Winterclaw's sphere of influence encompasses the entire north-west of Freljord, and is a subcontinent – a subcontinent that is relatively independent and smaller, and geographically isolated from the main part of the continent by difficult transportation obstacles such as mountains, deserts, plateaus, and oceans.

The subcontinent where Winterclaw is located includes the Lockfa Peninsula, the Glaser Peninsula, the Vallar Mountains and other regions, and is separated from the main continent of Freljord, the Lakstak Plain, by the ring-shaped Maidlund Mountains.

This subcontinent is not small, but because it is bordered by large glaciers to the north, although it is surrounded by the sea on three sides, the temperature is not as warm as in the Lakstar Plain, which is surrounded by the Maidrunder mountain range.

The special geographical environment makes the war in the Freljord subcontinent different from other places - in the vast Freljord subcontinent, except for a few passes and warbands, there are not many real strategic strongholds.

In other words...... In the defensive battle, the Claw of Winter is simply not in danger to defend.

Although Sejuani is reckless and cruel, she has a beastly intuition when it comes to command, so according to Rod's judgment, she can't choose to defend in a conservative manner.

"I think the key to the fight is that we have to take the initiative and keep the rhythm of the whole battle in our own hands." At the tribal convention, Rhodes recounted his central idea, "The waters of conquest in the summer are relatively warm and there are almost no freezing places, and the wolf fleet of Winterclaw does not have an absolute advantage—so I suggest that the fleet of Frost Harbor take advantage of its mobility to actively attract the attention of the wolf fleet and look for an opportunity to fight a decisive battle near land." ”

"Decisive battle with the wolf fleet?" Hearing Rod's words, Ash was obviously a little surprised, "Although this idea is good, to be honest, our Frost Fleet is no match for the Wolf Ship Fleet in the battle at sea......"

This was one of Eidor's worries - at the naval level, Winterclaw was the strongest of the three Freljord tribes, and the Frost Guard did not have (the coast of East Freljord was full of cliffs and there were no ports available, so the Frost Guard simply did not have a navy), while Alvarossa was somewhere in between.

In the usual battles with the Winterclaw's raiders, Avarossa's Frost Navy has fought against the Winterclaw's wolfship fleet several times, but the wolfship is a special ship with a huge ice-breaking ramming angle, Sejuani spent a lot of money to maintain her wolfship fleet, and the heavy iron ramming angle and external armor make the wolfship fleet not only able to break the ice in winter, but also has super combat effectiveness in naval battles.

You know, Freljord doesn't have such a thing as a cannon, the wolf ship fleet with iron armor is far behind a large part of the frost fleet full of wooden boats in its protective performance, and the wolf ship is always equipped with a large amount of oil (most of it is whale oil), which can be set on fire unscrupulously, the whale oil flame is fatal to the wooden ships of the frost fleet, but the ironclad wolf ships that are connected together are not afraid of the flames burning on the sea water at all, so the previous naval battles are often wolf ships charging and setting fire, The small ships of the Frost Fleet had to use their mobility to escape.

That's right, mobility is the only advantage of the Frost Fleet - Ash's words are already polite, but the reality is that the Frost Fleet can't beat the Wolf Ship Fleet at all.

(Freljord's metal production is not high, and Alvarossa's metal is used to make production tools, and it is not possible to build ironclads with "wealth" like Winter's Claws - and shipbuilding technology is not allowed, which is the difference in the choice of tech trees between the two sides.) ）

Faced with Ash's question, Rod smiled "as expected".

"That's exactly what I want - everyone knows that in naval battles they possess, but if ...... Is the wind always in our favor? ”

The wind is always favorable?

Hearing Rod say this, Ash was really stunned for a moment.

The capital of Avarossa is not Freljord in Lakstak, but Frost Harbor, which is now a very important stronghold of Avarossa, although the center of Avarosa has been moving eastward under Ash's rule.

So for naval warfare, although Ash is not good at it, the basic common sense is very clear.

There weren't any Hex-powered warships, and no Bilgewater's poaching ships, the ships here were relatively primitive and very dependent on the wind – if there was ever a guarantee that the wind would always be favourable in naval combat, that would be ...... It's not impossible to fight!

Ash wanted to ask Rhodes why he dared to say that, but she didn't ask any more when she remembered the unusual whirlwind when Tydamir went on a rampage.

Now it seems that Rhodes has more means than he thinks.

However, although Ash did not speak, the other tribes were not aware of this, so naturally others raised their doubts.

Faced with everyone's confusion, Rhodes opened the door of the conference room.

"The wind is coming!"

A gust of wind swept in without warning, kicking up a cloud of sand and dust.

"Wind!"

The wind speed suddenly increased, and within a square inch, sand and rocks were flying.

"Cold wind!"

The wind has dropped sharply, but the temperature has dropped suddenly, and it is already summer, but the cold wind is as unforgettable as winter.

Rhodes said what he said, and the patriarchs of all the tribes were dumbfounded.

"The cold wind is Anivia's will, are you still worried now?"

With an understatement of explanation, Rhodes closed the door, and the skeptical crowd was silent.

Seeing that no one was asking the question again, Rhodes pointed to the map he had sketched with arcane power and continued his elaboration.

"After dealing with the wolf ship fleet, we will directly hold the Gordes Pass - after that, the claws of winter will completely lose the ability to counterattack, and we can wait for their main force to fight a decisive battle after occupying the active favorable terrain."

"The Claws of Winter's Talon don't know how to produce, their supplies come entirely from raiding and a small amount of maritime trade, and once blocked, it means that they will only die a slow death if they are dragged on."

"Even the entire Freljord subcontinent has no strongholds to hold, as long as we defeat the wolf fleet and hold the Gorde Pass, Sejuani will not even be able to shrink our defenses and plunder on the spot - once we send the main force into the Freljord subcontinent, she will completely lose the strategic initiative."

"As long as we put pressure, even if she wants to rely on the support of food reserves, she can't do it by barely cultivating her own resources, and what she can do at that time is either to storm the Gold Pass, or to seek our main force for a decisive battle - either way, we will have an absolute advantage!"

"And because of the relative looseness of the structure of the Claws of Winter, if we defeat the Claws of Winter, and defeat Sejuani, the rule she has established in the Freljord subcontinent will fall apart!"

"So, ladies and gentlemen, the location of our first battle will be at sea, and the result will directly affect the trend of the war, and there is absolutely no room for error!"