Struggle in the Steam Age

"It feels a bit strange. After all, it wasn't so easy when we picked up things before." After seeing the goods yard not far away, Nora, who had accompanied Lawrence to pick up things in Huguang City before, seemed a little puzzled and leaned into his ear. asked in a low voice.

Could this be a problem with those things? Or they're trying to get us—"

"Okay, don't be full of conspiracy theories." Hearing what the little puppet said, he seemed a little helpless. In order to make the little puppet more human-like, he instilled in her step by step knowledge about all aspects of human beings.

For example, recently, I have been instilling knowledge related to power and tactics, and I also used the easy-to-understand example of Lin Chong trespassing on the Baihu Hall as an example.

But now it seems that Nora is more prone to extremes than humans in this respect. Fortunately, because of sufficient experience, Lawrence quickly calmed the little doll through the connection of the soul, so that she would not imagine that after she walked into the cargo yard, someone smashed a cup as a sign, and then 500 knives The ax hands made this scene together.

"Why did you move so fast this time?" Lawrence asked the second lieutenant who was leading the way very straightforwardly after entering the freight yard and dismounting.

"I thought it would take a long time to go through the process, just like when I was in Huguang City before, I signed no less than ten documents to pick up supplies, and then went to at least five locations."

"It turns out that we are like this here, but now we only hope that you can find a way to transport these things away as soon as possible." The second lieutenant also looked helpless.

"Now the cargo yard is full of supplies from the rear, and it won't be able to be delivered to the front line for a while. So it's great that you have the ability to pick up the goods yourself."

Speaking of which, the second lieutenant led Lawrence and the others through several warehouses that were full of piles, and came to a piece of flat ground that was obviously just leveled out, and then pointed to several large piles that were as high as a two-story building standing in front of them. said, "Everything in this place is yours, it would be great if you could move it out yourself."

At this time, Lawrence realized that there was a rope around the things, and the flags of the Earl of Sauer and the Holy Visby Empire were hung on the sticks supporting the rope.

Obviously, these large piles of things bound together by these ropes are a series of supplies that should be distributed to Lawrence and the others.

When Lawrence and the others entered Pine Tree Valley before, there were only a few other items besides medical equipment and various medicines.

After all, the weight of the airship is limited, so Lawrence and the others could only put these temporarily unused things in the rear and slowly transport them.

These things are mainly various materials that are planned to be used in the construction of the Pine Valley temporary field hospital, such as barbed wire, steel bars, concrete, and pre-treated wood.

In addition to these building materials, there are also some spare weapons, ammunition, medical consumables and some emergency supplies.

"I think I may have to transport it twenty or thirty times before I can transport it away." Nora said to Lawrence through the soul connection after flying around the things piled up in the cargo yard a few times in the sky. "Even if you can use the space bag as a cover, I think it is more appropriate to transport a bunch of goods twice on average."

"It's up to you to decide." Lawrence also replied through the admiral's network, and then asked the second lieutenant who came with them to help find some people to put these things into categories so that the little puppet Nora could carry these supplies. Soon , Dozens of workers were called over to start sorting these materials.

"I want to ask, how is your doll's flexibility and combat effectiveness in the air?" After watching Nora put piles of items into her space pocket with the help of the group of workers, the second lieutenant asked Lawrence in a low voice. "In the past two days, there have been many flying units of wilderness races attacking our air transportation lines."

"Are you talking about those vampire bats or harpies?" Hearing what the second lieutenant said, Lawrence immediately realized. "There are indeed a lot. We met several groups on the road. However, their maneuverability feels a little worse. As long as we dive into the ravine and fly close to the treetops to accelerate, they will give up their attack and leave."

"You said that the flying troops of the wilderness races have poor mobility?" The second lieutenant glanced at the little doll who was busy loading things, then turned his head and said to Lawrence.

"Well, it should be true for you, at least in the outskirts, there are few who can maneuver in the air more than a legendary wilderness race flying unit."

While Nora was leading the workers to equip supplies, the second lieutenant complained to Lawrence about the complicated transportation situation here.

If you want to sum it up, it is also very simple, that is, after the enemy was unable to block the army of civilized races on land, they began to send some flying creatures to attack the human logistics line.

This is why Lawrence felt that the wounded in the field hospital were much more than expected: the narrow road transportation line would be interrupted from time to time due to the attacks of some death squads sent by the wilderness race, and the air route Because of the harassment of the opposing air force, they had to gather together to act, so the evacuation of the wounded was naturally delayed.

"After the meter-gauge railway is built, I don't think the situation will be as bad as it is now." The second lieutenant said after pouring out his bitterness to Lawrence, "However, for a week or so before that, the front line It may be necessary to overcome various problems caused by the tight capacity.”

"I think I can help them." Nora, who had been listening to the conversation between the two people through the soul connection, said suddenly at this moment, "Ask how much they are willing to pay if you help them transport. Would you mind helping them deliver supplies to various places of need.”

Although there are all kinds of magic props in this world, not only are there not many interspatial bags, most of them are small interspatial bags that can only hold a few cubic decimeters and tens of kilograms of materials.

The kind of space bag that transports several tons or even dozens of tons of materials at one time, which is urgently needed on the battlefield, is very rare, and can be regarded as a strategic magic item.

At the same time, perhaps because of traditional factors, the transcendents in this world are more inclined to fight on the front line or do some work that only transcendents can do, especially those high-level transcendents. This is why the supplies cannot be delivered for a while.

But for Nora, these problems are not a problem. Because using the space bag as a cover and then using the astral plane to store things can naturally contain a lot of supplies, and at the same time, he doesn't really agree with the traditions that are popular among extraordinary people. Therefore, after she heard that the current capacity is tight, she naturally expressed her willingness to help.

After learning that the little puppet was willing to help, the second lieutenant immediately showed a very happy expression.

For these officers in the logistics department, seeing the list of soldiers who died due to lack of certain items from the front line, and looking at the piles of supplies on the cargo yard, each of them would feel extremely heartbroken from the bottom of their hearts.

"It would be great if you are willing to help." After watching the little doll leave the cargo yard after loading the goods, the Second Lieutenant lowered his head and said to Lawrence.

"I know that such a request is indeed too much for a legend, but sometimes, as long as one ton of supplies can be transported up, hundreds of lives can be saved—"

"Of course I know this, and that's why we are willing to help." Lawrence also looked away from the little puppet that had flown away at this time, and then said to the second lieutenant, "But we still hope that the headquarters To be able to fairly record our contribution in transportation."

"Of course, the headquarters will definitely record this emergency transportation work accurately and pay it appropriately." The second lieutenant assured.