Around the mouth of the Donau River, there are hundreds of islands, large and small, with the smallest being only a few kilometers in diameter and the largest being hundreds of kilometers across.
These islands are not deserted.
This place is close enough to the mainland that even the miniature fishing boats of the Pingxiang people can easily reach it.
The number of Crocodile tribesmen living on these islands is much greater than that in the Swamp of Despair, numbering in the millions.
In other words, what the Yongye Army leader swallowed was only part of the Crocodile Tribe.
It’s not that they don’t want to swallow this part together, but they are more than willing to do so.
The Third Fleet of the Commons family, which was defeated inland, did not retreat to the West Sea, but took advantage of the situation to occupy this place and take root here.
It was only a part of the third fleet that was tricked by the Yongye Army on the Donau River, and it was still the weakest part.
The battleships of the Commons family mainly consist of four battleship types: Breaker, Hurricane, Dreadnaught and Dragon.
Among them, the dragon warship is unique and is the symbol of the seven fleets. Each fleet only has one and cannot be manufactured.
The Dragon Roar of the Third Fleet had been damaged on the Donau River. It was first intercepted by the God of Death, dragged along the land for hundreds of kilometers, and transformed into a container carrying the energy of death spells.
It was intercepted by the Yongye Army on the river and exploded several times. Although the main body was not damaged, it was messily modified by the God of Death and had long lost its repair value.
The Yongye military leader could only dismantle the dragon carcass, which is a key part of the ship's keel, and reuse it.
Use your own shipbuilding technology and black technology to rebuild the dragon ship.
Except for the fact that the keel is still the same as the original one, the rebuilt dragon-bone battleship has nothing to do with the original one, whether in terms of shape or capabilities.
However, when naming it, the leader of the Yongye Army still chose to name it the Dragon Roar.
And the name was inlaid in huge fonts on the hull of the ship in the form of a magic circuit.
Once the magic energy is poured into it, the name will shine brightly and can be seen with the naked eye even from a distance of more than ten sea miles on the sea without cover.
The main purpose of doing this is to stimulate the Commons family's third fleet in the future.
The loss of the Dragon Roar on the Donau River was regarded by them as a great shame and humiliation. They had already announced to the outside world that they would not return to the Western Sea until the Dragon Warship, the flagship of the Third Fleet, was recaptured.
According to the intelligence obtained by the Yongye military leader, the Third Fleet of the Commons family at its peak was far more powerful than they imagined, possessing one dragon-wreck battleship, five Dreadnought-class schooners, and twelve Dreadnought-class schooners.
, more than thirty hurricane-class sailing ships, more than fifty hurricane-class schooners, more than a hundred wave-class sailing ships, various small and large warships, no less than five hundred, and the cumulative number of various crews reached five
More than ten thousand.
This information comes from within the Commons family, and its accuracy is beyond doubt.
It can be seen from this that the biggest loss of the Third Fleet was the Dragon Roar. If the flagship had not been damaged there, less than twenty wave-breaking hurricane-class schooners would have suffered minor losses at best. A large-scale ocean voyage
The losses in exploration are more than this amount. These losses can be made up with the discovery of the Third Fleet in the East China Sea.
The damage to just one dragon-wrecked battleship would not bring a devastating blow to the overall combat effectiveness of the Third Fleet.
Although the dragon warship is powerful and nearly invincible, it is nothing more than a warship.
Its real function is symbolism within the Commons family.
As the saying goes, only dragon-wrapped battleships can fight against them.
When a fleet loses even its own flagship, their decline is inevitable.
This traditional idea has not changed with the growth of the Commons family fleet, but has become deeply rooted in the bones.
The Dragon Roar was lost in the Swamp of Despair, and the reputation of the Third Fleet among the Commons family immediately fell. It was criticized by other fleets and usurped their territory and warships on the west coast. When the Third Fleet came to the East China Sea, it only brought
Less than one-third of the warships were eliminated, and the main force was still holding on to its territory in the Western Sea.
It is common for the Commons family to be like a pack of wolves on the sea, competing for territory with each other.
If Steubin had brought the entire Third Fleet to the East China Sea, within two years, by the time he returned to the West China Sea, there would probably be no place for him to gain a foothold.
But who would have thought that the big shark in the sea hit a hard bone in the shallow water bay and broke one of its sharpest teeth.
Steubin is able to stand out step by step from a highly competitive family like the Commons family, which is indeed unique in his own way.
The moment he damaged the Dragon Roar, he had fully thought about the bad prospects of the Third Fleet. He was also a ruthless person and made the most decisive decision.
Escape from the Donau River and return to the Endless Sea, and return to the main force of the expeditionary force.
Appointed his only sixteen-year-old son as the acting fleet captain, commanded the expedition fleet, used absolute force to sweep across the endless seas east and west, conquered as many islands as possible, and plundered as many people as possible for his own use.
And he took several of the fastest warships and returned to the headquarters of the Third Fleet in the Western Sea.
Before the other fleets of the Commons family took action, the strong man cut off his wrist, abandoned all the territory in the western sea area, integrated all the battleship manpower of the third fleet, and retreated to the eastern sea area. During the retreat, he was not honest and did a few hard things.
It doesn’t matter which fleet’s warship or island base it is.
As long as you are bumped into or taken along by them, it will be like locusts crossing the border, both wealth and population will be swept into the migrating fleet.
This incident became a trigger at that time, causing a great shock within the Commons family.
If it weren't for the North Sea Fleet of the witch secret society, watching eagerly, the other six fleets were somewhat considerate, and a full-scale naval battle had not broken out just now.
In order to compete for the territory vacated by the Third Fleet, small frictions continued within the Commons family. Some fleets that had a cooperative relationship with the Third Fleet were greatly affected, and their territory and strength were shuffled to a certain extent.
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The other six fleets had not thought of swallowing up the main force of the third fleet.
However, Stubin's actions were too decisive. The Third Fleet's main territory was itself around the South China Sea, and there was no time to organize the main force to pursue it. If too few warships were dispatched, they would be hijacked by the Third Fleet, and the gain would outweigh the losses.
Furthermore, the Endless Sea and the South China Sea are not suitable for large-scale naval battles. Warships that do not understand the local waters may run aground and sink when operating normally, let alone engage in a naval battle.
I could only watch as the Third Fleet packed up and moved to the East Sea of the Endless Sea.
Afterwards, other fleets tried to find a safe channel in the South China Sea and went to the East China Sea to get a share of the pie, but they were pushed back by the Third Fleet stationed here.
This move can basically be regarded as a split. The Third Fleet has regarded the entire East China Sea as its own and is unwilling to share it with anyone, including its former brothers.
Sharing with others is not as comfortable as eating alone?
Facts prove.
Steubin's choice is correct. At least so far, he thinks he is wise and correct.
The first two years of the Great Migration were indeed a bit traumatic for them. After all, they gave up the islands they had been operating on for many years, especially the seven or eight large shipyards.
But their fleet is invincible in the East China Sea, and they can just sweep it all the way.
Although the ship-building technology of the Crocodile tribe who moved to the sea is better than that of the tribesmen in the Despair Swamp, due to the lack of strong competitors all year round, the scale of their internal battles is not large. Naturally, they will not go all out to develop warships, and still rely on small and medium-sized warships.
Lord, it’s out of scale.
When facing this alien giant shark of the Third Fleet, the result can be imagined.
Although the site that has been operated for many years is gone, it has been replaced with a site that is ten times the size of before.
The former shipyard was lost, but their skilled shipbuilding craftsmen were still there, and there were dozens of times the previous population for them to enslave.
The Third Fleet that migrated to the East Sea of the Endless Sea was like a monster with no natural enemies but plenty of food. It developed at a terrifying speed and established its own maritime empire under the eyes of the Yongye Army Leader.
Especially in the past two years, they have become more unscrupulous, and even extended their tentacles to the Donau Plain, which the Yongye Army Leader has not yet fully occupied, and established their own towns and ports on some coasts, using this as a stepping stone.
Peering over the Donau Plain.
Captain Stubin is still evil-minded and never forgets the Donau Plain.
No, he should be called His Majesty King Stubin.
Six years ago, Captain Steubin had already established himself as king on Dawan Island and called himself the King of the East China Sea.
This is an out-and-out grass-headed king, and not even half of the forces recognize him.
How can you allow others to snore and sleep next to your bed?
The Yongye military leader has always regarded the Donau Plain as his own, which naturally includes the East China Sea.
It was only a matter of time before we started a full-scale war with Stubin's East China Sea Kingdom.
In fact, the war between the two had already started when the Yongye Army led the comprehensive development of the Donau Plain.
In order to compete for the ownership of the Donau Plain, Stubin did not start building more sea-going ships after rebuilding the shipyard in the East Sea.
Because in the previous war, he had already discovered the reality of Yong Ye's military leader.
Their navigation ability is close to zero, and the new weapons of water warfare in their hands, gunpowder barrels and mines, are indeed extremely powerful on inland rivers and are out-and-out defensive weapons.
But in the vast sea area, the effect plummets.
Without any tricks, the Yongye Army led this emerging force and wanted to compete with itself, the maritime hegemon, on the sea, but it was overestimating its own capabilities.
The shipbuilding industry is different from other industries. This kind of thing cannot be achieved by chance. It requires decades of accumulation.
The Commons family can possess such a huge fleet because they have accumulated it for more than three hundred years and countless generations.
Not to mention ten years, even if the Yongye Army is given another thirty to fifty years, King Stubin will still have the confidence to overwhelm the opponent in terms of the number of ships at sea.
This is also true. Although the Yongye Army has spent crazy money on the shipbuilding industry in recent years, they have devoted all their efforts to producing sea-going ships in recent years. So far, their number of sea-going ships is only thirty-two.
Most of them are hurricane-class, and there are only a few hurricane-class ones. There is not a single Dreadnought-class ship, and thirteen of them were modified from the trophies of the Third Fleet.
In the past few years, the Yongye Army Leader has been unable to retreat, which further fueled Shi Dubin's thinking, believing that the Yongye Army Leader no longer has any trump card in his hand to restrain them.
Therefore, the rebuilt shipyard is mainly to produce various small and medium-sized warships to facilitate their invasion into the Donau Plain.
Faced with the frequent harassment of the Third Fleet, the Yongye Army leader adopted a relatively passive defensive strategy here. Not to mention the artillery, a weapon of naval warfare, even the Explorer Navy did not dispatch all its members. All those who showed up were Steubin.
I have already seen the building boat.
Coupled with ground troops and a large number of blackfire mines, it is enough to keep them at bay.
Adopting such a passive posture, the senior leaders of the Yongye Army naturally have their own considerations. The Explorer Navy has not yet been formally reorganized. Even if they launch a strong counterattack on the inland river, at most they will destroy the cannon fodder they landed ashore and injure no one.
to their roots.
The effort put in is not proportional to the gain.
It is better to show weakness to the enemy, lie dormant quietly, and then launch a thunderous strike after being fully prepared.
Although the leader of the Evernight Army used strong ship artillery three months ago in order to frighten the new royal family established by King Laurie and prevent it from being dragged into the quagmire of war with little benefit, the outside world still has no complete concept of artillery, let alone
It is the third fleet hanging alone in the East China Sea.
There are two sides to everything.
In Steubin's view, the Yongye Army Leader was surrounded by them from the sea. Without their permission, their fleet would never be able to sail out of the inland river.
But from the perspective of the Yongye Army Leader, it was Shi Dubin, the grass-headed king, who was blocked from the land level. There was basically no possibility of communication with other military leaders. He was just a fish he kept in the pond in his back garden.
, after they have prepared the knives and ingredients, they are ready to stew it in the pot. Whether it is steamed or braised depends entirely on their mood.
The only troublesome thing is that this fish is not a docile grass carp, but a man-eating shark. Due to the abundance of food, the mutated great white shark has an astonishing size. The leader of the Yongye Army must treat it with caution. If the fish is not stewed, it will be eaten.
If you bite off a piece of meat, it won't be beautiful.
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Dawan Island.
Shi Dubin's Donghai Kingdom, the base camp in Donghai.
When the Third Fleet led by Steubin first arrived in the East China Sea, he fell in love with this place at a glance.
This is simply a paradise tailor-made for them.
Dawan Island is an archipelago. In addition to the crescent-shaped main island, there are five large islands, 13 medium-sized islands, and more than 40 small islands, guarding the surrounding area within 300 nautical miles. There are many natural deep-water ports.
Countless.
The huge Third Fleet, after arriving here, naturally felt like a fish in water. With a large number of ships, it directly connected all the islands into a whole.
They encircled the main island by encroaching on the surrounding small and medium-sized islands, preventing the Crocodile tribesmen who had migrated here from sailing to the sea. After surviving them for five years and making their lives more difficult, they then drove other islanders to serve as cannon fodder and washed up on the island.
Dawan Island has established a firm foothold here in one fell swoop.