1598 The Coming Storm (9)

The afterglow of the setting sun shone from the opposite side of the sea level, and in the quiet harbor, more than 200 transport ships were ready to go, and the fat man raised his head to look at the slanting sun, his fingers clenched together,

"I hope nothing goes wrong, right?" the fat man stared at the bright and tragic sunset in the distance, his eyes flashed a trace of hesitation, the initial victory report has passed 6 hours, and the road to Adonis has been completely opened by breaking through the enemy's two fleets in a row, even if the attack fleet is slow, or encountering unfavorable weather, it should climb to Adonis Island, but what is going on? Why is there no news at all

"Your Majesty" Hu Keqili pushed the door in from the outside, with the same hesitation on his face, dressed in a straight corps commander's uniform, black and white, looking extremely capable, from the excitement at the beginning to the current melancholy, the battle of the navy has become more and more unfathomable to him

"Is there any news from the sortie fleet?" The fat man didn't look back, turned his back to him, and asked slowly in a cold tone, "There is no news yet!" Hu Keqi gritted his teeth and stopped talking, he knew the concerns in the heart of His Majesty Falcon, shook his head and smiled bitterly. There is still an hour before the deadline for the attack, and the soldiers who boarded the ship were a little commotion, everyone didn't know what was wrong, I just made a tour, and the military heart was quite stable, but I was a little confused, in fact, my majesty didn't have to worry too much, although the army and navy have always had some gaps, this time it was a revenge battle on behalf of the empire, and all the soldiers would fight bravely!" "What I'm worried about is not this!" The fat man turned around, his face was as cold as ice, his black pupils were like staring at a beautiful lover in the distance, and he was looking at the sun at the other end of the sea, and the golden light shrouded the entire harbor, like a huge transparent cover, and a white seagull hovered in the sky of the harbor. Lightly landed on the towering mast, and the deck below was already covered with people, and all the soldiers were like fat men, neatly raising their heads and looking into the distance,

The calm before the momentum is ready to go, so that every second now is like a bowstring that is slowly being drawn, the arrow has been wound, but is the target ready? Whether it is in the case of unclear circumstances, the order to attack or the order to give up, let the atmosphere weigh heavily on everyone's heart. The fat man walked in from the balcony that extended out of the room, picked up the glass of red wine from the table near the window, and poured it with no grace.

"Your Majesty shouldn't need to worry too much!" Hu Keqili said with a puzzled face, "Judging from the current battle situation, our navy has already defeated the enemy's two fleets, and no matter which way you look at it, we have made a lot of money!" "You don't understand, the navy's combat is different from the army, and the navy's combat goal is to control the sea area. The eyes are not on one or two enemy naval fleets, what the navy wants is a complete victory, and it is from the hands of the Gangfei Navy to seize control of the entire southwest sea!" the fat man took a deep breath, and Yan said, "It's not terrible to have no news. Although we have not received any news of the success of the decoy plan, we have not received any news that the sortie fleet has abandoned the battle, which at least proves that the sortie fleet has not encountered major difficulties! Although I don't know if the plan went wrong in the middle of the way, or if the Gang Fei Navy had already seen through the plan to transfer it off the island? The sortie fleet should be in some kind of trouble, and it should be on the way back at this moment, if it is the latter, it indicates that the entire "Typhoon" plan is seen through by the other side, and the other side will stick to the island of Adonis, so that the strike fleet can only abandon the plan"

The fat man's voice stopped, put down the water glass in his hand, and smiled bitterly at the corner of his mouth, "No matter what it is, it indicates the defeat of the revenge battle, and the admirals of the navy are afraid that they are also anxious this time."

"If that's the case, it does look a little bad at the moment! A general victory and a one-sided victory are two different things," Hukochili took a deep breath, frowned slightly at what the fat man said, hesitated for a moment, and decided to express his opinion

"Although it once gained an advantage, the southwest sea is still firmly controlled in the hands of the Congo Navy, and this last unreversed result has made the blood letter of all the Admirals of the Admiralty jointly swearing revenge the biggest joke in the Falcon Army, and the belief in victory formed by the Admirals of the Navy, as well as the glory that has been established in many bloody battles before, will be dealt a fatal blow!" "What you said is exactly what I am worried about!" The fat man shook his head helplessly, the navy fought in the south and the north, this attack was really a bit reckless, but unfortunately, we can't do anything now, we haven't had this feeling of powerlessness for a long time, and now all we can do is to believe in the navy, believe that they are a group of fierce wolves who dare to fight lions at critical moments, not wild dogs who can only whine when they are beaten!" Hu Keqili fell into silence for a while, his eyes crossed the fat man's shoulder, and he saw the sunset in the distance like blood, churning the waves of the waves, and countless transport ships juxtaposed. "I hope that at the last moment, the navy will have news back, this naval battle is also testing His Majesty" Hu Keqili sighed secretly, he didn't know what happened to the navy, but I believe it should be very hard!

In the distant waters of Adonis, white smoke filled the sea, and the Dragon's Tooth battleship followed the fleeing transport ship of the Gangfei Navy.

Dustrenkay stood on the flagship, his gaze grimly looking through the telescope in his hand. Looking at the flames on the sea, in the lens of the telescope, the wreckage of the large transport fleet quickly collapsed in the raging flames, and the ruthless hunting of the transport fleet has lasted for more than half an hour, more than a dozen transport ships have been sunk eight, and several other bulky transport ships have been deliberately "rumbled" in the direction of the island

A nimble dragon's tooth warship made a swift turn in the distance, like a cunning hunter to make a tail swing in the direction of the coast, behind it, a large transport ship rose with thick smoke, the fire reflected the residual sun, the huge hull half overturned in the icy water, countless small black dots jumped from the transport, and the sea was already covered with corpses.

The fierce fire that broke out from the transport ship of the Gangfei Navy brought a tragic light on the light of the setting sun, and the violent explosion exploded on an escaped transport warship, in the thick smoke of gunpowder, the transport ship that thought it had escaped was hit and sunk, "The other party is really calm!" Dustrenkai put down the lookout in his hand a little anxiously, time is getting tighter and tighter, if there is no progress after an hour, he can only reluctantly order to withdraw,

That's when it happened. The adjutant suddenly pointed into the distance and shouted, "Commander, look there!" "Where?"

Dustrunkai nervously hurriedly raised the lookout glass, followed the direction of the adjutant's finger, and saw that in the inward bend of the cliff in the northeast direction of the coast, a large number of warships with the flag of the Imperial Navy suddenly appeared, the number was difficult to calculate, and the queue spread out like a huge fan, "Commander, the Fifth Squadron reports." Signs of an enemy ship group have been spotted in the southeast!""Commander, the Third Squadron reports that a large number of enemy ships have suddenly been spotted in the northwest!"

The hurried voice of the flag-bearer from the mast finally brought a smile to the corners of Dustrunkay's solemn mouth. Sure enough, the other side did not calm down, but had already arranged a considerable number of ambush fleets in three directions of the island in advance, which was really insidious. Thinking of this situation, Edustrenkay's audacity also felt a little afraid, if he had not attacked the transport fleet. I believe that as long as I wait until dark, I will suddenly come out of the ambush site,

The huge group of ships surrounded by the three parties is enough to put their fleet in a difficult situation, and in the vast darkness, most of the means of communication will fail, and Thor's long-range advantage will also be limited.

When the fleet could not know the specific engagement, it was inserted by enemy ships from several directions in an instant, and it was all too common for the whole fleet to fall into confusion and confusion.

Dustrenkai secretly wiped a cold sweat, if it wasn't for the unexpected encounter with a transport fleet, and finally made the other party lose patience, maybe he would really give an order to attack to attract the other party, "According to the predetermined plan, notify the fleet to turn to the southwest!" Dustrenkai turned around excitedly, and gave a decisive order, and the emergency whistle to deliver the news suddenly sounded sharply, which was particularly harsh in the calm sea, at first it was a whistle, then two whistles, three whistles...... At last all the whistles were joined together, and the shrill whistles between the boats seemed to pierce everyone's eardrums,

The Falcon naval warships turned one after another, they were only responsible for luring the other side out, not fighting, not because they couldn't win, but because the other side was backed by islands and strong port fortresses, once they were beaten back, it would be very difficult to capture Adonis, "How much have we attracted!"

On a Dragon-class battleship, the commander of the detachment Joseph looked at the dense enemy in the distance, and let out a subconscious sigh,

In fact, even he didn't expect that Gangfei would arrange so many warships on the island, his vicious eyes measured it, and the total number was only more than 150, to say that this is not the main force of the Gangfei Navy, then it would be really hell, but he didn't expect that a big fish was suddenly hoisted, and Joseph shouted loudly to the sailors behind him, "Quick, raise the main sail!"

Seeing that the Falcon Navy, which had just finished attacking the transport fleet, was turning, and put on a posture that was like slipping away, the Gangfei Navy, which was surrounded on three sides, quickly put out a line of pursuit, and a huge white wave appeared in front of the battleships advancing side by side,

The corpses of thousands of Gangfei soldiers, like duckweed in the sea, were also pushed by the huge cold waves set off by this warship, and before the battle, the eyes of the admirals of the Gangfei Navy fleet had been turned red by the tragic stimulation in front of them, and there were corpses of compatriots everywhere, and a large number of corpses rushed to the distant shore with the icy waves, and the corpses of countless Gangfei soldiers washed ashore with the sea, and large pieces of corpses, like schools of white flowers in the viewing glass, almost covered the edge of the coast,

More than 150 Congo-African warships and about 100 Falcon Navy, opened a chase battle on the sea, as the sunset sank into the sea, the two navies lit the lights, countless lights like a beautiful river of light floating on the sea,

No one noticed that an hour ago, a gray carrier pigeon flew into the sky,

The sea in the dark night was full of undulating currents, and the road ahead was confused, and it was completely impossible to see anything concrete, the distance between the two pursuing fleets. It was near and far, and several times the non-navy felt that they were about to catch up, but the sudden acceleration of the other party made the distance more and more difficult to fathom, "Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, although I am not sure, I think the direction of the other party's escape seems to be the port of Riston"

On the flagship of the Navy, a temporary military meeting was being held, the wind lanterns hanging from the cabin were blown from side to side, and a nautical chart was placed on the back seat. The commander of the Second Fleet, Roland Lefeble, stood up, pointed to a point on the chart, and said to Hobro, the commander-in-chief of the Gonfei Navy with a solemn face, "Oh, when did you make such a judgment?"

The white-haired Commander-in-Chief held his chin in his hand, tilted his head, and his intently gaze stopped at the place of Roland Lefebler's fingers.

"An hour ago"

Roland Lefebble said with a solemn expression: "I suddenly noticed on the side of the ship that the enemy in front of me had turned into the offshore area, not to avoid the undercurrents of the high sea, but to minimize the final destination of the escape. From the charts, we can see that from where we are now, we can draw a straight line from the position of the other party, and at the end of the line is the port of Riston, which is located 120 nautical miles away!"

"You're saying they're fleeing to Riston Harbor?"

Hobro withdrew his gaze from the map and looked up at Roland. Lefebble. "As an experienced naval commander. You know very well that the outcome of this pursuit battle lies in whether you can stop the enemy before they can safely hide in port, and if you can predict the direction of the opponent's fleet in advance, you can send a detachment in advance to intercept it from other angles. But if the other side takes the straightest route, the probability of wanting to intercept it will be very low! Even if we know the destination of the other side, we can't do anything about it."

"Nope. On the contrary, I think this is our chance!"

Rowland. Lefebble took a deep breath and said, "The other side will definitely think that it is absolutely safe, and ignore a very important issue, that is, there are huge heavy warships in the opponent's warships, these warships will delay the speed of the entire fleet, if we can form an interception fleet with light ships with speed advantages, bypass the opponent's side, set up an ambush outside the destination Riston Harbor, and the main fleet will follow, and when the time comes, it will definitely be able to inflict heavy damage on the enemy!"

"That's a good idea, but who's going to lead the fleet?"

Hobro agrees with this battle plan with his rich experience, but who are we going to send to command this fleet that has broken away from our own team, and may even end up in a battle to the death?

Under Hobro's gaze, the commanders and admirals of the other fleets lowered their heads one after another, and some even whispered, "What kind of plan is this to send you to death, it's just asking for your own death, it's good for the other party to escape, why do you have to fight to the death!"

"Why, doesn't anyone want to?" Hobro's eyes flashed with disappointment, the defeat of the Third and Fourth Fleets, the blood of thousands of soldiers, in the end, could not make these admirals glow with the sacrifice of soldiers

"If no one wants to, I hope I can!"

A young voice rang out, Roland. A man with dark blond hair and a straight and handsome figure stood beside Lefeble, who had rushed back the letter from the Third Fleet and then by Roland. Rousseau Wangda, who was accepted by Lefebble as an adjutant

"You?" Hobro looked at the young man, a sharp light flashed in his old and deep eyes, he knew that the outside world did not have a good opinion of this young officer, and he had escaped from the battle twice in a row, and had been ridiculed by the outside world as "lucky Rousseau Wanda", but in this young man, Hobro felt that he saw a glimmer of hope for the navy,

"Anyone else?"

Hobro didn't immediately agree, but looked at the others,

Everyone was silent, an interception fleet composed of light warships wanted to block a huge fleet with a heavy fleet and huge warships, which in itself meant tragedy and sacrifice, and the commander who carried out such a plan must have the conviction of decisive death! The result of the front and rear flanking attacks was most likely to be at the cost of the total annihilation of the blocking fleet, and the enemy who was advancing with all his might for his life would tear apart any enemy who stood in front like a fierce wolf pack, not to mention that these enemies had just torn apart the Third Fleet and the Fourth Fleet!

"Well, it seems that everyone will not have any objections to this appointment!" Hobro turned his head to look at the young man with a straight body like a sword, and showed a rare smile, "From now on, I appoint Rousseau Vandal as the commander of the Seventh Assault Fleet, and you can select thirty warships from each fleet suitable for this operation according to this authority, and set off tonight, let's see you in Riston Harbor!"

"Yes, Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, see you in Rieston Harbor!"

Rousseau Wandal straightened up with excitement, respectfully saluted the white-haired commander-in-chief, turned and walked out of the meeting, he saw this appointment as the last chance to wash away his stigma, if it didn't work, then use the brave battle death to silence those guys......!