Chapter 689 The First Line of Defense
The damage to the Sunwell gave the Quel'Thalas elves a little more reason not to participate in the battle against the Burning Legion.
Of course, there are other reasons. For example, Quel'Thalas is at the northernmost point of the Eastern Continent, and the Land of the Damned is at the southernmost point. This is like supporting Christchurch in New Zealand from Anchorage, Alaska. It's really a thousand miles away, it's really painful.
It's not like Quel'Thalas hasn't sent a single soldier, and it's no problem for their puppet army to send 30,000 to 20,000.
The real staff is less than a hundred, and even the logistical maintenance of the puppets are hired gnomes and dwarves.
In the past few years, the large factory in Falcon has trained many qualified mechanical engineers and technicians, and there is no shortage of people in this field in the market.
Gilneas, as always, said please treat me as if I didn't exist.
The architectural characteristics of Kul Tiras make it more vulnerable to damage from geological weapons. Moreover, almost all of a squadron was abducted, which is not a small loss.
In addition, the three traditional enemies, murlocs, naga, and pirates, also took the opportunity to attack, so they only dispatched transport-based fleets to support the war.
The mages of Dalaran also suffered huge losses in the Alsace prison escape incident, and because of Galin Thorbane's previous care, they dispatched a group of 100-member mages. However, Antonidas said that Dalaran's floating fortress project is about to be completed. Once completed, the floating city will go to the front line to support the war.
So in the end, only Falcon Kingdom was able to support Stormwind City more effectively.
In fact, the situation in the Kingdom of Falcon is not very good.
The Lich King, backed by messages from the Prophet of the Eternal Dragon, knew how terrifying the Falcon Kingdom would grow.
It can even be said that the Lich King would not want to provoke Kane at all if he knew that once he was marked as an enemy by Kane, he would rarely be let go.
In this regard, the Lich King and the Eternal Dragon are brothers and sisters. They know that Galin Thorbane will not let them go, and their only chance is to master group star travel before Garin rises. Ability.
Based on this idea, their goal is to delay Kane's development, but they have to be careful not to go too far. Because Kane has too many powerful enemies, relatively speaking, they have to go to the back row, but if they jump too far and are targeted by Kane with all their strength, they will kill themselves.
So the Lich King and the Eternal Dragon are not easy. Before Kane has shown all his minions in Azeroth, they already have a little bit of meaning to live under its terrifying power.
After Kane left Azeroth, the Lich King launched two geological attacks against Garin City.
The real core of Kane's family is located in Arathi's original Witherwood Village, the underground fortress below the current training base of the Holy Temple. The Lich King knew about it, but it didn't attack there. Kane, the second reason is that the defense of the dungeon is very complete, and the effect of geological attacks is limited.
Garin City was attacked three times before and after, causing a serious decline in production capacity. The most important thing is that people's hearts are fluctuating, especially Prince Galin is missing, and Solas can't solve the problem substantially. Therefore, people have no information about normal production and life, which eventually leads to the loss of industrial population.
The industrial base plan established by Kane has been destroyed so far. After all, only a well-established industrial base can reduce costs and increase production capacity. If it is dispersed, it will be no different from the original big workshop gameplay in this world.
However, Kane was not there, and lacking such a charismatic backbone, Solas still failed to grasp the key points, so that the industrial population went to their own mothers, dwarves and gnomes, all returned to Ironforge and Gnomere Root, the technical team of the elves also disappeared, and then a group was poached by emotional cards and high salaries, and Jialin Industrial City withered.
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Only relatively speaking, if you really want to compare horizontally, it is still quite powerful.
But this kind of power cannot support the full operation of a high-consumption battle group like the Volunteer Army. After all, the defense force of the Kingdom of Falcon is also expensive.
The Falcon Pioneer Army, Falcon Army, Defense Force, and the famous Templar Knights are all gold-swallowing monsters, and there is also the Royal Navy... I have to say that although Kane is very good at making money, he spends money It is equally as powerful. When he is there, he can grasp the proportions, but when he is not there, Solas will preside over it. Just because of the wrong order, it is easy to fall into the dilemma of breaking the capital chain, and this situation will affect People's confidence, followed by a vicious circle.
As the production capacity of Garin City retreated, the Falcon Army and the Defense Army were the first to weaken, and their activity dropped sharply to save money.
Then there is the Templar Knights. It is too expensive to use this combat power as a team. Solas simply took out Kane's original operating mode of travel, training, and rotation, leaving the Paladins in a state of idleness. It is also euphemistically called "accompanying the family" and those who do not have a family take the opportunity to start a family.
When he followed Kane to the Silverpine Forest area, expanded Shadowfang Castle, rebuilt Pyrewood Town and the port, and established the Volunteer Dragon Corps in Beiliu Castle, Sorazon's request can be summed up in one sentence as self-sufficiency.
Falken can't afford it anymore. Aren't you guys good at engineering and construction? Think of a way to run it yourself!
It has to be said that this decision of Solas is a bit irresponsible.
In other words, he didn't understand the characteristics of Kane's professional teams, and wishful thinking that these teams were multi-skilled, but that was not the case at all.
Fortunately, Kane thought carefully and thoughtfully at the beginning, and considered what would happen to his forces in case he suddenly disappeared, so the planned and established system was relatively comprehensive and could support each other.
The Real Freemasons shipped a batch of materials to solve the urgent needs of the Yalong Legion, and then the Druid organization led by Teresa helped them quickly establish a planting area, and the Clover Guild with the most complete talents of all colors helped make up for it. Several important categories of talent gaps were identified.
Even the intelligence department helped. What Youying has is not only military-related information, but also economic information. They helped to build a bridge, making the Yalong Legion integrate into the Steamwheedle Group, and found a market for material trading. It is equivalent to starting a business directly with the tribes of Kalimdor, and even the night elves and other races, which revitalizes this group.
Of course, they are just alive, their nozzles are too big, and well-known wealthy people in Azeroth like goblin trade kings can't afford to support them.
Speaking of this, we must talk about the Copper Puppet Legion.
The super heavy infantry led by Windsor made a series of brilliant achievements in the battle against natural disasters in the Tirisfal Glades, and everyone was deeply impressed by this regiment.
In order to allow this battle group to be on duty normally, the Kingdom of Lordaeron basically sold everything they could.
If someone complains about this, Terenas will say: "If you go to the copper puppet battle group, you can win more than 80% of the time. If you go to other troops, even if you don't consider attrition, it's good to have a 50% chance of winning. Also, let the puppets go , or take your lives, you choose.”
Of course it is the puppet.
Puppets are expensive, compared to what they are compared to, compared to their own lives, they are not very expensive.
After the battle of natural disasters, Lordaeron immediately put down the grind and killed the donkey, and couldn't afford it anymore.
Windsor later found the person in charge of Kane and asked if he could recycle and seal some of it?
The person in charge is the embodiment of the system that Kane planned early on. If Kane is not there, the rules will not be messed up.
The dragonman organized a standing discussion similar to a cabinet meeting, and finally passed the sequestration proposal.
Slowly restore the disabled seal, or wait for the overall economy to recover and have enough energy to unseal and overhaul.
In this context, the news of the Burning Legion reopening the Black Gate and invading Azeroth came.
Even so, Windsor still watched helplessly as the seal continued.
Because I can't afford it.
In the battle of natural disasters, although the Kingdom of Stormwind did not send many people, it did not lose money. In addition, it is empty cavalry, which is also expensive combat power.
Now that the Burning Legion is invading, the Stormwind Kingdom bears the brunt, and there are many places to spend money. Although the copper puppet is good, it is really unaffordable.
In the end, Windsor only kept 1,200 copper puppets in good condition and shipped them to the front line of the cursed land.
This is also the blessing of Tokain. A few years ago, various hidden dangers in wetlands, Loch Modan, Dun Morogh and other places were removed from the source. The cost is greatly reduced.
If the Copper Puppet Legion were allowed to march from Beiliu Castle to the Tirisfal Forest in an armed manner, it is estimated that the Kingdom of Stormwind would have to apply for bankruptcy protection before reaching the front line.
In terms of transportation, the dwarves and gnomes were more righteous and covered the related expenses. The copper puppets did not disappoint people, and successfully contained the offensive of the Burning Legion.
In fact, before this battle group arrived, Stormwind City had already fought against the vanguard of the Burning Legion at the Watch Fort in the northeast of the Blasted Lands.
Naturally, relying on Fort Watch cannot defeat the vanguard of the Burning Legion.
However, the addition of Medivh and others made the situation significantly improved.
After Kane disappeared, Medivh was one of those people who behaved relatively calmly.
Others include Jaina, Kael'thas, Ronin, etc. They all believe that even if an accident occurs, Kane will definitely return safely, but it's just a matter of time.
Although they are confident, some projects are forced to be delayed or interrupted.
What was delayed was the Arcane Fortress. It was originally planned to be completed within two years, but it was delayed until Kane returned, and the Arcane Fortress was only about 55% complete. Naturally, the Burning Legion's invasion contributed to this.
What was interrupted was Kane's original plan to investigate the camp in the original historical line Risha and rely on the Well of Life to build a fortress-type druid temple.
Savage was built, but the scale did not increase. It is only a medium-to-lower port town, and its main shipping business is only the Fort Watch in the northeast corner of the Damned Land, and Booty Bay in Stranglethorn Vale.
The red beach and broken beach in the cursed land are not safe areas. Demons, trolls, naga, murlocs, blackened orcs, and ogre monsters are active in these areas, so walking along the coastline by water, transportation costs Cheaper and safer.
The situation of Keepwatch Castle is much better than that of the original historical line in the same period.
First of all, there is no blockage on the land transportation line.
The Twilight Forest has been cleaned up by waves of righteous paladins, various slave catchers, and headhunters.
The Deadwind Trail has also changed a lot since Medivh returned to Karazhan. Taking advantage of sitting on the magic net, Medivh deliberately sorted out the local environment and accelerated the recovery of the environment by several decades. Karazhan Valley can Plant less delicate plants like alfalfa.
In the Swamp of Sorrows, Kazak let Kane kill him, and the exiled Draenei Breaker also joined the alliance. While the situation of the group is improving day by day, their control over the western part of the swamp is also increasing.
Coupled with the self-rescue production that was carried out when Stormwind City's military expenses were in arrears and supplies were not in time in those years, and the interaction with Karazhan these years, the status of Keepwatch in the Kingdom of Stormwind is more like a powerful frontier earl. Not relying on the central government, the central government will not be able to command.
Of course, when it comes to right and wrong, they are still loyal to the kingdom and human beings. This is also the bottom line of Kane, and even King Varian of the Stormwind Kingdom.
Fort Watch is located in the south of the castle, on the northernmost side of Broken Beach. Relying on the castle, the terrain of the cliffs and the cover of the artillery, a small pier was established to start their ocean business. Sometimes the ships of the Kingdom of Falcon would come down here. .
Overwatch Castle mainly produces copper mines, which are located in the mountains to the west of the north of the fortress. The quality is very good and the reserves are also very large. However, Arathi does not have such a large copper mine, and the consumption is not small, which provides the basis for trading.
Especially after Overwatch Castle used the copper mine as collateral to buy advanced mining machines with a loan, the relationship between the two parties became even closer. As a result, Watch Castle has a stable income, and then completed the repair of the castle, the improvement of army equipment, and enough high-quality food and gold and iron to train officers and soldiers and improve their combat capabilities.
As for actual combat training, it is natural to go to the vast wilderness of the cursed land to find demons and so on. If you encounter ogres, you can sell them for some good money if you catch them.
It can be said that if the Burning Legion hadn't come, even though the environment in the Blasted Lands was a bit harsh, the soldiers and civilians of Watchfort would still be living a prosperous life. They are being sent to areas such as Elwynn Forest where the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant and the seasons are pleasant. They are not used to it yet.
However, the Burning Legion, who loves to destroy cities and genocide, came...