"Your Highness, urgent report." Tager hurried into the study.
This is the Wanghai Manor on Hilovas Island, Lorist's residence on the island. Twenty days after the rainy season, Lorist bid farewell to his five reluctant wives and came here with ease. Even as a sword master, when he left the Northland by boat, Lorist had a feeling of getting out of the cage. a feeling of.
If you want to blame it, you can blame it on Aristoli, a woman who likes to show off. Just after the rainy season ended, Lorist received a letter from the Barony of Dina, and Aristolly added another little princess to Lorist. In the letter, Dolly told Lorist that she named this lovely baby Ellie, and then, unsurprisingly, she was given the surname Dina. Prepare a generous dowry for little Yili...
Well, the letter from Aridoli made Princess Sylvia go crazy with anger. Apart from Diliana and Maria who are pregnant, the other two concubines Fennagalli and Daisy are also unwilling to let it go. , must give birth to a child for Lorist. After working hard all winter, it finally made Daisy pregnant, but Princess Sylvia and Fennagalli remained silent. Seeing that half of April had passed, Lorist got rid of the entanglement of the two of them and headed to Hilovas Island through the expedition.
There are so many women, it's so troublesome, it's really hard for Lorist to understand what those stallions who run a harem think. Taking childbirth as an example, Sylvia naturally hopes that her son will have a biological brother who can help in the future. After all, Anderbell is now the legitimate son of the Norton family. And the thoughts of Fenna Galli and the other four concubines are also very simple. They don't have any views on their children inheriting the Norton family in the future. They just hope that when they grow old, they will have their own children by their side. Lorist understands very well.
But having a child is not something that can be born if you want to. It depends on luck besides the negative distance communication between the man and the woman. Take the matter of men and women as an example, it is a wonderful feeling, once a day is exciting, Lorist is very relaxed and happy, twice a day is normal, Lorist can bear it, three times a day, uh, as Sword Saint Lorist Hold on. But living with rain and dew four or five times a day for more than half a year is a torment. Even if Lorist has a lot of money, good health and high cultivation level, he can't stand such torture. It's just that it's hard for Lorist to refuse the desire to have a child. Princess Sylvia, who is about to go crazy, has to cooperate with them to continue to enjoy the pain and happiness...
When he arrived on Hilovas Island, without a woman by his side, Lorist immediately felt that the sky was high and the sea was wide, the air was fresh, and his spirit immediately lifted. In the past, when I slept together, I only felt my legs and feet were weak when I woke up in the morning. Now I sleep alone and wake up in the morning. This made Lorist have to lament that the ancestors in the previous life were right, color is a bone-scraping steel knife. Fortunately, my brother finally survived...
When Tager entered the study, he saw Lorist leaning on a recliner, bathing in the April sunshine, squinting his eyes, half dreaming and half awake. The reason for being so leisurely was that these days were the tranquility before the war, and Lorist still had to wait until the arrival of the last batch of armed warships refitted from the Niujiaowan shipyard in Beihai City at the end of April before deciding where to go.
After the rainy season, Admiral Sambawood of the North Sea Fleet and Squadron Commander Tok still led fourteen Thunderbolt warships to sea in turn. Unfortunately, during this period of time, there were no patrol warships sent by the Armada, and there were even very few smuggling merchant ships. . The golden sea road from Zangjin Bay to the southern part of the mainland was unexpectedly quiet, and there was no more lively scene of thousands of sails racing back then.
This situation is obviously not right. Sambawood even ventured into the Golden Bay in order to spy on the military situation, but was driven out by the heavily guarded Fourth Squadron. As the head of the family's Volibear Intelligence and Investigation Bureau, Tagle was not idle, and sent someone to pretend to be a smuggler and sneak into the Golden Bay. It's just that after these spies were sent out, it was like disappearing into the sea, and no information was sent back.
"Hmm..." Lorist turned over and sat up: "Why, there is news from Zangjin Bay?"
"Your Highness, there is no news yet, but there is information from the Kingdom of Chigda that the First Squadron of the Armada and the 50,000 reinforcements from the Kingdom of Chigda have set off for the territory of the Chigda Chamber of Commerce, preparing to fight with the first squadron there. The Second Squadron converged, and then escorted a large number of merchant ships loaded with supplies back north to Tibetan Gold Bay.
In addition, according to reports from secret agents, the first and second squadrons of the Armada Fleet will go to the northern waters after they return to the Tibetan Gold Bay. The threat posed by the Gulf..." Tagle said.
"Is this information accurate?" Lorist's expression became serious. If this information is correct, then there is a good answer to the calm on the sea during this period. The Armada of the Business Alliance is holding back its big move and preparing to give the North Sea Fleet a good look.
This information told Lorist three things. First, the two squadrons of the Armada would join up to escort a large amount of military supplies, food, grass, and reinforcements to Zangjin Bay, instead of letting those transport ships go by themselves to prevent them from being captured by the North Sea Fleet. held hostage. There is no doubt that the amount of materials escorted this time will be extremely huge, which is crucial to the business alliance.
Second, the Kingdom of Chigda once again sent reinforcements to the Commercial Alliance. Three years ago, when His Royal Highness the Second Highness led an army of millions from the Antinak Kingdom to the borders of Armenia and Marivia Provinces in order to force the Commercial Alliance to sign a peace agreement, The Kingdom of Chigeda sent 50,000 reinforcements to the Business Alliance to fulfill the responsibility of an ally. Later, during that tragic retreat, the 50,000 reinforcements from the Kingdom of Chigeda were attacked by His Highness the Second Highness at night, and all of them were wiped out except for a few high-ranking legions who escaped.
Now the Qigeda Kingdom has once again sent 50,000 reinforcements to the Commercial Alliance, which also shows the determination of the Commercial Alliance to fight the Second Highness to the end. If effective measures are not taken to seriously injure the business alliance and make it unable to sustain, then this bloody war will continue until either the business alliance or the kingdom of Antinac falls.
The third point is that the Business Alliance has realized the threat that the North Sea Fleet poses to sea transportation and the Armada. They have made up their minds to destroy this enemy while the North Sea Fleet is few and few. The capture of Hilovas Island is to cut off the North Sea. The fleet's sea supply base makes it impossible for the North Sea Fleet to threaten the commercial alliance's maritime transportation and golden sea routes.
"Your Highness, the source of this information is very reliable. Back then, you asked me to send people to the Kingdom of Chigda to collect information about the great swordsman, Grand Duke Fausta. I sent two spies there. They traveled around the continent as veterinarians. , finally arrived at the Kingdom of Chigda, and stayed there. After the rainy season this year, they found that the first squadron of the Armada was preparing to sail, and that Grand Duke Fausta was about to lead his elite Firebird Legion to prepare for departure. .
So they asked acquainted officers to inquire, and got information that the First Squadron set sail to escort the Firebird Legion to the territory of the Chicod Chamber of Commerce, and joined the Second Squadron to go north to Zangjin Bay. So they bought a captain of the First Squadron on the pretext of wanting to go back to Morente City and arrived at the territory of the Chickard Chamber of Commerce by boat, where they got further information. After arriving in Morente City, they set out to capture Hilovas Island and destroy the North Sea Fleet.
So after confirming the date of the Armada's voyage, they paid a lot of money to buy a smuggling merchant ship and set off privately. On the sea road to Morente City, they happened to meet the cruise fleet led by Lord Tok, and they were informed of their mission. brought back. They reported that the two squadrons of the Armada will set sail on May 10th because of the need to raise supplies, and the size of the convoy for escorting supplies and reinforcements this time is nearly 800 ships..."
Tagle's words made Lorist gasp, more than 800 transport fleets full of supplies and reinforcements, plus two squadrons of the Armada, this is equivalent to more than 1,230 naval ships. boat. There has never been such a large fleet in the history of Galintia. Compared with the current Thunderbolt warships of the North Sea Fleet, there is almost a one hundred to one difference in numbers.
"This transport fleet must not be allowed to reach Gold Hidden Bay!" Lorist said. It is conceivable that if the business alliance gets these more than 800 transport fleets full of supplies and reinforcements, it will be like a chicken blood, and it is likely to form an overwhelming advantage over the Second Highness on the Mana Hill Plain. It will also directly defeat the noble coalition forces of the Andinak Kingdom. At that time, no matter how much the Norton family reinforces, they will not be able to turn the tide. They can't let the Norton family's armed forces go to the forefront to engage in a bloody and expendable battle with the business alliance...
"Genorio, send the guards to call everyone to hold a military meeting immediately to discuss countermeasures, and bring me another hundred gold fords." Lorist ordered.
Soon Genorio appeared in front of Lorist with five heavy black gold lace money bags, and such a black gold lace money bag contained twenty gold fords.
"Tager, please hand over this 100 gold points to those two dedicated intelligence investigators for me. This is an extra reward given to them by me, Patriarch Norton. I thank them for sending critical information to the family in time. The family Their contribution will not be forgotten."
"Yes, Your Highness, I will convey the reward and thanks to them." Tager replied with a bow.
"Okay, go and come back quickly, you also have to attend the military meeting." Lorist waved his hand, and then stood in front of the chart and began to ponder.
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the meeting room of Wanghai Manor was full of people, and all the people who came to participate in the military meeting were the captains and above of the North Sea Fleet. After Tagle reported the information about the Armada again, the big guest room was in chaos, and almost everyone was stunned by the information. With a large fleet of more than 1,200 ships, even if the North Sea Fleet possessed the bronze artillery as a long-range attack weapon, it would be impossible to destroy half of them as a target. Especially the enemy is not powerless to fight back.
Radical requirements for the North Sea Fleet to take the initiative to attack and continue to implement the sea wolf tactics, ants gnaw on elephants, add up to a lot, and count as much as you can eliminate. The problem is that the North Sea Fleet currently has only fourteen Thunderbolt battleships that can implement the sea wolf tactics. The other armed battleships equipped with bronze cannons are far behind the Thunderbolt battleships in terms of maneuverability and maneuverability, and they don't even have an advantage in speed. , There is no way to cooperate with the Thunderbolt battleship to implement the sea wolf tactics.
The more mature ones demanded to back down first, and do a good job of defending Hilovas Island to avoid being captured by the Armada. They believed that as long as Hilovas Island was kept, the destruction of the Armada of the Business Alliance would be inevitable if the delay continued. The fourteen lightning warships can continue to implement the sea wolf tactics to attack the Armada. I believe that the enemy's shipbuilding must not be as fast as ours to sink them. As long as we continue to destroy the enemy's warships, one day Tibetan Gold Bay will fall into the hands of our family like a ripe fruit.
Lorist patted the table impatiently, and the living room fell silent instantly. Lorist got up and reprimanded: "After arguing for a long time, you have all forgotten the most important point, that is, you must not let the transport fleet escorted by the Armada reach Golden Bay! If you let this huge transport fleet reach Golden Bay Well, with sufficient supplies and reinforcements, the commercial alliance might defeat the coalition of nobles commanded by His Majesty the King and approach the border of our family territory. At that time, what use is it for us to keep a Hirovas Island
Needless to say, I have already made up my mind that this transport fleet must be intercepted. Even if the entire North Sea Fleet is wiped out in a decisive sea battle with the Armada, it does not matter. Without the North Sea Fleet, our family can form a new one. new fleet. But this transport fleet is related to the final victory or defeat of our Antinak Kingdom and the Commercial Alliance. If the business alliance is allowed to burn the flames of war to the border of our family territory, then we will have to pay a greater price to drive the enemy back.
The enemy's fleet is indeed large, unprecedented in size. But everyone, don't forget that more than 800 of them are just merchant ships and cargo ships transporting supplies, and their armed forces do not represent a great threat to us. Our real opponents are nothing more than two squadrons of the Armada. Three or four hundred bronze artillery targets are nothing to be afraid of. And don't forget the five hundred bronze guns that are new to our North Sea Fleet. "
Lorist is right. In addition to the more than 300 bronze cannons for ships urgently manufactured by Master Sid, Lorist has already used the 200 bronze cannons and the artillery battalion commanded by Schwader for land warfare. Pulled onto the boat, these 500 cannons were the confidence for Lorist to prepare for the decisive battle at sea.
"Today is already April 24th. According to intelligence reports, the material transport convoy escorted by the Armada will depart on May 10th. We must not allow them to arrive at the final battle location with a smooth sailing. Sambawood, you continue to lead the Thunderbolt The fleet is headed to the territory of the Chicod Chamber of Commerce, and as soon as the enemy leaves the port, they will implement sea wolf tactics... "
Sambawood stood up: "Your Highness, there is a problem here. The Thunderbolt Warship cannot reach the territory of the Chicod Chamber of Commerce. It takes 17 days to get there from Hilovas Island. And our Thunderbolt Warship has only 20 mileage at sea. Days or so, along the golden coastline in the Sunny Seas, our family has no port to note... ”
The 20-day cruising mileage includes round-trip, er, according to the normal voyage, it is impossible for the Thunder Fleet to reach the territory of the Chickard Chamber of Commerce, unless it is gone forever.
Lorist laughed: "If not, we will build one by ourselves. It takes five days to go from Hilovas Island to Gold Hidden Bay, and one day from Hidden Gold Bay to El Niba Port. I am going to lead the refitted 16 Whaling ships and more than 60 large and medium-sized armed warships went to the sunny sea in front of El Niba Port, using it as a base camp and a place for decisive battles at sea. Your Thunder Fleet can get supplies there as a base for attack. "
"Your Highness, no, that's too dangerous. What if the remaining warships of the Fourth Squadron in the Golden Bay attack and harass us?" Samba Wood shook his head, not wanting Lorist to take risks.
"It's okay. At the end of the month, Uncle Torin will lead the remaining 40 or so remodeled warships back to Hirovas Island, and let him be responsible for monitoring the fourth squadron in the Golden Bay and transporting supplies. Time is running out, and the fighters will To turn it into a chance for victory, we must seize the time! Let’s just leave it at that, everyone go back and prepare, and we’ll set off immediately in two days!” Lorist made the final decision.
"Yes, Your Highness!"
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