Struggle in the Steam Age

Taking advantage of the last period of time before departure, Lawrence, in addition to making various arrangements for the upcoming team, also took a lot of time to arrange the future of New Shaw Island and Cruise Islands in the next few months. develop a plan and develop a rough course of action.

The reason for this is also very simple, that is, Lawrence decided to personally take this medical team to participate in this great war. And all civilization expeditions in history often lasted for several months, or even half a year. So he naturally needs to make some preparations in advance to ensure that the place can still develop normally after he leaves the island.

The reason for making this kind of preparation is that Lawrence did not plan to participate in this expedition in depth at the beginning, but just wanted to simply send a team to participate in this war. have a look. But Mr. Lambert's words changed his mind.

Son, I will support whatever decision you make. But what I need to remind you is that according to tradition, every lord should participate in such an expedition once in his life. After hearing Lawrence's decision at that time, Mr. Lambert did not Said what should be done, but told him about some traditions among the nobles.

It has to be said that people in this world still talk about martial arts. And this kind of martial spirit has also affected the atmosphere of the entire civilized world from a certain perspective.

For example, if a lord like Lawrence does not participate in the civilization expedition in his own region, he is likely to be looked down upon by others.

Especially now that Lawrence is still a person with dual identities as pioneer lord and extraordinary person, so according to a certain customary rule, he should join his team in this war.

And if he doesn't participate in this war, unless he can find some very reasonable reasons, he will easily be completely rejected by his original social circle in the days to come.

For a lord to be excluded from those social circles, he or she is practically no different from social death. Therefore, after learning that there is such an atmosphere in the civilized world, Lawrence felt that he really should participate in this war this time.

But from another point of view, participating in this war is not just a loss of money like the previous elimination of goblins or sahuagins. Among the wilderness populations in the civilization expedition, there are also organized and developed groups like dark elves or gray dwarves. A certain level of race, so naturally a lot of valuable loot can be seized.

In addition, the headquarters will also provide various redeemable prizes to those participating in the war according to the contributions made by everyone after the war.

Therefore, even a medical team like the one Lawrence is organizing now, which is likely to not encounter the enemy in the entire war, can get a reward it deserves.

Therefore, out of various considerations, Lawrence finally chose to set off with the medical team and directly participate in the war with them. At the same time, Safir and Butler Bayer were left to watch the house on the island and coordinate logistics.

Three days later, Yang Fan, a small fleet consisting of eight transport ships and two warships, sailed on the Sea of ​​Stars. And Lawrence stayed in the office of the Enterprise and looked at a map of the Great Mountain Range in the central part of the White Eagle Federation and a thick dozen of documents with the commanders of the various teams under his command.

The goal of this civilization expedition is still the large mountain range that separates the northern and central continents of the new continent longitudinally, if all goes well. They will destroy the countries established by several wilderness races entrenched in the north of the Great Mountain Range, and then open up a new passage that can pass through the Great Mountain Range.

In addition to opening the line of communication, civilized races can also control a large piece of land on both sides of the line of communication through this line of communication.

As we all know, as the largest mountain range in the entire New World, the Dashan region has extremely rich mineral deposits. Therefore, being able to control such a piece of land is definitely a profitable thing.

This is also an important reason why the Civilization Expedition can attract so many forces willing to actively participate, because the benefits of these newly opened territories will be distributed to those forces participating in the Civilization Expedition.

For example, those metal mines are like this. Those who contribute a lot can obtain mines or mines, and those who contribute little can also obtain a supply of cheap ore for a long time.

But in this way, the arrangements for various forces have become a very complicated task. Therefore, in many cases, the headquarters can only do its best to ensure everything on the front line, and it seems a bit procrastinated in dealing with those personnel and materials that have not felt the front line. For example, Lawrence has not been able to receive the specific orders from the command during the preparation stage.

Fortunately, a few hours before Lawrence and the others set off, the Civilization Expedition Headquarters of the White Eagle Federation finally sent a series of detailed materials to Lawrence through a special channel of the church. These materials are mainly about the overall situation on the battlefield and the arrangements for Lawrence and his field hospital.

As for why the specific arrangement came so late, it was because after Lawrence and the others sent a telegram to report that they would send an established field hospital, the general headquarters had a disagreement on the arrangement of Lawrence and their field hospital. Only now has the final conclusion been drawn.

According to the news Lawrence got from some friends, the disagreement mainly focused on where the medical team was placed after their arrival.

Some of them think that a hospital of this level should be placed at a relatively low position so that it can cooperate with other doctors to treat more people.

Others believe that such a high-level field hospital should be placed on the front line, so as to gain valuable rescue time and minimize casualties.

The last line faction won with a slight advantage, because there are not many doctors concentrated in the rear, but there is obviously a shortage of doctors on the front line. And considering the fact that the sooner the wounded on the battlefield are treated, the higher the survival rate, so it was finally decided to let Lawrence lead his team directly to the front line.

According to their opinions, we will build our field hospital on a platform called Pine Tree Valley halfway up the mountain. After everyone read all the materials, Lawrence started from the materials on the table. He took out a small map and spread it out on the table and said, Everyone can come over now and see what we should do next.

Hearing Lawrence's greeting, all the commanders sitting around the desk stood up and came to one end of the desk, and carefully looked at the map of Pine Valley. Although this map looks smaller than normal maps, the content on it is very clearly drawn.

From this map, Lawrence and the others could see that the pine tree valley was actually located at an important junction of the road leading to the front line. The whole valley looks like a flat land of five or six square kilometers. And on the edge of this valley, there is one road leading to the rear, while the other three roads lead to different front lines of war.

At least from the perspective of the hospital, this place is very good. As the leader of the medical staff this time, Liszt was the first to express his opinion. This platform is large enough to accommodate the entire hospital. At the same time, the platform is also very convenient in terms of water and transportation.

That's right, and the air circulation on the mountainside is also very good, and the sun can also shine. This will not only help the recovery of the wounded, but also help prevent the spread of infection. Another doctor also expressed his attitude.

In addition to these doctors, the soldiers present also supported the establishment of a field hospital in this place. Because from their point of view, this flat land halfway up the mountain is also a good defensive position.

At least the cliffs at the rear can help them resist possible aerial attacks, while the condescending terrain halfway up the mountain can prevent troops attacking from the ground.

Then our hospital will be located here. After listening to everyone's opinions, Lawrence clicked on the location on the map to make the final decision.