133 Battle of Infia (Part I)
When Bai Zhongqi left the Starlink Military Academy, he received a communication from Cui Haixing. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Xiao Yu, who was appointed as the governor of the Cuihai Administrative Star, reported that the "Black Flagship" of the Kingdom of Shandohan was preparing to launch an attack on Infia City. Another military conflict between the Iridium and the indigenous people of the Emerald Starfish is imminent.
Shang Duohan attacked from the sea, and Bai Zhongqi was not surprised. Among the powers of the northern continent of Cuihaixing, Shang Duohan is the first naval power. Shandorhan itself is located on the peninsula on the south coast of the North Continent, with a tortuous coastline and many good ports, and Shandorhan formed a fleet to trade with various countries very early, relying on wealth to form a huge naval fleet, which is what the people of the Northern Continent call the "Black Flagship".
This fleet is huge, with more than 120 sail battleships of more than 200 tons, and the largest sail battleship can reach 2,000 tons of tonnage, and a total of tens of thousands of people serve in this black flagship. The Black Flagship has also become the pillar of Shang Duohan's domination of the Middle Sea of the Continent and the control of most of the Emerald Starfish maritime trade.
At this time, on the sail battleship Queen Belbonga, the flagship of the Black Flagship, Marshal Frisch frowned, looking at the waves pushed away by the battleship, and hesitated.
The second lieutenant of the beautiful young fleet in front of him, Giye, asked with concern, "Marshal, why are you worried?" β
Friech patted the second lieutenant's hand in relief, and the second lieutenant's face turned red like a cherry blossom. The son of the little nobleman in front of him was a beautiful young man who was famous in the capital of King Shandorhan, and was deeply favored by Frisch. Not only because Giye was beautiful, but he was also a very intelligent and learned beautiful boy, which made Frisch even more willing to take him with him.
"My Giye, this time Infia lost contact with us, things are too strange. Infia City is the most heavily defended and most unlikely city in the entire Southern Continent. Whether attacking from the sea or from the road, as long as there are a thousand defenders, with the guns on the city walls, even tens of thousands of troops will not be able to take here. What's more, there are two magicians in the city, and one of them, Lord Ousaith, is an outstanding magician, comparable to an army of 10,000 people.
If the countries of the Northern Continent were to make a move against Infia, the spies we had planted in other countries would have sent the news, and their naval fleets were under our close surveillance, and there was no change in the slightest. And if it was the group of barbarians in the Southern Continent, it would be even more impossible. They can't even organize a loose alliance, let alone have the ability to attack Infia.
I have sent two ships in quick succession to Infia to inquire about the situation, but none of them have returned. This gave me a very bad premonition, so this time I specially sent the messenger Falcon Eagle to the royal capital, obtained the authorization of the Black Flagship Team, and personally went to Infia to inquire about the situation. β
Giye said worriedly: "Lord Marshal, do you think that we will meet the enemy in Infia?" β
Fleety's face was dark: "I have to prepare for the worst like this. β
Ji Ye said with admiration: "Lord Marshal is like a god in commanding troops, crisscrossing the ocean, the majesty of the black flagship, no one can be responsible, even if it is a powerful enemy, it will definitely be defeated by Lord Marshal." β
Friech nodded, and said no more. Things were unusual for Infia, but as Gye said, he still had a lot of faith in Shandorhan's Black Flagship. Not only did he bring hundreds of warships, but he also accompanied more than a dozen magicians, including wind magicians who knew how to control the wind, and could be sent to reconnoiter the situation of Infia at high altitudes.
On the other side, in the city of Infia, the cityscape is very different from the colonial port that Shandorhan originally built. Xiao Yu did not demolish the six-pointed star city wall, the purpose was to control all the Shang Duohan people in the city. Instead, he demolished some of the buildings in the city and rebuilt them in the Iridium style to serve as the office building of the administrative star. The original Shandorhan barracks were also demolished and converted into a military base for Iridium.
The Black Flagship passed through the Desert Islands and came all the way to the waters off the Southern Continent, where they were immediately detected by the Juque interstellar frigate, which served as a satellite in the sky.
Xiao Yu didn't expect a similar situation, but he didn't expect that Shang Duohan would actually send an entire black flagship team and tens of thousands of naval officers and soldiers in one go.
"It seems that the colonial city of Infia is more important to the kingdom of Shandorhan than expected." Xiao Yu pondered.
The green steppes are rich in gold, and the gold produced here is more than half of the income of the treasury of Shandorhan, and it is with the gold income here that the formation of the Black Flagship is possible.
The arrival of the Black Flagship Team didn't bother Xiao Yu at all, and it wasn't even something he particularly cared about. It's just that after all, it's a military activity, so he still routinely reported to the head of state in Ruyi City, and asked for instructions from the head of state. In fact, when the governor of the administrative star encounters a similar thing, he must first hit it and then report it.
Bai Zhongqi was not interested in acting on his behalf, so he only replied to Xiao Yu with a few words: "Deal with it yourself." β
In terms of scale, the strength in Xiao Yu's hands is obviously not comparable to that of the tens of thousands of black flagships, but the gap in technology cannot be leveled by the number of people.
Xiao Yu has two battalions or so of motorized infantry in his hands, hundreds of troops. In terms of vehicles, he was a little colder, he could only mobilize four planetary landing craft to fight at this time, and when Bai Zhongqi left, because he felt that he would come back soon to increase his troops, he did not leave him a flying force.
However, even four armed landing craft can already become a nightmare for the black flagship.
"The only thing to worry about is the star warriors who are treated as magicians." Marine Corps Major Ji You said.
Xiao Yu has a deep business in the Marine Corps, and the three main officers are all his partners since childhood, and they have a close relationship and share common interests. In addition to Ji You, there are also Lai Zhicun and Shi Dingjing, who are also nobles. Although the Ji family, the Lai family, and the Shi family are not at the level of the Heavenly Mandate Knight family, they are also among the top nobles in Iridium, and they all have huge influence on some planets.
Shi Dingjing was arrogant by nature, and said nonchalantly: "It's nothing more than the level of some star warrior apprentices, and the Ossaith we captured is one of the top star warriors on this planet, and this level can't shake our weapons at all." The railguns on the armed landing craft can kill these goods with a few shots. β
Xiao Yu said: "Your Majesty hopes to be able to capture these star warriors alive, and they will be used for the empire in the future." β
The other three were slightly silent, and Ji You suddenly said, "Boss, are you really serving the FΓΌhrer?" β
Xiao Yu showed a smile and said, "The supreme order hangs over your head, I advise you not to think about it." Now is a good time for the empire to regain and expand the star field, don't you want to rebuild your own family in this universe? β
Lai Zhicun laughed and said: "Indeed, there is a lot of potential on this Cuihaixing, and now a few of us and the boss are resident in the Cuihaixing, and we have an advantage, although the power of the empire has overwhelmed the power of the nobles at this time, but the stronger the empire, the stronger we will be." β