The list that Lukka came up with, which had been drawn up with Kate and the others the night before, included not only pirates like Haken who had important influence on the island, but also key members of the Senate, and even several captains of merchant ships who were trapped on Tata Island and could not leave. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, before the evening arrived, Lukka planned to finalize his future actions on a small scale.

This small range, in addition to the members of the Silent Death, also includes Kate, Leon, Phil, and Linde. Because it was about the war at sea, Lukka called Gray, the only one on the island with an Alliance naval background, to come over.

After everyone read the latest battle report, even Thea understood the importance of the matter, although she couldn't help much, at least she didn't say anything sarcastic.

"So, we're going to war?" Nora asked. In her opinion, naval battles do not seem to be much different from the robbery of ships in peacetime.

"It's definitely going to be done," Lukka nodded, "It's just a question of, how?"

"Do you still need to ask?" Mores slapped on the chart, "Of course I'm going to rescue Maple Song Island!"

"Why? Are you Taylor's personal guard?" Ollie had little interest in rescuing Taylor, and it was not impossible for Fort Red Shield to wait for Taylor's rescue to arrive, so that Taylor could experience the hopelessness of reinforcements.

Mores wiped his sweat and walked away for a few months, almost forgetting how difficult this boatload of people was to deal with.

He pondered his words and said, "I admit that my proposal is indeed selfish, but it is in the interests of all of you to rescue the Archon Taylor." Captain Lester told me about your idea of balance—"

"Wait," Lukka interrupted, "when did I tell you?"

"Oh, I'm mistaken, it wasn't the captain who said that," Mores quickly apologized, "I asked Mentor Daniel for advice." ”

Lukka shook his head helplessly, Daniel is also subject to the rules of knighthood, and must know everything about the advice of juniors, unless it involves military secrets.

He secretly decided that everything he said to Daniel in the future would be considered a military secret, so as not to let Mores's guy take advantage of the loophole again.

Mores continued:

"You see, the June Alliance is now losing and retreating, and the battles everywhere are already very critical, and if Minami Kaede Song Island, which is the headquarters of the Navy, is captured, the morale of the entire Navy will be slumped, and even if you help attack, it will be difficult to recover. ”

"Moreover, the role of Archon Taylor is not only for the navy, if anything happens to him, the entire foundation of the June Alliance will be shaken, and maybe there will be states that do not take a firm position to surrender directly to the Empire. ”

"Once such a situation arises, even if you do not lose to the empire in local battles, and the losses in the political situation cannot be recovered, how can that 'balancing strategy' be realized?"

Luca lowered his head and thought, in fact, what Mores said also made sense, balance means to keep the two sides in a balance of power, if one side falls apart, there will be no balance at all.

Leon looked at the expectant Mores, sighed and said, "I'll be the bad guy, Lord Mores, you can't do it." ”

"Don't call me lord anymore, you are older than me, just call me Joseph. ”

Mores still maintained a basic politeness to the explorer, but the latter words were not very polite: "Please make it clear, why not? This is a war, not an overseas expedition, if you are timid, please wait for someone else to triumph on this island!"

Of course, Leon was not as anxious as him, walked to the desk and said slowly: "Although I am not a soldier, it is not that I have never seen a war, you can listen to my thoughts." ”

"The combat power we have now is led by the Silent Death. She is indeed a rare and superb battleship, but how many enemy ships can she deal with with one ship? Three battleship formations may be fine, but what about five? What about ten? I have heard that in the elite fleet of the Imperial Navy, there are more than ten battleships alone. ”

Indeed, although Lukka and the others once managed five fleets of Edward Hugh and more than 160 ships, that time they mainly relied on the opponent's mines to fight back, and they really had to do it themselves, and the gunpowder in the whole cabin was not enough.

"But you don't just have the Silent Death now!" Mores said, "Captain Lester is now the pirate lord here, and there are no fewer pirate ships than Edward Hugh was back then!"

Leon nodded: "It's true that there are quite a few ships we can use now, but the pirates usually deal with merchant ships, except for Captain Lester, who likes to find trouble with warships, I really haven't heard of any other pirates who have this hobby." ”

"Don't be upset when I say that, Captain Lester, now that these pirates are gathered together, compared to the Empire's navy, they are completely a rabble, and it is okay to harass them once in a while, but they really have to face the elite fleet near Maple Song Island, especially with the help of the Storm Temple and the Sea Knights, it is not much different from suicide. ”

Mores was a little annoyed: "Then what do you say?

Leon understood Mores's anxiety, of course he wouldn't quarrel with him, he smiled and said, "I mean, if you want to damage the Imperial Navy, there is no need to use methods that we are not good at, there are many more suitable targets on this chart-"

As he spoke, he pointed to several small islands: "These supply points and arsenals are located far away from the front lines of the two sides, and if the June Alliance Navy wants to move, it will need to pass through the imperial blockade, which is very difficult. But if you had a few teams of pirates set out from Tata Island to deal with this kind of stronghold, which was originally a civilian facility, they would be very experienced. ”

"As for Taylor's influence, as long as the rear of the empire loses its stability, I don't think those wall-to-wall states will be so eager to take a stand. ”

Mores immediately understood what he meant: "Is your plan to treat Taylor as an outcast?"

Leon looked him straight in the eye and said calmly: "What? can only let Taylor swing others around as pawns and throw them in the trash when he doesn't need them, can't he be an outcast himself?"

Mores finally realized that Taylor's management of the June Alliance over the years, and behind those seemingly flawless schemes, there were no less hidden dangers than his own negligence in the Knights. In this room, there were at least two or three people waiting to ask Taylor to pay for what he had done back then.

"Alright!" Lukka exclaimed.

He had not spoken until then, when he got up and walked to the middle of the room, looked around and said:

"I know what you think. That's it for today, wait for my order early tomorrow morning. ”