After a while, Yuan Fang opened his mouth and asked, "General Situ, how are the sea areas of each country divided?" How far does the sea extend? ”

Situ Muran replied: "The demarcation of boundaries is generally divided according to the extension of the boundary, although it is not very accurate, but it is not too much, and there are no good things on the sea, and occasionally the resources on one or two islands are limited, so there is generally no conflict for this, as for how far it extends, there is no specific statement." ”

The corners of Yuan Fang's mouth turned up: "In other words, it can be said that Changhuan Island belongs to our Eastern Saint Empire?" ”

Situ Muran was stunned: "This, I can't say this either, the location of the Long Ring Island is within the two borders of the east and west of the empire, but it is more than two hundred miles away from the coastline of the empire, whether it counts or not, it is difficult to say." ”

Yuan Fang smiled: "In other words, if we insist that Changhuandao is the territory of the empire, others can't say anything, right?" ”

Situ Muran nodded slightly: "You can also say that, Lord Yuan, you don't want to attack Changhuan Island, right?" ”

Yuan Fang couldn't deny it: "Since it is our land, of course we have to take it back, General Situ, we have about thirty ships now, if each ship is full of soldiers, do you think we can capture Changhuan Island?" By the way, are you sure that the islands around Long Circle are all pirates? ”

Situ Muran stood for a long time, and then he recovered from his shock, and said with shock: "Lord Yuan, Changhuan Island has been in the hands of Hengsha pirates for more than thirty years, and it is unbreakable by them, the coastline is full of all kinds of heavy weapons, and there are quite a few people on the shore, so it is not easy to capture Changhuan Island. ”

Yuan Fang said impatiently: "Just say it, with our strength, can we fight?" ”

Situ Muran Zhengse said: "If there is the assistance of Lord Yuan's air force, and there are enough ground troops, it should be possible to capture Changhuan Island, but it may pay a lot of price." Lord Yuan, although the geographical location is good, but their existence can deter the Japanese people, our current enemy is the Liusang Kingdom, is it necessary to spend energy to attack Changhuan Island? ”

Yuan Fang replied with great certainty: "It is necessary, absolutely necessary, instead of using pirates to deter Liusang, then why can't we control it, form horns with the Emerald Island, and cut off the route of Liusang's attack on our country?" Moreover, once there is Long Ring Island and Emerald Island, it will also be an indispensable and important transit base for the Empire to attack the Ryusang mainland in the future. ”

Situ Muran was horrified, even with Yuan Fang's so-called air force, it was unimaginable to be able to block Liusang's navy before, and it was simply whimsical to attack Liusang proper.

Anyway, Yuan Fang's imagination is beautiful, and it is also the dream in Situ Muran's heart, although Situ Muran is unbelievable, but he still hopes that all this can become a reality, these days of getting along, he feels that Yuan Fang is a very bold person, and has endless ideas and whimsical ideas to realize these ideas, and at the same time has the full support of the empire, maybe there will really be a day when he can hit the Liusang homeland.

After hesitating for a moment, Situ Muran thought that no matter what, it was worth fighting, so he said: "If Lord Yuan insists, the last general is willing to take the lead." ”

Thinking of the brand-new knives and spears that his soldiers were replacing with them, and then thinking about the heavy crossbows with longer range and better performance that were being replaced on the warship, Situ Muran also had a little confidence, so many years of training were not in vain, he didn't think that he would lose to others tactically, and the soldiers' combat effectiveness would only be stronger.

Yuan Fang smiled and said: "Forget the big head formation, I don't know much about naval battles, and I have to command you, so you first send someone to Changhuandao to find out the situation, and then we are deciding whether to attack there." ”

Situ Muran was ordered to leave, in the tent, only Yuan Fang, Sang Rou, Jieyue and Yu Jingqiu were left, and the others were either busy with other things or stayed in their respective tents to sleep and rest, Yuan Fang's safety was the top priority, and they had to be careful and take turns guarding Yuan Fang's left and right.

Yu Jingqiu looked at the chart and guessed, "Brother-in-law, what do you want to do around the island?" ”

Yuan Fang explained with a smile: "You have also seen the geographical status of the Emerald Island, which is not suitable for the construction of a harbor, but the Long Ring Island is different, and the geographical location is even more, which can effectively intercept the navy of Liusang, and it can be attacked and defended, which is an excellent place with unique endowments." ”

Yuzuki was surprised and said, "Brother-in-law, are you planning to build a military port there?" If that's the case, we have to drive away the pirates there, if we want to drive away the pirates, our maritime strength is far from enough, then we must use the air force, if this is the case, it is inevitable that the news will leak, if the Japanese know the strength of our air force, will they dare to come? ”

Yuan Fang shrugged: "Isn't it good not to come?" Attacking the Long Roundabout, firstly, the location there is really good, and secondly, it is also to take the opportunity to have a practical exercise to see how the combat effectiveness of the Air Force is, and then there is deterrence, deterring the Liusang Empire, so that they dare not invade and gain more time, and when we solve the Yuanhe Empire and the Ningyuan Empire, let's go back and clean up the Liusang people, M's, we have been bullied by them a lot over the years, and it is time to fight back, let them know that we are not easy to bully. ”

Sang Rou was enthusiastic, nodded vigorously and agreed: "Well, what my brother-in-law said is right, let them know how powerful we are." ”

Yuan Fang grinned: "By the way, how are the fog balloons and airships assembled?" When can I test fly? ”

Yu Jingqiu replied, "It will take about another day." ”

Yuan Fang was disappointed and said, "How many days have it been? Not ready to assemble yet? ”

Yu Jingqiu said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, you are too anxious, I have been to see it, and all the parts shipped are parts, and it is very troublesome to assemble." ”

Yuan Fang knew that this was the truth, and he had also gone to see it, those parts were scattered and could not be scattered anymore, so to speak, except that the airbag was a whole, the remaining parts all needed to be reassembled, the fog balloon was fine, there were not many parts, but the airship was different, the ropes and pulleys of the operating system were enough for them to be busy for a while.

Yuan Fang called Guan Xiaoyun and asked him to follow the transport ship back in a while, and mobilize at least 3,000 state troops near the military port to follow the next trip through the Emerald Island to standby.

The next day, Guan Xiaoyun came back early in the morning, bringing back 3,000 soldiers, but not the state army, but the most courageous heavy cavalry in the empire. When Chang Xun opened the tent curtain and came in, Yuan Fang was stunned for a long time before he reacted, and said in surprise: "I'll go, Old Man Chang, why are you here?" ”

Chang Xun's age is actually not very old, just over forty and less than fifty, Yuan Fang and Chang Heng are about the same age, a few years older, habitually feel that Chang Xun is very old and belongs to the elders, and the two are too familiar, Yuan Fang usually calls him General Chang on formal occasions, and today is really unexpected.