Zuo Mu quickly stood up and raised the telescope.
He saw a few not-so-conspicuous black spots appearing on the horizon, which were actually quite far away.
He grinned, his face showing excitement. Two years!
It has been two full years sailing on this vast ocean!
Now that I have finally seen the enemy that the retired emperor swore to be, I am sure that what he said is indeed true.
At the same time, all the warships of the Combined Fleet discovered the enemy situation in the distance. For a moment, the soldiers on all the ships were in an uproar.
It's like a hungry tiger suddenly discovering a large flock of sheep.
Fu Xiaoguan was also standing by the side of the ship at this moment, looking into the distance through a telescope. A smile appeared on his face, and the doubts that had been buried in his heart had finally vanished.
This is not an illusion. If there is indeed an enemy fleet in this sea area, it means that this nautical chart is correct and that it is not too far away from Franky's homeland.
At this moment, Frankie's fleet also discovered the Daxia warships in the distance.
This is Frankie's Imperial First Fleet, and the fleet commander is Duke Frankie Williams.
The First Fleet of the Franky Empire has sixty warships, stationed in the first defense circle entering Franky from the Atlantic Ocean. The base is not in Franky's mainland, but on an island called Stull.
Today was the routine patrol of the First Fleet, but they did not expect to discover the enemy 300 nautical miles away from Stour Island.
Duke Williams held up a telescope and looked at the enemy ships from afar. Suddenly, a chill came over him.
Within the range of the telescope, the vast sea was densely packed with enemy ships!
How much would that be?
According to Her Majesty's order, after discovering the enemy ships, we must not act alone and must quickly inform the Second and Third Fleets on Pokhara Island, which is in the second defensive circle. When facing the enemy ships, the three fleets must unite to fight the enemy ships. We must not give the enemy ships the opportunity to defeat them one by one!
It now seems that Her Majesty the Queen's prediction is still correct. With the capabilities of the sixty warships of the First Fleet, I am afraid I am really no match for the enemy.
"Order!"
Duke Williams put down the telescope and decisively carried out the will of Maria II.
"All warships return!"
"Order the fast ships to Pokhara Island at top speed. Inform Grand Duke Sayer and request the Second and Third Fleets to rush to Stour Island at top speed to engage the enemy in a decisive battle!"
Right in the sight of the Daxia fleet, this huge enemy ship turned around and ran away!
Zuo Mu was stunned and turned to look at Fu Xiaoguan.
"Commander-in-Chief, do you want to catch up at top speed?"
Fu Xiaoguan pondered for a moment, walked back to the table and sat down, took out the nautical chart and looked at it carefully again.
"Since the enemy ship has fled, it seems to me that it was frightened by our fleet."
Fu Xiaoguan's finger landed on Stour Island. "They're probably waiting for reinforcements. Look at this island. Based on the speed of our warships, we should be able to reach Stour Island around dawn tomorrow."
"The distance between Stour Island and the island behind it, Pokhara, is 500 nautical miles. Both islands are military ports that Frankie had already developed. If this enemy fleet needs reinforcements, they will be in the waters of Pokhara..."
"My suggestion is to chase them at full speed and destroy this enemy ship before their reinforcements arrive!"
"Okay! I'll give the order right away!"
Zuo Mu climbed up to the command tower on the third floor of the Chang'an and personally sent out the flag signal:
"Combined Fleet, full speed ahead!"
A moment later, 180 warships were sailing at full speed against the wind and waves. The speed of more than 400 supply ships could not keep up with the speed of the warships. Under Zuo Mu's command, the more than 400 supply ships fell behind and gradually gathered together to form a separate fleet.
If you stand high in the sky and look down, you can see that three fleets are gradually forming on this Atlantic waterway.
The Frankie First Fleet led by Williams was sailing at full speed towards Stour Island. A hundred miles away was the even larger Great Xia Navy Combined Fleet, and behind the Combined Fleet was an even larger supply fleet that was gradually gathering.
This is a chase.
The Daxia Combined Fleet kept chasing Williams' First Fleet from noon to dusk. In Zuo Mu's telescope, the shadows of the enemy ships in front became clearer and clearer, which meant that the speed of their own fleet was faster than that of the enemy ships.
Similarly, Williams also saw the Daxia fleet becoming clearer and clearer.
He was extremely shocked, because ever since Franky was defeated in his expedition to the Eastern Divine Kingdom several years ago, Her Majesty the Queen had ordered the reconstruction of the Imperial Navy!
Brand-new technologies have been extensively used on brand-new warships!
Today's Imperial Navy warships not only have more powerful artillery systems, but also more powerful power plants.
In the two years after the Imperial Navy was rebuilt, there was no fleet in the Atlantic Ocean that could compete with the Imperial Fleet.
Under the leadership of Her Majesty the Queen, France unified the entire European continent and the entire ocean.
This is the greatness of Her Majesty the Queen and the glory of the Imperial Fleet.
But……
However, Her Majesty the Queen was still worried about the terrible enemy coming from the East, so Her Majesty the Queen set up a military fortress, Bamor City, at the throat of the Eurasian continent, and stationed half of the Imperial Army in Bamor City.
And above this sea, Her Majesty the Queen has set up a triple defense circle!
In order to deal with the possible arrival of enemy ships from the East, Her Majesty the Queen has used the entire empire's strength to build more than 300 new warships in recent years, divided into six fleets, among which the first defense circle is the First Fleet.
The second defense circle is the second and third fleets.
The homeland defense circle consists of the 4th, 5th and 6th fleets.
This was incomprehensible to everyone in the empire. They wondered if Her Majesty the Queen had overestimated the enemy, whose very existence was unknown.
Duke Williams once thought so, but now he knows that Her Majesty the Queen is indeed foresighted.
The enemy's warship is larger and faster, which means that the enemy's warship is more powerful, so it will have more flexible maneuverability during battle.
Although a larger ship's hull means that the targets it can hit are larger, it can be equipped with more guns and store more ammunition.
According to the current speed of both sides, the enemy ships will be within the firing range of both sides around dawn, and then the first fleet will not be able to wait for the support of the second and third fleets.
At dawn, his first fleet will be able to reach the waters near Stull Island... He must defend Stull Island, must adjust the ships before the enemy ships enter the range, and must resist the enemy ships for at least one day. As long as he waits for the arrival of the second and third fleets, he can destroy the enemy ships in the first defense circle!
Duke Williams made his decision—
In the waters of Stor Island, fight a decisive battle with enemy ships!
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