The southeastern coast of the Black Sea, the lower half of this vast S-shaped sea area.

If you look down from a high altitude, you can see that this area is noisy than before. In just a few days, it has been plunged into a raging fire.

Artillery fire rumbled.

Smoke filled the air.

Shout out to kill Zhentian.

Cruisers flying with various flags float on the sea, and fierce exchanges of fire will break out when they meet "accidentally". Some come from trials between fleets, and some come from single officers in the navy who can both embody the talents of officers and be the most famous.

Ship combat.

Besides.

Now that Silius has unilaterally declared war, the merchant ships traveling between several continents no longer have the protection of the "peace" cloak, and the enemy's navy has become a legal plunderer.

The common practice in wartime is to capture an enemy merchant ship. Except for a quarter that needs to be turned over to the military headquarters, the remaining portion is divided among all the officers and soldiers on the warship according to regulations.

Who can resist this kind of temptation?

There was chaos on the sea and instability on the land.

Army soldiers dressed in bright military uniforms marched in formation carrying military flags. The essence of the "line tactics" of the flintlock era was to line up and shoot with iron discipline!

The so-called naval battleship line is nothing more than an extension of this line tactic.

In the wilderness, in cities, in mines, and in fertile planting areas, battles are fought all the time.

Earlier, a large number of young men in Cyrus were recruited into the army. Before the fleet led by Lieutenant General Doyle Griffiths arrived, a larger number of troop transport ships had already set off.

At this time, a steady stream of people were pouring into the colonies that belonged to Tulip in the southern continent, looting and occupying major cities and strongholds.

Before that.

After the partial failure of Cyrus's blitzkrieg against Tulip, the war has naturally turned into a protracted battle in which you retreat and I advance. Tulip, who has come back to his senses, is not a soft persimmon who can be bullied. He mobilizes his troops and vows to deal with those who do not follow the rules.

Cyrus struck head-on.

The people of Cyrus can decide when the war will start, but they cannot decide when it will end. Moreover, Cyrus, who already needs a war to divert domestic conflicts, is obviously not ready to give up when things get better.

Even though they have captured the Rand gold mine belonging to Tulip, it has greatly boosted the morale of the people.

Sea routes were blocked and Tulip was prohibited from navigation; large fleets were sent out to patrol and wait for opportunities to annihilate the opponent's active forces; and sea and land base offensive and defensive battles were launched from time to time.

And this war on tulips is undoubtedly a good medicine like rain for the chaotic situation in the country.

It not only diverts the attention of all classes in the country, but also absorbs the most unstable part of the country's population into the army and joins the battlefield. It can also obtain sufficient seizures from enemy countries to fill the domestic economic pressure, further curbing the increasingly vigorous development of tulips in recent years.

momentum.

It is a wonderful move that achieves multiple goals with one move, but of course the premise is that you must win in the end!

The chaotic Southern Continent, coupled with the New Continent where many parties are fighting, the Golden Sea, and the Black Sea where the two powers are fighting.

I don’t know when it started, but it seems that most of the world known to mankind has turned into a mess.

Southern continent.

The large bastion "Fort Teda" of "Baoshu Bay" was dangerously defended.

In just a few days, this place has become the most complete and important base camp for the Alliance's military strength in the Southern Continent.

The gun pits on the port have not been completely filled in, and traces of the aftermath of the war remain everywhere, and even the lingering smell of gunpowder smoke and rust remains in the air.

Soldiers worked overtime to repair fortifications, clear waterways blocked by sunken ships, and repair warships that were seriously damaged in the last naval battle.

More cruisers have been sent out to ensure smooth sailing and at the same time start a round of competition with the Cyrus Navy.

In the bastion conference room.

Led by Major General Marshall Rupert of the Phaletis Kingdom and House Sirik of the Tyro Kingdom, senior officers, battleship captains, garrison wizards, and military priests from the Black Iron Cross Church have gathered together.

However, from the many sparsely vacant chairs in the conference room, we can see how tragic the battle was that day. This was the result of cleaning up after the Ilyans left.

Amidst the smoke.

bang

Major General Marshall, who had a briar pipe in his mouth and a rough face, dropped the battle damage report in his hand and patted the conference table:

"Not counting property and facilities, nearly a third of the personnel alone were lost in the battle.

We can no longer count on those bastards in Ilya. If Wilmot and his fleet don’t leave? Silius may not dare to take action directly!”

Originally, the three strongest countries in Tulip were Phaletis, Ilya, and Taylor, and they also jointly sent great knights to garrison "Tedaddis Castle".

But now, because the internal turmoil in Ilia is even worse than that of Silius, it is obviously impossible to provide more support to overseas colonies.

After this battle, the other two countries also completely gave up on this ally, which was originally one of the strongest in the alliance, and decided to find another way out.

The major general looked at the adjutant below and blew out a smoke ring:

"Did you send a note to Sac and Atlan? What did they say?"

The middle-aged adjutant’s face didn’t look very good either. After standing up, he reported:

"Reporting to Your Majesty the General? It didn't go well.

Due to location factors, the Icelandic country Atlan's power in the southern continent is not strong, and feedback states that they are unable to do anything.

However, the attitude of Prince Clement, the Governor of the Southern Continent of the Sac Empire, was somewhat ambiguous. He neither offered military assistance nor explicitly refused."

"Huh? Short-sighted! The signal given by just standing still is obvious enough.

Although Cyrus is now declaring war only on us, but if Tulip cannot resist in the end? How can a mere Sark survive alone?

Are the fruits of everyone's hard work for decades and hundreds of years being easily harvested by the Silius people?"

Next to him, Major General House, who looked more elegant, seemed to have seen through Sack's plan. He clasped his hands and held his chin:

"Perhaps the idea is to sit back and enjoy the gains, and wait until the alliance's power is extremely exhausted before we come to the rescue. This can not only avoid a direct confrontation with Cyrus, but also blackmail us severely.

It’s not just Cyrus himself who is spying on the ‘Treasure Tree Bay’? Sark, who is reforming internally, also wants to take a bite of us!

However, this doesn’t look like the handiwork of that playboy Prince Clement? If it goes wrong, even a prince may not be able to shoulder this responsibility.”

"Any other bad news?"

The intelligence officer at the base stood up bravely:

"Reporting to the two generals, Your Majesty? The latest battle report has just been compiled.

As the party taking the initiative to attack, Silius obviously has a very thorough understanding of the intelligence of various countries. The most important directions of attack are the Rand Gold Mine, Treasure Tree Bay and Ilya's most valuable Greenfield Colony in the Zaire Basin.

It has been confirmed that the alliance's most important Bipolar Rand gold mine in the southern continent has changed hands. In the end, only about 40% of the armies of each country were gathered together, and the losses far exceeded our side.

In addition, most of the Ilia colonies, including Greenfield City, have fallen. It is said that the garrison cannot even put up a decent resistance, and most of them fled.

If Colonel Geer had not been omitted, Baoshu Bay and our Fort Teddy might not have been able to escape this disaster."

In other words, as long as the large bastion "Fort Teddy" remains, the alliance will still have a chance to make a comeback.

What is done at sea must be done on land. Other countries have long since learned this from Silius.

In the most important overseas occupation areas and key routes, various bases and bastions are mostly built. In any case, with a 7:1 military advantage, it takes about 20-30 days to conquer a bastion, which is still very tempting.

Of course, the premise of all this is that the attacking side does not have a third-level strong man who can ignore the terrain, or that the own side has equivalent strength.

In this world, extraordinary beings are the biggest variables, and they may create miracles at any time to reverse the situation of the war.

Just like the battle that Fort Teddy experienced last time.

Speaking of Geer, the senior navy officials present fell silent.

Subconsciously, he looked at the lower level of the bastion, which was blocked by heavy stone walls, and the shrill and terrifying howl seemed to echo in his ears again.

To be honest, everyone in this naval base owed half of their lives to Geer. If he hadn't turned the tide, the number of people in the conference room would have been reduced by at least half, and the others would have become lost dogs long ago.

Not to mention the serious consequences of completely throwing away "Treasure Tree Bay".

Even soldiers who are used to seeing life and death can't help but feel sad when they think of the miserable state of Geer who saved everyone in disguise.

Major General Marshall, who was Geer's direct superior in the base, lowered his eyes slightly and sighed deeply, as if he wanted to spit out all the anger in his heart. After a long time, he asked the adjutant:

"Have Colonel Geer's family been notified?"

"Messages have been sent through the spirit world to Mrs. Devry, the wife of Colonel Gale of New York, and to Brigadier General Garriott who is stationed in the Kingdom's New World Colony.

Calculating the time, it will take about one and a half months for Mrs. Devere to arrive from China, and it may take two months for Commodore Garriott to arrive because he needs to travel against the northern ring current."

"Take good care of Colonel Geer, and urge the military to send over his commendation order and posthumous promotion order to brigadier general. This can be considered as an explanation to the family members."

The first half of the sentence is directed to the priest accompanying the army, and the second half of the sentence is directed to his adjutant.

After saying these words with a stern face, Marshall couldn't help but cursed secretly:

"Damn Cyrus, damn Ilya, if it weren't for them, maybe Geer would be a real great knight in a few months. How could this be the case, bastard!

Tmd, you might as well just let me write a death notice!"

Thinking that in a month or two he would have to face the eyes of his family members, which turned from hope to despair, the major general felt anxious and helpless with nowhere to vent.

At this moment.
To be continued...