At the end of the battle between the Nanhai Navy, the Beihai Navy in the west collided with the army led by Zhang Jihai.
Just as Yuwen Chengdu expected, although Zhang Jihai despised Dali from the bottom of his heart, he was not a brainless idiot.
He needs a beautiful victory, not a tragic battle.
So when he made up his mind to start a war with Dali in advance and eliminate Dali's navy, he decided to sneak attack on Meteor Island first.
But he didn't expect that Dali also sent a navy to go around and cut off their escape route.
The two sides chose the same route, and they collided without any accident.
On the vast sea.
Zhang Jihai stood on the observation deck, looking at the black spots in the sky, his face extremely gloomy.
At this time, he didn't know that this was a coincidence. He thought it was because Dali predicted their actions in advance. Or maybe some of them revealed their actions to Dali, so Dali sent the navy to intercept them.
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"Damn it, if I let me know who surrendered to the enemy, I will cut him into pieces."
Zhang Jihai couldn't help but curse angrily.
The general standing next to him frowned and said, "My lord, now that our plan has been exposed, what should we do next?"
Zhang Jihai squinted his eyes and fell into deep thought.
With the sneak attack plan exposed, there is no point in continuing to the Meteor Island.
"What else can we do? Prepare for a decisive battle!"
He was not afraid of Dali, or he felt that Dali had the strength to defeat him, he just wanted a big victory.
Although an early decisive battle was not in line with his plan, he still had no worries.
"It seems they haven't discovered our existence yet?" the general reminded suddenly.
At this time, they were still inside the invisible magic circle, and the machine birds were still several miles away from them, and they had not noticed their existence.
"No need! Now that they know we will take this route, there is no point in continuing to hide!"
Zhang Jihai had already determined that Dali was aware of their movements.
After that, Zhang Jihai ordered the invisibility circle to be closed, and at the same time dispatched a speedboat to investigate the situation of Dalishui Division.
And the other side.
When Zhang Jihai came down to close the invisibility circle, the machine bird conducting reconnaissance in the air immediately discovered their presence.
Onboard the Beihai Navy flagship.
A group of generals gathered in the ship building.
Mao Jiang sat in the first place, with the other generals on the left and right.
"They really want to attack Meteor Island!" Ye Xiangzhen said in a deep voice.
Mao Jiang nodded slightly. They had just received a message from Meteor Island. They already knew about the battle between the Nanhai Navy and the enemy and Yuwen Chengdu's speculation.
"In front of us should be the main force of the Giant Spirit Dynasty's expeditionary force on the west route! According to the staff's guess, the enemy's strength should be between 150,000 and 200,000!"
"As for the powerful ones in the Jingzhao Realm, there are probably around nine of them, and among them there may be those at the fourth level of the Divine Intention Realm!"
Speaking of this, Mao Jiang looked at Ye Gucheng next to him.
Ye Gucheng's expression was calm and he didn't care about Mao Jiang's words.
Mao Jiang continued: "In addition, the enemy also has psychic cannons, the number of which is unknown!"
The information about the expeditionary force was provided by Luo Wang, but Luo Wang didn't know much about the expeditionary force.
One is because Luo Wang had previously focused on the Giant Spirit Kyoto and had not penetrated too much into the Giant Spirit Dynasty’s army.
Secondly, because the time was too short, the Giant Spirit Dynasty did not start to gather the army until the time for the expedition was determined. This period only lasted for more than three months. Luo Wang only had time to understand the main generals of the expeditionary army and the strong men from the Jizhao Realm who accompanied the army, but not at all.
There is no time to infiltrate the expeditionary force, and there is no time to investigate the specific troop configuration and weapons and equipment of the expeditionary force.
So until now, Dali only knows that there are psychic cannons in the expeditionary force, but the exact number of them is not clear.
"The question now is whether we should engage in war with the other party?" Mao Jiang said seriously.
Ye Xiangzhen thought for a moment and said, "The general doesn't think it's necessary."
"Right now we already know the opponent's location and goals. There is no need to fight the opponent at this time!"
The enemy on the surface is not scary. What is really scary is the enemy who can't find a trace.
Because you don't know what he's going to do, and you don't know when he's going to come out and give you a hard blow.
Mao Jiang nodded, yes, there is no need for them to go to war with each other at this time.
With the strength of the Beihai Navy, it is impossible to defeat the opponent. Starting a war now will undoubtedly lead to self-destruction.
Moreover, Qin Wei has already led the Donghai Navy to support them. They only need to delay for one day to wait for the Donghai Navy.
The best time for the decisive battle is when the two major naval forces converge.
"But we can't turn a blind eye to them. We need to keep an eye on them and not let them disappear again!" Ye Xiangzhen added.
"Um!"
Mao Jiang nodded again and said: "In that case, let the army retreat to the northeast, let the machine birds of each battalion take turns to investigate, and at the same time send out clippers to spread out."
"Here!"
The generals responded.
…
On the sailboat, Qin Wei was sitting in the pavilion. Xiao Shunzi placed several candlesticks around him, and the bright candlelight illuminated the room.
Looking at the battle report in his hand, Qin Wei's face looked particularly heavy.
This is the battle report sent by the Nanhai Navy. Although Qin Wei had long expected that this battle would be very tragic, he did not expect that it would be so tragic.
This time the Nanhai Navy dispatched a total of 100,000 troops, but suffered more than 70% casualties in just one battle.
Among them, more than 33,000 were killed, more than 16,000 were missing, more than 4,000 were seriously injured, and nearly 20,000 were slightly injured.
There is basically no chance of survival if you get lost in the ocean.
In other words, in this battle, the Nanhai Navy's 100,000-strong army was directly reduced by more than 55,000 soldiers.
Such a heavy price made Qin Wei feel extremely distressed.
Just when Qin Wei felt distressed for the casualties of the Nanhai Navy, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door.
"Greetings to Your Majesty!" Yuwen Chengdu walked in and bowed.
"What's the matter?" Qin Wei asked.
"The Beihai Navy sent a message saying that they encountered enemy troops!" Yuwen Chengdu said.
"What is Mao Jiang's plan?" Qin Wei continued to ask.
Yuwen Chengdu said: "General Mao plans to retreat and wait for us to join him!"
Qin Wei nodded with relief. Fortunately, Mao Jiang was not a reckless man and did not rush forward to fight the enemy.
"Send a message to Mao Jiang and ask him to retreat towards us. Even if he loses the enemy's position, he cannot fight with the enemy!"
With the strength of the Beihai Division, it is absolutely impossible to defeat the opponent. Once a battle occurs, the Beihai Division will be completely destroyed.
"Here!" Yuwen Chengdu said.
"How long will it take for us to join the Beihai Navy?" Qin Wei asked.
Yuwen Chengdu thought for a moment and said, "If nothing else happens, it may take twenty hours."
Twenty hours is neither long nor short.
Qin Wei thought for a while and said: "Arrange a few fast boats to send Xiongba and the others there first!"
Although he believed that Mao Jiang would not fight with the opponent, if the opponent caught up with the Beihai Navy, there would be nothing Mao Jiang could do even if he was unwilling to fight.
In terms of warships, the speed of ordinary warships of the Giant Spirit Dynasty is actually about the same as that of Dali's warship.
However, the level of the Djinn Dynasty's formations far exceeds that of Dali. Dali can create warships that can use the formation to provide speed, so the Djinn Dynasty can definitely do the same.
If there are ships in the enemy army that are much faster than Dali's warships, then Mao Jiang will have no choice but to retreat even if he wants to.
Yuwen Chengdu nodded, "I understand, I will make arrangements now!"
…
On Nubo Island.
In a gorgeous tent, the Star King wandered back and forth with a solemn expression.
"No news yet?"
He asked Ji Zhen next to him.
"No!" Ji Zhen shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, do you want us to send a message to ask?"
Star King has asked this question more than ten times. To be honest, Star King's heart cannot calm down at this time.
Because Dali is fighting with the West Route Army of the Giant Spirit Dynasty.
This was their first battle with the Giant Spirit Dynasty. The Star King had been restless after learning about this.
Dali is the most important ally of their Hundred Star Dynasty. If Dali loses, their situation will be even more difficult.
Star King hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Ask me!"
Finally he couldn't bear it anymore.
It's not that his character is not stable enough, but that this battle is too important.
Ji Zhen nodded, and then gave instructions to the entourage outside the door.
More than half an hour passed before the attendant came back with a battle report.
Star King eagerly took the battle report, opened it, glanced at it quickly, and then let out a long breath.
"Dali wins!" Ji Zhen asked curiously.
"Victory!"
A smile appeared on Star King's face and he handed the battle report to Ji Zhen.
He doesn't care about how many soldiers Dali lost, he only cares about whether Dali won the first battle.
However, Ji Zhen read the battle report carefully.
"Although we won, it was a tragic victory with more than 70% casualties. The price was too high!"
"But how did they win?"
Ji Zhen said strangely.
He read the battle report again and still felt strange.
The battle report mentioned the psychic cannon and the gun ship, and also explained in detail the power of the psychic cannon and the gun ship.
However, there is no detailed explanation of how Dali won.
Ji Zhen is actually very familiar with psychic cannons and gun ships, because their Hundred Stars Dynasty also has twenty-three psychic cannons.
Star King smiled and said: "Ignore these for now, we should go to war next!"
"Your Majesty wants to take the initiative?" Ji Zhen asked.
"Isn't it possible?" Star King said.
Ji Zhen pondered for a while and said: "It's not impossible. Instead of being passive and being beaten, it's better to turn passive into active."
"There are advantages to taking the initiative, but we must also be prepared to suffer heavy losses."
Star King nodded, "Dali has already won the first battle, and we can just use this to boost our morale."
"Although you won't say it, I know very well that the morale of the soldiers is not high."
"The longer it takes, the worse it will be for us."
The power of the Giant Spirit Dynasty has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but in the face of the Giant Spirit Dynasty's crusade, the entire Hundred Stars Dynasty is in low morale.
The longer time passes, the lower the morale of the Hundred Stars Dynasty will be.
And now that Dali has won a victory, it is the best time to boost morale.
Ji Zhen nodded in agreement and said: "Your Majesty is still thoughtful." (End of Chapter)