What was even more unfortunate was that the person who brought back the information only left a vague message and fell into a severe coma without even giving them a chance to question him further.
No matter how I thought about it, I felt that there were too many coincidences. It was more like the leader of the Yongye Army intentionally asked him to bring this piece of information back.
Facing an enemy full of scheming tactics, Stubin could not be too cautious no matter how cautious he was.
Therefore, the intelligence brought back by Captain Gordon not only failed to prompt Stubin to make a decision, but instead fell into confusion.
I don’t know what the real situation is, let alone make a hasty decision.
There is no need to mention that kind of ambivalence.
Now he hopes that Captain Gordon is a pawn deliberately put back by the leader of the Evernight Army, just to make him mistakenly think that Captain Shiamore has rebelled. In fact, Captain Shiamore has not rebelled.
This expectation of Steubin was destined to be disappointed.
Captain Gordon is indeed a chess piece deliberately put back by the leader of the Yongye Army, but the news he brought back is indeed extremely true. His main role is not to lead the main force of the East China Sea Fleet to attack, but to cut off Captain Shia Moore's backstage.
road.
Captain Shiamore not only rebelled, but now led the reorganized squadron, passed the rescue fleet led by Prince Leiden, and headed straight to the Great Bay Islands, preparing to turn the place upside down and reshape the East.
Maritime situation in sea areas.
Stubin was now in the same predicament as when he led the fleet deep into the Donau River.
One wrong step, one wrong step.
When they once again misjudged the military strength of the Yong Ye Army Leader in all aspects, they were already in a passive dilemma.
The more serious the miscalculation, the more embarrassing it will be.
There is no doubt that they miscalculated not a little bit.
"Your Majesty, I heard it too. It seems to be the sound of shelling. The sound of shelling came from far away, but it was not from upstream, but from the estuary and from the sea."
"I also heard the sound of intensive shelling. It was the sound of hundreds of artillery firing at the same time. However, we did not organize a fleet to test the attack today."
"Could it be that our reinforcements have arrived? Attacking the blocking fleet led by the Yongye Army from the sea?"
"Calculating the time, they should indeed have arrived, but I don't know whether it is His Highness Leiden or Captain Shiamore who has arrived?"
"His Royal Highness Leiden should be more likely. After all, there is also a war with Captain Shiamore, and it is impossible to escape so easily."
"Anyway, it's a good thing that reinforcements have arrived. We can hope to leave this damn place. When we return to the sea, we will definitely look good to them."
"Your Majesty, give the order and prepare to rush out! If you don't rush, there will be no chance."
Soon the sailors appeared to be listening attentively, because they also vaguely heard the sound of intensive attacks.
An expression of excitement appeared on his face involuntarily.
Shi Dubin has sent for reinforcements, attacked from both inside and outside, and tore through the Jiangkou blocking line led by Yong Ye's army. It is already known to everyone in the East China Sea Fleet.
This can be regarded as a way for them to stabilize the morale of the military, and naturally they can't help but think of it at this moment.
"Where is the outpost ship? Has the outpost ship come to report the situation?" On the contrary, Shi Dubin, whose eyes were bloodshot, regained some composure and did not issue orders rashly.
Just a burst of cannon fire is not enough to prove anything.
Because the Yongye Army leads the fleet and can fire cannons on its own!
"The outpost ship is coming, the outpost ship is coming." A sailor who saw it pointed at the river and said loudly.
A single-masted clipper quickly passed through the fleet and soon arrived in front of the Gray Goose.
Someone immediately put down the rope, and a strong sailor climbed up, quickly ran to Steubin and said: "Report to your Majesty, there is a large-scale shelling on the sea surface, and a large-scale naval battle is suspected to have occurred."
"What do you mean by a suspected large-scale naval battle?" Stubin suppressed the anger in his heart and asked, "Have you seen our rescue fleet?"
"I'm reporting to your Majesty that I couldn't see clearly." The captain of the outpost ship was also a discerning person. Seeing that King Stubin's eyes were about to spit out fire, he hurriedly added: "Since this morning, there has been no light on the river.
It's foggy, it's very heavy. Let alone seeing the sea surface clearly, you can't even see other warships in the thick fog."
"It's foggy? Are you telling me it's foggy today?" Steubin raised his head and glanced at the sunny sky, his voice had already raised five points.
The captain of the outpost ship was sweating profusely and murmured an explanation: "We had been in the fog area before, and we had no idea that it was a sunny day outside. It was not until we walked up to report the situation and rushed out of the fog area that we realized that the situation was a little different.
Something's wrong, that foggy area is definitely not natural, it's more like it's man-made."
"An artificially created fog area?!" Stubin's eyes narrowed.
A word couldn't help but pop into his mind - technique.
Shi Dubin did not care to hold the captain of the outpost ship accountable, and loudly ordered: "Sail to the mouth of the river, hurry to the mouth of the river."
As soon as the Gray Goose, the acting flagship, started to move, the entire East China Sea Fleet also came to life. The crew members above were all talking about it, and each one of them took the initiative to make preparations for the war.
They were not deaf. They also heard the sound of shelling from the sea, and they also speculated that reinforcements had arrived.
At this time, they can't fall behind others, take action earlier, and rush out of this hellish place earlier.
As soon as the East China Sea Fleet moved, the artillery positions on both sides of the Taiwan Strait also moved. A day ago, they received the order to open fire with all their strength.
As long as a warship from the East China Sea enters their fire coverage range, they must intercept them with all their strength and sink them as much as possible.
After two weeks of entanglement, the soldiers of the East China Sea Fleet have passed the initial stage of panic when they heard the sound of artillery shelling, and have figured out a way to deal with the artillery led by the Yongye Army.
Changing the battleship's traveling speed from time to time and S-turn direction are very effective tactical evasions, which are used to disrupt the Yongye army's artillery bombardment predictions.
Of course, this method is only suitable for small-scale firefights. If the Yong Ye army leader does not hesitate to use ammunition and conducts saturation bombardment, tactical evasion will be a joke.
Because no matter how you dodge, shells will fall on their heads, so the chance of hitting them will naturally increase significantly.
Under normal circumstances, the leader of the Yongye Army would certainly not be so extravagant. Their cannonballs, especially magic cannonballs, are not cheap stones that can be picked up casually.
When the cannon goes off, there is a thousand taels of gold.
This sentence is universal in every world.
To a certain extent, it is not an exaggeration to say that Shi Dubin was beaten with money by the Eternal Night Army so that he could not hold his head up.
The decisive battle has not yet begun, but the Yongye Army has already spent all of its income for half a year, which is enough to cover the entire tax revenue of the East China Sea Kingdom for three years.
But at this moment, it is obviously no longer time to worry about money.
All kinds of artillery shells and ordinary shells were smashed down crazily, and soon incredible scenes appeared on the Donau River in several places suitable for interception.
In some places, fire is burning on the water, making sizzling noises, and steam rising, turning the place into a realm of fire and steam.
Warships who want to pass through here will not only face bombardment, but also face burning with fire and steam.
In some places, it becomes a black area like a black hole. After rushing in, it is like being in the dark night.
In some places, knife-like winds raged, turning the sails of warships passing by into sieves riddled with holes.
In some places, ice floes are everywhere. It's okay for large warships. The damage caused to them by these man-made ice floes is relatively limited. Small warships want to rush through here, but it will be a lot of trouble. Even if they are not pushed out of the hole by the ice floes, the speed
It will also be affected, causing more rounds of bombardment.
Some places where warships could have flown unobstructed have turned into hidden reefs, and the water flow has become strange and unpredictable. The difficulty of passage by warships has greatly increased. If you are not careful, you will poke a hole in the bottom of your ship.
There is no doubt that these special terrains were created by the Yongye Army using a large number of special artillery shells.
If the spell concentration of a single element in an area is highly concentrated in a short period of time, it will cause temporary special effects in this area.
The leader of the Yongye Army took full advantage of this and maximized the power of special artillery shells.
Everything has two sides.
Stubin did not choose to rush out of the Donau River immediately. Of course, he was buying his fleet time to re-correct.
It has also been given to the Yongye Army. It takes a lot of preparation and layout time, and the difficulty of rushing out will be greatly increased.
In this case, even a fool can feel that there is a huge problem.
This was further confirmed when Steubin braved artillery fire and went to the forefront of the estuary to take a look.
The entire estuary of the Donau River was shrouded in a strange layer of white mist.
This white mist area is just weird.
You can't see it simply from upstream. The view is still blue sea and blue sky. The warships led by the Yong Ye Army are cruising around, and the muzzles are cold, which is no different from usual times.
But as it slowly deepened, a layer of white mist appeared around it that seemed real and illusory. The deeper it went, the thicker the mist became. In the end, it was impossible to distinguish between east, west, north, and south.
This is no longer just a white mist area created by magic. It seems to have a psychedelic effect in it to deceive people's vision.
"Your Majesty, give me an order! Prepare the whole fleet to break out!" Captain Lina, who was covered in gauze, said, "It's a psychedelic white fog again, and both sides of the Taiwan Strait are blocking it with all their strength regardless of consumption. Our reinforcements must have arrived. They have already arrived."
They were at war with their fleet, so they used this method to delay. If they acted too late, the other fleet might hit our rescue force first, and by that time, it would be too late."
Although the 50,000 landing troops led by Captain Lina were almost completely destroyed.
But anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is a non-war crime, and the difference in strength between the two sides is too great.
Captain Lina led the team to fight until the end, and then she and the remaining crew members luckily escaped back to the battleship.
In this situation, Steubin not only could not punish Captain Lina severely, but should instead vigorously reward her for her loyalty. Only in this way would the soldiers below not be disappointed and move forward bravely when encountering a war.
"I'm afraid this is a conspiracy by the leader of the Yongye Army to lure us to take the initiative." Shi Dubin told his worries truthfully, "If we wait until we rush out against the opponent's psychedelic white mist, we find that our reinforcements are not there at all.
Instead, what about the opponent's fleet that is waiting for you? The damage will be beyond imagination."
Captain Lina couldn't help but froze, a trace of gloom flashed in her eyes. Is this still the brave and fearless Blood Shark Steuben Commons that he knew?
When did you become so indecisive?
How could such indecision be tolerated on the battlefield?
Even if it is a wrong decision, don’t make any decision correctly!
Although Captain Lina was deeply disappointed in her heart, she did not show it at all on her face. She retorted: "Your Majesty's worries certainly exist, but Your Majesty has never thought about another possibility. Our reinforcements have arrived.
Moreover, we fought hard with the fleet led by the Yong Ye Army at sea, but we stayed put because we were worried. Once the rescue fleet was forced to retreat, wouldn't we have missed the best opportunity to escape?
I think that instead of wasting our time here, we should just pretend that our rescue fleet is arriving outside, boost morale and rush out. There is always a half chance that the bet will be right. Even if the bet is wrong, we also know that the Leiden rescue fleet is not far away.
The place will join the battlefield at any time, and the fleet led by Yongye Army will not press too hard, and we can return to the Great Bay Islands as soon as possible to ensure our basic safety there."
Captain Lina's words were like a blow to the head. Stubin stood stunned for a few seconds. He took a long breath, and his haggard face regained its determination. He nodded and said: "What the captain said is true. I paid too much attention to it."
Our fleet doesn't want him to suffer too much damage, but he is a little hesitant. But at this time, losses are inevitable. It's just a matter of big or small choices. Pass my order. Reinforcements have arrived. Can you?
Escape depends on today. Beat the war drums and attack with the entire fleet. We must rush out regardless of the cost."
"Pass your Majesty's order, and the entire fleet will attack."
"Our reinforcements have arrived, and the fleet led by Yong Ye's army has been entangled. This is the best time for us to break out."
"This battle can only go forward and not retreat. All warships must move forward bravely. Even if they sink, they must sink on the way to charge and die with the enemy's warships."
"Go home, we want to go home, and anyone who blocks our way home will die!"
"Go home! Go home! Go home!"
Soon the news of the breakout of Stubin's entire fleet was passed on, and each warship and the captains of the warships began to boost morale below and make final preparations before the war.
From top to bottom, the East China Sea Fleet has long since lost their desire to plunder. They now have only one thought, which is to rush out of the Donau River and return to the Great Bay Islands.
In their eyes, the Donau River where the Yong Ye Army is stationed has become their lingering nightmare, and they will never want to set foot here again in their lifetime.
The psychedelic white fog shrouding the mouth of the Donau River has an official scientific name in Yongye Army - mirage.
The root cause is none other than the soul beast that Sean rarely uses - the Mist Breathing Mirage Python.
The reason why Sean rarely uses him is not because this soul beast is not powerful.
But the main ability of this soul war beast, Mirage, is more defensive in nature. It is relatively energy-consuming to use. It can take at least a few days, and at most it can take several weeks to start the layout.
The East China Sea Fleet, which was blocked on the Donau River, gave it the best opportunity to display its capabilities.
Creating a mirage area with a diameter of more than ten kilometers and covering the entire Donau River estuary cannot be accomplished by a single fog-breathing mirage python.
If you add the Dragon Roar, the flagship of the explorer fleet, the impossible becomes possible.