Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 252 The Dead as a Scapegoat

After the naval battle in the Wessel Strait ended, the Hethel Kingdom not only had to bear the wrath of the Gisk Empire and the Orensa Empire, but also had to bear the condemnation from the other six countries of the Nine-Nation Military Alliance, which immediately pushed the Hethel Kingdom to the The cusp.

On the morning of August 3016th, [-] in the Tang Dynasty, that is, the morning of the third day after the naval battle in the Wesel Strait, in the palace of Manges, the capital of the Kingdom of Hethel, the young King Munica frowned at Prime Minister Uriso asked: "Prime Minister, both the Jisk Empire and the Orensa Empire now demand that the Kingdom of Hethel compensate the losses of the two navies. Mi and other countries also let our Kingdom of Hethel be responsible for the defeat in that naval battle, what should our Kingdom of Hethel do next? Do we need to punish the Marquis Davidok, the commander of the fleet?"

King Munica of the Kingdom of Hethel is only 16 years old this year and just succeeded to the throne of King of the Kingdom of Hethel last year.

Originally, in the Kingdom of Hethel, the king's rights were still very strong, but due to the sudden death of the previous king of the Kingdom of Hethel, who was in his prime, the young prince hurriedly inherited the throne, so that the rights of the Kingdom of Hethel are now , almost entirely under the control of Prime Minister Uriso.

Prime Minister Uriso immediately said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, what the Marquis of Davidoc has done is the most beneficial to our Kingdom of Hethel. According to the battle report of the naval battle in the Wessel Strait, the Gisk Navy is only the main force. ship, it lost seven super dreadnought battleships and nine battlecruisers, and the Orenza Navy also lost six super dreadnought battleships and nine battlecruisers. If the Tang Navy continues to fight hard, our Hessel Navy will never lose only one super dreadnought battleship, one battlecruiser and two dreadnought battleships!"

When the Orenza Navy was retreating, there was also a super dreadnought battleship and a battlecruiser that failed to withdraw. One of the brave-class super dreadnought battleships with a 356mm main gun almost lost power, and He was captured by the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty. In this naval battle, the Royal Navy of the Datang captured two super dreadnought battleships, and the other was the Ruthless-class super dreadnought battleship of the Jisk Navy.

King Munica said with some hesitation: "But how should we, the Kingdom of Hethel, explain to the other eight countries of the Nine-Nation Military Alliance?"

Prime Minister Uliso said indifferently: "Your Majesty, rest assured, I will handle this matter well."

Regarding the escape of the Hethel Navy, the Hethel Kingdom finally gave the reason that the commander of the Hethel Navy Fleet, Davydok, because after the naval battle started, he suddenly became ill and had to withdraw the command of the fleet. , and temporarily handed it over to Captain Leonido of the sharp super dreadnought battleship.

As for why Leonido gave the order to retreat, it has become a secret that can never be solved with the sinking of the super dreadnought battleship Sharp. During the naval battle, the only super dreadnought battleship sunk, Captain Leonido also sank into the sea along with the battleship.

The Kingdom of Hethel is deeply sorry for the escape of the Hethel Navy. It is also very sorry for the losses of the Gisk Navy and the Orenza Navy. The navy, the Rielland navy, and the Revelli navy worked together to rescue the Gisk navy and the Orenza navy trapped in the port of Groning.

On the morning of August 3016th, [-] in the Tang Dynasty, in a large hall of the imperial palace in Cacchino City, the capital of the Orenza Empire, Emperor Modest held a telegram in his hand and said angrily to Prime Minister Nikifor: "The Kingdom of Hessel actually pushed a dead man to act as a scapegoat. Do you think that the people of our Orenza Empire are mentally retarded?"

Prime Minister Nikifor hesitated for a while and persuaded him: "Your Majesty, the Hethel Kingdom is one of the nine-nation military alliance after all, and our Orenza Empire is still counting on the army of the Hethel Kingdom to join the battlefield as soon as possible to relieve our Oren The pressure from the Royal Army of Sasha, so this time, it is best to make the matter of Hesel Navy get away from the battle. "

Emperor Modest couldn't help sighing when he heard this, then he crumpled up the telegram in his hand and threw it on the ground, "Prime Minister, how is the situation on the front line?"

Prime Minister Niki Fore said bitterly: "Your Majesty, the situation on the front line is very bad. As of yesterday afternoon, our Orenza Royal Army has lost more than 300 million troops, and the frontier defense line in the border area has been completely abandoned. Well, our troops of the Royal Army of Orenza can only rely on some border cities to launch street battles with the Datang Army in order to delay the progress of the Datang Army. Now several armored units of the Datang Army have already driven straight into the We have entered the hinterland of our Orenza Empire, and the Ministry of the Army is trying to find a way to mobilize troops to try to block these armored units of the Datang Army."

Emperor Modest frowned and said, "When will the newly formed fifty infantry divisions be able to take to the battlefield?"

When the Nine-Nation Military Alliance declared war on the Tang Empire, the Orenza Royal Army already had a full hundred infantry divisions, with a total strength of 1000 million. To attack, the Orenza Empire had to urgently use reserve officers and soldiers to prepare to form another fifty infantry divisions.

Prime Minister Nikifor sighed and said: "Your Majesty, of the fifty newly formed infantry divisions, twenty have completed the reorganization of personnel and equipment of weapons, and these twenty infantry divisions that have completed basic reorganization have already After being transferred to the front line by the Ministry of War, the remaining [-] infantry divisions will also be formed in about a month, and will be sent to the battlefield at that time."

Emperor Modest frowned even tighter. "Although the newly formed infantry divisions are all composed of reserve officers and soldiers, is it okay to rush to the battlefield in such a hurry? Don't we need to train for a while?"

Prime Minister Nikifor said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, it stands to reason that these newly formed infantry divisions must undergo training for a period of time, but the front line is tight, and the Ministry of War has to rush ducks to the shelves."

Emperor Modest immediately asked: "Have the intelligence agencies found out how many troops and warplanes the Tang Empire dispatched to our invasion of the Orensa Empire?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Datang Army has dispatched more than 600 million people, and the Datang Air Force has dispatched at least thousands of fighters. It is precisely because the Datang Air Force has completely controlled the air supremacy that the resistance of our Orenza Empire has changed. So hard."

"Now that the Wessel Strait has been cut off by the Datang Navy, the main force of our Orensa Royal Navy, together with the main force of the Gisk Navy, is trapped in the Groning Port of the Gisk Empire. The Kingdom of Hethel promises The 150 million troops sent to our Orenza Empire will be hopeless in a short period of time, what do the Monia Empire, Rielan Empire and Revelli Kingdom say?"

"Your Majesty, the three countries of Monia, Rielland, and Revelli have all sent telegrams. The main naval forces of these three countries are gathering. The main force of our Orensa Royal Navy and the Jisk Navy are out of trouble, trying to drive the Datang Navy out of the Wessel Strait. As long as the Wessel Strait is controlled by our nine-nation military alliance, the Monia Empire, Riel With the armies of the Lan Empire, Hethel Kingdom, and Revelli Kingdom, they can continuously provide reinforcements to the mainland of our Orenza Empire, and even the territory of the Jisk Empire."

"Hey—I hope that the combined navies of our six countries can defeat the Datang Navy in the Wessel Strait. Otherwise, it will be difficult for our Orenza Royal Army alone to withstand such a ferocious attack from the Datang Empire."

Just when the Emperor Modest of the Orensa Empire was frowning, Su Yi, the emperor of the Tang Empire, was in a very good mood. The First Squadron, it can be said to have severely damaged the navies of the Gisk Empire and the Orenza Empire, and even together with the Fourth Fleet of the Third Fleet, besieged the main force of the Gisk Navy and the Orenza Navy in the Gisk Empire. Groning Harbor.

In addition, the two super dreadnought battleships captured by the first team of the Third Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty also let the system reward Su Yi with a Japanese Nagato-class super dreadnought battleship and a Bavarian-class super dreadnought battleship.

In this naval battle, the Datang Royal Navy sank a total of one super dreadnought battleship, four battlecruisers, two light cruisers and two destroyers, and with the captured two super dreadnought battleships, the Datang Royal Navy It is equivalent to four more super dreadnought battleships in the account. Under the ebb and flow, even if the number of capital ships of the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty is still less than the capital ships of the nine countries of the entire Nine-Nation Military Alliance, Su Yi believes that the final Victory must also belong to the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty.

In the Xiande Hall of the Imperial Palace in Chang'an City, Su Yi smiled and said to Wang Chengliang, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy: "The Royal Navy played very beautifully this time. Only the first team under the jurisdiction of the Third Fleet defeated the Jisk Navy and the Austrian Navy." The main force of the Lensa Navy, by the way, even scared the Hesel Navy and fled."

Wang Chengliang also said with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty, the first battleship of the Third Fleet has 36 Jingyuan-class super dreadnought battleships and 36 Zhiyuan-class battlecruisers, which can be said to be the seven main fleets of our Royal Navy." Among them, it is normal for the strongest team to defeat the main force of the Jisk Navy and the Orensa Navy."

Su Yi went on to say: "Now the First and Fourth Squadrons of the Third Fleet have trapped the main forces of the Gisk Navy and the Orenza Navy in Port Groning, but the southern theater of the Nine-Nation Military Alliance is not Only the Jisk Empire and the Orenza Empire, I feel that the Monia Navy, the Rielland Navy, the Hessel Navy and the Revelli Navy are likely to form a joint fleet to try to rescue the Jisk Empire in Groning Port. The Sk Navy and the Orensa Navy, so I feel that the Royal Navy should further strengthen the power in the Wessel Strait."

Wang Chengliang immediately said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have ordered the third and fourth teams under the Fourth Fleet, as well as the first team under the Sixth Fleet, to rush to the Wessel Strait to join forces with the Third Fleet's No. The first team and the fourth team merged together."

The capital ship of the Third Squadron of the Fourth Fleet, with twelve Breton-class super dreadnought battleships and seven Tiger-class battlecruisers, the capital ship of the Fourth Squadron of the Fourth Fleet, with sixteen Tennessee-class super dreadnought battleships And seven Tiger-class battlecruisers.

The capital ship of the First Squadron of the Sixth Fleet, it has 21 King-class dreadnought battleships and 24 Moltke-class battlecruisers.

Su Yi asked again: "Have there been any recent movements in the navies of the Inaba Empire, the Sharad Empire, and the Noomi Empire?"

Wang Chengliang nodded and said: "According to the news that our Royal Navy has received, the main force of the Yingluoba Navy, the Sharad Navy and the Noomi Navy are currently gathering at a military port of the Sharad Empire, and the first fleet of our Royal Navy The , Second Fleet, and Seventh Fleet have all gathered in Huifeng Port, ready to face the combined naval fleets of these three countries at any time."

Su Yi frowned slightly, "The Yingluoba Navy has 97 super dreadnought battleships, 85 battlecruisers and 85 dreadnought battleships, and the Sharad Navy has 88 super dreadnought battleships, 86 battleships Cruisers and ten dreadnought battleships, the Noomi Navy has [-] super dreadnought battleships, [-] battlecruisers and ten dreadnought battleships, only relying on the Royal Navy's First Fleet, Second Fleet and Seventh Fleet, it can handle it ?"

"Your Majesty, the First and Second Squadrons under the Fourth Fleet, and the Second and Third Squadrons under the Sixth Fleet are not far from Huifeng Port. It can fight with the First Fleet, Second Fleet and Seventh Fleet. Although it is still slightly insufficient compared to the combined strength of the three navies of Inrobar, Sharad, and Noomi, the gap in strength is not that great anymore. It's so obvious."

Su Yi rubbed his chin, and suddenly said: "It is best to choose a battlefield closer to the coastline of our Datang Empire for the decisive battle with the navies of Yingluoba, Sharad, and Noomi. The Goshawk bombers deployed by the Air Force in the coastal areas will be useful."

The Goshawk bomber is the Junkers-88 dive bomber. This bomber has a bomb load of 2.5 tons and a range of more than 2000 kilometers. It is completely capable of launching air strikes on enemy fleets in the offshore.

(End of this chapter)