Chapter 588 Naval Early Warning
On September 27th of the third year of Tianxuan, Qu Mao actually stayed in Jidao for two nights and a whole day, although Qu Mao devoted himself to the development of the industrial base of the four southern islands and the construction of Jidao military factory. However, the war in Yizhen's territory did not become a little easier because of Qu Mao's diversion of attention.
The main naval force led by Sylvia Oshen had already contacted and fought with the Mughal Empire's fleet on the territory of Yizhen at 3:00 pm on September 24th. Now the battle has been fought for three full days.
With 400 warships actively fighting against the Mughal Empire invasion fleet consisting of a total of 3,000 warships, Qu Mao was actually very anxious about how the battle would go, but considering Sylvia Ocean's combat effectiveness and Kong Ming's suggestion not to interfere Qu Mao suppressed his anxiety about the battle deployment of Via Ocean, and did not take the initiative to contact Sylvia Ocean, and even Qu Mao, a fellow naval hero, did not take the initiative to contact.
If the battle between the two sides is within a thousand kilometers, and the intensity of the battle has time for Sylvia Oshen to initiate a remote communication, Qu Mao believes that Sylvia Oshen will take the initiative to report the battle situation.
No matter how confident he is in Sylvia Ocean and the naval strength of Yizhen Territory, Qu Mao knows very well that Sylvia Ocean is facing ten times more enemies this time.
And it was ten times larger than the base number. The challenge facing Sylvia Ocean was bound to be very difficult, which was why Qu Mao didn't dare to casually send Sylvia Ocean a remote communication application.
After Qu Mao explained the construction of Yizhen Prison to Su Yan in Jidao, Su Yan will continue to go to Gandao, Bodao, Green Island and Liandao in the early morning of September 27 to check the placement and use of prisoners of war.
The owner of Yidao Island and the mayor of Yizhen Prison will naturally be responsible for organizing the construction of residents, but there is no need for Su Yan to continue to worry about it.
Right now, the number of heroes in the territory of Yizhen is still enough, and there are five hero recruitment coupons that Qu Mao took from Liu Qianhui in his backpack, which have been useless.
At 5:00 pm on September 27th in the third year of Tianxuan, when Qu Mao was discussing with Xuande and Kong Ming about the construction of the Jidao military factory, the magic communication crystal in his pocket suddenly vibrated.
Qu Mao took out the magic communication crystal to look at it, and quickly said to Kong Ming and Xuande: "Don't make a sound, Sylvia sent a long-distance communication."
After finishing the order, Qu Mao quickly connected to the magic communication crystal and said, "Sylvia, you have been on the expedition for 5 days, and there has been no news of you. I am very worried about you."
Sylvia Ocean's voice came over and said: "My lord, this subordinate is fighting outside, fighting every day and night, and has no time to report to you.
But as long as you are at sea, you don’t need to worry about your subordinates. Don’t forget that your subordinates are called the daughters of the Sea God.
The main purpose of contacting you this time is to report to you that the invasion fleet of the Mughal Empire has been harassed day and night by the main force of our army, and the entire voyage has been delayed for about three days. It is expected to arrive within 50 kilometers of Yi Island tomorrow afternoon. Be able to prepare ahead of time. "
Qu Mao was taken aback, and then asked: "Huh? Will you be able to reach the surrounding area of Yi Island tomorrow afternoon? However, with the number of about 400 warships in your navy's main force, it is already very remarkable to delay the invasion fleet composed of 3,000 warships for three days.
Anyway, Sylvia, you and the main navy team have worked hard. "
Sylvia Oshen said: "My lord, it may not necessarily arrive around Yi Island tomorrow afternoon, because the main naval force led by my subordinates still has combat strength, and will continue to fight against the Mughal Empire's invasion fleet tonight and tomorrow." What about fighting?
We are going to make a big night attack tonight, and the Mughal Empire invasion fleet may march more cautiously. "
Qu Mao thought for a while, and said: "Sylvia, you can rest assured that you can fight, I will arrange the defense of the islands in the territory of Yi Town and the preparation of the army.
By the way, what is the result of the navy's main force these days? "
Sylvia Ocean said: "My lord, the navy has been harassing the Mughal Empire's invasion fleet day and night these days, and I didn't specifically count the results of the battle, but my subordinates estimate that the results of the battle will not be too bad.
It is estimated that the number of enemy warships sunk should be no less than 40, and the number of enemy warships damaged should be far greater than this number. It is estimated that the number of warships that have lost combat effectiveness should exceed 100 warships. There are basically no statistics on the results of the day's battles.
But we did not capture prisoners of war. Occasionally, some enemy fighters who fell into the water came to our warship, and we salvaged them and incorporated them into the warship of prisoners of war. The subordinates boldly speculate that we have killed at least 10% of the combat power of the Mughal Empire's invasion fleet, but we basically did not move the troop transports, because the combat effectiveness of troop transports is generally not strong. "
Qu Maolue breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Sylvia, what about the loss of our main team?"
Sylvia Ocean thought for a while, and said: "My lord, the main team is basically intact except for the soldiers who are generally exhausted.
The prisoners of war were driving unmodified warships, and about 40 ships were sunk, and the remaining 60 ships were basically injured.
We will continue to launch a more ferocious night attack tonight. I don’t know if there will be 30 prisoner-of-war warships left tomorrow morning.
At present, there are no dead soldiers in the main naval force, about 300 people were injured, more than 10,000 prisoners were killed, and more than 14,000 were injured. However, as long as the wounded prisoners are not dead, whether they are still on the warship or have fallen into the water , we will transfer them to the refitted main force warships.
These prisoners of war, once we return to the Yizhen territory, our subordinates plan to let them be discharged from the army and transferred to free citizens or directly incorporated into the regular naval forces. "
Qu Mao nodded and said: "This is very good, and it should give hope to the prisoners of war."
Sylvia Ocean continued: "My lord, my subordinates plan to return the damaged warships early when they are about 100 kilometers off the coast of Ji Island, and the naval cruise fleet will replenish the intact warships to the main force. Mobilize more cruise fleet troops to participate in the battle, you see..."
Qu Mao said: "Yes, you can arrange the naval battle. However, you must understand the current combat pressure of the cruise fleet in advance. The invasion fleet of other aboriginal forces has not stopped recently.
I originally planned to go back to Yidao on the evening of September 30th, but now it seems that I have to go back tomorrow morning. "
Sylvia Ocean smiled and said, "My lord, you can actually stay for a few more days, and my subordinates will try to drag the Mughal Empire invasion fleet until October before approaching the waters around Isle of Yi."
"Okay, I'll wait for the navy to return!" Qu Mao said helplessly.
(end of this chapter)