Sir Edric did not expect this bombing campaign to be a fictional story, but wanted to lure out the remaining enemy naval forces and cooperate with the Wyvern Knights led by Major General Fanny to encircle and annihilate them. It's a pity that the enemy is not the kind of fool who repeatedly falls into the same pit, he does not track the retreating Giant Eagle troops, and only forms a defensive formation above his own warships to accompany the flight. The other party refused to take the bait, and the formation formed was also impeccable, which greatly disappointed Sir Adric and his officers and men, and could only pin their hopes on the two submarine troops at the bottom of the sea.

"The enemy's wave of bombardment just now caused little damage to our fleet, only two destroyers were overturned by the waves stirred up by near-misses, and temporarily withdrew from the combat sequence, and three frigates were seriously damaged and needed to return to Coral Harbor for repairs, and the main warships were in good condition and ready to go into battle at any time."

"The enemy chose a more conservative bombing method, and it seems that it lacks confidence, lest it lose too many air forces before the two fleets start a showdown."

Admiral Charles Lucien, commander of the Navy at the bridge command of the imperial flagship "Charlemagne", listened to General Werneuve's report, put down the telescope in his hand, and his tense nerves relaxed slightly.

He predicted that the opinions of the enemy generals on the bombing were fiercely contradictory, with some advocating all-out air strikes, while others opposed air raids and advocating maintaining the air superiority that had been gained with great difficulty. General Lucien had seen this scene of heated argument more than once in his own headquarters. Experienced commanders must take a clear stand in such situations, explicitly supporting one side and opposing the other, while those with flawed character and experience are unable to make such bold decisions and often fall into a state of indecision, often ending up with a compromise course of action that often results in a compromise course of action, often at worst.

Taking the bombing mission just carried out by the Far East Naval Aviation Force, for example, General Lucien smelled a strong sense of compromise from it. The enemy commanders were greedy for the tremendous benefits of the air raids, but they were also reluctant to make huge sacrifices for the air raids, and the result was to turn an air raid that could inflict heavy damage on the Imperial fleet into a nondescript "horizontal bombing." On the surface, taking into account the views of both sides of the debate, in fact they did not rely on both sides, did not achieve any results worth mentioning, and wasted bombs and fleeting precious fighters in vain.

"The commander of the Far Eastern Navy, nothing more." Commander Lucien smiled contemptuously, walked up to the bridge terrace to look up at the sky, thought for a moment, picked up the high communication stone and sent a letter to Vice Admiral Morrow, once again emphasizing that it was enough not to track the enemy, and to keep a tight guard over the battleship.

At this time, a magic wave was set off in front of him, and a red ball of light appeared. General Lucien held the ball of light to read the magic communication, and his brow furrowed. Quickly returning to the command hall, he peered into the movement below the surface of the water through the "observation crystal", and a large group of humanoid shadows could be faintly seen approaching his own fleet.

"Your Excellency Commander, that is the so-called secret weapon of the Far East Navy, a special mechanical armor for naval warfare called the 'Yangbo Mecha', according to the information we have obtained from the Sea Blue People, the Yangbo Mecha is equipped with a rapid-fire magic crystal cannon and a power impact drill specially designed to destroy the hull shell, which can sneak from below the sea surface to the bottom of the enemy ship to destroy, and then either watch the enemy ship enter the water and sink, or break into the cabin through the hole that has been dug out and shoot the gun." Vice Admiral Vernave, Chief of Staff of the Imperial Navy, stood behind Commander Lucien with his hands in his hands, his waist straightened, and he continued to narrate with an expressionless face: "Over the years, the Far Easterners have dominated the North Bay and eliminated dozens of pirates, large and small, with this kind of naval mecha, and now the Far Easterners are sending this weapon against us, probably to use the giant eagle in the air as bait to divert our attention, and this group of assassins from the water will launch a fatal blow. ”

"I understand what you say...... No wonder the wave of bombing by the Far East Air Force just now seemed too hasty, and it turned out to be to cover the mecha troops sneaking in the water. ”

General Lucien sneered and quickly sent a notice of guarding against enemy diving attacks to the commanders of the ships.

As Chief of Staff Werneuve just said, in fact, on the first day of its entry into Coral Harbor, the Imperial Navy learned from the Sea Blue Arms Dealer that the Far East Navy possessed a diving mecha for naval warfare, and it had been prepared for this.

The Imperial fleet maintained a tight formation during the voyage in order to guard against attacks from the bottom of the sea. Commander Lucien specially placed the main battleship, including three battleships and six cruisers, in the center, and arranged a large group of mobile and flexible frigates, destroyers and minesweepers around it, equipped with detection crystals and depth charges, and dropped bombs when they detected the shadows on the bottom of the sea, so that the Yangbo mechs could not get close to the enemy's main battleships, let alone destroy the hull.

The 2nd Submersible Squadron in the Far East, led by Lieutenant Colonel Vasilev, made great sacrifices in trying to get close to the main battleships of the Empire - a total of 22 Yangbo mechs were unfortunately destroyed by depth charges, and half of the pilots did not have time to get out of the engine room and accompanied the wreckage of the mechs to rest on the bottom of the sea.

The defeated Vasilev squadron decisively turned around and retreated towards the sea where its main fleet was located.

At the bridge command of the "Charlemagne", General Lucien saw the Far Eastern submarine troops fleeing in a hurry with the help of the projection of the detection crystal, and couldn't help but let out a sneer, and casually said a few witty words, mocking the vulnerability of the diving mechs of the Far Easterners.

"This so-called 'secret weapon' is only worthy of bullying pirates, don't even dream of getting a bargain from me!"

At this time, General Lucien did not know that he had misunderstood the definition of "secret weapon" in the Far Eastern submarines. The diving mechs he had just seen were actually just transports used to deliver the real "secret weapon".

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Considering that the retreating Yangbo mechs might throw mines behind them, Commander Lucien's flagship and the two main battleships did not follow the trail left behind by Vasilev's squadron, but were led by more maneuverable cruisers and destroyers, closely chasing these submersible mechanical armor that was fleeing towards the open sea.

The minutes passed in a tense chase, and at 5:30 p.m., the summer sun was slanting on the calm sea, and about two hours before nightfall, the Imperial Cruiser Squadron was the first to enter the pre-selected area of engagement by Roland and his generals, and the Battle of the Golden Horn began.

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