Realm of Power

In the cabin of the Imperial Dragon Fang Battleship, a middle-aged man wearing the uniform of an Elo Emperor officer was pointing to the chart on the table and said with a solemn expression, "Go forward from the southern end of the Kailo River. Thirty miles is the scope of the Sea of ​​Mist. It is foggy all year round for unknown reasons. Moreover, the range is more than a hundred miles, and there are as many as 17 or 17 reef groups for surface ships. Ships that venture into the foggy sea under unfamiliar circumstances will often hit the reefs and sink, even if they are lucky enough to get through. Crossing the Sea of ​​Mist will also put the fleet in trouble because of the difficulty of returning."

"More than a hundred miles of fog! Your country should know the reason!"

The Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Navy, Dostelenko, touched his nose with his right hand and said casually to the officer sent by the Ero Empire.

"How did Lord Dustrunkai know?"

The middle-aged officer of the Erro Empire who came to introduce the Lost Sea originally wanted to pretend to be mysterious, but who knew that Dustronkai saw through it immediately, and his face couldn't help but look a little embarrassed.

This Eero officer is called Kubiasen. He looks a bit frail and seems to be gentle. He is a civilian officer in the Eero Imperial Department who is responsible for the safekeeping of information. He has buried himself in the information all year round and has nothing to do. Sen suddenly became fascinated with the South three years ago. He became interested in the Sea of ​​​​Lost, and submitted a report about the Sea of ​​​​Lost to Emperor Aero. Although the content of the report was refuted by the military department, Emperor Aero still remembered this person, and this time he was Sent by the Emperor to guide the Imperial Navy,

This time the empire and the Eero Empire formed an alliance, and the imperial naval fleet took advantage of the Kailuo River to go south to attack the waters of Aden. Eero also cooperated very well and sent relevant guides.

Although the Héro Empire does not have a navy, it is very familiar with the situation at the southern seaport. If you want to enter the Aden Sea, you must pass through the southern seaport of the Héro Empire, a shortcut across southern Europe, and the Lost Sea It has become an obstacle that cannot be bypassed. In fact, Eero also hopes that the empire can open a passage in the Sea of ​​​​Lost.

"I'm just guessing. I've been in the sea for so long, and I've seen a lot of various sea environments. The unique sea environment must have special reasons. According to my experience, such a huge range of water mist and steam can never last long. Time exists, unless it is caused by a unique environment. If I guessed correctly, this lost sea should be related to the Kailuo River in front of me that often changes its course. "Dustrom Kaizui Jiao smiled mysteriously. He was a dignified Imperial Navy Minister. Of course, it could not be said that it was because he was forced by His Majesty the Falcon Emperor to preside over the construction of the water network project for a full month. He could no longer look at the situation of the river. Look. Looking at the wide Kailo River in front of us, and the turbulent water roaring and crashing in the river channel, rushing towards the south, we can see how poorly the Elo people have repaired the Kailo River.

The roaring sound of the water was already so loud, it was like a bound dragon roaring with dissatisfaction. More than two hundred miles down the river from Kailuo Port, I didn't see anything that could be used to relieve the pressure in the river. The water network on both sides of the turbulent river is densely planted with waist-high crops. It is said that the agriculture of the Aero Empire relies on the impact zone formed by the Kailo River in front of it. This is really not true at all. That's right,

If it were within the empire, a super-large river like Kailuo, which crosses the national border for more than a thousand miles, would have already extended a water network area dozens of miles wide in nearby rivers. In this way, even if the river water surges during the rainy season, it will There is a huge water network to reduce pressure and avoid the tragic situation caused by the diversion of the river. After all, in In this era, changing the course of a river is no joke. Once it spreads, it will cover hundreds of miles of floodplains. The floods accumulate for half a month. Not only will all the food crops be soaked to death, countless refugees will be displaced, but the imperial trade routes will also be fatally affected. Even if the empire wanted to provide disaster relief, supplies would be blocked in flood areas.

The Elo people in front of them are just the opposite. The Elo people seem to be accustomed to the diversion of the Kailuo River. It can be seen from the dense crops planted along the river. The Elo people completely treat the diversion of the Kailuo River as a farming season. Kailuo big channel river It seems that the embankment has been repaired recently, and most of it is made of mud mixed with stones. There are even crops planted on it. Not to mention the carelessness, the width is even more narrow as possible. It is simply oppressive. It would be best if the Kelo River Channel collapses directly

It can be imagined that once the rainy season arrives, the water in the Kailuo River surges. Such a river is a joke. The roaring floods will spread from the Kailuo River to both sides, rushing through the rivers on both sides like beasts, sweeping away everything nearby, and destroying everything nearby. The entire Kailo River Thousands of miles of land along the coast have turned into mud. In such a huge floodplain area, and as the temperature increases significantly as it gets closer to the south, a large amount of water vapor evaporates, and when it meets the humid air currents rolling in from the southern sea, it does not spread over hundreds of miles. The heavy fog is a strange thing!

Kubiasen said with a wry smile, "In fact, a hundred years ago, our Ero Empire not only had a powerful navy in the southern seas, but also once controlled the edge of the Aden Sea. Now, half of the areas controlled by the Aden Navy used to be in Under the control of our Ero navy, the Aden navy had not yet risen at that time. It was not the Aden people who dominated this southern sea, but our Ero sea. The army and the navy of the Nanxi Empire. At that time, the south was not full of rotten land as before, but a real fertile wilderness. The farmers only had to wait for the Kailuo River to rise and recede every April and October. Seeds are sown in the sludge, and coupled with the hot climate in the south, there is often a bumper harvest in three or four months. There are two harvests a year, ensuring 80% of our food supply in Eiro."

"How did it develop like this?"

Dostelenko looked surprised. It was the first time he heard that the Aero Empire actually had a navy. But also, how could a kingdom like the Aero Empire, lying between two seas, not have a navy? It had been there before. I find it very strange. Now I know that not only did the Ero Empire once have a navy, but it also didn’t seem to be under the Aden people.

Kubiason seemed to have thought of something painful, and his lips trembled slightly. "It all happened because eighty years ago, heavy rains continued for two months in the south of Héro, and the Kelo River overflowed in the south. Not only was the river channel washed away, but the flood also submerged the original In the irrigation area, the entire southern part of the Hérault was immersed in it. Although it subsided later, the entire southern irrigation area was almost completely destroyed, and more than half of the population was lost. The Hérault Empire, which originally controlled almost half of the land of Barro in southern Europe, in order to recover, It took a full forty years Time, at the southern seaport, a sea of ​​mist gradually appeared that could not be crossed. "Forty years ago, Iero spent a lot of money to re-establish two fleets and one hundred and forty warships to enter the lost sea area, and finally returned. Thirty years ago, I, Erodi, had less than nineteen ships. The country had no choice but to order the abandonment of the southern seas, but it was also because of this that when we turned back and looked at the inland sea area, the emerging Strand Navy and the Feishan Kingdom Navy had firmly controlled the east coast of the inland sea. The result was that Egypt Luo Wujun's embarrassing embarrassment"

"It's so tragic! A powerful empire has been stagnant for decades because of a river flooding, and it also missed the opportunity to develop its navy. The experience of the Ero Empire makes Dostelenko feel more and more hunted. "His Majesty the Eagle's Prophet" Dostelenko looked at Kubiasen's painful face, and could feel how terrifying the memory of the super flood was in the mind of this Eero civil servant.

"I really didn't expect that the emperor personally worked hard to promote the construction of the empire's water network, and it turned out to be so profound." Dostronkai also felt excited in his heart. "Looking at the Erro Nanfang in front of you, you will know that the seemingly simple water network But this effective measure contains His Majesty’s brilliant foresight!

It is conceivable that the great flood of 80 years ago, and the agriculture that relied on the rising water in the Kailuo River, must have been completely destroyed under such a blow. The series of consequences caused by this are the most terrifying, not only the irrigation area has been destroyed. Well, the food shortage that year should have also led to a large reduction in the population of the Eero Empire.

The most important thing is that the Kailuo River after the great flood must have completely changed its original path. The Kailuo River passes through the new area in the south. This kind of change in the river course is enough to affect a place. It’s not just regional agriculture, but also changes in the climate environment and geographical environment.

With the emergence of the Sea of ​​Mist, the temperature in the south has risen rapidly. This is abnormal. Dustelenko can clearly feel that the temperature here is like a kind of transpiration all the time. The planting areas on both sides of the river There are also fewer and fewer as you go south, and large areas of dry loess begin to appear outside the rivers. This basically shows that the southern agricultural foundation that has supported the Ero people for thousands of years has been unable to be saved after the heavy damage that year. The center of gravity of the Ero Empire Moving from south to north should also be due to the diversion of the Kailuo River.

This has to be said to be a kind of retribution that the Erro people have only plundered but never given to the Kailuo River for thousands of years!

"Sir, the latest news is that the main force of the Aden Navy left the capital of Aden three days ago and moved in the direction of the Lost Sea!" An imperial naval officer walked into the cabin with a secret report and asked Dustrom Kai reported

"Okay, I get it!" Dostelenko took the report, waved to the officer after reading it, and then handed the information to Kubiasen

"Sir, can you really let me see this?" Kubiason was a little at a loss and did not take the tip immediately. He was an officer of the Erro Empire, and this was top-secret information from the Falcon Empire. How could he look?

"It's just a piece of information, and I also need to know your advice. You are the fleet guide, aren't you?" Dostronkai shrugged.

"That would be rude of me." Kubiasen, who was flattered, took the secret report with slightly trembling fingers, glanced at it, and was slightly stunned again, "This?"

"What's wrong?" Dostelenko looked at him with bright eyes. As for the situation of Aden's navy, because the distance is too far, the Admiralty can know very little. On the contrary, the Aero people's intelligence about the Aden people is very limited. Dostronkai has long been coveted. Although this guide is not a genuine intelligence officer, this person whose head is full of all kinds of information is far more valuable than those intelligence officers in many cases.

For example, right now, Dostelenko really wants to know what the Aden battleship that looks like a giant eagle mentioned in the secret report is! The report of the naval battle at Qinglong Bay has been sent to Dostelunkai. Through the report, Dostelunkai knew that the Aden people had this kind of extremely powerful warships, as well as extremely fast fire-breathing ships. If they were in the fog, In an environment like the sea, even the Imperial Navy would suffer a big loss.

Although the intelligence personnel lurking in the Royal Capital of Aden could learn very little, the intelligence personnel still captured two such huge Eagle-class warships in the Aden Navy that launched together in the latest Aden Navy warship that left the Royal Capital Port. According to intelligence, the tonnage of this Eagle-class battleship is extremely large, and may even exceed the Empire's Dragon-class

"nothing!"

Kubiason also knew that he had lost his composure, and quickly corrected his posture, closed the secret report and put it on the table, and said with a smile, "Although I am an officer in the Eero Military Department, I am mainly responsible for information management, and I have a solid understanding of intelligence." It’s not much, so I actually didn’t see much.” Kubiasen’s mouth showed a smile to cover up his embarrassment.

"It doesn't matter. No matter what happened in the past, the enemies of our two countries are now the Aden people, and our target is the Aden navy. At this point, it is necessary to exchange intelligence."

Dostelenko smiled disapprovingly. The general's demeanor made Kubiasen feel ashamed. The Aero Empire has been fighting against the Aden people for many years, and the intelligence it has obtained is probably much more than that of the empire. In this regard, , but Erro had never thought about sharing information with the Empire. As the guide of the Imperial Navy, he was also given strict instructions in this regard. He did not expect that the Commander-in-Chief of the Falcon Empire Navy would take the initiative to disclose information to him.

Dostronkai's smile made him feel entangled in his heart. Should he say it or not? In the past few days of contact, he could feel that the commander of the Falcon Empire Navy in front of him was actually quite easy to get along with. people. [(Compared to the rumored invincible naval commander who commanded the invincible Imperial fleet and destroyed every enemy one by one, he saw the Imperial Navy Minister wearing a tilted hat more than once, with his legs raised on the table. With such a lazy look, it is difficult for such a person to connect with the invincible general known as the judge of the sea.

"I saw that kind of giant eagle-like battleship in the intelligence." Kubiasen took a deep breath and said, "Although I am not a navy, and I don't understand the navy, but in the data records, that kind of huge eagle-class battleship It should be called the Aden Dragon Eagle, which is the most powerful battleship in the Aden Navy and is generally used as the flagship of the fleet! "

"Oh, I understand. What you want to say is that two Dragon Eagle warships left the port of the Royal Capital of Aden at the same time. In other words, two Aden fleets left the Sea of ​​Aden." Dostronkai touched his chin with a deep look. Like a sharp sword being unsheathed, is it Dragon Eagle level? It turns out that the most powerful battleship of the Aden people is called the Dragon Eagle class! But so what! , the huge heavy-tonnage battleships have proven unable to compete with the Imperial Navy in the inland sea era, let alone only two Dragon Eagles!

"I, that's not what I meant." But Kubiasen shook his head, hesitated and said, "According to the data, the Dragon Eagle battleship is the strongest and most noble in Aden. It will never leave the port at the same time. In this situation, except for one possibility, it is the First Fleet directly under the Aden royal family. Only the First Fleet is qualified to dispatch two Dragon Eagle battleships. , although I know a lot about the Aden Navy Not much, but there is still some information. Among them is the First Fleet of the Aden Navy. Not only does it have a battleship group that accounts for one-fifth of the total Aden Navy, but all the navy sailors are the most fanatical Aden so-called gods. Believers are truly brave and not afraid of death. Even if they bite with their teeth, they will take a bite of the meat. It is obvious that after the Aden Navy clearly took away the two naval fleets, it quietly removed the soldiers stationed in the royal capital all year round. The most powerful first fleet has joined in! (To be continued.) 8