Realm of Power

"What the hell is going on?" Spark, the captain of the 8th Squadron of the Third Army of Erault, was lying on the ground, his mouth wide open, and he was exhaling air subconsciously. His scalp was numb, and his eyelids were shaking desperately. His ears were filled with the echoing sounds of En En, and he could not hear anything clearly. The heat wave hit his face, and in the blazing fire that exploded, the night air was briefly close to solidification. , the breath is piercing the skin His eyes seemed to be slightly distorted. Just before his sight, the men who were cleaning up were covered by a violent explosion. In the blink of an eye, hundreds of people turned into stumps and broken arms all over the ground. Spark's gas was blown away by the explosion. The waves stirred up and hit the ground hard

He is not a new recruit who has never been on the battlefield, nor has he never seen scenes of corpses strewn across the fields. In the brutal battle with the Aden people last year, the dead were like fallen leaves covering the ground, but nothing like this. , the person who was still alive just now was torn apart by the sudden explosion in the blink of an eye, turning into a pile of unrecognizable minced meat. The sound of the subordinates holding their wounds and wailing in pain was even more mind-numbing under such firelight.

Spark's eyes were red. Only then did he realize that he was also afraid of death. Fires exploded one after another around him, and various sounds rushed into his ears. Hysterical sounds penetrated everything. He had seen all kinds of All kinds of deaths, the deaths of his companions, being massacred and chased by the Aden people. He also killed civilians in Aden. He thought that war was like this. He was a veteran and had seen too many deaths and experienced too many wars. Zhen, I have never felt strange about this moment of life and death. His shouting was just to maintain excitement at the most critical moment. At this moment, what he thought of in his mind was his wife's smile.

He wants to live. He wants to go back, he doesn't want to die! This is true for Hérault officers like Sparks, not to mention ordinary soldiers of the Third Army. Facing a sudden attack from the sea, Hérault's Third Army defeated the Grand Duke of Liaffa in one fell swoop. Before they could cheer, He was killed and wounded more than six people by the Imperial Navy's Thor in just ten minutes. Hundreds of people, and the entire Hérault Third Army suffered battle losses of just over 2,000 from the attack on Haitang Bay to the breach of the Grand Ducal Palace of Liaffa. But now, one-third of the casualties occurred in just ten minutes. , even the Third Army, which was hailed as the Steel Army by Emperor Eero, still had large-scale commotion.

"What is the Navy doing and why are there attacks coming from the sea?"

The commander of the third army, Saya, struggled to get up from the ground, his face covered with dust. If the enemy came from land, his third army would have rushed up and tore it apart, but the opponent came from the sea, and for the sea He knew nothing about the battle between the fleets. He knew that the attack came from the sea and that his men were bleeding.

An Eero officer ran over from a distance covered in blood. His face and body were covered with blood. He didn't know if it was his own or someone else's. He came to Saya, knelt on the ground and said with a cry in his voice. "Sir, we found the bodies of many of our Eero sailors on the coast, including one The injured person claimed to be the captain of the Hero Navy battleship Baiba Ya. He said that the navy encountered a powerful attack by the Imperial Navy and has now fled! The Imperial Navy is now in control of the sea, and those sudden explosions are the Falcon Empire. The Navy's Thor shells caused massive damage ""The Navy ran away!

"I'm just talking about how the enemy could launch an attack from the sea."

"These cowards in the Navy are so incapable of fighting!" The officer's words caused an uproar in the surrounding crowd, and all kinds of low-pitched comments were made.

"What nonsense are you talking about? We are the Third Army of Eero, the famous Steel Army. Without the cover of the navy, we can't do anything?" Saya's face turned even livid, and he walked over and grabbed the officer. The collar of his armor was worn, and he was yelling curses. Although he believed in his heart that there must be something wrong with the navy, Saya still wanted to keep a glimmer of hope. At this time, even if he knew There is a problem in the navy, and it should not be said in front of everyone. The morale of the military has been shaken to begin with. How come the news that the navy has escaped spreads, who is still willing to persist, after spending so much energy and effort? , the lives of thousands of Aero soldiers finally reached the treasure house of Grand Duke Liaffa, and even the door was opened. Are you here to tell me that we were abandoned by the navy?

Saya turned around with a cold face, glanced across his subordinates like a blade, and said sternly, "This attack on Haitang Bay is of great significance to the entire Eero situation, and even determines whether Eero has the ability to launch a counterattack and reverse the entire unfavorable situation. His Majesty the Emperor's Company The fact that all three armies have been dispatched is enough to show that there is no room for failure in determination. They have already reached this point. He still does not believe that the Imperial Navy fleet can still drive warships from the sea to land to compete with him without success. He must do it at all costs. Evacuate Haitang Bay!

"It seems that the Elo people are very tenacious. After suffering such a violent bombardment, they can still hold on in Haitang Bay and not come out. I don't know what is in Haitang Bay. Is it worth the Elo people risking their lives to stay?"

Sieffinger put down the telescope in his hand with his eyes shining. He thought that under the violent bombardment of the Imperial Navy Thor, Erro would definitely choose to retreat, but the tenacity shown by the Erro Army was so shocking. He did not choose to evacuate from the narrow Haitang Bay, but became even busier in Haitang Bay. Originally, Si Aifenge wanted to launch the third attack. The second attack, but he was about to raise his hand, but he hesitated and put it down again. After all, Haitang Bay is not the territory of the empire, not to mention that it is not worth it to completely break up with Eero over Haitang Bay. He is just a squadron. Commander, how can it be possible for a squadron commander to decide such a matter that may affect the war between the entire empire and Eero?

Just when he was hesitating, a naval officer came to report, "Commander, we also intercepted two Liafa ships in Haitang Bay. On one of them, a man who claimed to be the Grand Duke of Liafa asked See you!" "Bring Duke Liaffa to me immediately!" His face brightened, he turned around and said to the naval officer. He just couldn't figure out the situation in Haitang City. He didn't expect to intercept the ship of Grand Duke Liaffa. It was just a good time to ask why these Aero people were not afraid of death but they still wanted to stay in Haitang. In the city, what did Grand Duke Liafa have that attracted the Elo people?

Soon, the extremely disheveled Grand Duke Liaffa appeared in front of Sieffenger. As the commander of the squadron of the ninth inland sea area of ​​​​the empire, Sieffenger naturally knew this Grand Duke of Liaffa, and Grand Duke Liaffa also knew Scheffinger,

"Why did the Ero people attack Haitang City?" Sieffinger asked.

"I don't know!" Grand Duke Liafaye lowered his head with a miserable look on his face. Haitang City was over. In order to eliminate the evidence of crime, Eero did not hesitate to set the entire city on fire. The most infuriating thing was that his home base was destroyed by Eero. The Luo people exposed it, but he didn't even understand the reason. The Grand Duke of Liafaya was so ashamed that he really wanted to find a hole in the ground to crawl into. It was really embarrassing.

"What is there in Haitang City that the Eero people would rather brave the bombardment of the Empire's Thunder God to search for?" Sieffinger judged from the tone of Grand Duke Liafaya that it did not sound like he was lying, and asked again

"There is nothing." Grand Duke Liafaye's eyes flashed with a hint of weirdness, and his tone was a bit false. He couldn't say that he had saved a lot of wealth in Haitang City, and that all the wealth was robbed when he was a pirate. Many of them are things that would cause an uproar if taken out.

"Since the Grand Duke has such an attitude, there is nothing our Imperial Navy can do to help." Sieffenger snorted with a heavy nose. He could see that there was definitely something wrong with Haitang City, otherwise the Eero people would not have spent any money. With so much energy, when the domestic situation urgently requires troops, this elite regiment of thousands of people was left behind in this humble little principality. "There is indeed nothing wrong with Haitang City. If there is anything, it is that we have discovered that in recent times, more than a dozen merchant ships loaded with goods have entered the Sunset Canyon." Grand Duke Liafaya was anxious and thought. Why did I just think of the strange thing that happened some time ago and hurriedly said it in one breath, just hoping it could divert some attention?

"Are you sure it's an imperial merchant ship?"

Sieffinger's expression changed. The Emperor's emergency military order forwarded by the Imperial Navy some time ago was one of which was to strictly inspect all types of merchant ships from the Empire heading to the Eero area, and to detain any ships transporting ordnance. For this task, all within The squadrons in the sea area have all canceled their repairs, and a dragnet has been deployed in the inland sea area. Even Siefinger thought that no imperial merchant ship would ever approach the Hérault sea area. Unexpectedly, at Haitang Bay, which is directly across the Hérault sea area, But I heard such a report

"Are you questioning my judgment? Although I no longer work as a pirate, I can't even recognize the merchant ships of that country. Moreover, the smell of bergelatin, which is specially used for imperial merchant ships, can be smelled even from ten miles away. "Arrival" Liafaya looked angry, he was also indulged in it anyway The pirate leader who has been traversing the Inland Sea for decades, for the Inland Sea area, is as simple as his own back garden. He may know more about the merchant ships of various countries than the owners of those merchant ships. For Sieffinger, he actually questioned Grand Duke Liafaya expressed his anger at his own ability.

"I'm sorry, this matter is a very important matter for our Imperial Navy, so..." Sieffenger also knew that this question was a bit excessive, but it was already too late when he responded, and he said apologetically, Now all he could think about were those imperial merchants who quietly smuggled themselves from Haitang Bay to the coastline, and they were the targets of the emperor's strict search, those imperial merchants who were smuggled in from the direction of Lisbon." This was really free of charge. time!"

Sieffinger almost smiled, because there had been no news for a long time. His Majesty the Emperor had expressed his dissatisfaction with the control of the navy on this matter more than once or twice. The Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Mr. Dostronkai, even A promise was made to all the squadron admirals that whoever finds these dozens of imperial merchant ships first, the Imperial Navy will assign the two Imperial Dragon-class battleships that will be launched in November to whose squadron. At that time, the news came out, But it caused shock to the entire Imperial Navy. All the navies The squadron commanders are gearing up, waiting to bring the two newly launched Dragon-class battleships back to their squadrons. The entire Imperial Navy has deployed a dragnet in the Eero Sea, but it is strange to say that more than a dozen An imperial merchant ship turned out to be a None of the ships showed up again, and the admirals of the naval squadron were also full of bitterness. If they didn't see it, they just didn't see it. Although there were more than a dozen large and fully loaded merchant ships, when placed in the huge space of the vast inland sea, those little bits were like looking for a needle in a haystack. Not too much

"You don't have to be like this. No matter what, you saved me and Haitang Bay tonight!"

Liafaya quickly said that after Haitang Bay experienced this catastrophe, even if the burning flames were extinguished, Haitang Bay would not be able to return to its original state. The Eero people's ambition to annex Haitang Bay was clearly revealed, and they only relied on Haitang Bay itself. The power of the Elu Army is simply unable to resist the advance of the Yelu Army. Looking at the entire Oubaluo Continent, only the empire to the north of the Inner Sea has the strength to resist the annexation of the Eluo people.

Now that Haitang Bay has been defeated by Eero's army, Grand Duke Liafaya's men have suffered heavy casualties this time. Now we don't mainly talk about recovering Haitang Bay. Even if we think about the news that Haitang Bay has been defeated, it has spread to the inland sea. Grand Duke Liafaya They all have big heads

I have been a pirate for decades and I don’t know how many ships I have robbed and how many people I have killed. It is not an exaggeration to say that I am an enemy in the inland sea, and I have offended many powerful people. With Haitang Bay here, these forces can take care of them, and I can live in peace. , now Haitang Bay is gone, and his subordinates are also scattered. Think about it, I am afraid that I will have to be pursued by all forces for the rest of my life. After surviving the killing, Liafaya felt shuddering. "You said those imperial merchant ships ended up in the Sunset Canyon. Where and where?" Sieffinger looked at Grand Duke Liafaya, his eyes flickered and his face was solemn. "The Sunset Canyon is located at the intersection of Haitang Bay and the Erault Sea. Because the terrain is secretive and the interior is complicated, it used to be our advantage." The smuggling channel controlled by the Yafa people. Just half a month ago, Eero suddenly sent two thousand troops to occupy the Sunset Canyon. Then those imperial merchant ships entered the Sunset Canyon one after another, but until today, I didn’t see any of them. The imperial merchant ship returned. "Grand Duke Liafaya looked at the sea facing the east and took a deep breath. He was hidden at this moment. I have a vague feeling that the attack on Haitang Bay may be related to what the Elo people did in Sunset Canyon. The Elo people obviously wanted to frame the fault. If they hadn't encountered the Imperial Navy's return voyage, they would have jumped. Even if you enter the sea, you won't be able to clear your suspicions." Give the order and the fleet will turn around. Let's go to the Sunset Canyon." Sieffinger ordered loudly, rw