Realm of Power

The southern coastline of Central and Bibia, Quanzhou Jinggang

In late winter, the offshore areas are covered with a thin layer of ice. At first glance, the roofs of Quanzhou Jinggang are covered with white. As the best natural deep-water port in southern China, Quanzhou Jinggang can berth hundreds of large ships at the same time. ships, but there are only a dozen or so ships in Quanzhou Jingport at the moment. There is no sight of the forest of ship masts in Aden at the beginning. Even the guards at the port are sparse and pitiful. The dots of bonfires are reflected in the direction of the pier, which is extremely cold.

The impact of the defeat of the main force of the Aden Navy in the decisive battle at Mas Bay was completely earthquake-like. In the Battle of Mas Bay, where the Aden Navy gathered all its strength to attack, the Aden Navy was defeated on its home court. The Imperial Navy's South China Sea Squadron Seize the opportunity to exert force and launch a large-scale counterattack in the southern waters of Central and Bibia. The islands and ports controlled by the Aden Navy fell one after another. In just ten days, more than a hundred Aden ships were sunk or captured. All the islands in the southern waters of Central Asia fell under the control of the Imperial Navy. The Imperial Navy's The vanguard has approached Quanzhou Jingport, and the Aden ships in the port have fled.

"Commander, the intelligence is correct. The Aden people have indeed received the news and abandoned Quanzhou Jing. Do we still want to attack?"

In the fog on the sea, on the deck of a huge Imperial Dragon-class battleship, the adjutant looked hesitantly and asked the superior officer behind him. On both sides of the Dragon-class battleship, the Dragon-class fleet cluster in front was like a long line undulating with the waves, with countless masts. Towering towards the sky, this beautiful and spectacular sight made the adjutant feel dazzled and he swallowed dryly. Even if such a sight has attracted countless It was the same this time. A huge fleet of four Imperial Navy squadrons pressed into the southern sea of ​​Central Asia and swept across with an absolutely huge advantage. The power of the Aden people at sea was wiped out. This is the strength of the Imperial Navy. , it was just a squadron in the past, but now the real main force is here. The Aden Navy didn't even dare to lose face. It was driven all the way and killed all the way to Quanzhou Capital.

"The fleet turned to the northeast towards Qianxun Island. The Aden fleet cannot go too far. Even if they want to find a secret place to hide, so many people still need to eat and drink, and the only place near Quanzhou Jing that can hide so many people The only place where people and ships can be found is Qianxun Island." Casti, the commander of the Southern Sea Squadron in the Empire's Central Asian Sea, put down the observation glass in his hand with a stern expression and curled his lips slightly.

He has been fighting fiercely with the Aden Navy in the waters of Central Asia for a year, and is quite familiar with the layout of the Aden Navy. Only the proud Aden people would think that the plan to build a naval port on Qianxun Island northeast of Quanzhou is so secret. In order not to expose this important nest of the Aden navy, the Aden people executed all those captured to build the port. Thousands of Central and African people, but after all, there is no airtight wall. Some of the relatives of Central and African people who were captured to build the port still survived, and the Aden Navy frequently appeared and disappeared in the Quanzhou Jing area, which had long caused attracted the attention of the Imperial Navy, but at that time, the Central Asian Squadron did not have the strength to touch this lair.

Now, the main force of the Aden navy has been defeated, and the sea transportation lines have been cut off. At the same time, a large number of Aden transport fleets are stranded in the waters of Central and Biya. According to intelligence, these Aden transport ships are full of goods stolen from the Central and Biya areas. If the other party does not dare to park the property in Quanzhou Jing, then it is almost certain that it is on Qianxun Island.

The person who sent this information was the Southwest Long Family. According to the current status of the Southwest Long Family in the hearts of the Central and African people, the reliability of this information is extremely high. The Long Family is now on the rise again. The army completely wiped out the territory, the emperor of Central Asia was captured again, and the orthodox prestige of the court has completely collapsed. The reputation of the Southwest Long family, which has vigorously resisted the Aden people's infiltration into the southwest, has once again risen. In the face of this Aden invasion, the Southwest Long family, which had single-handedly severely damaged the northern grassland people, has once again become the hope of the Central Asians. This time, it is Even the Southern Song clan who stabbed them in the back clearly sided with the Southwest Long family.

Song Que, the leader of the Song tribe, personally stated that as long as there is still one member of the Song tribe, the Aden people will never be allowed to set foot in the southern mountains. Thirty thousand Song tribe mountain troops have completely blocked the entrance to the southern mountains. A fierce confrontation began. At the same time, Song Lu, a core member of the Song clan, led 15,000 Song clan mountain troops out of the mountain to fight against the southwest. The Long Family Army joined forces. The two coalition forces had just ambushed the arrogant Eleventh Army of Aden on the banks of the Han River in the south. They killed more than 6,000 people in the Eleventh Army of Aden and forced this bloody Adenian force to retreat hundreds of miles. It severely damaged the arrogant spirit of the Aden people and brought a glimmer of hope to Central and Bia, which has been shrouded in Aden's invasion for several months.

"If the Aden people hadn't run so fast, we might have been able to capture an Aden Legion-level military flag."

The Long family, who was cleaning the battlefield, made no secret of their contempt for the Aden people, and said that the southwestern Long family and the Song nationality coalition originally wanted to ambush the Aden 12th Army, because the first Aden army to break through Xinjing in Central Asia was Aden. The Twelfth Army. Unfortunately, the Twelfth Army has been mobilized back to Aden. The coalition forces had no choice but to change their goals. The target of attack was changed to the Eleventh Army. In fact, the Eleventh Army of Aden was also a real field force. In the battle of Xinjing in Zhongbia, it joined forces with the Twelfth Army to encircle Xinjing in Zhongbia. Although the first one to enter the city was The Twelfth Army, but the Eleventh Army was only half an hour late when it entered the new capital, and it was the Eleventh Army that finally captured the Emperor of Zhongbia.

On the one hand, the Southwest Long family vigorously publicized this war, but on the other hand, they secretly sent a piece of information to the Imperial Navy. Quanzhou Jing's fleet contained the captured Zhongbia Emperor. The Aden people wanted to capture the Zhongbia Emperor. It was sent to the Gulf of Aden as a sacrifice for the promotion of the Kingdom of Aden to the empire. If it were really shipped back, it would be a great shame for the people of Central Asia.

"If you can't get it back, let's sink it in the Sea of ​​Zhongbia." The head of the Long family, Long Po, firmly said that the Imperial Navy can do it freely without any scruples. There are many people who want the emperor of Zhongbia dead. , from beginning to end, Long Po was talking about snatching it back, not rescuing it, rescuing it and doing it What, it’s better to destroy them on the spot. Long Po didn’t know that the Aden people had previously tried to steal the Emperor of Zhongbia as a mascot, but they were intercepted by the Imperial Navy. This time they were discovered by the Southwest Long Family. If you want the Imperial Navy to intercept it halfway, even if you can't get it, you absolutely can't let the Aden people transport it back.

This fleet was supposed to leave Quanzhou Capital ten days ago, but it had to stay because the Imperial Navy suddenly occupied Mas Bay, but now it has disappeared. This is not a small fleet, at least according to the Long family's intelligence. There are also one hundred and ten transport ships, not counting the escorting Aden warships. If this huge wealth is transported back to the Gulf of Aden, it will definitely have a huge impact on the current war situation in Aden. Aden has already After raising a large number of soldiers, the Ikars sent high-quality iron ore that was enough to forge weapons, and the rest was waiting for this batch of military expenses. "Go to Quanzhou Capital, and you cannot let this fleet return to the Gulf of Aden under any circumstances." Dostelenko issued a death order to the South China Sea Squadron. At the same time, the four squadrons including the South China Sea Squadron rushed into the South China Sea like a big net, giving this fleet no chance to detour. No

Qianxun Island

Located northeast of Quanzhou, it is a huge island chain. After the Aden Navy occupied it, it used it as the center of gravity to control the entire Central Asian Sea. The Imperial Navy swept across the South China Sea, and many Aden ships gathered northward, eventually converging. Arriving at this beautiful island chain, Qianxun Island has a superior geographical location in terms of topography. Many island bays are deep-water harbors. In addition to the cold climate, the waves are very big all year round, although there are many islands around here. The small island can't stop the roar of the waves at all. Large swaths of waves surged and rolled mercilessly from the sea to the edge of Qianxun Island. The waves here are more than one meter high when they are gentlest, more than seven meters when they are the most violent, and the average wave height is more than two meters. The waves hit the rocks, causing waves of spray, and at the same time they made a huge roar, which would make people who are not familiar with this place feel a little scared.

On Qianxun Island, people from all parties in Aden were also surprised three times a day. They always seemed to feel something. The waves seemed particularly fierce today. The weather had changed since the morning. Although the sun was still shining brightly, the sea was still bright. But a strong wind blew. The average wind strength exceeded Level 7. Is the Imperial Navy coming?

"What if the Imperial Navy comes here?"

"No, the port of Qianxun Island is very secret. It is impossible for the Imperial Navy to find it."

"But if we are really discovered, overconfidence is not a good thing. There is no harm in everyone being prepared early." There are many reefs on the edge of the island chain. When the waves break, it feels like the rocks suddenly emerged from the water. It comes out the same. Some rocks that were originally standing upright have been shaken by the waves. The people of Aden are looking forward to strong winds and waves every day. In this case, the Imperial Navy will be even less likely to discover them. It is best for the Imperial Navy to hide inside Quanzhou Capital.

"With such a strong wind, the Imperial Navy probably won't come out."

The Aden sailors patrolling the pier were originally very vigilant, especially the soldiers on the tall watchtower who were staring intently at the direction of the sea, fearing that they would see an Imperial Navy flag emerging in the blink of an eye. However, when the waves became so fierce today, their expressions became very relaxed. Such waves were not suitable for warship operations at all.

The fierce sea breeze makes it hard to open your eyes. Qianxun Island appears in front of the Imperial Navy fleet. Even from a distance, you can see the densely packed masts in the direction of Qianxun Island. As expected, the Aden people are hiding here, and all kinds of combat personnel Run quickly to your position

Casti held up the lookout glass in his hand and observed Qianxun Island in the distance through the oval lens. The waves crashed into each other and made a huge sound. All that hit the pier on the shore was sea water and sea breeze. Wave after wave of sea breeze. Sweeping over the harbor, it blew the harbor scrub almost over. The port was densely packed with Aden ships. They collided with each other under the impact of sea wind and waves, and the tall masts were swayed here and there by the sea wind, as if they would fall down at any time. In the lookout mirror, I saw an Aden sailor hurriedly tightening the rope to secure the ship. He accidentally looked this way, and then looked horrified. He stepped on the air and fell into the sea with a splash, and disappeared completely after being hit by the waves.

Because the wind and waves were so strong today, the Aden sailors took shelter in the port and did not go to sea at all. The sailors were also on the shore.

"Three rows horizontally, adjust to the downwind position, prepare for bombardment!" The sea water was pushed away, and the huge Dragon-class battleship began to move the hull horizontally like a huge beast. The three rows of gun silos on the side opened in line with the order, and my ears suddenly felt All was the sound of the roaring sea wind, and the fleet moved upward

"This is art"

Genius Commander Casti licked his chapped lips, murmured in a low voice, raised the bow of the Dragon-class ship high, and acted like a razor on the sea, breaking up the waves that came up and pulling out an arc. Aqua tail light. Hundreds of dragon tooth battleships move laterally with the eight huge dragon-class battleships in the center. Although it is slow, it is enough to make the sea surface boil. Under the opened baffle of the naval battleship, a door is lifted towards Qianxun Island. The black muzzle began to rise,

Rumble... white smoke filled the air, flames sprayed out, and a cloud of smoke suddenly appeared from the sea in the distance. It was never the Imperial Navy's style to be polite and say hello before a battle. Thousands of Imperial Navy Thor bombs hit the interior of the port like a heavy rain, and exploded. There was a huge fire, bursts of deafening roars, water columns rising into the sky, wood chips flying across the sky, the entire port was like a huge fountain, and countless ship's plank fragments were mixed in the water column, flying everywhere. The lethality of these sawdust fragments is like scattered butterflies, but this butterfly has nothing to do with beauty, but represents death. These fragments break the mast, tear the sail, and directly cause tearing when hitting the human body.

"Mom, help me"

The quiet port instantly turned into a huge ball of fire. Although the power of the navy's new Thor is not as good as the old model, its high rate of fire and high accuracy are far superior to those of the previous ones. The power of dense firing cannot be underestimated. The dense explosion forms a huge The whirlpool directly sucks in items more than ten meters away.

The Aden ship was torn into pieces like pieces of paper, with one mast stuck in the water, half of the ship's hull flying up without being blown up, leaving only half of the ship's bottom upside down.

Since the ships in the port were docked very densely, the hit rate of the cannonballs was very high. The densely packed masts seemed to have fallen down in rows like sugar cane forests hit by a typhoon. This feeling made the Aden people on the shore stop running towards the port.

"The people of Aden seem to be very comfortable here. Let's give them a little more happiness." Casti sneered at the corner of his mouth. The people of Aden also have this day! In the past, relying on its absolute advantage in numbers, the Aden Navy often harassed its own military port. The Aden Navy even called such harassment "Happy Day"

Come on, I’m here to bring you joy today, and you won’t stop until you call daddy!