What is limiting the speed of the Eternal Night Army's advance now is not how much of a threat the resistance of the East China Sea Fleet poses to them, but their own digestion speed - the battlefield they need to take care of is too large, the division of troops is too strong, and the boarding force is slightly insufficient.

It's not that the East Sea Fleet doesn't want to withdraw from the Danube, but it can't.

The layout of the Eternal Night Commander is too thorough.

When they began to retreat, they found that the mouth of the Danube River had been blocked by the fleet led by the Eternal Night.

The fleet of the Eternal Night Army led the blockade with only twenty-three warships, only seven Hurricane-class, and the rest were all Breaking Waves-class.

If it had been a week ago, the East China Sea Fleet would not have taken them seriously at all, thinking that they were inadequate.

Now they know that it is just their ignorance.

Twenty-three new warships equipped with magic guns formed an insurmountable barrier to intercept fire.

Even the fastest warships of the East China Sea Fleet were bombed into slag before they could get close to the battleship group of the Eternal Night Army.

Unlike the encroachment push upstream, the Explorer Fleet is mainly to plug the gap and prevent the East China Sea Fleet from escaping.

In the process, they show no mercy.

As long as the East China Sea Fleet dares to try, they will sink mercilessly.

Their ultra-long-range strikes are not only dense, but also accurate and terrifying.

After sinking three Hurricane-class and five Wave-breaking warships in a row, and eighteen small warships, the East China Sea Fleet had no choice but to silence and not dare to continue to rush hard.

Too much loss is only one thing, on the other hand, they are afraid that in the same water area, there are too many large shipwrecks, which will clog the waterway.

Once this happens, the East China Sea Fleet will really have to leave it all here.

......

East China Sea Fleet, Jiangmen Landing Force, main tent.

"Captain, we can't continue like this, if we continue to stalemate, we will be dragged to death. ”

"I need you to remind you of this matter, this is something that anyone with a discerning eye knows, and you can come up with a solution. ”

"As long as the two legions led by the Eternal Night Army are here, we will not be able to easily join the fleet, we are in a hurry, let's fight with these bastards, after all, our numerical advantage is still there, even if we die, we have to drag them on their backs. ”

"Hey...... The power of the military formation of the army leader of the Eternal Night, you have not been taught, do you think that doubling the numerical advantage is called an advantage? Can't break their defensive formation, no matter how many people attack their formation at the same time, it will always be them to fight more and less locally, and people will beat us without using secret weapons, now people don't have to hide and tuck, before our army rushes into the opponent's military formation, the other party first comes to two rounds of long-range bombardment of spell shells, do you think our soldiers' morale, how many percent is left at that time?"

"Let you say that, there is no way to fight this battle, simply, let's open the camp gate and beg to the other party. ”

"I didn't say that, I just said that you can't blindly rush at the other side's prepared military formation. ”

"It's really not possible, let's withdraw directly to the coastal direction, go to other branch river valleys, and join the captain of the ** Moore fleet, the two legions on the other side will not chase all the way there, right? After all, they still have a Jiangmen port to defend, if we lure it away, it will also reduce the pressure on His Majesty on the river in disguise." ”

"This is a solution, but there are too many unrealistic in it, first of all, how do we determine the specific location of the main force of the **Moore captain?Secondly, our supplies can support our long-distance march, when we land, the supplies brought down are not much, at most last for another week, we will run out of food, the last point, and the most important point, can you be sure that the situation on the side of the captain of the **Moore fleet will be better than ours? Do you think the ruler of the Eternal Night is the kind of fool who cares about one end and doesn't care about the other?"

"It's really not possible, let's send someone to negotiate peace with the Eternal Night Army, right?"

"Peace?haha...... This is the coldest joke I have ever heard in my life, the premise of peace negotiation is based on the situation that the two sides are evenly matched, and the military leader of the eternal night now occupies an absolute advantage, and only need to stay up for time to be able to drag us to death, if it were you, would you accept the request for peace?"

"If we can't fight, we can't escape, we can't surrender, can we just sit and sit like this, and when we run out of food, the soldiers will be hungry and unable to walk, their morale will completely collapse, and they will not be able to be easily captured by the other side? What is the difference between this and surrender? If you want me to say, we might as well surrender cleanly!"

Bang!

With a loud bang, the table that was improvised from wooden strips was smashed by Captain Lina's palm, and his wild face was tight, revealing a bit of iron blue, and he said angrily: "If anyone dares to say such surrender remarks to disturb the morale of the army again, don't blame my knife for not recognizing people." ”

Suddenly, the infantry officers of the East China Sea Fleet looked at each other, and their noses and noses looked at their hearts, just like the old monk who entered the meditation, and no one dared to speak out again.

Because they knew that it was not their inappropriate remarks that made Captain Lena angry, but the bad situation they were facing now, and at this time, whoever came forward could become a punching bag for the other party to vent their anger in their hearts.

For a moment, there was an eerie silence in the tent.

The silence is frightening.

"Ahem...... "Ahem captain of the Cornell fleet feigned a cough and broke the silence, "From the moment we underestimated the Eternal Night Commander, the outcome of this war has been doomed, and it is destined that our East China Sea Kingdom will plant a big heel here, if we can get up, we still have a future to speak of, if we can't get up, we will never recover."

If there is no support of the fleet, we are a fish on the shore, no matter how hard we try, in the eyes of others, it is just powerless to jump, from beginning to end, the victory or defeat is not with us, still in Your Majesty, still on the side of the fleet, if Your Majesty can lead most of the fleet, from the Danube River, whether it is fighting, peace, or escape, the initiative is in our hands, if you can't rush out, everyone must be fully psychologically prepared, either loyal to Your Majesty, or become a prisoner of the Eternal Night Army. ”

There was still silence in the tent, but all eyes were on him, indicating that they were listening to what he had to say.

Captain Cornell's words were very ugly, but everyone knew that they were true.

"We just can't do anything about it?" Captain Lena asked with some unwillingness. The situation on the river is already very obvious, the Eternal Night military leader from the beginning of the calculation, the trap is quite well prepared, first luring our infantry to go ashore with confidence, and then luring the entire fleet into the 30-kilometer section of the Danube River, as soon as you get started, the three core dreadnought-class battleships of our fleet have greatly hit the morale of the entire fleet, and now many soldiers are confused as soon as they hear the sound of cannons, not to mention driving the ship to rush out in the dense artillery fire, the fleet wants to rush out on its own, it is too difficult。 ”

"Blocking the road downstream, cannibalizing upstream, is indeed a very clever tactic. Captain Cornell hesitated slightly. "But it's not like there's nothing to be done. ”

"What time is it now, what is the best way, hurry up. Captain Lena looked at each other with blank eyes.

"The captain of the fleet also said just now, there is no way to rush out with the fleet's own strength, what if it is a two-sided attack?" said Captain Cornell.

"What does the captain mean, ask for help from Captain Moore and let them attack the Eternal Night Army's river-blocking fleet from behind?"

"Yes. Captain Cornell nodded and said, "The reason why the Eternal Night Commander took great pains to lure our fleet to the Danube River to start a war, instead of directly fighting at sea, is because their number of warships is too small, if our fleet is on the sea, overwhelmingly spread out, and launch an attack on them, how many ships can they sink? Even if we sink hundreds or thousands of ships, we can't hurt our muscles or move our bones, as long as we can sink twenty or thirty of them, their fleet will be completely destroyed." ”

"That's right, that's the truth. Captain Lina slapped the table heavily and said, "The scarcity of warships led by the Eternal Night Army is their fatal shortcoming, and only by doing a good job on this can we have a glimmer of life." ”

"**Captain Moore is not something we can mobilize, this plan must be approved by His Majesty. "Captain Cornell didn't say everything, even if he got King Stubbin's order, he still needed the full cooperation of Captain Moore.

This time the plan to invade the Danube Plains led by the Eternal Night Army was led by the captain of the **Moore fleet, and he originally wanted to personally lead the team to the expedition.

As a result, he was cut off by Stubin halfway and became a royal driver, and he only got the position of commander of a detachment, and he probably had a stomach full of resentment in his heart.

If he knew about the battle situation on the Danube River, would he give full assistance.

Or does he believe that the main forces of the East China Sea Fleet are in such a predicament?

It's really hard to say.

After all, before the cannon of the Eternal Night Army rang out, the monarchs and ministers of the East China Sea Kingdom firmly believed that they had an absolute advantage in water warfare.

** The rescue attitude of the Moore fleet captain will also determine the fate of the main force of the East China Sea Fleet at that time.

"Don't worry, leave this matter to me to persuade Your Majesty. Captain Lena didn't think about it so much at all, patted her chest and promised, "As long as we can escape this catastrophe, Your Majesty will definitely not be stingy with the reward for the captain." ”

"Captain Gordon, the King's Messenger, asks for an audience. "Before Captain Lena could make a move, the guards had already brought King Stubbin's emissary.

Lena and Cornell glanced at each other, as if they could see the surprise in each other's eyes, which was a coincidence.

"It's all dispersed, today's topic, no half a word is allowed to leak out, and at the same time, pay attention to appeasing the emotions of the people below, any remarks about defection must be severely punished, we are now at a disadvantage, it is only temporary, after all, our huge fleet is there, and the Eternal Night Commander wants to eat it in one bite, it is not so easy. Captain Lena warned with a cold face.

"Understand, captain don't worry, we'll manage our men well. ”

"Yes, I promise I won't let them talk nonsense. ”

"Our brothers are not weak enough to scare us, at most they will die. ”

One by one, the officers of the East China Sea Kingdom patted their chests and assured that they were like bandits and pirates, and they still far exceeded the appearance of the regular army.

After the officers dispersed, Captain Lena said, "Please come in, Captain Gordon." ”

"I haven't seen you for a few days, how did the captain become like this?" Captain Lena was surprised to see Captain Gordon again.

The big red man next to King Stubin was wet, exuding an abnormal cold, the whole person twitched from time to time, his face could not see the arrogance of the last time, there was a worry that could not be concealed, and his hair was half gray, giving people a feeling of being more than ten years old.

Captain Gordon let out a cold breath and said, "Is there any spirits, give me a sip." ”

Captain Lena draped a blanket over Captain Gordon and beckoned, "Someone, bring me the best bottle of rum gin." ”

The rum gin was quickly delivered, and Captain Gordon eagerly snatched it, tilting his head and pouring half a pound down.

After a few minutes, Captain Lena asked, "Is the captain better?" ”

"The wine is coming up, it's much better. Captain Gordon exhaled heavily, with a thick chill in it, and a little blood on his face.

"What the hell is going on? Captain Gordon is also a great knight, even if he soaks in the water for most of the night, he won't be cold like this, right?" asked Captain Lena with a puzzled expression.

"When I was fighting before, there was a grim reaper's smile that exploded beside me, although I was lucky to save my life, but I still let the cold invade my body, I was already fine, but I didn't expect to be buried deep in the body, after a long time of immersion, I had another attack, if it weren't for the brothers who came with me, I would have died in the river this time!" Captain Gordon replied truthfully.

"Is the Grim Reaper's smile so terrifying? Just being swept away by the aftermath will leave this hidden danger?" Captain Lena and Captain Cornell couldn't help but gasp and looked at each other.

After all, they watched from a distance, and many times, they only heard the roar of the artillery bombardment of the Eternal Night Army leader and the explosion of the shells, and they did not personally feel the power of the shelling.

"The Grim Reaper's smile is even more powerful than you think, it can easily tear a hole in the battleship three or four meters in diameter, and if it is within its explosion range, no one will be spared, including the champion knight. Captain Gordon said with a solemn expression.

"No wonder, no wonder His Majesty never dared to fight a counterattack. Captain Lena and Captain Cornell gasped again.

This kind of fire suppression is also too powerful.

"What's going on with the fleet?" Although Captain Lena knew that Captain Gordon had come ashore at the risk of being discovered, and must have brought King Stubbin's latest order, he still couldn't help but ask about the situation of the battleship in the East China Sea first.

Captain Gordon was the captain of King Stubbin's guard, and the news he brought with him for the East China Sea Fleet was not the news brought back by ordinary sentinels.