Chapter 739: ?0 to rescue

For Xiamor, the leader of Yongye was very wary and prepared.
Not only did the lord Sean personally lobbied for him, but also took the opportunity to let Stupin’s messenger Captain Gordon, with the news that Captain Siamore led the team to join the leader of the Eternal Night and fled back to Stupin’s side. .
When releasing the landing personnel of the squadron, it is also selective.
Those who were released back were mostly independent pirate groups that were not from the direct line of Steuben. They had the lowest sense of belonging to the East China Sea, and when they were betrayed, the psychological burden was relatively small.
There are also some pirate regiments that have been captured by the Eternal Night Army and have taken refuge in the first step. The composition of the pirate regiments that have returned to the squadron is no longer pure, and a large number of Eternal Night soldiers have been incorporated.
This is of course to supervise and guide Xiamor.
Siamor knew this situation well and adopted a default attitude.
If Yongye Army leader didn't do this, he would suspect that there were ghosts in it, and he planned to use them as abandoned children!
The two sides are now in the first stage of contact, and both are cautious, looking for ways to coexist.
The captain of the Siamor fleet is preparing vigorously to attack the ports of the East China Sea.
Prince Leiden, who stayed behind in the Great Bay Islands, has also received a letter of help from Steuben.
"Father's handwritten letters, the two uncles have already seen it with their own eyes, I don't know how you think you decide?" Prince Leiden looked inquiring.
The object of his inquiry was Captain Bry and Chief Financial Officer Keynes.
Although Prince Leiden was only 21 years old, he showed extraordinary stability and did not make a decision rashly because of Steuben's letter of assistance.
"Has this letter of assistance been distinguished from the real?" Keynes' brows were already wringed.
"I have identified it. It is indeed by my father. There is a secret note agreed between us. It is Captain Cornell who sent the letter back." Prince Leiden replied.
"Is the situation really reversed like this?" Keynes still had strong doubts on his face, "It is clear that our fleet has the absolute advantage. Could it be a mistake?"
"Didn’t Your Majesty say that in the letter already very clear? We are still careless this time. We suffered the same loss as last time. The leader of the Eternal Night Army has a brand new naval weapon in the hands of our ballista. More than twice as powerful as the black powder barrel thrown by a ballista.
If there are such weapons, the number of warships is not advantageous.
Before the war, I had this concern. After all, it was the leader of Yongye who developed black powder. It has developed rapidly over the years. Maybe it can develop weapons more advanced than black powder. Without precautions, It is easy to suffer.
I once persuaded your Majesty in private to ask him to carefully consider the issue of sending troops to the Donau Plain.
His Majesty not only did not listen to my advice, but on the contrary he excluded me from the expedition, but he did not expect that my original worries would come true. "Captain Bray expressed this mixed emotion in his words, because he was very few people in the East Sea State who firmly opposed the military action taken by the East Sea State against the leader of Yongye.
Bray believed that they had limited understanding of the Yongye army leader. Many parts of this emerging power could not be described by common sense. Who knows whether they have squeezed any new weapons over the years, just wait for them to hit the door.
There was no market for this argument before, and Steubin couldn't listen to it. He thought that Bray was scared by the leader of the Yongye Army and planted the root of the disease on the Donao River.
Unexpectedly, unfortunately, he was quoted by him, the Yongye army leader did come up with a new type of weapon to restrain them.
It's just that this matter is related to the safety of the East China Sea, and there is really no way to gloat.
"We ignored the vision of our uncle. Here I apologized for my father to my uncle." Prince Leiden bowed his bow to Captain Bray sincerely.
"His Royal Highness does not need to be like this." Berry hurriedly evaded, "His Royal Highness is like this, but it makes me feel ashamed. I now understand it afterwards. At the beginning, I was just a guess without proof. The points are true, otherwise, I will definitely stick to it."
"Let us expose this matter. The most important thing now is, how do we face it? I have shallow experience, and I still need to rely on the advice of the two elders." Prince Leiden said earnestly, "My father The situation on the side must be terrible to the extreme, otherwise we won't ask for help!"
"His Royal Highness is very true." Fleet Captain Bray nodded, "Although we have established a nation, the fleet led by His Majesty is the foundation of our foothold in the East China Sea. If the main force of the fleet is severely damaged, our situation will change. It’s extremely difficult. At that time, not only will we have to face the threat of the Yongye army leader, but the islanders and natives who have been forcibly suppressed by us will also take the opportunity to rise up, so that we have no place here, your Majesty, we can’t just sit back and watch. ."
"The question is how to save it?" Chief Financial Officer Keynes frowned. "In this conquest of Donau Plain, Your Majesty has taken away two-thirds of the warships and most of the sailors. The remaining manpower and warships are stationed in various ports, and they are already stretched. , The indigenous islanders to the south have received news of the emptiness of our harbor and are now about to move.
Let us use our warships on our front feet to rescue them, and their back feet will rush into our villages, towns, and harbors to kill and looting. By that time, our ten years of hard work will be wasted! "
"Why don't I know the truth? The problem is that we can't take both sides into consideration now. We have to make certain trade-offs. Should we stick to the port or go to rescue your Majesty and keep the main force of the fleet in the future?" Berry asked in return. .
"Our port in the Great Bay Islands is important, and the main force of the fleet led by my father is also important." Prince Leiden pondered, "Let's make a compromise. Anyway, to rescue battleship sailors, we need to mobilize from major port cities. By the way, if the craftsmen, officials and other important personnel of those ports are brought to Longhou Port and concentrated on defending a port, the effort required will naturally be much less. In this way, it will not only be able to mobilize power to rescue, but also Can minimize the loss!"
Keynes pondered for a few seconds, and finally had to nod his head: "Since the loss is unavoidable, control the loss within an acceptable range. This is indeed not a solution."
"I also agree with this approach." Captain Bray nodded.
"Since the two uncles have no other opinion, let us start to act." Prince Leiden couldn't bear it. "Saving people is like fighting a fire. If we delay one more minute, father will lose more irretrievably. One point, three days for the two uncles to convene the fleet, I wonder if it will be enough."
"Counting the evacuation of the craftsmen and officials, I was a little nervous for three days." Captain Bray replied conservatively, "We will do our best, and we will count as much as we can convene at that time. Let them stay at Longhougang as the defenders. Yes."
"It can only be so!" Prince Leiden nodded.
After the East China Sea State’s second warship summoning order was issued, the scene was completely different from the first time.
For the first time, from the captain to the sailor crew, one by one geared up and couldn't wait, driving the warships and ships almost without hesitation, all wanting to get a share of the Donau Plain.
Less than a month later, the second warship summoning order was issued, and important talents from major ports were moved to such an important large port as Longhou Port.
As long as people with a slightly sensitive sense of smell in war can smell something wrong.
There are only two possibilities for issuing a second warship summoning order.
The first possibility is that the war on the Donao River went very smoothly, with a large number of looted targets, and they could not plunder, so they gathered follow-up troops to go for reinforcements.
This possibility is unlikely, because if this happens, it will not be hidden at all, and the fleet will definitely be gathered in the mode of beating gongs and drums.
The second possibility is that there is a problem in the battle ahead, and the second tier of warships need to be called for reinforcements, and it is still very urgent and dangerous. Otherwise, there is no need to take all the craftsmen and officials away, right?
They go rashly, and they are likely to become cannon fodder.
No one is stupid!
Many captains and captains, even if they received the order, drew them one by one. They can tow as long as they can, or push as long as they can. Some even summoned the crew overnight and sailed out to sea, ready to find a small island for ten days. For half a month, look at the wind direction of the whole battle before making a decision.
Those small ports and small cities are also like fried pots one by one.
They took away important personnel. Isn't this a sign of abandoning here?
Those who themselves have opinions on the rule of the East China Sea are ready to move.
Those who are loyal to the East China Sea are desperately squeezing into the warships and Longhou Port.
The final result is that the enemy has not yet come over, and the East China Sea itself has become a mess of gruel.
This is what the instigators of Leiden and the others, they did not expect, their grasp of the human nature of human love, after all, is worse.
There is no turning back arrow.
The East China Sea is already in this situation. They can't give up halfway, they can only bite the bullet and stick to it.
Under the circumstances that they pieced together, it took four days and four nights, barely pieced together a fleet of more than 800 large and small battleships, under the personal leadership of Prince Leiden, the mighty killing Donao River.
The Dawan Islands are not far from the estuary of the Donao River, and the straight-line distance is only 350 nautical miles.
Even if the wind direction is not good, two days and two nights are enough to get there.
Prince Leiden and the others went to the rescue, the natural speed reached the maximum, day and night.
As the Donao River approached the estuary, the formation of the East China Sea Rescue Fleet slowly opened up, reaching more than ten nautical miles.
The one rushing to the forefront is not the fastest, but the direct line of the East China Sea, who cares most about the situation of the East China Sea fleet led by Steuben.
After a long time, those who followed were recruited reluctantly.
"His Majesty, in another thirty nautical miles, we will arrive at the estuary of the Donau River. Order the fleet to correct the formation! Your Majesty has been waiting for a week, not less than half a day. We are here to rescue, not to send people away. If you rush up in such a mess, it is easy to give each other a chance to break." Captain Bry remonstrated to Prince Leiden.
"In this area, my uncle is the real expert. How do you think this battle should be fought? I will follow your command." Prince Leiden said with a humble expression.
"No, this battle should not be under my command. It should be under the command of Captain Cornell. After all, he has personally seen the new long-range weapons led by Yongye Army and knows the situation of their warships better." Long shook his head.
"Captain Cornell, how do you think we should fight this battle?" Prince Leiden turned his gaze to the other captain kindly.
Captain Cornell was a little surprised and a little excited: "Captain Bry is more cautious than the rumors. I can't afford the position of command. I can only make a few suggestions to your Highness based on what I know. "
"Please speak." Prince Leiden put on a respectful look.
"The range, power, and rate of fire of the Eternal Night Army’s leading artillery are all above our ballistas. Together with the speed of the warships of the model, they are also above us. We do not have any advantage in single-ship combat power. We only have The advantage is quantity, and only quantity."
Captain Cornell apparently had thought about this issue a long time ago, and opened his mouth. "Even if you have a quantitative advantage, you can't swarm them. The distance between the battleship and the battleship must be widened, forming a huge encirclement as a whole, compressing it. In their roundabout space, a lot of battle damage is inevitable in this process, but we must grit our teeth and hold on. As long as our fleet can approach them and launch a full-scale attack, we believe that victory will belong to us. After all, There are only a few dozen warships led by the night army, one ship is sinking and one ship is less."
"According to Captain Cornell, this time the focus of tactics is to work together. Even if the battle is sinking, you can't retreat. You must rush forward to make it happen!" Fleet Captain Bray frowned, "This is the point. For us, the difficulty is too great. Those captains and captains will not work so hard for us."
"They are unwilling to give their lives because the temptation is not big enough. If the temptation is big enough, you see if they will sell their lives." Prince Leiden said with a confident smile on his face. In the game, any damage to their warships and warships is counted as our Commons family. UU read www.uukānshu.com and compensate them according to the larger specification. They did not have a wave breaking schooner, and they were compensated afterwards. Wave-breaking schooner, no one-breaking-wave schooner, compensate them with a hurricane schooner, you see if they sell their lives."
"Under the great reward, there must be a brave man." A glimmer of appreciation flashed in the eyes of Captain Bray, "Just doing this, it is difficult to guarantee that someone will take advantage of the loopholes, and the financial resources will be too great."
"I can't take care of so much now. As long as we can preserve the main force of the fleet, we have a chance to come back." Prince Leiden said very grandiosely, "What's more, when the time comes, the battleship will only be used by different people. Time is still part of our East China Sea."
"Alert, alert, alert, a large number of unknown warships were found ahead, approaching us at high speed."
"The number of unknown warships has been confirmed. There are 23 ships in total. The two sides are eight nautical miles away and the speed is 18 knots. It is expected that the two sides will meet in fifteen minutes."
"Warning, warning, warning, the unknown warship is speeding up. It has already exceeded 20 knots. The time when the two sides meet will be advanced."
A series of riots sounded from the battleship.