"Count Dempus, you are a smart person, I'm very happy."
Captain Hart's tall body was standing in front of Count Dempus who wasn't even a meter and seventy centimeters tall. He was like a mountain looking down on him, filled with pressure.
"Because of your wise decision, the citizens of Meiro City won't suffer any more losses from the flames of war, they should thank you for your wise decision as the City Lord.
I also represent sir chairman in praising your correct decision.
Before we set off, sir chairman had emphasized that he hoped that we could reduce the number of people, especially the number of casualties among the citizens. Now that you have chosen to open the gates and surrender, we are all satisfied, this is very good. "
Count Dempus had no expressions on his face, but he was secretly gritting his teeth. Looking at captain Hart, he wished that he could bite this fellow to death.
If possible, who would want to open the gates and surrender!
However, as soon as New Flyer appeared, it completely exceeded everyone's expectations. With a wild bombardment, they actually destroyed an entire wall of Meiro City's west gate!
God above, Beautiful City was the most important city on the southwest border of the empire, so the city walls had been specially built by the Candra Empire's army headquarters. Adding in the hundreds of years of careful operation by the Dempus Family, it was now thirteen meters tall. The thickest part was close to ten meters and the thinnest part was over five meters. It was an exaggerated city wall that was over ten meters tall.
Because of these walls, Meiro City was known as one of the top ten cities in the Sines that were hard to capture.
In the end, this city wall that could make all the enemies sigh couldn't even last a minute under New Flyer's attack before it was destroyed!
Along with the collapse of the city wall, Count Dempus and all the guards of Meiro City lost their confidence.
Even this exaggerated city wall couldn't stop the Magic Cannons of New Flyer's guards, how could Meiro City defend against New Flyer's fierce attacks?
Therefore, Count Dempus only pondered for less than two minutes before straightforwardly deciding to open the city gates and surrender.
Of course, now that the entire western wall of Meiro City had been blown up by the New Flyer's guards, what was the point of not opening the city gates?
As for what Captain Hart had said, surrendering so readily would allow the citizens of Meiro City to avoid the baptism of gunfire. Although Count Dempus had considered this, the main reason why he had surrendered so readily was because the New Flyer Guards had displayed a terrifying might that far exceeded what Meiro City's guards could withstand. It had even exceeded Count Dempus' imagination.
Even if the Empire's military came to investigate the situation, they wouldn't be able to find fault with him when they saw the collapsed wall outside.
"Enough. Count Dempus, withdraw all the garrison troops into the city. After that, do what you need to do. Don't worry about us." Captain Hart suddenly waved his hand and said.
Count Dempus was startled.
What do you mean by "do what you're supposed to do"?
Could it be that the current situation wasn't that Meiro City had already been conquered by the New Flyer Guards and was under their control?
Why did it sound like they weren't planning on doing anything based on captain Hart's words? Could it be that Meiro City would remain the same?
"We'll take over Meiro City's defenses, as for the rest ….. we're not interested."
Captain Hart could see Count Dempus' doubt and explained, "We're only here to take over Meiro City, this is the only mission sir chairman gave us.
As for the other things, we'll consider them in the future. "
Count Dempus thought about it and felt that this was reasonable.
After all, the New Flyer Guards were only responsible for military operations. As for how to arrange things after taking over Meiro City, that was something for the other departments of the New Flyer Guards to consider. Soldiers like them naturally didn't need to care.
But … …
Count Dempus sneered and looked straight at captain Hart with a trace of disdain. "Do you really think you can take over our Meiro City forever?"
"I admit that your New Flyer Guards are very powerful, but if your Chairman Xu Xu Yi thinks that you can really take over our Meiro City with just a few thousand people, then you're too naive!"
"Is that so?"
Captain Hart glanced at Count Dempus and laughed before waving his hand. A few New Flyer Guards came up and took Count Dempus away.
"Captain, I think it's better to get rid of this guy if it's safer. I'm worried that he'll secretly incite the people in the city to rebel. That would be troublesome," Vice Captain Newton of the New Flyer Guards leaned over and whispered.
"No." Captain Hart shook his head.
"According to our intelligence, Meiro City is the territory of the Dempus Family. The Dempus Family's influence here is deeply rooted.
If we imprison him, then others will have some misgivings. If we really kill him, then it will instead cause a lot of trouble. "
Newton thought about it and felt that it was a good idea, so he said, "Then we should at least think of a way to control him, right?"
"Of course. The few elven lads in the squad have already made preparations. They guarantee that he won't be able to do anything."
"Mind control?" Newnes immediately laughed.
Seeing that Captain Hart had already made all the necessary arrangements, he relaxed and began to observe the undamaged city wall on the north side of Meiro City.
"Captain, do you think we'll be able to finish setting things up before the Kandla Empire's reinforcements arrive?"
"I don't know." Captain Hart shrugged.
"No one knows when the Kandla Empire's reinforcements will arrive.
However, what we can be sure of is that as long as they come within fifty kilometers of Meiro City, we'll immediately discover them.
Since the reconnaissance airship squad hasn't sent any information, it means that the reinforcements haven't arrived yet. "
"Mm … … No matter what, let's hurry up."
Captain Hart glanced at Newton and frowned. "I say, Newton, you're not a brat who hasn't seen blood before. Why do you seem so nervous this time?"
Newton scratched his head in embarrassment.
"When I think about how we're invading the Kandla Empire, I can't help but feel a little nervous.
Captain, think about it. This is the Kandla Empire. In the history of the continent, other than the Malor Empire, no one else has dared to invade the Kandla Empire, right? "
Captain Hart curled his lips in disdain. "Aren't we already here?
Sir President has said countless times that the Kandla Empire and the Malor Empire are just paper tigers that look powerful.
In reality, the power they hold is far behind this era. However, they still don't realize it and think that they're very strong.
When we were in the Kingdom of Ruhr, we fought with the Kandla Empire's army many times. It's not like you didn't see the difference between us. What are you afraid of? "
"I'm not afraid, I'm just worried … …" Newton licked his lips, looking somewhat worried.
"The Kandla Empire is the most powerful empire on this continent. We're just a chamber of commerce, yet we've come to challenge the Kandla Empire. This … …"
Hearing this, Captain Hart's expression suddenly turned solemn. He looked at Newton with a sunken face and said sternly, "Newton, if you're afraid, you can go back now!"
Newton hurriedly waved his hands. "No, no, no. Captain, you've misunderstood. I'm really not afraid. It's just … … It's just that I'm not that confident … … Look, we've only brought five thousand people this time. The Kandla Empire can casually send fifty thousand or even five hundred thousand people. I feel … … I feel that it's not that appropriate … …"
Captain Hart harrumphed coldly and waved his hands. He said in a deep voice, "Sir President has already repeated this countless times. It's no longer an era where numbers can decide everything. Why don't you understand?"
"Of course, I don't think that Sir President is wrong. It's just that … … It's just that I'm not confident enough."
Seeing Newton's troubled expression, Captain Hart sighed inwardly and shook his head helplessly.
If even Newton, a high-ranking officer of the guards, was like this, then there must be a lot of people in the guards who were thinking the same way.
It seemed that it was just as Sir President had said in a private conversation with Captain Hart before they set off. Even though countless actual battles had proven that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's military magic machineries had far surpassed this era, far surpassing traditional warfare. It had even broken the traditional concept of using military strength to decide victory and defeat. However, there were still countless people on this continent who still held onto those traditional concepts. Thus, they didn't have enough confidence in the New Flyer.
"That's why the goal of our operation this time isn't to occupy the entire Kandla Empire. That's unrealistic.
With the current strength of our Chamber of Commerce, even if we can wipe out all the armies of the Kandla Empire and defeat all the opposing forces, it's impossible for us to truly control the entire Kandla Empire. This is determined by the disparity in scale between the two sides. "
Captain Hart recalled what Xu Yi had said at that time and couldn't help but nod inwardly.
Sir President's mind was very clear. He definitely wasn't blinded by the numerous victories that the New Flyer guards had participated in.
"Our true goal is to shatter the traditional concepts in everyone's hearts. We'll make them realize that the current era has truly changed. We'll make them truly accept the changes that the magic machine industry has brought to this world. We'll make them accept that our New Flyer is leading the development of this era.
In order to achieve this goal, we'll have to shatter the most powerful monster in everyone's hearts. That is, the Kandla Empire. "
"As for how to shatter it … … We'll have to do it bit by bit through this operation.
The first step … … is to shatter something that represents invincibility in everyone's hearts … … "