On the morning of September 1, 3011 in the Tang calendar, the millions of Sharad troops stationed in the territory of the Cangyu Empire crossed the border between the Cangyu Empire and the Purple Moon Empire and launched an attack on the northern region of the Purple Moon Empire.

In the afternoon of the same day, hundreds of thousands of Jisk troops stationed in the territory of the Celestial Star Empire also crossed the border between the Celestial Star Empire and the Purple Moon Empire and launched an attack on the eastern region of the Purple Moon Empire.

After the armies of the Sharad Empire and the Jisk Empire entered the territory of the Purple Moon Empire, the pressure on the Purple Moon Empire suddenly doubled, but the army and people of the Purple Moon Empire, under the leadership of Empress Ouyang Xue, still did not give in to the three first-class powers, and stubbornly resisted the invasion of the armies of the three countries.

When Su Yi received the news that the Sharad Empire and the Jisk Empire were sending troops to the Purple Moon Empire, the six battleship formations, six light cruisers, and twenty destroyers of the Independent Fleet, as well as fifty-four transport ships carrying three Guards Infantry Brigades, two Field Infantry Brigades, five Marine Brigades, and a large amount of supplies, were still moving along the coastline of the Jisk Empire.

In the bridge of the Yongxiang, the flagship of the Independent Fleet, Su Yi put the telegram in his hand on the table, and then sighed to He Yunfei and Wang Chengliang and said: "The Sharad Empire and the Jisk Empire are still sending troops to the Purple Moon Empire, the Purple Moon Empire will face the attack of the three major powers next, the situation is becoming more and more unfavorable for the Purple Moon Empire, how long will it take for us to reach the Purple Moon Empire's Ambo Port?" ”

Wang Chengliang, the commander of the Independent Fleet, immediately said, "Marshal, if we can successfully pass through the Wessel Strait, it will take us about a month to reach the Purple Moon Empire's Ambo Port. ”

The area of the southern continent is about 70 million square kilometers, but the southern continent is not composed of a whole continent, in addition to the 22 million square kilometers of land connected to the eastern continent, the other half of the southern continent is composed of many islands, of which there are more than a dozen large islands with an area of more than one million square kilometers.

The Gisk Empire and the Orenza Empire, the two first-class powers on the southern continent, divided the 22 million square kilometers of land connected to the eastern continent, while the Wessel Strait separated the Gisk Empire and the Orenza Empire from the largest island in the southern continent and the world's largest island, Hessel Island.

The area of Hessel Island is about four million square kilometers, and there is only one country on it, the Hessel Kingdom, with a population of 200 million, although it is only among the second-class powers, but the Hessel Kingdom has the world's eighth-ranked navy, and the world's ninth-ranked army.

The countries of this world have a consensus that only countries with a land area of more than 10 million square kilometers can call themselves empires, so although the comprehensive strength of the Hessel Kingdom is stronger than the four kingdoms of Cangyu, Liuyun, Tianxing, and Purple Moon, it cannot be called an empire, it can only be called a kingdom.

The Wessel Strait is located between the Gisk Empire, the Orenza Empire and the Hessel Kingdom, about 1,600 kilometers long, with an average width of 250 kilometers, and the narrowest point is about 140 kilometers.

Of course, if the navies of the Gisk Empire and the Orenza Empire wanted to intercept Su Yi's fleet, the Wessel Strait was the best place to ambush it.

Su Yi nodded and said, "The navy of the Sharad Empire, it is impossible to rush to the Wessel Strait for a while, at most, the navies of Gisk and Orenza will jointly block us in the Wessel Strait, with the strength of the six battleship formations of the independent fleet, there should be no problem in breaking through the Wessel Strait, but we only have six light cruisers and twenty destroyers, if the navies of the Gisk and Orenza countries gather too many small and medium-sized warships, I am afraid that it will cause a lot of losses to the six battleship formations." ”

He Yunfei, the commander-in-chief of the Su Army's army unit, hesitated for a moment and said: "Great marshal, the first, second and third fleets of the Cangyu Royal Navy should also be about to arrive in the Wessel Strait, these three fleets have two dreadnought battleships, eight former dreadnought battleships and eight ironclad battleships, and also have six large armored cruisers, six medium armored cruisers, twenty-four light cruisers, twenty-four destroyers and sixty torpedo boats, If we can merge with the three fleets of the Royal Navy, then there will be enough small and medium-sized warships to protect the battleships of our independent fleet against torpedo attacks by enemy small and medium-sized warships. ”

Su Yi turned his head to Wang Chengliang and asked, "Chengliang, what is your opinion?" ”

Wang Chengliang immediately said: "Marshal, if it is only the navy of the Gisk Empire and the Orenza Empire, our independent fleet is confident that it will win the battle, and six light cruisers and twenty destroyers are enough to protect six battleship formations." ”

Su Yi thought for a while, and then spoke: "The three fleets of the Cangyu Royal Navy, if they want to reach the Wessel Strait, it will take more than twenty days, and now that the situation in the Purple Moon Empire is serious, let's rush to the Purple Moon Empire as soon as possible!" ”

On the morning of September 5, 3011 in the Tang calendar, the independent fleet that had entered the Wessel Strait found that there were many smoke columns in the distance, and it was obvious that there was a large fleet ahead, and it was likely to be the navy of the Gisk Empire and the Orensa Empire, so Wang Chengliang, the commander of the independent fleet, ordered all ships to sound the battle alarm.

The fleet blocking the path of the independent fleet was none other than the combined naval fleet of the Gisk Empire and the Orensa Empire.

Among them, the Royal Navy of the Gisk Empire had fourteen dreadnought battleships, twelve former dreadnought battleships, twelve ironclad battleships, ten large armored cruisers, sixteen small armored cruisers, thirty light cruisers, forty destroyers, and sixty torpedo boats.

In the naval battle outside the port of Kangshan, the losses of the Royal Navy of the Gisk Empire were very large, and these warships of the Gisk Empire gathered in the Wessel Strait at this time were almost the vast majority of the strength of the Royal Navy of the Gisk Empire, including the four Holy Sword-class dreadnought battleships that had just entered service.

The warships of the Royal Navy of the Orenza Empire gathered in the Wessel Strait at this time included eighteen dreadnought battleships, twelve former dreadnought battleships, twenty ironclad battleships, eight large armored cruisers, eight small armored cruisers, thirty-six light cruisers, thirty-six destroyers and sixty torpedo boats, which was almost the vast majority of the strength of the Royal Navy of the Orenza Empire.

However, what is surprising is that the combined naval fleet of the Gisk Empire and the Orenza Empire, after discovering the independent fleet led by Su Yi, took the initiative to give up the voyage and retreated to the coastline of the Gisk Empire.