With the withdrawal of many of the main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires from the Western Continent, the combined fleet of the Nine Nations Navy attacked the coastal cities of the Han and Tang Empires on the Western Continent more frequently.

By the end of September 1550, the combined fleet of the Nine Nations Navy had reduced eight coastal cities of the Han and Tang Empires to ruins.

Of course, under the complete blockage of the coastal defense forces of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires and the Royal Air Force of the Han and Tang Empires, the combined fleet of the nine navies also suffered a lot of losses.

In the conference room of a small two-story building in the port of Zatvina, Adjutant Rafrang, the Adjutant of the Admiralty of the Golden Lion Empire, distributed some materials to the naval commanders of the other eight countries.

Then Raff said with a solemn face: "According to the information that our Golden Lion Empire has obtained from within the Han and Tang Empires, several large shipyards in the Han and Tang Empires are secretly building a large number of aircraft carriers.

And it is an aircraft carrier in the true sense of the word, not an escort aircraft carrier.

The main naval force of the Han and Tang Empires, the reason why they avoided the war, is probably waiting for these aircraft carriers to enter service. ”

The Admiral of the Nature Elf Empire, Bolenka, immediately asked, "General Raff, has the Golden Lion Empire found out how many aircraft carriers are being built in the Han and Tang Empires?"

Approximately when will these aircraft carriers join the sequence of the Han and Tang Imperial Navy? ”

Raff shook his head, "The current intelligence system of our Golden Lion Empire in the territory of the Han and Tang Empires is still a little weak, and we have only found a few large shipyards in the Han and Tang Empires that are building aircraft carriers.

As for how many ships to build? And when will these aircraft carriers be commissioned? It's not clear yet.

But what is certain is that with the shipbuilding capacity and financial situation of the Han and Tang Empires, the number of aircraft carriers built will definitely not be small, which is not good news for the combined fleet of the navies of our nine countries. ”

Svia, the Admiral of the Red Tiger Empire, said at this time: "I suggest that the plan we discussed before be immediately executed, and the landing will be carried out in the coastal area of the Han and Tang Empire's western continent as soon as possible.

Strive to open up a third battlefield on the Western Continent before the batch of aircraft carriers of the Han and Tang Empires enter service! ”

It turned out that the high-level leaders of the six beast countries and the three elven countries saw that the main force of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires was reluctant to start a decisive battle with the combined fleet of the nine navies, so they were ready to directly implement the battle plan of opening up the third battlefield.

For this reason, the six orc countries and the three elven countries have recently sent some additional army units to the coalition forces on the northern and southern fronts.

At present, the total strength of the army of the Nine Nations Coalition gathered on the northern and southern fronts has exceeded 50 million, and the armies of the three elven countries have increased the most this time.

The elven armies gathered in the Red Tiger Empire's Via Province and Chesla Province have reached 18 million, of which the Natural Elf Empire accounts for about 7.5 million, the Light Elf Empire accounts for about 5.5 million troops, and the Dark Elf Empire accounts for about 5 million troops.

After the Nine ** Alliance declared war with the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires, the three elf countries began to mobilize for war, and now the army size of the three elf countries has exceeded 10 million, of which the army of the natural elf empire has reached 16 million.

In the elven army, the proportion of male elves and female elves is almost half, which indicates that the war potential of the three elf countries still has a lot of room for improvement, after all, in the three elf countries, women can also go to the battlefield.

In the Han and Tang Empires, including the six orc countries, there were very few women in the army, and even if they were female soldiers, they were basically non-combat soldiers such as nurses and telegraphers.

The Admiral Minister of the Silver Wolf Empire, Yegor, said with some concern at this time: "It is not easy to carry out a large-scale landing.

It is necessary to be well prepared, and that takes a lot of time.

What if the batch of aircraft carriers built by the Han and Tang Empires appeared at sea when the coalition forces chose to land? ”

The First Vice Minister of the Flying Leopard Empire's Navy, Annot, then said: "Admiral Yegor, I think that even if the navy of the Han and Tang Empires has dozens of more aircraft carriers, it will not be the opponent of our combined fleet of the nine navies.

Although the combined naval fleet of our nine countries will not be able to add aircraft carriers in the true sense of the word in a short period of time, it is thanks to the fact that our nine countries have recently made every effort to build escort aircraft carriers.

The number of escort aircraft carriers in the combined fleet of our nine navies has exceeded 700, even if the navy of the Han and Tang Empires adds dozens of aircraft carriers! ”

The First Vice Minister of the Navy of the Flying Leopard Empire, Annot, said this with full confidence.

Up to now, the number of escort aircraft carriers of the Golden Lion Empire in the combined fleet of the nine navies is 94, the escort aircraft carrier of the Red Tiger Empire is 72, the escort aircraft carrier of the Black Bear Empire is 65, the escort aircraft carrier of the Silver Wolf Empire is 66, the escort aircraft carrier of the Flying Leopard Empire is 56, and the escort aircraft carrier of the Wild Bull Empire is 42.

Among the combined fleets of the nine navies, the number of escort aircraft carriers of the Natural Elven Empire is 128, the escort aircraft carriers of the Bright Elf Empire are 95, and the escort aircraft carriers of the Dark Elf Empire are 89.

When the combined fleet of the nine-nation navy attacked the ports of the Han and Tang Empires, the loss of more than 20 escort aircraft carriers was not included in the above statistics.

"As Admiral Annott said, the number of escort aircraft carriers in the combined fleet of our nine navies, thanks to the efforts of our countries, has exceeded 700, and the total number of carrier-based aircraft is as high as 13,000.

Therefore, even if the Han and Tang Empires have dozens of aircraft carriers in service, it will not change the balance of forces between the two sides, and I support the coalition forces to implement the landing operation plan as soon as possible. ”

After hearing the statement of the Admiral Minister of the Golden Lion Empire, Murka, the first vice minister of the Navy of the Black Bear Empire, and Larion, the Admiral Minister of the Wild Bull Empire, followed suit and chose to support the landing.

The naval marshals of the three elven nations looked at each other and nodded their heads.

Seeing that the commanders of other countries agreed, Ye Geor, the naval minister of the Silver Wolf Empire, shrugged his shoulders and said, "I actually have no objection to landing, but I just hope to be cautious, after all, the navy of the Han and Tang Empires is there."

Even if the navy of the Han and Tang Empires is weaker than our nine-nation naval combined fleet, it is also a very, very difficult thing for our nine-nation naval combined fleet to eat the main naval force of the Han and Tang Empires. ”

In the end, the Admiral Minister of the Golden Lion Empire, Raff, said: "Since everyone has no different opinions, then convey the opinions of our combined fleet of the navies of the nine countries to the army command of the southern and northern fronts!" ”

The Nine Events Alliance was preparing to carry out a large-scale landing, and it was soon known to the Royal Intelligence Bureau of the Han and Tang Empires, and then the Jingzhou Military Region and the Tongzhou Military Region of the Han and Tang Empires immediately transferred a group of army troops to the coastal areas, and began to recruit militia in the coastal areas, forming a large number of militia battalions and militia companies to assist the regular troops to resist the landing of the Nine Nations Alliance.

Just when the Nine Events Alliance was in full swing preparing to land, on October 20, 1550, two unusually large fleets converged on the sea between the East and West Continents.

At this time, the 12 main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires were all gathered here, and 100 Bird's Nest-class aircraft carriers, 24 Dongying Xianghe-class aircraft carriers, 30 American Essex-class aircraft carriers and 86 escort aircraft carriers were also added.

Among the 86 escort aircraft carriers, in addition to the 24 escort aircraft carriers that were originally transformed from large merchant ships, the remaining 62 escort aircraft carriers were all transformed by the six major shipyards of the Han and Tang Empires in recent months, and each escort aircraft carrier carried about 20 carrier-based aircraft.

In one of the conference rooms of the Bird's Nest, the lead ship of the Bird's Nest-class aircraft carrier, Song Limin, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires, who was standing at the conference table, said to the 12 fleet commanders in a deep voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, today the essence of our Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires can be said to have gathered together.

The decisive battle with the combined fleet of the nine-nation navy has also entered the countdown.

According to the information obtained by the Royal Intelligence Bureau, the Nine Events Alliance has prepared to carry out a large-scale landing in the coastal area of the Jingzhou Military Region or the coastal area of the Tongzhou Military Region, and open up the so-called third battlefield on the territory of our Han and Tang Empires.

At present, the Royal Intelligence Bureau has not yet found out the landing site of the Nine-Nation Alliance, which has brought great pressure to the Jingzhou Military Region and the Tongzhou Military Region.

Your Majesty's Message! ”

Speaking of this, the 12 fleet commanders in the conference room all stood up.

"Your Majesty's instructions: In order to seize the initiative in the war, the Royal Navy is required to take the initiative to attack, strive for the end of the first war, solve the threat of the combined fleet of the nine navies to the coastal areas of the empire, and smash the plan of the Nine Naval Alliance to open up a third battlefield."

After a pause, Song Limin, commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires, continued: "In this decisive battle, all the aircraft carriers of our Royal Navy, including the escort aircraft carriers, will be gathered together to form an aircraft carrier fleet, which will be commanded by me personally.

Your 12 main fleets will form 4 battle groups.

Battle Group 1 includes the 1st, 2nd, and 12th fleets, and 2nd battle group includes the 3rd, 4th, and 10th fleets.

The Third Battle Group includes the Fifth, Sixth, and Ninth Fleets, and the Fourth Battle Group includes the Seventh, Eighth, and Eleventh Fleets. ”

At this time, Liu Ergou, commander of the Eighth Fleet, frowned and said, "Commander-in-chief, are some capital ships transferred to the aircraft carrier fleet temporarily?"

In the unlikely event that the combined fleet of the nine-nation navy exploits a loophole, the aircraft carrier fleet will not have the ability to fight in close combat. ”

Song Limin waved his hand and said, "Commander Liu, don't worry, I have already incorporated the 16 all-main gun capital ships and 16 battle cruisers that Your Majesty delivered to our Royal Navy not long ago into the aircraft carrier fleet.

In addition, 48 heavy cruisers, 36 large armored cruisers, 150 light cruisers, 150 destroyers and more than 400 submarines were incorporated into the aircraft carrier fleet.

What's more, with your 12 main fleets in front, the aircraft carrier fleet will at most be attacked by the opponent's carrier-based aircraft. ”

The 16 capital ships with all main guns and 16 battle cruisers mentioned by Song Limin are referring to the 16 Italian Veneto-class battleships and the 16 American Alaska-class battlecruisers.

Wang Kui, commander of the Eleventh Fleet, then asked, "Commander-in-chief, since the 12 main fleets of our Royal Navy and the aircraft carrier fleet have been merged.

So what do we do next? Is it going straight to the port of Zatvina in the Silver Wolf Empire? ”

The port of Zarvina in the Silver Wolf Empire is now the gathering place of the combined fleet of the nine navies, and the warships of the absolute part of the combined fleet of the nine navies are concentrated in the port of Zatvina.

Song Limin nodded, "The Combined Fleet of the Nine Nations Navy has always hoped to force our Royal Navy to start a decisive battle with it, so our Royal Navy will send it to the door generously."

Of course, it is impossible to sneak attack, after all, we are too strong. ”

At this time, Wang Hongchun, commander of the First Fleet, said loudly: "Our Royal Navy has been hiding its strength as much as possible over the years.

Even if the combined fleet of the nine navies discovers our intentions, they will probably not choose to avoid war, so let's fight it in a dignified manner!

I firmly believe that victory will belong to our Royal Navy! Belong to the Han and Tang Empires! It belongs to the 2.65 billion Han and Tang people! ”

Song Limin followed and said, "Commander Wang is right!

In this decisive battle with the combined fleet of the navy of the nine countries, our Royal Navy will definitely win, and I am convinced of this! ”

Then Song Limin's words changed, "But the scale of this decisive battle is clear to everyone.

The level of tragedy is probably more than all the naval battles that our Royal Navy has experienced before.

Here, I would like to emphasize that this battle is of great importance, and it will even affect the national fortunes of our Han and Tang Empires.

Therefore, there must be no advance or retreat in this battle, and anyone who escapes from the battle must be engaged in military law, and there is no emotion to speak of.

You have to convey my words to every officer and soldier of your respective fleets. ”

Hao Desheng, commander of the Twelfth Fleet, immediately said: "Commander-in-Chief, our Twelfth Fleet must wash away the shame of Long An Port this time.

If a soldier of our Twelfth Fleet escapes from the battle, I, Hao Desheng, am willing to commit suicide and apologize to Your Majesty! ”

In the air raid on the Twelfth Fleet by the navies of the three elven countries in the port of Long An.

The 12th Fleet, which was still the 12th formation of the Frontier Fleet at that time, also sank a total of 4 Kongo-class battlecruisers, 4 conventional-class battlecruisers, 3 order-class battlecruisers, 3 "Jie"-class battlecruisers, 2 heavy cruisers, 2 large armored cruisers, 4 light cruisers, and 3 destroyers.

In addition, a number of warships of the Twelfth Fleet were seriously damaged, including one order-class battlecruiser and one "Jie"-class battlecruiser, which had no value for repair because they were so badly injured that they had no value for repair, and finally had to be scrapped.

It can be said that the entire Twelfth Fleet, from top to bottom, is holding its breath and wants to seek revenge on the combined fleet of the nine navies.

Song Limin waved his hand, "Desheng, you are already a commander, and you are so old."

In this decisive battle, I believe that your 12th Fleet will definitely be able to recover the blood debt of Long An Harbor with interest! ”