History of Bourbon's Naval Wars, Chapter 12: The Age of Exhaustion

【...... When Lotas III resigned in 2084 due to the Bourbon issue, the new Sea King was Lotas IV, the son of Loul of the House of Ferma, who succeeded to the throne by claiming that although he had the same name as his predecessor, he would bring Boris a different future. 】

[Lotas IV's remarks angered Lotas III, and he immediately shouted loudly in Fermar Square: "How dare this kid use my reputation as a stepping stone?" Lotas III roared very loudly, so that even when I was far away from him, I could clearly hear Lotas III's roar. 】

[After Lotas IV succeeded to the throne, like Lotas III, he quickly replaced the commanders of the two lines of Bourbon Island, among which the commander of the eastern front of Bourbon Island was appointed by Lotas IV to his younger brother Hades (not the same person as the Heroic Hades), and personally sent him to the expedition as an encouragement. 】

[When Hades arrived on the Eastern Front, Ji'an Bay was completely controlled by Pokang, and Boris's territory at this time was only those cities on the shore of the old waterway, Hades envisioned a new strategy, that is, to encircle Ji'an on the road to put pressure on Pokang, and the real killer move was to set sail from Amnem and land on Kompo from the sea, so as to establish the "Luerburg" on the Eastern Front, repeating the old thing of landing on the Western Front and capturing Battis. 】

[After Boris captured Kangbo, he could rely on sea transportation, and then make Ji'an suffer from the enemy and thus capture, so as to establish a bridgehead for the recovery of Barbutis, this plan was named "Hades Plan" by Hades after him. 】

Translator's Note: "Illustration of the Bourbon Island of Cadosh" (Note: "The Illustration of the Bourbon Island of Cadosh" is an official book of the Fermar Dynasty, written in 1847, depicting the geography and landforms of the island of Bourbon at that time)

"There is a dense forest in the western part of the old fairway, which was called the western forest in ancient times, and later there are many kinds of names that are not enough, and recently it is called the great forest of fintina by Boris because it is located on the east side of the Fentina fairway. ”

"The Great Forest of Fintina is the second largest forest on the island of Bourbon, second only to the Great Forest of the South in the Southern Passage, and the huge area separates the Fintina Passage from the Pokonwei Station, and due to the large number of magical beasts inside the forest, neither Bourbon nor Pokang has ever tried to build a city in the forest. ”

"Also due to the influence of the Great Fentina Forest, the part of the Fentina Channel connected to Pokonwei is only a small plain area and coastal area in the northern part of the forest, lined up from west to east by Babutis, Kampo and Ji'an, forming a relatively narrow corridor, which is named the Kampo Corridor. ”

"In the Kampo Corridor, the Kampo Peninsula, where Kampo is located, is the most extensive because of its protrusions, and has the most plains, which is why the Barbarians of Bonn set up their capital in Kampo when they founded the country. ”

【...... After the autumn harvest in 2085, Hades officially began the "Hades Project", for which he invited many reinforcements from Cardoch Palace, the most important of which was naval support. 】

[When Hades executed the plan, Napolika issued his own suggestion in Pease, he believed that Polly was not the key to breaking the game, so he only needed to occupy Ji'an, and there was no need to continue to go deeper, especially to be wary of Pokang taking the initiative to abandon the Compo Corridor and lead the Boris army into the plains that were easy for Survier's cavalry to move. 】

[Napolika's suggestion should be said to be very pertinent, but Lotas IV's high-level leaders were very disgusted with Napolica due to their father's grievances, but because of Napolica's correct suggestions in the previous times, Lotas IV could not directly refuse, so he adopted the attitude of letting Napolica speak in the square and ignore it. 】

【...... Hades's army surrounded Ji'an, and the Boris Navy also began to compete with the Poli Navy for the control of Ji'an Bay, and in 2085, the two sides were evenly matched, and in the midsummer of 2086, Polis took the initiative to retreat and announced that Boris had obtained the sea control of Ji'an Bay. 】

[Polly's navy took the initiative to retreat, not completely unable to win Boris, in fact, in terms of the naval battles that broke out in the past two years, Boris only had a slight upper hand, of course, I believe that if the fight continues, the victory will definitely belong to Boris, but if Polly is dead to the end, it is impossible to win so easily. 】

[Of course, Hades didn't see it that way, and Lotas IV didn't say that, so they enthusiastically promoted it at home, saying that it was a rare victory, proving that under the leadership of Lotas IV, Boris had a future and was bound to win.] 】

[In this fanatical and blind situation, I agree with the message from Polly's side, and Focodo VIII explained to China that this battle was the voluntary retreat of his own navy, first, because of the consent of Surifer V, and secondly, Poli's sailors were not willing to fight so hard for Pokon's territory, and they preferred to go to the sea of Edonan to fight Boris. 】

[After gaining the right to control the sea, Boris successfully established a solid fortress in the suburbs of Kangbo at the end of the winter of the same year, in order to imitate the "Luhrburg" and also to please a good fortune, Hades named the fortress in the suburbs of Kangbo "Hadesburg". 】

[After Suriver V heard that "Hadesburg" was established, Suriver V immediately made a decision and ordered the troops of Kangbo and Ji'an to prepare to withdraw from the corridor to Babutis, some generals were unwilling, feeling that the morale of the army was still high, and the military rations were sufficient, at least it could support it for a few years, and if it was retreated so quickly, it might hurt morale. 】

[However, Survier V said to the general of Pokon: "Don't look at the fact that we are still sitting back and quiet in the city of Anwo, but now we are like grasshoppers in autumn, although we still have the strength to jump, but the days of being able to jump so hard are not long, so as a wise person, we should retreat as soon as possible.] ”】

["Why do I say that? Don't forget the general trend now, that is, Boris is in an advantageous position and Pokang is in a disadvantageous position, and our greatest support to Polly is only for us to contain Boris on the Eastern Front, and will not do his best to aid us. ”】

["And what is we best at in Pokang? undoubtedly using our familiarity with the territory of Bokang to conduct field warfare in the vast interior; What is it that we are not good at in Pokang? It is undoubtedly one of the two strongest countries in the Bourbon Sea, Boris, to fight for manpower and wealth. ”】

["It is indisputably wise for a good general to use his country's strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses, so we should not engage in a war of attrition with Boris, which we are not good at, and consume our already small army in seemingly impregnable cities. ”】

["In addition, it is very important that Boris has landed in our rear and built 'Hadesburg', and in time, Boris can use 'Hadesburg' to destroy Kangbo's agriculture, and use his control of the sea to completely cut off the supply to Kangbo and Ji'an in the rear. ”】

["At that time, it is one thing that the morale of the army will be shaken, the military rations will be reduced quickly, and the Pokang Corridor will fall at an even faster rate. ”】

["And this is not the worst thing, the worst thing is to cut off not only our supply routes, but also the retreat routes, so that our army cannot retreat, and in the end there may be a danger of total annihilation!"]

["So I ordered to retreat now, that is, when the morale of the army is still sufficient, take the initiative to withdraw from the battlefield, and bring out as many troops as possible, so as to avoid the risk of annihilation. ”】

【...... Due to the excellent command of Suriver V, the swift dispatch of the armies of Ji'an and Khampo after the autumn harvest destroyed the surrounding countryside and then began an orderly retreat towards Babtis, Hades twice commanded the army to try to attack the retreating army of Pokon, but they were both defended, and finally these armies successfully retreated to Barbtis. 】

[At the beginning of the war, Babutis was the capital of Pokon, but after Suriver V captured Baboutis, he moved the government to Dolomi, and at that time, Dom IV went directly to Yuku as a temporary capital, and after Suriver V officially succeeded to the throne, Dolomy and Yuku were officially established as Pokang's wartime capitals. 】

【...... After the autumn harvest of 2087, Suriver V completely demolished the walls of Babtis, burned the city of Baboutis and retreated, leaving the door of Baboutis open and unsuspecting to Hades. 】

[Some of the generals remembered Napolika's warning and persuaded Hades not to accept Suriver's "good intentions", but Hades replied: "What the generals seek is victory, how can I abandon the victory that is so close because of an extremely distant trap?] 】

[Polly can let Boris control Ji'an Bay, but not allow Boris to control Baboutis Bay, otherwise this will threaten Yuku, and then the northern shipping route of Barboutis.] Therefore, when Hades was stationed in Barbtis, Polly reinforced a large number of Pokon's navy, and there was a fierce naval battle with Boris. 】

[It is precisely for this reason that Polly complained about Pokon, and Focodo VIII complained in a letter to Surifer V: "We gave you weapons, gave you money and food, and helped you join the alliance on the other side, just in the hope that you could hold off Boris on the Eastern Front, but why did you give up the Compo Corridor so easily that you would involve our navy?"]

[Suriver V replied: "We are allies in the same boat, we are not inferior to you, we need each other and not we simply need you, you only pay money and food on the Eastern Front, but we Pokang people pay flesh and blood, do you not have the right to choose your own strategy?"]

[After listening to the answer, Polly did not continue to entangle with Pokang in this matter, but he did not let go of this matter easily, and Focodo VIII was even more deeply resentful of Pocon, and he once said fiercely to his attendants: "Pocom's wolf ambition will definitely be Polly's enemy in the future, and he must not be unguarded. ”】