Chapter 99: The Situation and the Butterfly
The territory of the Magnetic Drum Kingdom is actually not very large, only tens of thousands of square kilometers. Moreover, since it is a Winter Island, there are very few places where humans can live a good life. In addition, the grain output is insufficient, so the population is relatively small. Even if the number of migrant populations that have soared in recent years, the population does not exceed six million.
There are three cities with a population of more than one million in the Magnetic Drum Kingdom.
The most populous city undoubtedly belongs to the Port of Vilia. This port city, which is now the base camp of the rebels, has actually lived in a long-term population of more than 2 million. It is precisely because of such a strong population base that Gilbert can have sufficient sources of troops.
The second is the royal city of Cassia. It is the transportation core of the Magnetic Gun Kingdom, which is the capital of the Magnetic Gun Kingdom. In addition, it is the capital of the Magnetic Gun Kingdom. The actual long-lived population of this city is about 1.5 million.
Again, there is Rhodes Port, with an actual long-term population of about 1 million.
However, compared with the Port of Vilia, which has a powerful gang force, it can unite. The gang force in Rhodes, the second largest port in the Kingdom of Magnetic Drum, is very weak. The main garrison force here is the King's Army, but the King's Army lacks strong men like Ram, Reggie and Das, such as the Dinghai God Needle, so it is often invaded by pirates.
In order to fight against pirates and maintain its own ruling territory, Gresham established the only navy in the Magnetic Drum Kingdom and the First Navy of the King's Army.
In fact, the Kingdom of Magnetic Drum is also a country that is deeply poisoned by pirates. Coastal cities are often attacked by pirates, and sometimes even captured by pirates, which use this to attack inland towns.
The Port of Vilia is just the most special one in the drum kingdom. Gilbert resisted the opposition and carried the domestic pressure to let the officials and gangs fight against the pirates. This allowed the Port of Vilia, which he ruled, to quickly embark on the road of prosperity and strength, laying a solid foundation for his rebellion.
More than a decade ago, the actual long-term population of Port Villa was only about 500,000. Now it has so many people, which is the result of its continuous attraction of domestic and foreign populations as a super stable, safe and economically prosperous city that was extremely rare in the era of the Great Pirates.
There is no doubt that Vilia Port, Cassia City and Rhodes Port are the most important cities in the drum kingdom, and can be said to be a concrete manifestation of the drum kingdom's national strength.
In addition to the three major cities, the Snow City, located in the inland, is also a very important city in the Magnetic Drum Kingdom.
The permanent population of this city is only about 500,000, but as the largest military base of the Magdragon Kingdom, it is a military important place in the Magdragon Kingdom. Whoever controls this place will have the confidence to quickly explode troops.
It is precisely for this reason that Gilbert chose to defeat the Snow City in the first place at all costs.
For this reason, the elite legion of Blizzard Legion in his hands suffered losses of more than 3,000 people.
For the past two months, the King's Army led by Gresham has been trying to recapture the military stronghold, but unfortunately it has not been able to do so.
Now this military stronghold is firmly held by the Blizzard Legion and the Snow Storm Legion in Gilbert's hands.
Gilbert had a total of three legions, the most elite one was the Blizzard Legion, which was organized into 10,000 people, followed by the Wind and Snow Legion, which was organized into 10,000 people. It was the reserve legion of the Blizzard Legion, and again the Guard Legion of the Port of Villa was organized into 5,000 people.
The army led by Gresham has a total of five troops. The most elite is the First Legion of the King's Army, with an organization of 10,000 people, and is stationed in the royal city of Cassia all year round. The second Legion of the King's Army, with an organization of 30,000 people, and is stationed in the Rhodes Port all year round. The second Legion of the King's Army, with an organization of 20,000 people, and is stationed in the Fengxue City all year round.
Finally, there is the First Navy of the Kings Army, which is organized into three thousand people, and has ten warships purchased from the World Government Navy, which are stationed in Rhodes Port for many years.
Judging from the forces alone, Gresham's King's Army was originally more than 2.5 times the rebels led by Gilbert.
However, since the Second Legion of the Kings Army was annihilated by the Blizzard Legion while occupying a strong city, the combat effectiveness displayed by the Blizzard Legion greatly weakened the advantage of the Kings army. In addition, the rebels occupied the military important military location of Fengxue City, obtained a large number of weapons, and began to quickly explode the troops. There was no obvious gap in the power balance between the two sides.
In terms of morale, the rebels were even better.
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"Bang bang bang ~"
At night, outside the Snow City, a small-scale battle was happening, with gunfire everywhere and fighting roaring in the strong wind.
Although Fengxuecheng is a military-heavy land, it is not a heavy grain-producing land. It must be transported from other places.
In fact, with the environmental conditions of the Magnetic Drum Kingdom, it is destined to be a major grain-producing country, and even needs to purchase a large amount of grain from abroad. Otherwise, the Magnetic Drum Kingdom now has a population that is seriously exceeding its own grain-producing capacity, which will definitely cause serious famine.
Now that the Blizzard Legion and the Wind and Snow Legion have successively stationed into the Wind and Snow City, the city has begun to fall into a food crisis.
In particular, the First Legion of the Kings Army and the Third Legion of the Kings Army successively dispatched half of their troops to siege the city and blocked the food route, and the food crisis in Fengxue City became increasingly serious.
As a last resort, Gilbert could only order the Blizzard Legion and the Snow Legion to send troops to fight against the King's Army.
However, the commander-in-chief of the King's Army, Noland, was very rational and did not choose to fight the rebels head-on, but chose to use small-scale troops to block the rebel's food route to destroy the rebel's morale, so that the rebels would eventually fail to attack because of the food cuts.
So, the two armies began to launch a large number of small-scale battles around the food supply in Fengxuecheng.
Now, a grain transport team guarded by a rebel army of about a hundred people was discovered by the scouts of the King's Army, attracting a King's Army team of about the same number. At this time, the two sides fought fiercely in the wind and snow.
During the battle, a certain battle group touched the hearts of soldiers on both sides, and three rebels besieged a second lieutenant of the King's Army dressed in a noble.
These three rebels are no different from other ordinary soldiers from their clothes, but their strength is far superior to ordinary soldiers. You can tell at a glance that some elite soldiers in the army disguised as ordinary soldiers.
However, in the case of three against one, the three elite rebels were at a disadvantage.
"Click clang clang~"
The young King's Army lieutenant had superb sword skills and mastered this powerful fast sword technique. A thin sword in his hand was like a storm, suppressing three elite rebels with long spears with heavy sword shadows. If these elite rebels had not been wearing excellent armor and protecting vital parts, they would have been killed by the second rebels.
"I'm so disappointed. Didn't you three pretend to be ordinary soldiers just to deal with me? Is that just that little strength?"
The second lieutenant of the King's Army used his fast sword to suppress the three opponents, while sarcastically sarcastically.
Hearing the enemy's ridicule, the three scarred elite rebels were also in distress. They were indeed ordered to come and kill the new star of the King's Army in front of them, but they would never have thought that they were not the opponent of the other party's opponent by gathering the power of the three.
"Hmph, it's in the way!"
Suddenly, the second lieutenant of the King's Army flashed red, his face instantly turned cold, and he snorted coldly.
The next moment, the second lieutenant of the King's Army used a Juhe Slash to suddenly repel three elite rebels for a distance, and then used a thin-body sword to slash several deadly bullets from behind.
Seeing that his bullet was stopped, the rebel gunmen who were hiding behind the big tree facing the King's Army Lieutenant who was hiding cold guns behind the back of the King's Army Lieutenant suddenly changed his face and turned around and ran away. However, before he could take a few steps, he was shot and killed by the King's Army Lieutenant with his revolver on his body.
At the same time, three elite rebels who were repelled looked at each other and immediately took the opportunity to scatter and flee.
But what shocked them was that with a cold wind blowing, the second lieutenant of the King's Army had appeared behind them at some point. At this time, he was slowly putting his thin sword into the scabbard, exhaling a mouthful of Bai Qi, and slowly saying: "Naring songs of the three Dings, swallow tail slashing."
Chapter completed!