For Shiamor, the Eternal Night Leader was still very wary and made many preparations.

Not only did Lord Sean personally go out to lobby him for the last time, but he also took the opportunity to let Captain Gordon, Stubbin's messenger, flee back to Stubbin's side with the news that Captain Shiamor had led a team to join the Eternal Night Commander.

The release of the landing personnel of the detachment was also selective.

Most of those who were released back were those who were relatively independent and not from Stubin's lineage, and they had the lowest sense of belonging to the East China Sea Kingdom, betrayal, and relatively little psychological burden.

There are also some pirate groups that have been captured by the Eternal Night Army and have taken refuge in the first step, and the composition of the pirate group that has returned to the detachment is no longer pure, and a large number of Eternal Night soldiers have been incorporated into it.

This was done, of course, to supervise and guide Shia Moore.

Shia Moore was well aware of this situation and took a tacit attitude.

If the Eternal Night Leader doesn't do this, he suspects that there are ghosts among them, and is ready to use them as outcasts!

The two sides are now in the first phase of engagement, and both sides are cautious in finding ways to coexist.

The captain of the Shia Moore fleet is in full swing to prepare for a sneak attack on the ports of the East China Sea.

Prince Layton, who stayed in the Great Bay Islands, has also received a letter for help from Stubbin.

"Father's handwritten letter, the two uncles have already seen it with their own eyes, I don't know how you think you will decide?" Prince Leiden looked inquiring.

The object of his questioning was Captain Bray and Treasurer John Maynard Keynes.

Although Prince Layton was only twenty-one years old, he showed extraordinary steady, and did not make a rash decision because of Stubbin's letter for help.

"Is this letter of help genuine or false?" said Keynes's brow, which had already twisted into a pimple.

"It has been identified, it is indeed from my father's hand, and it contains the secret note agreed between us, and it is Captain Cornell who sent the letter back. Prince Layton replied.

"Is the situation really reversed like this?" Keynes still had a deep question on his face, "It's clear that our fleet has the absolute advantage, could it be a mistake?"

"Didn't Your Majesty make it clear in your letter? We are still careless this time, we have suffered the same loss as last time, and the leader of the Eternal Night Army has a new naval weapon in his hand, with a range more than twice that of our ballista, but the power is greater than that of the black powder keg thrown by the ballista.

If such a weapon exists, the number of warships is not superior.

Before the war, I had this concern, after all, it was the Eternal Night Army Leader who researched black powder, and it has developed rapidly over the years, maybe it can research more advanced weapons than black powder, and it is easy to suffer a big loss if you are not prepared.

I have privately advised Your Majesty to give careful consideration to the matter of sending troops to the Danube Plain.

His Majesty not only did not listen to my advice, but on the contrary excluded me from the expedition, but he did not expect that my original fears would come true. Captain Bray had mixed emotions in his words, as he was one of the very few people in the East Sea Country who were adamantly opposed to the East Sea State's military action against the Eternal Night Warlord.

Bray thinks that their understanding of the Eternal Night Army is limited, and many places about this emerging force cannot be described by common sense, who knows if they have held back any new weapons over the years, just waiting for them to crash into the door.

There was no market for this argument before, and Stubin couldn't listen to it at all, thinking that Bray was on the Danube River, and was frightened by the Eternal Night Army and planted the root of the disease.

Unexpectedly, he was unfortunate enough to be right, and the Eternal Night Leader did come up with a new weapon to restrain them.

It's just that this matter is related to the safety of the East China Sea, and there is really no way to gloat.

"We ignored my uncle's vision, and here I apologize to my uncle on my father's behalf. Prince Layton bowed sincerely to Captain Bray.

"Your Highness doesn't need to be like this. Bree hurriedly dodged, "Your Highness is like this, but it makes me embarrassed, I only understand it now, at the beginning, I only guessed without evidence, and I didn't dare to make sure that it was true, otherwise, I would definitely stick to it." ”

"Let's expose this matter, and now the most important thing is how do we deal with it? I have little experience, and I still need to rely on the advice of the two elders. Prince Leiden said earnestly, "The situation on my father's side must be extremely bad, otherwise he would not have asked us for help!"

"Your Highness is very true. Captain Bray nodded and said, "Although we have established a country, but the fleet led by His Majesty is the foundation of our foothold in the East China Sea, if the main force of the fleet is severely damaged, our situation will become extremely difficult, and when the time comes, not only will we have to face the threat of the Eternal Night Commander, but also those islanders and natives who have been forcibly suppressed by us will also take the opportunity to rise up, so that we have no place here, Your Majesty's side, we can't sit idly by." ”

"The problem is how to save it?" said Keynes, the treasurer, with a frown, "In this expedition to the Danube Plain, Your Majesty has taken two-thirds of the warships and most of the sailors, and the remaining manpower and warships, stationed in various ports, are already overstretched, and those islanders and natives in the south have received the news that our ports are empty, and are now ready to move."

Let's use the strength of warships on the front foot to rescue, and they will rush into our villages, towns, and ports to kill and plunder on the back foot, and then our ten years of hard work will be in vain!"

"I don't know this truth, the problem is, we can't do it both now, we have to make a certain trade-off, whether to defend the port, or go to the rescue of Your Majesty, keep the main force of the fleet, and plot in the future?" Bray asked rhetorically.

"Our ports in the Great Bay Islands are important, and so is the main force of the fleet led by my father. Prince Layton groaned for a moment and said, "Let's make a compromise, anyway, to rescue the battleship sailors, we need to mobilize from the major port cities, it is better to take the craftsmen, officials and other important personnel of those ports to Longroar Port by the way, and concentrate on defending a port, the force required will naturally be much less, so that we can not only mobilize forces to rescue, but also minimize losses!"

Keynes pondered for a few seconds, and finally had to nod and say, "Since the loss is inevitable, then controlling the loss within an acceptable range is indeed a way not to be done." ”

"I'm in favor of that approach. Captain Bray nodded.

"Since neither uncle has any other opinions, let's get to work. Prince Leiden couldn't bear to say, "Saving people is like fighting fire, if we delay for one more minute, the irreparable loss on my father's side will be one more point, give the two uncles three days to gather the fleet, I don't know if it is enough." ”

"Counting the evacuation of craftsmen and officials, three days was a little tense. Captain Bray replied conservatively, "We'll do our best, and we'll gather as much as we can when the time comes, and let the rest stay as defenders in Longroar Harbor." ”

"That's all there is to it!" Prince Layton nodded.

After the order to summon the second warship of the East Sea Country was issued, the scene was completely different from the first time.

For the first time, from the captain and captain to the sailors and crews, they all rushed to the battleship and battleship almost without hesitation, all wanting to get a piece of the Danube plain.

After less than a month, the second order for the summoning of warships was issued, and the important talents of the major ports were relocated to an important large port such as Longhe Port.

As long as people with a slightly sensitive sense of war can smell something wrong.

There are only two possibilities for issuing a second battleship summoning order.

The first possibility is that the battle on the Danube is going very well, and there are a large number of looting objects, and they cannot loot it, so they call in follow-up troops to go for reinforcements.

This is not very likely, because if this happens, it will not be hidden at all, and the fleet will definitely be gathered in the mode of beating gongs and drums.

The second possibility is that there is a problem in the battle ahead, and it is necessary to call in the second echelon of warships to reinforce it, and it is a very urgent and dangerous kind, otherwise, there is no need to take all the craftsmen and officials away, right?

They went hastily, and there is a good chance that they will become cannon fodder.

No one is stupid, no!

Many captains and captains, even if they received orders, were grinding and grinding one by one, dragging and pushing as much as they could, and some even gathered their crews overnight and drove the ship out to sea, preparing to find a small island to nest him for ten days and half a month, depending on the wind direction of the entire battle situation, and then make a decision.

Those small ports and small cities are also like frying one by one.

They took the important people away, isn't this a clear abandonment of this place?

Those who themselves have an opinion about the rule of the East Sea State are ready to move.

Those who were loyal to the East China Sea Kingdom desperately crowded into the warships and the big ports of Longhe Harbor.

The final result was that the enemy had not yet been fought, and the East China Sea Kingdom itself had become a pot of gruel.

This is what Prince Leiden and his initiators did not expect, and their grasp of human nature is a step worse after all.

There was no turning back from the bow.

The East China Sea Kingdom is already in this situation, they can't give up halfway, they can only stick to it.

They spent four days and four nights in the case of patchwork, and reluctantly pieced together a fleet of more than 800 large and small warships, under the personal leadership of Prince Leiden, to kill the Donao River.

The Grand Bay Islands are not far from the mouth of the Danube River, only 350 nautical miles in a straight line.

Even if the wind is not good, two days and two nights are enough to run.

Prince Leiden went to the rescue, and naturally sailed at the maximum speed, day and night.

As the Donube River approached the estuary, the formation of the rescue fleet of the East China Sea State slowly opened up, reaching for more than ten nautical miles.

The one who rushed to the front was not the fastest, but the descendants of the East China Sea Kingdom, who were most concerned about the situation of the East China Sea Fleet led by Stubin.

Those who followed were reluctantly recruited.

"Your Highness, in another thirty nautical miles, we will arrive at the mouth of the Danube River, order the fleet to correct the formation! Your Majesty has been waiting for a week, not half a day, we are here to rescue, not to send heads, if we rush up in such a chaotic manner, it is easy to give the other side a chance to break through. Captain Bray admonished Prince Leiden.

"In this area, my uncle is the real expert, how do you think this battle should be fought? Prince Layton said with a humble face.

"No, this battle shouldn't be under my command, but should be under the command of Captain Cornell, after all, he has seen the new long-range weapons of the Eternal Night Army with his own eyes, and knows the situation of their warships better. Captain Bray shook his head.

"Captain Cornell, how do you think we should fight this battle?" Prince Layton turned his gaze to the other captain.

Captain Cornell was a little surprised and a little excited: "Captain Bray is more cautious than rumored, I can't afford to command the position, I can only make a few suggestions to His Highness based on what I know." ”

"Please. Prince Leiden made a deaf gesture.

"The range, power, and rate of fire of the Eternal Night Army's magic artillery are all above our ballistas, and the speed of the warship of the model is also above us. ”

Captain Cornell had apparently thought about this question for a long time, and he opened his mouth to come," Even if you have a numerical advantage, you can't rush up, the distance between the battleship and the battleship must be pulled apart, forming a huge encirclement as a whole, compressing their roundabout space, in this process, a large number of battle losses are inevitable, but we must grit our teeth and hold on, as long as we can let our fleet forces, close to them, and launch a full-scale attack, I believe that victory will belong to us, after all, there are only so many dozens of warships led by the Eternal Night Army, and one is less than one to sink. ”

"According to Captain Cornell, the tactical focus this time is to work together, even if the battle sinks, you can't retreat, you must rush forward with all your might!" Captain Bray frowned, "This is too difficult for us, those captains and captains won't die for us so hard." ”

"They don't want to sell their lives, that's because the temptation is not big enough, and if the temptation is big enough, you see they can't sell their lives. Prince Leiden said with a confident smile on his face, "Wait a minute, in the course of this battle, any damage to their warships and warships will be counted as our Cummins family, and according to the larger specifications, they will be compensated according to a larger specification, if they don't have a schooner, they will be compensated for a schooner who breaks the waves, and if they don't have a schooner, they will be compensated for a hurricane schooner, you see if they sell their lives." ”

"There will be brave men under the reward. A hint of appreciation flashed in Captain Bray's eyes, "Just doing this, it is difficult to ensure that someone will take advantage of the loopholes, and the financial consumption will be too great." ”

"We can't care so much now, as long as we can keep the main force of the fleet, we have a chance to start over. Prince Leiden said very magnificently, "What's more, at that time, the warship will only be handed over to different people for use, and it will still be a part of our East China Sea Country at that time." ”

"Alert, alert, alert, a large number of unknown warships have been spotted ahead, approaching us at high speed. ”

"The number of unknown warships has been confirmed, twenty-three in all, the two sides are eight nautical miles away, the speed is eighteen knots, and it is expected that in fifteen minutes, the two sides will meet. ”

"Warning, warning, warning, the unknown warship is speeding up, it has now exceeded twenty knots, and the time for the two sides to meet will be brought forward. ”

A series of rioting sounds came from the battleship.