The Thousand Year Dynasty
27. Combat Train
"They didn't respond to the letter we sent. And still continuing to attack Xin City" Lucia was heard to worry as she, Nata, Amithy, and Orland were having a meeting after getting word from Caspian in Xin city. Five days after they sent a letter of claim to the kingdom of Urbar. Which means ten days after Pharos's counterattack.
"You're wrong, princess. They responded to the letter. The letter should have been responded to with this kind of action" Nata replied.
"Isn't our demand to ask them to stop this war?" Lucia seemed to not understand what Nata meant.
"really. But now the decision-making of the Urbar kingdom regarding this war is still held by Tyrion. Therefore, Tyrion would definitely feel extremely humiliated. So he will continue to attack blindly until he completely runs out of troops" Nata replied. "And that's what we want. The Urbar government is running out of troops and stopping this war" he added.
"However, it seems that until now, they still have the strength and the troops to keep attacking us" Orland said this time.
"really. That was because the Urbar kingdom had many territories that provided many soldiers" Amithy added. "If it continues like this, soon the city of Xin will be taken over by the Urbar kingdom" he added later.
"And if that happens, they will have hope and will continue this war" Orland responded to Amithy's words.
"Then what should we do, Nat?" Lucia asked Nata again with her face getting worried.
"You don't have to worry. I've already calculated it" Nata replied calmly.
"really?" Lucia looked as if she had just received a hint of hope.
Nata nodded. "We will begin to make Tyrion lose his power and influence in the decision-making for this war" he explained later.
"Make Tyrion lose his powers?" Lucia seems to need an explanation.
"The "kingdom of Urbar was made up of many rulers. And according to Mr. Matues, they have a government similar to our parliament. It was just that these rulers held full power over their respective territories. So most likely is they will try to influence the central decision if we attack their territory" Nata explained.
"Do you want to carry out an attack on another territory, Nat?" Lucia looks worried.
"really. Besides we can also break up their number of troops to other places" Nata replied calmly.
"What territory will you attack, Mr Nata? What is the area next to Varun? Or the area next to Xin city?" Amithy seemed to be curious about the plan that had just been called by Nata.
"How much is the estate between Varun and Xin, Miss Amithy?" Nata asked back.
"There are five estates that stretch from the west side to the east side. The Harbring Estate, the Damcyan Estate, the Eblan Estate, the Feymarch Estate, and the Ceodore Estate" Amithy explained.
"During this time the soldiers from those regions were gathered into the central region, right? Does every capital of the Estate territory still have warriors, Lady Amithy?" Nata asked again.
"Normally they only have city guards, and if they do have other soldiers, there must be no more than fifty" Amithy replied again.
"That means that if we attack simultaneously they will most likely have trouble dividing the soldiers, right?"
"really. And are you planning on simultaneously attacking all five of those places?" Amithy asked to be sure again. There seemed to be a sense of worry from Aminty's face hearing Nata's question.
"Not directly to five places at once. We don't have enough troops, Miss Amithy"
"Then?"
"We will attack two or three of them" Nata replied lightly, as if it was something ordinary.
"That's still more than one area, Nat. Are you sure?" This time it was Lucia who said. The girl seemed to be getting more worried with the more plans from Nata that she heard.
"If we attack the area of the Estate of Ceodore west of Varun city, or the Harbring Estate region east of Xin city, then we will have a strong resistance. Since they were already on guard for our attack" Nata tried to explain his plan to Lucia. "But since all five areas have coastal areas, we will use ships to attack the central areas that are not alert. And then from the middle of it we will attack the other region from the inside" he continued.
"We don't need a lot of soldiers to defend those cities, Mr. Orland. If our soldiers feel that they are unable to match the troops that will be sent to capture these cities, then our soldiers will retreat and leave the city just like that" Nata tries to explain his plan this time to Orland.
"Why are we attacking those cities?" Orland still didn't understand.
"Just to tell the other rulers, that this is also their war. Their territory is equally threatened. And then they will start speaking up to determine the direction of the war which is now still dominated by Tyrion" Nata explained. "In addition to the troops now attacking Xin city will be reduced to taking over other cities" he continued.
Orland looked small. He seems to have begun to understand Nata's intentions. "But even so, we still lack soldiers to carry out attacks in several places at once" the middle-aged man said later.
"We're going to do a surprise attack. Aksa has prepared equipment to make it easier for us to attack quickly" Nata replied quickly. "And also we have mystic weapons. I think that's more than enough to cripple their cities" he added.
"Indeed every region of the Estate has a capital city. And in simple terms, if we manage to occupy the capital of every Estate, it means we manage to cripple their activities. But these cities are almost all in the middle of the region. They'll soon find out where our troops are landing on the coast" Amithy warned.
"You don't need to worry about it, Miss Amithy. I've taken that into account" Nata looks smiling calmly.
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"How, Aks?" Nata asked as he was already with Aksa and the East Star craftsman union atelir at the base of the Star Alcove. A week later.
"It is with pride that I present it to you, AFV is scared" Aksa said, pointing out an iron chariot behind him.
The iron train called Aksa with AFV was a train made of Dracz iron, almost as big as a locomotive train. Its length and width were twice the chariots of the nobles.
Closed tightly like a block of wheeled boxes. There is no window at all. The front there are three for the iron in the shape of a limas that tapered forward. Which can also rotate like a drill bit. Just above the three drill bits, there was a hole the size of an adult's palm, visible extending to the iron wall at the front, so that the train controller could see the road in front of him.
The upper middle of the train contained a harpoon throwing weapon, as well as a sliding door to remove some of the body of the person when they want to use the weapon. In the middle of the side there is also a sliding door to enter and exit the train.
Next to the harpoon throwing weapon was installed another weapon that can spout fire, and also an electric-powered floodlight. The floodlight was also attached to the front of the train between the drill bits.
At the back there are several iron chimney pipes that connect with a firebox. The furnace was used to run the train, as well as to run a small electric generator installed in the train.
It is also used to run an air pump as power for all the weapons installed in the body of the train. Like some iron peg bullets mounted on the left and right sides of the train body. Also in the front under the drill bit.
The entire outer protective iron body of the train is electrified by a shocker that can be turned on and off while in battle.
Then the front wheel is like an iron train wheel in general. Made of curved iron webbing. Only the difference now the wheel is given like small nails in order to grip when walking on slippery and wet ground.
While the rear wheel is shaped like a drill train wheel that has a chain of iron that connects. That makes the three rear wheels of the train look like one melonjong wheel.
And although Aksa called the train AFV, but the workers and craftsmen called it a combat train.
"With this we no longer need a lot of troops to break through the gate of the fortress of a city" Aksa said again. "This vehicle can carry twenty-five people, also able to move almost any type of terrain. Its speed can reach the speed of a steam train at certain conditions. And designed to break through all the gates of a city easily" he explained later with a dusty.
"How much did you finish doing?" Tanya Nata while walking around observing the war chariot.
"Until now, only four" Aksa replied quickly.
"Oh, I think it's fitting. We can divide and deliver this vehicle to Mr. Caspian, Mr. Vossler, and Miss Helen. Then the last one to stand guard in Xin city. So with that means we can attack three cities simultaneously" said Nata who seemed satisfied.
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