The Great Heng Empire drew fleets from the mainland to the south, and the Gaphians also drew a large number of capital ships from their Eastern Fleet, the First Fleet, to the west in response to the escalating situation.

What's even more interesting is that this naval battle has already been fought, and both sides have sent their main fleets to it, but the two sides have still not officially declared war, and the two sides are still in a state of 'military conflict'.

Because both the Gafia Empire and the Great Heng Empire knew very well that although a serious conflict of interests broke out between the two sides in the Liej region, it was far from the level of a full-scale war between the two powers.

After all, both sides belong to regional powers and industrial powers, and they are quite far apart......

What problems does this cause?

It is extremely difficult for either side to bring the other to its knees.

If you want the Daheng Empire to admit defeat and surrender, unless the Gafia Empire can organize a few million troops to land on the territory of Daheng and sweep the Daheng army, don't expect the Daheng Empire to admit defeat and surrender, even if Lin Ziran, the emperor, wants to surrender, the people are not happy, and the army is even more unwilling.

The same principle applies to the Gafia Empire, which is also a regional power, the overlord of the Southwest Continent, and it is not so easy to make them submit.

At least in the last few decades, they have not succumbed, even if they fought twice with the Krull Kingdom, and the navy was once taken down, but they still did not give in!

For the situation that both warring parties are big countries, and the war strength is strong, and the distance is still relatively long, and it is difficult to project military power, it is: it is easy to declare war and it is difficult to stop fighting!

Declaring war is very simple, just instigate and issue a declaration of war and it's over, but it's not so easy to want a truce, don't expect either of them to surrender and give in easily, but it's actually very difficult for both sides to divide the victory and defeat, even if one of the parties is killed by the entire navy, in fact, there is a high probability that it will not give in.

If you want either side to surrender and admit defeat, you have to fight into their native hinterland, which is impossible for either side, and then the war will be protracted.

And a long war is actually very disadvantageous for both sides!

This is also the reason why both countries have fought a large-scale naval battle, and many warships have been sunk, but the two sides still have not declared war on each other.

It's just all kinds of diplomatic nonsense, you scold me, I scold you.

In private, the two sides are also making further preparations for war, but they have tacitly agreed not to declare war.

Even in the diplomatic negotiations between the two sides, the diplomats of the Great Heng Empire used a very interesting term 'local war'.

The diplomats of the Gafian Empire agreed with this term, and they also frequently used the term 'local war' in their diplomatic passwords.

This has led to a very interesting situation between the two countries, that is, war without declaration!

This also means that the top leaders of the two countries have the idea of controlling the scale of the war, and have reached an agreement, as for the final solution of the problem, I am afraid that it will still be resolved through diplomatic negotiations.

Of course, even if the final settlement is resolved through negotiations, there is still a 'military conflict'.

If the Gafia Imperial Navy can stop the Daheng Navy at the Bowa Military Base, blockade the coast of the Liedi Kingdom, and even force the Daheng Imperial Navy back to the Orr Kingdom Ryan Base, then the Daheng Empire should not expect to be able to obtain this military base in negotiations.

Conversely, if the navy of the Great Heng Empire can tear through the blockade of the Gafia Empire's navy, let the main fleet enter the waters of the Liedi Kingdom, and firmly entrench itself in the Bowa military base.

The initiative in the negotiation is naturally on the side of the Great Heng Empire.

And in this process, the military conflict between the navies of the two sides will inevitably intensify further!

And this situation became even more obvious after both sides sent their main fleets into the waters of the Liej Kingdom one after another.

Both sides are counting on the presence of the main fleet to force the other side to submit, and it is quite possible to fight another naval battle in the process.

For this reason, the military attachés of the navies of various countries were very excited, and they were looking forward to seeing an earth-shattering battle of steel and sea, preferably dozens of battleships, equipped with patrols and fighting each other.

On March 3, the twelfth year of Qiansheng, when the reinforcement fleet was still on the way, the Southwest Fleet was dispatched again, taking advantage of the fact that the Second Fleet of the Gafia Imperial Navy had not recovered for the time being, and the reinforcement warships of its First Fleet had not come, and there was no situation of the Empire's strong enemy fleet in the waters of the Lieji Kingdom for the time being, the Southwest Fleet, under the leadership of Admiral Ren Zhongping, after urgent supply and maintenance, went to sea again with four Crane-class armored cruisers as the core, and this time went straight to the Bowa military base.

At this time, the Southwest Mixed Brigade of the Army had arrived in Bova City by land, stationed in the scheduled Bowa military base and began to build fortified positions, the army units needed the cover of the navy, and the successful entry of the army units could also provide security for the naval warships anchored in the Bowa military base.

This time to the east, Ren Zhongping was not hindered, although the Gaphia sent a few cruisers to follow, but their second fleet was seriously damaged, and the surviving warships were still repaired in the harbor.

After successfully arriving at the Bowa military base, Ren Zhongping was still not idle, he continued to wander around the waters of the Liej Kingdom with four Crane-class armored cruisers, and even ran around the waters near the Republic of Kean, looking like he completely controlled the sea control nearby.

However, both sides know that the main fleets of the two navies have not yet arrived, otherwise how could four Crane-class armored cruisers control this sea area.

Who can control this sea area will not be able to make a conclusion until the main fleets of both sides arrive.

But even so, it allowed the representatives of the Great Heng Empire to gain the upper hand in the secret negotiations between the two sides.

That's right, although the two sides are still fighting, the negotiations between the two sides have been going on.

In the immediate aftermath of the Bois Incident, before the armies of the two sides were engaged, the two sides had already begun to contact and negotiate, but there was no real progress.

After the outbreak of the Battle of Beauva, the negotiations between the two sides did not stop, but became more frequent, and even entered into some practical negotiations.

However, if you want to really get a result in negotiations, I am afraid that the main fleets of both sides will have to put up a comparison, anyway, don't expect either of these two countries to give in easily.

Since the Battle of Beauva, the Henga conflict has been spent in late February and early March, although there have been two minor military clashes between the navies of both sides during this time, but the scale is not large, and the impact is not large.

But that changed in late March!

After a month of sailing, replenishment, and several detours in order to make sure of the trouble, the First Mobile Fleet successfully arrived at the Lane military base in the Orr Kingdom.

After a long month-long voyage, the First Mobile Fleet was exhausted, because after arriving at the Ryan military base, the fleet entered a state of maintenance and recuperation.

As for going to sea to fight, it is natural that he will not be in a hurry for a while.

In order to provide maintenance for the warships of the First Mobile Fleet, the Daheng Imperial Navy has dispatched a large number of engineers and technicians from China to take high-speed passenger ships to this place in advance, and carried a large number of ready-made equipment, spare parts, etc., and also requested the assistance of the Orr Kingdom, allowing them to support tens of thousands of workers.

In addition, the Daheng Empire has also operated in the Ryan military base for several years, and this place itself has relatively night-time maintenance and repair and supply facilities, so even if the first mobile fleet is large and the time is relatively tight, the Ryan military base still has the ability to provide maintenance and supplies for the fleet.

The news that the First Mobile Fleet successfully arrived at the Ryan Military Base is naturally impossible to hide, and it can even be said that the fleet's movements along the way have not been hidden from anyone, and the navies of various countries have followed along the way......

The navy of the Krull Kingdom even sent several groups of cruisers to accompany them all the way in a relay manner, and they had already followed all the way to the Ryan military base when they were in the Daheng Sea area.

Therefore, the news of the fleet's arrival at the Lane military base was also quickly transmitted to various places by telegram.

Although there is no wireless telegraph in Bluestar Shanghai in these years, cable telegraphy has been appearing for many years and has been widely used, and the Krull Kingdom is also cooperating with countries such as the Daheng Empire and the Walya Empire at the same time to lay submarine cables.

It didn't take long for the news to reach the Gaphians!

This also caused controversy within the Gafia navy, and some people thought that they should take the initiative to attack, and when the fleet of the Great Heng people came from afar and was in urgent need of repair and recuperation, they directly dispatched the fleet to the Orr Kingdom and blocked the expeditionary fleet of the Great Heng people in Lane Harbor.

In this way, in this undeclared war, their Gafia Empire will occupy an absolute dominant position, and then force the Great Heng Empire to make concessions in negotiations, and let the Heng Barbarians completely roll out of the Southwest Continent.

But there are also those who think that it is better to work at ease!

The first mobile fleet of the Great Heng people went all the way south from the mainland, and the warships needed to be repaired and the personnel needed to rest!

But if he also ran to the Ryan military base, wouldn't he also engage in an ultra-long-distance voyage like the people of Daheng?

You must know that the distance from the main western military port of the Gafiya Empire to the Orr Kingdom is not short.

So the best thing to do is for the fleet to leave for the port of the Republic of Enken in advance, and then sit back and wait for the Great Heng people to come to the door.

Even if the first mobile fleet of the Great Heng people arrives at the Ryan military base, but if they want to go to the Bowa military base, there are still thousands of kilometers, and they can directly wait for them near the Bowa sea area to come over and wait for a while!

In the end, the Gafia Imperial Navy decided to let the fleet go out to the port of the Republic of Keen first, and see if it could swallow the southwest fleet of the Great Heng people in the port of Beauva, and then say, as for the Orr Kingdom, it still won't go!

Too far!

The main fleet of the Gafia Imperial Navy has been dispatched, and this news cannot be concealed, their fleet has just started a fire, and they have not left the port yet, Ren Zhongping in the Bowa military base has already received the news that the main fleet of Gafia is about to be dispatched!

This news made Ren Zhongping's navy a little entangled in the middle of the term, the main fleet of the Gafiya people was coming, should he leave or stay?