Chapter 560 (1/2)

On the wide river, because of the continuous rainfall in the north, the water surface is much higher than before.

It used to be a natural river in the north of the mainland. It went all the way to the East. Since the Empire started to build the Kaspersky defense line three years ago, it spent tens of thousands of labor and nearly one million gold coins. It took two years to widen the original river channel more than twice.

In particular, the entrance to the sea on the east side was more than three times widened, making this less famous river on the mainland an artificial river with the transport capacity second only to that of the Lancang Grand Canal.

And all this is just for the needs of war.

One by one, the imperial sea soul class ships are driving slowly. Because there was not much wind, the ship was very slow, and the three masted sail was the traditional white of the Loran Navy, and at the top, the Empire's thorn flag was flying.

In order to be able to run in inland rivers, the two sides of the hull below the waterline are equipped with rollers in the water.

On the South Bank of the Grand Canal is one of the three fortresses of the Kaspersky line, the eastern fortress.

There are storm troops of three divisions stationed here, and over 100000 local garrison troops mobilized to the north.

Then the canal became a strong barrier to the north and east of the Empire!

This fortress is a little smaller than the main fortress guarded by general Rostock in the middle of the Kaspersky line, but it costs more here.

In order to make this artificial river a complete part of the eastern Kaspersky defense line, the fortress was built on the South Bank of the river. In addition to serving as a moat, the river would become a natural barrier for the Imperial Army on the south bank in wartime!

If the army of criminals wants to cross the river. It's going to be a very difficult job: if they try to use ships, then the Imperial Navy can drive directly into the river from the eastern entrance to defeat the enemy on the water!

The Imperial Navy has been operating for many years, and has experienced so many expeditions in Nanyang. On the water, it is absolutely a trustworthy force! The charges may be powerful, but even Dewey doesn't believe that these orcs can build ships better than humans.

And if the other party wants to build a bridge, it is even more a work that can not be completed! The navy can easily destroy the pontoon with strong ships. Even... We can let some criminals cross the river first. Then destroy the bridge, then the only outcome of some criminals crossing the river is to be besieged and annihilated.

It seems that the criminals also understand the difficulty of crossing the eastern defense line. At the beginning of the war, the wolf cavalry of the criminals also saw an outpost coming to the other side of the river of the eastern defense line, but soon retreated. According to the recent military situation, it seems that there have been scattered activities of those monster races on the other side. However, the other side has been slow to attack.

It's the central landlord's fortress. It's been a lot of fighting.

The orcs clearly understood the fact that they would rather use their flesh and blood to hit the strong city defense of the central main fortress than try to attack the water defense.

Now, after days of heavy rain, the river is rising. Making the river more open, the Empire sea soul class large warships can easily enter the river, even in a relatively wide area. Can also gather into a complete naval battle formation!

At the moment, the third detachment of the East China Sea fleet of the Loran empire was driving on the river towards the eastern fortress. A total of 23 large sea soul class ships were loaded with strategic materials from the south of the Empire.

Because of the huge consumption of inland transportation, after the beginning of the war, the Empire's huge Navy took on the role of the Empire's maritime transportation team. Numerous ports in the southern coastal areas of the Empire gathered all kinds of materials from the south of the Empire: weapons. Grain, pay, armor, winter clothes, etc. Then the Imperial Navy would take the loaded ships all the way north along the eastern coastline, and then drive inland from the entrance of the canal land. Transport to the frontier fortress.

Although these days, the North continued to appear in the history of rare continuous rainfall climate. But this autumn, in the south of the Empire. However, it still has an exciting harvest. It can be said that the strong national strength of Roland empire made human beings have war potential far beyond the criminals. With the help of the huge rear supply, human war supplies can be continuously supplied to the front.

This fleet carries a batch of winter food. In order to increase the transport capacity as much as possible, these large ships are only equipped with necessary sailors and very few combat personnel, and most of the cabins are used to carry goods.

On the deck, the sailors began to wind up under the order of the boatswain, while some combat personnel were staring nervously at the North Bank of the river.

”Take it easy, rookie.” An old sailor came to take a picture of an obviously young man and said with a smile, ”I've been to this river six times. The army of the monsters could not cross the river. They could only circle back and forth on the north bank. I'll tell you, we're on the water. It's safe. They can't rush into the river

With that, old water, whose clothes were covered with rust, pointed to the door by door catapults covered with canvas on the deck and said with a smile, ”look! See those big guys? These things are amazing! If those monsters dare to get close to the shore, they'll shoot them... Bang

He opened his hands and made the movement of a catapult.

At this time, the people on the lookout tower suddenly bowed their heads and cried out: ”there is an enemy on the north bank!”

This cry immediately alerted the people on board, and many sailors immediately ran to the right side of the ship.

Soon someone yelled, ”Hey! Look! There? There? Those monsters are there! Ha ha, it's the same as the legend

Most of the sailors were not afraid, pointing to the north bank, laughing and pointing.