Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 168 Unexpected Naval Battle
Today, the Royal Army of the Tang Empire has ten infantry divisions, one armored division, 130 field infantry divisions, and 52 independent infantry brigades. Six of the ten infantry divisions have vacancies. They have all reached full strength, with a total strength of 200 million.

However, according to the current speed at which Su Yi can purchase [-] army-type junior combat biochemical humans every month, the remaining six infantry divisions should soon be fully staffed.

The Purple Moon Empire Royal Army currently has 120 fully staffed infantry divisions and 33 fully staffed independent infantry brigades, with a total strength of 26 million.

And the 800 reserve infantry divisions of the Royal Army of the Great Tang Empire and the 7000 reserve infantry divisions of the Royal Army of the Ziyue Empire, if all of them are fully staffed, add up to [-] million people. Commander He Yunfei said that the strength of more than [-] million troops is not groundless.

When the deputy prime minister of the cabinet, Shi Jian, heard the figure of 7000 million, his expression froze for a moment, and then he said excitedly to Su Yi: "Your Majesty, the seven countries including Yingluoba and Sharad probably don't know that the Royal Army of the Tang Empire and the purple The Imperial Army of the Moon Empire has [-] reserve infantry divisions, as long as we announce this news to the outside world, perhaps the Seven Kingdoms including Yingluoba, Sharad and others will give up their idea of ​​invading our Great Tang Empire and Ziyue Empire."

Seeing that Shi Jian was bent on making peace, Su Yi couldn't help but shook his head and said, "Prime Minister Shi, even if it is announced that our Datang Empire and Ziyue Empire have [-] reserve infantry divisions, people may think that we are bluffing, not to mention that now The Cloud Empire is also being invaded by the Sharad Empire, and the Skystar Empire is also being invaded by the Jisk Empire, and I have an obligation to help the people of these two countries and drive the invaders out of their homes."

When Shi Jian heard this, he sighed inwardly. After all, His Majesty is still young and vigorous. It seems that the war between the Tang Empire, the Ziyue Empire and the Seven Kingdoms Alliance is inevitable.

He Yunfei said at this time: "Your Majesty, if the Seven Kingdoms Alliance wants to invade our Datang Empire and Ziyue Empire, it must take some time to mobilize the army. I feel that we can use this time to preemptively attack Liuyun Empire and Tianxing Empire. Offensive, this can also disrupt the arrangement of the seven-nation alliance."

There was a glint of coldness in Su Yi's eyes and he said: "I also have this idea, but our Tang Empire and Ziyue Empire also need time to prepare, and the [-] reserve infantry divisions don't have much combat power yet."

He Yunfei immediately said: "Your Majesty, I believe that with the strength of the active troops of the Imperial Army of the Great Tang Empire and the active troops of the Royal Army of the Ziyue Empire, it is enough to launch an attack on the Liuyun Empire and the Tianxing Empire at the same time."

After the Yingluoba Empire, the Sharad Empire, the Noomi Empire, the Monia Empire, the Jisk Empire, the Rilland Empire, and the Orenza Empire formed the Seven Nations Alliance, the Royal Army of the Datang Empire and the Royal Army of the Ziyue Empire The army began to increase troops to the border areas on a large scale, and deliberately gathered more troops in the border areas adjacent to the Tang Empire and the Liuyun Empire, as well as the border areas adjacent to the Ziyue Empire and the Tianxing Empire.

Su Yi had already decided to act first. Before the Seven Nations Alliance declared war on the Tang Empire and the Ziyue Empire, he sent troops to the Liuyun Empire and the Tianxing Empire, trying to bring these two countries under his rule.

However, an unexpected naval battle disrupted Su Yi's arrangement and even the original plan of the Seven Nations Alliance.

At around ten o'clock in the morning on September 3013, [-] in the Tang Dynasty, two destroyers of the Fifth Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire were patrolling the waters outside Xingang City of the Liuyun Empire, when they suddenly noticed a huge warship appearing in the distance. The fleet, and all the warships of this fleet are flying the flag of the Sharad Empire.

This huge Sharad naval fleet consists of [-] ironclad battleships, [-] old-fashioned medium armored cruisers, [-] escort cruisers, [-] new torpedo boats and dozens of transport ships. These warships are prepared by the Sharad Empire for free. The gift to the Royal Navy of the Liuyun Empire is about to rush to Huitong Port, the largest military port of the Liuyun Empire, to be delivered to the Royal Navy of the Liuyun Empire.

Originally, this fleet rushed to Huitong Port, and it could completely bypass the waters near Xingang City. After all, Xingang City is still in the hands of the Datang Empire, and a battleship formation and a light cruiser of the Fifth Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Datang Empire The formation and a destroyer formation, as well as the seventh garrison fleet of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, are all stationed at the port of Xingang City.

However, Victor Luo, the commander of the Sharad naval fleet, resisted all opinions and insisted on bringing the entire fleet through the waters near Newport City.

On the bridge of the fleet's temporary flagship, the Forester, Gracia, the captain of the Forester, checked that there was no one else nearby, and then said to Commander Victoro in a deep voice, "Baron Victoro, there is a Great Tang in front of us." The two destroyers of the Imperial Navy, should we change the route, if we continue to follow the original route, we may encounter the main force of the Tang Empire Navy stationed in Xingang City."

Commander Victoro said indifferently: "Although our fleet will cease to exist after arriving at Huitong Port, we now represent the Royal Navy of Sharad. Facing the navy of the Tang Empire, our Royal Navy of Sharad You must not back down, not to mention that our fleet has thirty battleships!"

Captain Gracia of the Forester looked at Commander Victoro's indifferent expression, and couldn't help but feel a little bad in his heart.

Knowing that Commander Victoro's two sons were killed in the naval battle of Anbo Port, Gracia was a little worried that Commander Victoro would do something irrational, so he hesitated and said: "Baron Victoro, Now that our Sharad Empire has formed the Seven-Nation Alliance with Yingluoba, Noomi and other countries, maybe it won't be long before you have the opportunity to avenge your two sons."

Commander Victor Luo said with a blank expression: "I will be 65 years old in one month, and then I have to take off my military uniform. I am not even a reserve. This time I came to the Liuyun Empire. The last mission of the Royal Navy."

All the current officers of the Sharad Royal Navy in this fleet are drawn from the reserve, while most of the sailors are newly recruited.

Commander Victoro's words made Gracia nervous immediately, "Baron Victoro, you can't be impulsive! The Seven Nations Alliance has not yet declared war on the Great Tang Empire and the Purple Moon Empire!"

Commander Victoro said in a low voice: "Grasha, you don't have to worry, I have already arranged that the first shot of this war will be fired by the Tang Empire Navy, and the responsibility will not fall on our heads."

Gracia asked tremblingly: "But...but we only have thirty armored battleships here. If there is a fight, we...can we win?"

Commander Victoro said confidently: "Grasha, I have received the exact information that the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire stationed a total of eleven former dreadnought battleships and two ironclad battleships at the port of Xingang City, and one medium armored cruisers, ten light cruisers, ten destroyers, four gunboats, and ten torpedo boats, while we have, in addition to thirty ironclad battleships, ten old medium armored cruisers, sixty frigate cruisers, and a hundred The new torpedo boats, once a naval battle breaks out, as long as we don't enter the range of the large-caliber coastal defense guns in the port of Newport City, the final victory must belong to our Royal Navy of Sharad!"

"Baron Victor, most of the soldiers on our warship are recruits, can we fight?" Gracia still hoped to stop Commander Victor.

"The officers and soldiers of our fleet are preparing for the next expansion of our Royal Sharad Navy. Along the way, I let all the officers and soldiers practice day and night, which can be said to have given our fleet a certain degree of strength. Combat effectiveness, now is a good time to use an actual battle to test the results of the training."

The two destroyers of the Fifth Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire discovered the appearance of a huge fleet of the Sharad Navy, and while sending a report to the port of Xingang City with a radio transmitter, they greeted the huge Sharad Navy Fleet, and used semaphore to warn the Sharad Navy Fleet not to approach the port of Newport City.

After the Sharad Navy fleet replied with a semaphore that they were just passing through this sea area, they ignored the warnings of the two destroyers of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire and continued to sail forward according to the original route, which was getting closer and closer to Xingang City. port.

At 11:30 am on September [-]th, eleven Edward VII-class pre-dreadnought battleships, eight light cruisers and six destroyers of the Fifth Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire suddenly appeared on the sea, and soon thereafter The other two destroyers of the Fifth Fleet joined together and formed a confrontation with the Sharad Navy Fleet.

On the bridge of the former Edward VII-class dreadnought battleship Jianwei, Guan Xiong, the commander of the first battleship formation of the Fifth Fleet, said to Song Haoqi, the captain of the Jianwei in a deep voice: "Send it again to the fleet of the Sharad Navy. The semaphore, tell them to change their course immediately, or they will bear the consequences!"

Guan Xiong and Song Haoqi are both naval mid-level combat cyborgs, and they have both experienced the naval battle of Anbo Port with the navies of Sharad, Jisk, and Orenza.

Song Haoqi frowned and said: "According to the information sent by the Military Intelligence Bureau, these warships of the Sharad Navy should be sent to the Liuyun Empire Navy. Now what does it mean that they deliberately ran near the port of Xingang City?"

Just as Song Haoqi finished speaking, an old-fashioned medium-sized armored cruiser of the Sharad Navy suddenly exploded.

(End of this chapter)