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On October 18, 836 Julian calendar, with a roaring whistle, a huge fleet of 6,000 ships crossed the median line of the ocean and officially entered the sea near the Semitic continent.

Immediately after crossing the center line, the Combined Fleet Command issued an order to raise the alert of all ships, and half of the guns were in a state of reloading and ready to fire, and remained on alert twenty-four hours a day.

After all, this is already enemy territory. Although the Semitic expeditionary navy was completely wiped out off the coast of Vatino, some warships were still retained.

And it's likely that these ships have dark mages on board.

In the later stages of the war, the High Priest of the Dead had ordered the remaining nearly 100 war fortresses to withdraw to the Semitic tribes.

They could also suddenly appear in the skies over the human expeditionary fleet, so they should be taken off guard.

Moreover, since the failed expedition of the tenth Pope of the Holy See of Light, Urban I, humanity has not set foot in this unpredictable sea for five hundred years.

Ignorant of the sea conditions in this area, you must be careful.

On the human nautical chart, this sea area is blank, and the art point will also draw a sea monster or whirlpool, reminding the navigators that it is extremely dangerous and do not enter.

In the millennium, though, there have been many smugglers who have the audacity to put their heads on their belts to make a living, risking their lives to cross human navies, storms, disease or plague, and the Semitic navy to and from the oceans. But maybe they are trying to monopolize the routes. Maybe it's something that really happened. There are all sorts of terrible and terrifying legends circulating on this sea, which deter people who want to enter this sea.

What are the nine snake heads, the giant sea monster as big as a mountain, the ghost ship that sails in the darkness and fog, the mermaid who leads people to death with their melodious songs, and the huge devil's whirlpool that has no way in or out......

Every story is shocking. It makes people have nightmares in the middle of the night, and they have to be accompanied by three people to pee.

In reality, many adventurers who set foot in this sea never returned, not knowing whether they died in the sea, at the hands of pirates. Or those legendary monsters.

When the combined fleet of mankind first galloped into this sea area, the soldiers and sailors on board were all extremely vigilant about this, and they were cautious all the way.

There are often people who spontaneously stand on the bow of the ship, or on the mast, and look around. The slightest anomaly is sounded at the alarm, although most of them turn out to be proven. They are schools of fish that have jumped out of the sea.

But maybe it's the human fleet that is too big to scare off the legendary sea monsters, maybe they're hiding in the shadows, or maybe the legendary sea monsters don't exist......

In any case, after three days of peace, although the command still ordered vigilance, the vast majority of sailors had become a little sluggish, and everyone began to think that the legends were frightening.

The sailors regained their idleness and laziness all day.

This is a very normal thing, because most of the ships are wooden structures, which are extremely prone to fire, so on board, each ship has extremely strict management of sailors, no drinking, no fighting, no smoking, no gambling...... Anything that could bring the slightest danger to the ship was forbidden.

If you do it, you will be punished with heavy fines or even hanging directly from the mast.

But the voyage is extremely boring and tiring, and in this case, as long as the crew does not make trouble, the captains also turn a blind eye.

No matter how lazy they are, it's better than them fighting all day long and then burning the boat with a torch.

Since entering the Semitic Seas, Lorraine has been on the alert, scattering all the light war fortresses on the Enterprise far away to be used as reconnaissance aircraft.

Medium-sized war fortresses are also on standby, ready to take to the skies at any time in case of a surprise attack by the undead war fortresses.

However, those war fortresses report every day, and they are all safe and sound, and there are no unidentified ships and war fortresses of the undead clan in the surrounding sea area for thousands of miles.

Despite this, for the sake of safety, Lorraine decided to personally lead the Naian fleet to explore the way ahead.

Because the three Victory-class battleships are very familiar with this sea area, they took turns to escort the smuggling transport ships of the Flying Eagle Group before the war, and this route has been run many times, and they have long been familiar with the sea conditions and weather nearby, but this is the secret of the Flying Eagle Group.

It's just that because the war has stopped, and now that the war is over, Lorraine's four girlfriends from Semitic are planning to restart this lucrative golden route.

Lord Lorraine naturally would not be kind enough to hand over the charts, cutting his own financial means and allowing others to benefit from them for nothing.

Even if Lord Lorraine had a brain and contributed the charts for the sake of all mankind, others would surely ask, "How did you get your charts?" Why do you have them?

Could it be that Lord Lorraine told them again that I had been smuggling it from the Semites?

Then Lord Lorraine can't run away with a traitorous hat.

Ordinary people don't understand what economic plunder is, they only see Lord Lorraine trading with the Semites all the time. Therefore, it is natural that the fewer people who know about this matter, the better.

Led by the Naian people in front, the whole fleet had a smooth journey, and although there were a few suspicions, the road was also smooth and smooth.

But most people think of it as good luck.

On the morning of October 24, the advance fleet finally arrived at the Isle of Sorrows, the first island in the Semitic sphere of influence.

Of course, that's what humans call it.

It is called the Island of Sorrows because it was the last island abandoned by the Holy Cross Expeditionary Force 500 years ago.

When the human expeditionary force on the island, which had held on to its faith until the last moment, was evacuated by boat, it also meant the failure of this sacred expedition that lasted for 300 years.

It is said that Cardinal Archbishop Shuma, the last commander of the Holy Cross Expeditionary Force, sat at the stern of the ship and watched the island get farther and farther away, and could not help but shed tears of grief.

Of course, if only that's the case. Then it's just a story. The island will not be named after it.

It was the smugglers who really named the island.

Those brave smugglers. Or pirates, in order to make a small profit, have to fight the waves and cross the ocean at the risk of dying in their lives.

But whether they crossed the ocean, galloped here, or set off from here, intending to cross the ocean. The defenders of the island would all knock them hard.

The island was the best resting point in the middle of the ocean, and the smugglers lacked the ability to sail sustainably with large ships. If they didn't stop for supplies on this island, they wouldn't have been able to reach the Semitic sea anyway.

The Semitic army guarding the island occupied this golden treasure and sat on the ground to share the spoils, and their fierce Cheng dù even the Buddha who cut the meat to feed the eagle would shed tears of pain.

That's why the island is called the Island of Sorrow.

For mourning means two things, first, that only the living can grieve, and second, that there is enough pain to grieve.

xxxxxx

On the island of sorrows, Corporal Dirk sat listlessly among the sentry. Beside him threw a spear.

The iron spear head had been corroded in the salty air.

Its owner didn't bother to fix it and threw it aside.

From time to time, he touched the bottle. He muttered a few times in dissatisfaction, poured a few more sips, and not far away, threw several of the same bottles.

If there were nobles from the Semitic continent who looked at the hot golden eagle trademark on the wine bottle and the symbol of origin of Sepun, they couldn't help but exclaim.

In the Semitic continent, a bottle of such wine can be sold for at least ten gold coins.

And this poor soldier is actually drinking so much, it is simply a waste of fine wine.

If you don't know, you'll think that this ruffian is a prince and nobleman.

In fact, he was just an ordinary soldier on the island.

This is a very easy way to understand this, as all the ships that pass through it have to pay huge tolls and supply fees, often accounting for more than half of the smugglers' profits.

It's just that all this money went into the pockets of the officials.

And these soldiers and ruffians can't get a copper plate, but everyone is not an idiot, they all know the truth of 'do it yourself, have enough food and clothing'.

Therefore, they also reached out to get some more oil from the boat.

Take three or five boxes of good wine, carry a half-fan of pork, and catch a few old hens...... And so on and so forth. Those smugglers who provoked dared to be angry and didn't dare to say that the king of Hades was better, the little ghosts were difficult, and they offended these little soldiers, and they still looked for trouble.

Dirk burped, then patted his bulging belly, and drunkenly said to his companion, "Ferra, how long has it been since we've been here?"

Two months, or three months? I'm running out of wine. If there is no more boat, we will have no wine. ”

Feira said impatiently beside him: "What are you afraid of, this boat is the same as a fish, one by one, either it is a small fish, don't look at too much, but you can't catch a few."

Either that, it's a big fish, don't look at one or two, but there are a lot of goods, and our buddies can catch some dry goods. ”

Dirk couldn't help but look at him in surprise, and muttered, "No wonder they say that scholars are ruthless, you have only been reading for a few days, and this heart is like this." Can the people who read a lot pay it back?"

Fell didn't say anything, just sneered, obviously very disdainful of the dirt bun beside him.

Dirk hesitated for a moment, and said, "Then guess how big the fish must be this time? It's been two months since the boat came."

Those dog-day officials can't sit still, you don't see Camp Commander Weili pulling donkey faces all day long, like a dead father, scolding people at every turn. ”

Fell smiled and said contemptuously: "I heard that he borrowed tens of thousands of gold coins for usury, so he bought the official here."

These days, there is no income, and when he turns back to those loan sharks who come to collect debts, he has to chop his hands and feet, of course he is in a hurry. ”

Dirk couldn't help but scold in a low voice, and said, "A bunch of dead loan sharks dare to kill officers?

Fair glanced at him with disdain and said, "Wang Fa? If there is a royal law, people will not spend money to buy officials." When I have saved up enough three or five thousand, I will also buy a company commander. Humph......"

Dirk was speechless. Then he picked up the bottle and took another sip. "Let's talk about fish." And about fish. Guess how big that fish has to be?"

As soon as he said this, he heard Phil 'huh' in surprise. He couldn't help but look up and glance at Fair.

At this time, I listened to Fel's words: "Dirk, you are really a crow's mouth, you see, isn't this fish coming?"

Dirk listened, and his spirits were immediately lifted. He jumped up from the ground and looked out into the distance.

Sure enough, I saw a few black dots appear above the horizon in the distance between the sea and the sky, slowly galloping towards this side.

Dirk couldn't help but laugh.

He turned around and ran towards the camp behind him, shouting excitedly as he ran, "Brothers, come quickly, brothers. The big fish are coming, the big fish are coming......"

A large group of soldiers poured out of the camp behind. They all ran to the beach, looking into the distance, like a festival, one by one, the excitement was overflowing.

It is not surprising that stationed on this island, there is nothing to see all day except sand, stones, and seabirds, and it is happy that the ships can make a fortune when they come to shore.

Everyone looked at the black dots and shouted happily: "The big fish is coming, the big fish is coming." ”

Several officers with flowers on their shoulders also appeared behind the crowd with greedy smiles on their faces.

At this time, I saw that the black dots in the distance were getting closer and closer, getting closer and closer.

From the beginning of sesame seeds, it became soybeans, and then from soybeans to the size of watermelon.

Seeing that the ship was getting bigger and bigger, Dirk couldn't help but scold: "Grandma, Phil, this son of a dog is really right." If this fish doesn't come, it will be itself, and it will be such a big fish.

I'm going to have to slaughter it today. ”

The people next to them looked at the big ship in the distance, and they all nodded their heads through gritted teeth.

But after a while, the ship grew bigger and bigger, and grew bigger and bigger, and finally became the size of a hill.

Looking at the tall Cui Wei big ship, everyone faintly felt that the situation seemed to be a little wrong, and they couldn't help but close their mouths, they had never seen such a big ship.

This is a ship, it's a mountain at all~!

And Dirk next to him was almost about to faint: Grandma's, such a big boat, how many good things do you have to catch from this~!

I got rich, I really got rich this time~!

At this moment, an officer next to him immediately slapped him and shouted angrily: "Your grandmother's, shut up Lao Tzu~!"

Dirk was stunned for a moment, pointed to the big boat not far away, and said puzzledly: "Sir, big fish, that's a big fish." We can slaughter him hard. ”

The officer immediately slapped him again and scolded: "Your grandmother's, open your dog's eyes and take a good look,

Do you still want to slaughter them? They are here to slaughter us~!"

Then he shouted: "Alert, all prepare for war, hurry up, the enemy is coming~!"

Fucking humans have been killed~!

If you don't want to die, hurry up. ”

With his terrible scream, the soldiers on the shore couldn't help but be dazed for a while, but then they reacted and couldn't help but tremble: The enemy, the human, the human being, the human being?

Humans actually killed it~!

They were in a mess.

xxxxxxx

Lorraine stood at the bow of the Enterprise, holding up the observation binoculars and looking into the distance.

I saw that the facilities on the island were extremely simple, with only two or three rows of wooden houses made of rough boards, and two crooked trestle bridges jutting into the sea.

In the open space in front of the wooden house, there are two high platforms, on which are placed a few things, vaguely similar to ballistas.

While they saw them themselves, the people on the shore obviously saw the situation on this side as well. Through the binoculars, Lorraine could see the frightened expression on the face of one of the soldiers. With a wide open mouth.

Then they messed around like headless flies.

With an order, ten medium-sized war fortresses quickly rose into the air and circled in the sky for cover. At the same time, the two battleships dropped their sails, lit the boilers in one go, and rushed straight to the port.

At a distance of a mile from the port, one of the battleships turned around and opened its own gun.

Then there were bursts of white smoke coming from the battleship, and after a few seconds, the sound of cannon came to the Enterprise.

In the next second, orange fireworks began to shine in the open space of the port.

Billowing black smoke rose into the sky, straight into the sky.

At this time, the second battleship also began to ramble, unscrupulously pouring artillery fire on the harbor. Although it turned a little later, it was just right to seal the dead end of the guns of the first battleship.

The two battleships opened fire one after the other, and slowly galloped forward. I walked back and forth around the harbor three times. This also means that they plowed the port three times with artillery fire.

Not to be outdone, the Royal Ark of the Elven Kingdom was forced into the queue of two battleships as if showing off its firepower, squeezing the Victory and the Invincible aside, and bombarding the beach again with more intense artillery fire.

Lord Lorraine, who was watching the battle from the rear, secretly greeted the women of the Elven Admiral family several times in his heart.

Then, more than a dozen small boats were lowered from the battleship, and a group of Marines rowed the boats, armed with rifles and shotguns, and rushed towards the harbor.

They washed the dinghy ashore and let it run aground in shallow water, then rolled over and jumped out of the boat, raised their guns above their heads with both hands, and waded straight to the shore, where they began to sweep up step by step.

Seeing this, Lorraine couldn't help but sigh and put down the telescope in his hand.

He would rather have a little more enemy troops on the shore and a little more resistance. Instead of collapsing at the touch of a button, as is the case now. This situation makes people feel like a trap no matter how you look at it.