Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 57 Wessel Strait

On the morning of September 3011, [-] in the Tang calendar, the millions of Sharad troops stationed in the Cangyu Empire crossed the border between the Cangyu Empire and the Ziyue Empire, and launched an attack on the northern part of the Ziyue Empire. .

In the afternoon of that day, the hundreds of thousands of Jisk Army stationed in the territory of the Skystar Empire also crossed the border between the Skystar Empire and the Ziyue Empire, and launched an attack on the eastern part of the Ziyue Empire.

After the troops of the Sharad Empire and the Jisk Empire entered the territory of the Ziyue Empire, the pressure on the Ziyue Empire suddenly doubled. A first-class power succumbed and stubbornly resisted the invasion of the armies of the three countries.

When Su Yi received the news that the Sharad Empire and the Jisk Empire sent troops to the Purple Moon Empire, the six battleship formations of the Independent Fleet, six light cruisers and twenty destroyers, as well as three infantry brigades, Two field infantry brigades, five marine brigades, and 54 transport ships with a large amount of supplies are still moving along the coastline of the Gisk Empire.

In the bridge of the independent fleet flagship Yongxiang, Su Yi put the telegram on the table, then sighed to He Yunfei and Wang Chengliang and said: "The Sharad Empire and the Jisk Empire still sent troops to the Ziyue Empire, Ziyue The empire will face the attack of the three major powers next, and the situation is becoming more and more unfavorable to the Ziyue Empire, how long will it take for us to reach the Anbo Port of the Ziyue Empire?"

Wang Chengliang, the commander of the independent fleet, said immediately: "Marshal, if we can pass through the Wessel Strait smoothly, it will take about a month for us to reach the Anbo Port of the Ziyue Empire."

The area of ​​the Southern Continent is about 7000 million square kilometers, but the Southern Continent is not composed of a whole continent. Apart from the 200 million square kilometers of land connected to the Eastern Continent, the other half of the Southern Continent is made up of many islands. Among them, there are as many as a dozen large islands with an area of ​​more than one million square kilometers.

The Gisk Empire and the Orenza Empire, the two first-class powers in the southern continent, divided up the 200 million square kilometers of land connected to the Eastern Continent, while the Wessel Strait separated the Gisk Empire and the Orenza Empire , separated from Hessel Island, the largest island in the southern mainland and the largest island in the world.

Hessel Island has an area of ​​about 400 million square kilometers, and there is only one country on it—the Kingdom of Hessel, with a population of [-] million. Although it is only a second-class power, the Kingdom of Hessel has the eighth largest country in the world. The navy, and the army ranked ninth in the world, among all the second-class powers, the strength of the Hethel Kingdom can be said to be the top, even the four kingdoms of Cangyu, Liuyun, Tianxing, and Ziyue in the Eastern Continent. The strength has to be ranked behind Hethel Kingdom.

All countries in this world have a consensus that only a country with a land area of ​​over 1000 million square kilometers can call itself an empire, so although the comprehensive strength of the Kingdom of Hethel is stronger than the four kingdoms of Cangyu, Liuyun, Tianxing, and Ziyue, but It cannot be called an empire, it can only be called a kingdom.

The Wessel Strait is located between the Gisk Empire, the Orenza Empire, and the Hessel Kingdom. It is about 250 kilometers long, with an average width of 140 kilometers, and the narrowest point is about 20 kilometers. If the army wants to go to the Purple Moon Empire, the Wessel Strait is the shortest route.

Of course, if the navies of the Gisk Empire and the Orensa Empire want to intercept Su Yi's fleet, the Wessel Strait is the best ambush battlefield.

Su Yi nodded and said, "It is impossible for the navy of the Sharad Empire to rush to the Wessel Strait in a short while. At most, the navies of Jisk and Orenza will jointly stop us in the Wessel Strait , relying on the strength of the six battleship formations of the independent fleet, there should be no problem breaking through the Wesel Strait, but we only have six light cruisers and twenty destroyers. If there are too many, I am worried that it will cause a lot of damage to the six battleship formations."

He Yunfei, the commander-in-chief of the Su Family Army, hesitated at this moment and said: "Commander, the first fleet, second fleet and third fleet of the Cangyu Royal Navy should also arrive at the Wesel Strait soon. These three fleets In addition to having two dreadnoughts, eight pre-dreadnoughts, and eight ironclad battleships, we also have six large armored cruisers, six medium armored cruisers, 24 light cruisers, 24 destroyers, and sixty torpedo boats. If we If we can merge with the three fleets of the Cangyu Royal Navy, then there will be enough small and medium-sized warships to protect the battleships of our independent fleet and prevent torpedo attacks from enemy small and medium-sized warships."

Su Yi turned to Wang Chengliang and asked, "Cheng Liang, what's your opinion?"

Wang Chengliang immediately said: "Commander, if it is only the navies of the Jisk Empire and the Orensa Empire, our independent fleet is confident that we will win the battle. Six light cruisers and twenty destroyers are enough to protect six battleship formations."

Su Yi thought about it for a while, and then said: "It will take more than 20 days for the three fleets of the Cangyu Royal Navy to reach the Wessel Strait. Now that the situation in the Ziyue Empire is severe, we should rush to the Ziyue Strait as soon as possible. Moon Empire!"

On the morning of September 3011th, [-] in the Tang Dynasty, the independent fleet entered the Wessel Strait and found many smoke columns in the distance. It is obvious that there is a large-scale fleet ahead, and it is likely to be the Jisk Empire and the Austrian fleet. The navy of the Rensa Empire, so Wang Chengliang, the commander of the independent fleet, ordered the ships to sound the battle alarm.

The fleet blocking the route of the independent fleet is the combined naval fleet of the Jisk Empire and the Orenza Empire.

Among them, the Royal Navy of the Jisk Empire has [-] dreadnought battleships, [-] former dreadnought battleships, [-] ironclad battleships, [-] large armored cruisers, [-] small armored cruisers, [-] light cruisers, [-] destroyers and Sixty torpedo boats.

In the naval battle outside the Kangshan Port, the Royal Navy of the Gisk Empire suffered a great loss. At this time, the warships of the Gisk Empire gathered in the Wessel Strait are almost the strength of the vast majority of the Royal Navy of the Gisk Empire, including those who have just entered. The four Holy Sword-class dreadnought battleships in service.

The warships of the Royal Navy of the Orenza Empire gathered in the Wesel Strait at this time, including eighteen dreadnought battleships, twelve pre-dreadnought battleships, twenty ironclad battleships, eight large armored cruisers, eight small armored cruisers, 36 36 light cruisers, [-] destroyers and [-] torpedo boats, this is almost the strength of the vast majority of the Royal Navy of the Orenza Empire.

However, what is surprising is that after discovering the independent fleet led by Su Yi, the large combined naval fleet of the Gisk Empire and the Orensa Empire voluntarily gave up its sailing and retreated to the coastline of the Gisk Empire nearby.

(End of this chapter)