Luca spent the night studying alone in his study. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Essentially, he was a man who was quite afraid of trouble, and he would rather leave things like managing Tata Island to Kate.

But now, the entire Sunset Islands are full of troubles, and if you don't deal with them properly, I'm afraid there will be more troubles in the future.

He pulled out several thick stacks of materials from the cabinet, and rummaged through them one by one.

Some of these materials are about the basic situation of pirates on Tata Island, such as the ones that Lukka has just flipped through, and he summed it up, excluding the Silent Death and the Peregrine Falcon, and now he has a total of one hundred and forty-two pirate ships at his disposal.

This number is much smaller than in the days of Edward Hugh, and the shrinkage is largely due to his battle to the skies and seas, which reduced more than 160 pirate ships to pieces of wood.

"I knew that these were mine, and I really shouldn't have blown them up so hard at that time. He looked at the numbers and muttered to himself. You know, the pirates lost not only ships, but also more than a hundred experienced captains and countless sailors.

"Don't dream, even if they survive, they won't follow you!" shut up and told the truth mercilessly.

Luca had already developed the ability to "automatically filter the parrot's sound out of his ears", and was completely unaffected by his shut-up, looking through the ship's information and looking at it with a magnifying glass inch by inch on the chart.

After a long time, he stood up and stretched, and then moved out the information provided by Kate about the Brohn Empire.

When the eastern sky shone slightly, he finally closed all the information back together, let out a long breath, and a smile appeared on his lips.

There was no time to rest, Lukka casually wiped his face with cold water, gathered the important people on the list, laid out the first round of action plans separately, and the main force of the pirates took their own orders.

Three days later, word reached the Imperial elite fleet besieging Kaede Island.

Unlike Luca's pirate gangs, the elite fleet has its own intelligence system and does not rely on Sunset Express battle reports. The note brought by the sea pigeon was sent to Admiral Max's desk as soon as possible.

Now, the flagship of the Elite Fleet, the Ice Dragon, is moored in the shallow waters two hundred nautical miles away from North Fengge Island.

Admiral Jonathan Max did not smile because of the overwhelming victory in the battle, but looked at Prime Minister Hall who walked in the door with a frown.

"I heard those pirates are going to attack the Five Sisters?" Hale asked, sitting down in front of Max.

"See for yourself. Max handed the note to Hall, who read it briefly and then handed it to Ander Blair, who was sitting nearby.

"Lord Blair, what do you think?" Hale asked, smiling.

Blair's expression was slightly nervous, as if he had not yet adapted to the sudden position. But no matter how awkward he was, he was a knight lord on an equal footing with the High Priest of the Storm Temple.

He took a deep breath and replied in a solemn tone as befitting his lordship:

"The Five Sisters is our rear town, and more than half of the gunpowder reserves are there, and if anything goes wrong, the war on the entire southern front will be affected. I don't think we have much of a choice, we have to rush to the aid immediately!"

After hearing this, Max let out an imperceptible sneer.

But Hall's ears seemed to be very good, and he turned his head with a smile and asked, "Does Admiral Max disagree with Lord Blair?"

"Don't rush to ask me, what do you think, Prime Minister?" For Max, he didn't care at all what kind of high priest the other party was, and his Emperor Carlyle IV's personal status as prime minister was the reason why he had to let the other party on board.

Hall didn't answer his question directly: "Admiral Max, don't worry, I'm not here to snatch your command of the fleet, I'm just giving you some advice on the war." ”

"Okay, you can suggest it, how do we deal with it?" said Max with a straight face.

The reason why he was in a bad mood was very simple, Max had always said nothing in the elite fleet, and now the emperor suddenly sent such a powerful person, even if the other party said that he would not seize power, although those naval soldiers under his command did not say it, they would inevitably have some thoughts in their hearts. When fighting, the slightest hesitation can have serious consequences that cannot be reversed.

Hall didn't seem to feel Max's hostility at all, and still said with a smile: "My suggestion, like your thoughts, Admiral, is to leave him alone. ”

"Whatever?" said Blair, looking surprised, "that's our powder magazine!"

Admiral Max couldn't tell which of the two he hated more, and Blair was obviously a rookie who didn't know anything, but he was forcibly placed on this ship with the title of knight lord. If it weren't for the fact that his knights were really good at fighting, Max wouldn't even want to talk to him.

But now this situation is not as simple as fighting, Max cheered up and explained: "The order we received is to surround the sea area of Fengge Island in the north and south, as long as Taylor is not allowed to escape, the affairs in the rear are not in our hands." ”

"But if you want to rescue the Five Sisters, it's the fastest way to get from us down the sea! It's enough to send a small fleet out and deal with the pirates!

"Lord Blair, don't you worry," Hale patted him on the shoulder affectionately, "Your old boss Mores is with the pirates now, right?"

Blair quickly clarified: "I have no contact with him!"

Hall nodded: "Of course we know this, you are now mortal enemies." But isn't it obvious enough that the pirates he had defected to harass the Five Sisters?

"Yes," Max had to admit, and Hall was in line with his own judgment, "they were just attacking the Five Sisters as bait to divert the tiger away from the mountain." ”

"Shall we let them occupy those five seaports, then?" Blair still did not want to give up.

"Don't worry, I know your family is on one of the islands," Hale said with a smile, "even if we don't dispatch, the Second Fleet is not far away, and they will only be three or five days behind us when they come to support, so there will be no loss." ”

"Then we're going to stay put?" Blair asked one last time.

Admiral Max replied: "Yes, hold your troops." Prime Minister Hall and I are on the same page. ”

In line with their thoughts, there were several other people on the dock on Tata Island.

At this time, Lukka was taking everyone to count the second batch of warships on the dock.