1918 The Empire's Counterattack (2)
The deck of the flagship of the Frye detachment was in shambles, and the Dragon-class linen dish gun in the bow of the flagship had been completely scrapped after Frye's frantic firing of 11 shells in a row, and the red barrels slammed into the sea with a squeaky and scorching sound.
"Is it over?" The bearded Frye leaned on the base of the bow main gun with a dejected face, looking at the sky with a dull gaze, as the most fierce battle of the Falcon Empire fleet, the Slanted Frye fleet fell into a chaotic battle after quickly blocking the salvo, and completed the task of attracting the enemy's attention and taunting the enemy very well, creating a good opportunity for the North Sea Fleet to raid,
The Tiggel detachment on the other side of the Frye fleet also took the opportunity to cut into the diagonal line at the same time, which made the entire attack line of the Alien Navy unconsciously deflected, like a school of fish that was stretched out, and was finally bitten off by the vicious wolf of the lurking North Sea Fleet.
But as the object of the Strand Navy's frenzied fire, the flagship of the Frye detachment was completely damaged, the deck was full of large holes punched by catapults, the upper deck was broken, the sails on the mast made a whirring sound in the flames, the ropes were blown around by the sea breeze, the ship's side was broken, the tail rudder was shattered, and the sturdy Dragon-class hull was irreparably damaged.
"Commander, the hull is skewed and strict, we can't hold on any longer, we need to abandon the ship" The adjutant limped to Frye, who was sitting on the deck, and the burning smoke filled behind him, "Abandon the ship, bastard, who gave the order, have you ever seen the commander of the Imperial Detachment who abandoned his flagship?My Arya will never sink!" Frye jumped up like a rabbit with its tail burned, gritting his teeth and wanting to bite "Yes...... It was the order given by Lord Dustrenke, who said...... "The adjutant had an ugly face, and he wanted to speak, and everyone knew that the commander was short-tempered, but he was afraid of Dustronik.
Sure enough, hearing that it was Dustrenkay's order, Frye's angry face calmed down a little. In a muffled voice, he said, "What did the adults say?"
"If you don't abandon the ship, he will send a handsome young man to your house...... He said that only one medal is enough for the dead, and it is more important to take care of the living......" The adjutant hesitated,
"Bastard! Shameless!
Before the adjutant could finish his sentence, Fry was already angry and scolding, he had just given birth to a daughter, and named his flagship after her, and his wife was still very young, Dustrenkai could be said to have hit him in the death hole, and walked into the lifeboat in despair. Frye stood on the lifeboat and watched as the huge hull of the Dragon-class battleship was gradually swallowed by the sea, turning into a huge whirlpool
"The flagship sent a signal, stop the pursuit!" The Imperial Navy fleet that received the order began to stop, and in front, the Strand Navy, who was in a desperate strike posture with sharp arrows, also seemed to sense something, "It seems that it has worked!" The young man standing on the first Poseidon flagship looked ahead and began to slow down. The Falcon Empire Navy fleet, which had given up the pursuit, muttered that if you open the picture on the battlefield at this moment, you will find out. The confrontation between the two navies presents a concave arc, and although the Falcon Empire Navy fleet is in the upper hand, it can be found that most of the Falcon Empire Navy's dragon tooth warships are damaged. And the entire queue was completely dispersed in the pursuit, and in the face of the already regrouped Strand fleet, the risk of continuing the pursuit was too great "We are saved!"
Everyone on the deck of the battleship Alien breathed a sigh of relief. Cheering loudly, everyone thought it was over, the southward was a tailwind, and after turning the bow of the ship, it was a headwind, although the roulette of the Strand battleship could drive in a headwind, but it was definitely not the opponent of the Falcon Empire Dragon's Tooth-class rowing battleship with two rows of auxiliary pulp like a huge sea crawler, if he still blindly escaped just now, I am afraid that no more than one-third of the northern ports will be able to recover in the end,
"The enemy has stopped the pursuit"
The adjutant was next to him, looking at Stink with adoring eyes, "Shall we fight back?
The young commander shook his head, "I have done my best to force the enemy to stop the pursuit, and I have no strength to fight anymore." To match the rhythm of the enemy's breathing, our side also retreats!" The battleships on both sides began to distance themselves, as if two beasts of prey had fought each other, and they began to have a trace of respect for each other
"Commander, a flag message from the other side!" the adjutant's expression became tense again,
"Translate!" Stink waved his hand, finally no longer standing on the bridge under pressure, the responsibility of taking on a fleet is really not as enjoyable as driving a warship at will when he was a pirate, but the feeling of being under the attention of thousands of people is really a little nostalgic,
"Then I'll read it!"
The adjutant nodded, he himself was born as a flag speaker, and just by virtue of his eyesight, he said word by word, "The sneak attack of the Sea Country, the Imperial Navy will remember it in its heart, and it will be returned several times, blood for blood, and tooth for tooth, this is the purpose of the Empire, Dustrunkai...... Over!"
Dustrunke...... Navy Slaughterer, is this a threat?"
Stink's expression of joy darkened, his eyebrows frowned slightly, he was not an ordinary person when he said this, but the commander-in-chief of the Falcon Imperial Navy who defeated two imperial navies in a row and caused the sea country to also suffer heavy losses, compared with a small character like himself, the other party's words were enough to cause the sea to roll, the strength of the Falcon Imperial Navy was eye-catching, if it wasn't for the fact that he was forced to let go and gamble, I don't know what the current situation is!
"What to do?...... Do you want to talk back?" the adjutant asked, turning his head.
Stink shook his head, "No, no, it's the captain's business to reply, and the other party probably won't expect us to reply." Send out a small boat, and try to save as much as you can!" "On the smoky sea, by taking advantage of the darkness, the Alien fleet began to withdraw, and the Falcon Empire Navy began to close its queues, in fact, both sides were exhausted, and the sea battle on the southern coast of Gangfei ended in the sunset.
The number of people who participated in the battle was 157 Falcon Empire warships with 27,000 sailors, and 228 Strand Navy battleships with 36,000 sailors. This was the first major encounter between the Imperial Navy in the Inland Sea region, and according to the battle damage report, the Falcon Imperial Navy lost 7 Dragon's Tooth battleships and 2 Dragon-class capital ships. The loss of more than 1,100 sailors, the heavy losses of the Strand Sea Kingdom, the four Poseidon-class warships that participated in the battle sank three, the other eighty-seven warships of various types were sunk, one hundred and fourteen ships of different types were damaged, and the loss of 17,000 experienced sailors. After this battle, the barrier to the Empire's access to the Inland Sea was completely opened, and a new era opened in front of the Empire.
In the afternoon dusk when the air was dry, the fat man picked up a copy of Wen Jiàn from the table and threw it to the Duke of Putao in front of him, "Look at this." Just say if there's anything you need to adjust."
"This?" Duke Putao picked up the text in confusion, opened it and looked at it, the whole person gasped, and exclaimed, "Your Majesty, is this going to make the inland sea completely churned?"
"Tumbling? can be understood in this way!" the fat man smiled slightly, "This time the Imperial Fleet has taken the opportunity to go deep into the Inland Sea, and has completely controlled the Gibro Seaway, and the Empire has established a solid support point on the other side of the Seaway, and now wait for the naval battle report, if the Alien Navy is defeated, the Imperial Navy can be regarded as completely opening the door to the Inland Sea." I have ordered the Imperial Ministry of the Interior to issue the latest Merchant Shipping Decree, and from now on, the Empire will lift restrictions on the Inland Sea, allowing any merchant fleet to enter the Inland Sea. For the sake of safety, these merchant ships need to complete some simple modifications in the southwest area, such as equipping them with the necessary weapons! It will also be a rare golden period of development, and Putao will soon undergo earth-shaking changes as a duke's palace. The necessary advance notice is still required!""The Empire completely let go of the Inland Sea, this ...... How many merchant ships have to go south!"
Duke Putao's eyes lit up, he had seen the scene of thousands of merchant ships juxtaposed in the port of the southwest region, and the dense masts of merchant ships were not an exaggeration to call it a forest.
And that port is just one of the port groups in the southwest region, there are rumors that the total number of merchant ships of the Falcon Empire is nearly 20,000, which is an absolutely terrifying number, but the Duke of Putao is convinced of this, thinking that the merchant ships of the Falcon Empire, which are as dense as locusts, are swarming into the inland sea under the release of restrictions, Duke Putao feels that his whole body is boiling,
With so many merchant fleets on the coast of Putao as a special point, the goods of the inland and open seas will increase several times more than they do now. In this environment, Putao has really become a veritable golden place!
"Just after winter, some merchant fleets are still on the mainland of the Empire, and conservative estimates should be between seven thousand and eight thousand!"
The fat man looked at the blue sea outside through the window, was slightly silent, knocked his hand on the map of the inland sea spread out on the table, and said with a sly smile on the corner of his mouth, "But this should be enough to keep the Aliens busy for a while" "Aliens?" Duke Putao's face was full of confusion, the empire allowed such a large scale of merchant fleets to enter the inland sea, does it have anything to do with the Aliens?" Alien is known as the Sea Country, and he hasn't torn his face before, and the empire must have certain qualifications to enter the Inland Sea, and at least it needs to be above the third level of the Business Alliance" The fat man nodded affirmatively "Now that his face has been torn, there is nothing to scruple about" The fat man licked his lips The Aliens have been operating in the inland sea area for hundreds of years, and their strong foundation can not be shaken in a short World War, and the empire does not have so much energy to fight a protracted war with such a country, the foundation of the sea country is in the inland sea area, and the impact on the inland sea trade circle with a huge number of merchant fleets can at least shake its hegemony! In a few years, the so-called sea country of the Alien is a fragment! “
Duke Putao said cautiously, "As the overlord of the Inland Sea, the Aliens are very familiar with the situation in the Inland Sea, and I have also heard that this time the Aliens have joined forces with the Gang Fei Empire and received a lot of material support, and the Gang African Army is paired with the Strand Navy, which is definitely a headache in Central Europe Barrow!" "According to Dustrengke's command ability, there is no need to worry about this! On the contrary, the Duke's Palace may be busy,"
The corners of the fat man's mouth twitched slightly, the results of the naval battle had not yet come out, and it was naturally impossible for him to tell the Duke of Putao the secret of the mobilization of the Imperial North Sea Fleet to follow the lurking, and the confidence on his face stood up and came to the window, his eyes looked around, and finally his eyes fell on a large transport ship in the distance, the imperial reinforcements that arrived in Putao from the southwest region were coming down from the deck, and this time 20,000 troops were transferred from the southwest region again, so that the empire's troops in the Putao area reached 100,000, and the 200,000 troops of the Gangfei Southern Army on the opposite side reached one to two,
"So......" a hint of worry flashed across Duke Putau's face. If there is no problem with the naval battle, the next step is the land war, although the Putao area as a large rear is no longer what it used to be, but it is still very stressful to fully supply an empire-level war, the falcon army of 100,000 people, just the food consumed is a huge number, it is estimated that the Duke's Palace must press all the grain obtained last autumn, and the Duke of Putao is still thinking about exchanging these grains with the merchants for some useful specialties, such as slaves from the southern Fetzer and the like, "Don't worry." The Duke's Mansion won't bear it all!" The fat man's eyes swept over the embarrassed color on his face, knowing this guy's cowardice, and sneered, "The Burrows family wants to break away from the Duke's state, but the contribution of intelligence is completely insufficient, and this time most of the military supplies are in charge of the Burrows family" "I heard that the Borrows family sent a special envoy to the Inland Sea countries a few days ago to persuade these countries to support their establishment! This should be His Majesty's instructions!" When the Duke of Putao heard that there was no need for the Duke's Mansion to bear the burden, he immediately smiled,
The fat man nodded, and said in an affirmative tone, "Not bad." The naval battle shattered only the barrier of the Inland Sea, and it was the Inland Sea Masters who really decided who was the master of the Inland Sea, or these Inland Sea States! The Empire's counterattack was not only the trade line, but also the alliance that the Aliens were proud of."
"Bang bang!" there was a knock at the door.
"Come in" The fat man stood at the window and shouted to the door, and an Imperial guard hurriedly walked in with a pure blue report, looking like he had been running all the way. Putting the report in his hand respectfully on the table, he panted and shhh I know, put it there" The fat man nodded, waved his hand to the guard, and his face was calm without a trace of fluctuation, "It's an urgent report from the navy!"
Duke Putau's gaze stopped on the report with a pure blue cover, and he swallowed a mouthful of saliva in embarrassment, doesn't the Vekia Falcon know how many people's eyes are now focused on the south coast of the Gangfei Empire? The Falcon Empire's navy is overwhelmed, and it can be called a miraculous frontal assault in seven days to capture most of the ports in the south of Gangfei, and the sharp blade of the Alien navy is also full of all kinds of conjectures, whether it is a-for-tat or a surprise attack, or the roulette wheel breakthrough that the Strand Navy is best at, this is like a suspenseful puzzle Now it's time to unravel the mystery, "Your Excellency the Duke wants to take a look?" The fat man smiled slightly on the other side and made a gesture of please, "This...... Of course......" Duke Putao's face was embarrassed and he wanted to refuse, but he couldn't resist the temptation of this battle report related to the entire Inland Sea pattern, and he hesitated to stretch out his hand, and saw that the Vekia Falcon on the opposite side really didn't say anything, so he cautiously opened it,
Swept at a glance, although he was already mentally prepared, Duke Putao's face was still stunned, his eyes were bulging, and sure enough, the Strand Navy chose the best fighter that appeared, but ...... How is it possible, the Inland Sea Overlord Strant Navy was actually severely damaged by the exhausted Falcon Empire Navy in the case of an active surprise attack, and the number on "sinking nearly 100 warships and capturing more than 2,000 Strand Navy sailors" shocked Duke Putau
"More than two thousand captives!" Duke Putao saw that there was only enough air to breathe, as a country that used to have a good relationship with the Sea of Alien, the Duke knew very well what it meant to be able to fight against the Alien Navy and be able to obtain more than 2,000 prisoners, this battle at sea The Aliens must have suffered a miserable loss,
Under normal circumstances, the number of people killed in naval battles should be more than five times the number of prisoners, from which it can be deduced that the losses of the Aliens were more than 10,000, and for the entire country with a total population of less than 700,000 and about 50,000 naval sailors, the loss of more than half of the first battle has not been recorded for many years.
On the other hand, the Falcon Imperial Navy, although seven Dragon's Tooth battleships and two Dragon-class capital ships were sunk, the number of Dragon's Tooth battleships in the Imperial Navy exceeded one hundred, and the number of Dragon-class capital ships had already exceeded thirty
Duke Putao sighed gloomily, "In this battle at sea, the Falcon Empire's navy can be said to be a complete victory! Closed the report in his hand, gently put it on the table, and secretly felt pity for the Aliens in his heart, the news of the defeat of the Alien Fortunately, the news of the defeat of the fleet will soon spread throughout the entire Obarro like an earthquake, once the naval myth of the Sea Country is broken, the special status of the Alien will also end, plus the Falcon Empire has taken both sea and land aspects, and the scenery of the Aliens has come to an end
"This is a precursor to the advent of a new Inland Sea era, fortunately, the victory is the side of the Falcon Empire that he relies on, the door of the Inland Sea has been opened, the Empire is ready to enter the Inland Sea, if his own Putao region does nothing in the face of such an opportunity, it will really be a shame on the ancestors, and my Putao people have also been the ones who conquered the sea!" "Your Majesty, there are still some urgent matters in the Duke's Palace" Duke Putao felt that he could no longer sit still, and stood up to say goodbye to the fat man (to be continued......