"You mean, they are ready to forcibly occupy some group of islands and then build their own offshore base station?" Lao Jiu asked with a frown.

"That's not just what I meant, I think that's what those foreign allied fleets think." Yu Shengxiang said a little helplessly, "The current countries are maintaining a relative balance, and this balance is something that all empires do not want to break. ”

"Maybe they're just trying to take advantage of that and gain a foothold in the waters of the Seven Immortals. Maybe in their minds, with the power of our Empire of Freedom, we don't dare to start a war with the fleets of the major imperial alliances. ”

"If we hold on to the seven main islands, the Alliance fleet is likely to use ships as a blockade to isolate our control over the surrounding islands, and then they will be able to develop with peace of mind. It only takes three months, then the Alliance fleet will be enough to gain a foothold in the Seven Immortals Islands. ”

"So what's your solution? How are you going to fight this battle? Lao Jiu still asked with a deep frown.

"The current situation can be said to be very unfavorable for us. The Seven Immortals Islands span too much from east to west, more than 300 kilometers long. At this time, Yu Shengxiang pointed to the distribution map of the Seven Immortals Islands and said, "Although the north-south span is small, most of the islands are concentrated here. ”

That is, in the arms of the five major islands of Shaoguang, Kaiyang, Yuheng, Tianquan, and Tianji. If we lose control of this part of the island, it means that half of the sea area of the Seven Immortals Islands will fall into the hands of the enemy. And this will be the beginning of our loss of the Seven Immortals. ”

"If this happens, the enemy fleet will be in a situation of embattlement, which is not good for them at all, I think the other party's fleet commander should not be so stupid, right?" Zhao Hao looked at the group of islands surrounded by five islands and said.

"You're the ones who are stupid!" Yu Shengxiang smiled coldly, and then said to them, "Along the coastal corridor of the five major islands, the enemy can completely take advantage of the numerical superiority of the fleet to form a ship city defense between the Wuza Islands and the other archipelagos. ”

"At that time, the other side will hold on to the ship. Now that the sea area has changed abruptly and the sea monsters are overflowing, it is not suitable for underwater attacks at all, with dozens of times the enemy's strength and ours, do you think we can break through the enemy's defense line? ”

"So, what we need to do now is to take advantage of our geographical advantage and fight a guerrilla battle with the other side. In the case that the enemy does not know our strength and layout, they must be mainly tempting in the early stage, and this is our opportunity. ”

"Do you have a specific battle plan?" Lao Jiu looked at Yu Shengxiang and asked with bright eyes.

"You don't promote me less, I'm just doing a general strategic analysis, in fact, you already have an idea in mind, right?" Yu Shengxiang glanced at Lao Jiu and said.

"In that case, let me tell you about my war strategy." Lao Jiu looked around at everyone and said, "Sticking to the seven main islands, this can be said to be the next strategy. The first army is attacked, the second is the enemy, the second is the army, and the next is the siege. ”

"Soldiers, treacherous! And the first thing we need to do is to lie about the military situation. The so-called lying about the military situation is to deliberately reveal the defense strength of our Seven Immortals Islands. Of course, this data is definitely a fake data, and our purpose is only to confuse the enemy, and we don't necessarily need their trust. ”

"The second is harassment and ambush! The three fleets of the Empire will conduct a harassment war on the periphery of the sea, and then we will ambush the enemy on some of the main islands. The main role of the three fleets of the empire is to involve the enemy's follow-up support. ”

"In addition, except for Tianshu Immortal Island, the rest of the islands each dispatched 50,000 elites to guard the six islands of Guye, Tiger Shark, **, Shimen, Jianzui and **. In particular, the tiger shark and the two small islands are the main gateways to the Seven Immortals Islands. ”

"Because of the large number of reefs around these islands, large ships simply cannot get close, so they have to rely on forced landing. I will mobilize tens of millions of crossbow arrows from the Empire, and these six small islands must be defended for me, and those who flee without permission will be punished for treason before receiving the order to retreat! ”

Lao Jiu pointed to the chart of the Seven Immortals Islands and began to arrange it closely. This time is not only related to the belonging of the Seven Immortals Islands, but also to the Empire of Freedom, the future hegemony of the sea area. So Lao Jiu directly gave a death order to the generals present.

"Wang Dazhi, Xie Zheng, Feng Hu, Tu Xiong, Tie Zihao, Yan Hurt obey the order!" Lao Jiu yelled directly below.

"Here!" The six of them immediately stood up and saluted. These veterans were all specially dispatched by Lao Jiu from the Easy Empire to prepare for an ambush in the Seven Immortals Islands.

"The six of you personally lead the army to defend the six small islands just now, and you must not retreat a step before you have received an order. If you lose the island, you don't have to come back! Lao Jiu looked at the six people and said coldly.

"Stick to the end and absolutely complete the task!" The six of them responded in unison.

"Gao Meng, Xu Zhigang!" Lao Jiu continued to shout.

"Here!" The two of them saluted.

"The God of War Legion swears to defend Tianshu Island to the death, and the enemy fleet will definitely besiege Tianshu Island in order to involve our main forces. And Tianshu Island is our entire Seven Immortals Islands, the most important logistics supply island, and there can be no mistakes. Lao Jiu looked at the two and said.

"So, you have to defend Tianshu Island for me at all costs, and at the same time ensure the logistical supply of the entire Seven Immortals Islands. In addition, the two islands of Tianxuan and Dimensity are also likely to be besieged by enemy fleets. ”

Therefore, the protection of these two islands cannot be relaxed at all. The main forces of the Xuanwu Legion and the Golden Crow Legion must ensure the safety of these two islands. Of course, the tiger shark and ** two small islands responsible for Tie Zihao and Yan Injury are also not to be missed! ”

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

"Yes!"

Gao Meng and Xu Zhigang, who commanded the God of War Legion, as well as Tie Zihao, the commander of the Xuanwu Legion, and the commander of the Golden Crow Legion, were injured and saluted at the same time.

"Liu Jun, Zhang Dabing, and Nan Tiancheng obey orders." Lao Jiu looked at the three naval division generals and ordered, "The Canglong Naval Division is mainly based on the Seven Immortals Islands, fighting an ambush in the internal waterway, taking advantage of the environment and geographical advantages to prevent the enemy fleet from forming an effective defense line. ”

"The Jiaolong Naval Division and the Tiger Shark Naval Division, wandering in the waters of the Seven Immortals Islands, mainly attacking the enemy's logistics fleet, give me the right opportunity to raid the enemy's transport fleet at any time, so that they can't press the whole ship in!"

"Yes, mission guaranteed!" All three shouted at the same time.

"Zhao Hao!" Lao Jiu finally asked Zhao Hao, "How is the water ghost army you trained now?" Now is also the time to show their value, I want to see if the huge investment of the empire is worth it or not! ”

"Report, today's Water Ghost Army has become a real maritime special forces regiment, with a current staff of 10,000, all levels above eighty, and a strong submarine combat capability, which is the real elite of the entire Imperial Naval Division Legion." Zhao Hao immediately reported.

"What I want is not to brag, this is the time to test their true ability, if they disappoint the entire empire this time, then, I don't think they have to exist!" Lao Jiu looked at Zhao Hao coldly and said.

"Promise not to disappoint the Empire, please ask the Emperor to give a mission!" Zhao Hao knelt down on one knee and said.

"Good! In this case, this time you will personally lead the water ghost army to protect the islands. Lao Jiu looked at Zhao Hao and said, "If the enemy wants to control the various islands, he will inevitably choose to land on the islands strongly." With the Water Ghost Army's familiarity with the Seven Immortals Islands, I think you must know how to deal with it. ”

"Please rest assured, as long as the enemy dares to step into the Seven Immortals Islands, he will ensure that no armor will be left behind to kill them. I will use my actions to prove the value of the existence of the Water Ghost Army! Zhao Hao said with an oath.

The Water Ghost Army is a special maritime force advocated by Zhao Hao. Based on Lao Jiu's undead army, an invincible division at sea was created. The initial formation of this unit began three years ago.

The equipment of the entire army is all made of special water-attribute materials, and the weapons are the same, all of which are top-notch equipment. The battle armor among them is leather close-fitting soft armor, mainly based on Canglong skin.

And their weapons are also water-splitting spikes made of Canglong claws, coupled with the alloy technology of the Easy Empire, and the level is all in the range of top-notch purple gold equipment. And that's not even counting the space equipment that soldiers are equipped with, as well as other special equipment.

And every year in the Easy Empire, the amount of money invested in the Water Ghost Army is an astronomical amount, which is not much worse than Lao Jiu's undead army. However, unlike the Undead Legion, the Water Ghost Army has hardly made any great achievements, and this is the first time that the Water Ghost Army has a real opportunity to perform.

If the entire water ghost army can achieve Lao Jiu's intended purpose, then in the next step, Lao Jiu will build a special warship of their own for this special water army to show their status.

After Lao Jiu finished the task, everyone began to discuss the specific details, and after all the planned dinner, the major legions immediately began to act. The major fleets of the Seven Immortals Islands also began to act one after another.

The first is the mobilization of troops and the delivery of materials. As early as when the fleets of the major imperial alliances set off and Lao Jiu wanted to fight an ambush on the Seven Immortals Islands, the Seven Immortals Islands had a large number of strategic materials in reserve.

Now it's just a matter of transporting these materials from the major immortal islands to various small islands. On the small islands assigned by Lao Jiu, in addition to the fighting army, there were 10,000 logistics soldiers, all of whom served the 50,000 regular army.

Except for a month's worth of grain and grass stored on each island, almost all of them were used up for war purposes. There are more than a million crossbow bolts alone, and the rest are a lot of fuel. Since these small islands did not have a decent defense system at all, the necessary fire wall defense became the first choice of the Loose Army.

And fire attack is also the best way to block the forced landing of enemy troops. While the Empire was preparing for war with all its might, the enemy alliance fleet finally moved, and they began to approach the Seven Immortals Islands on a large scale.