Chapter 180: The Potential Threat of the South Seas (Part I)

"Say it." Du Wei narrowed his eyes: "You'd better speak quickly, tell the truth, don't expect me to be deceived by you!

Old Benka sighed, and he glanced at Du Wei helplessly: "Who are you, how can you know so much about Nanyang!"

Du Wei smiled: "Don't you know my identity? My name is Du Wei! Oh, of course, you may not know my name, but my father's name, you must know it...... His name is Raymond! Count Raymond, once the supreme commander of the Empire's South Sea Expeditionary Fleet!"

Ramon?

As soon as this name was said, Lao Benka's heart was shocked, and all thoughts were lost!!

Because, in the South Seas, from the Roland Empire Thunder ...... The name is so loud!

Robbers, butchers, executioners...... His hands were stained with the blood of the natives, and he was a notorious invader in the hearts of the natives and tribes, a demon who burned down their homes and enslaved them.

This aristocratic boy with a sneer on his face is actually the devilish son of the terrible butcher?!

Old Benka didn't have time to think too much, because Lufik's screams were still coming one after another! No one knew the importance of this boy's identity better than him! No one understood the profound meaning of this boy's identity to Nanyang better than him!

"I said, I can say anything, I just ask you to stop first!" Old Benka's body shook, as if he could no longer stand, his face was gray, as if he had aged a lot in an instant.

"Yes." Du Wei gave Ruolin a look, and Ruolin immediately went out, and after a few moments, the screaming stopped.

Old Benka breathed a sigh of relief, but the muscles on his face kept beating:

"My real name is called Benka, I didn't tell a lie about this name, there are many people in Nanyang, there are many people who call Benka, this is an ordinary name, and my identity is not a rì wheel landing sacrifice...... I ......" Old Benka** gritted his teeth: "My real identity is the Great Sacrifice Elder of the United Kingdom!"

United Kingdom?

Du Wei didn't say much on his face, but he was already secretly sighing in his heart.

Sure enough, where there is oppression, there is resistance.

In fact, as early as the days when Du Weidi's father, Count Raymond, led several expeditions, some large tribes in the vast sea area of the South Seas were unwilling to be wiped out by the invaders from afar, and they carried out some very stubborn resistance.

However, with the excessive exploitation of Nanyang resources, the Nanyang tribes, who were originally only blindly retreating, had to break out a kind of desperate stubborn resistance in order to survive.

And this so-called United Kingdom, Du Wei also vaguely heard of it.

Long before the time when Count Raymond commanded the naval land, in the south, extremely far away, the area that the Imperial Expeditionary Force could not reach, some of the more advanced tribes in civilization had united countless small tribes and established a "kingdom" that existed to fight against the empire.

Ever since the establishment of the rumored "United Kingdom", the pressure on the Imperial Expeditionary Fleet has increased.

They took advantage of their familiarity with the geography of the South Seas, and even learned some sāo tactics. They didn't know where they stole some Imperial shipbuilding techniques, and built a number of warships that were rudimentary, but they were already quite fast.

The biggest change came three years ago, when an expedition to the South Seas brought a very clear red flag to the Empire.

Because, during an expedition three years ago, he broke a glorious record that the empire had always maintained: zero damage to the ground and ships in frontal battles!

All along, in the head-on battle with those South Sea barbarians, the emperor ** team is invincible.

The Imperial warships have never been sunk by those barbarians of the South Seas!

For them, instead of worrying about the ridiculously simple "army" of the Nanyang Army, it is better to worry about hurricanes, whirlpools, reefs, and terrible sea weather...... There are even some proud generals who declare: We are going to the South Seas, not to fight with people, but with the sky. As long as the weather is good, we can even drive the fleet to the end of the world without hindrance!

But a battle three years ago finally broke the glorious record of the Empire!

Under the leadership and influence of the rumored "United Kingdom", the Nanyang tribes have built up a "fleet" that has always been large, although by the standards of the Empire, the so-called "fleet" is too simple to be faced, and the best so-called "warships" of the other side are far less than half of an ordinary merchant ship in the Empire.

However, the United Kingdom "fleet" was too terrifying in terms of numbers. In that battle, it is said that the other side gathered dozens of times the number of ships of the expeditionary fleet, and after a decisive battle at sea, the Imperial fleet still won, but after that battle, the Imperial ships were broken with zero damage!

During the battle, the Empire lost two Sea Soul-class ships, and one Sea King-class ship was almost seriously wounded.

This change should undoubtedly ring the bell for the Imperial military, but it seems that the Imperial military did not care, after all, the past achievements were too brilliant, and the enemy's overly large "fleet" also gave the military a justification.

Even elephants, faced with an endless stream of ants, may occasionally get bitten a few bites.

But Du Wei learned the truth of the matter through some "channels"!

Just a few days ago, after Count Raymond left Dìdū, Du Wei packed up the study left by Count Raymond and found some documents that Count Raymond had kept in the cabinet when he was in power...... Originally, those things were military data, but after the coup d'état, in the change of government, the management was inevitably chaotic, and some of the land data held by Count Raymond was not recovered by the military - or it didn't think that kind of thing was important.

Indeed, for the military, Nanyang is still a sheep that is slaughtered by itself.

But Du Wei read those materials a little earlier, and learned about the battle that broke the zero casualties of the Imperial Expeditionary Force three years ago, and found a lot of differences!

First of all, the United Kingdom of the South Seas seems to have mastered some basic land tactics, although they are simpler, but they have indeed stepped into the category of "tactical" lands.

The other side led the Imperial Fleet to a sea area that was very favorable to them for a decisive battle! It was a narrow sea area between two small islands, and on the small islands on both sides, those natives of the South Seas actually set up a batch of catapults!

Those rudimentary catapults have a very low hit rate, but they are far away, and on the islands on both sides, they can just cover the narrow sea area between the islands! And the low hit rate is not a problem, because those Nanyang natives simply have the idea of a decisive battle with the Empire! The catapults on both sides are almost indiscriminately "covering and attacking" the two sides of the melee on the sea area! Among them, the Sea Soul-class warship where the Empire lost was hit by the catapults.

Even on top of the information, it is also indicated from certain signs that the other side has also learned simple tactics such as "outflanking the back road" and "detouring on both sides"!

These people are no longer the natives who can only use earthen canoes and spears and swords! Nearly a hundred years of oppression have made them build a civilization of their own, with a strong military quality!