The arrival of these reinforcements is indeed very good news for Lawrence. After all, although the troops under his command are well-equipped and well-trained, a big problem is that the number of extraordinary people is really small.
Among the reinforcements called by Lawrence, the total number of extraordinary beings was not as large as that of Iron Hammer and his team, and they were basically low-level officers, so it was impossible to go to the front line unless it was an emergency.
The arrival of reinforcements just made up for this problem. Although they are not very good at group combat, as an elite force, maintaining the front line on the second line is exactly what they are best at.
More importantly, Lawrence saw several rogues and a half-elf ranger carrying a bow and arrow among these reinforcements. These extraordinary beings could just make up for the huge gap in investigation capabilities left by Nora after she returned to the island to upgrade.
Soon, Lawrence led this group of reinforcements to join his own army, and then began to discuss the next action plan.
But what Lawrence didn't expect was that after everyone discussed it, they came up with a plan that was very different from the previous one, and they hoped to implement this plan in the future.
"You mean we go by water?" Lawrence looked at the staff officer of the group of officers sent over this time and asked, "Can you tell me why?"
"It's like this. We just looked at the map carefully and found that the original planned route along the forest is inappropriate from all angles." said the staff lieutenant who was elected as the representative.
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"Because when we were investigating just now, we found that some sneaky-looking guys were following some nobles who were passing by on the road and heading towards the treasure place."
"What's more important is that those stalkers will run into the woods to follow them after following them on the road for a while, so we are all worried that some guys may hide directly in the woods. In that case, we are likely to miss out when we march in the woods.
Found out by some guys."
"So you decided to go to the front line by water transport?" Lawrence asked. "How feasible is this plan? Will it take too many detours?"
"It's a bit detoured, but overall it's easier during the march," the staff lieutenant said. "If we advance through the woods, we have to advance more than 30 kilometers, and the road is not very easy to walk.
, it may take more than a day.”
"But if we take the waterway by boat, it only takes a few hours. We can follow the lake shoreline eastward and then go upstream along an inland river."
"More importantly, in this way, except for the last five or six kilometers, everyone can go all the way by boat, and everyone will not be in an extremely tired state to face possible enemies like marching in the jungle.
"
At this time, everyone realized that Lawrence and the others' previous guesses were no longer just guesses. Otherwise, there wouldn't be some sneaky guys following behind those rich people.
So when this group of officers and extraordinary beings considered their next actions, they naturally also considered the possibility that a battle would break out once they entered the position.
"Do you think so too?" Lawrence looked at the people around him after hearing what the lieutenant said. After confirming that everyone had reached a consensus in this regard, he nodded and said.
"If this is the case, then we will use water transportation, but do you know how to solve the ship problem?"
"We may need your authorization for this." The lieutenant said to Lawrence with a serious face. "If I remember correctly, the ships that sent us here should not leave the port here in three hours. So if you send a telegram to that ship at this time, I think we-"
"Understood, let's send them a report now." Before the lieutenant finished speaking, Lawrence nodded and said. After they finished sending the telegram, they took the entire army and started walking towards the southern lakeshore. past.
After arriving at the lake shore and waiting for about twenty minutes, Lawrence and the others saw two flat-bottomed mooring boats dragging black smoke approaching.
"Come up quickly." Soon the two boats were anchored less than 10 meters away from the lake shoreline, and then a captain with a gray beard stood on the side of the boat and shouted. At the same time, a springboard on the side of the boat was also lowered Come down.
Seeing this, Lawrence and the others immediately waded to the side of the ship with their weapons in both hands, and then boarded the ship along the lowered gangplank. After everyone was on board, the two ships quickly put away the gangplank and Start moving away from the lake shore.
"We are going to this location next." Just as the ship left the lake shore, Lawrence said to the map in the captain's cabin.
"There may be enemies spying on us along the way, so let's see how we can avoid the sight of those scouts on the other side?"
"Judging from the map, it should be relatively easy to avoid the opponent on most routes." The experienced-looking captain said while looking at the map.
"Because the first part of the journey is basically all on the lake, we can disguise ourselves as an ordinary cargo ship as long as we stay far away from the lake shore."
"But it is difficult to hide the upstream part from each other, because there is no settlement of any intelligent creatures in the upper reaches of the river. If the two boats are traveling upstream from here, something is obviously abnormal." At this point, , the captain said as he tapped the location of the river mouth on the map.
"Before I retired, I served as the captain of a customs anti-smuggling team for a long time, so I had many experiences fighting smugglers and even wilderness races on the sea. If I were one of those attackers, I would definitely not let go. Crossing this river that can be seen with the naked eye within the ambush range."
"In this case, I think the cheapest and most convenient way is to set up an observation post at the mouth of the river. Just a flare or even a smoke can make the sneak attack bankrupt."
"Then what should we do?" Lawrence seemed a little numb after hearing the news. After all, even if he didn't know anything about sailing, he still knew that the two boats he was currently on were all standard. Steam sailing ships, and did not have the decontamination equipment of those factories.
In this way, the entire ship will inevitably be sailing without smoke billowing. As long as the other party is not blind, they can see their journey from a long distance.
"Then we can only slightly change the plan and make a big circle." The staff lieutenant pointed at the map and said.
"I just asked Captain Nemo. About two thousand meters east of the mouth of the river, the entire lake seems to protrude to the north, and there is a medium-sized port at the northernmost point of the entire bay."
"So when the time comes, we can disguise ourselves as a small merchant ship heading to that port and go directly north. Once we reach the lake shore blocking the observation post at the mouth of the river, we will extinguish the boilers and use the sails to send all the commandos to the shore."
"After landing, we can use the cover of woods and a series of hills to go all the way north, then reach the southeast of the target ruins point, and then go northwest through a series of hills and woods to reach our destination."
"That is to say, if everything goes well, we will appear directly behind the target location." After hearing what the lieutenant said, Lawrence immediately started drawing on the map. Soon, he realized the characteristics of the new route.
After looking at the route drawn by himself with a blue pencil on the map, Lawrence sat quietly in his seat and thought for a few seconds, then gently threw the pencil on the map and said. "——Very good, that's it.
Do this."
After making the final decision, the two ships immediately set off at full speed along the traditional cargo route towards their eastern destination.