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It's no wonder that Catarina is furious, you know, the lack of flying units has always been the weakness of the Rigner pirates, and if you want to make a difference on land, how can you do without flying troops?

On the Jadami continent, which she regarded as her next target for conquest, whether it was the Sun Sect or the Moon Sect, whether it was the Dragon Clan or the Dragon Hunters, or those dark elves who were in their own right, there were all kinds of flying troops, and no matter which force she chose to attack, it was inevitable that she would have a fierce battle with the other party in the air.

And the formed air warship equipped with magicians, giant crossbows and archers is naturally expected by the ambitious Catarina, with the unique magic wand of the pirates, she will have unparalleled magical firepower in the sky, except for those dragons who are not afraid of magic, she does not worry about the enemy's ordinary flying troops.

And with the amazing shipbuilding capabilities on the Rigner Islands, in a few years, she will have an army of formed air warships, and at that time, she will use the air warships as a fortress, she will use magic and crossbows to sweep the skies of the Jadami continent, and use the bombing tactics pioneered by the Alliance Army to bombard all the fortified castles in front of her in front of her, so that the pirates can escape the confines of the sea under her leadership and set foot on the solid continental land.

For this reason, she also put down her body and flattered the dragons of the Jadami continent in a good voice, trying to persuade the dragons and pirates to form an alliance, if the dragons can be on her side, her conquest will be more certain.

But now, the performance of the air battleship is so unsatisfactory, the bulky life is like an old and incapacitated beast, slow to move, inconvenient to turn, such an air battleship Catarina does not need to think about it, and when it comes to the battlefield, it can only be worn alive by the enemy using the advantage of speed and numbers.

"Be as fast as you can, at least faster than the one I brought back! The steering must be flexible! Our opponents are all those who come and go! The hull of the ship should be as strong as possible, and the enemy mage would not be blind to such a large target! Also, the firing holes should be more located and the fire should be more intensive! Also, why is there no shooting hole on the bottom of the ship? This is not the sea, there is no water at the bottom of the ship! In case the enemy's magic comes from that position, how do you want our magicians to intercept it? I asked you to dismantle the warship I brought back, not so that you could blindly copy it! It's about improving! Do you think the Coalition guys are going to honestly stop manipulating the ship? It's just a bunch of rice buckets! What a disappointment for me! ”

Viciously firing at the pirates responsible for building the air warships, Catarina angrily left the shipyard under the escort of a group of pirate technicians who were scolded by her and bowed their heads and did not dare to say anything, and only on the return carriage did she open the documents sent by the guards.

After carefully reading the contents of the document, Katarina couldn't help but wonder in her heart.

The famous Bracada Mage Kingdom actually took the initiative to show favor to the Rigner pirates?

"The sun is coming out in the west!" The pirate princess muttered to herself, "What does that old monster Magnus want to do?" ”

Nothing to do, the truth of either treachery or theft Catalina is very clear, Bracada and the Rigner pirates have always been friends and foes, and some pirates at sea have a friendship with each other's navy does not mean that the high-level leaders of both sides also regard each other as friends, so Bracada took the initiative to show favor this time There are some unknown purposes.

Katarina pondered for a while, and then decided to talk to the other party, because she quickly linked the abnormal behavior of the Bracada side with the fact that Chen Jian's alliance navy was about to enter the southern waters of the Elasia continent, and the Bracada navy had suffered a big loss at the hands of Chen Jian, and she knew that Chen Jian's air warship was snatched from the Bracada army, and she could guess that maybe this time, Bracada felt the pressure of Chen Jian from the sea, so he asked for pirates?

Of course Katarina is willing to do something that can secretly make Jian Chen suffer some losses, otherwise, she will not let the news of the alliance navy taking over the southern waters of the Erathia continent early, so that the navy of the Erathia Empire and the Bracada Kingdom can be prepared, she doesn't want Chen Jian to sit big on the sea, and she doesn't want to see Chen Jian invincible on the Erathia continent, even if this trend is unavoidable, she has to try to make this process slower, the pirates are not ready to deal with such a powerful enemy.

And no matter what Magnus's purpose is, Catarina thinks that she will not suffer anything in this negotiation, it is not so easy to use pirates, and if you want pirates, you have to show good faith with enough benefits.

Katarina even decided to make a trip herself.

From Jian Chen, she got the air battleship, and from Bracada, what could she get?

In addition, whether it is the Bracada Mage Kingdom or Chen Jian's Hammondale Race Alliance, they are all forces with air warship technology, and this battle between the two sides at sea must be indispensable to the appearance of air warships, and the pirate princess thinks that if she can observe this unprecedented naval battle up close, see how the warring sides use air warships, and what special tactics they have, they will definitely be able to learn a lot of things, and these things will definitely be of great help to the future conquest of pirates.

It was also a good opportunity to get a closer look at the true strength of Jian Chen's alliance navy, and Katarina had always been curious about what kind of scale and combat strength Chen Jian's navy had, and what kind of strange warships and tactics it had.

And in addition to these two sides, there is also the navy of the strongest country on the continent such as the Erathia Empire in that sea, and how will the empire's navy respond to an enemy with advanced technology? Will they have some surprising way to restrain the enemy's air warships? This is also very informative.

After making up her mind, Katarina immediately lifted the curtain of the carriage window and whispered to one of her cronies outside: "Natasha, you go back at once, let the ship be ready, I will go out tomorrow!" ”

The middle-aged female pirate named Natasha couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when she heard this: "Do you want to use that ship?" Without the main fleet? It's too risky! Your Royal Highness, where are you going? And it's only been a few days since you've been back, and Your Majesty will be unhappy! ”

Katarina smiled faintly and said, "It's okay, don't we have a main fleet patrolling the waters in the western part of the Erathia continent?" I rushed over to meet them! Father's side, I'll say it myself! ”

Seeing Catarina's confident appearance, Natasha said no more, answered, and sped up and left.

Seeing Natasha disappear, Katarina lowered the curtain and fell into deep thought again, and after a while, the corners of her mouth hooked up a faint smile: "Jian Chen, Jian Chen, I hope your navy won't let me down, it's good if it's really that strong, otherwise, I'm afraid I won't mind taking back that sea area again, and I won't mind snatching a few more air warships and those weird battleships without sails from you!" In Negan, I can't do anything about you, at sea, you don't want to give me a chance! ”

At this time, the First Fleet of the Alliance Navy, which made Katarina unforgettable, was halfway through its journey at sea, and soon after, the Alliance's Admiral Sylvia was going to command this fleet to leave the Crescent Moon Strait and enter the edge of the southern seas of the continent.

In the Crescent Moon Strait, the Alliance Navy once used its body as bait to lure and annihilate the combined fleet of the Rigner pirates in this area in one fell swoop, which was a glorious achievement, but it was not the Navy's own record, and Sylvia has always been haunted by it.

"If we had these warships in the first place, how could we have allowed the pirates to chase them so far and finally have to ask the President for help?" Returning to the old place, Sylvia was overwhelmed with emotion, and beside her were Talhill, the only necromancer in the Alliance, as well as Huey, the magician, and Miles, the goblin who defected to the Alliance from the Bracada Navy.

There are almost no generals in the alliance army who are proficient in naval warfare except for some old departments of Sylvia, the size of the navy is getting bigger and bigger, and there is a shortage of manpower, Sylvia saw that Huey and Miles are both usable talents, so he promoted the two and asked them to help him take care of the affairs of the First Fleet, Chen Jian has never objected to the use of generals, as long as he has the ability and is loyal enough, everything is easy to say.

Huey and Miles are now determined to follow Jian Chen, everything in the alliance is so attractive to them, there is no prejudice in Bracada, there is no disdain for the navy in Bracada, there is no rejection of other races in Bracada, everything is so beautiful, full of hope, and can command such a different navy as the First Fleet, the two former Bracada naval officers who have been at sea for so many years are excited, only occasionally when they think that they may become enemies with their old colleagues, they will be a little melancholy.

After sailing at sea for so many days, some of them were so calm, and the few admirals had nothing important to do during the voyage, so after completing the daily affairs and training on this day, Sylvia simply took the other three to the deck to fish to relieve boredom.

Although the admirals were engaged in leisure activities, the topic of conversation was always habitually inseparable from business, and soon, the four of them talked about the battle that the First Fleet was about to face.

"Huey, which side do you think we should fight first? The Elasia Empire? Or Bracada? Sylvia, who had just caught a big fish, was busy changing the bait, and asked Huey on the side, after these days of observation, she found that Huey was indeed a capable guy, and it was a bit condescending that he was not valued in Bracada back then.

Huey smiled faintly: "My lord, it depends on whether you want to knock out the hard bones first, or make a name for yourself first!" If you want to knock out the hard bones first, you must first deal with Bracada, who may also have air warships, and if you want to make a name for yourself and expand the influence of the alliance, you must first deal with the famous Erathia Empire! But personally, of course, I prefer to fight the Erathia Empire first! ”

Tarhill suddenly interjected at this time: "My lord, I also think that we should fight the Erathia Empire first!" Didn't the President say that? Persimmons to pick up soft pinch! Let's save the hard bones for the end, the easy ones will be fought first, and victory will make our soldiers more confident, and then we will take advantage of the great victory, and then smash the hard bones of Bracada in one fell swoop! And I think the president's strategic purpose this time is to demonstrate, and under this premise, we should fight the Erathia Empire first! ”

Tarhill's words made Sylvia laugh out loud: "Well said, Tarhill, you have grown a lot!" Alright, let's fight the fleet of the Erathian Empire first! But you have to remember that we must not make the first move, and we will fight back after the emperor ** makes a move! Otherwise, neither I nor the President will have broken our promise to Her Majesty Celin! ”

From the full name of the alliance, it is not difficult for everyone to see what kind of special feelings Chen Jian, the current Negan King, has for the Hammondale region, coupled with the conflict of ideas and interests, between the alliance and the Erathian Empire, sooner or later there will be a war, and this kind of contradiction is not something that can be resolved by Catherine's request at the beginning.

What's more, even if Jian Chen had the intention not to be an enemy of the empire, the objective situation of the alliance would not allow him to do so, and in today's increasingly expanding alliance, there are many times when Jian Chen can only move forward involuntarily with the general trend.

And the empire obviously will not have the idea of peaceful coexistence with the alliance, in the eyes of the empire, Chen Jian's identity will always be just a defected lord, and the relationship between him and Catherine, his behavior of digging the corners of the empire by the angel clan, and the attachment of Catherine and other generals such as Christine, make the imperial regent Kendall unable to sit idly by.

These things, not only Chen Jian himself knows it, like Christine, Sylvia and others are of course also clear, these former imperial generals are not pedantic people, they know how to workaround, otherwise they would not have joined the alliance in the first place, naturally they know whether there is a need to abide by this promise to Catherine, they are now loyal to Chen Jian, it is the alliance, not the empire that no longer has Catherine, so Sylvia will have such a thing today.

Huey and the others, who didn't know about this matter, were confused and didn't understand what Sylvia's last sentence meant.

At about the same time, on the other side of the sea, on the continent called Enros, in the Iron Fist Castle in the imperial capital, Catherine, the former Empress of the Erathia Empire and now the Empress of the Enlos Empire, was silently reasoning about what was happening in the land that gave birth to her and raised her.

For Catherine, the days in Enroth are peaceful and happy, but they are also boring, her identity, everything she has done on the continent of Erathia has made her a guard against the courtiers of the Enlos Empire after returning to Enlos, those nobles and ministers support Roland's restoration, but they do not welcome Catherine's return, they are very worried about whether the capable queen will suddenly want to become the empress of the Enroth Empire one day, under such pressure, in order not to make Roland difficult, Catherine had to choose to return to the ordinary, Except for Roland, who took the initiative to consult her, she never took the initiative to participate in the affairs of the empire.

But in addition to her husband and children, Catherine was really bored and panicked, after so many busy years, she was not very suitable for this life of idleness and solitude, her son Nikolai had grown into an excellent young man during her absence, he had to learn all kinds of knowledge in order to become a qualified or even outstanding ruler of the empire in the future, Roland was also very busy, there were too many things to be dealt with by the emperor, and neither of them had much time to spend with her.

So Catherine took reasoning about the trend of the continent of Erathia as her greatest entertainment.

She asked Roland to help her make a huge sand table of the Erathia continent in a certain room in the castle, and then personally marked various intelligence materials of various countries and forces on it in detail, and through her previous spies and spies who were secretly distributed in various parts of Erathia, she kept obtaining various information about the Elasia continent and deducing the situation on the continent.

The reason why she kept such an intelligence force in her hands and did not give it to Kendall was not because she didn't want to let go of the Erathian Empire, but because as the queen of Enroth, she felt the need to help her husband understand the important things that happened on another continent, and the information she obtained, after reading it, was sent to Roland intact.

Of course, Roland did not object to this, Roland was well aware of his wife's feelings for the continent, but the noble ministers were quite critical of this, believing that her deduction of the situation on the continent of Erathia showed that her ambitions still existed, but Catherine was very tough in this matter, and went her own way, and turned a deaf ear to those criticisms.

While Sylvia and the others were chatting at sea, Catherine was betting her eyes on the sand table representing the location of the Tethalia Swamp.

"The rain is about to stop, it's about to start, Kendall, are you really sure you can win? You're underestimating necromancers, aren't you? They had gone to such great lengths to grab a swamp that was not of much strategic importance to them, and had been searching for so long, so it was clear that there must be something quite important to them, and how could they take the defense there lightly until they had achieved their goal? You're too underestimated this time! ”

"And do you think you're in the swamp and you're only going to have one opponent like a necromancer? Your sluggishness is infuriating, Magnus has been secretly fighting with necromancers for a plan since I was still in Erathia, how could Magnus let go of something that could make necromancers so tight? Look, he has started to rectify the navy, to say that this is just to deal with Jian Chen, it would be too naïve, maybe he will start to get involved in Tytalia, when the time comes, what should you do in the face of your nominal allies on the battlefield? ”

"And don't you realize what kind of favorable situation the situation in Titalia is for Chen Jian and Farouk who are flying the banner of racial equality? Farouk didn't say anything, with Jian Chen's eloquence, how could he miss such a good opportunity? Kendall, Kendall, in your mind, is Jian Chen so worthless? I'm afraid you'll regret it in the future! Jian Chen is a more formidable enemy to the Empire than Magnus and the necromancers! With Negan, if Tytaria is also in his hands, Jian Chen's wings will be even fuller, and when the time comes, who will be able to stop his chariot? ”

The room was silent, except for Catherine's worried self-talk echoing through the empty room, and she always kept everyone apart when she was doing the deduction.

After a sigh, Catherine moved her gaze to the spot marked the southern seas of the continent.

"Kendall, at sea, you can't win against Jian Chen, the Rigner pirates returned from Negan, and now they are retreating from Jian Chen at sea, what kind of strength does Jian Chen's navy have, it can be seen from this, you still want to use a makeshift fleet to defeat Jian Chen at sea? It's too much to overwhelm......"

At this moment, a soft sigh suddenly interrupted Catherine's self-talk.

"Even if you're so worried, you can write a letter to remind him, no, why sigh here? Seeing you like this, I feel very uncomfortable! ”

The familiar voice and concerned tone made Catherine understand that the person who came was her husband: "No, Roland, I will not do this, because I have already decided not to interfere in all the affairs of Erathia, I am just a bystander now, let everything take its course, if the empire really can't survive, it can only mean that the empire is no longer suitable to exist in this era of change, the problem is not only with Kendall, but also with the empire's own system, a letter from me can't change anything!" ”

As she spoke, she turned around and looked at Roland, who was slowly walking towards her, "And I'm afraid, I'm afraid that once I really start meddling in these things, I won't be able to control myself and return to Erathia again!" That's not what I'm supposed to do right now! ”

Sighing again, Roland didn't say anything more, just silently walked to his wife's side and hugged her gently.

After a long time, Roland spoke again: "Catherine, don't go on like this, come and help me, don't care what those noble ministers say, your talent shouldn't only bloom in this room, my empire also needs your talent, come and help me, let our empire not repeat the footsteps of the Erathia Empire, we should leave Nikolai a strong empire!" Isn't it? Your unfulfilled wish in the Erathia Empire will be fulfilled in our Enlos Empire! Don't forget, you are the Empress of the Enroth Empire, and you have the duty and responsibility to revitalize the Empire! ”

Because of Roland's words, Catherine was completely stunned, and then, tears began to slowly well-up in her eyes, but her face was smiling.

"Damn it, Roland, you've moved me!"

(The two chapters were sent together, 6,000 words, a new month, sincerely ask for a monthly pass!) ）V