On the blue sea, a frighteningly large fleet is sailing from west to east.

The Temporary Commander of the Expeditionary Fleet, Genich, stood on the bridge of the Brave, the flagship of the Second Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Golden Lion Empire, and through the observation window of the bridge, he saw that his own warships were everywhere he looked.

Genich couldn't help but say to the commander of the Second Fleet, Naniko, with some emotion: "This should be the largest assembly of the Imperial Royal Navy. ”

The Brave is one of the Golden Lion Empire's Brave class battleships, with a full load displacement of 30,600 tons and equipped with four twin 45 times caliber 360 mm guns.

Second Fleet Commander Naniko nodded, "This time our expeditionary fleet has a total of 99 all-main gun battleships, 5 battle cruisers, 82 all-steel battleships, 88 large armored cruisers, 177 light cruisers, 194 destroyers and 90 supply ships.

It should indeed be regarded as the largest assembly of the Imperial Royal Navy, but as long as the two main fleets of the Spirit World converge together, the scale should be no worse than that of the expeditionary fleet. ”

The Golden Lion Empire has a total of four main fleets in the beast world, namely the Wind Fleet, the Storm Fleet, the Sky Thunder Fleet and the Lightning Fleet.

The scale of the four fleets of wind, rain, thunder and lightning far exceeds the eight fleets of the Golden Lion Empire in the New World.

The temporary commander of the expeditionary fleet, Genich, is the deputy commander of the Sky Thunder Fleet, and this time Genich was specially transferred to the New World by the governor of the Golden Lion Empire, Kosno, to lead the expeditionary fleet.

The reason why Governor Kosno chose Genich to serve as the temporary commander of the expeditionary fleet was mainly because Genich, who is nearly 70 years old this year, participated in many naval battles between the Royal Navy of the Golden Lion Empire and the Navy of the Black Bear Empire more than thirty years ago.

And at that time, Genich's position was not low, he served as the captain of an ironclad ship, and among the current senior commanders of the Royal Navy of the Golden Lion Empire, Genich's position more than thirty years ago was the highest, and the battlefield experience was also the richest.

Genich sighed and said, "Due to the prestige of our Golden Lion Empire, the other five Spirit Clan countries do not dare to provoke our Golden Lion Empire at all.

This also makes the Royal Navy of the Empire not experience war for more than 30 years, and the four fleets of wind, rain, thunder and lightning have not assembled each other for more than 30 years.

The Imperial Royal Navy, which has not experienced the drawbacks of war for more than 30 years, was also completely exposed in the Battle of Gaoluo Island. ”

The commander of the Second Fleet, Naniko, said categorically: "Vice Admiral Genich, this time we have gathered an expeditionary fleet of such a size, and we will definitely be able to save face from the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Gaoluo Island. ”

"Alas—hopefully so.

In fact, I would prefer to lead our expeditionary fleet, together with the navy of the Red Tiger Empire and the navy of the Silver Wolf Empire, to form a joint fleet of the three navies.

The strength of the southwest coastal defense fleet of the Han and Tang Empires is not weak, and in the next decisive battle, even if we win, the losses will be quite amazing. ”

Naniko did not agree with Genich's point of view, "Lieutenant General Genich, where you fall, you have to get up from there."

In order to save the face of our Imperial Royal Navy, I feel that even some sacrifices are worth it, not to mention that our Imperial Royal Navy can afford to lose.

After the end of the Battle of Gaowo Island, the Admiralty has placed an additional order for 20 Unicorn-class battleships with full main guns and 30 Vanguard-class battlecruisers.

In this way, our Golden Lion Empire has built 50 Unicorn-class battleships with full main guns and 60 Forward-class battlecruisers at the same time in the major shipyards of the two worlds.

With the powerful shipbuilding industry of our Golden Lion Empire, no matter how big the loss is, it will be quickly compensated. ”

The Golden Lion Empire is a Unicorn-class battleship with full main guns under construction, with a full load displacement of 34,000 tons and a maximum speed of 21 knots.

It was armed with 5 twin 45x caliber 360 mm main guns, 12 50x 160 mm secondary guns, 20 30 mm anti-aircraft guns, 28 13 mm anti-aircraft machine guns, and 4 550 mm torpedo tubes.

The broadside armor belt was from 260 mm to 420 mm, the main deck armor was 90 mm, the main turret armor was 420 mm, and the crew was 1200 people.

The Vanguard-class battlecruiser under construction has a full load displacement of 34800 tons and a maximum speed of 25 knots.

It was equipped with 4 twin 45x caliber 360 mm main guns, 14 50x caliber 160 mm secondary guns, 24 30 mm anti-aircraft guns, 26 13 mm anti-aircraft machine guns, and 4 550 mm torpedo tubes.

The broadside armor belt was from 100 mm to 220 mm, the main deck armor was 60 mm, the main turret armor was 220 mm, and the crew was 1150 people.

Genich said with a wry smile: "Vice Admiral Naniko, the losses in the naval battle are not only warships, but also the officers and men of the Imperial Royal Navy. ”

As soon as Zenich's words fell, Sashenka, the captain of the Brave, hurriedly walked over with a telegram, "Vice Admiral Shevas of the Eighth Fleet has sent a telegram that a dragon has been found ahead, and it is two heads!" ”

When Genic and Naniko heard this, their faces couldn't help but change.

The reason why the warships of the navies of various countries are equipped with anti-aircraft weapons is to deal with the flying beasts that appear at sea.

And the dragon is not only the well-deserved overlord of the flying beasts, even among all the beasts, the dragon is also the top existence.

Every adult dragon has the lowest level and is also a king-level fierce beast, and many adult dragons are even god-level fierce beasts.

Although the strength of the great grandmaster of the human race and the silver warrior of the beast clan can be comparable to that of a king-level fierce beast, in the face of a king-level dragon, the great grandmaster and the silver warrior can only be abused.

Zenich then said in a deep voice: "Let Vice Admiral Chevas command the warships of the Eighth Fleet and immediately carry out artillery bombardment of the navy in the distance, it is better to scare these two dragons away."

Order all the warships of the fleets, sound the battle alarm and prepare for an air defense operation! ”

At this time, in the sky in front of the Golden Lion Empire's expeditionary fleet, there were two behemoths flying in the air, and they flew directly towards the Golden Lion Empire's expeditionary fleet.

Each dragon is more than 80 meters long, and when the two fleshy wings are spread, they must also be above 80 meters.

And according to the size of these two giant dragons, it can basically be determined that they have reached the god domain level.

"Boom-boom-"

The battleships of the Eighth Fleet, located at the forefront of the expeditionary fleet, acted as the vanguard of the entire expeditionary fleet.

After receiving the order of the temporary commander of the expeditionary fleet, Genich, the commander of the Eighth Fleet, Chevas, immediately ordered a number of warships under his command to start shelling the sea in the distance with naval guns, hoping to scare the two dragons away.

However, to the surprise of Xie Vas and all the officers and men of the Golden Lion Empire's expeditionary fleet, instead of scaring them away, the two dragons accelerated and rushed over.

The commander of the Eighth Fleet, Chevas, immediately ordered that the anti-aircraft fire of all warships of the Eighth Fleet be aimed at the two dragons and immediately open fire.

A giant dragon flew into the sky above an all-steel battleship, and was immediately targeted by the anti-aircraft fire of this all-steel battleship, as well as the anti-aircraft fire of some nearby warships.

However, the 30mm anti-aircraft guns and 13mm anti-aircraft machine guns equipped on each warship made the dragon scream again and again,

But it could only make a small blood mark on the dragon's skin, and even the 30mm anti-aircraft gun could not penetrate the dragon's skin, let alone inflict fatal injuries on the dragon.

The screaming dragon then swooped down and slammed into the side of the all-steel battleship with its massive body.

"Whoa-" With a loud bang, this termite-class all-steel battleship with a full load displacement of up to 21,800 tons was knocked and overturned by this giant dragon.

The dragon was unforgiving, and then rammed into another 18,800-ton Cardsparrowhawk-class all-steel battleship next to it......

Seeing that the anti-aircraft fire could not kill the two dragons, the warships of the Golden Lion Empire's expeditionary fleet had no choice but to adjust the naval guns to the maximum height and use the naval guns to shoot at the two dragons in the air.

However, the speed of these two dragons is too fast, and they are very smart, and it is difficult for the shells fired by large-caliber naval guns to hit the two dragons.

After nearly an hour of wreaking havoc in the ranks of the Golden Lion Empire's expeditionary fleet, one of the dragons was hit by a 330mm shell.

The 330-millimeter shell exploded several meters of blood hole directly on the dragon's body, and destroyed some of the dragon's internal organs.

Then the dragon's corpse fell into the sea and quickly disappeared.

The remaining dragon, seeing his companion killed, became even more insane, but was eventually killed by a large-caliber cannonball.

Inside the bridge of the Brave, the flagship of the Second Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Golden Lion Empire, the Temporary Commander of the Expeditionary Fleet, Zenich, had a very ugly face.

Unexpectedly, before meeting the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empires, the Golden Lion Empire Expeditionary Fleet lost dozens of warships under the ravages of two giant dragons.

The commander of the Second Fleet, Naniko, took a few pieces of paper and said with a wry smile: "Vice Admiral Genich, the specific data on losses have been counted.

A total of 10 battleships, 2 battlecruisers, 13 all-steel battleships, 7 large armored cruisers, 15 light cruisers, and 8 destroyers were sunk by two dragons.

In addition, in the process of firing the dragon from the ship's guns, 1 all-steel battleship, 1 large armored cruiser, 2 light cruisers and 3 destroyers were accidentally damaged and sunk, and more than 20 battleships were damaged.

The number of missing and killed in action exceeds 27,000. ”

Genich gritted his teeth and said, "Why did the two god-level dragons appear on the sea? It's just incomprehensible! ”

Nanico shook his head, "In recent years, it's been rare to hear of dragons in the New World.

We don't know if it's good luck or bad luck, we actually ran into two giant dragons in the vast sea, and they were two god-level dragons, which was really demoralizing.

What's even more irritating is that the corpses of the two god-level dragons are enough to sell for hundreds of millions of silver coins, but now they have sunk into the sea. ”

Genic said with some discouragement: "What a bad start.

Before we met the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empires, our expeditionary fleet suffered such a huge loss, how can I explain it to His Excellency the Governor! ”

"Lieutenant General Genich, this is an accident, and no one can predict it.

How do you think we're going to have to report to the Governor? ”

"Alas—report it as it is! What is this called? Too unlucky! ”