Chapter 717: The King of the Eastern Sea

Around the estuary of the Donau River, there are hundreds of large and small islands, the smallest is only a few kilometers in radius, and the largest is hundreds of kilometers.

These islands are not uninhabited.

It is close enough to the mainland, so close that even the miniature fishing boats of the crocodile people can easily reach it.

The number of crocodile people living on these islands is only a lot more than that in the Swamp of Despair, there are millions of them.

In other words, what the Yong Ye army leader swallowed was only a part of the crocodile tribe.

It's not that they don't want to swallow this part together, but they have more than enough energy.

The Third Fleet of the Commons family, which was defeated inland, did not retreat to the West Sea, but took advantage of the trend to occupy this place and take root here.

Back then on the Donau River, the ones who were tricked by the leader of the Yongye Army were only part of the Third Fleet, and they were still the weakest part.

The warships of the Commons family are mainly composed of four types of warships: Breaker, Hurricane, Dreadnought, and Dragon Skeleton.

Among them, the dragon skeleton battleship is unique and a symbol of the seven major fleets. Each fleet has only one and cannot be manufactured.

The Dragon Roar of the Third Fleet was damaged on the Donau River. It was first intercepted by the God of Death, dragged on land for hundreds of kilometers, and transformed into a container carrying the energy of death spells.

It was intercepted by Jiangshang, led by the Yong Ye Army, and it was bombed several times. Although the main body was not injured, it was messily modified by the God of Death, and it had already lost its repair value.

The Yongye army leader can only use it as a key part of the keel of the ship - the dragon skeleton and reuse it.

Utilize its own shipbuilding technology and magic black technology to rebuild the dragon skeleton warship.

Except that the keel is still the original keel, the rebuilt dragon skeleton battleship has no relationship with the original one, no matter in shape or ability.

However, when naming it, the Yongye army leader still chose to name it the Dragon Roar.

And the name was inlaid on the ship in a huge font in the form of a magic circuit.

Once the magical energy is poured into it, the name will shine brightly, and it can be seen with the naked eye even if it is separated by more than ten nautical miles on the surface of the sea without cover.

The main purpose of doing this is to stimulate the third fleet of the Commons family in the future.

The loss of the Dragon Roar on the Donau River was considered a great shame by them, and they had already announced that they would not return to the Western Sea if they did not take back the Dragon Skeleton, the flagship of the Third Fleet.

According to the information held by the Yongye army leader, the third fleet of the Commons family at its peak was far more powerful than they imagined. It had a dragon skeleton battleship, five dreadnought-class sailing ships, and twelve dreadnought-class schooners. , more than 30 hurricane-class galleys, more than 50 hurricane-class schooners, more than 100 wave-breaking class schooners, all kinds of warships of different sizes, no less than 500, and the cumulative number of various crew members reached 500. More than ten thousand.

This information comes from within the Commons family, and its accuracy is beyond doubt.

From this, it can be seen that the biggest loss of the Third Fleet at the time was the Dragon Roar. If the flagship had not been damaged there, less than 20 wave-breaking and hurricane-class schooners would have suffered minor losses at best. Exploration losses are more than this amount, and these losses can be made up only by the discovery of the Third Fleet in the East China Sea.

The loss of just one dragon-skeleton warship will not bring a devastating blow to the overall combat effectiveness of the Third Fleet.

Although the dragon skeleton warship is powerful and almost invincible, it is just a battleship.

Its real role is symbolic within the Commons family.

As the saying goes, only dragon-skeleton warships can fight against it.

When a fleet loses even its flagship, their decline is inevitable.

This traditional thinking has not changed with the growth of the Commons family fleet, but has penetrated into the bone marrow.

The Dragon Roar was lost in the Swamp of Despair, and the reputation of the Third Fleet among the Commons family immediately fell. Less than a third of the warships were destroyed, and the main force was still holding on to the territory in the Western Sea.

It is common for the Commons family, like a pack of wolves at sea, to compete with each other for territory.

If Stubin had brought the entire Third Fleet to the East Sea, it would have been less than two years before he returned to the West. There would probably be no place for him.

But who would have thought that the big shark in the sea hit a hard bone in Repulse Bay and broke one of its sharpest teeth.

It is true that Stubbs has his own uniqueness in being able to emerge from a fiercely competitive family like the Commons family step by step.

The moment he damaged the Dragon Roar, he had already fully thought about the bad prospects of the Third Fleet. He was also a ruthless person and made the most decisive decision.

Fleeing from the Donau River and returning to the Endless Sea, after the main force of the expeditionary force.

Appointing his sixteen-year-old son as the acting captain, commanding the expedition fleet, using absolute force, sweeping across the endless Haidong waters, conquering as many islands as possible, and plundering as many people as possible for his own use.

And he brought several fastest warships and returned to the base camp of the Third Fleet in the Western Sea.

Before the other fleets of the Commons family took action, the strong man broke his wrist, abandoned all the territory in the western sea area, integrated all the warships of the third fleet, and retreated to the east sea area. It doesn't matter which fleet's battleship or island base it is.

As long as they were hit by them or dropped by, it was like locusts crossing the border, regardless of wealth or population, they were all engulfed in the migratory fleet.

This incident became a fuse at the time, triggering a major shock within the Commons family.

If it wasn't for the North Sea Fleet of the Witches' Secret Society, which was staring at the side, and the other six fleets were more or less concerned, a full-scale naval battle would not have erupted just now.

In order to compete for the territory vacated by the Third Fleet, the Commons family continued to have minor internal frictions. Some fleets that have a joint vertical relationship with the Third Fleet have been greatly affected, and the territory and strength have been reshuffled to a certain extent. .

It's not that the other six fleets didn't think about swallowing the main force of the third fleet.

However, Stubin's actions were too decisive. The main territory of the Third Fleet itself was around the South China Sea, and there was no time to organize the main force to pursue it.

Furthermore, the Endless Hainan Sea is not suitable for large-scale naval battles. Warships that don't know the local waters may run aground and sink under normal conditions, let alone launch a naval battle.

I can only watch helplessly as the Third Fleet packs up and moves to the Endless Haidong Sea.

Afterwards, other fleets tried to find a safe channel in the South China Sea and went to the East China Sea to get a share, but they were beaten back by the Third Fleet stationed here.

This kind of move can basically be regarded as a split. The Third Fleet has already regarded the entire East China Sea as its own, and is unwilling to share it with anyone, including its former brothers.

How can it be comfortable to eat alone when sharing with others?

It turns out.

Stubbing's choice is correct, at least so far, he thinks he is wise and correct.

The first two years of the Great Migration really made them a little bit traumatized. After all, they gave up the island they had been operating for many years, especially the seven or eight large shipyards.

But their fleet is invincible in the East China Sea, just sweep it all the way.

Although the ship-building technology of the crocodiles who migrated to the sea is better than that of the tribes in the Swamp of Despair, due to the lack of strong competitors all year round, the scale of their internal battles is not large, so naturally they will not spare no effort to develop warships, and still rely on small and medium warships Lord, out of scale.

Facing the alien giant shark of the Third Fleet, the result can be imagined.

Although the site that has been in business for many years is gone, it has been exchanged for a site that is ten times larger than before.

The former shipyard is lost, but their skilled shipbuilders are still there, and there are dozens of times the previous population here for them to enslave and drive.

The Third Fleet, which migrated to the endless Haidong sea area, is like a monster with no natural enemies but sufficient food. It develops at a terrifying speed and builds its own maritime empire under the watchful eye of the Yong Ye army leader.

Especially in the past two years, they have become more unscrupulous, and even extended their tentacles to the Dunao Plain that the Yongye Army Commander has not yet fully eaten, and established their own towns and ports in some coastal areas, using this as a rocker. Peeping over the plains of Donau.

Captain Stupin is still undeterred, and he never forgets the Donau Plain.

No, it should be called His Majesty King Stubbins.

Six years ago, Captain Stubbs had already established himself as king on Dawan Island, calling himself the king of the East China Sea.

This is an out-and-out grass-headed king, not recognized by half of the forces.

How can you allow others to snore beside the couch.

The leader of the Yongye Army has always regarded the Dunau Plain as his own possession, which naturally includes the East Sea.

It will be a matter of time before there is an all-out war with Stubin's East China Sea.

In fact, the war between the two had already started when the leader of the Yongye Army fully developed the Donau Plain.

In order to compete for the ownership of the Donau Plain, Stubbing did not start building more ships after rebuilding the shipyard in the East China Sea.

Because in the previous wars, he had already discovered the reality of the Yong Ye army leader.

Their nautical ability is close to zero, and the new weapons of water warfare in their hands, powder barrel mines, are indeed infinitely powerful on the inland river, and they are truly a defensive weapon.

But in the vast sea area, the effect is greatly reduced.

Without any tricks, the Yong Ye army led this emerging force, and wanted to compete with himself, the sea overlord, at sea, but he was beyond his control.

The shipbuilding industry is different from others. This kind of thing can be done by chance, and it must have decades of accumulation.

The Commons family's ability to own such a huge fleet is the accumulation of countless generations for more than three hundred years.

Not to mention ten years, even if the Eternal Night Army is given another thirty or fifty years, King Stubbs is confident that he will overwhelm the opponent in terms of the number of sea ships.

The fact is also the same. Although the Yongye army leader has spent crazy money in the shipbuilding industry these years, he has devoted himself to producing seagoing ships in recent years. So far, their number of seagoing ships is only thirty-two. There are mostly Dreadnought-class ships, few Hurricane-class ships, and none Dreadnought-class ships. Thirteen of them were refitted with spoils from the Third Fleet.

In the past few years, the leader of the Yongye army has been unable to shrink back, which has further fueled Stubin's thinking, and he believes that the leader of the Yongye army has no cards to restrain them.

Therefore, the rebuilt shipyard is mainly to produce various small and medium warships, so that they can invade the interior of the Dunau Plain.

In the face of the frequent harassment from the Third Fleet, the Yongye Army Leader has adopted a relatively passive defensive strategy here. Not to mention the naval warfare weapon artillery, even the explorer navy did not dispatch all its personnel, and all the people who showed up were Stubin The boats I have seen before.

Cooperating with ground troops and a large number of black powder mines is enough to keep them out.

Taking such a passive stance, the top leaders of the Yongye army naturally have their own considerations. The explorer navy has not yet been formally reorganized. Even if they launched a powerful counterattack on the inland river, at most they would destroy the cannon fodder they landed and hurt others. to their roots.

The energy put in and the rewards are not proportional.

It's better to show the enemy's weakness, lie dormant quietly, and wait until the preparation is complete, and then launch a thunderous blow.

Although the leader of the Yongye army used the cannon of the strong ship three months ago in order to deter the new royal family formed by King Laurie and not be dragged into the quagmire of war with little benefit, the outside world still has no complete concept of artillery, let alone It is the Third Fleet hanging alone in the East China Sea.

Everything has two sides.

From Stubin's point of view, the Yong Ye army leader was surrounded by them from the sea, and without their permission, their fleet would never have sailed out of the inland river.

But in the eyes of the leader of the Yongye army, it was Stubin, the grass-headed king, who was blocked by them from the land level. Basically, there was no possibility of communication with other military leaders. He was just a fish raised in the pond in the back garden. , After they have prepared the knives and seasonings, they are ready to stew it in the pot. Whether it is steamed or braised depends entirely on their mood.

The only troublesome thing is that this fish is not a docile grass carp, but a man-eating shark. Due to the abundance of food, the mutated great white shark has an astonishing size. Army Leader Yong Ye must treat it with caution. If you bite off a piece of meat, it is not beautiful.

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Grand Bay Island.

Stubbs' East China Sea Kingdom is the base camp of the East China Sea.

When Stubin led the Third Fleet just arrived in the East China Sea, he fell in love with this place at a glance.

This is simply a paradise tailor-made for them.

Dawan Island is an archipelago. In addition to the main island that resembles a crescent moon, there are five large islands, thirteen medium-sized islands, and more than forty small islands. They are guarded within 300 nautical miles around them, and there are many natural deep-water ports. Countless.

The huge Third Fleet, after arriving here, is naturally like a fish in water. With a large number of ships, it directly connects all the islands into a whole.

They surrounded the main island by encroaching on the surrounding small and medium-sized islands, and prevented the crocodile people who migrated here from sailing into the sea. They survived for five years, and after their life became more embarrassing, they drove other islanders as cannon fodder and rushed to the Dawan Island has gained a firm foothold here in one fell swoop.