The big waves blown by the sea breeze crashed on the side of the ship, hitting a white splash, and the huge three-masted three-deck battleship swayed from side to side under the huge force of the waves.

In the face of the great power of nature, this most advanced warship of mankind is like a toy, just thrown into the bottom of the waves, and in an instant it is thrown up the crest of the waves.

A strong sea breeze howled and puffed up the sails of the ship, and the allied battle flags and the Ruman Empire's red and gold eagle flags fluttered at the top of the mainmast.

Despite the ups and downs of the sea, the sailors on the battleship stood firmly on the deck as if they had nails under their feet, and the sailors' characteristic sharp gaze crossed the waves of the sea and looked in all directions.

This is the Endless Ocean.

The mysterious and uncharted seas, where no one has ever reached in history.

The Isle of the Necromancy of the High Priest of the Dead is somewhere in the depths of the ocean. Unforeseen dangers can occur at any time.

The captain in a white sè navy suit stood behind the steering wheel on the upper deck, holding a black sè pipe in his mouth, and his face as a rock sharpened by wind and frost showed a resolute expression.

With a pair of shining eyes that only old seafarers have, he watched his men fight against the wind and waves, and nodded with satisfaction: Yiqiē is well organized, and the young men's abilities are good, no worse than the arrogant and arrogant jīng spirit cubs next to him.

The captain thought as he glanced to the side. On that side of the ship was the Ye Huang Sèjīng Spirit Kingdom Navy battleship......

The equally massive battleship kept pace with him.

And behind them, seven warships of different sizes followed closely, forming a single fleet.

These warships have been at sea for months since they went to sea, but in such a harsh environment, not a single ship has been left behind, and not a single one has complained of being tired......

"Of course, it is not without exceptions. The captain muttered, turning his head to look sympathetically at the young priest beside him.

This young man, who is said to be from the Vatino, vomited only half his life at the moment, and he will still be lying on the railing retching, his steps are vain, his face is pale, and the robe on his body is also crumpled, covered with all kinds of strange water traces, and he can't see the original face at all.

When the captain saw this, he couldn't help frowning: this poor landlubber has been on the ship for more than ten days, and he is still seasick. And it took only three days for his predecessor to adapt to life on board.

When the next supply is ready, it's best to talk to headquarters and replace him.

Although he was a little dissatisfied, he was worried that this precious priest would accidentally fall into the sea, so he raised his chin slightly, and sent his boatswain to watch from the side, ready to jump in and catch people at any time.

These priests and mages were specially brought in for the operation and were indispensable combatants. Besides, it's always a good thing to have multiple priests on board - although from the current point of view, that rookie's combat strength is probably only half of it.

The navigator held the map under his arm, and quickly climbed onto the steering wheel platform like a monkey, then raised his hand and saluted so-so, and then pointed to the map mark, and said: "Captain, we have searched the 156, 117 area, you can rush to the next area to search." ”

The captain nodded slightly, and said, "Send a signal to those nasty jīng spirits, turn the rudder left, and we will rush to the sea area of 156 and 118."

Meantime...... At the same time, send a report to the base camp, may the god of light bless, that strange box can be useful. ”

As he spoke, he reached out and drew a cross on his chest.

The navigator also showed a helpless expression and said, "I hope." ”

As he walked down the gangway and passed by the captain's quarters, he glanced through the window and saw a man with headphones sitting in front of a large orange iron box, constantly tapping the buttons in his hand, and his face was sweating urgently.

The navigator muttered, "What the hell." ”

Although I have seen electric lights, telephones, trains, and steam engines...... and so on, alchemy technology, can be regarded as very eye-opening, but in his feeling, with such a simple square box, without any connection, you can contact a place thousands of miles away. That's too much.

You know, even if the Great Magus who is happy with mana wants to contact people thousands of miles away, he has to waste a lot of blood, diamonds, jīng gold, and unicorn horns like virgins...... and other precious materials.

If this box can really connect with the outside world, wouldn't it rob the magicians of their jobs?

This kind of thing, no matter how you think about it, makes people feel unlikely.

However, the captain regarded this thing as a treasure and put it in his room, and even the Cāo crew enjoyed the same treatment as the captain.

The captain's room was only slightly better than the others' rooms, but it was enough to drive the others crazy with jealousy—the treatment was all comparative. Living in the captain's room is like heaven compared to living in the sailor's cabin and smelling the smelly feet of a bunch of rough men.

Not to mention, when those puppies sleep, they are never honest, farting, grinding their teeth, talking in their sleep, and rubbing their heels.

At this moment, I heard a whining horn sound.

It was the sailors who blew the horn and instructed the sailors on board to change the sails.

At the same time, the signal corpsmen on the top of the mast communicated the order to the entire fleet in flags.

The battleship slowly turned and changed its sails.

A combined fleet of Rumans, Jīng Spirits, and AlMohads, a true multinational force with a single mission - to find the Island of the Dead, to find the lair of the High Priests of the Undead and the undead.

There are several mystery-like islands in the world, the first one is Dragon Island.

No one knows where Dragon Island is, and no one can even determine whether Dragon Island exists, and some people even suggest that Dragon Island is not in this world, it is located in a different space connected with the world.

Although Lord Lorraine personally went to Dragon Island, and deduced from the conversation of the Dragon Clan Elders, it may be located in the ocean west of the continent, but no one has found it for thousands of years, and it is also very strange.

The second is the target of the coalition forces, the Isle of the Dead.

It became famous in the world with the High Priest of the Dead, Kalimdo, and the world knew the existence of the Isle of the Dead, but did not know where it was.

It is said that the island of the dead holds the secrets of the power and immortality of the undead high priest.

Even the Semitic people who have the best relationship with the undead don't know where it is, and in this regard, the undead are not much less wary of them than humans.

To be sure, it should be located in the vast sea northeast of the Semitic continent, which is larger than the human continent plus the Semitic continent.

Finding a mysterious island in such a large ocean is as difficult as finding a grass with a specific name on a racecourse.

Lord Lorraine had to resort to the most stupid method, he divided the ocean into hundreds of squares according to latitude and longitude, broke up the huge fleet of the coalition forces into a detachment fleet, assigned them a good mission area, and searched square by square.

And this fleet, numbered Southern Seventy-One, is one of the hundreds of detachments, and they have been wandering the sea for five months, and still have found nothing.

The battleship Sailfish served as the flagship of the fleet, leading the fleet in a slow turn.

At this moment, several dark shadows suddenly appeared in the cloudy sky in the distance of the fleet, and they flew over the high cloud tops, almost invisible to the naked eye.

The captain looked up into the sky, and suddenly, from the captain's chamber came an excited cheer, so loud that it seemed to crack the ship's planks.

A communications soldier slammed open the door and rushed to the deck, waving a telegram in his hand, running around the deck excitedly, hugging everyone he met vigorously, and shouting incessantly: "I received it, we received it~!"

A middle-aged man in civilian clothes also laughed and ran up the steps, excitedly spraying Xingzi beside the captain, and said urgently: "It's them, that's right." Eagle 31, we received their telegram, the signal is very clear, the communication is successful. ”

The captain bit his pipe and smiled with satisfaction, it seemed that wireless telegraphy technology had succeeded.

The mysterious orange sè box will be the greatest invention after the compass and the sextant, and it will change the fate of all the world's seafarers.

With this thing, people will be able to anticipate storms in the route in advance and avoid danger, or contact the command in real time to get the latest operational orders and make operational deployments against xìng.

In the past, in the vast sea, the sailors on the ship were equivalent to being locked up in prison, and everyone gambled on luck.

Especially in naval battles, because of the lack of information, some fleets were defeated, and the friendly forces did not know about it, plunging headlong into the encirclement of the enemy.

Or they defeated the enemy, but the friendly forces ran to the wrong place and let the enemy flee in vain.

When the people from the Flying Eagle Communications Group told him the news, he couldn't believe it, and he couldn't figure out how he could send the news to land thousands of miles away from the ship.

In the traditional mind of the captain, he even wondered if there was a living soul in the box, until one day, when the engineer was troubleshooting, he saw a dense network of wires and pipes inside. That's a sigh of relief.

The captain took off his pipe and said excitedly: "Hit the signal flare and send them a letter of hello." ”

"Yes, Captain~!" the signal soldier agreed excitedly, almost jumping back to the captain's room.

With a few "bang" sounds, three crimson flares rose into the sky.

The War Fortress on the zenith swooped down towards the fleet, and the four War Fortresses were a standard squad formation.

They whistled atop the war fortress and hovered above the mast, and the men inside waved enthusiastically to the ship's sailors from the windows, celebrating their radio connection.

The telegraph technology that the navy is now equipped with is not mature, and there are all kinds of shortcomings, so that they can communicate with the land hundreds or thousands of miles away, which is not stable at present.

Even in the age of satellites, radio signals often fail due to weather and other reasons.

In order to establish an effective link between the far sea and land commands, a compromise proposed by Lorina was to have these war fortresses act as air relay stations to transmit signals from search fleets in the far sea back to the mainland.

Due to energy constraints, the War Fortress is not able to carry out the current long-range sea search mission, which requires long flights. But it's still okay to fly and act as a relay station for the fleet.

At present, the only air power at sea is the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier of the coalition navy, and its 36 aircraft.

And for Lord Luo, this force is to be on strategic duty, dealing with the undead raid and the spirit flash coup...... and other emergencies, you must not let go lightly.

The success of the wireless telegraph has greatly encouraged the entire fleet, which means that they no longer have to report back to port as often.

As long as supplies allow, they can stay at sea for as long as possible, which can greatly enhance the search progress.

After confirming the success of the wireless telegraph contact, the mages on the war fortress left a few boxes of fresh fruit for the fleet, which quickly rose and disappeared into the clouds - they were to rush to the next fleet to continue the relay station test.

According to this relay structure, in the future battlefield communication system designed by Rowina, the war fortress that is responsible for the relay signal task can send the communication content from the front line to the rear in real time.

With only a few war fortresses, it is possible to achieve 24-hour uninterrupted communication.

The front-line troops can move at any time with wireless telegraph machines, and there is no need to build expensive cable telegraph lines, and military information must go to the telegraph station to send it, wasting two or three days of effort.

And the search report from the southern seventy-one, after two clear air transfers, was transmitted to the Caribbean Navy front command in the rear.

When a coalition naval operations staff officer receives a telegram, he first transcribes a copy for archival purposes and then sends it to the Coalition Command in Acaderine by the Ministry of Communications.

When he had done the paperwork, he would stand up, walk over to the chart hanging in the staff hall, find the location on the map neatly divided into countless squares, follow the serial number on the telegram, and paint it red.

More than half of the positions on this large chart have been dyed red, and the rest are closer to the north.

After completing this qiē, the combat staff officer took a step back and carefully studied the map, and the island of the dead was in the remaining black fog.

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On September 9, 837, the Expeditionary Force of the Semitic Republic was scheduled to officially set out on this day, and a grand swearing-in ceremony was held in the square.

The square in front of the palace was filled with onlookers, men, women and children, dressed up as if they were celebrating the festival. Everyone had a happy smile on their faces.

Everyone has long seen that Lei Shan's gang of puppies are not pleasing to the eye, and now they have finally seized the opportunity to slap their faces fiercely.

In front of the palace gate was arranged as a tall podium, with the flag of the Semitic Republic hanging on both sides, and a golden lightning bolt in the middle of a long strip of dark red sè cloth.

Directly above the podium is a one-person-tall golden emblem of the Republic, which glistens in the sun.

The stage was full of generals of the Republic in military uniforms, and the stars were shining.

On both sides of the street, a tall flagpole was erected every few meters, nearly ten meters long and one meter wide flags hung down, like a river stretching to the end of the road.

On both sides of the street are a sea of flowers, flags, and a solemn bearing, not far from the glorious military parade of the Nazis.

Lord Lorraine sat in the restaurant on the other side of the square, watching the grand ceremony of the Semitic Republic through the crowd.

At nine o'clock, with a sonorous and powerful drum and trumpet, the soldiers of the Zìyóu army of the Semitic Republic appeared on the street with neat steps and drums.

They were dressed in strict uniforms, rifles with bayonets were on their shoulders, and from time to time there were wagons dragging machine guns and artillery in the ranks, and the military appearance was imposing.

The Akkadrines did not hesitate to cheer for this mighty Semitic army.

Brad was dressed in the dress of a great president, wearing a ribbon and medals that symbolized his status, and stood alone on the podium, his left hand pressed the ceremonial sword at his waist, and his expression was solemn and mighty.

The Akkadrines did not hesitate to cheer for this mighty Semitic army.

Brad was dressed in the dress of a great president, wearing a ribbon and medals that symbolized his status, and stood alone on the podium, his left hand pressed the ceremonial sword at his waist, and his expression was solemn and mighty.

The zìyóu army, lined up in a neat phalanx, raised their guns and turned their heads in front of the presidency of the tong guò to salute the president, who raised his hand in return with a military salute.

The Zìyóu army, which filled the entire street and could not be seen at a glance, gave President Bullard great self-confidence, condescending, as if the whole world was under his control.

At this time, Lord Lorraine sat in the restaurant on the other side of the square, watching the grand ceremony of the Semitic Republic through the crowd.

Since it is an internal affair of the republic, it is not easy for the coalition forces to participate, and besides, President Bullard may not want Lorraine to steal his limelight.

After the forward pass to the podium, the follow-up troops passed the guò in turn, and then with a command, the whole long snake-like procession came to a neat stop, and the soldiers turned to face the podium.

President Bullard gave a speech in front of the microphone encouraging the expeditionary force, and his voice was heard through countless loudspeakers, almost throughout the whole of Acaderin.

General Berendi stepped forward to take the oath, and then the crowd shouted long live, and the army officially set off, all as expected to be perfect.

Fiona finally breathed a sigh of relief, and all that remained was for the army to return victoriously, when his father's prestige would be as high as the sky, and who would dare to covet his presidency.

An officer rushed up, handed Lorraine a sealed copy of the military urgency, and whispered a few words to Lord Lorraine.

Lord Lorraine smiled, stood up and gave Fiona a gentle kiss on the cheek, and hurried away.

On stage, President Bullard and General Berendi stood side by side, watching the stretch of troops pass in front of him.

President Bullard shook General Berendi's hand and earnestly admonished: "I have handed over to you all the old books of the Republic, and you must bring them back......

At the same time, thousands of miles away, the nobles of Rayburg opened the storerooms and distributed weapons to all volunteers.

The men took their swords, drew their horses, bid farewell to their wives, and set out on a journey to resist the invasion. (To be continued.) )