After the battle of roaring Bay, the wharf of the sea house was not calm, but busier.
There are at least 100 pirate ships travelling between the Whisperer Strait and the sea, which is due to the need to count the battlefield in the Strait. In the battle of Whisperer channel, the warships in the papal hall were almost completely destroyed by Franklin and others on the first day. In the next battle, in order to save resources and firepower, even if he attacked the warship, Franklin also aimed at paralyzing its function.
As a result, when the papal hall was evacuated, the order also dropped dozens of warships that were only moderately or slightly damaged.
These warships are the most abundant materials for haizhijia.
The warships themselves are of high quality. As long as they are brought back to sea house for repair, they can be put into use. In addition, the fort, ammunition and military supplies on the warship are a great wealth. Although it is not enough to make up for the supplies consumed by the pirates in this war, it is quite good to make up for 45%. Besides, the quality of military materials has always been good, and the pirates who make a living by robbing warships know this very well.
After all the materials were transported to the wharf, under the supervision of Mr. X, they were sent to a warehouse on the sea house and stored in different categories. Through the sea god order, zero has integrated all pirates and become the master of the sea house. Naturally, these materials are regarded as zero property. If anyone wants to embezzle one or two of them, Mr. X doesn't mind giving these people a profound lesson.
But the sea god made the pirates brave, and the battle of roar Bay won their respect and loyalty, so no one dared to make decisions on materials. Pirates are rebellious guys, it's not easy to win their loyalty, but zero has finally done it. This is a basic point for him to base himself on the western continent, but it is obviously not enough. Therefore, expansion is an unavoidable and imminent problem.
Zero is waiting, waiting for them to recover. At that time, it will be the day to set sail again. On that day, their destination will be the western continent.
Billy and his technical team have to be idle while the pirates are busy. From the battlefield of Whisperer channel, the pirates recovered a few paladins and Griffin mecha with only slight damage. For Billy and his team of experts, these mechas even attract more attention than those huge supplies. Billy asked zero for the mecha, and then he and his team deconstructed the structure, system, equipment and other elements of the mecha day and night.
The number of capable people in the western continent is far less than that in the central continent, but their technology, especially the power mecha technology, is far better than that in the central continent. Take the Marauders of green capital as an example, which is a very cutting-edge mecha technology in mainland China. But in the western world, Marauders are at most as technical as paladins. Paladin is the first generation of papal hall mecha, belongs to inventory. No need to occupy land and damage strategic materials that will not hurt too much.
As for the lightweight Griffin knight, it is a qualitative leap in mecha technology. It involves the processing technology of materials, more sophisticated operating system, fuel and flight system and other technical issues that are not involved in mainland China. As for the round table knights brought back by mamillo, it is a terrible meat grinder that can be called a war puppet.
It's no exaggeration to say that even if ordinary people are allowed to drive round table knights, they can beat up a dozen people with abilities below level 8. As for ordinary soldiers, I'm afraid there will be thousands of war damaged units. Of course, the operating system of the round table knight is not customized for ordinary people. It needs the incomparable rapid response and rich combat experience of those with high-level ability to give full play to the combat effectiveness of the round table knight.
But in Billy's view, if round table knight can be mass produced, it can completely reduce the operating system requirements. After all, ordinary drivers can be trained, while one high-level driver is less than one, which is a resource that is difficult to regenerate.
For turbulent times, resources are everything!
When studying the first and second generation of mecha, Billy also mentioned the idea of studying the round table knight. Zero knows that he wants to conquer this set of technology and return to the mainland. Even if Billy can't innovate, if he can mass produce the reduced version of the round table knight, it will be a terrible fighting force. So zero went to Mr. X and expressed his wish euphemistically.
The next day, mamillo himself drove the round table knight to Billy's makeshift workshop, on the edge of an island south of sea house. When he saw mamillo's knights of the round table, Billy immediately threw himself into a frenetic deconstruction. He mainly studies the power system and operating system of round table knight, which are the core technology of round table knight.
The former solves the power problem of driving a large body, while the latter deals with the control error between the driver and the mecha. It can be predicted that when Billy returns to the mainland with this set of technology, there will be a new type of mecha troops quietly in the zero camp. Even if there are enough resources and factories here in the western continent, he can build such an army.But for the moment, it's just a tentative stage.
The problem is still resources.
It's not true that haizhijia has no resources, but it can't make ends meet. After all, it's totally different now and in the past. In the past, pirates were moving around, fighting for each other, basically living a hunting life. But now, once these things are put into war, they will not be enough for one or two wars. War is very expensive. Of course, at the same time, it also makes money. It's just that zero can't make money with it now.
To fight against the papal chamber, and even to bring down Sauron, it's not just money burning.
Haizhijia has just won a battle, looking at the scenery. But as long as we do it again, we can be sure that the pirates will not survive. So now, he needs income, a lot of income!
Only then did he realize the difficulty of being in charge. In the past, when I was in mainland China, the scale of the company was small in the early stage, which could not be reflected. Later, he became an invisible leader of an alien race. Adimili helped manage the financial affairs, so he didn't have to worry about it. After fighting again, the city of Dawning will be built, and the black rose will be brought along. With Beyonce's methods and the family staff behind her, the construction of Dawning city is very smooth, not to mention doing something from scratch.
Until now, he integrated the pirates and became their leader. When he got back to this position, he found that it was totally different from running an adventure team. The difference is that far away in the western continent, there is no adimili or Beyonce to help him, all can only rely on their own.
War is a money burning machine, and it is also the creator of great wealth. The difference is that the choice of time and the object of battle is related to whether a war is going to burn money or make money.
If we want to bring down Sauron, we certainly can't show off our power at sea. Therefore, it is necessary and necessary to expand into the western mainland. Then the next problem is the choice of goals. We must be cautious in choosing zero this time, because the pirates can only support another battle of roar Bay. Therefore, the choice of the target must be the kind that can generate money after the attack.
With income, the consumption of war can be replenished and zero can reach the goal of expansion.
The western continent is not an iron barrel. On the contrary, zero believes that under Solon's high-pressure policy, there must be enough opposition within the papal chamber. It's just that these voices don't dare to make a sound. What we have to do is to make a big enough gap in the seemingly solid but actually fragile barrier of the papal hall. Let these voices vent, and as long as there are people dissatisfied and people eager for power restructuring, then zero can get enough funders.
It will take too much time for us to operate on our own until we can completely fight against Solon. He didn't plan to spend ten or eight years in the western continent, so he had to seek as many funders as he could and tie them to his chariots. To achieve this, the second campaign will be crucial.
After the victory of roar Bay is transmitted back to the western continent, zero can be expected to form a huge influence. But that's not enough. After all, it's at roar Bay, at the pirates' home. Zero needs another win, and this time it has to be at home in the papal hall. Only when he proves that he has enough strength to slap him in soron's home court will those funders who dare not speak up consider throwing an olive branch of goodwill at this stranger.
Under the combination of these factors, it appears that zero is the first battle to attack the western continent.
He has to choose a goal that has weight and can increase his income at the same time. The former can prove its strength, while the latter can develop into a fulcrum of power to encroach on the western continent.
While zero was holding the map of the western continent and thinking about his next attack target, olan came.
On the port of the sea house, headed by zero, Manshan and hindrella are separated, and behind them are hundreds of pirates. Pulling out this huge team is just to meet olan, one of the three watchmen of the rebel army. Zero can be said to give the female leader enough face. As for the others, Huck was seriously injured and finally recovered, while Su and others were the secret trumps of zero. Zero was not generous enough to reveal all the cards for people to visit.
With him, two legendary captains and hundreds of pirates, such a welcoming team is sincere enough. Especially at the moment when Eastar was defeated and there was no new win, even olan could not find any fault.
To no surprise, olan's arrival also brought a batch of materials. Ammunition is the main material, and food and medicine are the secondary. This is exactly what is in short supply. On the dock, the pirates assisted the anti rebel soldiers to unload the materials one by one from the ship to the dock, and then after the handover and confirmation, they transported them to the warehouse of haizhijia.
After a brief conversation with olan, zero said directly, "excuse me, dear Ms. olan. Isn't it time for the tension to shift in ISTA? Why do you have time to come to roar Bay
Olan said to zero with a smile, calling her name directly. He also said, "I heard that you've done a big fight in roar Bay. Based on the position that we all have a common enemy, I think it's very necessary to congratulate you and send some friends' help.""Then I'd like to thank you for your generosity for all of you here." Zero smile, said: "I guess, olan, this time you come, should not be just congratulations and supplies so simple?"
"It's obvious, isn't it?" Olan replied with a smile.
I'm not surprised at all.
In the past, pirates were like a Sandplay, and there was no cooperation at all with the rebels. Moreover, the former ISTA was powerful, and there was no need to cooperate with pirates who were labeled as arrogant and undisciplined. But now it's not what it used to be. ISTA's power has been greatly reduced, and pirates have become a real force under zero integration. With the new victory of roaring Bay, they finally have the cornerstone of cooperation.
Cooperation can be carried out at many levels, from the most direct money trade to the deployment of the army. Therefore, zero is still looking forward to the arrival of olan. Since we want to talk about cooperation, we can't talk in a place like the wharf. We need a place that is quiet enough and not easy to be disturbed. So they come to Mr. X's bar.
The basic framework of the bar has been rebuilt, but the only difference is the necessary decoration. Now, there is no one in the bar, so it's a good place for a few people.
Besides zero, there are Cinderella and Manshan in the bar. In addition, olan, a table for four. After Mr. X sent people to deliver beer and food, he blasted out all irrelevant people and left space for them.
Next, as zero guessed, olan put the word "cooperation" on the table. So hindrella and Manshan watch an alternative battle. The battlefield is on this small wine table. Olan lists dozens of projects that can cooperate with zero, including zero's most important arms trade, which is exactly what pirates lack at present.
It's not like a naval battle to attack the western continent. A land war means to bear the full-scale artillery fire of the papal hall mecha troops. In this way, the high-level ability group alone is not enough to suppress, which means that the zero side needs strong firepower support. But the equipment of the pirates is not as good as that of the papal hall, even the anti rebel forces. The advantage of pirates is that there are enough ordinary people with ability, but this advantage is not enough to reverse the situation that the equipment and technology of papal hall far surpass them.
In order to open up the situation, it is necessary to have strong enough firepower, so the arms and equipment provided by olan are naturally the top priority of all cooperation projects. In olan's list of arms available for trade, all kinds of electromagnetic grenades, mines and electromagnetic pulse guns that can counteract or even threaten the mecha forces attract zero attention.
Although ISTA is unable to produce powerful power mecha like the papal hall, he has accumulated enough experience in counter-measures over the years. Last time, Sauron was able to bomb the whole ISTA with King Arthur. In fact, he took advantage of the sneak attack. If you are ready for ISTA, not to mention one King Arthur, even a few more round table knights may not be able to get the benefit.
Now, naturally, zero's eyes are more on these electromagnetic weapons. Then they began to bargain with olan about these electromagnetic weapons. It can be seen that olan really wanted to cooperate with them, so the price offered was not high. It is just that zero is not rich now. Based on the principle of saving if you can, zero is almost fighting for every inch of land to cut down the final price. Olan also said that these weapons will be sent to the sea house in the near future. As for the repayment, considering the current financial situation, olan can let him use loans.
This means that zero has more room for turnover.
Next came the secondary weaponry, such as machine guns, mines and anti armor missiles, which were much smoother. This part of the transaction is cash, and part of it is barter. Generally speaking, olan is equal to fully supporting zero sum pirates, many of which are half bought and half given. Olan is really generous, generous enough to let zero accident degree.
But then, olan said another news that made zero even more unexpected.
"Funders?"
"Yes, that's right." Olan took the lead and said, "I think the three of you can see that the price we just talked about is only 30% to 40% of the market price. Of course, I appreciate the performance of Mr. zero and the captains, and I am willing to help you in some aspects. But electromagnetic weapons will never be involved. After all, they are our cutting-edge products. Even if we do business, we can't sell it to you at such a low price. To be honest, we can't even cover the cost of the transaction. The reason why we are willing to do so is the request of our funders. "
"I don't know who is the patron behind ISTA?" Asked hindrilla.
This is also a question that zero wants to know.
As he reasoned before, the rebels could not start from scratch on their own, let alone compete with the papal chamber for so long. Of course, the containment of pirates is one of the reasons why the pontiff's office is unable to wage a full-scale war against them. But more importantly, there should be one or a group of big people behind ISTA who are supporting them."I'm sorry, because of the depth of our cooperation and the protection of our funders, I can't disclose the specific information to you." Olan organized a rigorous wording, said: "it can be revealed that our funders are not weak. As your recent active performance has attracted considerable attention from him, and he is interested in further cooperation with you. "
"But our ultimate goal is not any big man in the papal chamber, but the head of general soron with real power. Therefore, our funders would like to see your further performance. At least let him see that he has a chance to beat soron. Even if there is only a 50% chance, he will give you full support. He can even consider the possibility of merging our two forces! "