Chapter 503 Intelligence and the Decisive Battle

"Your Highness, urgent report. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Tagger hurriedly walked into the study.

This is the Wanghai Manor on the island of Hilowas, where Lorist lived. After another twenty days after the rainy season, Lorist said goodbye to his five reluctant wives and came here with ease, even when he left the Northland by boat as a Juggernaut, Lorist still had a feeling of getting out of the cage.

If you want to blame Aridori, the showy mother-in-law, Lorist received a letter from Barony Diner just after the rainy season, and Aridori added a little princess to Lorlist. In the letter, Dorry tells Lorist that she named the lovely baby Ellie, and then unsurprisingly gets the surname Diner again, and Aridori reminds Loris that she has forgotten to prepare a rich dowry for little Ellie in the future......

Well, Princess Celivia's letter from Aridori was furious, and apart from the big-bellied Diliana and Maria, the other two concubines, Fena and Daisy, refused to give up and had to bear a child for Lorlist. After a busy winter, Daisy also had a big belly, but Princess Celivia and Fenna Gary never moved. Seeing that April was halfway over, Lorist took advantage of the expedition to get rid of the entanglement between the two of them and go to the island of Hilowas.

It's so troublesome to have a lot of women, and it's really hard for Lorist to understand what those stallions who open a harem think. Take giving birth to a child as an example, Celivia naturally hopes that her son will have a biological brother who can help in the future, after all, Anderbel's current identity is the sister-in-law of the Norton family. And Fenna Gary and the four concubines' thoughts are also very simple, they don't have any opinion about their children in the future, they just hope that when they are older, they will have a biological child by their side, which Lorist understands very well.

But having a child is not something that can be born if you want to, and it depends on luck in addition to the negative distance communication between men and women. Take the matter of men and women, it was a wonderful feeling, once a day is exciting, Lorist is very relaxed and pleasant, twice a day is normal, Lorist eats, three times a day, uh, as a sword saint Lorist insisted. But four or five times a day, it has to rain and dew for most of the year, and it is a sin, even if Lorist has a lot of money and good health, and he can't stand such a devastation, but it is difficult for Lorist to refuse Princess Celivia, who wants to have a child and wants to go crazy, and has to cooperate with them to continue to enjoy pain and happiness......

When he arrived on the island of Shirowas, there was no woman by his side, and Lorist immediately felt that the sky was high and the sea was wide, the air was fresh, and his spirit was immediately uplifted. In the past, I slept with each other and only felt weak in my legs and feet when I got up in the morning for morning exercise, but now I sleep alone and get up in the morning. This made Lorist have to sigh that the ancestors in his previous life were right, and the color was a bone-scraping steel knife. Fortunately, buddy finally survived......

As Targer entered the study, he saw Lorist leaning back in a chaise longue, squinting in the April sun, half-asleep. The reason for this was that it was a quiet time before the war, and Lorist would have to wait until the end of April for the arrival of the last armed warships that had been converted from the Cow Horn Bay shipyard in North Sea City.

After the rainy season, Admiral Sambarwood and Commander of the Sub-Fleet Teucer led fourteen lightning warships to sea in turn, but unfortunately during this time, there were no patrol warships sent by the Invincible Fleet, and even few smuggling merchant ships. The golden sea route from Zangjin Bay to the southern part of the mainland was silent, and there was no longer the lively scene of a thousand sails racing.

It was clear that something was wrong, and Sambarwood even ventured into the bay of Zangjin in order to spy on the military, only to be driven out by the heavily guarded Fourth Fleet. As the head of the family's Volibell Intelligence Investigation Bureau, Tagger was not idle, and sent people to pretend to be smugglers and infiltrate the Golden Bay. It's just that after these spies were sent out, they sank like a stone into the sea, and no information was passed back.

"Hmm......" Lorist turned over and sat up, "What's the matter, there's news from the Golden Bay?"

"Your Highness, there is no news yet, but there is information from the Kingdom of Chigda, the First Fleet of the Armada and the 50,000 reinforcements of the Kingdom of Qigda have set off for the territory of the Chikde Chamber of Commerce, preparing to join the second fleet there, and then escort a large number of merchant ships loaded with supplies north to return to the Zangjin Bay.

In addition, according to the secret agent, the 1st and 2nd Squadrons of the Invincible Fleet will leave for the northern seas after returning to the Zangjin Bay, and their goal is to occupy the island of Hilovas and completely eliminate the threat posed by our family's North Sea Fleet to the sea route and the Zangjin Bay......," Tugar said.

"Is this information accurate?" said Lorliste's expression became serious. If this information is correct, then there is a good answer to the calm on the sea during this time. The Invincible Armada of the Business Alliance is holding back its big move, preparing to give the North Sea Fleet a good look.

This information told Lorist three things: first, the two detachments of the Invincible Fleet would rendezvous and escort a large number of military supplies, food, grass and reinforcements to the Zangjin Bay, instead of letting the transport ships go on their own, so as to prevent them from being held hostage by the North Sea Fleet. There is no doubt that the amount of supplies escorted this time will be extremely large, and it will be crucial for the business alliance.

Three years ago, when His Royal Highness led the million-strong army of the Kingdom of Antinac to the border of Armenia Province and Marivia Province in an attempt to force the Commercial Alliance to sign a peace agreement, the Kingdom of Chigeda sent 50,000 reinforcements to the Commercial Alliance, fulfilling the responsibility of an ally. Later, the 50,000 reinforcements of the Kingdom of Chigeda were attacked by the night attack of His Royal Highness during that tragic retreat, and they were all wiped out except for a few high-ranking legions.

Now the Kingdom of Chigeda has once again sent 50,000 reinforcements to the Business Alliance, which also shows the Business Alliance's determination to fight to the end with His Royal Highness on the other hand. If effective measures are not taken to inflict a heavy blow on the merchant alliance and make it unable to sustain itself, the bloody war will continue until one side of the merchant alliance or the Kingdom of Andinac falls.

The third point is that the commercial alliance has realized the threat posed by the North Sea Fleet to sea transportation and the invincible fleet, and they have made up their minds to take advantage of the North Sea Fleet's lack of ships to destroy this enemy, and the capture of Shiloas Island is to cut off the North Sea Fleet's sea supply base, so that the North Sea Fleet can no longer threaten the sea transportation and golden sea routes of the commercial alliance.

"Your Highness, this source of information is very reliable. Back then, you asked me to send someone to the Kingdom of Chigeda to collect information on the Grand Duke of Fausta, the great swordsman, and I sent two spies to travel around the continent as veterinarians, and finally arrived in the Kingdom of Chigeda, where they stayed. After the rainy season this year, they found that the First Squadron of the Armada was preparing to sail, and that the Grand Duke Fausta was about to lead his elite Firebird Legion to prepare for departure.

So they inquired with officers they knew well, and got information that the First Squadron set sail to escort the Firebird Legion to the territory of the Chikde Chamber of Commerce, and rendezvous with the Second Squadron to go north to Zangjin Bay. Under the pretext of wanting to return to the city of Moreent, they bribed a captain of the First Fleet to take a ship to the territory of the Chicke Chamber of Commerce, where they received further information, and the crew and sailors of the tavern were preaching that they would go on an expedition to capture the island of Shiroas and destroy the North Sea Fleet after returning to the city of Morent.

So after setting a date for the Armada to sail, they bought a smuggling merchant ship and set off privately, and on the way to the city of Moronte, they happened to encounter the patrol fleet under the command of Lord Tork, and after informing them of their mission, they were brought back. They reported that the two detachments of the Arma would set sail on 10 May for the purpose of collecting supplies, and that the convoy of supplies and reinforcements would be carried in a convoy of nearly 800 ships......

Targer's words made Lorist gasp, more than 800 transport fleets loaded with supplies and reinforcements, plus two armada detachments, this is equivalent to more than 12300 sea ships. Never before in the history of the continent of Gelinthia has there been such a large fleet. Compared with the current mine-strike battleships of the North Sea Fleet, the difference in numbers is almost one hundred to one.

"This convoy must not be allowed to reach the Gulf of Zangjin!" Lorist said. It is conceivable that if the commercial alliance gets these more than 800 transport fleets full of supplies and reinforcements, it will be like a chicken blood, and it is likely to form an overwhelming advantage over His Royal Highness on the Falcan Hill Plain, and may directly defeat the noble alliance of the Andinac Kingdom. At that time, no amount of reinforcements from the Norton family will be able to turn the tide, and the Norton family will not be able to fight a consumable bloody battle with the commercial alliance......

"Genorio, send the guards to summon everyone to convene a military meeting at once to discuss countermeasures, and bring me another hundred gold merits. Lorist commanded.

Soon Genolio appeared in front of Lorist with five heavy black gold lace money bags, such a black gold silk money bag containing twenty gold fords.

"Targer, please hand over this hundred gold fords to those two conscientious intelligence investigators for me, this is an additional reward from me, the head of the Norton family, for sending them vital information in a timely manner, and the family will not forget their contributions. ”

"Yes, Your Highness, I will convey my reward and thanks to them. Targar replied with a bow.

"Alright, go and get back quickly, you also have to attend a military meeting. Lorist waved his hand, then stood in front of the chart and began to ponder.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the conference room of Wanghai Manor was full of high-ranking fleet officials above the captain level of the North Sea Fleet who came to attend the military meeting. After Tagger reported the information about the Armada again, there was a lot of confusion in the conference room, and almost everyone was stunned by this information. With a large fleet of more than 1,200 ships, even if the North Sea Fleet had bronze artillery, a long-range attack weapon, it would be impossible to destroy half of them when the target hit. Especially since the enemy is not without the power to fight back.

The radical demand that the North Sea Fleet take the initiative to continue to implement the sea wolf tactics, ants gnaw elephants, and accumulate as much as they can destroy. The problem is that the North Sea Fleet can now carry out the Sea Wolf tactics only 14 Thunder Strike warships, and other armed warships with bronze guns are far behind the Lightning Strike Battleships in terms of maneuverability and maneuverability, and even do not have an advantage in speed, so they cannot cooperate with the Lightning Strike Battleships to implement the Sea Wolf Tactics.

The old ones demanded to back down first and defend Hilovas Island to avoid being captured by the Invincible Armada, believing that as long as Hilovas Island was kept, then if it was delayed, the destruction of the Armada of the Commercial Alliance would be inevitable. Fourteen Minestrike Battleships can continue to implement Seawolf tactics to attack the Invincible Armada, believing that the enemy's shipbuilding must not be as fast as we sink them. As long as we continue to destroy the enemy's warships, one day the bay will fall into the hands of our family like a ripe fruit.

Lorist slapped the table impatiently, and the conference room fell silent for a moment. Lorist got up and reprimanded: "After arguing for a long time, you have all forgotten the most important point, that is, we must not let the convoy escorted by the Invincible Armada reach the Hidden Gold Bay! If this huge convoy of convoys arrives at the Hidden Gold Bay, and the merchant alliance forces have sufficient supplies and reinforcements, maybe they will defeat the noble alliance under the command of His Majesty the King and come to the border of our family territory, what is the use of us keeping a Hiroas Island at that time?"

Needless to say, I have made up my mind that this convoy must be intercepted, even if it is a naval Armada with the Armada and the North Sea Fleet is completely annihilated, and the North Sea Fleet can be rebuilt without our family. But this convoy is at stake in the final victory of our Andinac kingdom and the commercial alliance. If the Business Alliance were to burn the flames of war to the borders of our clan realm, it would be even more costly for us to drive the enemy back.

The enemy's fleet was indeed huge, unprecedented in size. But let's not forget that more than 800 of them are nothing more than merchant ships and cargo ships transporting supplies, and their armament does not mean a great threat to us. Our real opponents are nothing more than two sub-fleets of the Invincible Armada, and there is nothing to fear from three or four hundred bronze artillery targets. And let's not forget about the five hundred bronze guns on the new equipment of our North Sea Fleet. ”

Lorist is right, in addition to the more than 300 ship bronze cannons urgently manufactured by Master Sid, Lorist has already pulled the 200 bronze artillery and artillery battalions for land warfare commanded by Schward onto the ship, and these 500 guns are the confidence of Lorist to prepare for the decisive battle at sea.

"Today is the 24th of April, and the intelligence says that the convoy of supplies escorted by the Armada will depart on the 10th of May. We must not allow them to make it all the way to the decisive battle. Sambawood, you continue to lead the Lightning Strike fleet to the territory of the Chikde Chamber of Commerce, and implement Seawolf tactics on the enemy as soon as they leave the port......"

Sambawood stood up: "Your Highness, there is a problem here, the lightning strike battleship cannot reach the territory of the Chikde Chamber of Commerce. It takes seventeen days to get there from Hilowas. And the cruising mileage of our lightning warship at sea is only about twenty days, and along the coast of the golden coastline in the sunny sea, our family does not have a port to provide notes......"

Twenty days of cruising includes round-trips, uh, according to the normal voyage Lightning Strike Fleet is impossible to reach the territory of the Chikde Chamber of Commerce, unless it is gone.

Lorist laughed: "Without it, we'll build one ourselves." It will take five days from the island of Hilois to the Gulf of Zangjin, and from the bay of Zangjin to the port of Erniba in one day, and I am going to lead sixteen whaling ships and more than sixty large and medium-sized armed warships that have been converted to the sunny sea in front of the port of Erniba and make it a base camp and a place for decisive battles at sea. There your Lightning Strike fleet can be supplied as a base for sorties. ”

"No, Your Highness, that's too dangerous. What if the remnants of the Fourth Fleet attack and harass us behind our backs in the Golden Bay?" Sambarwood shook his head, not wanting Lorist to take the risk.

"It's okay, at the end of the month, Uncle Tollin will return to Hilovas Island with the remaining forty or so warships, and let him be in charge of monitoring the Fourth Fleet in the Hidden Gold Bay and transporting supplies. Time is running out, we must hurry up to turn the fighter into a winning plane!That's it, let's go back and prepare, and set off in two days!" Lorist made a final decision.

"Yes, Your Highness!"

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