Game of Thrones: I'm flying a dragon on your face, how do you respond? - Chapter 114

c114 Once the grudge is born, it will not end until death

“Your Majesty, such a provocation…Dragonstone Island, with all due respect, will trigger a war!” In the splendid Neptune Palace, Neptune’s chief swordsman Sylvester Adelaide exhorted the king he served.

“They are not weaklings like Loras or Pantos. Although their fleet is small in number, it is very fast, and they have dragons!” the senior officers of Braavos said truthfully.

Keykeepers, ship owners, and representatives of wealthy businessmen also spoke one after another. They really didn’t understand, well, why should we establish such a powerful enemy?

If Dragonstone Island practiced slavery or engaged in slave trade, they would have absolutely no complaints. However, they have seen the development path of Dragonstone Island over the years, and everyone has benefited a lot from it.

Now, more than 90% of the purple pigments in Braavos are imported from Dragonstone, and most of the pearls, obsidian, and gold jewelry of wealthy merchants and socialites also come from the latter.

In the cross-border financial trade between Iron Bank and Narrow Sea Bank, the stocks and bills of many high-quality companies have been obtained. The fees and service fees for currency exchange and forward transactions alone are already worth the income from lending to the Iron Throne!

Under such circumstances, naturally no one is willing to go to war with Dragonstone Island!

“This is the oracle of the God of Many Faces!” Sea King Ferrego Antarian said sickly, his voice full of exhaustion and helplessness, when the kind man of the Court of Black and White conveyed to him the message of the God of Many Faces. When the oracle was spoken, he had the same reaction as the people below.

Everyone shut their mouths. The Court of Black and White is the headquarters of the Faceless Men. Only the most elite beings among the followers of the Thousand-Faced God can be called Faceless Men. They have the magic power gifted by the Thousand-Faced God and can change their appearance at will. , no one has seen their true faces, even if they walk in the middle of the city of Braavos, the faces and names they use may be fake.

Because the moment they were called the Faceless Ones, they dedicated everything they had, including their names and lives, to their gods and regarded themselves as “nameless people.”

“Since everyone has no doubts, let’s prepare for war!” Ferrego waved his hand, and his fleet commander and admiral immediately bowed and left.

“The despicable and shameless Braavosi people, without any honor, sent the rats in the gutter to assassinate our respected Queen and our lovely and respectable princes and princesses, and wantonly trampled on the dignity of the Dragon King!” Gunther of Wonderful Harbor! · Count Sanglas, standing in front of the Dragon Temple, said loudly to the assembled naval soldiers that Count Tritimon suffered from a serious illness last year. Even though he survived with the blessing of the Dragon God, he was no longer able to command the Wang family. fleet, and Count Sanglas succeeded him as commander and admiral of the royal navy.

Earl Sanglas was once a devout believer of the Seven Gods, but an accidental incident changed his mind and became a fanatical believer of the Dragon God. This situation happened on the three islands of the Blackwater River, the Crab Claw Peninsula and the newly expanded land. Not uncommon.

Compared with the illusory belief in the Seven Gods, the miracles of the Dragon God appear frequently. With the prosperity of Dragonstone Island’s trade, the Dragon God belief was spontaneously spread to all over the world by merchants, shipowners, sailors, and fishermen. I heard that in Bravo A small dragon temple was also built on the Sri Lankan Island of the Gods.

“Dragon God! Two members of the royal family have been killed. This blood feud can only be repaid with the blood of the Braavos people!”

“The great Prince Jaehaerys will control his invincible dragon and join us in the crusade against Braavos. The hatred has begun until death!” Earl of Miaokang raised his fist high and pounded his chest hard.

“When hatred arises, it will last until death!” The soldiers all clenched their fists and beat the leather armor on their bodies, their young faces full of excitement!

Since the war at Broken Ship Cove and Blackwater Estuary, the Royal Navy has not been involved in war for many years. It has been used more as a transport ship and a customs anti-smuggling ship for the army. It has long been ridiculed by the Royal Army as a transport brigade. Watching them in Forterland, The navy soldiers have long been coveted to conquer the cities of Pentos and the Andas Hills, and gain promotions and titles.

The navy has long been clamoring to attack the Stepstone Islands. If the kingdom’s senior officials did not want to use troops in two directions at the same time for strategic reasons, thereby forcing the navy to suppress the request for war, it is estimated that the Targaryen family would have been flying around the Stepstone Islands. Three-headed dragon flag.

They are eager for war and eager to gain military glory in war. Now is a good opportunity to make achievements and become famous!

Now that Pentos and the Andas Hills have been pacified, Forterland’s army has regrouped between the Braavos coast and the Andas Hills. They can break through the weak infantry defense lines of the Braavos at any time and attack them directly. Hinterland!

In front of the map table, next to the huge map of Westeros, there is a smaller map of Essos.

“Braavos only relies on their dangerous geographical environment! Sirs, please take a look!” A young naval officer pointed in the direction of Braavos with a long push rod. “The two craters are like two arms, hugging Braavos tightly…”

“At the interface between the two mountains, the Braavos people built the world-famous war machine Titan. Not far from the Titan, there is a war fortress standing on the rocks…

Although their navy is large in number, it has long lagged behind our army in terms of ship speed, maneuvering, and weaponry… For example, our army’s three-masted Caesar-type fast sailing ship only needs to control the sail through the pulley rigging. Ten people, while a traditional sailboat requires at least twenty people.

In terms of tactics, our army has already integrated the tactics of seizing the T-head, line combat and firepower coverage, while the enemy is still using primitive tactics such as boarding combat…

In terms of firepower, each of our third-class double-deck warships has 20 large crossbows on one side, plus the bow and stern, a total of 44 crossbows, and the second-class warships have a total of 68 crossbows, and all of them are new crossbows, with a range and power far exceeding that of the enemy…

In summary, the Braavos fleet will only be defeated if it encounters our army!”

“Very good, Sir Geoffrey Hurst said it well, our army is far superior to the opponent in tactics, equipment and other aspects!” Jaehaerys praised the young officer’s words, “But we must never underestimate the opponent. According to intelligence, Braavos is also mobilizing for war, and they may assemble a huge fleet of more than 50,000 people and 1,000 warships! ”

“Based on the principle of anticipating the enemy, if the Braavosi go all out, they can organize a combined fleet of 100,000 people, more than 2,000 warships and armed merchant ships!”

“As for us, because we have to defend Dragonstone and contain the Blackwater estuary, even if we expand our army, the fleet we can send will not exceed 100 ships at most, and the number of people will not exceed 10,000. Even with the advantages of tactics and weapons, we cannot fight the Braavosi head-on in this battle!”

“Our army is strong in the army, the flexibility of the navy, and the dragons!”

“Therefore, the overall idea of ​​this battle is to constantly mobilize the enemy, implement three-dimensional operations by sea, land and air, and give the Braavosi a little shock of modern warfare!”

“Next, I announce the official launch of Operation Kite!”