three Wolf-class cruisers accompanying it. This is also a force that cannot be underestimated.
There are actually many shortcomings. Because this is the first long-distance landing operation, many details are not perfect.
Datang Group, which does not have a dedicated landing ship at all, has many problems in choosing to use the freewheel. Soldiers need to climb rope ladders to transfer to the small boats used for landing. The Army itself has not trained on such a subject.
No one has ever commanded such a large-scale ocean landing operation, so this time the frontline command was entirely handed over to Navy General Bernard.
Anyway, no one has experience, and Tang Mo will still build a Marine Corps in the future, so Bernard becomes the first choice.
"Do you think this is useful?" The adjutant asked the captain nervously as he watched these army soldiers walking up the gangway and pedaling next to each other.
On the deck, sailors were handing out paper bags to the soldiers to use when they vomited in the cabin.
Everyone must be given 3 such bags. This experience was summed up on the route between Bunas and Long Island.
Those army officers and soldiers, as well as craftsmen and civilians who had never experienced sea transportation, would vomit uncontrollably, making the ship full of smoke.
There was no other way, so in the end I had to hand out paper bags like this so that they could vomit the contents of their stomachs as much as possible.
Although you can lie down on the railing of the ship to vomit, people who want to vomit cannot guarantee that they will always have the opportunity to stay on the deck and blow the sea breeze, so the vomit bag is their only life-saving straw.
"There is no way, at least make sure they have somewhere to vomit within three days..." the captain replied helplessly.
"Dongwan Island can't be reached in three days... we have to float at sea for at least a month..." the adjutant continued awkwardly.
"The only thing left is to pray that these landlubbers from the Army will get used to it." The captain had no other choice. He could only look at the Army soldiers who boarded the ship and said, "I hope they can get used to it."
After a month, I still have the strength to swim to the shore..."
"Sigh... I hope this time... it goes smoothly." The adjutant exhaled a long breath.
"Yeah, I hope everything goes well." The captain said thoughtfully.
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I'll start updating tomorrow, my family's mythical beast will finally go to school... hahaha.
