The war between Desique and San Jose broke out on May 27, 1026 in the year 1026 B.C. The occurrence of this war heralded the full-scale outbreak of the Second Continental War, but no one could have imagined that this first war, which was full of significance, was also full of accidents.

And even the commander of the Royal Navy of San Jose, Admiral Wellington, who reacted quickly, misjudged the purpose of the Desiks at the first time. It can only be said that this battle plan, drawn up by Edward VI himself, is full of genius ideas like the battle plan of De Sick's attack on the Shang Alliance.

"Where the hell did these Desiks come from, General! There, there are at least fifty capital warships, all of them single-deck paddle clippers!" At this time, on the Royal Oak, General Wellington and his lieutenants and staff officers could already see the incoming ship on the opposite side, as well as the black Steppenwolf flag fluttering on the bow of the ship. The light drizzle did not affect the flag in the slightest, and the flag fluttered in the sea breeze.

"According to the distance estimate, the time to engage the enemy is about forty minutes, and most of our fleet is still in the harbor and has not come out, and it is impossible to deploy at all without two hours. General, what should I do!" The staff officers on the side had already completed their calculations, and looked at General Wellington with an anxious face, including everyone in the command room, the adjutant, the staff officer, the communications officer, and the first mate of the Royal Oak...... All of them.

Wellington was looking towards the harbor, where countless boats were rowing towards the ships in the harbor.

On the sea not far away, on the "Scharnhorst", the flagship of the Desik Navy, the golden wolf-headed General Heinrich also held a monocular and looked into the harbor.

"General!" a lieutenant general behind him seemed to have something to say, "General, the big ship on the other side is the Royal Oak, the flagship of the Royal Navy in San Jose. Looks like we've been exposed. The intelligence officer has found the information that there is a current called the 'Schengen Current' in the Changhai Sea on this side of Nanhai County, which cycles back and forth from Nanhai County to the 'Marshall Islands'. The small ships will move much faster than the big ones along with the currents, and I reckon that the wreckage of the small San Jose fleet we had destroyed earlier had drifted to the port of Minethil in advance, and was known to the other side. ”

"Is the Schengen Current? It seems that it was another accident, but it's okay, have we encountered fewer accidents along the way?" General Heinrich did not react.

This southward journey, thanks to the charts provided by Dark Rising, the entire Desik fleet set sail from the northern port of Desik very smoothly, first heading southeast into the depths of the Long Sea, and then all the way south, bypassing the Marshall Islands and Cape Island, and going straight into the Long Sea area south of San Jose. During this period, it did not attract any notice from the San Jose cruising fleet.

In fact, it is not possible, the people of San Jose will only go as far as the Marshall Islands, and the elemental storm will stop their progress. In fact, even with the guidance of the charts, the Desiks still lost several patrol ships to explore the way, and those fast little sailboats, pulled by the unknown elemental storm, were torn to pieces in an instant, and Heinrich could not forget the scene at that time.

During the twenty-six days of sailing, the entire fleet lost more than thirty ships, most of which were path-finding light sails, which carried no more than a few dozen people. The biggest loss came from a reef east of the Marshall Islands, four capital warships hit the reef, and when the rest of the ships just tried to get over, they didn't know what was happening, and a huge whirlpool was created on the surface of the water, which instantly sucked all the crew members who fell into the sea, and soon the sea returned to calm, as if nothing had happened.

A thousand soldiers from four ships were missing, but this was already the greatest loss of the fleet's voyage.

"Don't worry, although they have reacted, they have misjudged our target!" Heinrich laughed, "Send a signal to the rear fleet and ask them to turn twenty-five degrees north to prepare for the implementation of the Sicilian Plan." ”

"Understood, General!" the adjutant saluted and left, and on the mast of the Scharnhorst, several flags of different colors began to dance, and the rear fleet that saw the flags began to turn, ready for the next stage of the mission.

This time, Dessick's long-distance fleet consisted of about two hundred, one hundred of which were single-decker paddle clippers, the main fleet of Dessick's navy, and another hundred transports, which were so tightly covered that it was impossible to see what was on board. The rest were small boats, including the kind of light sails used for pathfinding.

"Slow down, helmsman! Seeing that the adjutant had already left, General Heinrich began to direct the fleet in formation and prepare for battle. A hundred battleships, which began to line up in several columns, were about to begin to break through.

At the same time, on the other side of the battlefield, the Royal Navy of San Jose finally breathed a sigh of relief, seeing that the opponent's ships began to slow down, Admiral Wellington seemed to be a little puzzled, not quite understanding what the other party meant. "Maybe the Desikhs are not familiar with the hydrological environment of Minethil Harbor, and they are afraid of running aground?" the lieutenant asked in a low voice.

"Unlikely, a ship as big as the Royal Oak is here, and the Desiks are not blind. But no matter what, hurry up and start the formation, we use the 'Harryton Hill formation' (Note 1), three rows of horizontal columns, to intercept the Desik battleship. The first ship will come to the front row, and the last boat to leave the port will be in the back row. In addition, you go and inform the Third Fleet to leave ten ships, and you go to the waters in the northeast to stand by, and I have to leave some fleet for emergency. ”

San Jose's battleships finally slowly unfolded their formation, and three rows of not-so-neat fleet formations began to form, each battleship was about two hundred grams apart, and each column was about a mile apart. The Mount Hallidom formation is a common naval defensive formation, which is generally designed to defend against the approach of the opposing ship. And by the time the San Josens unfolded their formation, the battleship led by the Desik had broken through to a fairly close distance.

At the head of the Desik fleet were two huge single-deck paddle clippers, which were slightly larger than ordinary clippers, and almost no smaller than the flagship "Scharnhorst", with the names of the ships painted on the bows, namely "Cologne" and "Bochum". The crossbow heads of the divine crossbows in the bows of the two battleships, shining with cold light, stared vigilantly at the San Jose battleship ahead.

The flagship "Scharnhorst", not far from the back row, is probably in the fourth and fifth rows. San Jose is not far behind, the four main warships and the flagship Royal Oak are directly in the first row.

Gradually, gradually, the distance between the two fleets began to approach, five miles, three miles, one mile, nine hundred grams, eight hundred grams...... The sailors in the bow of the ship, it seems, were already able to see the cold glow on the enemy's arrows.

"No, we can't get any closer, the speed of the Desik's ship is fast, and our speed hasn't been raised yet!" the adjutant suddenly called nervously, in exchange for a burst of contempt from General Wellington, "What are you panicking about!

Frightened, the adjutant shuddered, General Wellington was not afraid of danger, turned his head and ordered, "Order, 650 degrees of attack, first give them three rounds of crossbow arrows, and then before entering the flint battle distance, the 'Courage' and 'Determination' will outflank to the left, and the 'Revenge' and 'Guard' will outflank to the right, don't rush the Desiks head-on." All warships, mainly fighting, consume the living force of the Desik!"

The warships of both sides were approaching, and the commander on the deck of the San Jose battleship looked at the direction of the wind, stretched out his thumb to gesture the distance, and suddenly shouted loudly, "Divine crossbow ready!" and the Desik on the other side was also shouting, "Catapult ready!"

A moment later, the Desik made the first move. Suddenly, a large dark cloud suddenly surged up in the sky, and the commander on the deck of San Jose saw this, and hurriedly shouted, "Raise the shield! trebuchet!" Before the words fell, a large black stone bullet pounced fiercely and smashed on the deck.

The hit rate of the trebuchet is not very high, this piece of stone projectile has about a hundred rounds, and only a few really hit. However, the stone projectiles from the air are accelerated by gravity, and the power is huge. With a "Peng" sound, he smashed a big hole in the deck. The nearby sailors and soldiers could not dodge and fell to the bottom of the ship screaming. An unlucky bastard, with too bad luck, was pierced in the ribs by the keel at the bottom of the ship, and a large mouthful of blood foamed out, and he couldn't live when he saw it.

Of course, at this time, no one on the deck, no one had time to pay attention to his fate. Dodging the first wave of attack, the deck commander lifted the shield beside him to help cover it, and yelled again, "Divine crossbow, counterattack!"

Following his order, a large array of crossbow arrows swished and shot in the opposite direction. The crossbow arrows flew extremely fast, and there were several muffled "poofs", and several crossbow arrows were directly pierced into the wall of the "Cologne" at the head of the row. A few arrows flew high and grazed the bow of the ship, sweeping over a large field of Desik soldiers on the deck, and the screams of "ahh A lucky crossbow arrow actually passed through four or five people one after another, and the remaining strength was not exhausted, and it fell to the sea with them.

The same scene took place everywhere on the battlefield, and after only a few moments of fighting, the Desik and San Josens attacked each other in several waves at long range, and after several rounds of trebuchets and crossbow arrows, the deck was in disarray, screams and cries, mixed with the commander's loud orders, and some of the deck's braziers (Note 2) were overturned, and even caused the ship to catch fire.

The speed of the Desik was fast, and the fourth round of stone throwing was over, and the ships in the front row were only 300 grams away from the first line of defense of the Royal Navy in San Jose. The metal horns on the bows of the two giant ships exuded a vicious aura in the air, like bloodthirsty beasts.

"Beware of the way, the Desiks are coming!" General Wellington gave the order calmly, and the flag on the Royal Oak waved wildly.

Note 1: The Mount Hallitown formation was originally a new type of warfare studied by the San Jose Military Academy, and the first exercise experiment was conducted at Mount Halliton in San Jose. It's a defensive formation with a focus on static braking. Later, it was transplanted into naval warfare by studious San Jose military strategists, mainly responsible for defense.

This formation is generally suitable for a war of attrition, defending the enemy's attack for a long time, so as to achieve the purpose of demoralizing others and manpower and finally waiting for an opportunity to counterattack.

Note 2: Fire attack is one of the main means of attack in modern naval warfare, therefore, most ships will have braziers on their decks, ready with flint and rockets.