"The situation is not good." Captain Gordon said solemnly, "His Majesty has been working hard to reorganize the fleet, boost the morale of the soldiers, and organized three breakouts in an attempt to break through the sea blockade led by the Yongye Army.
It ended in defeat. Not only did they send a fleet there, but they also laid a large number of mines there. Your Majesty is sending people to clear the mines!"
"Then has your Majesty made a breakout plan?" Captain Lina said with hope, hoping that the other party would tell good news.
"That's exactly why I'm here." Captain Gordon nodded. "After several days of discussions with several fleet captains, His Majesty and several fleet captains came to the conclusion that our fleet is now completely at a disadvantage. The main reason is because of the
Given the circumstances, if we were to evacuate to the sea, we might not be without the strength to fight.
Firstly, we still have a numerical advantage, and secondly, the number of artillery shells carried on the Yongye Army's battleship is definitely not endless, especially the magic artillery shells. Although we don't know how the other side makes them, they are definitely expensive.
This can be seen from their delay in launching a general attack on us.
However, judging from the current situation, if our fleet rushes forward regardless of casualties, the casualties will be beyond imagination.
Therefore, His Majesty sent me out to ask for help, hoping to break through the Yongye Army’s blockade by attacking from both sides.”
"Your Majesty also thought of asking Captain Moore for help?" Captain Lina's face showed a hint of excitement.
"Also?" Captain Gordon noticed Lena's choice of words and asked doubtfully, "How did you know that His Majesty was going to ask Captain Moore for help?"
"We have just finished a high-level officer meeting. Captain Cornell believed that it would be difficult for the fleet to break through the blockade on its own, so he proposed this plan. Unexpectedly, it coincided with His Majesty. In this way, we don't have to
Reported to His Majesty." Lina did not take credit from Cornell.
"You are really interested. After the mission is completed, I will take credit for you in front of His Majesty. Before that, you must help me pass the information to Captain Moore and His Highness Leighton as soon as possible." Gordon
The captain is a good person, and he doesn't mind giving favors to others, regardless of whether what the other person just said is true or false.
"Your Highness Layton?" Cornell lost his voice, "Does it mean that Your Majesty not only wants to recruit Captain Moore to return for reinforcements, but also wants to transfer the fleet remaining in the Great Bay for rescue?"
"Yes." Captain Gordon nodded and said, "This is double insurance. As long as we arrive all the way smoothly, our fleet will be able to escape from birth."
"The remaining fleet has been transferred away. What will happen to the Great Bay Islands? Those indigenous resistance forces are likely to take advantage of the situation." Captain Cornell had unconcealable worry on his face.
Before Captain Gordon could answer, Captain Lina glared at him and said: "You don't even look at what time it is now. You are still afraid of wolves and tigers behind. If the main force of our fleet is trapped here, the Great Bay Islands will
Can the situation get better? The main force of our fleet is the key. As long as this is preserved, even if the Great Bay Islands are all lost, we can take them back again."
"Your Majesty thinks so too." Captain Gordon confirmed Lina's explanation.
"Why not send a clipper to take the sea route? The sea route is much faster than the land route, and the Yongye Army's blockade on the sea is so tight? Not even a clipper can get out?" Captain Cornell asked another question.
A question.
"The method you mentioned has not been tried before." Captain Gordon's expression became extremely gloomy again. "As a result, thirty-two clippers were ruined and the message was not sent out. The other party's warships were not only loaded with brand new
Long-range weapons also imitate the special abilities of dragon-wrapped battleships. The sails of their battleships can use magic energy to accelerate. Our speedboats have no speed advantage at all against them. In addition, they have eyes in the sky, which is very
It’s hard to escape their pursuit and interception.”
"Impossible!?" The two fleet captains widened their eyes at the same time, as if they were listening to a legend.
The dragon warship has been in their hands for hundreds of years, and they have not found a way to imitate it.
How many years has it been since the leader of the Yongye Army obtained the Dragon Skeleton Battleship?
All things considered, it will be less than ten years.
I can't believe it no matter what I hear.
"I saw this with my own eyes, and it is absolutely unmistakable. They are using the dragon wings of the Dragon Roar." Captain Gordon said with an extremely certain tone.
Captain Lina wanted to raise other questions, but was gently pulled by Captain Cornell, "Captain Gordon has worked with His Majesty on the Dragon Roar for more than 20 years. His understanding of the Dragon Roar is far better than any of ours."
Since Captain Gordon said yes, he must be right. The Yongye Army took the lead with the magic armor that the soldiers equipped in large numbers, followed by the magic artillery that combined magic and black powder. This fully shows that they
The spells and techniques he has mastered are far beyond our imagination. It is not surprising that he has thoroughly studied the technology of the dragon warship and used it on other warships."
"First the magical artillery, and then the dragon-wing magic sail. Even if we successfully rescue the fleet from the Donau River, the situation our East China Sea will face in the future is not optimistic." Captain Lina's expression dropped gloomily.
Come on, there is worry that cannot be concealed in the words.
The three of them are all veteran sailors and know the three major elements of naval warfare very well.
Battleship speed, battleship firepower and personnel quality.
Whether it is the old naval battle mode or the new naval battle mode opened by the new warships led by the Yongye Army.
The three major elements have not changed, only their importance and order have changed.
In the old naval battle mode, the order of the three items was - battleship firepower - battleship speed - personnel quality.
Limited by long-range attack methods, their previous focus was on the size of the warship. The larger the size, the more personnel it carried, the more various bulky long-range attack weapons, and the thicker the deck.
Whether attacking or melee, you will have a huge advantage.
Compared with the speed of the battleship and the quality of the personnel, it is not that important.
The former can be offset by flat push, while the latter can be compensated by quantity.
In the new naval battle mode created by the Yongye Army Leader, the order of the three elements has become - battleship speed - battleship firepower - personnel quality.
With the emergence of ultra-long-range artillery, the importance of battleship speed has jumped to the importance of battleship firepower.
The reason is very simple. If a Hurricane-class battleship is equipped with so many magical artillery, it will be enough to pull the Dreadnought-class galley from its dominance.
Because the latter can't catch up with the former despite all its efforts.
Of course, this refers to the situation when the Dreadnought-class galley is not equipped with magic artillery.
If the two have the same equipment, it will be another situation. Under normal circumstances, neither one can do anything to the other.
The Hurricane class did not dare to get too close to the Dreadnought class sailing ship, and the latter could not catch up with the former.
Winning or losing depends on the specific situation.
The key problem is that the East China Sea Fleet currently has no advantages in all aspects compared to the new warships led by the Yongye Army.
The long-range firepower has been suppressed by others, and now the speed does not have an advantage. As for the quality of the personnel, it can be seen from the infantry led by the Yongye Army, they are definitely equal to each other.
Even if they reach the sea, they will be killed alive by the new warships led by the Yongye Army.
But this is all a matter for the future. Their first problem now is to rescue the main force of the East China Sea Fleet from the pocket formation of the Donau River. If the rescue fails, they will have no future at all.
Captain Lina calmed down and said: "How does Captain Gordon need us to cooperate?"
"Your Majesty means that if you want me to personally persuade Captain Moore to return to Dawan Island and inform His Royal Highness Leiden, I need to trouble the two captains to send people. It is best to send more people secretly."
Team up to prevent the opponent from intercepting us. In fact, our side is also a type of double insurance. Your Majesty will continue to send people to attack the sea blockade led by Yongye Army and get in touch with Dawan Island as soon as possible." Gordon.
The captain told the truth.
"Okay, I'll take care of this matter myself." Captain Lina said without hesitation, patting her chest.
"No, if the captain leaves, what will happen to our ashore infantry?" Captain Cornell shook his head repeatedly.
"This place is under the command of Captain Cornell." Lina replied.
"No, the captain of the fleet is the commander of the infantry appointed by His Majesty, and the morale of the soldiers is currently low. Changing generals on the spot will only further attack them and cause unnecessary trouble. I may not be able to suppress him then." Cornell.
The fleet captain still shook his head and said, "Why don't you leave this matter to me."
Captain Lina hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded and said: "What the captain said makes sense. This matter has been decided. Now let's start selecting people to prepare. I will give you a cover tonight. I hope we can
If I can break the situation, God bless me Donghai."
"God bless me Donghai." The other two people said in unison, but deep in their eyes, there was still worry that could not be concealed.
Because they all know that the fundamental reason for the failure of the battle with the Yong Ye army leader this time is that falling into the trap is only a superficial reason.
The real reason is that there is a huge technical gap between them and Yongye Army Leader.
If this technical difference is not solved, what if they escape from the Donau River?
What's more, the fleet led by the Yongye Army flew kites.
Don't forget, the leader of the Yongye Army took advantage of the chaos and captured three of their Dreadnought-class sailing ships, two Dreadnought-class schooners, two Hurricane-class ships and three Wave-breakers.
They are all relatively well preserved.
I believe that it won't be long before the opponent will modify it into that new type of warship.
If a giant like the Dreadnought-class galley is also equipped with magic artillery and dragon-wing magic sails, what kind of combat effectiveness will it unleash?
Just thinking about it makes me shudder.
At that time, all the coastal ports of East China Sea will no longer be safe.
It is only a matter of time before the East China Sea Kingdom is uprooted by the other side.
It's just that this issue is deeply suppressed in their hearts. No one dares to lift the lid or continue to think about it because they are afraid that if they think about it further, they will lose the courage to resist.
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That night, Captain Lina led the Donghai Infantry to launch a night attack on the Yongye Army Leader who was following them closely.
This night attack was so massive that more than 50,000 Donghai soldiers were mobilized, beating gongs and drums and making endless noises.
But they had no chance to rush to the front of the Yongye Army's camp. Ten rounds of illumination bombs directly illuminated the battlefield into daylight, and then a round of artillery bombardment came down, directly blinding the Donghai soldiers who were charging at the front.
New recruits are afraid of cannons, veterans are afraid of machine guns.
In front of the artillery led by the Yongye Army, the Donghai soldiers, whether they were elite veterans or newly recruited soldiers, were all new recruits because it was their first time facing this new type of weapon.
Violent explosions, huge destruction and horrific scenes.
It will leave an indelible impression on them and seriously damage their morale.
They had to go through a lot of artillery fire before they understood the truth. After all, the coverage of artillery fire was limited. Hitting them often depended on the luck of both sides.
Captain Lina hurriedly issued an order to stop the attack. Although this was a bit embarrassing, their other combat goal was achieved.
Taking advantage of the chaos and the attention of the two legions led by Yongye Army, dozens of small teams sneaked out from the Donghai infantry camp and moved along the coastline towards the Five Rivers area of the Donau Plain.
They all brought the same message, requesting Captain Moore to lead a squadron to return to the main fleet.
If they encounter other warships from the East China Sea Fleet squadron, they will be commandeered as soon as possible and fly to the Great Bay Islands to seek help from the warships staying at their home base.
After recovering from the initial shock, Stubin began to move as hard as he could on the Donau River.
Although the artillery of the Yongye Army leader is fierce, it cannot conceal the fact that their warships are few in number.
The leader of the Yongye Army would never dare to compete with the East China Sea Fleet, even if it was to exchange ten for one.
Steubin made full use of this and developed a life-threatening style of play.
They don't care whether the Yong Ye army's tactics are cannibalization or engulfing. As long as their warships sail out of the range of the city defense artillery in Jiangmen Port, large and small warships will swarm up.
He put on a posture that even if you sink a hundred of my warships, I will sink one of yours.
After taking out this desperate posture, the fleet led by Yongye Army was a little helpless, and the encroachment speed was greatly slowed down.
They could only engage in guerrilla warfare with the East China Sea Fleet on the river.
If the East China Sea Fleet presses too hard, the fleet led by Yongye Army will retreat back to Jiangmen Port.
If you relax a little bit, you will rush out and give them a punch. If you can seize the battleships, you will seize them. If you can't, you will sink a few ships.
Eguchi also repeatedly sent groups of small warships to conduct tests, with the purpose of consuming as many shells as possible from the explorer fleet.
When the time comes, whether we wait for rescue or not, when the East China Sea Fleet rushes out, the difficulty will be reduced.
On this point, Steubin grasped it very accurately.
The new warships led by the Yongye Army are indeed powerful, but their logistical supply requirements have also been greatly increased.
With enough artillery shells, they can rely on about twenty warships to overwhelm the East China Sea Fleet.
If the shells are used up, they will immediately return to their original shape.
When the Explorer Fleet first showed off its powerful firepower, it used indiscriminate artillery fire coverage. Later, it focused more on precise strikes. Not to mention special artillery shells, even ordinary black powder artillery shells could be used with ease.
In the later stages of the blockade, the Explorer Fleet even ignored the provocations and comings and goings of the East China Sea Fleet's small warships, focusing on the East China Sea Fleet's main warships.
The value of sinking one such warship is far greater than that of ten small warships.
The Yongye military leader did not expect to be able to completely block the news and prevent the East China Sea Fleet from asking for help.