Chapter 1831: Battle Clouds (IV.)
The North Sea Fleet is actually the original "Giant Demon Island Pirate Fleet". With the help of the Yanbo sisters, Roland exterminated this pirate gang that had been rampaging the North Bay for many years, renamed the Troll Island as Koras Island, and the captured warships were reorganized into the North Sea Fleet, and even the fleet commander was a pirate - the only survivor of the ten generals under the command of the former pirate queen Kraken, Helena Drake.
Of course, Helena is no longer a singer now, as the Admiral of the North Sea Fleet and the captain of the "Sea Palace", promoted to Vice Admiral, and has become a lady who is widely admired by the residents of the North Bay.
Since the "Far Eastern Royal Court" has formed a common defense system militarily, if necessary, in addition to the North Sea Fleet, Roland can also requisition the "Yangbo Fleet" in the North Gulf, and even the Parnia Fleet in the Golden Horn.
The Yangbo Fleet, which belongs to the North Sea Federation, is dominated by the Baiou Harbor Navy, and the flagship "Yanbo" is second only to the "Sea Palace" in armor and firepower, and the speed is still surpassed, with four high-speed destroyers and five frigates, commanded by the North Sea Federation Navy Admiral Victoria Yangbo, and Sir Doug as the chief of staff.
The flagship of the Parnia fleet in the Golden Horn is a heavy magic cruiser of the same class as the "Yangbo", with two light cruisers and four high-speed destroyers, and the overall strength is comparable to that of the Yangbo fleet.
If the North Sea Fleet, the Yanbo Fleet and the Parnia Fleet are combined to form a combined fleet, it is only equivalent to half of the total tonnage of ships of the Imperial Navy on paper, but considering that the Imperial Navy still has a large number of old sail warships in service, the difference in strength between the two navies is actually not as great as it seems on paper, and the Far East Navy has at least one fighting force.
What's more, in Roland's view, the tactical idea of traditional naval warfare in which the two sides open the battle line and bombard each other is outdated. Victory or defeat in modern naval warfare depends not only on the firepower and tonnage of the ships on both sides, but also on the key factor of carrier-based aviation.
The naval fleet in the Far East is inferior to that of the Yassanian Empire, but when it comes to the construction of air forces, including army and naval aviation, the government of the Far East is once again at the forefront of the countries of the world in Vares.
As early as the founding of the Far East, Roland regarded the development of the air force as the top priority of national defense construction, sparing no expense to build and upgrade military airships, train giant eagles, and purchase Canaan Pegasus, in order to create a powerful air force.
Today, it has been proved that Roland's money and hard work have not been in vain, and the Far East Air Force has been basically formed, including 3 "Dawn class" and 12 "Shenghua class" magic airships currently in service, respectively equipped with 8 / 16 1-inch caliber magic crystal aviation guns, cruising speed of 120 knots, load capacity of 220 / 500 tons respectively.
The aviation carried by the magic airship is divided into two categories: combat and riding, the former is mainly based on giant eagles, not equipped with riders, and is mainly responsible for escorting, patrolling and bombing missions, while the latter is mainly based on pegasus, and a small number of vultures, griffins and bipedal wyverns, equipped with riders, compared with giant eagles, it is more suitable for aerial combat and airborne missions.
After reorganization, the Far East Air Force was divided into five squadrons, the first of which was headed by the highly decorated "Dawn" and the two wingships "Dawn" and "Dawn", which were commanded by two of Evgenia's protégés, Jacqueline and Eleanor, who had jumped from the Chasseur Division to the Air Force, and Air Force Major Maria Steel Feather as the commander of the carrier-based aviation wing.
The flagship of the Second Fleet was the USS Independence, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Aldrich, the two wingmen were the USS Liberty and the USS Liberation, and Air Force Major Dewey was the commander-in-chief of the Air Force.
The flagship of the Third Fleet, HMS Victory, is personally commanded by Air Force Commander General Jersey, and its two wingmen are named INS Indomitable and INS Triumph.
The flagship of the Fourth Fleet, the "Shenghua", is commanded by Admiral Jennifer, deputy commander of the Air Force and chief of staff, and its wingmen are named "Snow Field" and "Glacier".
The flagship of the Fifth Fleet is the "Destiny", which is commanded by the newly promoted Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Yelena, and the wingmen under his command are "Aurora" and one "Northland". Yelena's old partners, the Giant Eagle Druid, and Air Force Major Aurora served as the commander of the fleet aviation.
In addition to the above-mentioned conventional air force based on airships and aviation, Roland also holds a secret trump card in his hand, which is the giant magic guide battleship "Rudolph", which he took over from Shenwei not long ago. When necessary, this secret weapon will be used to assist Laputa in the "Great Floating City" against the two major strategic weapons of the rival faction - the "Linjiatian" of the dragon king Mars and the "Naluo Empty Mother" of the "black robe" Otlo.
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On January 7, representatives of the member states of the "Far Eastern Royal Court" gathered in Colasburg. Roland convened the meeting for two purposes, one was to reassure the allies and show that the Kolas government was not affected by the terrorist attacks and was functioning normally, and the other was the theme of the meeting - to formulate a "plan for operations to the south".
Present at the meeting were Vlad, Lord of Parnia, Andre the Red Robe, Lord of Lighthouse Mountain, Beowulf and Natasha, Lord of Kitland, Queen of the Sea Elves of the North Sea Federation, Lyubov Yambo, and Icewind Dale Dwarven Lord Bratu Wrought, while Roland sat as regent of the Kingdom of Kolas in place of his father as Speaker of the Far Eastern Royal Council. The "Far Eastern Royal Court" was set up by Roland, from the first day of its birth with him as the core, Rudolph was only a nominal alliance leader during his lifetime, and major decisions still had to rely on his son to take the idea, and now Roland has come to the fore from behind the scenes, and the lords of all states have calmly accepted this irrelevant change.
At the meeting, Roland first introduced the beginning of the attack on Krasbourg. André, as an eyewitness to the incident, made the necessary additions to the fierce battle that broke out in the night sky of Krasbourg that night, so that the participants could fully understand the real motives of the surprise attack between "Black Robe" Otlow and "Dragon King" Mars.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I exchanged views with Mr. André on this attack before the meeting, and based on the information we have, it is not difficult to deduce two consensuses."
"First of all, I have to admire the good fortune of the dragon king Mars, not only escaped from the 'Godfall Land' alive, but also brought back the ancient magic fortress 'Lin Jia Tian', which has been lost for thousands of years, and the culprit of the new Chinese New Year's Eve's attack on Krasburg is Lin Jia Tian, and it is not an accident that the dragon king Mars locked the first wave of artillery bombardment on Nikita's body, and its purpose is to destroy the dragon queen's forehead ornament 'Tiamat Eye' that Nikita wears closely." Roland made an impromptu speech, his face grim.