Realm of Power

Compared with the central and northern region of Barro in southern Europe, which has just gone through the cold winter season, the climate near the southern coast of Erault has entered summer earlier. It is closer to the hot equator and has summer almost all year round. The only difference is that the hot summer and The summer is not yet hot, so the ocean monsoon can be continuously generated here and spread northward, bringing climate changes in winter and summer to the entire southern European Barro region.

But also because the water here is blue all year round in summer, it is also one of the few areas that still retains the architectural features of the original Southern Aero civilization. From the coastline here to the east, across a raised peninsula about fifty miles away, you will find the fertile southern Gulf of Aden. area. Since the war between the Empire and the Aden Empire started last year, a huge port city, South Weixia, has been built next to this outlet.

A large number of transport ships docked here, gazing out the window at the numerous towering white masts at the port. Imperial Navy Minister Dustelenko withdrew his gaze from the window and pressed a top-secret investigation report in his hand on the table. The Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Navy, whom the enemy calls the Navy Buryer, has a stern expression on his face at this moment, even more severe than the one he had when he faced hundreds of Aden Navy warships in the Bay of Mars Crescent.

He was wearing a black Imperial Navy uniform. The sunlight outside the window shone on his straight back, drawing a long shadow on the brown floor.

Although he is already the number one person in the Imperial Navy, his face that has been blown by the sea wind all year round is even more dark and capable, and his eyes are cold and sharp, seeming to flash with every movement and stillness. The report in front of him comes from the Imperial Navy exploration ship Since receiving the emperor's secret order, this exploration fleet consisting of four imperial dragon tooth battleships, six transport ships, and a total of 670 people has quietly left Weixia

The exploration target of this fleet is Robbensam Island, which is rumored to be lost. Robbensam Island is not far from the southern outlet of Erault. It is about a two-day voyage. There are people on Robbensam Island. Rumors about the lost sea monster have been circulating among fishermen in southern Hérault for more than a hundred years, but for the Imperial Navy, what kind of sea monster makes people get lost, what kind of giant squid can swallow large ships, what kind of unmanned ghost ship, etc. The rumors have long been proven to be false.

Under the Imperial Thunder God, everything is turned into powder!

At least the Imperial Navy has never encountered these so-called monsters and ghosts in a real sense since it traveled across the sea. The Imperial Navy sweeps across the seas and is invincible. How many sailors who have been on the ship for many years will take these rumors seriously? Even the Imperial Navy Minister Dustrunke once said that even if these sea monsters really exist They will only run away when they see the Imperial Navy. If they don't run, use the Navy Thunder God to blast them all to pieces.

But at this moment, this report made Dustrunke's nose breathe a little heavier.

If Kraken does not exist, then this report is completely unexplainable,

"One hundred and thirty-eight people landed on the island, twenty-seven were missing, and thirty-one fell ill. A small island with a width of only about twenty miles, even if it is densely forested and pathless, it would not take more than three meters to cross it by yourself. Four hours, but the exploration team was trapped here for four full days, and finally had to return along the original route. Are you sure you are landing on Robbensam Island, which is only twenty or thirty miles long and wide? "

"It is indeed Robbensam Island. In fact, even at this moment, I can't believe what I am going through. We can be sure that we are definitely heading in one direction. It is expected to cross in three hours, but in fact , we walked for three days and three nights without completing the crossing mission, and we didn’t even see the coastline on the other side. Finally, we heard singing, and some members fell to the ground and died inexplicably. We have to choose to go back." A slightly older, middle-aged naval admiral stood upright in front of Dustronkai, with unconcealed fear in his pupils full of memories. He is the deputy minister of the Imperial Navy's Exploration Department. Latina was once the admiral of the Strand Navy Fleet. After the Strand Navy was transferred to the Imperial Navy, Latina was transferred to the Imperial Navy's Exploration Department as deputy minister because of his reputation for being good at exploration.

Even in the empire, Latina's reputation as a master of exploration is extremely resounding. He once discovered four rumored large islands in the south and is known as the flying Strand. In terms of exploration, Latina Absolutely top notch

As the maritime trade routes of the Empire become longer and longer, and more and more new areas are discovered, the Imperial Navy Exploration Department has become an important department of the Imperial Navy. Those who can enter the Imperial Navy Exploration Department are truly experienced veterans. , is quite familiar with the islands and secrets in the maritime area, so Dostronkai does not think that Latin Asia will lie about this matter.

And this lie was too bizarre. It was twenty miles wide, and he didn’t come out for three days and three nights... It wouldn’t matter if it was a large island more than a hundred miles away. The area of ​​Robbensam Island is just that big, but when you think about the local area Due to the fishermen’s rumors about Robbensam Island, Dostelenko couldn’t help but take a deep breath, Robbensam Island There is a sea monster on the island that can confuse people. Anyone who attempts to cross Robbensam Island will either disappear or have to go back. If it were in the past, Dustrunkai would sneer at such rumors, but now it is similar The report was placed in front of him. Is there really a confusing sea monster on Robensam Island? Even if there is, so what, if the previous exploration fleet is not enough, then add another fleet to go over. The emperor is coming. Before that, he must find out the truth about Robensam Island!

"Okay, I understand. You can go down and rest first. Thank you for your hard work. As for the investigation of Robbensam Island, I will make other arrangements." Dostelenko nodded to Latina who looked guilty, and the Imperial Navy went all out to build this naval port, and even to some extent, the Imperial Army raided the Kingdom of Aden from north to south with more than 100,000 troops last winter, and the Imperial Army The main force of the Chinese Navy rushed thousands of miles to attack the Aden Navy. Such a rare joint effort between the empire's sea and land was all to cover the construction of this naval city on the southern coastline of Hérault. By the time Aden recovered, it was already unable to interfere with the Weisiya Naval City. construction, we can only watch helplessly as the empire lays this nail in this crucial strategic position.

The Weisiya Naval City did not live up to the emperor's expectations. Although it was only a city, it pushed the empire's war from the north of Hérault to the south of Hérault. The next time the imperial army attacked Aden, they no longer had to cross a thousand-mile river. So troublesome, but we only need to go around the protruding peninsula in front. This is equivalent to directly putting the empire's cannon on the foreheads of the Aden people. It would be strange for the Aden people not to fight hard. However, the emperor's active attack on Aden and the heavy blow to both the army and navy of Aden made the people of Aden helplessly watch this embarrassing situation where they were almost at the gate of the city, and they were also afraid of the empire's increasingly intensive war preparations. The Red Dragon Palace of Aden was so eager to cry and shout for a ceasefire with the empire. In fact, to a large extent, it was because they were frightened by the naval city of Weixia!

With a solemn expression, Dostelenko sorted out the reports on the table and stuffed them into the document bag, and then ordered people to send them to the emperor who was still in the holy capital of the Order State as quickly as possible. Since there was a problem with Robensam Island, he He could only report it truthfully and advise the emperor not to go to Robbensam Island. When he handed the document bag to the adjutant at the door, he heard cheers from the street below.

"Oh, has it started?" Dostelenko said to himself and turned around. In the direction where his eyes were looking, there were three or four black spots heading in this direction.

Although Weixia Naval City has just completed construction and has not yet been completed in the outer area, it has already gathered a population of more than 150,000 people in the area, of which the Imperial Navy and Imperial Army have reached 64,000. There are as many as 30,000 to 40,000 sailors and merchants in the transport fleet, and nearly 40,000 people are more than 20,000 various craftsmen and their families recruited from the Hérault region.

In the empire's planning, Weisiya Naval City itself is not just a strategic naval port, but a real city, not only for military use, but also for civilian use. From here, the imperial navy begins to radiate to the entire Gulf of Aden. , and the Imperial Merchant Fleet also began to enter the Gulf of Aden and South China Sea, which it had never entered before, and began to open up the South China Sea subcontinent. Market, as the Southern Subcontinent market is still somewhat unfamiliar to imperial merchants, but the Southern Subcontinent has a huge demand for imperial goods. The empire exports to the Southern Subcontinent mainly military armors, weapons, and various luxury goods. European The specialties of the Barrow region, and the gold and silverware of the Southern Subcontinent are favored by the emerging business aristocracy of the empire because of their exquisite carvings and high value.

Weixia is becoming a transit hub for transactions between the empire and the Gulf of Aden region and the South African subcontinent. This has been smelled by the sensitive imperial businessmen, who are flocking to it. Even the imperial businessmen call the South African subcontinent a golden land.

And the much-talked-about miracle is the huge aerial battleship that can be seen flying slowly in the sky every day. People living in Weixia get up early at five or six o'clock every morning. They either go to the window or stand on the street or balcony. Everyone is waiting quietly towards the southeast with their heads raised. Almost never delayed

The huge air battleship always appears in people's sight at half past ten. The hull of the ship, which is more than ten meters long and several meters wide, makes the people below mesmerized by the sight. Many people even chase after it. Air battleships are flying on the streets. At this time, the flying crowds, carriages and citizens riding horses form a long stream of people. Suddenly, the morning, which should have been filled with silence and tranquility, became as joyful and noisy as a festival.

Cheers could be heard everywhere, and the people below cheered "Long Live the Empire!"

Such air battleships always fly slowly over the port city, and the whole process takes about an hour and a half. Because of this, the mornings in Vedsk, which always seemed so peaceful in the past, have now become extremely noisy, and the bars and restaurants that had always had the worst business in the mornings have now become extremely popular. People who have seen the excitement will come to these gathering places in groups, talking about every detail they saw today. Those various bars and restaurants have become a place for noises and arguments, and for gathering details, almost Everyone is here, describing in detail what they saw.

These huge air battleships are naturally the masterpieces of the Imperial Navy. The Imperial Navy has finally completed the preliminary development of airships based on hot-air balloons. Weisiya Naval City, which serves as the Empire's deterrent presence in the Gulf of Aden, is naturally the Imperial Navy's designated location. The location of the experimental airship. The Imperial Navy built an airship manufacturing plant here and conducted tests strictly in accordance with the requirements.

It's just that the Imperial Navy itself didn't realize that the daily cruise tests of airships would have such a huge impact on the entire region. But when this influence fell in the eyes of the Red Dragon Palace in Aden, it became a frightening shock. Those The leaders of the slave rebellion who were still struggling in the southern Gulf of Aden, after seeing the imperial airships dropping supplies over the southern trading locations, no one made any suggestions to rob the imperial merchants.

The imperial airship made the mountainous defense line of the Gulf of Aden useless. According to rumors among the Aden people, the next imperial attack will be filled with airships full of imperial soldiers all over the sky of the capital of Aden. Not to mention, some people said that they I saw the gun barrel of the Imperial Thor on this kind of air battleship. God, this alone is enough to blow up the entire Aden military headquarters.

The tragic scene of the Imperial Navy's bombardment of Anxi in Aden is still vivid in my mind. Now that the Gulf of Aden is blocked, the Imperial Navy cannot enter, but this kind of air battleship can travel unimpeded. If this kind of air battleship can attack the capital of Asia like the naval battleship, Launched a bombardment from the air... The generals of Aden felt that their eyes were a little black. This was a new assault tactic. The enemy came from the air... It had never happened in thousands of years. How to fight this! The results of many military exercises in Aden have proven that this is impossible to guard against. The opponent has air superiority and can launch an attack at any time, anywhere, or even directly on top of the Aden Palace. Unless Aden has an absolute military advantage, But the fact is exactly the opposite. The main force of the Aden Army is stuck in Central Asia. The war in South-East Asia is about to break out, which makes it impossible to mobilize any troops in the Gulf of Aden. If the imperial air warship attacks, Aden will be dead!

"Send this order to the Air Force Department, and use the order from the Navy Headquarters to mobilize the two air ships to Robbensam Island." Dostelenko looked at the distant and near black shadow that gradually turned into the shape of the hull. After hesitating for a moment, he said to the adjutant who took the document, if land is not feasible, then explore from the air! He doesn't believe in any sirens. If there is one, then catch one!