Chapter 740 (1/2)
To hiyamal, the Yongye army leader still held a very heavy guard and made many preparations.
Not only did Lord Shawn personally go out to lobby him for the last time, but also took the opportunity to let captain Gordon, the messenger of Durbin, escape back to stubin with the news that the captain of the armada hiamoore had led his team to the commander of the eternal night army.
The release of sub fleet landing personnel is also selective.
Most of the pirates who were released back were those who had strong independence and were not of the lineage of stubin. They had the lowest sense of belonging to the Donghai Kingdom, betrayed them, and had a relatively small psychological burden.
There are also some pirate regiments that have been captured by the Yongye army and have taken refuge in the first step. The components of the pirate regiment that have returned to the sub fleet are no longer pure, but are filled with a large number of Yongye soldiers.
This, of course, is to supervise and guide hiamoore.
Hiamoore was aware of the situation and took a tacit attitude.
If the Yongye army leader does not do so, he suspects that there are ghosts among them, and he is going to take them as abandoned children!
The two sides are now in the first stage of contact, and both are somewhat cautious in finding ways to coexist.
The captain of the ship hiamoore is preparing for the attack on the ports of the East China Sea.
Prince Leighton, who is staying in the big Bay Islands, has also received a letter of help from Durbin.
”My father's letter, which my two uncles have read with their own eyes, do not know how you think to make a decision?” Prince Leighton looked inquisitive.
He asked about captain Bree and chief financial officer Keynes.
Although Prince Leighton was only 21 years old, he showed extraordinary steadiness. He did not make a decision rashly because of the letter of help from Durbin.
”Is this letter for help true or false?” Keynes's brow had been twisted into a lump.
”I've already identified it. It's really my father's hand. There's a secret record of our agreement in it. It's the captain Cornell who sent the letter back.” Replied Prince Leighton.
”Has the situation really reversed to this?” Keynes still had a strong query on his face, saying, ”it is clear that our fleet has the absolute advantage. Is it wrong?”
”Did not your majesty make it clear in the letter? We are still careless this time. After the same loss as last time, the commander of Yongye army has a brand-new naval weapon. The range is more than twice that of our catapult, but its power is greater than that of the barrel of black fire shot by the catapult.
If there were such weapons, the number of warships would not be superior.
Before the war, I was worried about this aspect. After all, it was the Yongye army leader who developed black powder. Over the years, the development momentum has been rapid. Maybe we can develop weapons more advanced than black powder. If we are not prepared, we will easily suffer big losses.
I have privately advised his majesty that he should consider carefully the matter of sending troops to the Donau plain.
His majesty not only did not listen to my advice, on the contrary, he excluded me from the list of expeditions, but did not expect that my original worries had come true. ” Captain Bree expressed this complex emotion in his speech, because he was a very few people who firmly opposed the Donghai state's military action against Yongye military leader.
Bree thinks that their understanding of Yongye army leader is limited. Many places of this new force can not be described by common sense. Who knows if there are any new weapons coming out in recent years, waiting for them to hit the door.
There was no market for this argument before, and Durbin couldn't listen to it. He thought that Bree had been frightened by the Yongye army leader on the Danao River and planted the root of the disease.
I didn't expect that unfortunately he was right. Yongye army leader really took out new weapons to restrain them.
It's just that this matter is related to the security of the East China Sea, and there is no way to gloat.
”It was we who ignored my uncle's foresight, and here I apologize for my father to my uncle.” Prince Leighton bowed to captain Bree sincerely.
”Your Highness need not be so.” Bree quickly dodged, ”Your Highness, it makes me feel ashamed. Now I just understand after the fact. At the beginning, I only had no evidence to guess. I didn't dare to make sure that some of it was true. Otherwise, I would stick to it to the end.”
”Let's expose this matter. The most important thing now is, how can we face it? I have little experience and need to rely on the advice of my two elders. ” Prince Leighton said earnestly, ”the situation on my father's side is certainly extremely bad, otherwise we will not ask for help!”
”Your Highness is right.” Captain Bree nodded, ”although we have established our country, the fleet led by your majesty is the foundation of our foothold in the East China Sea. If the main force of the fleet is seriously damaged, our situation will become extremely difficult. At that time, not only will we have to face the threat of the Yongye army leader, but also the islanders who have been forced down by us will take the opportunity to rise up and let us not be here Your majesty, we can't stand there. ”
”The question is how to save it?” Cairns, the chief financial officer, frowned, ”Your Majesty has taken two-thirds of the warships and most of the sailors in the expedition to Donau plain, and the rest of the men and warships have been stationed in various ports, and they are in a tight corner. The islanders in the South have received the news that our port is empty, and they are ready to move.Let's do our best to rescue them, and then they will rush into our villages, towns and ports to kill and plunder. By then, our ten years of hard work will be wasted! ”
”I don't know that. The problem is that we can't give consideration to both sides now. We have to make a certain trade-off. Are we going to defend the port, or go to rescue your majesty and keep the main force of the fleet, and plan for the future?” Barry asked.
”Our port in the Great Bay Islands is important, so is the main force of my father's fleet.” Prince Leighton pondered for a moment and said, ”let's compromise. In any case, the rescue of warship sailors needs to be mobilized from the major port cities. It's better to take those port craftsmen, officials and other important personnel to Longhou port by the way, and concentrate their efforts on defending a port. Naturally, it will cost much less power. In this way, we can mobilize our strength to rescue, It can also minimize the loss
Keynes pondered for a few seconds, and finally had to nod his head: ”since the loss is inevitable, it's really not a way to control the loss within an acceptable range.”
”I'm in favor of that.” Captain Bree nodded.
”Since neither uncle has any other opinion, let's start to act.” Prince Leighton could not bear to say, ”saving people is like fighting a fire. If we delay one more minute, the irreparable loss on the father's side will be increased. We will give the two uncles three days to assemble the fleet. I don't know if it is enough.”
”With the evacuation of craftsmen and officials, it's been a little bit tense for three days.” Captain Bree replied conservatively, ”we'll do our best. We'll call as many as we can, and the rest will be left as garrisons at longhor harbor.”
”It can only be so!” Prince Leighton nodded.
After the command of the second warship assembly of Donghai state was issued, the scene was quite different from that of the first.
The first time, from the captain to the captain, down to the sailors and crew, one by one, can't wait, almost without hesitation to drive the warships and warships to come, all want to share a share of the Donau plain.