Chapter 1557: Occupation
"Brothers, it's time to make achievements!!"
The troop transport ship of the Great Zhou Dynasty had just arrived at the port. As soon as the planks for building the bridge were lowered, Tash's shouting could be heard from inside.
In an instant, a total of one thousand dragoon cavalry, led by five hundred dragon blood warriors, immediately filed out of the troop transport ship.
They had received instructions long before they got off the boat and now rushed directly into the city along several roads.
Bai Tu and Soros had long learned from Hans, Harald and others that as an archipelago country, the Patton Empire had no horse resources at all.
In other words, they had no cavalry.
When it comes to naval warfare, they did have a large naval fleet, but their army was pitifully weak.
Even strictly speaking, they don't have a proper army.
Their army is actually the island's guard team, used to maintain daily law and order on the island.
In the past, when wars broke out among the archipelago countries, if they lost the naval battle, they would be completely defeated. There was no such thing as a land battle.
The fundamental reason, to put it bluntly, is that their land area is not large.
Take the island they are on now, for example. Standing at the North Sea Port, they can see the Governor's Palace in the center of the island from afar.
It is called an island, but in the Great Zhou Dynasty, its area is basically equivalent to that of a medium-sized city.
The crossbow troops on the island were bombarded by pterosaur riders outside the port area before they could take any action. Now they were unable to form any combat power, and only a few pitiful island guards were left struggling there.
At the same time, this struggle is still very limited...
"Monster, there is a monster!!"
As a special type of soldier, the Dragoons are definitely an elite force even if they are placed on a serious continental battlefield.
The originally complex urban environment can still impose certain restrictions on conventional cavalry, but the swift cavalry, as a special cavalry, is not included in this list at all.
At this moment, facing the island guard team whose symbolic significance is greater than its practical significance, the whole scene is a one-sided massacre.
After killing several guards who tried to resist, Tash soon felt exhausted.
He had been in the South Fortress for too long, and what he wanted was a good fight, but the enemy was too weak, which really made him lose interest, so he just shouted loudly...
"Put down your weapons, surrender and you won't be killed!!"
Soon, slogans calling for surrender resounded throughout the town.
After completing the landing, the Da Zhou troops quickly occupied the island at an almost astonishing speed.
Upon receiving the news, Harald, who was the governor of the North Sea during his lifetime, felt a bit complicated.
Due to the previous battle, most of the combat power on the island had already been withdrawn by him, and the remaining guards did not have much combat power.
He had thought that Da Zhou would be able to take over the island easily, but he did not expect that the other party would be too relaxed.
After all, this was his base camp before, so this made him feel a little embarrassed.
"Do you have the same garrison strength on every island?"
Bai Tu, who received the message, couldn't help but ask.
In this regard, Harald can only emphasize one sentence...
"Report to the colonel, all the soldiers who can fight have been deployed in the previous naval battle. At the same time, the Patton Empire was still at war in the past few years, and the population has not yet fully recovered."
I just found an excuse for myself so as not to look too embarrassed.
At the same time, Hans next to him also emphasized...
"The Barton Empire is made up of seven islands. This island is considered medium-sized and small. In addition, it is located on the border and is mainly used for military deployment. The internal development of the island is poor and the population is relatively limited."
"But the central island where the Barton royal family is located is larger in scale, has a larger population, and has more garrison troops on the island."
As he spoke, Hans' tone became a little weak.
Because the reality is that the military power of the Patton Empire is concentrated at sea.
In the past, when they encountered some battles, even if they really had to fight on the island, they would just let the navy soldiers take a temporary role and that was it. They didn't have much real army combat power.
Even before the Great Zhou's army appeared, they always felt that it was unnecessary to form a large-scale army.
As they spoke, Jabbar remained silent.
Obviously, he had anticipated this situation a long time ago.
He couldn't even win a naval battle, let alone a land battle. This was the biggest reason why he surrendered so easily.
Bai Tu soon moved into the Governor's Palace, which was basically a stone castle.
He had learned from Harald that this island originally belonged to an independent island country and this castle was the king's residence.
After being annexed by the Patton Empire, this king's castle became the governor's palace.
Bai Tu was not surprised at this situation. In the early years, when there were many countries in the new southern region of their Great Zhou, it was also the same situation. Basically, there was one country for each city.
It’s just that the Patton Empire is on the sea.
On the way to the Governor's Palace, he made some brief observations of the island town.
At this point in time, all the islanders had already hidden back in their houses, and apart from the captured island guards, there were basically no other figures to be seen on the road.
A large number of houses built with wooden boards are scattered around in disorder.
Although Bai Tu himself did not have any construction planning capabilities, the town on the volcanic island was built bit by bit under his nose.
At the same time, he had also seen various cities of the Great Zhou, and naturally accumulated a certain amount of knowledge.
He could tell at a glance that this town had definitely not been well planned during its initial construction. In their Great Zhou, to put it bluntly, its development was a piece of shit.
If their Great Zhou wants to develop here in the future, they will most likely have to tear down and rebuild large areas.
Just by thinking about it, he could imagine the Minister of Construction Engineering going crazy.
But that's not what he needs to worry about right now.
He immediately ordered his personal soldiers to arrange patrol teams to carry out their tasks. While patrolling, they revealed their identities to the residents here and provided the most basic water and food to the islanders in need.
After all, after occupying this island, subsequent development will definitely require the island’s population to provide labor.
Under this premise, the first thing they have to do is to appease the islanders.
Providing water and food is undoubtedly the simplest way.
After all, for island residents, the easiest way to obtain food is to go out to sea and fish.
But as the war broke out, the fishermen certainly had no way to fish, and even many fishing boats were requisitioned by the military and converted into warships.
Islanders who are unable to obtain food on their own naturally need assistance in this regard.
(End of this chapter)
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