Power and Empire Chapter 2511: Falcon falling (21)
The heavy bow of the ship separates the sea from both sides, one by one, the waves fend off, hitting the wreckage of the nearby southern battleship, forming a piece of white foam, the black smoky sea, and the battle of Hyland is approaching. At the end, in the light of the fire, the wrecks of the southern battleships were burning. On the sea where densely packed wood planks and sailor corpses were floating, the tops of the masts were flying the Imperial Navy warships with the falcon flag with black gold and blue bottom. , Like a pack of wolves full of food and drink, driving into this hell-like sea, the black smoke is so thick that even the sun in the sky is blocked, leaving only a hazy frizzy ball, with The cold light shines on this sea area
Standing on the bow of the Imperial Dragon-class battleship, I don’t know if it’s windy or cold. The Imperial Navy Secretary Dusterenkai tightened his collar tightly. This battle is finally complete. With mental arithmetic and unintentional, coupled with relying on the heavy fog in the Hytland area, the 200 Imperial Navy took the initiative to launch an ambush with more than 300 ships. In the end, more than 200 ships were sunk and injured in the combined fleet of the Southern Navy. The area just in front of you is the wreckage of seventy or eighty battleships. As the fog disperses, the area where the first encounter with the ship's shelling is also revealed. The hulls of the warships are intertwined with a magnificent and tragic picture on the sea. In the picture, this is the biggest naval confrontation since the establishment of the Imperial Navy.
"Report to your majesty, everything is going well!" Dusterenkai took a deep breath, turned around, and swept across the sailors on the deck who were cheering for victory with a smile. God, the empire mobilizes three-quarters of its naval power. The emperor uses hundreds of thousands of armies as bait. All he wants is this victory. For the imperial navy, this battle really established the first position in the inner sea. , From now on, twenty years, even thirty years, the inner sea will no longer have the power to challenge the imperial navy,
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief!" The navy staff left with a jealous expression,
Hyland victory report was delivered in the afternoon. Fatty was examining a report sent from the Ministry of the Interior on requesting the promotion of hydraulic textile machines.
Since the trade route between the Empire and Central Bialand is stable, the textile technology from Central Bialand has perfected the hydrodynamic spinning machine that had been in its embryonic form. The empire’s craftsmen improved it again on this basis. Textile machinery, now the empire is already stretched out in the cotton fields in the northwest, so the Ministry of the Interior specifically proposed to expand the cultivation of cotton fields in northern Gaul, similar in geography and climate to the northwest of the empire. With the cotton field problem, there is also the fine iron stock in the empire. Problems have also arisen. The iron ore collection of the empire has always been the backbone of the empire’s military industry. With the rapid expansion of the empire’s commerce industry, the low collection of minerals and the large export and use of minerals have caused the empire’s fine iron stock to continue. It would take two to three years for this problem to be revealed, but there are no information about Lisbon trustees and the frantic purchases of fine iron by the major chambers of commerce, which immediately magnified this problem. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Empire, if The imperial military industry continues to maintain its current scale. After five years, the imperial weapon forging industry will have a lack of fine iron. Similar reports, the Ministry of the Interior has sent many reports, each of which makes the fat man dumbfounded. /
"What a vast area, vast land and rich resources, are all deceptive, but when I look at it, my eyes are full of tears!"
The fat man murmured and put down his report speechlessly. The territory laid by the empire is not small, and the resources are not abundant. However, there has just been a little productivity improvement, and red lights are immediately lit everywhere. Why? , It’s not that productivity has increased, but the resource collection technology has not been improved. The empire went south and north to develop industry and commerce and opened up the magnificent east-west trade roads. However, the improvement in resource collection technology is quite small. The improvement of collection technology is something that can only emerge after years of experience. However, the empire has only been established five or six years ago. What improvements can be made? It is said that since imperialism came into this world, the whole body was dirty. How cruelly plundered the resources of backward areas in the early stage to support itself, now it seems that this is also a helpless move. When the productivity is increased, the domestic resource output will become a success. If the problem is solved, the original fragile balance will be difficult to maintain. The problem cannot be solved by self-production. What else can be done besides grabbing? It’s no wonder that the so-called business empire, the last way out one by one is to build colonies everywhere to plunder resources
"Come here, bring the document sent by the Eero Empire!"
The fat man shouted to the door that the empire had established the first colonial-like port in the south, that is, the Kailo port of the Eero Empire. The establishment of a colony was not so urgent in the eyes of the fat man. For the colony The appearance of the prototype, Fatty looks more like a bystander, but now it is different, three to five years, if the resources can not keep up with the development of the empire, the empire’s economy will suffer the most severe halt, and the empire needs a large number of colonies. More resources are needed, otherwise the economic system built by the empire will crack until it collapses! The fat man put the report in his hand heavily on the table, rubbed his swollen temples, and got fucked. The resources in northern Obaro are basically in the hands of the empire, or even more desperate, he wants to promote it. The process of empire ignores the most basic law of balance.
Soon, the guard at the door walked in with a document and placed it on Fatty’s desk. Fatty let the guard go down and opened the document. His gaze scanned the document with a certain dignity. There was a map in the document. A hand-copied version of a map, with curved lines, outlines most of the southern coastline. This is a gift from the Erot Empire to the Falcon Empire. With this coastal map, although it is not sufficiently detailed, it is The empire’s exploration of the South China Sea still plays a pivotal role
The fat man knew that the Erotians sent this coastline map may not be a good intention. Although the Erot Empire is a large southern country, there are only a handful of outlets in the inner sea area, and they are not good locations. The southern continent is also The outlets at one end are in the hands of the Kingdoms of Aden and the Kingdom of Harvey. The Erot’s coveted meaning of going to the south to the outlets on the other side is almost overflowing from this map. This map is marked with comparisons. Detailed coastal routes, ports, and even large and small islands near the coastline. This is not a task that can be completed in a short time. It can be seen that the Erotians’ exploration of the southern coast did not happen overnight. Can choose the inner sea, and now the outlet of the inner sea is controlled by the empire. The Erotians hope that they can bring disaster to the east and introduce the imperial naval power into the southern sea. Only by shaking the inherent pattern of the southern sea, the Erot empire will have the opportunity to fish in troubled waters. , Make an exit to the sea! , Is to join forces with the Eero or to find other ways? This is a multiple choice question before the empire
Now, just look at the result of the Battle of Hyland! Fatty’s hands overlapped in the report. He was already planning to stop at the Inland Sea on the spot. Because of the problems within the empire, Fatty had to consider the new strategic adjustments of the empire. If the navies of the southern countries were hit hard this time, then the imperial navy Southward is also a good choice,
In the southern part of the Istan Empire, the sea water hit the shore and made a rustling sound, like a white line rising and falling. On the embankment of the Port of Doria, rows of sailors from the Southern Navy, their faces were cold. Watching a huge southern navy warship slowly sinking into the sea in the distance, the side armor of the broken warship has several obvious big holes. Because of the water entering, the warship's hull is already tilted and can support it. Here, it is already the limit of this warship,
Robbennis stood under the golden attraction and watched the Fezer Navy’s flagship finally disappear on the sea level. His expression was extremely complicated, and the setting sun in the distance was bloody. Until now, he couldn’t know why the imperial navy didn’t. I would accurately find the position of the fleet in the Hyland waters. At that time, the fog was so big, not to mention that I found it hundreds of meters away, but I thought it was not clear at 50 meters, but the volley of the Imperial Army showed that at that time The Imperial Army can at least vaguely see the position of the fleet, otherwise it will not hit the side of the fleet at once, directly causing the battle to be drawn into the most out of control situation. Thinking of the scene of a warship exploding in front of and behind itself at that time, this The veteran sailor who has been floating at sea for twenty years also shuddered. The difference in combat power between the southern navy and the imperial navy is too great!
Three days ago, three hundred and seventy imperial navy combined fleets pulled out from here. At that time, the warships were gathered and the sails obstructed the sky. All the navy sailors believed that this battle was bound to win, but now , Everything was destroyed. The biggest battle of the southern navy was in the Hyland area called the Sea of Fog. Most of the unknown was sunk,
Except for the rear team commander Robbennis who decisively ordered the fleet to evacuate, part of it was preserved. None of the 111 warships of the front team escaped. The 147 ships of the squadron were damaged. Only a handful of eleven wrecked ships returned, two of which were no longer able to stop as a port, just like the ship that is sinking into the sea in front of the New York Yomu, which is the Southern Navy. One of the three heaviest heavy warships in the tonnage, has always been regarded as the pride of the Fazer Navy. It is the seat of King Fazer. This time, because of physical reasons, King Fazer did not go north with the fleet, but The commander placed the royal flag of the Fazer royal family on the bow of the New York Yomu. During the battle, this heavy ship was only able to save the warships of the same team. But now, that side represents glory. The flag of King Fazer, who was missing from the explosion, was left with only a half charred flagpole, which was rapidly being submerged by the sea as the hull of the warship tilted
"Your Excellency Robbennis, this is the order of the base camp, please come with us!" Several officers in Fezejun uniforms appeared behind Robbennis with serious expressions, and one of them took out the base camp. The order book, several other people presented a fan, sealing all directions of Robbennis,
"Please take the road" Robbennis glanced at the sunset-stained sea for the last time, and turned around calmly, regardless of where he was going to be taken, because Robbennis already knew his destiny The navy was defeated. Among the three naval generals, only one of them survived. So many people died, battleships were lost, and he was not dead. How can the sailors be convinced, and the commander who ordered the fleet to leave immediately before the full war began. , And no one will come out to intercede. Since it seems that the person is Officer Fezer, he knows that his King has acquiesced in this matter.
This time, I won’t come out alive. I don’t know why, Robbennis feels unusually calm. There is no gunpowder here, but the scene of the navy fleet being sifted into a sieve by the thunderbolt of the storm is already deep. It was printed in his mind. As a navy, it was lucky to be able to see this in the last stage of his life.
At the base camp of the Southern Army, King Harvey, who came from the south, was angrily questioning the King of Ikal, "Is it just because of fear that he ignored the lives and deaths of 200,000 southern soldiers and ordered the army to eat!"
King Harvey’s anger is about to lift off the top of the tent, and the navy’s sneak attack has failed ~IndoMTL.com~ For the coalition army, it is quite bad news, which shows that, besides rescue on the road now, There will be no second way. In the southern coalition base camp, there has been a debate about whether to continue to move closer to Istanbul and Kyoto. Although the 200,000 imperial army appears to be caught in the middle, there are 400,000 coalition forces in the front. No one would think that it is a good idea to attack an imperial heavy army cluster with Thor and imperial heavy ballistas. Even if it can be broken through in the end, the price will be extremely high. The Six Nations Allied Forces , Who is willing to suffer this loss, especially the new weapons that the Imperial Infantry has just shown, the explosive bombs that can be thrown out like balls, have been raging in the coalition forces, facing such an imperial force armed to the teeth, Who dares to take the lead?
"This is not fear, but prudence. It is a disadvantage to enter easily. The example of the navy is already there...!" The king of Ikal pointed at the map without showing any weakness, and said loudly, "Here It is already on the edge of the Great Plains of Kyoto in Istanbul, and further forward is the terrain of Pingchuan. Once you encounter the imperial cavalry group, you and I will be the souls of the horses!"
"Cavalry!" King Harvey's face changed. He really didn't think about it. At this time, he was reminded that the sweat on his forehead fell off, and the first-line combat force of the coalition forces suffered heavy losses in the Lulan area. Now, all the infantry who followed the base camp were the imperial army. King Harvey thought that the imperial army was too big and just let him flanking him up and down. But after hearing the words of King Ikal, King Harvey did not move. I feel a hint of danger from here, (to be continued) [This text is provided by Qihang Update Team@沃林主治]