Both the Imperial Navy and the Far East Navy also possessed a large number of destroyers and frigates, and Admiral Lucien believed that such lightweight ships could only play a supporting role in naval battles, and that the key to victory or defeat would depend on the main ships of both sides. As for the naval forces that General Lucien attached great importance to, the Far Easterners were quite successful. The North Sea Eagle is considered by the naval commanders of the Varess countries to be the most suitable magical beast for sea bombing missions, and the Far East Navy has a total of about 1,000 giant eagles, which is a force to be reckoned with. However, General Lucien also pointed out that the giant eagle's aerial combat ability is relatively mediocre, and one-on-one is not the opponent of the imperial vulture horse cavalry, not to mention that the number of naval aviation troops on both sides is twice as different, and two thousand vulture horse cavalry will not lose against a thousand giant eagles.

In response to the concerns raised by the Cabinet's National Defense Committee, General Lucien repeatedly stressed when questioned that naval warfare and land warfare are two completely different things. Warfare on land is comparatively more complex and unpredictable. The reason why General Engel's corps could not open the situation was mainly due to two points: first, it was unfamiliar with the local environment, which was reinforced by the turbidity of the river moat and the severe cold climate in winter; The second is the incessant harassment by the local militia and guerrillas, which makes it difficult to exercise effective rule in the areas occupied by the local people, and they are forced to fall into the quagmire of "law and order warfare".

Naval warfare does not have such problems. The sea is fair to both sides of the sea, and on the premise that both sides have detailed nautical charts, there is no one with the advantage over the other. In addition, naval warfare is more pure than land warfare, and the duel between armored warships is like a knight duel on the martial arts field, which is completely a collision of strength with clear swords and guns. The guerrillas could play a role on the land battlefield, but on the sea, Admiral Lucien believed that there was no room for these rats to operate, and that victory or defeat depended mainly on the tonnage of the ships on both sides and the command skills of the fleet commander. Since the Imperial Navy had an overwhelming advantage over the Far East Navy on both fronts, why couldn't General Lucien be optimistic about the upcoming "Tsunami" operation?

In order to support the fleet expedition, the Imperial Cabinet squeezed out another amount of funds from the already very tight budget for the navy, and did its best to provide logistical supplies for General Lucien's fleet, hoping that the "tsunami" would land smoothly on the Parnia Peninsula and repay the support of the government and the opposition with a hearty victory.

In addition to logistical supplies, the Imperial Government also paved the way for the fleet to move north in the diplomatic realm. The voyage from Marina City, the headquarters of the Imperial Navy, to the Golden Horn, where the port of Parnia is located, was about 2,000 nautical miles, and even the fleet sailed at full speed and would have taken about a week on the way. Such a long route was obviously not conducive to the fleet's continued operations, and the Imperial Navy needed to find an anchorage nearby in the Golden Horn that could be temporarily stationed.

Unfold the world map of Vares, look at the waters of the Golden Horn, and you will immediately see that the Golden Horn is located between two peninsulas. The Parnia Peninsula in the northeast and the Bologni Peninsula in the southwest are like two long arms stretching out to the sea, embracing the calm and calm Jinsha Bay. Beyond Jinshan Bay is the "Coral Sea", and further away is the endless stormy ocean.

Since the Imperial Navy's intention to move north was to seize the Parnia, it was obvious that it would be best to find an anchorage on the northern side of the Bologna Peninsula. Admiral Lucien found the "Coral Port" among the many ports along the peninsula, less than 300 miles from the sea capital of Patus, and only a two-day voyage from the military port of Parnia, which was ideal as a front-line anchorage for the fleet.

The Bologni Peninsula is the territory of La Mer, and the port of Coral is the seat of the most important trading city of La Mer, and it is not easy to borrow this port. From the very beginning of the preparations for Operation "Tsunami" in early April, the Imperial authorities sent an envoy to visit Patus secretly and asked the Hailan authorities to borrow Coral Harbor.

As one of the few powerful countries in the world of Varess, Hailan's naval strength is second only to the Phizhen and Yashan Empires, ranking third, and has always regarded the waters of the Golden Horn as its own territory, how can it tolerate the imperial naval fleet to drive straight in? However, Hailan's overall national strength was far inferior to that of the Yashan Empire, and the war with Feizhen against the Empire three years ago did not take any advantage, and it was really impossible to muster the courage to provoke this huge opponent again.

What's more, at the same time that the empire launched the expedition, Hailan was not at peace in the country. When the Duchy of Pausshua was hit by a once-in-a-decade drought and a lack of food harvests, the local barbarians, like their ancestors, set their sights on their rich neighbors on the southern peninsula during the famine years, openly forming bandit gangs and crossing the border to invade the sea and plunder the territory.

The Hailan authorities have repeatedly lodged strong protests with the government of Pausswar, but to no avail. Bao Shihua was actually a loose confederation of city-states, and the central government had no control over the border lords at all, and since the central government could not provide food to help the victims, it could only turn a blind eye to the starving people crossing the border and plundering. As for those city-states and dominions that were badly affected, they were eager to lead the waters of disaster to the sea blue, not only did the bandit gangs spontaneously formed by hungry people cross the border to plunder, but even a large number of noble lords personally led their troops to change into civilian clothes and sweep across the border, which was extremely shameless.

In the minds of the people of Hailan, the Baoshi Chinese in the north have been unreasonable bandits since ancient times, poor and arrogant, and they don't want to die when they fight, which makes the Hailan people hate and fear. The Hailan people are far richer than the Baoshi Chinese, and the powerful naval fleet is a symbol of the prosperity of the people and the strength of the country, but due to the influence of many factors such as national character and historical traditions, the Hailan government has not been able to establish a strong army commensurate with its national strength. The army that has been formed at a great cost is not as good as the bandit gang composed of poor people in the north, fighting all kinds of mighty battles, and the slightest setback will collapse for thousands of miles, which has caused countless ridicule, so that the people of Hailan are desperate for the combat effectiveness of their own army, rather than wasting a lot of money to build a flashy army, it is more cost-effective to spend less money to hire more and more effective Baoshihua mercenaries.

For many years, the Hailan authorities have adopted the above-mentioned policy of buying and hiring against the North, dividing and disintegrating the major states of Baoswa, spending money to hire a powerful baron as an agent to attack another Baoshua state that is trying to cross the border to harass the inhabitants of Hailan, so that they will be held back from each other and unable to form a unified state. But when the famine came, the above-mentioned policy of pulling one faction and fighting one faction did not work so well.

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