?　　Compared with the northern and central regions of Southern Europe, which has just passed the cold winter, the climate near the southern coast of Hérault has entered the summer earlier. It is closer to the hot equator. Almost all seasons are summer. The difference is only the hot summer. Different from the summer that has not yet become hot, this is why the ocean monsoon continues to spread northward, bringing the winter and summer climate changes to the entire South Oubaro region.

But also because the sea is blue and washed all year round in summer, it is also one of the few areas that still retains the architectural characteristics of the southern Eero civilization. From the coastline to the east, it crosses a raised peninsula about fifty miles, which is the fertile southern part of the Gulf of Aden. In the region, since the war between the Empire and the Aden Empire last year, a huge port city of Southern Wei Xiya has also risen next to this estuary.

A large number of transport ships docked here, gazing at the countless towering white masts in the port outside the window. The Imperial Navy Minister Dusterenkai retracted his eyes from the window and pressed a top-secret investigation report in his hand on the table. The commander-in-chief of the Imperial Navy, who the enemy calls the Burial of the Navy, had a grim expression on his face at the moment, even more severe than he had when facing hundreds of warships of the Aden Navy in Mas Crescent Bay.

　　 He was wearing a black imperial navy uniform, and the sunlight outside the window shone on his straight back, drawing a long shadow on the brown floor

Although he is already the first person in the Imperial Navy, his face that has been blown by the sea breeze all the year round is even more dark and capable. His eyes are cold and sharp, and it seems to flash with luster between movement and silence. The report in front of him is from the Imperial Navy exploration ship. Since receiving the emperor’s secret order, this exploratory fleet consisting of four Imperial Dragon Tooth battleships, six transport ships, and a total of 670 people has quietly left Weixia

The target of this fleet's exploration is Robbensam Island, which has lost rumors. Robbensam Island is not far from the southern estuary of Eero. It is about a two-day voyage. There are people on Robbensam Island. The lost siren is rumored to have been fishermen in the southern part of Eero for more than a hundred years, but for the Imperial Navy, what is the lost siren, what is the giant squid that can swallow the big ship, what is the unmanned ghost ship? The rumors have long been proved to be all false

　　 Under the imperial Thor, everything is a fan!

　　 At least the Imperial Navy has never encountered these so-called monsters in the true sense since it crisscrossed the sea. The imperial navy swept across the four seas and was invincible. The number of sailors who stayed on the ship for many years did not know how many rumors would be seen in their eyes. Even the Imperial Navy Minister Dusternky once said that even if there are these sea monsters. They will only see the imperial navy and run away. If they don’t run, they will be bombarded with navy thunder.

　　 But at the moment, this report makes Dustrum Kay’s nose breathing a bit heavy

　　If the Kraken does not exist, then this report is completely unexplainable.

"One hundred and thirty-eight people landed on the island, twenty-seven people were missing, thirty-one fell ill, and a small island with a width of no more than twenty miles. Even if there is no road to the forest, it will not exceed three by oneself. For four hours, the exploratory team was trapped here for four full days, and finally had to return the same way. Are you sure that you are on the Robbensam Island, which is only twenty or thirty miles long and wide? "

"It is indeed Robbensam Island. In fact, at this moment, the subordinates can't believe what they experienced. We can be sure that they are going in one direction. It is expected to cross over in three hours, but in fact We walked for three days and three nights without completing the task of crossing, and we didn’t even see the coastline on the other side. At last we heard the singing, so the members fell to the ground for some reason, and we had to choose to return." A slightly old middle-aged admiral of the navy stood straight in front of Dustellenkai, his pupils full of memories still carried unconcealed fear. He was the vice minister of the Imperial Navy’s Exploration Department, Latina, and used to be St. Admiral of the Rand Navy Fleet. After the Strand Navy was incorporated into the Imperial Navy, Latina was transferred to the Imperial Navy Exploration Department as the Deputy Minister because of its reputation for being good at exploration.

Even in the Empire, the reputation of Latina, the master of exploration, is extremely strong. He once discovered four rumored large islands in the south, known as the flying Strand, in terms of exploration, Latina Absolutely top

As the imperial maritime trade routes become longer and more new areas are discovered, the Imperial Naval Exploration Department has become an important department of the Imperial Navy. Those who can enter the Imperial Naval Exploration Department are truly experienced old navies. , I am quite familiar with the islands and secrets in the sea area, so Dusterenkai does not think that Latina will lie on this matter

　　 And this lie is too weird, twenty miles wide, it didn't come out for three days and three nights. . . . . . If it is a big island of more than a hundred miles, the area of ​​Robbensam Island is so big, but thinking of the local fishermen’s rumors about Robbensam Island, Dusterenkai could not help taking a deep breath. , There are sea monsters on Robbensam Island that can confuse people. Anyone who attempts to cross Robbensam Island will either disappear or just retreat. If it was before, for such rumors, Dusterenkai Will sneer at it, but now a similar report is placed in front of him, is there really a sea monster that deceives people on Robbensam Island? What if there is, if the previous fleet is not enough to explore, then add another fleet. The emperor is coming. Before that, he must figure out the truth about Robbensam Island!

"Okay, I know, you go and rest first, it's hard work. As for the investigation of Robbensam Island, I will have another arrangement." Dusterenkai nodded to the guilty Latina, the Imperial Navy Efforts to build this naval port, even to a certain extent, the Imperial Army used more than 100,000 troops to raided the Kingdom of Aden from north to south last winter, and the main force of the Imperial Navy rushed to attack the Aden Navy for thousands of miles. It was to cover the construction of this naval city on the southern coastline of Eero. When Aden recovered, it was already unable to interfere in the construction of the Weisiya naval city, and could only watch the empire lay down on this vital strategic location. This nail

The Weisiya naval city did not live up to the emperor’s expectations. Although it was only a city, it pushed the imperial war starting point from the northern part of Eero to the southern part of Eero. The next time the imperial army attacked Aden, it would no longer need to traverse the river. That’s troublesome, but you just need to bypass the front protrusion of the peninsula. It’s like directly putting the cannon of the empire on the foreheads of the Aden people. It’s strange that the Aden people don’t work hard, but the emperor’s active attack on Aden, The heavy blows to both the army and navy of Aden made the people of Aden can only watch the embarrassing situation near the city, and they were afraid of the empire’s growing preparations for war. The Red Dragon Palace of Aden couldn’t wait to cry. The shouting request for a truce with the empire is actually to a large extent scared by Wei Xiya, the naval city!

Dusterenkai solemnly arranged the report on the table and stuffed it into the file bag, and then ordered the people to be sent to the emperor who was still in the Holy Capital area of ​​the sect country as quickly as possible. Since there is a problem with Robbensam Island, he Only report truthfully and advise the emperor not to go to Robbensam Island. When he handed the bag of documents to the adjutant at the door, he heard cheers from the street below

　　|"Oh, did you start?" Du Stellenkai turned to himself, and there were three or four black spots coming in this direction from the direction he looked at.

Although the construction of Weisiya Naval City has just been completed and the construction in the outer area has not yet been completed, it has already gathered a population of more than 150,000 in the area, of which the Imperial Navy and the Imperial Army have reached 64,000. There are also 30,000 or 40,000 sailors and merchants in the transport fleet, and nearly 40,000 are more than 20,000 various craftsmen and their families recruited from the Hérault area.

In the planning of the empire, the Weisiya naval city itself was not just a strategic naval port, but a real city, not only for military use, but also for civilian use. From here, the Imperial Navy began to radiate the entire Gulf of Aden waters. , And the Imperial Merchant Fleet also began to enter the Gulf of Aden and South Sea waters that it had never entered before, and began to open the South Subcontinent market. As the South Subcontinent market is still a bit strange to the imperial merchants, The Southern Subcontinent’s demand for imperial goods is huge. The Empire’s exports to the Southern Subcontinent are mainly military armors, weapons, various luxury goods, and specialties of the Obaro regions, while the gold and silverware of the Southern Subcontinent are exquisite. The carving craftsmanship and high value of the empire were favored by the emerging business aristocrats of the empire,

　　Weissiya is being called the transit hub for the trade between the empire and the Gulf of Aden area and the southern subcontinent. This has been smelled by sensitive imperial merchants, and they are swarming, even the imperial merchants call the southern subcontinent the golden land.

　　 And the miracle that is talked about is the huge aerial battleship that can be seen every day, flying slowly in the sky. The people living in Weisiya get up early every morning at 5 or 6 o'clock. They either leaned to the window or stood on the street and balcony. Everyone leaned forward to the southeast and waited quietly. Almost never delayed

The huge aerial battleship always appears in people’s sight at half past ten. The hull of a dozen meters long and several meters wide makes the people below look mesmerized, and many people even chase after it. The air battleship dashed on the street. At this time, the dashing crowd, carriages and citizens on horses formed a long stream of people. Suddenly, the morning, which should have been full of silence and tranquility, seemed like a festive season.

　　 Cheers can be heard everywhere, and the people below cheer vigorously "Long live the Empire"

　　 Air warships like this always fly slowly over the port city, and the whole process takes about an hour and a half. Because of this, the mornings of Videsk, which always seemed so peaceful in the past, are now very uncomfortable, and the bars and restaurants that had the worst business in the mornings in the past have become extremely popular now. People who have seen the excitement will come to these gathering places in groups, talking about every detail they see today. The bars and restaurants of all kinds have become a place for clamors and disputes, as well as gathering details, almost Everyone is here, telling in detail what they have seen.

These huge air battleships are naturally the masterpieces of the Imperial Navy. The Imperial Navy has finally completed the preliminary development of airships on the basis of hot air balloons. As the imperial deterrent to the Gulf of Aden area, the Weysia naval city is naturally determined by the Imperial Navy as The site of the experimental airship, the Imperial Navy built an airship construction factory here, and conducted tests in strict accordance with the requirements.

It’s just that the Imperial Navy itself did not realize that the daily cruise tests of the airship would have such a huge impact on the entire region, but this impact fell in the eyes of the Red Dragon Palace in Aden, and it became a frightening shock. The leaders of the slave uprising still tossing in the southern Gulf of Aden, after seeing the imperial airship dropping supplies over the southern trading site, UU read www. No one from uukanshu.com made any suggestions to rob the imperial merchants

The imperial airship made the mountain defense line of the Gulf of Aden a barrier. According to the rumor of the Aden people, the next imperial offensive will be an airship full of imperial soldiers covering the sky of the Aden capital, not to mention that some people said that they I saw the imperial Thor’s gun barrel on this kind of aerial battleship. God, this alone is enough to blow up the entire Aden Army

The tragic case of the Imperial Navy’s shelling of Aden and Anxi is still vivid. Now that the Gulf of Aden is blocked, the Imperial Navy cannot enter, but this kind of air warship is unimpeded. A bombardment was launched from the air. . . . . The generals of Aden felt a little dark in front of their eyes. This was a new assault tactic, and the enemy came from the air. . . . It has never been seen in thousands of years, how to fight this! The results of many exercises by the Aden military have proved that this is unpreparable. The opponent has air superiority and can attack at any time, anywhere, or even directly on the top of the Aden Palace, unless Aden has absolute military advantage. But the fact is just the opposite. The main force of the Aden Army was stuck in Central and Biyadh. The Yugoslav War was about to start, and the Gulf of Aden could no longer be deployed. If the Imperial air warships attacked, Aden would be a dead end!

"Send this order to the Kongting Department, and mobilize two Kongtings to Robbensam Island with the order of the Navy Headquarters." Dusterenkai looked at the distant and close dark shadows gradually turning into the shape of the hull. After hesitating for a while, he said to the adjutant who received the document, if the land is not connected, then explore from the air! He doesn't believe in any sea monster, if there is one, then catch one!