Everyone in the East China Sea Fleet knows that by doing this, they are only slowing down the rise of the Yongye Army in the territorial waters.

The location where they are now is at the doorstep of the Yongye Army Leader. As long as they are given a little time, they can salvage the relatively complete battleship.

It is much easier to repair a battleship than to build one.

Not to mention that the Yong Ye Army led on the Donau River and captured many of their warships intact.

With less than forty warships, the leader of the Yongye Army was able to confuse them.

If we continue to have a large number of old warships and modify them on this basis, where will the East China Sea Kingdom go?

This pessimistic atmosphere enveloped the entire East China Sea Fleet, greatly diluting their joy of escaping from the Donau River.

Because they just jumped from a small encirclement to another larger encirclement.

This battle with the Yongye Army Leader was undoubtedly a blow to the head.

It completely woke up the subjects of Donghai Kingdom who were immersed in the dream of maritime empire.

Their imperial dream seemed so ridiculous at this time.

They always thought that they had surrounded the Yong Ye army leader from the sea.

Now it seems that it is completely the other way around. It was the Yongye Army that surrounded Donghai Kingdom from the land.

Perhaps from the beginning, people wanted to treat them as big fish in the pond in their back garden. When they grew fat enough, they would carry them on a chopping board, kill them and make soup.

Statistics on the war damage in East China Sea have been compiled one after another.

When Stubin went to war, the main fleet he led had three Dreadnought-class sailing ships, eight Dreadnought-class schooners, fifty Hurricane-class ships, seventy Wave-breaker class ships, and more than 2,000 various small and modified warships.

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When exiting the Donau River, all three Dreadnought-class galleys were captured intact by the Yongye Army.

Two of the eight Dreadnought-class schooners were lost, one was bombed and sunk in the Donau River, and the other sank in the breakout path.

There are only twenty-three hurricane-class battleships left, and the ones that survived are more or less injured. The majority of their damage was caused by the ten previous mine-breaking battleships. Although they assisted the East China Sea Fleet in breaking through the ground thorn reefs,

formation and black fire potion mine formation, but they were also targeted by the Dragon Roar, and none of them could break out from the Donau River.

Including those captured and sunk by the Yong Ye army leader on the Donau River, as well as the previous foggy melee, less than half of the surviving battleships have survived.

There are thirty-four Breaking Waves class battleships left. Their condition is slightly better than that of the Hurricane class, but they are also relatively limited. However, only a few of them crashed directly on the Donau River. The real damage was caused by the battle with one of our own people.

A melee.

As for small and modified warships, there are already less than 800.

To Steubin, these warships themselves are like cannon fodder. They are at the forefront of charging and retreating at the end. They are responsible for performing any dangerous tasks, not to mention the additional characteristics of the special artillery shells of the Yongye Army.

Those large battleships are difficult to use. Against them, the lethality is equal to that of others, and heavy damage is inevitable.

Although the losses of the rescue fleet led by Prince Leiden were not so heavy, they still reached 30%.

The two fleets merged into one, and the number of warships did not reach the peak size when the main force of the East China Sea Fleet set out for the expedition.

Such a terrifying ratio of battle losses made the monarchs and ministers of the East China Sea Kingdom tremble with fear.

This does not include the squadron led by Captain Seamore. There is one Dreadnought-class sailing ship, two Dreadnought-class schooners, fifteen Hurricane-class ships, twenty Wave-class ships, and a thousand large and small warships.

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If they defect collectively.

Then it's not a matter of battle damage.

It's a question of one plus and one minus.

The maritime strength of the Yongye Army has entered a blowout state, and its maritime strength has tripled or quadrupled.

The military strength of the East China Sea Kingdom was directly cut in half, not to mention that a series of complications would follow after the defeat.

The East China Sea Kingdom itself did not have a stable situation on the island, and it completely collapsed.

The captains who responded to Steubin's call and led the warships and crews on the expedition not only failed to obtain the expected gains, but also lost their troops. They would inflict a series of losses and crimes on the ruler of the East China Sea Kingdom.

On Steubin.

The East China Sea Kingdom is known as a country, but in essence, they are still the pirate group called the Third Fleet.

He is a typical example of being able to be rich and honorable, but not suffering from adversity.

When they have enough common interests, they can come together under the same banner.

If they face a huge threat, they may fall apart at any time.

As expected, Yongye Military Leader would not let the East China Sea Fleet return so easily.

After all the warships had replenished their supplies, they immediately transformed into predatory sharks, taking advantage of their speed to circle around the East China Sea Fleet.

This time the Dragon Roar followed as the flagship of the Explorer fleet.

Most of the time, the Dragon Roar just watched from a distance, and even the ship-mounted guns were rarely used, let alone the magic cannon.

But the more this happens, the more mysterious it becomes, because the East China Sea Fleet has personally experienced its terror and power, and the greater the deterrence it brings, like a heavy stone that weighs on people's hearts and makes them unable to breathe.

Be angry.

The Explorer Fleet followed the East China Sea Fleet for two days and two nights. On the third night, a large-scale commotion occurred within the East China Sea Fleet.

Sean, who was listening to the post-war summary in Donau Plain, immediately transferred his consciousness to the Dragon Roar after receiving the report, and asked: "What's going on?"

General Arnold, the captain of the Explorer Fleet, reported in detail the information he had: "The wind direction changed tonight. A small number of warships in the East China Sea Fleet suddenly raised their sails and took advantage of the wind direction to break away from the East China Sea Fleet.

In the main channel, the East China Sea Fleet responded immediately, clinging to the warships that had left the channel."

"What does the general think?" Sean asked calmly.

"My preliminary guess is that our tactics of continuous pressure have achieved initial success. The morale within the East China Sea Fleet has collapsed. Some people have made careful plans and want to disembark from the Donghai Kingdom's riddled warship. Shi Dubin

In order to prevent the spread of such dangerous ideas, they will definitely use extreme high-pressure measures to suppress them. If we take the initiative at this time, intercept Shi Dubin's pursuit fleet, and let these people with second thoughts go.

, they will help us further divide the East China Sea Kingdom so that we can completely eat them in the future."

General Arnold had obviously considered this issue before, and answered in a coherent manner, "But there is another possibility here, that is, Steubin was cornered by our fleet, and used this to set up a trap to seduce us.

Take the initiative and attack us. When we pass through, the fleet chasing us will turn around and give us a blow."

"What's your estimate of the magnitude of the two possibilities?" Sean continued to ask.

"If it opens on September 1st, there are nine possibilities of separatism and defection, and there is only one possibility of it being a trap. After all, they have already seen the psychedelic white mist. This trick is very useful for us." General Arnold estimated conservatively.

"What the general means is that he wants to fight a dozen!" Sean used an affirmative sentence instead of a question.

"Yes!" General Arnold nodded, and then showed a bit of shyness, "It's just that the Explorer fleet is related to the situation in the entire East China Sea. Once it is ambushed and severely damaged, the advantage finally obtained through planning will be very difficult.

It may be lost again, so I would like to ask the lord to help us sit in, just in case."

"Understood." Sean nodded clearly, "Let's start taking action!"

"Thank you, Lord." General Arnold gave a military salute and left quickly.

General Arnold invited Sean to come over, it was really just to take charge.

The explorer fleet had already closed the distance between the two sides and was ready to attack.

Just like the other routes, although Sean has a clone stationed on the Dragon Roar, it does not mean that all the affairs and decisions of the Explorer fleet are taken over by him.

Doing so is diverting one's energy and is not conducive to cultivating the autonomy of the marshals and generals.

Soon the results of General Arnold's analysis appeared.

The internal conflicts in the East China Sea Fleet have indeed begun to intensify, and they are not taking the opportunity to attack the Explorer fleet.

After the Explorer fleet came to intercept, not only did the separated warships run faster than rabbits, they even triggered a chain reaction.

Some East China Sea Fleet warships that were originally in pursuit also joined the fleeing ranks.

Just like what General Arnold said before, Donghai Kingdom is now a broken ship, let alone a broken ship with strong enemies on its side.

After all, there are only a few people who want to live or die with this broken ship. As time goes by, the passengers on it will naturally have to make plans for themselves.

In particular, the news that Captain Shiamore led his squadron to defect en masse and led a team to sneak attack on the Great Bay Islands spread among the East China Sea Fleet, causing further damage to their already low morale.

Under such circumstances, the East China Sea Fleet could not continue to implement the plan of intercepting the defector Captain Shiamore.

Let’s not talk about whether it is possible to directly intercept Xia Moor on the vast sea, even if it is intercepted.

Was it Stubin who brought back more defectors?

Or did Captain Shiamore persuade more people from the East China Sea Fleet to defect?

It’s still an unknown!

Shi Dubin, Donghai Kingdom can no longer afford to gamble.

Although I don't want to admit it, this time the battle in the East China Sea is over.

It ended with their Donghai Kingdom almost losing their pants.

In order to prevent his home base from being turned upside down by those who wanted to disembark, Stubin could only order the East China Sea Fleet to return.

The explorer fleet was like a little tail hanging behind them.
To be continued...