"It's not good. Captain Gordon said with a solemn expression, "Your Majesty has worked hard to reorganize the fleet, boost the morale of the soldiers, organize three breakouts before and after, and try to break through the naval blockade line of the Eternal Night Army, all of which ended in failure, they not only sent a fleet there, but also laid a large number of mines there, Your Majesty is sending people to clear mines!"

"Then did Your Majesty make a plan to break out?" Captain Lena said with anticipation, hoping that the other party would be able to spit out good news.

"That's what I'm here for. Captain Gordon nodded and said, "Your Majesty and several captains have come to a conclusion after several days of discussion, and now our fleet is completely at a disadvantage, largely because of the environment, if we withdraw to the sea, we will not have the strength to fight."

First, we still have a numerical advantage, and secondly, the number of cannonballs carried on the battleship led by the Eternal Night Army is definitely not endless, especially the magic cannonballs, although I don't know how the other party made them, but the cost is definitely expensive.

This can be seen from their delay in launching a general offensive against us.

However, deducing 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 blockade of the Eternal Night Army Leader by attacking from both sides. ”

"Your Majesty also thought of asking for help from Captain Moore?" Captain Lina's face swelled with excitement.

"Also?" Captain Gordon noticed Lena's words and asked suspiciously, "How did you know that Your Majesty was going to ask for help from Captain Moore?"

"We have just finished a meeting of high-level officers, and Captain Cornell thought that it would be difficult for the fleet to break through the blockade on its own, so he proposed this plan, but he did not expect it to coincide with His Majesty, so we do not need to report to His Majesty. "Lena didn't take Cornell's credit.

"You have a heart, when the mission is completed, I will ask for credit in front of Your Majesty for you, before that, you must assist me in passing the message to Captain Moore and His Royal Highness Layton as soon as possible. "Captain Gordon is a good person, and he doesn't mind sending it to him, regardless of whether what the other party just said is true or not.

"Your Highness Layton?" Connell said in a lost voice, "Could it be that Your Majesty, not only does you want the ** Moore Captain to come back, but also wants to transfer the fleet left behind in Dawan to rescue?"

"Yes. Captain Gordon nodded and said, "This is a double insurance, and only when the time comes, our fleet will be expected to escape from the Heavens." ”

"The left-behind fleet has been transferred, what will happen to the Great Bay Islands? Captain Cornell had unconcealed concern on his face.

Without waiting for Captain Gordon to answer, Captain Lena first glared at him and said: "You don't look at what time it is now, you are still afraid of wolves and tigers, if the main force of our fleet is lost here, will the situation in the Great Bay Islands be better? ”

"Your Majesty thinks so too. Captain Gordon affirmed Lena's explanation.

"Why don't you send a clipper by sea? The speed of the sea route is far higher than that of the land route, and the blockade on the territorial waters of the Eternal Night Army is so tight, and not even a clipper ship can rush out?" Captain Cornell asked another question.

"It's not like you haven't tried the method you're talking about. Captain Gordon's expression became extremely gloomy again, "As a result, thirty-two clippers were buried, and the news was not sent, the opponent's battleship was not only loaded with new long-range weapons, but also imitated the special abilities of the dragon wreck battleship, the sails of their battleships can use magic energy to accelerate, our speedboats have no speed advantage against them, in addition, they also have eyes in the air, and it is difficult to escape from their encirclement." ”

"Impossible!?" the two captains widened their eyes at the same time, as if they were listening to a legend.

The Dragonwreck Battleship had been in their hands for hundreds of years, and they had not figured out a way to imitate it.

How many years has it been since the Eternal Night Commander got the Dragonwreck Battleship?

It's less than ten years old.

I can't believe it.

"I've seen it with my own eyes, and there's no mistake about it, they're using the Dragon's Roar's wings. Captain Gordon said in a tone of absolute certainty.

Captain Lena was about to ask other questions, but was lightly dragged by Captain Cornell, " Captain Gordon has followed His Majesty to work on the Dragon Roar for more than 20 years, and his understanding of the Dragon Roar is far above us, since Captain Gordon said yes, it must be right, the Eternal Night Army is leading the magic armor that allows the soldiers to be equipped with a large number of weapons, and then the magic artillery that fuses magic and black powder, which fully shows that the magic technology they have mastered is far above our imagination, and it is not surprising that they have thoroughly studied the technology of the dragon wreck battleship and used it on other warships. ”

"First the magic artillery, then the dragon wing magic sail, even if we succeed in rescuing the fleet from the Danube River, the situation that our East China Sea Kingdom will face in the future is not optimistic. Captain Lina's expression was gloomy, and there was a worry in her words that could not be concealed.

All three were veteran sailors and knew very well the three elements of naval warfare.

The speed of the battleship, the firepower of the battleship and the quality of the personnel.

Whether it's the old naval battle mode, or the new naval battle mode opened by the new warships of the Eternal Night Army.

The three elements have not changed, only their importance and order have changed.

In the old naval battle mode, the order of the three was - battleship firepower - battleship speed - personnel quality.

Limited by long-range attack methods, the focus they pursued in the past was the volume of the warship, the larger the volume, the more personnel on board, the more cumbersome long-range attack weapons there were, and the thicker the deck, whether it was long-range attack or close combat, it would occupy a great advantage.

Compared to the speed of the battleship and the quality of the personnel, it is not so important.

The former can be offset by a flat push, and the latter is compensated by quantity.

In the new naval battle mode created by the Eternal Night Commander, the order of the three elements has become - battleship speed - battleship firepower - personnel quality.

With the advent of ultra-long-range spell artillery, the importance of the speed of the battleship jumped above the firepower of the battleship.

The reason is very simple, if a Hurricane-class battleship is equipped with so many magic guns, it is enough to pull the dreadnought-class sailing ship from its supremacy.

Because the latter can't catch up with the former.

Of course, this refers to the fact that the Dreadnought-class galleons are not equipped with spell guns.

If the two have the same equipment, it's a different situation, and under normal circumstances, no one can help the other.

The Hurricane simply did not dare to get too close to the Dreadnought-class schooner, and the latter could not catch up with the former.

Victory or defeat will depend on the specific situation.

The key problem is that the East China Sea Fleet now has no advantage in all aspects compared to the new warships of the Eternal Night Army.

The long-range firepower was crushed 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 under the command of the Eternal Night Army, it is definitely one by one.

Even if they reach the sea, they will be killed by the new warships led by the Eternal Night, and the pigeons will be released alive.

However, this is all for the future, and their first problem now is to rescue the main force of the East China Sea Fleet from the pocket formation of the Donao River first, if the rescue is not successful, they have no future at all.

Captain Lena reined in her heart and said, "How does Captain Gordon need us to cooperate?"

"Your Majesty means, let me personally persuade the ** Moore captain, and return to Dawan Island to inform His Highness Leiden of the matter, you need to trouble the two captains to send people, it is best to be secret, send a few more teams of men and horses, to prevent the other party's interception, in fact, our side is also a kind of double insurance, Your Majesty will continue to send people to attack the naval blockade line of the Eternal Night Army, and get in touch with Dawan Island as soon as possible. Captain Gordon told the truth.

"Okay, I'll take this matter myself. Captain Lena patted her chest without hesitation.

"No, if the captain leaves, what will happen to our landing infantry?" said Captain Cornell repeatedly shaking his head.

"It's like it's in command of Captain Cornell. Lena replied.

"No, the captain of the fleet is the commander of the infantry appointed by His Majesty, and the morale of the soldiers is now low, and the change of generals will only further hit them and cause unnecessary trouble, and I may not be able to suppress them at that time. Captain Cornell still shook his head again and again, "Why don't you leave this matter to me." ”

Captain Lena hesitated slightly, and finally nodded: "What the captain said is not unreasonable, this matter has been decided, let's start selecting people to prepare now, I will give you a cover at night, I hope we can break the situation, God bless me in the East China Sea." ”

"God bless me in the East China Sea. The other two said in unison, but in the depths of their eyes, there was still worry that could not be concealed.

Because they all know that the root cause of the failure in the battle against the Eternal Night Army Leader this time is only the superficial reason.

The real reason is that between them and the Eternal Night Commander, there is a gap in technology.

If this technical gap is not solved, what if they escape from the Danube?

It's not the same as being kited by the fleet led by the Eternal Night.

And don't forget, the Eternal Night Warlord took advantage of the chaos to take down three of their Dreadnought-class galleons, two Dreadnought-class schooners, two Hurricane-class, and three Wavebreaker-class ships.

All of them are relatively well-preserved.

I believe that it will not be long before it will be converted into that new warship by the other side.

If a giant like the Dreadnought-class galleon, also loaded with magic cannons and dragon wing magic sails, what kind of combat power would burst out?

Just thinking about it makes me shudder.

At that time, all the coastal ports of the East China Sea Country will no longer be safe.

It was only a matter of time before the East China Sea Kingdom was uprooted by the other side.

It's just that this question is deeply pressed in their hearts, and no one dares to lift the lid or continue to think about it, because they are afraid that if they continue to think about it, they will lose the courage to resist.

......

That night, Captain Lena led the East China Sea infantry in a night attack on the Eternal Night Commander who was following them.

The night attack was huge, and more than 50,000 East China Sea soldiers were mobilized, beating gongs and drums endlessly.

But they didn't have a chance to rush to the camp of the Eternal Night Army at all, and the ten flares directly illuminated the battlefield into daylight, and then a round of artillery bombardment smashed down, directly blasting the East China Sea soldiers who were charging at the front.

Recruits are afraid of artillery, veterans are afraid of machine guns.

In front of the artillery of the Eternal Night Army, the soldiers of the East China Sea, whether they were elite veterans or newly recruited soldiers, belonged to the ranks of new recruits, because they were facing this new weapon for the first time.

Violent explosions, great lethality, and terrifying sights.

will leave an indelible impression on them and seriously hit their morale.

They had to go through a lot of artillery fire before they understood a truth, the coverage of artillery fire is limited after all, and hitting them, many times, still depends on the luck of both sides.

Captain Lena hurriedly gave the order to halt the attack, which was a bit humiliating, but it achieved their other purpose of the battle.

Taking advantage of the confusion and the attention of the two legions led by the Eternal Night, dozens of squads sneaked out of the East China Sea infantry camp and followed the coastline towards the Five Rivers region of the Danube Plain.

They all brought the same message, requesting Captain Moore to lead the detachment to return to the main fleet.

If you encounter other warships of the East China Sea Fleet, you will requisition them as soon as possible and fly to the Dawan Islands to ask for help from the warships left behind in the lair.

Having recovered from the initial shock, Stubin began to move as hard as he could on the Danube.

The artillery of the Eternal Night Army, though fierce, could not hide the fact that their warships were scarce.

The Eternal Night Commander would never dare to fight with the East China Sea Fleet, even if it was ten for one.

Stubin took full advantage of this and developed a deadly style of play.

They didn't care whether the Eternal Night Commander was encroaching or swallowing, as long as their warships sailed out of the range of Jiangmen Port's city defense artillery, large and small warships would rush up.

Put on a posture that even if you sink a hundred of my warships, I will sink one of yours.

After this kind of fateful posture was taken out, the fleet led by the Eternal Night Army was a little constrained, and the encroachment speed was greatly slowed down.

It could only fight guerrilla warfare with the East China Sea Fleet on the river.

If the East China Sea Fleet pushes too quickly, the fleet led by the Eternal Night Army will retreat back to Jiangmen Port.

If you are a little slack, you will rush out and give them a punch, and if you can grab a battleship, you will grab a battleship, and if you can't grab it, you will sink a few.

Eguchi is also repeatedly sending small groups of warships to probe with the aim of consuming as many shells as possible from the Explorer fleet.

At that time, whether or not to wait for rescue, when the East China Sea Fleet rushes out, the difficulty will be reduced.

At this point, Stubin grasped it very accurately.

The power of the new warships of the Eternal Night Army is great, but the logistical supply requirements are also greatly increased.

With enough shells, they were able to rely on more than twenty warships to suppress the East China Sea Fleet.

If the shells run out, they will immediately return to their original shape.

The Explorer Fleet used indiscriminate artillery coverage when it first demonstrated its powerful firepower, and then focused more on precision strikes, not to mention special shells, even ordinary black powder shells, which were also used with fingers.

In the later stages of the blockade, the Explorer Fleet even directly ignored the provocations and incursions of the small warships of the East China Sea Fleet, and stared at the main warships of the East China Sea Fleet.

The value of blowing up and sinking one such warship is far greater than that of ten small warships.

The Eternal Night Commander also did not expect to completely block the news and prevent the East China Sea Fleet from calling for help.