There are currently two aircraft carriers and seven gunboats at the dock, and there are two other aircraft carrier formations, one is in Booty Bay, and the other is on the way to Quel'Thalas and has not returned.
The General Staff of the Navy believes that there is no need to send so many warships. Two small aircraft carrier formations are enough. The Orcs do not have many warships. The main problem at present is that there are not enough transport ships. In the past two years, Xutlan has bought two large transport ships.
, but one is in Booty Bay, and only one is at the dock. And all the pirate ships and merchant ships captured in Stranglethorn Vale were given to Sylvanas.
Alleria immediately wrote an order and asked the Yulin Blood Eagle to pass it to Sarandis Island with an owl, so that all those ships would return to the Hinterlands along with the small Hinterlands aircraft carrier formation heading for Quelras.
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In this case, the General Staff of the Navy believes that this will be easy to handle. With six gunboats, two aircraft carriers and a large transport ship currently at the dock, all dispatched, not transporting supplies, but only transporting soldiers, it should be possible to transport the entire legion to Proudmoore.
The last gunboat remained in Suntland to maneuver and prevent changes.
After the fleet unloaded its personnel at Menethil Port, it decided how many gunboats to send back to Suntlan based on changes in the situation. Most officers believed that at least three gunboats would return, and Suntlan should also keep a few gunboats as a mobile force.
If the two small formations of aircraft carriers outside do not return and the transport fleet heading to Shalandis Island arrives, then these three gunboats will escort them. If the small aircraft carrier group heading to Quel'Thalas and Shalandis Island arrive,
The transport fleet returned together, and these three gunboats took over the escort of the small formation to transport the Wildhammer dwarves to Proudmoor.
The small aircraft carrier detachment stayed in Suntland to maneuver in preparation for unexpected events and to guard the Suntland coastline. Otherwise, there were only 7 transport ships without gunboat escorts, and if some blind pirates robbed them all,
It will be a huge loss, and as for the training of the owl rangers, it can only be completed on the ship.
After the meeting ended, Alleria went to give orders to the expeditionary force to prepare everything. They would set out for Proudmoore early tomorrow morning, and the captains of the navy should not go back to prepare.
That night, a gunboat left the Xuntran dock and headed towards Quel'Thalas. In case something happened to the aircraft carrier fleet and it could not return immediately, it would escort the fleet from Shalandis Island.
The next morning, six gunboats, two aircraft carriers, a transport ship and several fishing boats that temporarily served as transport ships carried the elves of the expeditionary legion to Promore. The fleet traveled rapidly day and night, and finally arrived at Promore in the evening of the third day.
Menethil Harbor in Demor.
Seeing groups of Elven Expeditionary Legions disembarking from the ship, the Proudmoore allies at Menethil Port thought that the Elven Expeditionary Legion was here to support them. Featherwood Blood Eagle did not want to deal with these big shots, and secretly sent a message to Mezdra.
With a wink, the two quietly left and came to the dwarf station, leaving Alleria to deal with the dock.
"Where are your people?" Yulin Blood Eagle opened the map and asked.
"Here!" Mezdra put his finger on the map.
"We haven't walked three-fifths of the way yet!" Yulin Blood Eagle asked, "Are there any orcs chasing you? Are you entering the swamp so quickly?"
"Yes! About a legion of orc troops!" Mezdra said.
"A legion?" Yulin Blood Eagle was startled.
It is extremely obedient. A legion of orcs is not easy to deal with. It is very difficult for the light elf expeditionary legion to deal with it. Even if they add the Wildhammer dwarf legion, it will be difficult. After all, it is a wild battle, and there are not many woods in the wetland.
In the swamp area, the dwarf civilians must also be protected from retreating.
"How many soldiers are left in your legion who can fight?" Yulin Blood Eagle asked carefully.
"Less than half are left now. All the heavy-armed warriors were destroyed when they cut off the rear. Most of the remaining musketeers are covering the retreat of the civilians." Mezdra smiled bitterly: "The young and strong civilians are all armed.
But there is no way to stop the orcs from pursuing us.”
"How many civilians are left?" Yulin Blood Eagle asked.
"There are still more than 30,000 and less than 40,000 people," Mezdra said.
"So many people died? How many days did it take? I have been coming here day and night!" Yulin Blood Eagle was shocked.
"Alas!" Mezdra said with a sigh: "When I came back, our people were stuck by the orcs, and the heavily armored warriors and armed young men were cutting off the civilians, so, so..."
"They turned into the swamp area and are they still chasing me?" Yulin Blood Eagle asked.
"Yes, most of the orcs are chasing us. There is only one regiment of wolf cavalry troops marching along the road, intending to rush in front of us and surround us," Mezdra said.
"Hiss!" Yulin Blood Eagle gasped: "Didn't you lay dwarf mines along the road?"
"Buried," Mezdra said, "but the weakness of the delayed explosion of the dwarf mines was quickly discovered by the orc wolf cavalry. After suffering several losses, they all sent a small group of wolf cavalry to quickly attack the mines in front.
District opens the way.
After all the dwarf mines were detonated, it would be of little use for the large force to follow up. However, the dwarf mines planted in the swamp area successfully blocked the orcs' pursuit, otherwise they would have been driven out by the orcs without any place to go."
"Landmines buried in the swamp?" Yulin Blood Eagle was surprised.
"We are very familiar with this swamp. After all, Grim Batol is in the wetland." Mezdra said: "The swamp is not all swamp. It also has hard mounds. Just like fishing nets.
The mesh is a puddle, and the network cable is a solid mound.
We were walking over hard mounds and laying dwarf mines. If the orcs didn't want to be bombed, they had to walk through puddles. Therefore, they walked slowly and could only follow our people from a distance. What we were most worried about was the orcs'
After the Wolf Cavalry Regiment arrived in front of us, they entered the swamp area and surrounded us from both sides."
This is the second time Yulin Blood Eagle has come to the wetland, and he still has a certain understanding of the geographical conditions here.
There is a road about ten meters wide in the wetland from Menethil Port. There is a fork in the west third of the central area. The southwest leads to the junction of Rockdanmo and Arasi. The northwest road
There is a small road leading to the Dun Morogh region through the mountain tunnel built by the Bronzebeard dwarves.
"In other words, as long as we can stop this orc wolf cavalry from advancing, you will basically be able to arrive at Menethil Port safely, right?" Yulin Blood Eagle asked.
"It can only be said that our situation will be better and not so dangerous." Mezdra said with a bitter smile: "The orc troops are chasing closely in the swamp, and it is very difficult for the dwarf soldiers to stop them."
"Where are the allies? Why don't they send cavalry or heavy infantry to block the advance of the orc cavalry?" Yulin Blood Eagle asked.