The sun tilted to the west, and the southeast wind was gradually weakening.
Accompanied by the sound of bells, The Glorious turned direction, sailing against the wind to lower its sails and drop anchor, waiting with other warships that had arrived at the anchorage earlier for the ships lagging behind.
Although Vineta's army officers and navy officers had never seen eye to eye, after spending two days on a ship, even the most prejudiced army officer had to admit: Fleet management was absolutely a technical job.
To command fifty soldiers, a loud voice sufficed, but to lead fifty hundred-man units into battle, one needed an effective command system.
The third "Da Weineta" Legion consisted of fifty-nine hundred-man units, totaling just over five thousand men, a modest force compared to the legions of the Ancient Empire in historical stories, which routinely numbered in the hundreds of thousands.
