The pirates hoisted their sails and sailed towards the direction of the Aulus fleet day and night. The Pirate Kingdom's speedboat is the fastest ship in the world today, but Pocaarios still found it too slow, urging and scolding him for a while.
At night, Pocaarios fell asleep with a pile of chain mail on his pillow, but Ella did not. The quiet night inspired her wisdom, allowing her to analyze the current situation more rationally.
"During the day, I was so anxious that I just wanted to go back. Now think about it carefully, even if we saw Aulus, what could we say? The enemy transmitted information overland? Did the small country on the Apennine Peninsula favor the island republic? Or was it the enemy's garrison? In Calabria? The enemy fleet has already set off, and this information is out of date!"
"That means we don't have to rush back in such a hurry?" Amy, who was also awake, asked from the side.
"No, we have to hurry up. The enemy has been stationary for a long time, and now it suddenly moves, then it must have a way to deal with Aulus's current formation. We must remind Aulus to pay attention - but what exactly is the enemy planning to do? Do?"
Aulus's plan was to seize the initiative and force the island republic to fight it in a narrow terrain to take advantage of Ocean Fire.
The island republic's response was to suspend the fighting and use the presence of the fleet to delay Aulus' movements to buy time.
However, the island republic's response plan is not a long-term solution after all. Although the Army of the Seven Hills Empire failed to land, the capital of the Island Republic has been effectively blockaded. Relying on a small fleet remaining in the capital, the island republic can barely sneak across the Apennine Peninsula to deliver intelligence to the outside world, and perhaps also smuggle a small amount of supplies. But if supplies are to be transported on a large scale to maintain daily consumption, they will definitely be blocked by the Seven Hills Empire's army and navy. If things go on like this, the capital city of the island republic will inevitably run out of ammunition and food, and will have to surrender.
In order to lift the blockade of the capital, the navy of the island republic is bound to have a decisive battle with the fleet of Aulus.
In more than a month, what has the island republic prepared for this decisive battle?
Ella's first thought was of ocean fire. According to Amy's report, the island republic is preparing this liquid on a large scale. Ella had seen the "Ocean Fire" of the Island Republic on the hot air balloon in Paracelsus. It would spontaneously combust when it came into contact with air and explode when it came into contact with water. Its violent nature has surpassed that of the Seven Hills. A true fire of the sea in the hands of the Empire.
However, it was impossible for this kind of weapon to escape the eyes and ears of the Seven Hills Imperial Army and be transported on a large scale from the capital to Calabria to be installed on the navy stationed there. The only ones who can mount this weapon are the small fleet stationed in the capital of the island republic. This alone does not seem to give the island republic a chance to win.
What worries Ella even more is that the northwest wind has been blowing these past few days.
The power of the fire of the ocean lies in the fire. On narrow terrain, it is difficult for enemy ships to avoid and disperse. Coupled with its ability to burn on water, the fire can spread quickly. The island republic's main fleet was dispatched this time, and it happened to be downwind when it engaged Aulus, which in turn increased the power of the ocean fire. It is hard to imagine that the enemy, which has been delayed for more than a month, would choose to fight Aulus at this time. Could it be that the island republic's supplies can no longer sustain it? ….
At this time, Amy asked from the side: "Your Majesty, if you command the Aulus fleet, what will you do?"
"Me? If I say it, I will use the currently selected battlefield as bait for a month. Now that the enemy has obtained the information, then this battlefield has only a rigid defensive meaning. No matter how strong the fortress is, it will be breached at some point, so stay still It is very dangerous for the enemy to think of ways to break through. It is better to fake defeat and then lead the enemy to a new narrow terrain - although it may be a little worse from the perspective of terrain than the place Aulus has chosen now, it will definitely work. achieve greater results."
Amy sighed: "It's a pity that His Majesty cannot appear directly in front of Aulus, nor can he directly give orders to him."
When Ella was crossing the Black Sea Strait, she decided to take the Strait of Gibraltar on her return trip to avoid meeting Aulus again. This time, as a mercenary, she initially wanted to escape the fleet's blockade and run away.
. Now it has evolved into a situation where I have to report military information to Aulus, and I have to find a way to avoid a direct meeting with Aulus. As for what to do, Ella hasn't thought about it yet because the matter is urgent. In short, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain.
Ella glanced at Bokarios, who was sleeping soundly.
"At dawn tomorrow, I will tell him my plan and find a way for him to convince Aulus."
Early the next morning, after the night faded, several ships faintly appeared ahead. Ella arrived with a faint feeling that something was wrong, so she quickly asked the fleet to slow down and only sent a small boat to check the situation. The other side seemed to have noticed Ella's fleet, and also sent a ship towards Ella's direction.
The two sides got a little closer, and the pirate who was sent out to investigate hurriedly turned back and shouted to Ella: "King of Sweden, it's bad, it's a ship of the Island Republic!"
Ella secretly screamed in her heart that it was bad, and let the island republic run to the front.
The island republic's fleet began to slowly turn its bow to face Ella's fleet. Looking from a distance, this fleet has hundreds of large and small ships, and its size is probably more than ten thousand people - there is no doubt that this is the main fleet that the island republic relies on for its survival.
Due to the conflict in Calabria, this fleet is already in a hostile state with Ayla.
"There is nothing we can do, retreat!"
Ella turned around and ran away with the fleet. Fortunately, the other party had no intention of pursuing, Aila's fleet was fast, and there was no substantial conflict between the two sides.
Before Pocaarios finally woke up and could stretch out, he received the bad news that the Island Republic fleet had entered the Adriatic Sea first.
"It's over, everything is over!" Bokarios shouted, holding his head, "The enemy has entered the Adriatic Sea first!"
"Maybe it's not that bad." Ella said, "I said before, even if they enter the Adriatic Sea, they may not immediately fight Aulus..."
"Why don't you understand? It's really over! Even if they confront the general's fleet for ten days and a half, we can't get ahead of them! In this U-shaped bay, we have to avoid their fleet's detour It’s impossible to get in front of them! Can we still make the ship fly around them?”
"I know this!" Amy raised her hands excitedly on the side, "We can't let the ship fly, but the ship doesn't have to take the sea route, right, Your Majesty?"
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