On January 22, 1539, the Silver Wolf Empire formally lodged negotiations with the Three Towns Jiedu Mansion of the Han and Tang Empires, demanding that the Three Towns Jiedu Mansion hand over the murderer, compensate for the loss of the cargo ship, and compensate the crew members who were killed.

However, it is obvious that the Silver Wolf Empire has no sincerity to resolve this matter peacefully, and the murderer refers to all the officers and soldiers on the 5 warships of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet.

If a cargo ship is added to the goods, the Silver Wolf Empire will offer 30 million silver coins, is the cargo ship pulling gold bricks?

What's even more excessive is that the Silver Wolf Empire claimed that a total of 68 crew members were killed, and each crew member demanded 2 million silver coins from the Three Towns Jiedu Mansion.

For these unreasonable requests made by the Silver Wolf Empire, Zhou Rui rejected them all without considering it.

Immediately Zhou Rui ordered Fengwu Town, Zhenwei Town, and Jinnan Town to enter the wartime system, and hundreds of supplementary regiments began to be formed in various towns of the three feudal towns.

After Zhou Rui rejected the conditions proposed by the Silver Wolf Empire, the Silver Wolf Empire soon announced that it would form an expeditionary force again, and would send at least 2 group armies to join the expeditionary force.

However, what the Silver Wolf Empire did not expect was that as soon as the news of the Silver Wolf Empire's formation of an expeditionary force came out, Zhou Rui immediately held a press conference to officially declare war on the Silver Wolf Empire on behalf of the Han and Tang Empire's Fengwu Jiedu Mansion, Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion and Jinnan Jiedu Mansion.

Zhou Rui's declaration of war was like a shocking stone, shocking many forces in the Han and Tang Empires, and even the high-level leaders of the Silver Wolf Empire were stunned.

Many feudal towns in the Han and Tang Empires had wars with the orc countries, but none of them officially declared war, so they were all classified as local conflicts.

Including the last war between the Zhou family and the Silver Wolf Empire, because the two sides did not declare war on each other, it could only be determined as a local conflict in the official face.

If war is not declared, there may be some room for manoeuvre.

Once war is declared, it is tantamount to fighting the Silver Wolf Empire endlessly.

The Silver Wolf Empire's response was very fast, and just two hours after Zhou Rui's side declared war, the Governor's Office of the Silver Wolf Empire announced that it had officially declared war on Fengwu Town, Zhenwei Town, and Jinnan Town of the Han and Tang Empires.

Zhou Rui actually thought very clearly, anyway, if war is declared or not, the Silver Wolf Empire will fight, so why should I endure it.

Moreover, Zhou Rui chose this time to take the initiative to declare war, which also means that he is ready to pull out the nail of Pusha Island before the arrival of the expeditionary force of the Silver Wolf Empire.

On the morning of January 26, an unusually large fleet was heading straight for the island of Pusha, with hundreds of ships almost filling the sea.

At the headquarters of the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy on Pusha Island, Commander Longra asked Deputy Commander Gorry with an anxious face, "What do you say about the Eighth Fleet of the Golden Lion Imperial Navy and the Fifth Fleet of the Red Tiger Imperial Navy?" ”

Gorry said with a wry smile: "Since Fengwu Town, Zhenwei Town, and Jinnan Town of the Han and Tang Empires have declared war on our Silver Wolf Empire, the secret agreement signed by the navies of our three countries before is no longer in line with the current situation.

Therefore, the Eighth Fleet of the Golden Lion Imperial Navy and the Fifth Fleet of the Red Tiger Imperial Navy need to ask for instructions on whether they can rush over for reinforcements. ”

When Longra heard this, he immediately shouted angrily: "If you ask for instructions again, Pusha Island will be occupied by human troops!" ”

It turned out that the huge fleet that was sailing in the direction of Pusha Island was the main force of the southwest coastal defense fleet of the Han and Tang Empires, as well as hundreds of transport ships carrying five infantry divisions of the Zhenwei Army.

In fact, when the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empires began to assemble, the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy received information.

At this time, the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empires gathered so many warships, and used so many transport ships to carry more than 100,000 army troops, what it was doing was too obvious!

At this time, Yelk, who was at the headquarters, said in a deep voice: "Commander, our Third Fleet must immediately withdraw from Pusha Island, the difference between the strength of the enemy and us is too great, and there is no hope of victory at all. ”

Yerk, as the commander of the Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire in the Battle of Shark Island, originally wanted to hold Yerk responsible for the defeat in the Battle of Shark Island.

However, what Yerk didn't expect was that it was the commander Longra, who had always been despised by him, who was on the side of the Admiralty of the Silver Wolf Empire, and protected him, which made Yelk suddenly change a hundred and eighty degrees towards Longra.

Longra subconsciously vetoed: "No! If the Third Fleet is gone, what will happen to Pusha Island? What to do with the 3rd Marine Division? ”

At this time, most of the warships of the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy had already sailed out of the port.

Even some of the warships that remained in the harbor had completed the process of pressurizing the boilers and were ready to start at any time.

Therefore, if the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy wanted to retreat, it could leave safely before the Han and Tang Empire's Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet arrived on Pusha Island.

Deputy Commander Gorry then sighed and said, "Commander, I feel that what Yerk said makes sense, the strength of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empires is even stronger than we expected.

If we fight hard, our Third Fleet will probably be more than lucky. ”

Yelk then persuaded: "Commander, the Royal Navy has suffered too many losses in the two naval battles of Barra, and if our Third Fleet is exhausted, it will have a very serious impact on the entire Royal Navy.

While there is still time, it is completely possible to let the 3rd Marine Division board the ship and leave with our 3rd Fleet.

As for Pusha Island, when the Imperial Expeditionary Force arrives, we can completely retake it! ”

Longra was still a little hesitant, and couldn't help but ask Deputy Commander Gorey, "Did the Governor's Mansion and the Admiralty call back?" ”

As soon as Longra finished speaking, a major ran over with a telegram, "Commander, urgent telegram from the Governor's Palace. ”

Longra dragged the telegram and read it quickly, then said to Gorry and Yelk with relief: "His Excellency the Governor has personally given the order for our Third Fleet to retreat.

However, His Excellency the Governor asked the 3rd Marine Division to stay behind and hold on to the fortifications of Pusha Island until the arrival of the Imperial Expeditionary Force. ”

The commander of the 3rd Marine Division, Rofer, was not only not frustrated when he learned that the 3rd Marine Division was going to be left behind to hold on to Pusha Island, but his fighting spirit was high.

"Rest assured, Commander, we have built a well-fortified fortification on the island of Pusha, and the island will become a mill of flesh and blood for the human army!"

However, I hope that the Coastal Defense Brigade will stay, use the eight batteries on the island, attack the enemy's warships, and cooperate with our 3rd Marine Division to hold on to Pusha Island. ”

Longra patted Rofeld on the shoulder, "Of course the coastal defense brigade will stay, and it will be handed over to you to command."

Round, stay alive and wait for us to come back, no matter what! ”