Commander Lewis looked back at the magic airship that disappeared into the distance, and turned to look at Earl Russell beside him, with a slightly confused look on his face.
"Lord Russell, this place is more than two thousand kilometers away from the Principality of Standing. No matter how fast the magic airship is, it is impossible to get a reply from Xu Yi within half an hour, right? What are these guys from the New Flying Chamber of Commerce? What are you thinking about?"
Earl Russell was still staring at the direction in which the magic airship disappeared, as if he wanted to keep it in his sight. When he heard Commander Lewis's question, he shook his head slightly and said seriously: "General Manager of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce" There will be some weird things happening. Since they said they can contact Xu Yi within half an hour, it is possible no matter how far away they are."
"You really admire the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce."
Commander Lewis shrugged, thinking that Deputy Chief of Staff Russell was a person in the Candela Imperial Navy who was known to have great respect for the New Flying Chamber of Commerce. It seemed that in his eyes, the New Flying Chamber of Commerce was omnipotent.
"This is a fact." Earl Russell withdrew his gaze and stared at Commander Louis with a solemn expression. "I have personally seen many magical things created by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce. If you don't pay enough attention to it, you will definitely suffer a big loss."
Commander Lewis chuckled, obviously not believing it.
However, he was too lazy to argue with Russell, the nominal commander, on these issues. After thinking about it, he asked: "Lord Russell, you said... why did the Imperial Military Department arrange this operation?"
Earl Russell glanced at him: "Why do you ask?"
"The Kingdom of Luersun has no so-called navy at all, and it has no ability to transport supplies by sea. The only one capable of doing so is the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Our action this time is not a clear target against Xinfei. The Chamber of Commerce. I'm very surprised. How can we get some military magic machines through cooperation with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce? How come we have to deal with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce? "
"How do I know what those big shots think?" Earl Russell responded lightly.
Seeing Count Russell's cold response, Commander Lewis couldn't help but feel a little bored.
After turning his head and looking at the twelve magic ships of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce in the center of the sea in the distance, which were surrounded by his own ships, Commander Lewis couldn't help but smile.
The performance of the three frigates sold by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to the Candela Imperial Navy far exceeds that of traditional wooden ships. They are hot commodities that all fleets in the Candela Imperial Navy are in demand.
But the Candela Empire's navy has a limited budget. It is impossible to purchase a large number of frigates from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Secondly, if they want to buy them, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will not provide them with much, so until now, the Candela Empire Navy still only has the three frigates purchased for the first time.
And now in front of Commander Lewis, there are ten frigates and two large cargo magic ships that are coveted by countless people who want to engage in maritime transportation.
After a while, as long as the new aircraft merchants let them board the ships and search them, the Candela Empire Navy will look for opportunities to control these magic ships in one fell swoop and bring them into its own hands.
Because the main person responsible for this operation is their Candela Imperial Navy First Fleet, and the First Fleet was originally the main fleet of the Imperial Navy. So if nothing unexpected happens, even if not all of these captured magic ships will be allocated to the First Fleet. More than half of it will pass.
If more than five frigates and a large cargo magic ship can be allocated, Commander Lewis can be sure that the strength of the First Fleet will be greatly increased.
Although Earl Russell reminded Commander Louis out of caution that the New Flying Chamber of Commerce's transport fleet might not succumb so easily, Commander Louis was not worried at all.
No matter how powerful these frigates affiliated to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce are in combat, it is impossible to break through the encirclement when faced with the current encirclement of more than a hundred Thunder-class warships.
What's more, they also have two heavy and large cargo magic ships as burdens, so it is simply impossible to escape together.
One of the reasons that really makes Commander Lewis the most confident is that he is very convinced that Xinfei Merchant's subordinate fleet does not dare to resist at all.
No matter how fast the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has developed over the years, and how advanced the technology it now possesses, they are still just a mere chamber of commerce, so how dare they go to war with the strongest Candela Empire on the continent.
Thinking of this, Commander Lewis looked at the ten steel warships on the sea in the distance that looked golden because they reflected the sunlight, and couldn't help but smile with joy as if he was seeing a treasure in his hand.
He wants to order these ships!
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Half an hour can be said to be fast or not, but it can be said to be slow but not slow either.
The sun that was originally hanging overhead just slipped slightly to the west in the sky, and there was a black shadow in the sky far to the west approaching quickly.
After a while, the black shadow turned into a fast-flying magic airship.
Seeing the appearance of this magic airship, the sea that was originally very quiet due to the confrontation between the two sides suddenly seemed to become lively.
Everyone's eyes were focused on the magic airship, watching it fly over one of the large cargo magic ships in the New Flying Chamber of Commerce fleet, and then slowly fall down.
Director Aldrich and his two deputies, who had been waiting at the landing pad of the magic airship for a long time, quickly walked over and waited for the door of the magic airship to open before rushing in impatiently.
A middle-aged man wearing the uniform of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce Guards was preparing to rush out from the side of the magic airship. Several people were caught off guard and almost bumped into each other.
Director Aldrich was shocked and stepped aside. When he discovered that this man was Ulysses, the captain of the magic airship, he immediately asked: "How is it? Has the president responded?"
Ulysses nodded; "Yes. We flew to the nearest communication point and got in touch with the President through the magic communication network. After reporting the situation here to the President, the President gave a clear Order."
"What is the order from the President?" Director Aldrich immediately asked.
Ulysses glanced around and winked at Director Aldrich. Get off the magic airship.
Director Aldrich understood. Follow Ulysses. Enter a closed room on the Magic Ship.
Only then did Ulysses take out a magic call box from his arms and saluted Director Aldrich.
"I recorded the President's order, you can listen to it yourself."
Director Aldrich nodded, took the magic call box, and skillfully found the play recording button on it.
The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce fleet sails on the sea all year round, and it is very difficult to obtain direct orders from the top brass of the Chamber of Commerce.
Later, Akali came up with a way to use the magic circle used by the magic communication network with slight improvements. It has the function of recording sound and then playing it through the magic call box.
The commands passed in this way will be clearer and more intuitive, and difficult to imitate, and this can be done at any time as long as the magic airship can be released into the magic communication network currently laid out by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.
Compared with before, after a fleet entered the Endless Sea, it was often unable to contact the Chamber of Commerce for a long time, resulting in many orders not being delivered.
After Director Aldrich pressed the button, the familiar Xu Yi's voice sounded from the magic call box.
"Director Aldrich, I now formally issue an order to you as the president of the Chamber of Commerce."
Upon hearing this, Director Aldrich straightened up involuntarily. Make a posture of listening attentively.
"The transport fleet and escort fleet under the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce are all important and indivisible properties of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. They represent the interests of the entire Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and cannot be violated by anyone or any force. I order you to reject the Candela Imperial Navy An unreasonable request. If the Candela Imperial Navy attempts to use force, I will give you the right to fight back or temporarily retreat depending on the situation."
Director Aldrich was stunned upon hearing this.
What does the president mean... is he planning to completely ignore the requirements of the Candela Empire Navy, and even to... counterattack
God be upon you! Is the president crazy? He actually wanted to launch an attack on the regular army of the Candela Empire!
Director Aldrich twitched the corner of his mouth and looked at Ulysses opposite him, only to find that the expression on his face was more normal than his own.
But the strange look in his eyes showed that he didn't understand the president's order.
After waiting for a while, Director Aldrich found that the recording ended here, and the president did not give further orders or instructions.
"Ulysses, what do you think?" Director Aldrich turned off the magic call box and asked Ulysses hesitantly.
"Don't ask me, you are the commander of this fleet." Ulysses said.
Director Aldrich couldn't help but cursed, grabbed Ulysses by the collar, stared into his eyes, and shouted in a low voice: "Fuck the damn commander! Tell me, What should we do now? The president must be crazy, he actually asked us to attack the Kandra Empire Navy! Doesn't he know that this is equivalent to declaring war on the Kandra Empire? "
Ulysses glanced at him and said coldly: "The President certainly knows this better than you."
"Then what does the president want to do? Does he really intend to declare war on the Candela Empire?"
"I don't know. What the president wants to do is not something I need to care about. I only know that the president has given an order, and the only thing to do is to carry out the order."
Seeing Ulysses' expressionless face, Director Aldrich was stunned for a moment, then spat hard.
This Ulysses belongs to the Chamber of Commerce Guards, and he has always been instilled with the concept that the orders of the president come first. He and Ulysses are arguing about this issue, which is basically playing the piano to an ox.
"I… "
Just as Director Aldrich was about to speak again, he suddenly heard a loud noise outside the ship, which made the small room buzz.
Director Aldrich's expression immediately changed.
"Damn it, those guys from the Candela Empire started attacking! Why didn't they say anything first!"
Director Aldrich was about to rush out of the room, but was grabbed by Ulysses.
"What?"
"Director Aldrich, please make a decision immediately. Should we fight back, or should we retreat?"
Director Aldrich was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand vigorously: "Nonsense! Give me full firepower! Kill these bastards from the Candela Empire!" (To be continued...)