Chapter 69: A Big Surprise for Su Yi
On the morning of November 20, 3011 in the Tang calendar, in the palace of Feni City, the capital of the Sharad Empire, the Sharad Empire's Emperor Herris asked in a deep voice to Prime Minister Shurik: "What is the current casualty number of our Sharad Royal Army in the territory of the Purple Moon Empire?" ”
Prime Minister Shurik sighed and said, "Your Majesty, the total number of casualties has exceeded five hundred and fifty thousand, of which the number of killed alone has reached four hundred thousand, and at least more than half of such a large number of casualties are brought by the newly emerged Su family army in the Purple Moon Empire. ”
Emperor Herris frowned and said: "I didn't expect that Su Yi of the Liuyun Empire not only has a fleet with shocking strength, but also has an army with such a strong combat effectiveness, even the Cangyu Empire, the Liuyun Empire, and the Purple Moon Empire, the three eastern powers, are not the opponents of our Sharad Empire, but our Sharad Empire was made disgraced by a small hereditary baron." ”
Prime Minister Shurik then said: "Your Majesty, it seems that we can only increase our troops in the territory of the Purple Moon Empire, and with only one million royal army troops in the Purple Moon Empire, it is really difficult to defeat the combined forces of the Su Family Army and the Purple Moon Empire. ”
In Prime Minister Shurik's heart, he has already regarded the Su Family Army and the Purple Moon Empire as two forces with equal status, and even Prime Minister Shu Lik has more scruples about the Su Family Army.
Emperor Herris hesitated for a moment and said: "At present, the troops of our Salad Royal Army in the Cangyu Empire and the Liuyun Empire still need to monitor these two countries and implement the armistice agreement that has been signed. ”
Prime Minister Shurik smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, it's better to send more, and the minister feels that it is better to send five legions to try to defeat the Su family army and the coalition army of the Purple Moon Empire as soon as possible." ”
"Then follow the Prime Minister's advice and let the War Department send five additional legions of Royal Army to the territory of the Purple Moon Empire as soon as possible! By the way, where is our 2nd Expeditionary Fleet of the Shalad Navy now? ”
"Your Majesty, you have arrived in the sea area of the Purple Moon Empire, and in about two or three days, you will be able to join the main naval forces of the Jisk Empire and the Orenza Empire."
"Hehe, our Second Expeditionary Fleet of the Sharad Navy has prepared a big surprise for the fleet under Su Yi's command."
In the waters near the Xiguan Islands of the Purple Moon Empire, there is a huge fleet that is slowly sailing from north to south, and this fleet is the second expeditionary fleet of the Sharad Navy.
As for the First Expeditionary Fleet of the Sharad Navy, it has already suffered a crushing defeat in the hands of the Independent Fleet in the Yanmen Strait, so the Second Expeditionary Fleet, which the Sharad Empire sent to the waters of the Purple Moon Empire this time to prepare to fight against the Independent Fleet, is also tasked with avenging the First Expeditionary Fleet.
On the bridge of the Ares of War, the flagship of the Second Expeditionary Fleet of the Sharad Navy, the captain of the Ares Rofeller said to Denis, the commander of the Second Expeditionary Fleet: "Commander, the Gisk Navy and the Orensa Navy have sent a telegram that they will be able to reach the vicinity of the Xiguan Islands in the morning of the day after tomorrow and join our Second Expeditionary Fleet. ”
Janis used to be the commander of the First Expeditionary Fleet of the Sharad Navy, and after the disastrous defeat of the First Expeditionary Fleet, when Denis led the Sharad Navy to take over the largest military port in the Cangyu Empire, he caused the Huifeng Massacre that shocked the world.
After the Huifeng tragedy, Herris, the emperor of the Sharad Empire, scolded Dennis severely, and even kicked Dennis twice, and then removed Dennis from the post of Deputy Minister of the Admiralty.
However, Dennis can be said to be Emperor Herris's henchman, the first expeditionary fleet of the Sharad Navy was defeated so badly, if it was not for Emperor Herris to carry Denis, Dennis would have been removed from his post and investigated, and Dennis is also the most brilliant general in the Sharad Navy, of course, before the naval battle in the Yanmen Strait.
Therefore, despite the huge pressure of public opinion, Emperor Herris still saved Jennis, and when the Second Expeditionary Fleet of the Sharad Navy was formed, Emperor Herris still appointed Janis as the commander of the Second Expeditionary Fleet.
Janis nodded slightly and said: "This time the main forces of the navies of Sharad, Gisk, and Orensa are gathered, as long as Su Yi's fleet dares to come out of Ambo Port, then it will not be able to escape!" ”
The captain of the God of War, Rofeiye, said with a smile: "That Su Yi would never have thought that in our second expeditionary fleet, there are not only five super dreadnought battleships, but nine, in addition to the five God of War class, there are also four knight class!" ”
In order to follow in the footsteps of the Royal Navy of Yingluoba, the Royal Navy of Sharad built eight Ares-class super dreadnought battleships, and built twelve Knight-class super dreadnought battleships in two batches, of which the first batch of six Knight-class were originally planned to join the sequence of the Royal Navy of Sharad in mid-December this year.
However, in order to eliminate the independent fleet under Su Yi and avenge the First Expeditionary Fleet of the Sharad Navy, under the urging of Emperor Herris, several shipyards in the Sharad Empire did their best to let four Knight-class super dreadnought battleships join the Second Expeditionary Fleet before the departure of the Second Expeditionary Fleet of the Sharad Navy.
The entire Second Expeditionary Fleet of the Sharad Navy, in addition to five Ais-class super dreadnought battleships and four Knight-class super dreadnought battleships, also has twelve dreadnought battleships, fourteen pre-dreadnought battleships, twenty-six ironclad battleships, twelve large armored cruisers, twenty-four medium armored cruisers, thirty-six light cruisers, forty-eight destroyers, and seventy torpedo boats.
Among them, there were four ironclad battleships, four medium armored cruisers, six light cruisers, six destroyers, and twenty torpedo boats, which belonged to the Fourth and Fifth Fleets of the Royal Navy of the Cangyu Empire.
Although the First Fleet, the Second Fleet and the Third Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Cangyu Empire escaped from Huifeng Port, the largest military port of the Cangyu Empire, and avoided the fate of being harvested by the Royal Navy of Sharad, the unwilling Royal Navy of Sharad finally forcibly looted all the warships that could be used in the Fourth Fleet and the Fifth Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Cangyu Empire.
The Sharad Empire also demanded that the Cangyu Empire pay an additional 370 million taels of silver in the down payment of the war reparations to offset the warships that the Cangyu Empire did not compensate the Salad Royal Navy.
In addition, in the Second Expeditionary Fleet of the Sharad Navy, there are two former dreadnought battleships, two ironclad battleships, two medium armored cruisers, two light cruisers, four destroyers and ten torpedo boats, which belong to the original Royal Navy of the Liuyun Empire.
When the Salad Empire signed an armistice agreement with the Liuyun Empire, because the Liuyun Empire could not compensate the independent fleet under Su Yi's command to the Sharad Empire, the Sharad Empire finally forced the Liuyun Empire to compensate almost all the warships of its Royal Navy to the Sharad Navy.