The dwarf Adolf and his group of engineers followed Lawrence and they had an important mission this time, which was to install and debug the hedgehog bombs and prepare for the war against the sahuagin. The cabin of their ship
There are a total of 12 hedgehog bomb launchers and more than 80% of the hedgehog bombs placed inside.
Lawrence hadn't thought of this at the beginning, because he was originally going to participate in the Inquisition's action to eliminate the semi-undead island whale and the puppets it controlled. Hedgehog bombs are not effective against undead creatures in the deep sea.
Well, and the relatively small amount of explosives is obviously unlikely to have any lethal effect on the island whales that are several kilometers long.
However, the dwarf Adolf's initiative to fight later reminded him that these weapons could be used in this battle. Fortunately, due to the progress of the island's project, some hedgehog launchers were still installed on the ship and had not been unloaded. So they simply
Take these weapons and the ammunition that was reloaded on the ship and go to the rescue.
Because it is winter now, even if the surrounding temperature is not low, the wind and waves are much smaller. At least in Lawrence's opinion, it can be said to be calm. However, there are still many people on the ship who are seasick, including humans and rat people.
The situation was a little better, with only a dozen or less twenty people suffering from seasickness, and the seasickness was not severe. After a little treatment, except for a few people, they basically recovered.
But the tauren who originally seemed to be the strongest were unexpectedly fragile in this regard. Most of the tauren had more or less signs of seasickness. So Lawrence could only arrange them as far as possible on the upper deck where ventilation was convenient.
And opened the gun window, hoping to make them relax a little.
While on the ship, Lawrence maintained contact with New Saul Island three times a day, because he was a little worried that something would attack the island at this time. However, judging from Mr. Lambert's call back, everything on the island was very normal, although
A few small groups of goblins came out to show their presence after noticing the decrease in patrols, but they were quickly eliminated by the remaining personnel.
Although he brought out a group of elite troops for the rescue operation, there is still a lot of force and a complete militia system left on the island, which can continue the previous defense mission with the help of the previously repaired fortifications, not to mention most of the clergy.
The personnel even stayed on the island as the island's extraordinary defense force, so the island can be said to be relatively safe. Lawrence's worry was just a habitual worry.
After struggling all the way, they finally arrived at their destination. Perhaps because they arrived relatively quickly, the attack of the group of sahuagins had not yet begun. Even the reinforcements only came from Xinzhou.
Republic New City Sea Colony ships and a small force of 120 men.
The top governor of the island expressed great enthusiasm for the arrival of Lawrence, because compared with other reinforcements, Lawrence's army is more like an army of his own because of Lawrence's identity. Therefore, after learning that
When many of the reinforcements were severely seasick and needed to rest, the island quickly vacated a hotel in the port area as their base and sent everyone enough food and drinking water.
In addition, the supreme consul also sent a banquet invitation to Lawrence, but Lawrence declined politely. Because he believed that now we have entered a state of war, so as the supreme leader of the armed forces, he should communicate with his soldiers
They stay together.
"It's really embarrassing to ask you to come so far by boat and then go to the battlefield like this." After hearing Lawrence's apology, the supreme consul shook Lawrence's hand gratefully and said, "Can you express my gratitude to Lawrence at this time?
We are really grateful for our helping hand, especially since you brought so many elite troops and weapons and equipment——"
Ten minutes later, Lawrence and a group of engineers arrived at a defense point assigned to them: a peninsula extending into the ocean near the island's port. This location can be said to be very important for port defense. If it can be defended
This can at least reduce a lot of pressure on the main position in the port area.
Because of this situation, a number of defense fortifications were built on this peninsula before. For example, the small fort named Emerald Point Fortress and a series of surrounding fortifications. However, because the scale of the previous attacks here was not
It is quite large, so the whole fortification is also very small in scale and very old in style.
Fortunately, the people on the island are quite concerned about island defense, so Lawrence and the others found six of the latest 76mm howitzers and a large amount of ammunition that can be used at any time in this fortress that can only hold about 100 people.
In addition, there is a batch of bullets used in the rifles that Lawrence and the others are using now.
In the warehouse attached to the fortress, they also found a lot of labor construction tools, sharp wooden piles processed into suitable sizes, and large rolls of well-maintained barbed wire. As long as the labor force is enough, they can build it in a short time.
A number of temporary defenses were built around the fortress.
"I think this place should be expanded before the group of sahuagins arrive." Lawrence said after taking Sephiel and the others to check the specific conditions of the fortification. "This fort itself does not need much improvement, but other than
In addition, we should build two more forts to ensure that we can organize a firepower network that can support each other to defend the entire peninsula."
Two new forts were built along the peninsula, one in the middle of the peninsula toward the sea and one connected to the island. In order to be able to repair these fortifications before the sahuagin attack a week later, Lawrence in addition to letting
In addition to all the subordinates joining in the labor, even extraordinary beings like them also participated in the work of building fortifications.
In fact, at the beginning, Lawrence and the others were thinking about whether they could hire a group of local laborers to help. However, after discussing with the person in charge of the island, they realized that although the sahuagins might attack during this period,
Various activities on the island have temporarily stopped, but this news has also caused the originally idle labor force gathered on the island in the original version to basically try their best to leave here by boat, so there are not many people available for employment on the island now.
labor force.
On the other hand, there are now a large number of places on the island where various fortifications need to be built to strengthen the overall defense of the island, and such work naturally requires a lot of labor. So even if Lawrence and the others try their best, they can only find
There are less than 100 workers, and most of them are simple manual workers.
Fortunately, Lawrence and the others brought enough professionals this time, and in the previous training, the army on New Saul Island had all soldiers trained in building fortifications according to Lawrence's requirements, so that group of people mastered the construction of fortifications.
Under the command of skilled professional officers, everyone successfully started the construction of this series of fortifications.
Since there is only about a week before the sahuagin attack, there will definitely be no time to build a permanent stone fortification like the one at the top of the peninsula. Fortunately, there are trees and a lot of soil on the island for Lawrence and the others to use.
The geology of the peninsula is mainly land mixed with a little bit of rocks, so it is not difficult to build fortifications.
This is especially true after the Minotaurs have recovered from seasickness. One of these big guys can take on the labor of three or five people. Therefore, under scientific overall planning, the fortress is being built at a high speed every day.
.In just five days, two other forts of the same size as the one at the tip of the peninsula were built.