Chapter Thirteen: Attack with Troops

After the intense preparations were almost completed, the start time of the war was roughly decided. However, this time has to be pushed back one day because there are still some things that must be dealt with. In addition, the fleets of our guild and the Iron Crusaders are still there. On the way, we can't put the city down before they arrive. I am using this time to plan to do some filing work first, wondering if it will bring some benefits to myself.

First I went to Terry's Neptune Palace. This guy looks very careless on the surface, but he is actually very thoughtful, and he belongs to the type of person who is wise but foolish. We are looking for him because he has a good grasp of the situation. If we can persuade him, we can at least reduce the number of U.S. fleets we face by one-fifth.

As soon as I arrived at the Neptune Palace, I saw soldiers in the city in chaos, as if they were conducting emergency mobilization. We walked all the way to Terry's guild headquarters, and as soon as we entered the gate, we saw Terry talking in the main hall. I started greeting him from afar. "Hi! I...!" I didn't say a word. Terry rushed over like a bison and pulled me to the side hall. "Hey, what are you doing? Don't pull me!"

Terry dragged me into the side hall in one breath, threw me into the sofa, then turned around and shouted outside: "Just do as I say, go get ready right away. Also, no one is allowed to come near this room until I come out." Within five meters.”

I sat on the sofa and looked at Terry funny. "What are you doing? Fortunately I am a man, otherwise I would have thought you were planning to rape me!"

"Do I still dare to rape you? It's good if you don't rape me!" Terry walked behind the table, took a crystal and threw it over.

I opened it and took a look. The picture in the crystal ball was clearly a picture of a huge joint fleet moving at high speed on the sea. Judging from the flag, this was the joint fleet of our guild and the Iron Crusaders. "This thing...?"

"Our guild's guide ship took the photo this morning." Terry sat down opposite me. "Do you have any explanation for this?"

"Hey, I didn't expect that when I was about to talk to you, you guys found out first."

"Oh?" Terry's voice rose an octave. "Tell me what you plan to do? Two thousand three hundred and seventy-four capital ships, such a large fleet, don't tell me you are fighting pirates."

"Do you believe me when I say it's for defense?"

"Defense?" Terry thought for a moment and said, "Do you mean you want to build a city here in the United States?"

"You guessed it so quickly? How smart." I looked into Terry's eyes and said, "I'm telling you the truth anyway. We just need to build a city here, and it is a city with sovereignty. Fleet It is used to protect the safety of the city. As for my purpose, you should know."

Terry was completely silent, and after thinking for a long time, he said, "Can you wait for me for a few minutes?"

"no problem."

Terry turned and walked out of the room, and sure enough he came back a few minutes later with a map in his hand. "Here." He pushed the map away and pointed to a point on the map. "Give me this place. I guarantee that there are no ships from the Neptune Palace in the counterattack fleet."

I looked at the map. It was not mainland China, but a large island near rb. It was originally a transit base for our guild. Now it has not been used for a long time because the forward base established in rb can provide supplies.

"I can give you the island, but as for the fleet, not only can you not dispatch your own guild's fleet. You also have to help me hold back some of the guilds you can control and try to reduce the number of their ships going to sea."

Terry thought for a moment and said: "I can control my ship, but this is the United States. Don't always use your Chinese ideas to measure our behavior, okay? The relationship between relatives and friends you have over there is not popular here. , we only care about interests. Naked interests. Your establishment of cities in the United States will directly affect the interests of the entire United States. Our Neptune Palace got an island, so our interests were compensated, and a little bit. Make money. But those guilds are of no benefit. They will not consider the idea of ​​advancing or retreating with me. Either you pay and I will help you bribe them, or don't expect them not to send troops. It's that simple."

"So if I want to spend the least amount of money to reduce the number of enemies as much as possible, can you give me a bribe list?"

"No problem. For the sake of the island you gave me, this is all trivial."

Terry showed me a list of more than a hundred, and the guilds there had many warships, and Terry gave me a list based on the purchase value. I selected over thirty guilds on my list. Then Terry will help negotiate with them. Of course, Terry will also charge an agency fee. It's one thing to have a good relationship in the United States, but it's another thing to be helpful. Anyway, I told him that if the negotiation is successful, there will be rewards, and if the negotiation is not successful, only a fixed commission will be given. In this way, Terry will do his best to help me negotiate a deal.

After taking down the strongman of the sea, Neptune Palace, it was Yusina's Rainbow Alliance's turn. Although the Rainbow Alliance is not as big as the Holy Spear Alliance, it is still one of the largest guilds in the United States. If only they could not participate in the counterattack. Then we can save some things. In fact, the most important thing is that although the forward base must be put down, it is impossible for us to go to full-scale war with the United States. Therefore, we cannot do too much in many things, and we must retain some pro-us forces within the United States so that there will be room for development in the future.

The Rainbow Alliance's navy is not strong and they didn't notice much of our actions. When I met Yusina, she actually thought I was here to visit. I said to her solemnly: "I'm going to talk to you about something very important later. We'd better find a safe place to talk about it."

Yusina realized that I was not here to play with her, so she immediately took me to her private activity area, and then drove all the NPC attendants out. "Okay, now you can say it."

"That's actually the case. Our guild needs to build a city in the United States."

"Don't you have one?" Yusina reacted as soon as she asked. "You mean sovereign city?"

I nodded.

Yusina immediately said: "This is not a good idea. I hope you can give up such thoughts."

I shook my head. "I'm not here to discuss the feasibility of the matter with you. The high-level meeting of the Frost Rose Alliance has already decided on the construction matters. I'm just doing some paving the way for this mission."

"Where do you plan to build the city?" Yusina asked calmly. I looked at Yusina with a careful look. She waited for a long time and didn't hear my answer before she looked up at me. As she met my eyes, she immediately realized that she had asked something she shouldn't have asked. "Oh, sorry, let's change the question. You want to establish a sovereign city in the United States. Such a thing is almost impossible to achieve."

"Generally speaking, there are only dos and don'ts. There is no possibility or impossibility. If you don't do something, it will definitely not come true. Only if you do it, will it be possible. Also, let me reiterate one last time , this is a decision, not a proposal. I am here to discuss with you possible conflicts that may arise in the future. I am not here to take opinions, so please don’t persuade me to give up my idea."

"It seems that your opinions are very firm." Yusina said helplessly: "Then what else can you talk to me about?"

"I want to talk to you because I have a firm opinion." I said seriously: "We hope that you will not participate in the counterattack."

"This is impossible." I didn't expect that Yusina, a woman, was more hard-blooded than Terry, a seemingly tall and thick man, so she flatly rejected my proposal. "Our Rainbow Alliance is also an American guild. No matter how good our personal relationship is, it is still a personal relationship. This is not a force that can influence our guild. I can ignore it if you build a general city, but the establishment of a sovereign city is tantamount to invasion. It’s impossible for me to give up resistance under such circumstances.”

"What if there is a suitable exchange of benefits?"

"No interest is allowed. Sovereignty is absolute. It cannot be transferred as an interest." Yusina said with great righteousness.

I thought about it and said, "Is there really no room for negotiation?"

"No." Yusina said firmly: "The premise of any negotiation must be based on the premise that you do not intend to establish a sovereign city, and you obviously do not intend to give up this plan, so we have nothing to talk about."

"You are really determined!" I shook my head helplessly.

Yusina stood up and said: "If there is nothing else, please leave! I am going to organize people to stop you from building a city."

I smiled nonchalantly: "It's impossible to prevent the establishment, because the city has already been built."

"What? This is impossible!" Yusina shouted excitedly.

I stood up and raised a hand. "Applying for a system certification deed, I now declare that the sovereign city that our bank will soon establish in the United States has been completed. Please notarize it."

"Honest." System Proof System answered simply. This notarization system was originally a guarantee contract made by the main system in commercial transactions. It was later developed by players into a tool to prove the authenticity of their own language. Of course, this requires a fee. Moreover, the system can only confirm what has already happened, and will not help you predict anything. Our Rock City is a reward item. It has been completed a long time ago, but it has not been put down. So what I said is an absolutely true fait accompli and there will be no mistakes.

Yusina's surprised expression flashed away, and she immediately turned around and walked out. I didn’t wait for her to see her off and left the Rainbow Alliance myself. In fact, Yusina has already been fooled. System certification can only prove whether what I said is true. But the truth can also be used to mislead others. Yusina only knows that we have one city in the United States, which is the starting city. If we build a sovereign city, all American players will be notified immediately. So since the city has been completed and they have not received the notice, then There is only one possibility. That is, we plan to directly convert a non-sovereign city controlled by the guild into a sovereign city. This process can be completed by simply submitting a system application. very simple. Using this method allows sovereign cities to be completed when they are created. In this way, the initial resistance work can become relatively simple, otherwise the city will be attacked by the enemy before it is completed. Not everyone can bear to build a city while fighting a war. After I said that the city was completed, Yusina immediately thought of Starting City, so she took it for granted that we would transform Starting City into a sovereign city.

I deliberately created such misinformation. Since I can't get her to give up the idea of ​​joining the war, let's just use her to lure the enemies elsewhere. At least we can use the excuse of being forced to fight back to gain a moral advantage. . Moreover, I still have a plan to alienate them later. Anyway, I just want to cause as much trouble as possible for the enemy. The war is not just fought on the front lines. Logistics, politics, intelligence, these are all extensions of war.

My diplomatic mediation can be said to be half a success and half a failure. At least Terry's navy will not cause trouble with me. After Yusina knew that we were going to build a city, she immediately sent her to contact the Gunslinger. As a result, all American players were mobilized overnight, and the city where we started was quickly surrounded into a big iron barrel. The Americans' logic is to strike first and never let us have the opportunity to harm their interests, so this time they naturally launched an attack on Qidian City first. However, I have never been one to suffer. No one can ever take advantage of me.

I had already done something to the starting point city before mediating Yusina and Terry. This city had actually been evacuated a long time ago. Now I am the only one here, and there are already people under the ground near the city. Hollowed out. This starting point city was originally developed as a mining area. Now the underground mines have been completely emptied, leaving a large underground cavity. We have never had time to backfill. Now is a good opportunity. Just use people to fill the hole.

That night, American time, the gun master led a large group of people to surround our starting point city. I operated the few remaining cannons alone in the city. After the Americans fired first, they symbolically fired outwards. A few shots were considered a counterattack. The Gunslinger realized that the counterattack was not very fierce, and thought it was because Yusina leaked our secrets that caused us to be unprepared. As a result, under this wrong understanding, he immediately launched an attack with a large number of players. The army quickly launched a charge.

A small city like Qidian City had no defense at all. After the city wall was destroyed by cannons, the army quickly poured into the city. When the troops rushed into the city, they found deserted streets and houses that had obviously been evacuated voluntarily. Judging from the empty room, we didn't evacuate hastily at all, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to move so cleanly.

After receiving the report, the gunman looked at Yusina with doubts on his face. "Didn't you say they want to transform this place into a sovereign city? Why is there no one in the city?"

"No one? How is that possible?" Yusina said very firmly: "When Ziri came to my place at noon today, he said that their guild's city had been built, and he also used the system to notarize what he said. Could it be that they Is there another city in our United States?”

The Gunslinger shook his head: "Impossible. The Frost Rose Alliance only has one starting point city in the United States. This is the right place."

Yusina frowned and said: "Did he use the system to prove that he lied to me? Impossible! The system will not help him lie!"

An Oriental player next to the Gunslinger asked: "Why did Ziri activate the proof system when I told you this morning? That thing costs money, so there is no need to activate it suddenly, right?"

Yusina said with some excitement: "I said at the time that I would not let them successfully build the city, and he retorted that we could not stop him, and that their city was already completed. I said at the time that I did not believe it, and he That starts the proof.”

The Oriental man thought for a moment and said, "Gun God, we may have been fooled."

"Fooled? Why?"

The man explained: "Although I have never seen Ziri, judging from the performance of their guild, their guild has always been well planned. Moreover, Ziri people are also very capable of layout. Maybe this is The common characteristic of us Orientals! We are all good at scheming. Judging from Ziridi's behavior, he is not only good at using scheming, but also a master, especially his ability to withstand. To put it bluntly, the two of you His mental state is not at the same level as his. Would a person as deep as him get angry and argue with Elsa (Usina's game name) because of her words? This kind of immature behavior is just It will appear in children, but it will never appear in Ziri. But he deliberately pretended to be angry and argued with you, and finally activated the proof system, just to intentionally leak some information to us. He knew this News can influence our actions.”

"No way?" Yusina didn't quite believe it. "How could he possibly do this?"

The Oriental shook his head and said: "So I say this is a characteristic of us Orientals. It is probably difficult for you white people to understand. When Europeans still lived in caves and wore animal skins. When the United States was still a barbaric wilderness, the Chinese The systematic training of the art of war has already begun. For us Easterners, as long as you are a general, you will definitely command your own army. To become a smart general, you should at least learn to command the enemy's army. Ziri is obviously a smart man General, he used President Elsa to mobilize our command here. Although the direct order was given by the two of you. But it is actually Zi Ri who is commanding us, and you have completely fallen into the trap."

"Then what should we do now?" Gunslinger asked nervously.

"I think we should evacuate the people immediately, but it is estimated that it is too late now, because the mobilization has been completed, we have completely got into the fish, it is time for the fishermen to get up." As soon as the Oriental man finished speaking, they I felt a huge vibration coming from the ground. Gunslinger and Yusina immediately rushed out of the command tent, but what they saw in front of them made them both dizzy.

The starting point city is collapsing. The huge city and the surrounding huge areas are plowing into huge potholes in pieces. The ground is cracking into countless fragments and sinking underground. Nothing can be seen in the smoke and dust in the sky. When the gunman rushed out of the camp, he only saw the crumbling city wall. The smoke and dust engulfed all the forward troops in a few seconds, and it was still expanding.

The Easterner who was helping the Gunslinger analyze the situation leaned leisurely on the tent and looked at the smoke-filled battlefield in front of him and said: "It's really spectacular! What do you two think of this scene? This is the ability of the general, mobilizing the enemy's troops to fight against the enemy. For our own use. Looking at this scale, we have lost at least more than 700,000 NPCs, which is a lot of money! There are also player compensation fees. At least 30,000 to 40,000 players have been buried. According to 10% The equipment explosion rate of 7. A few of these players will lose six to seven thousand pieces of equipment. Starting point city is a mining city, and the underground must have been completely emptied. The 10% just now were landslides caused by directional blasting, and those buried underground The equipment will definitely not be dug out, so you have to pay for these six to seven thousand pieces of equipment. I suggest you go back first and count the money and wait."

Americans are more pragmatic. If a coconut fell from the tree and hit anyone, it would trigger a lawsuit. For such an obvious work-related accident, Gunslinger and Yusina could not escape the responsibility of compensation, and with the loss of NPCs, even if they could not damage their roots. At least the two of them definitely have no pocket money. Guilds without working capital during the war are the best to deal with.

Gunslinger and Yusina were immersed in pain and couldn't extricate themselves. Suddenly a player stumbled to them and shouted: "The president is not good! Please read the forum!"

"What's wrong with the forums?" It is common knowledge that large guilds will have dedicated players to monitor major forums 24 hours a day to collect intelligence. The Gunslinger didn't know what made the players responsible for monitoring the forum so nervous. He and Yousina quickly exited the game mode to check the forum, and then went back online with pale faces. Both of them were extremely angry.

At this time, major international forums are full of comments about our guild being jointly strangled by American players. Of course, all the comments are consistent in criticizing Americans for engaging in unilateralism, using players from other countries as a foil. Due to sufficient video and picture information, the Americans cannot deny their initiative to attack us. After all, there are so many people here and they haven’t evacuated yet. If you want to cover it up, you have to wait until they evacuate before you can come out and make excuses! How can a robber grab a weapon and stand in the owner's house and start to quibble that he is not a robber?

In fact, these comments are a secondary blow to Yusina and Gunslinger. Americans' unilateralism is not a day or two, and everyone has long been used to it. What really scares them is that our guild announced that this was a full-scale declaration of war by the Americans against Chinese players, and claimed that it would immediately carry out unrestricted attacks on the American Paladin League and the Rainbow Alliance, the leading guilds in this operation. At the same time, we also stated on the forum that some American guilds have been deceived by people with ulterior motives in these two guilds, and we will not overturn everyone with one stroke. Hopefully these guilds will be reassured. We will only hold these two guilds accountable. The other guilds will not care about what happened before as long as they no longer oppose us. at last. Our guild announced that as a retaliatory strike, we will immediately launch a devastating attack on the city where the Paladin and Rainbow Alliance headquarters are located, and at the same time, we will establish a sovereign city in the United States to replace the starting point city that was destroyed by the attack.

After these remarks came out, no matter what the effect was, at least our birth in Panshi City was justified, and we stood under the banner of morality. The Holy Lancers and the Rainbow Alliance became the instigators.

The gun god was telling the Eastern man these things when he suddenly heard a system prompt.

"Notice: The Chinese Guild Frost Rose Alliance has established the sovereign city of Panshi City at the following location." A map appeared in front of each player, marking the location of Panshi City. "This is the guild's infringement of U.S. territory. Now, all U.S. guilds have the right to counterattack. If the city can be expelled within seven days, the territory will still be U.S. territory. Otherwise, the territory will remain U.S. territory. The sovereignty will be changed to Chinese territory. Please work hard for the integrity of the country."

As soon as the announcement ended, all American players were stunned. Yusina was drilling in place like crazy. "How did they build the city? Was it too fast?"

"Ignore these for now. I think we should go back to save our main city first." The Gunslinger said: "I hope the people left behind can persist until we return."

The Easterner who helped the gun god analyze the form shook his head and said: "Don't worry, even if you go back immediately, you will only see a pile of burning ruins. If I were you, I would just gather troops to attack their rock city. Don't Go take care of your main city, that place is hopeless."

"Why?" Yusina asked in disbelief.

The Oriental man asked in a funny tone: "Don't you understand yet? This is all Ziri's plan. The so-called revenge against your two main cities was simply premeditated. Do you think they will do it now?" Just started sending troops? If my guess is correct, your city may be at war with them now, and the other party must have started to gather troops after you left. Just because your two empty cities want to block them, you are already prepared. A large force? Just dream! When you rush back, you will only see burning ruins. Instead of that, it is better to take their back route and block this attacking force outside the city. A force inside the city wall has comparable lethality They are much higher in the wilderness. Do you want to eliminate them in the wild or wait until they enter the city and use up all your troops? With the financial resources of the Frost Rose Alliance, I guess you can't afford it."

actually. What this Oriental man said is very reasonable, and it is also true. At this time, the headquarters of the Holy Spear Alliance was in chaos, because a very bad thing appeared above their heads-the Essinger Mobile Fortress. Since the last time it flattened three cities in Germany, the name of Essinger Mobile Fortress has become a household name, and city-level weapons have also officially appeared in the minds of players. Essinger Mobile Fortress. That is a place that truly has the attack power to completely destroy a city at once. This is something that has been confirmed many times.

At this time, it was suspended above the head of the Paladin League headquarters, covering the sky of the entire city. In the already dark night, Essinger Mobile Fortress blocked the last bit of starlight, making the city even darker. At that time, the darkness at this time was not the source of confusion for people. What really scares the people below half to death is the light source above their heads that looks like a small sun. That thing is a super weapon that scares RB players and some German players, the kind of magic cannon that can destroy a city at once.

That ball of light showed that the magic cannon was gathering energy. And it's close to a critical state. There are not many people left behind in the city, and the remaining people can only watch this behemoth in the sky. The artillery in the city does not have enough elevation angle to shoot the big guy overhead. Besides, given the size of this guy, everyone knows that these cannons will have no effect even if they hit it. To put it another way, even if it is really knocked down, can the city below still exist? If this big pile of things falls, won't it knock the city below to the ground?

Just as the people below were hesitating and not knowing what to do, the sky suddenly lit up. The people in the city felt as if the world was completely illuminated. It was so bright and white that I couldn't see anything. After the strong light passed, everyone was notified of their death without feeling anything. The reporter, who had been notified by our guild long ago, was filming the attack scene with a crystal ball on a nearby mountain. Rose signed a battle reporting contract with Global News yesterday and sold our guild's reporting rights to this battle to them. The entire Rock City defense process will be completely presented on their news. Our guild will designate a suitable interview location for them in advance, and will send a dedicated person to accompany the explanation. Of course, they have an agreement not to reveal our strategic intentions before the incident occurs, otherwise they will need to pay Dabi compensation.

At this time, in the recording crystal of the reporters, a thick white light beam dropped from the bottom of Essinger Mobile Fortress and landed directly in the center of the city. Then a red halo of flames suddenly appeared and quickly swept across the entire city. It continued to extend far beyond the city wall before gradually dimming. The city that was still majestic just now was only a burning flame. Big hole, nothing else left. Any defense against the city is as pale as a blank sheet of paper, and has no defensive effect at all.

Compared with the miserable situation of the Holy Spear Alliance, the Rainbow Alliance is slightly better, because there are only two giant butterfly cities here, and one is original. The other one is a replica, but the effect is the same. The original giant butterfly city flying in front plowed the city with explosive barrels. The replica following behind lowered its height and dropped a hundred thousand modified monsters, then pulled up and escaped. The city that had just been hit by the rain of bombs could no longer be defended. The monsters thrown down would continue to cause chaos. I believe that when all the monsters are dead, the city will be almost finished. But we at least left an urban framework for the Rainbow Alliance, and it can still be rebuilt by spending more money. It doesn’t have to be like the headquarters of the Paladin League which can only be used as an artificial lake in the future.

The two major guilds were stunned by the overnight attack. In a country like the United States, there is no shortage of patriotic fanatics, but there are also a lot of people who put their interests first. So what happened the next morning was that Yusina and the Gun God's army was inexplicably reduced by a quarter, but the remaining three-quarters became angry. Those who originally planned to follow Yusina and Gunslinger to reap benefits under the guise of patriotism wisely chose to wait and see under our stormy blow last night. They won't fall behind if they take advantage of others, but the dangerous job of hunting wolves should be left to others!

"Hahahaha!" The backbone of our guild and our allies in Essinger Mobile Fortress sat together and laughed loudly.

Rose stood up with a wine glass and toasted to everyone: "For profit."

"For profit." A large group of chaebols raised their glasses in salute. Then they dried up the liquid in the cup together.

Ashford said proudly: "I knew I wouldn't suffer any loss if I followed you. That move you played yesterday was really beautiful! Ziri, you are so bad! I guess Yusina must hate you to death. !”

"Yusina?" Hongyue looked at Ashford in confusion.

Only then did Ashford realize that he had taken the risk and quickly changed his mind. "Oh, it's Elsa, Yusina is her real name. I happened to see her picture in a magazine."

"In the magazine? Is she a model?" Eagle asked curiously.

Ashford smiled and said: "It's not a fashion magazine. It's a financial magazine. Yusina is the daughter of the president of the North American Electrical Appliances Group and will be the richest woman in North America in the future."

"That's really rich!" Hongyue sighed: "But no matter how rich she is, it's enough to make her cry this time. Rainbow City probably can't be repaired without hundreds of millions of crystal coins."

Feng Yin Piaomiao said: "It's a small matter to arrive at Rainbow City. Last night, the two Dragonfly Castles brought so many free NPCs and Monster Pills captured from RB. It couldn't be a scenic spot, right?"

Rose quickly explained: "They are going to spread trouble. We have released a small number of monsters in several major cities of the Holy Spear Alliance and the main cities of the Rainbow Alliance. Although they cannot cause a large number of casualties, they can at least disperse their strength. , and at the same time warn them that our guild has powerful long-range delivery capabilities. If they dare to touch our city, the next second we will be able to send monsters or bombs into their hometowns."

Ashford suddenly asked: "Then what are we going to do in the next stage? The Holy Spear Alliance will definitely fight us to the end. Most other American guilds will participate in the war, as well as those local American NPCs who have organized themselves. Forces, can we stop so many people? Invading other countries' territories is different from guild wars in our own country. Don't forget that those NPC forces are the biggest trouble!"