[Chapter 289 Everyone Wants Better Equipment]

David feels that manufacturing a batch of power armor for naval warfare does not conflict with the current naval construction.

He cannot give up the development of warships. Even if every naval soldier has a power armor that is more advanced than Tony’s Iron Armor, he cannot give up warships, which are mobile combat platforms at sea with multiple functions.

These naval soldiers using power armor mainly replace small combat units such as patrol speedboats and marines.

If it is developed strong enough, maybe it can replace carrier-based aircraft? David is not so sure about this.

After strolling around Winter City with Hood and Sophia for a while, David returned to Castle Glamorgan with the two women.

At this time, the sun had set in the west, and the whole Winter City had become dim. Sophia would turn around and look at the river in the west after walking a few steps. Fortunately, the roads in Winter City were flat and clean enough, so she did not stumble and fall.

“Do you like sunsets?”

“I’ve never seen the sun set over the water before. This scene is very beautiful.” Sophia even put her hands on her eyes, as if she could see it more clearly this way: “Don’t you think this scene is beautiful?”

David stopped and looked back to the west: “It’s beautiful, but it doesn’t seem strange after watching it for a long time.”

When he first came here, he also liked to appreciate the beautiful scenery around him, especially when there were only a few houses in the pioneer camp at that time, and he could clearly see everything around him from any place. If

you look at the scenery day and night, you will get bored no matter how beautiful it is.

“You can change to see it!” Sophia turned around and continued to walk forward: “Aren’t there many beautiful places nearby?” She

mentioned several places in one breath, such as the forests and mountains in the north, the plains in the east, and the farmland in the south.

“By the way, what does the other side of the river look like?”

“Just like the north, there are large tracts of forests.”

Now that Winter City has the conditions, both the soldiers under his command and Tony, who is always full of curiosity, have conducted a simple exploration of the other side of the Winter River.

After the initial exploration, the conclusion is that there is a relatively flat area on the other side of the river. The terrain will become more and more complicated as we go deeper, with countless hills and mountains rising one after another, which is not suitable for large-scale construction of residential areas.

However, if Winter City develops fast enough in the future, the industrial area can be moved to the other side of the river – to be more precise, various new factories can be built directly across the river. At present, there are not so many factories in Winter City.

After returning to Castle Glamorgan, it was already dinner time. David took Sophia and Hood directly to the restaurant for dinner.

Looking at the long table that seemed a little empty, becoming more and more lively, David suddenly felt that this little life was pretty good. Maybe he should work hard to fill up all the empty seats?

Unlike David Earl of Glamorgan who was enjoying his daily life happily, the lord of Iron Tree Castle, Marquis Dudley Morgan, had no interest in enjoying food at all.

Sitting on an unusually majestic warhorse, Marquis Dudley Morgan and his confidants were inspecting the situation of the northwest fortress of Iron Tree Castle.

The damaged city wall not far away, plus the wounded soldiers who were carried away from time to time, including the commander Knight Ismael Sosa who accompanied him to patrol the fortress, the armor that was always shining was stained with countless dust, blood and mud, and looked very embarrassed.

“How many soldiers can continue to fight?”

“Two hundred knights of the Iron Tree Knights; four hundred fully armored infantry; one hundred and ten archers; the auxiliary troops have been replenished with one thousand people.”

“So many casualties among the archers?” The losses of the Iron Tree Knights and the elite infantry were not too great, much better than Marquis Dudley Morgan expected, but when he heard that there were only a hundred archers left, he immediately realized that something was wrong.

“The elves have a large number of excellent archers. Even if the elves do not attack the fortress, they will often shoot at our archers.”

Not only did the archers suffer heavy losses, but the inventory of arrows was also rapidly decreasing.

“I have mobilized the craftsmen of Iron Tree Castle to speed up the production of more arrows.” In addition, Marquis Dudley Morgan also wrote letters to the lords who had good relations with him, hoping to buy some weapons and equipment from them. It

‘s not just bows and arrows, ordinary swords and guns also have huge wear and tear. The blacksmiths in the defense fortress are constantly repairing various weapons and equipment every day except sleeping. Their work is no easier than that of the soldiers on the front line.

“Although those elves have learned some strange abilities from nowhere, and there are those giant tree people to help, I believe you can drive those elves back to the depths of the forest.”

“I will definitely not let you down.”

After encouraging him, Marquis Dudley Morgan was about to return to his castle to rest. As soon as he turned around, he heard a strange whistling sound in the air above. Looking

up, a large gray bird was flying through the air. After flying a distance outside the fortress, it circled in the air for a while, and then turned around and flew towards Iron Tree Castle.

“That’s…”

“That’s the Quinjet from Winterfell.”

Marquis Dudley Morgan basically stayed in his castle and had never seen this thing. But Ismael Sousa had seen it many times recently and knew that it came from Winterfell and could carry many people and fly quickly in the air.

When Winter City sent out a strange convoy to pick up the migrants, Ismael Sosa also met with Gareth Stanton, the leader of the Winter Knights. Only then did he know that this gray metal giant bird was called a Quinjet, and it was the main means of transportation for Winter City, especially the Winter Knights.

After telling the Lord about the information he had, Marquis Dudley Morgan tried to open his eyes wide and looked at the Quinjet in the sky: “Is this thing from Winter City?”

“Yes, sir.”

“Why did they come to Iron Tree Castle?”

“Recently, they often come to check if there are any people who are forced to stay in Iron Tree Castle and cannot continue to go north because of our war with the elves; the Earl of Glamorgan in Winter City requires his Knights of Winter to ensure that the population forcibly migrated from all parts of the Kingdom of Tiran to the northern plains arrives in Winter City safely.”

“…”

Marquis Dudley Morgan then remembered that someone had indeed reported to him some time ago: a large number of migrants were forced to stay in the outer city of Iron Tree Castle because of the war, which might cause chaos.

At that time, he was more concerned about the war with the elves and raising various supplies from other lords, and didn’t take this matter to heart at all.

When Ismael told him, he realized that when he passed the outer city, he didn’t see any chaos or a large number of people gathered.

It seems that those gathered people have been taken away by the people of Winter City?

“From Iron Tree Castle to the North Plain, you have to walk a long way along the Iron Tree Forest, right?”

“Yes!”

“Those elves didn’t attack the migration team?” Could it be that this group of elves specifically attacked the humans in Iron Tree Castle? Ignore other humans? In the eyes of this group of elves, are the humans in Iron Tree Castle different from humans in other places?

“The elves attacked the Winter City team halfway.”

“Oh!”

That’s right! Marquis Dudley Morgan curled his lips, thinking that the young man named David was too presumptuous. He thought that sending a few knights to guard would scare off this group of elves? This group of elves was obviously crazy.

“But according to the report from the soldiers sent to investigate, the elves caused almost no damage to the Winter City team and were repelled.”

“…”

Marquis Dudley Morgan’s mouth, which had just been bent, stopped halfway, and the muscles on his face were sore.

Although he knew that the Winter City army had a good combat power through the incident in the Snowfield Castle, he always felt that the army of his Iron Tree Castle was not that far behind that of Winter City.

Reality reminded him again and again that Iron Tree Castle and Winter City were not at the same level in terms of military strength.

He sighed helplessly, and at this moment, the gray giant bird called the Quinjet flew over his head again, flying straight towards the direction of the northern plains, and soon even its shadow could not be seen.

Looking at this scene, Marquis Dudley Morgan understood that, regardless of other things, this speed alone was enough to make him feel desperate.

“Next time… when Winter City sends people to pick up those people who were forcibly relocated from other places, let me know.”

Marquis Dudley Morgan wanted to see the Winter City team with his own eyes. He wanted to see what this army looked like.

At that time, he would also bring the top alchemist and magician of Iron Tree Castle. If possible, he hoped that these two chief advisors could find something useful to make his army stronger.

At the same time, people in the capital of the Kingdom of Tilan were also discussing weapons and equipment.

After visiting the actual display of the new equipment, Earl Sutton-Stewart was immediately called to the castle by His Majesty King Abelson.

“What do you think of our new equipment?”

“You mean the latest armor and weapons?” Seeing His Majesty the King nodded to him, Sutton-Stewart gave a bad review with a disdainful expression: “This batch of equipment on display is not as good as the original ones!”

“Not only the Tilan Knights need to replace new equipment, but the Guards Knights also need to change their equipment.”

Sutton-Stewart immediately understood why the latest batch of equipment has become worse. As demand grew, in order to ensure production, the effectiveness of each piece of equipment had to be reduced: “If it was before, I might agree with your decision, but now…”

Abelson carefully observed Sutton-Stewart, as if he wanted to draw a more accurate conclusion from his expression: “Do you think the new equipment can’t suppress the Winter Knights?”

“Excuse me, if the Tiran Knights using this equipment face the Winter Knights, they won’t be able to fight back at all.”

(End of this chapter)