In the Nord Sea, Captain Renner, the captain of the Falcon Navy's No. 23 Dragon's Tooth Battleship, looked at the waves on the sea with some interest, and the white waves that drifted from the direction of the warship's bow were like a huge slap in the light blue sea, hitting the dark black side of the Dragon's Tooth Ship, and there were many white water marks behind him, like a group of fierce sea beasts riding the wind and waves, and the surrounding fish were frightened and fled in all directions.

It was a voyage from Port Vik in Salander across the deep sea outside the Nord, with the experience of the Frye detachment crossing the Nord Sea and some of the Nord charts found on the Ferrand chain.

When the Nord army was pressing on the southern city of Dirrens, the Falcon Dynasty, a huge ocean-going fleet consisting of 5 Dragon-class warships, dragon tooth ships, and 30 Huren sea ships, also quietly sailed away from the port of Vik in Salander in the dark night.

They first made a huge arc off the coast of Salander, then turned north, aiming for the Inland Sea at the eastern end of the Nord Kingdom

Because the Nord navy poured out, coupled with the Nord people's trust in the Pheran Sea Chain defense line, there was no awareness of this fleet that was approaching the Nord mainland.

This is the fat man's long-thinking strategic deployment as early as when he marched into Salander, the foundation of the Falcon Dynasty is too close to the Nord Kingdom, if the other party suddenly attacks, the Falcon Dynasty is likely to fall into a passive situation of bitter war, only by occupying Salander and planning to shift the main naval force from the southern coast to the Salander sea, can we fight for a ray of life for the final decisive battle

The main force of the navy is transferred to Salander, one can hide the true strength of the Falcon Navy, and the other is that when the Nords launch a large-scale attack to the south, the main force of the Falcon Navy hidden on the Salander side can turn into a sharp spike at any time and penetrate deep into the back of the Nords

But strategy is strategy after all, and the reality is that many falcon sailors have fallen ill, and Captain Rena is one of them, and although the cold is not a serious illness, the feeling of weakness and weakness still makes him feel very uncomfortable.

It's no wonder that working on a warship is a very physically draining profession, and without a strong physique and extraordinary energy, he is absolutely incompetent, but damn it, at the most critical time, he was actually knocked down by a small cold...

He had been on the verge of a low-grade fever since the day before, always feeling groggy in his head, and with the turbulence of the Dragon's Tooth Battleship up and down the sea, he felt like he was sometimes on the verge of losing consciousness.

"Captain, the flagship has sent instructions that the front is about to enter the Nord Inland Sea! All warships are ready for battle!" The shout of the flag-bearer on the mast overhead to the bridge lifted his sluggish spirit

"Order the whole ship to go into battle!" At this moment, Rena's bloodshot eyes were full of desire to fight.

I heard that the main force of the Nord Navy was exhausted, and the defense of the Nord Sea was handed over to the most powerful Ali family in the central region, although the Ali family suffered heavy casualties in the first battle of the Nord West Sea, and the main force lost more than half, but it was still the most powerful force in the Central Sea

"Slow down, three knots, follow in a straight line, pay attention. "The order of the fleet commander Dustrenkai quickly spread throughout the fleet, and as the captain of the No. 23 Dragon's Tooth battleship, Rena also received it, but due to physical reasons, the specific execution was handed over to his first mate to carry out.

"Boss, what do you think, why don't you go and take a rest?" After the first mate Tang Sen finished delivering the order, he came to the bridge nervously, looked at Reina's crumbling figure, and said with an anxious look.

First mate Townsend was twenty-two years old, the first batch of graduates of the Naval Academy last year, he had been in the Navy for less than a year, he had just been transferred from the Admiralty, he was inexperienced, and he had never participated in actual combat, so he immediately felt a great deal of pressure after Renner fell ill,...,

And this pressure is an extremely difficult burden for him, a newcomer who has never participated in the real meaning of the Shanghai War, the fleet has entered the Nord seas, and may encounter the Nord Navy at any time, and when the battle is about to break out, the most experienced person on the ship is lying on his stomach, Townsend subconsciously feels unprecedented tension, he sincerely hopes that Rena will get better soon.

After entering the Nord Seas, Dustrenkai ordered the fleet to slow down, and the whole fleet to raise the alert level, ready for battle at any time.

Last time in the Ferrand Island chain, the Nord Navy's breakthrough tactics centered on the new main warship Storm Sea Serpent made the poorly prepared Falcon Navy suffer a lot of losses.

The extremely sturdy hull, dense medium-range catapults, and a large number of small and medium-sized escort warships followed, even if the storm sea snake in front was sunk, the warships that followed closely behind would shock the Falcon Navy's queue to pieces, and drag the Falcon Navy, which had a long-range advantage, into the chaos of the melee

Therefore, the commander of the navy, Duströnkai, strictly ordered the detachments to be awake and observe the sea from all angles, so as to prevent a sudden attack by the storm sea serpent to the greatest extent, so that every sailor in the fleet did not dare to take it lightly.

"Nothing is a big deal. Rena looked at the first mate Townson's light blue eyes with a slightly pale face, and struggled to unbutton the buttons on his chest, letting the cold sea breeze blow, and felt that he seemed to be very well. Although his head was still a little groggy, his steps were powerful.

He habitually looked at the mast flagbearer on the top, the Nord sea in winter, the sun's rays can almost be described as gentle, reflecting the sparkling sea, layers of golden light with the continuous surging of the sea, reflecting the messy light, a lot of light into Rena's bloodshot and tired eyes. made him unable to adapt for a while, and felt dazzling and bizarre.

In his sight.

The sixty warships of the fleet moved slowly in a zigzag, and the battleships split a long water mark on the sea, which looked very majestic and powerful. Behind the Dragon's Tooth battleship were thirty Hulun ships, but they were about twenty nautical miles away from the battleship, and only a few small black dots could be seen up and down with the naked eye

The observation posts of each of the Dragon's Tooth warships in Dustrunkay's fleet were on high masts, carefully searching the surrounding sea, and even some of the captains of the Dragon's Tooth Warships personally climbed to the top of the mast to search for targets.

If it weren't for his health, Rena would definitely be at the top of the mast by now, after all, in such a situation where the two sides might come into contact with their wealth, they would have a better chance of winning if they found each other a minute earlier.

"Boy, you're a little scared?" Rena lowered his head, and suddenly felt that Tang Sen beside him was not quite right, and he faintly turned a little blue.

"I'm ・・・・・・ a little nervous. Tang Stupid said honestly with an embarrassed face, feeling very embarrassed, and his blue face slowly turned red again. He has never participated in actual combat, and he does feel nervous about the upcoming battle, like his entire bladder is full, giving people the urge to run for his life.

"It's all the same, don't be embarrassed, this time it's over, next time you're used to it. When I was in a naval battle, I vomited on the ship for a whole day," Rainer smiled, "It's good to get used to some things, and when you experience the rumbling sound of the sea, and the vibration of Thor's orderly firing in the gun bay, then you will feel how wonderful it is, because you will find yourself the master of the sea!"

"Is this really the case?" Townwson's face looked suspicious, from the outstanding cadet of the Naval Academy, transferred to a first mate of the privateer fleet, he has been in the first-line fleet for 2 months, and he doesn't even know what a real naval battle looks like, every time he thinks of this, he makes Townsend feel landless for a while, and even for a while, Townsend wants to ask to be transferred to the army...,

"Don't worry, you'll soon find out that coming to the Navy is the wisest choice for you!" Rainer's calloused hand patted the young first mate on the shoulder, in fact, he would not comfort people, he was born as a pirate, he was okay to fight, and he was embarrassed to use his not so glorious history to comfort this young man who came out of the naval school.

But he can't blame Rena for being a bit of a nobody compared to the mighty army, and with the rapid expansion of the navy and other forces,

There is an increasing demand for mid-level officers in the Falcon Army. If it's the Army, it's okay to say, you only need to select excellent people from among the soldiers, but the Navy is a brand-new technical branch, and it is not just a random person who can be operated after three months of training.

It is necessary to undergo a long period of experience at sea, and to have extremely sharp insight in order to truly become a qualified warship commander, therefore, the navy desperately trains officers at all levels, and when it finds good seedlings, it shamelessly competes with the army, and the enrollment advertisements of the naval schools are also all over the southern coast, and there are training offices everywhere, constantly absorbing cadets from fishermen, and carrying out education like cramming, eager to instill all naval knowledge into the minds of every cadet.

Because of the limitations of the times, the training of the navy has not yet formed a theory, and the fat man is also eager to need a fleet that can always be put into battle, so most of the study of the navy is based on the study of war examples.

In just half a year, even the most brilliant instructor can only cultivate someone like Tang Sen who knows little about naval warfare. Although the actual combat experience of the officers is blank, although for the time being they can meet the needs of the navy's continuous expansion, in the long run, these new officers still have a long way to go.

Hour by hour, the tension was broken at three o'clock in the afternoon, and the Nord fleet really appeared. At 3:10 p.m., the lookout post of the No. 7 Dragon's Tooth battleship at the head of the fleet was the first to signal the discovery of the enemy's target.

Subsequently, the Dragon's Tooth battleship next to it also sent the same signal. As a result, the commander of the fleet, Dustrenkay, immediately gave the order to fight. followed in less than two minutes,

"Enemy, thirty-seven degrees to the southwest!"

The lookout post above Renner's head also signaled that the target had been spotted. Commanding Townsend instead of Rainer, he hurriedly ran to the bridge, he was indeed a little nervous

"The whole fleet is lined up for battle!"

Soon the order from the flagship was handed down along with the flag, and the ships were required to strictly follow the order. Obey the command and bring out the best in your own strength to fight the enemy. Although it is not yet known how the Nord fleet will react, the Falcon Navy is ready to swallow the other side

"Twenty-six large warships. Eleven medium warships. "The lookout reported the message in flags. Under Rena's encouraging gaze, Tang Sen nodded slightly, and the blood in his body boiled,

Approaching forty enemy ships, some distance from the main force of the Ali family as previously expected, but it was an extremely important first battle for the young first mate, and in Townes's telescope, the fleet of the Nord navy was as described at the military meeting before departure. At the forefront of the forty warships were two huge warships, with their raised bow arcs and thickened baffles on both sides, exactly the Storm Sea Serpent class that needed the most attention in the description

All the ships were painted black, even the sails. Looking at it from a distance, people who don't know think that they have encountered a ghost ship, although the sails of the Falcon Navy are also black, but a blue stripe representing the Falcon Navy is added in the middle.

You can tell it from a distance, but the other Nord fleet is completely different, just like the concept of the supremacy of martial arts, these Nord naval warships did not show any signs of fleeing the Falcon Navy at the moment they spotted it, but instead formed a triangular queue and stopped on the sea in the distance,...,

Like a fighter waiting for his opponent, that confidence and calmness have to be admired, of course, it also makes people feel a little annoyed that these Nords are too confused about the situation, this time they will face the main force of the Falcon Navy,

"Quickly approach the ships, leave those two storm sea snakes alone!, give me a hard blow to the Nord warships behind," Fleet Commander Dustrengke suppressed the excitement in his heart slightly, and gave a quiet order. The flag-whisperers on the flagship waved the red flag continuously on the high mast, spreading the signal.

Seeing the information from the flagship, Rainer, who was standing next to Town, said, "It seems that the commander is going to swallow the other party in one bite, don't be so nervous, wait a minute, you will know, the number does not have any advantage for our Falcon Navy,

All you have to do now is stand here and make you visible to everyone on the boat, so they can concentrate on doing their job.

The Thor Bombarder will stuff the Thor shell into the barrel of Thor's cannon, and the rangefinder will correct the enemy's distance and bearing, and then you will wait for the flagship's order to attack!"

"It's that simple?" Tang Sen looked at Rena Rina in disbelief and nodded noncommittally, "Naval warfare is not as complicated as you think, you just need to stick to your position, and then shout orders to all units until the enemy in front of you is blown into the sky, or sank into the sea with the broken warship!"

Just as the two were talking, the Nord fleet in the distance was already rushing violently, and the falcon fleet was also moving forward rapidly, the waves were rolling, and the sea split by the two fleets seemed to be boiling at this moment.

At this time, if you look down from a high altitude. Two long lines of naval fleets were to be seen, hedging against each other at a distance of about five thousand meters, and two conspicuous parallel lines would soon come together from two opposing sides

"Boom......

The Falcon Fleet launched the first attack, and the salvo of more than 30 warships resounded throughout the ocean in an instant, dense cannonballs crossed the sea, and countless Thor shells dragging black smoke rubbed a beautiful arc of death on the sea, smashing into the oncoming Nord fleet like raindrops

"Boom" Countless explosions splashed white waves like tree bulges next to the two storm sea snakes that were headed, and a Nord warship that followed closely behind was hit on the side of the ship because of its unstable hull, and the deck flew back, and countless small black dots were thrown into the air.

But more Nord naval warships are extremely skilled, like a flock of chickens following behind fat hens, relying on the two storm sea serpents in front of them to avoid the Falcon Navy's shells, and the storm sea serpents rely on their sturdy hulls to cut through thorns in front.

The Storm Sea Serpent passed through the thickened side plank, and at this moment, it showed an extremely terrifying ability to fight, and there were constantly Thor bomb explosions on its side and flames, and the impact on the Storm Sea Heather was only a huge body that shook slightly,

"Storm Sea Serpent!"

Tang Sen, who commanded the battle for the first time, held up the scope and looked at the bow of a rumored Nord main battleship in the camera under heavy pressure, splitting the waves splashed by the Thor bullet to death, revealing its hideous stainless steel and wood structure collision angle, his face couldn't help but look a little nervous, such a strong battleship didn't know how the Nords built it, it was simply a sea monster.

Thundered......

Tang Sen felt a violent vibration under his feet, and his whole body was thrown out heavily, and the pungent and choking white smoke hit his face with the sea breeze, making Tang Sen feel suffocated

For three seconds, Tang Sen felt that his scalp was a little numb and his breath was suffocating, and he looked at Yiqiē in disbelief as well.

In less than five seconds, a Nord warship on the opposite side was hit by a Thor bullet shot from the gun compartment under his feet, and a series of violent explosions directly sent half of the bow into the air, and the entire warship disappeared like this, which was incredible.

Towne, who had never seen the horrors of the battlefield, was stunned by what he saw, and it wasn't until Rainer punched him hard that he came to his senses, but his face was still very pale. In the curriculum of the Naval Academy, in all the examples of naval warfare, there has never been a word that a naval battle is such a fierce affair that it is like a duel between two heavily armed and powerful knights.

"This is naval warfare, and the whole sea is its own gladiatorial arena. Tang Sen thought silently in his heart, and the blood in his body began to boil again.

"Flagship command, flank encirclement!"