It wasn't until the sun rose that the Chesapeake finally sailed into Plymouth Bay and anchored at St. Nicholas Island. Due to the large waves in the area, there are reefs under the surface of the sea. As a result, Plymouth Bay is mostly accessible by small vessels, while larger warships enter the harbor using a Z-shaped track. It would be difficult for catamarans to maneuver in such waters, so they simply did not enter the port, and relied on small boats on the side of the board to transfer passengers and cargo into the port.

In the past, ship owners, passengers and people in port would smile from the bottom of their hearts. The crew and passengers were relieved that they had finally arrived safely away from the shadow of the Dragoons, while the people of Plymouth were glad that business was booming, at least the hotels, brothels and casinos were well fed.

But now the people on board the Chesapeake were silent, and the crew who came to unload the cargo did not see the return of the Shannon, and looking at the dejected atmosphere on board, it was somewhat clear what had happened to them at sea. Almost every household of these sea-dwellers had men begging for a living on the ships, and perhaps any of the warships had their own relatives on board. Infected with the oppressive air, they also carried out the transshipment operation in silence.

Either way, it's always good to arrive at your destination safely.

"Finally...... Finally set foot on the ground!!"

Gloria stood on the dock, the shaky feeling had not yet subsided, but she was already crying with joy. The young knight, who grew up in the inland countryside and worked with wheat fields, windmills, and irrigation canals all day long, once took the Zeppelin to overlook the ocean from the air, and after experiencing the sailing and seasickness by boat, she didn't even have the strength to complain. Diana on the side was not much worse. With tears in the corners of his eyes, he didn't know what to say when he was moved.

Roland and Bell's cousins were much better, they had already traveled from place to place, many of them by boat, and had long since passed the stage of surviving the whole voyage on seasickness medicine. Compared to the 10-metre altitude in the North Sea, last night's sailing was smooth and smooth, but their mood did not improve as their feet stepped on the ground.

The aftermath of last night's shock is still lingering in his heart, and the shocking images linger in his heart, but for Bell, that's all. A sea monster that cannot communicate with it and unilaterally ravages humans. It can be said to be a natural disaster. It is no different from tornadoes, tsunamis, or earthquakes. Rather than focusing on what the human intellect cannot change, it is better to focus on what can be touched in front of you to be realistic.

For example, St Andrew's Church in Plymouth and the like.

The exterior is not very outstanding, and there is nothing special about the style, decoration, and layout as a whole. Compare with the cathedral of Ymir. It even looks a little shabby. But in the middle of a large stretch of low-rise bungalows. The tall St. Andrew's Church is still a striking sight, in addition to its height and volume, the roof of the church is underneath the Holy Cross and the St. Andrew's X-cross. A striking mark made up of the letter E and a cross aroused the interest of the heretical inquisitors.

It was the hallmark of the National Church of Albion, ostensibly under the leadership of His Majesty the Pope like other monasteries, but according to private rumors, this so-called National Church, headed by Queen Elizabeth and believing in teachings similar to Huguenot, was an outright heresy.

In addition to resolving the looming diplomatic crisis, Bell was also tasked with visiting the National Church of Albion for heresies, reporting to Emir, and then deciding on the future foreign policy course of the Holy See.

Compared with the scattered and unstable Huguenot, Albion, which is isolated abroad, is more concerned by the Pope. Of course, the Pope does not want a Charlemagne who controls the hegemony of the continent, but Albion, who has sufficient overseas resources, has sufficient strength to interfere in the situation on the mainland, and believes in heresy, makes it even more unacceptable to him. It was only fitting that the experienced and impartial Christine Bale could not have conducted a covert investigation.

Retracting his gaze from Bell, who was carefully observing his surroundings, Roland sighed softly.

Roland had no interest in religious struggles, and the church throughout the ages had been tainted with too many worldly entanglements of interests, and he was not concerned about religious wars that could be fought for all kinds of real or unrealistic reasons. Unless one day Li Lin decided to use peanuts for headshots to treat religious people, he would come out and interfere, and other than that, he had no intention of getting involved in internal disputes in the church.

What upset him was the "sea monster" last night.

Although the camouflage was handled meticulously, relying on mechanical knowledge and a little intuition, he still judged that it was a submarine at the first time. And the only one who can build and use such advanced ships is the defense forces.

If this is the case, it can be assumed that last night's actions were a rehearsal for a naval engagement.

Operations to disrupt the enemy's lines of communication are collectively referred to as breaking engagements. Breaking up engagement at sea is a form of this mode of warfare at sea, with the purpose of cutting off or obstructing the enemy's replenishment of combat materials and troops from overseas, restricting the mobility of its forces at sea, and weakening its combat capability.

In the past, the cruising warfare proposed by the defense forces was also a kind of sea-breaking engagement, in which large warships and floating warships coordinated and cooperated, patrolling around the ocean, waiting for opportunities to attack the enemy's transport ships and escort convoys, annihilate the enemy's relatively weak combat strength, destroy the enemy's loading and unloading ports, and block the passage of the enemy's ships. Now, it seems, they have found another, more powerful form of broken engagement – unrestricted submarine warfare.

Compared with warships on the sea, underwater submarines can quickly and covertly approach the target to attack. In the absence of means to deal with underwater targets, it is also very difficult to find and sink submarines, because the sea water itself is an excellent protection, whether it is shells or magic, it will be blocked. I remember when I was in the military academy, the instructor explained that during the landing war, he specially demonstrated for them how to deal with the protection in the face of stall fire, when the instructor used a 7.92mm general-purpose machine gun to shoot at the water surface in the glass pool, but the bullet did not penetrate the water tank, but was flattened, shattered, and quickly incapacitated and sank to the bottom. As can be seen from this case, the existing means are of little use unless it is a new weapon specifically aimed at submarines.

Last night's attack was both a rehearsal for submarine operations and a punishment, and anyone who dared to carry out smuggling activities behind the back of V.E and damage the company's interests would be relentlessly attacked. Then, public opinion is manipulated to portray these attacks as sea monsters, so as to force merchant ships to form groups to act, increase logistics costs, reduce the competitiveness of potential opponents, and strengthen the monitoring of logistics destinations and the dynamics of various countries.

All of this is just hypothesis, and there is no convincing evidence to prove it, and at least Roland cannot explain why the submarine only attacked the Shannon, but spared the Chesapeake, which should have been eliminated first, which is fundamentally contrary to the principles of submarine warfare.

As he struggled with the question, a tsunami-like crowd poured toward the docks. (To be continued......)