Chapter 67: Combined Fleet
Da Liang then contacted Xu Man: "I have entrusted the construction of 220 dhows to four shipyards in Pudong, Chongming, Baoshan, and Nanhui, and they will be delivered in two days. The Pudong Fleet would support a small fleet of two three-masted and five-brigs. How will this battle be fought? ”
Imagining the scene of these 200+ dhows being built together on the shipbuilding position, Xu Man was already excited and couldn't help himself. This is arguably the largest fleet in the entire Western Pacific, and in two days it will be in its own hands.
"With 220 sloops, my sea strength will surpass the invading Combined Fleet of Lords in one fell swoop. Our strategic goal should no longer be limited to destroying them, but should be counterattacked. We will deal with them as they do to us.
The Sun and Moon Divine Territory is too close to the Dragon Star Territory, so we will first take the Dongyue Territory and bombard their legion garrisons, forcing them to sign an alliance with us.
Then let's see if we can sign a treaty with Tianyu Ling, the third territory of the Eastern Three Alliance, in China.
In this case, our north will be safe for the time being, and the south will not be able to go, so we will run the maritime trade between the north of the mainland, the Korean Peninsula, and the Japanese region, and we will be able to get rid of the blockade imposed on us by the lords. ”
Da Liang, who was acting with the Black Fire Fleet, replied: "You make a big strategy, and I only have to fight." ”
"Okay, let's make a battle plan now, you can check it at any time with your own authority, and let them change it at any time if there are any shortcomings."
"Got it."
While the Blackfire Fleet was on the move, the three-masted battleship "Skeleton Warrior" on Flying Dust Island entered the formation of the Blackfire Fleet.
Da Liang entered the bridge of the "Skeleton Warrior": "Sidney, kill chickens with a knife, this time you are dealing with rookies, you rest first, this naval battle is under my command." ”
"Yes, sir."
The Skeleton lowered its flagship, and the Skeleton Warrior then raised its flag high.
On the sea, five two-masted battleships fanned out in front of the fleet, and two three-masted battleships were side by side, and the entire fleet headed in the direction of the ruling station.
The sound of artillery gradually came, and the outer guard ships of the Lords' Combined Fleet had appeared on the sea ahead, and above the port where the ruling was stationed in the distance, the air forces in battle could be faintly seen.
Instead of letting the Blackfire Fleet continue to approach the engagement area, Da Liang stopped at the periphery of the Lords' Combined Fleet's warning area.
A fleet under the banner of the Pudong Fleet appeared in the northern seas, and the combined fleet of lords immediately stopped attacking the Judgment Legion station.
The air force returned to the fleet and landed on the brigs that had come with the fleet. The warships that had entered the harbor of the bay also withdrew, and the fleet formed a garrison facing north.
"Boss Fei, the Pudong fleet is coming, are we retreating?"
The arrival of two three-masted battleships and five two-masted battleships put a lot of pressure on the lords, and for the current combined fleet of lords, the Pudong fleet was a real behemoth.
Shi Fei, who was sitting in the three-masted battleship "Yinglong", the flagship of the Lord's Combined Fleet, also received the news that the Pudong Fleet had sent a small fleet, and he said to the lords who were thinking of retreating: "The system navy will not interfere in the battle between players, this is just a fleet that comes to monitor." If the Pudong Fleet were to attack us, it would definitely not be a fleet of this size, and as long as we didn't extend the scope of the battle beyond the Judgment Legion's station, they wouldn't intervene in the battle. ”
The fleet that sailed over stopped outside the warring sea, as if it also confirmed Shi Fei's words, and there was no intention of intervening in the battle.
The lords calmed down, but someone else said to Shi Fei: "Now that the Ruling Legion has obtained a large number of flying troops, we have no advantage in the air battlefield, and I am afraid that we will not be able to lure Da Liang and his archangel out if we continue to fight like this." In addition, I think that Da Liang sent his flying troops, instead of directly letting the archangel solve the air battlefield, I guess we have seen our ambush for him. ”
Shi Fei agreed: "I also think that Da Liang has seen our arrangement for him, but what can we do." Their fleet has been wiped out by us, and without the use of the archangel, he is helpless against our fleet by the air forces. We are guarding the sea area of Shangjiang, and the university alliance cannot run business, and we will lose face by blocking it, and the internal will naturally be unstable.
If Hunting Hongshang wants to maintain the University Alliance, he can only negotiate with us, accept my conditions, and drive the gold coin trading market out of Shangjiang City.
Through this national war, it can be seen that the University Alliance and Da Liang are the thugs of the five major gold merchants, as long as the cloud lord is not on the side of our lord, we are on the passive side in the cooperation with the gold merchants.
The Yunxiao Leader in Shangjiang makes us too uncomfortable, and we can cut off our north-south shipping channel at any time, this is the sharp knife that the gold merchants have stuck in our lord, if I don't pull it out, I will not be able to talk to the gold merchants on an equal footing, and I will eventually become a thug who makes money for them. ”
Shi Fei's words were recognized by all the coastal lords.
In the gold coin war, the lords can be said to have lost extremely badly, and the good form was buried by the gold merchants and Da Liang, and finally for the reputation of the guild and the territory, they had to get on the chariot of the national war, and fought a nest battle for the gold merchants' money-making plan on the border.
It's really a loss for my wife and a soldier.
Now although the lords have resumed cooperation with the gold merchants, they can feel the arrogant attitude of the gold merchants as victors, and the pricing power is completely in the hands of the gold merchants, in order to get low-priced gold coins, these lords who lead hundreds of thousands of players have to pretend to be their grandsons and force a smile.
Therefore, the lords also held a very grudge against Da Liang and the University Alliance, which were close to the gold merchants.
So the scramble for gold became a fuse.
With a reason to start a war, the lords of the Chinese region, who had legion garrisons along the coast, under the leadership of Shi Fei, immediately sent their respective fleets to attack the University Alliance.
This time, we must teach the University Alliance and Da Liang a hard lesson, so that they and the gold merchants know that whoever has the strongest army in this game is the boss.
If the university alliance still wants to mix at sea in the future, it will drive the gold merchant's gold coin trading market out of Shangjiang City, stand with the lords, and fight against the gold merchants' exploitation of the lords in one camp.
The contradiction between the gold merchants and the lords made the lords very determined to conquer the university alliance.
And the most important legion of the University Alliance is the Judgment Legion led by Da Liang, and because the Judgment Legion is located close to the ocean, it has become the key target of the Lord's Combined Fleet.
At the same time, because Da Liang has an archangel, the lords and Shi Fei worked together to make a plan to kill the archangel.
It's just that this plan seems to have been seen through.