Chapter 3003 Beacon at Sea
Earl Rawls Winthrop felt even more deeply sorry that Joan Vida, a young man, had not been properly guided in his faith. "Traitor" Dantridge Custis took it, and indoctrinated the unfortunate young man with heresy and blasphemy against the Virgin, so that his mind was so poisoned that he could not be educated!
Before his death, Custis donated to Joan Vida the divine favor he had received from "Queen of Karma" Timothy after his conversion, and wanted to cultivate him as the successor of his unfinished blasphemous career.
The young mage did not disappoint the guides, and shortly thereafter, together with a group of villains, they broke into the Cathedral of Our Lady in Castle Donning and killed many followers of Our Lady, including Dinin.
Earl Winthrop has always hated Dinin, wishing that this pretentious stick would die, but the other party is also his church member after all, he should avenge the martyred Dinin and others, but in recent years he has been busy leading troops to suppress the rebellion, escaped I didn't get away, and I didn't bother to deal with this trivial matter.
Unexpectedly, after just a few years, Joan Vida, a small character, would become a legendary spellcaster rivaling Archmage John Dee, posing a huge threat to the Feizhen military and even the Winthrop family.
It was not until today that Earl Winthrop realized that this curse should be eradicated as soon as possible, but it was too late, and he couldn't help feeling deeply regretful.
At the end of the "Communication," Earl Winthrop asked the Virgin for advice on how to make up for this omission.
"Come to Dunningburg, to the place closest to the kingdom of God... My kingdom of God will open its doors there."
The revelation from the Virgin Mary could not comfort Earl Winthrop.
If Ekadna's divine power can only come to the world through the Cathedral of Our Lady in Donning Castle, sweeping away all heresy and rebellion, then what should the current Port of Leiden do?
Earl Winthrop didn't dare to think deeply about this issue. He could only hope that Archmage Dee would work harder to solve Joan Vida as soon as possible, and lead the Royal Mages to help him guard Layton City.
In the early morning of May 28th, just after dawn, an alarm bell sounded suddenly at the port pier.
Not long after, the adjutant hurried over to report:
"Your Excellency, the Crow Patrol of our army found many sail shadows off the coast of Pico Bay. The preliminary judgment is that it is an ocean-going fleet, and the follow-up information has not yet been delivered!"
Earl Winthrop nodded pretending to be calm, and ordered the adjutant to call the officers above the school level to quickly gather at the headquarters. Not long after that, he himself also came to the Port Authority building that served as the headquarters.
At this time, the news from the Gulf had spread throughout the headquarters, and some officers were optimistic that the fleet might be reinforcements sent by the mother country, and they seemed very excited.
Lord Winthrop was not happy.
The letter from Chief Royal Archmage John Dee has hinted that, at least in the short term, the Fizen authorities are unable to send a second fleet to support the New World. The fleet found at sea is probably the enemy!
Before receiving the conclusive news, it was inconvenient for him to disclose his speculations and dampen the morale of the officers, but he had to make preparations without delay. He picked up the communication crystal and personally issued a warning to Vice Admiral William Howe, reminding him to pay attention to the uninvited guests from the sea. Get ready for the onslaught.
As expected by Earl Winthrop, half an hour later, the Crow Patrol sent a new message, confirming that the flag flying on the fleet that broke into Peek Bay was not the flag of the Fizen Navy, but the flag of the Cole Navy. The Black Flag of the Rath Empire—that is the fleet commanded by Admiral Lord Helena Drake of the Far East!
Once the news was announced, there was a sudden silence in the headquarters. The officers who were still looking forward to reinforcements from their home country were collectively disillusioned. The smiles disappeared from their faces, replaced by confusion and surprise.
The Fijian officers are ready for battle, but their imaginary enemy is the Continental Army stalking outside the city. The envisioned battlefield is the city defense position, where the attackers and defenders compete for positions with the rumble of artillery fire, bombs roaring, rifle shooting, fortress trenches and The bloody scene of the corpses filling the crater, but it was not expected that the enemy would be the first to sound the attack whistle from the sea!
The Continental Army itself does not have an established navy, and its allies Canaan and the Far East are not considered naval powers in the world of Vares.
Does the Far East Fleet cruising in Pico Bay really have the guts to challenge the invincible Royal Navy of the "Empire on which the sun never sets"?
Even though the Howe Fleet guarding Leiden Harbor at this moment is only one of the eight fleets of the Royal Navy of Fiji, it stands to reason that it is not something that the Far East Navy can confront head-on. The fleet of the Far East Navy Admiral Lord Helena Drake dared to take the initiative Entering Pico Bay to provoke a challenge, what is the confidence?
Including Earl Winthrop, the same question mark appeared in the minds of Fizen officers in the headquarters.
In fact, the Far East Navy has not been established for less than ten years, and its record is quite impressive. Four years ago, it defeated the Holy Ashean Empire Navy Fleet in the Golden Horn Bay, which surprised observers from various countries who were generally not optimistic about the Far East Navy at that time.
Afterwards, a lot of gossip came out, describing various secret weapons used by the Far Easterners in the Golden Horn naval battle, such as more efficient anti-aircraft guns, diving mechas that can move on the seabed and specialize in destroying enemy ships, and a strange magic weapon. Guided mines, said to be able to deceive conventional mine-sweeping methods, are hard to guard against...
Feizhen Navy intelligence department collected the information and screened them one by one. Except for those exaggerated rumors, some of the information was indeed true.
However, after the Fizhen military assessment, the total tonnage of the Far East Navy’s ships is not worth mentioning, and there has been no news of large-scale shipbuilding in recent years. It shows that it has no intention of expanding the navy. The huge gap in hard power is nothing to worry about.
Earl Winthrop did not pay attention to the Far Eastern Navy in the past, but now he is worried that his admirals are too underestimating the enemy, sleeping on the credits of the past, and immersing themselves in the aura of "the world's number one navy" , underestimated the strength of the Far East Navy, and repeated the tragedy of the Ashan fleet in the Golden Horn?
The ominous premonition made him unable to let go, so he picked up the communication crystal and sent a secret order to his eldest son, Bannister Winthrop.
Earl Winthrop ordered Bannister to find the chief warlock Cersei Helen as soon as possible, and ask her to select a group of members with experience in naval warfare from among the spellcasters of the army, and collectively send them to General William Howe's flagship "The Eagle" , to further enhance the strength of your own navigator team, just in case.