Chapter 1477: The Military Strength of the Patton Empire
While giving the answer, Charlie had been secretly observing Bai Tu's expression, wanting to see how Colonel Bai Tu would react after knowing the size of their North Sea Fleet.
However, Bai Tu remained calm throughout the whole process, as if it was no big deal. This made Charlie very disappointed and he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.
[Could it be that the fleet of this Great Zhou is larger than that of our Badon Empire? ]
From Bai Tu's perspective, the size of the North Sea Fleet, or the Patton Empire's fleet, was indeed beyond his expectations, but not to the point of shocking him.
At least he could control his facial expressions.
At the same time, as a top commander, Bai Tu has a very keen sense of strategic layout.
The reason why the Patton Empire's fleet is so large is that the empire itself is made up of archipelagos, and there are large areas of sea around and even within the territory.
This kind of land environment means that the demand for army troops is not high. In comparison, their demand for naval troops is very high. After all, they need a large number of ships for daily patrols and garrisoning of the land, not to mention the outbreak of war.
Even if they occasionally need to fight on an island, they can handle it with forces similar to the Marine Corps.
Under this premise, Bai Tu guessed that the other side had hundreds of warships across the country, but that didn't mean that all these warships would attack them at once.
There are always people who get one thing wrong. They think that if a country has an army of 100,000, then when it comes to war, all of these 100,000 troops can be mobilized.
How is that possible?
Under normal circumstances, the maximum that can be mobilized is 10,000 to 30,000.
Take their Great Zhou for example. If a war breaks out outside the Northeast Fortress, will Shi Lei stationed in the Plain Fortress, Soros stationed in the South Fortress, or Bai Tu stationed on the Volcano Island just abandon their own stations and rush to the Northeast Fortress for support? This is unrealistic in itself.
Not to mention that the support distance is too long, and there is no guarantee that by the time they arrive, the war may be over. Let’s just talk about the safety of their own base.
Once they leave, how can the safety of the base they are responsible for be guaranteed?
Even if an emergency really comes and support is needed, unless it is a war of national destruction, they have already started to ignore it. Otherwise, it is impossible to mobilize the entire army, and withdrawing half of the troops is almost the limit.
In other words, the military force that their Great Zhou fleet may need to withstand right now does not need to rise to the level of the opponent's entire country's strength.
Their main possible opponent now is the North Sea Fleet of the Patton Empire, and even the North Sea Fleet is unlikely to be fully deployed.
Once the entire army is dispatched and the North Sea Fleet leaves the North Sea, the entire North Sea will be wide open.
As long as we can lock the opponent's position, a random surprise attack can cause a fire in the rear of the opponent and force them to retreat!
Bai Tu pondered for a moment. After the other side realized that the fleet led by Charlie was missing, even if they really sent a large fleet to support, the size of the fleet would be at most two large warships and about twenty speedboats.
Of course, this number is already a big enough threat to the current pioneering fleet, as the fleet is twice their size.
If there is a head-on confrontation, they are most likely no match for their opponents.
This is true even if a team of pterosaur riders are put into use as 'biological bombers'.
The reason is simple. The enemy's military strength is too great and they cannot bomb them.
The pterosaur's carrying capacity is very limited. Holding on to the barrel of explosives, the pterosaur riders cannot fly too long distances.
Simply put, the prerequisite for the deployment of the "biological bomber" is that the Great Zhou pioneering fleet, which serves as an "aircraft carrier", is already nearby.
On this basis, as mentioned before, the destructive power of explosive barrels is still very limited at this stage.
Let’s not talk about the consumption and inventory of explosive barrels, let’s just talk about the bombing efficiency. They had previously destroyed the upper deck of the opposing large warship, which took them three rounds of bombing.
If you want to sink it completely, it will probably take five or six rounds.
Switching to the Clippers should save a lot, and two or three rounds of bombing will probably be enough.
The pterosaur has two claws, and can grab one explosive barrel at a time. It can fly with a load, and its speed is limited.
How long would it take to carry out so many rounds of bombing?
This does not take into account the pterosaur's physical consumption and need for rest.
During this time, the enemy fleet couldn't have done nothing, right? Bai Tu estimated that by the time they had blown up two or three warships, the enemy fleet would have completely rushed over.
The enemy fleet, which was missing two or three warships, still had a huge advantage in manpower. If the two sides faced each other, their chances of winning would be less than 30%...
Instead of figuring out how to use the limited strength of their pioneering fleet to confront the North Sea Fleet on the opposite side, it would be better to hope that their support forces will arrive quickly.
As long as their Great Zhou pioneering fleet can add five or six more warships, or four or five will do! With the aerial bombardment of the pterosaur riders, Bai Tu is sure to directly raise the chance of winning to 50%, or even 60%! This is the simplest and most effective way! This conversation with Bai Tu was obviously not a pleasant one for Charlie.
After walking out of Bai Tu's tent, he let out a long breath and found that the clothes on his back were completely soaked with cold sweat.
After asking his personal soldiers to bring Charlie back to the tent, Bai Tu was still restless. After a slight hesitation, he sent someone to call Kara over.
After this period of time, after confirming that Kara had behaved herself, the shackles on her were removed.
As the shackles were removed, Kara's mentality also changed.
At least she doesn't really reject her current life, since she can work and get food and accommodation provided.
Thinking back to the past days, things are indeed much better now.
Now that she saw Bai Tu, although she did not show any respect, she had basically lost the hostility she had at the beginning.
Bai Tu didn't take Kara's attitude to heart.
He himself was not a petty person, and he had found an opportunity to confirm it before, so he knew in his heart that Kara's loyalty was rising, and her current loyalty had reached sixty-five points.
Although this is still a long way from the category of "good citizens", considering that her loyalty was only 60 points at the beginning, this is already a good improvement.
Not to mention that he is a top talent who possesses five-star bravery and whose own strength has reached the one-star level of the Hundred Refining Realm.
We can always be more tolerant towards talents of this level.
At this moment, looking at Kara standing in the tent, Bai Tu didn't beat around the bush and asked directly...
"Kara, are you willing to work for our Great Zhou?"
(End of this chapter)
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