Sir Dodge suddenly felt a chill down his spine when he heard this, did Maximian mean to slaughter the city? After exchanging glances with the three councillors, he barely managed to squeeze out a smile: "There is no need for Lord Admiral to be angry with those short-sighted fellows, they neither dare to offend the Yangbo family, nor do they have the courage to support Lord Admiral, they are just a group of insignificant wall grass. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

"People can choose to be my friends or my enemies, I welcome friends, respect enemies, and the most hated thing is the rats who are swinging and trying to fish in troubled waters." Maximian sneered, "For the grass on the wall, my principle is to cut the grass to the root and never cause trouble." ”

Sir Dodge could hear a cold sweat in his head, and he did not dare to defend the city-states that refused to take a stand.

Maximian smiled and opened the door to the bridge, "Let's go up first, have a cup of tea and talk, there are not many friends, but sincerity, it is enough to have three city-states to provide information and supplies for my fleet." ”

Before Maximian could finish speaking, a flying shark suddenly fell from the sky, shaking its tail fin eagerly.

"Black Water Walker" Renard stepped forward and used "Animal Talk" to communicate with the flying shark who was acting as a scout, and then turned to Maximian and said: "Thirty nautical miles to the southwest, two armed merchant ships flying the flag of Baiou Harbor have been discovered, judging from the route, they will definitely pass through the waters near Pearl Island, and it is very likely that they will encounter us, so for the sake of safety, I suggest taking the necessary measures." ”

Maximian said indifferently: "Before the prey comes to the door, these small fish and shrimp must be cleaned up, so as not to leak the wind and scare away the prey we really want to kill." ”

Renard nodded, "I'll arrange it." ”

Two hours later, two armed merchant ships approached Pearl Island, and unexpectedly found that the weather had changed abruptly, and a thick fog drifting from nowhere obscured the nearby seas.

After a brief hesitation, the two merchant ships decided to continue sailing in the fog, as the sailors were familiar with the situation in the vicinity and there was no risk of running aground.

Just when they thought they could pass through the misty sea safely, the fog suddenly disappeared, and a large group of warships appeared out of nowhere around them, cutting off their path, and the black flag symbolizing the pirate group of the Giant Demon Island was hung on the mast, obscuring the sky and the sun was terrifying.

Like frightened fish, the two merchant ships immediately tried to turn around and flee.

"The whole ship fires!"

On the bow bridge of the "Sea Palace", Maximian stood on the open-air command platform and waved his saber, the porthole of the flagship gun was the first to roar, and the other warships also opened fire one after another. 32-, 24-, and 18-pound shells rained down like a storm around the two poor merchant ships. The waves stirred up by the near miss rose like a fountain into the sky, causing a tsunami-like violent shock.

In an instant, a merchant ship was slowly sunk by the fire of the cannonball, and disappeared from the sea in less than five minutes.

The mainmast of another merchant ship was blown off, black smoke rose from the burning sails, the ship's side and deck were shot in many places, the cabin was already flooded and tilted to one side, and at most another round of shelling would usher in a catastrophe.

A sailor risked his life to rush onto the burning compass deck, raising the white flag and shaking it vigorously.

Maximian waved his hand, the fleet suspended its attack, and the destroyers "Seawolf" and "Blackwater" approached, dragging the half-crippled merchant ship into the anchorage on the back of the atoll...... Then only God knows.

"Four gentlemen, I hope this little accident has not dampened your interest in enjoying morning tea," Maximian returned to the captain's room, smiling casually, "and then we will continue to talk about the details of the cooperation." ”

Sir Dodge looked left and right, the three councillors were all silent, it seemed that there would be no suspense in the next negotiations, even if Maximian made excessive demands, how could he expect these frightened guys who were about to pee their pants to fight with them and defend the interests of their respective city-states?

……

56° north latitude, 147 ° east longitude, North Bay Pearl Island anchorage.

At 3:15 p.m. on June 19, the wind force was level 5, the sky was clear, and the sun was shining.

The 1st Reconnaissance Group of Maximian's fleet, a flying shark blessed with "stealth technique" returned to the flagship, canceled the stealth state and landed on the deck where the observation room was located, bringing back a news that Maximian had been waiting for a long time: 50 nautical miles south-southwest, it was discovered that the White Gull Harbor fleet, led by the flagship ironclad heavy patrol "Yangbo", gathered four destroyers and five frigates were sailing in the direction of Eagle Island, with a visual speed of 18 knots!

At the same time that Maximian was listening to Renard relay information about the Flying Shark, no one noticed that a flock of invisible eagles was hovering over the anchorage.

The sea elf knight on the back of the eagle drank the potion of "Invisible Seeking" in advance, and as early as ten nautical miles away, he discovered the invisible flying shark sent by the pirate fleet, and followed the order of the fleet commander Victoria Yanbo, without alerting the flying sharks who thought they were secretive, and let them reconnoiter the location of their fleet, and then followed the flying sharks to search backwards, and found that the Maximian fleet was lurking in the Pearl Island anchorage.

"Discover the main fleet of the Giant Demon Island!"

"Confirm Maximian's flagship ironclad re-patrol 'Sea Palace'!"

"Confirm the three light cruisers 'South Wind', 'North Wind', and 'Ichthyosaurus'!"

"Confirm the six destroyers 'Flying Shark', 'Seawolf', 'Siren', 'Sawa', 'Blackwater', 'Angry Waves'!"

"There has been no trace of the light patrol 'Canglong' and the destroyers 'White Shark' and 'Tiger Shark' in the anchorage, the report has been completed!"

The Giant Eagle Knight used the "Communication Stone" to inform the flagship "Yangbo" Guantong Commander of everything he had witnessed, and Guantong Chang immediately relayed this important information to the Yangbo sisters who personally went to sea to direct the battle on the bridge.

The flagship of the Baigull Harbor Coast Guard, the "Yanbo", the bridge command hall, most of the admirals of the city-states of the Bend Alliance were listed, and Sir Dodge, who was sick and recuperated, also sent his deputy to watch the battle.

Before setting sail, everyone guessed that they were going to face off against the Giant Demon Island, but people thought that the decisive battle would be held on Eagle Island, and suddenly learned that the enemy's main fleet was lurking on Pearl Island, and they couldn't help but be stunned, and there was a commotion in the hall.

Viktoria and her sister Lyubov stood side by side in front of the chart, and when they heard the discussion behind them, they couldn't help frowning, and asked their sister in a low voice: "What kind of calculation did you make by bringing these old fellows who have more than enough success and more than enough to fail on the ship?" ”

Liu Bofu smiled slightly, stroked his sister's fluffy hair, and his eyes showed complicated emotions: "It's more troublesome to leave them at home, it's better to take them all with you, and see how you beat the pirates and open their eyes." ”