5. Ornamental Expeditionary Force (Part 2)
.This Silver Knight Order, formed by Wudongcheng, volunteered to join the army to understand the danger of saving the country. He was proficient in logistics, good at street fighting, and fully understood the essence of the united front work. It is really a multi-functional and high-quality excellent force! It is really a blessing for the empire and a blessing for the people. The only regret is that his fellow comrades are not very grateful. But it doesn’t matter. For the sake of the gold coins that fall into his pocket, the magnanimous and noble Silver Knight Order is very kind and does not care about it, but it only floats the prices of some "special commodities" reasonably upward by dozens of percentage points.
During the stationing in Deepwater City, the Silver Knights urgently made important contributions to the procurement, entertainment, and medical security of the Expeditionary Forces by friendly forces. They successively extended their hands into arms, gambling, smuggling, drugs, pornography, and venereal disease treatment, and other high-risk businesses, so that the businessmen who were originally engaged in these businesses did not have to continue to take risks and could go home and work safely. They also fully promoted the noble character of wealth first to drive wealth later and achieve common prosperity, saving many unemployed young people who were wrongly involved in life, and allowed them to serve as security guards, and "entertain hospitality" all day long with sticks and knives. This not only solved the local employment problem, but also reduced the workload for the security team, which was really the best example of maintaining public order.
At the same time, they also used the funds and supplies at hand to carry out certain macro-control of the prices of Deepwater City, making it more suitable for the needs of economic development. The entire city and the expeditionary army were tossed by the sudden inflation, and their pockets were empty and debt-ridden. They all praised, "Those vampires from the north!"
Of course, the comrades who became paupers also reciprocate. Through the relationship between several generals, they won a very glorious task for the Silver Knights as a gift to thank them: "... Your department is strict in discipline, good in style, excellent in street fighting skills, and can be called a role model for the emperor. I hope you can continue to work hard. You can fully play the role of a pioneer and exemplary role and serve as the main attack force for this Arctic Port Strategy. You can use your department's expertise in this... "
The military police who booked to serve as the supervising team also touched their empty wallets and gritted their teeth, "We will use the most... warmest way to urge them to move forward bravely towards the enemy!" They secretly replaced their guns with powerful blasting bullets.
Unfortunately, when the Expeditionary Force was about to be released, the organization of the Silver Knights immediately began to shrink sharply. In just a few days, ten stops were sent to the * stop. Soon after, the officers and soldiers who were happily waiting to appreciate the Silver Knights charge in the rain of bullets were very disappointed to learn that most of the companions of the Silver Knights had to cry because of severe diseases such as rheumatism, coronary heart disease, pneumonia, diabetes, plague, disease, or were prosecuted in court.
The great and glorious expedition said goodbye. The remaining few members also claimed that they had a variety of serious chronic diseases, but in order to serve the motherland, they still insisted on going to fight while sick, but they were willing but not capable enough, hoping to be assigned to the rear post. Of course, they also knew that this requirement was a bit embarrassing. So they presented several large checks to show their feelings. At the same time, they attached several copies of the loan proof of the latest date, which were covered with private seals of dozens of officials from the Expeditionary Force headquarters, and marked with terrifying interest rates.
With such soft and hard skills, the unfaithful headquarter personnel were immediately shot dead by sugar-coated shells and swung their pens with a swish: "Given the sharp decline in combat effectiveness, it is no longer suitable for arduous main attack tasks." The Silver Knights were transferred to the logistics position as they wished. By the way, they destroyed their huge loan notes. The officers and soldiers who were so angry that they cursed the evil people without any retribution.
In desperation, the soldiers who were pitied collectively encouraged the transportation department to requisition their excess ships so that they could exert a little. However, they still failed. The load of all ships exceeded the maximum theoretical displacement at least 10%. The members of the Silver Knights who continued to stay in the expeditionary force all believed that interests and risks were in the same place. They had long purchased a large number of medicinal materials, magical items and rare metals in the colonies. In accordance with the principle of maximizing interests, they forced their ships to fill up, looking like they had to practice diving in the water at any time. Requisition their ships? They were still trying to attack other people's transport ships or even warships!
The Expeditionary Force headquarters had originally intended to investigate the ban, but had just accepted a large donation from the profiteers, and it was not clean on its hands, so it also stocked up a lot of private goods. In the end, it had to pinch its nose and turn a blind eye to their tax evasion, incorporating private goods and overloading and other violations. On the contrary, the headquarters had to squeeze out a certain amount of space from other transport ships to share the excessive private goods on the Silver Knights' ships to avoid serious shipwrecks during navigation. This practice led to a significant reduction in the per capita living space of some soldiers, and the entire army suddenly complained.
The volunteers from all over the country performed so badly, and those enthusiastic condolence groups from all walks of life were not much better. Since the news of the expedition spread from Congress, major parties and churches have successively sent a large number of personnel to the Deepwater City for publicity activities to show their importance and support for this great military action. Unfortunately, the current disasters are everywhere, and the days of political parties and churches are also very difficult, so the condolence groups have prepared a lot of spiritual words, but their material preparations are infinitely close to zero, which will only disappoint the practical soldiers.
The politicians who came to Deep Water City to visit the condolences were mostly liked to speak on the streets out of the habits they developed in Congress, but most of the soldiers had low cultural level. For them, the high-profile talks of gentlemen were not as interesting as strippers in third-rate taverns. The educated officers were busy dealing with the endless chaos, so tired that they almost died of overwork, and had no energy or energy to appreciate the politicians' carriages. Therefore, most of the time, the politicians in the condolence group could only speak generously at the walls or street lamps with grievance, which felt really idiotic.
But despite being so coldly treated, they are still very dedicated, speaking with passion and endless talk, which is a scenery. The only trouble is that citizens who are often disturbed to rest throw sewage, or shops that are affected by business are rushing around with big brooms. Fortunately, relying on the agility of the Congressional gang fights, politicians usually dodge very promptly and do not suffer much.
The way of condolences of the church charlatans is similar to that of politicians. They also send out several pastors who are good at speaking. They send a basket of flattering words to the soldiers, and then preach the greatness of the gods they represent. Unfortunately, the priests of the army have greater influence on the various troops. After all, they have to rely on them to save their lives in critical moments. As for other churches, they have to be very sorry. So they heard a lot and heard no intention. Only the medical team is more interested in these charlatans and wants to persuade them to become volunteers who do not receive salaries. Most of the pastors who came to condolences could not bear the pain of crossing the sea and saw that they were useless here. Soon they quietly turned in and retreated with their luggage.
Of course, there are more affordable condolence groups. For example, in the dark area, Guarides City organized a group of bold and beautiful drow elves and bold women who were scattered and charming to comfort the labor force. They used warm and healthy grass and unique art to soothe the tired hearts of the officers. That feeling made the officers lie on the belly of the drow and gasp, and also made ordinary soldiers who were not qualified to enjoy drool and drool. They protested to the condolence groups that were treated unequally, but unfortunately no one paid attention to it.
Unfortunately, as soon as this group of bold and unrestrained women left, the officers who had enjoyed a happy fortune found that their lower body had some minor problems with their heads. Although this problem was not serious, it was both embarrassing and difficult to cure for a while. If they started voyages on the troop transport ship and had no conditions to take a bath and change clothes for dozens of days, the minor problem would also become a major problem that threatened lifelong happiness.
Just when everyone was in great pain, a group of mysterious vendors appeared in front of them at the right time and gave them very considerately elixirs specially used to treat various kinds of flower and willow diseases. The effect is fast and the efficacy is good. It ensures that it will work and be cured within three days. Of course, you get what you pay for. In addition, it is now a pure seller's market, so the price will naturally rise.
The officers had no choice but to empty their wallets or even borrow money to buy medicine, and use huge economic losses to make up for their physical defects. By the way, the officers of Guarides sent a reply, clearly stating that they had never sent such an insulting and depraved group. The security forces said that there seemed to be a great connection between the bold and unrestrained woman and the drug dealer, but unfortunately, both of them are now gone and cannot be traced. The unlucky officers had to lament to the sky: There is indeed no free lunch in this world!
Deepwater City is already in chaos at the moment, and terrorists from the Harpist Alliance are still coming to join in the fun. Human bombs are commonplace, and building explosions are small restaurants. A little more abundant, they organize assassins to kill all the generals. However, due to the empire's crazy chaotic military rank system, although the terrorists killed a lot of marshals and generals, they could not kill any valuable targets. What made Ilminster's blood pressure most increased was that a group of bandits hijacked a church's flight ship and replaced the religious leaflets that were originally planned to be spread with bacterial bombs that spread the plague, which almost made Deepwater City perform a magical version of Resident Evil!
Faced with such a kaleidoscope-like appearance of sentient beings, Ilminster Daxian felt deeply tired and helpless. He always wanted to flirt with his picks, but when he thought of the huge responsibility of saving the empire, he gritted his teeth and persevered again and again. Originally, Daxian had certain expectations for the Am Fleet, which was the main force in naval battles, but when he saw the "golden ship" today, he had turned into a complete despair of everything.
"This kind of army is only worthy of being placed in the zoo for people to watch, but I have to lead it to the expedition across the ocean!" Daxian, who was mentally disintegrated, grabbed his head, and felt extremely frustrated, "How to complete such an impossible task!"
"Just be content. When I attacked Feilin Demon Kui, the cards in my hand were not as good as you!" Karthas, a former great arcane who turned into a female professor, patted Daxian on the shoulder and comforted in a low voice, "No matter what, a mere Arctic port is not as difficult as Feilin Demon Kui who can kill people invisibly!"
"But I really don't have much confidence!"
"Calm down, calm down! If you are so panicked, then we really have no hope." Karthas cheered him loudly, "Since you have the time to say something despicable, it would be better to pray more and more to the Goddess of Luck to bless you. It doesn't matter if our quality is a little worse, as long as the enemy is worse than us, or the friendly forces on the New World are better than us!"
"Can you really have such good luck?"
"...I hope!" After hesitating for a while, Karthas told the truth to Daxian, and then immediately went crazy.
Chapter completed!