In the Name of the Queen

The gunfire did not stop, it just shifted.

The soldiers who had decided to turn against the enemy needed a gift that could prove their sincerity.

Surt and his guards were the best gifts.

Surt was dead, and now it was his guards' turn.

Although many soldiers in the guards did not lose their bottom line at the critical moment, they chose to raise the muzzle of their guns by ten centimeters with a very conscientious mind, giving Jin Yuanguo a chance and Alina a chance.

But this happened to be the cause of their death.

The qualification to stand in a team is a privilege that ordinary people cannot reach.

They are Surt's guards, and they have long been marked with a clear mark. This little kindness will not change anything.

If Alina could control the overall situation, she would probably let them go generously, but unfortunately she couldn't.

She knew that these people who abandoned darkness and joined light needed a channel to vent their emotions.

They even killed Surt, so there was no reason to keep his guards.

Most of these people were brought by Surt from his hometown, and they were extremely loyal.

Let them live to avenge Surt? This is not funny.

Gunshots rang out crazily.

The extremely small number of SS troops put up the most heroic resistance. They were well-equipped, had superb marksmanship and were well-organized. They were truly elite.

However, in the face of the huge gap in numbers, all this was meaningless.

The gunshots gradually stopped.

The heroic resistance of the SS troops allowed at least twice as many ordinary soldiers to accompany them on the road.

Many SS members died with their eyes open.

They also wanted to turn from darkness to light, but no one gave them a chance.

They didn't understand until they died that this world was not just about light and darkness. There was a wide gray area between black and white.

Under the touching cloak, this farce of mutual slaughter was the gray area.

Alina witnessed all this indifferently, and her heart was calm.

She raised her right hand and announced loudly to everyone, "People who yearn for freedom, please follow me!"

Freedom is not the historical gene of the Golden Kite people. They also had a long period of royal rule. This is the ideological resonance that Mr. Carlo gave to the Golden Kite people after cutting off the shackles of royal power.

"Freedom?"

This beautiful word has made the Golden Kite people proudly stand up for more than a decade, but it suddenly disappeared in the past year.

Hearing this familiar word, the soldiers were silent for a moment, and then burst into earth-shaking cheers.

They put down their weapons, rushed to the Wanderer Corps led by Alina, and hugged them.

Not long ago, they were still enemies.

But now they are close brothers.

The bodies of Surt and the Guards were trampled by countless swarming soldiers, and their faces were unrecognizable.

Fortunately, they were dead and would not cry out in pain.

Looking at the shocking scene in the wilderness, Lisa, who stood side by side with Roland, sighed:

"Roland, is this also in your calculations?"

Roland looked at Lisa's complicated eyes and smiled and said: "First of all, I am Luo Xifu now. Secondly, I am not a prophet, and I am not sure whether it can succeed."

"What if it fails?" Lisa couldn't help asking what she had always wanted to ask.

Before the action started, she didn't want to be a crow, so she didn't ask, but now she couldn't hold it back.

"If you fail, run away, or wait for death?" Roland calmly gave the standard answer.

He helped Alina because it was profitable. If she was beaten to death, what good would it be? Of course, he would turn around and run.

Lisa stared at Roland blankly, and suddenly thought of Roland's promise to her that they would live and die together. The corners of her lips rose slightly, and the slight worries when she set out were swept away.

Looking at Lisa's innocent smile, Roland just smiled.

Lisa is still so innocent and has never changed.

Alina must know this result.

He has helped her beyond the boundaries of friendship. This is a huge risk investment in the early stage.

Now it's time to collect interest.

After the "touching" collective ceremony of abandoning darkness and joining light, Alina reorganized the army.

She boldly appointed officers of the Port If garrison to continue to manage the army.

Although she knew very well that these people were only forced to surrender by the soldiers due to the situation, and they might not be following her sincerely, it didn't matter.

As long as she can keep winning, the disloyalty of these speculators will disappear.

If she loses, there is nothing to say.

Accepting more than 20,000 defenders of Port If, plus the original wanderer army, Alina formed two army-level combat units and marched towards Port If.

Although she wanted to march north to Xidai City immediately, Roland firmly opposed it.

Roland's reason was simple. We should not be impatient to recapture Xidai. We should give Marco enough opportunities to let him continue to make more brutal actions under pressure.

If Marco does not force the Golden Kite people into a desperate situation, how can they feel at ease to follow Alina.

If this reason is a bit far-fetched, Roland's other reason is very sufficient. Rebellion must have a stable base, otherwise it will be a bandit.

The southern region of the Golden Kite Kingdom was originally the base where Mr. Carlo started his career. Alina only needs to use the slogans of freedom and republic proposed by Mr. Carlo in the past to attract the frustrated people who were suppressed by Marco to join.

Port If is right in front of us, but it is definitely not a soft persimmon.

Although Surt took away more than 20,000 soldiers, there are still more than 7,000 defenders left.

Port-Yves has strong defenses, so a strong attack is definitely not possible.

However, Port-Yves does not have much food reserves, and its daily necessities and medicines are also very dependent on trade.

It is easy to make Port-Yves surrender, just blockade it.

The Sussex Empire and the Golden Kite Republic did not declare war, and the two sides were friendly countries at least on paper.

Directly letting the Fourth Fleet join the war would put great diplomatic pressure, and it would definitely not work.

Even if Roland let the Fourth Fleet join the war regardless, it would be difficult for warships of this era to cause substantial damage to the strong port.

Fortunately, he did not need to attack the city, and the blockade was enough.

Under his order, the Fourth Fleet assembled twelve nautical miles outside Port If and blocked the sea area in the name of military exercises.

The officials of Port If sent people to protest, and Bridges gave a calm reply.

"This is the high seas, I can stay as long as I want."

The officials of Port If were choked and speechless.

Although Bridges' words were a bit far-fetched, they were not wrong. Beyond twelve nautical miles of the coastline is the high seas, and anyone can go.

The Fourth Fleet did not publicly announce the blockade, but only prohibited ships from passing through the exercise area in the name of military exercises.

If there were ships that could dive into Port If, they would naturally not care.

It is also possible to enter Port d'If from the sea, but we have to wait until the end of the exercise.

As for when the exercise will end, military secrets cannot be disclosed.

Under Roland's arrangement, the Fourth Fleet actually blockaded Port d'If in the name of military exercises.

Port d'If has a large population. Although the food reserves can barely support it for a while, daily necessities and industrial products need to be replenished through trade.

Blockade may not be fatal, but it is definitely very painful.

Alina led the main force to surround Port d'If from land, and then sent people to the surrounding small towns to persuade them to surrender.

Hearing that Mr. Carlo's daughter led the army back to defeat the terrorist dictator Marco, the simple people responded and joined Alina's resistance army.

Alina selected soldiers from them and formed a new army.

She witnessed with her own eyes how Roland's new army was reborn into a combat-ready team, and she had long remembered it in her heart. Now it is just a practice.

The resistance of Port d'If did not last too long.

On the fifth day of the siege, good news came from Port d'If.

The mayor and the port director "died unexpectedly", and their deputies decided to respond to the people's call and surrender the city to Alina.