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Chapter 596 Chapter 596 Don't dare to gamble
In fact, Cyric could no longer produce so many airships. Among the many airships that came here, more than 30 of them were borrowed from the Goblin Kingdom to make up the number.

It's a pity that this sneak attack on Long Island was doomed to fail from the very beginning: even if these airships broke through the interception defense line of the aircraft, they still had to face the defensive positions of searchlights and anti-aircraft guns, and they couldn't cause damage to Long Island at all.

Tang Mo was never afraid of these airships from the very beginning. What he was really worried about was that Cyric could persuade several countries in the Eastern Continent to unite their navies to attack Longgang and Weigang.

In the earth world before Tang Mo traveled, countries were divided into ocean-type countries and continent-type countries.They each have their own advantages, and each has its own disadvantages.

Continental countries have more abundant resources, are larger and have more potential for development.Oceanic countries have convenient transportation and a relatively safe environment.

Relatively speaking, continental countries have to face more complicated surrounding situations, and at the same time lack the pioneering ability and flexibility of oceanic countries.

On the other hand, ocean-based countries have to face problems such as insufficient development potential and the inability to control the sea like they control land.

Among the earth's civilizations, the so-called geographically chosen country, the United States, is almost the only existence in the world that has the characteristics of an oceanic country and a continental country.So it has become the richest and most powerful country in the world for quite a long time.

What is even more irritating is that the superior geographical advantages of the United States allow it to avoid the disadvantages of two countries almost at the same time: it does not need to worry about the complicated surrounding situation of continental countries, and because its land spans two oceans, it does not have to worry about its own opposition. The problem of insufficient ocean control.

Unfortunately, the Datang Kingdom established by Tang Mo is now also a "dual form" country that combines the characteristics of a continental country and an oceanic country.

And his kingdom is not a country chosen by heaven like the United States. Instead, while including the advantages of the two countries, it also retains the disadvantages of the two countries.

The Tang Kingdom does have a vast land, but it is a pity that these lands are surrounded by hostile neighbors: the Dahua Empire, the Chu State, and the Qi State Mirage are all staring at each other, and even wars have broken out.

At the same time, because it controls many islands in the endless sea, and the big piece of meat of Dragon Island, the Tang Kingdom is indeed an ocean-type country, and it must maintain a strong navy.

This Long Island crisis is a manifestation of the insufficient development of the Tang State's navy: it does not have a navy strong enough to suppress all enemies, so it falls into a passive position and is constrained everywhere.

But Tang Mo didn't have a good solution either, because the Tang Kingdom was a continental country, he had to maintain a strong army, so it was impossible to give all the resources to the navy.

On the navy side, there is another gold-swallowing behemoth.No matter how much money is spent on the navy, they can easily spend it!
The most irritating thing is that even if they spend a lot of money to build the navy, or no matter how much money is spent on the navy, they are the only unit that can ruin all their family assets in one morning.

All it takes is a decisive battle to decide the winner at sea: the winner controls everything, and the loser loses everything.

After wandering at sea for so many days, Bernard was already quite irritable.His fleet has been used as a transport ship before, which has made him very unhappy.

As a result, now that he finally completed the transportation task, he can do some things that the navy should do in an upright manner, but he was transferred back to Long Island to take care of the home...

This is simply a disgrace!In his opinion, if the navy's strength is doubled now, it can barely complete the two completely different tasks of defense and offense at the same time.

At this moment, Bernard was leaning against the chart table, measuring the position of his fleet over and over again.He is stepping away from the battlefield step by step, and he is still wasting expensive fuel.

The entire fleet went north and then started to go south again. After going around such a large circle, not a single enemy ship was sunk. Isn't this a huge waste?

If these materials are exchanged for corresponding supplies and given to the army or the air force, they may have smashed the enemy into pieces.

But his navy, after making such a big circle, didn't even see the enemy's shadow: until now, they have no definite information to prove that there really is such a fleet that intends to attack Long Island.

The collected information is very vague. It seems that Lions' fleet has left the port, but it is not known whether it went to Burnas or went south to join Dorne's fleet.

Dorne's fleet also departed, but its whereabouts are unknown.The fleet directly subordinate to Cyric also left the port where it was stationed, and the fleet of Goblin was also less.

With so many warships out of the sight of Datang's intelligence personnel, Tang Mo had to be vigilant.Coupled with the pressure brought by the already wiped out airship troops, even though Bernard was annoyed, he didn't think the order to return him was superfluous.

What he is worried about now is that once his fleet reappears near Longgang, the ports such as Linshui and Dongwan will not be so safe.

After all, the enemy's intelligence personnel are not just for nothing.They will report the specific movements of the Datang Kingdom's naval fleet and create opportunities for their fleet.

With the expansion of the Tang Kingdom in the past two or three years, Cyric actually infiltrated some intelligence personnel into the Tang Kingdom, and finally maintained some of the most basic intelligence channels.

Recently, because Tang Guo was eager to move the population of North Ridge and Bunas to Long Island, Cyric finally succeeded in planting nails in Long Island and Dongwan Island.

These eyeliners can't find core information, but they can still provide Cyric with the most basic information.Most of these messages are somewhat delayed, and the timeliness is very low, which cannot meet the demand.But something is better than nothing. Relatively speaking, this is already a kind of progress.

If it weren't for the rapid expansion of the Tang Kingdom's intelligence department, which had significantly reduced its combat effectiveness and was severely understaffed to protect key areas, it would be a problem for Cyric's eyeliners to survive for a few days.

Recently, the senior management of the Mirage Navy has been looking for information about the movements of the main force of the Tang Dynasty Navy Fleet. Their source of information mainly relies on Cyric's intelligence network.

There is no way, a goblin wanting to sneak into the Tang country to get information is a bit unreal. The best goblin in the Tang country is called Mi Wuxiong. This big brother is now a ruthless person who supervises hundreds of thousands of goblin miners.

It's just that this big brother goblin doesn't dare to have any contact with Mirage now. He killed at least 50,000 restless goblin laborers to save his life... so he dares to be a spy?

According to Mirage, the hands of Mirage Wuxiong and Mirage were stained with the blood of the people of Mirage. They were Tang Mo's loyal dogs, and they were demons who licked Tang Mo's shoes!

Therefore, the little information Mirage had on the Tang State basically came from Cyric and the Dahua Empire, and only they were able to send some intelligence personnel into the Tang State to inquire about the news.

Now, the information fed back to Mirage is: the main fleet of the Tang Army appeared near Dongwan Island, replenished coal and fuel there, and then disappeared.

They didn't know whether the fleet was going north or south.Did he go to Linshui or return to Longgang.

The news was so vague that the Phantom Navy did not dare to act rashly: they were also afraid that the Tang State Navy would suddenly appear outside the Phantom, destroy their ports, and smash their bottles and cans at home.

Therefore, they did not dare to dispatch lightly to threaten Tang's Linshui Port and Dongwan Port before knowing the movement of the Tang Army's fleet.

There is no way, the two fears of beating wolves with a stick, Tang Mo is worried about the safety of his Dragon Island, and Mirage is also worried that his port will be attacked by the Tang army.

But if Mirage knew that the Tang fleet was not in the north, but had returned to Long Island...then they would have the courage to dispatch.They can directly attack Linshui Port and cause trouble for Datang Kingdom.

Bernard knew that the battleships he had were the core combat force, so he had to use them in a concentrated manner. If they were scattered, it would be even more troublesome to be defeated by the mirage fleet: he trusted the battleships' combat effectiveness, but if something happened, The Tang Kingdom's sea dominance is about to be lost, and this is something he cannot tolerate.

"The news from the air force! General!" The adjutant came over with a telegram and said, "It's good news! They have shot down all the airships approaching Long Island, and at least half of the enemy's plan has failed. gone."

"The remaining half is the most troublesome." Bernard still did not put down the compasses in his hand, and said to the adjutant without raising his head: "We haven't found the enemy fleet yet." shadow!"

"In fact, I prefer that the other party does not have this fleet." The adjutant once again put forward his own point of view: "How can Cyric have such a big appeal to let all countries take out the most expensive and priceless warships, casually For them?"

In fact, many people have thought of this.The possibility of the Cyric fleet attacking Dragon Island is actually very low.To a large extent, countries will not hand over their warships to an unfamiliar commander, because that is a symbol of sea dominance.

Who is not afraid of their precious warships being used as cannon fodder in times of crisis?What is the fairness of the combined fleet?In the end, if only Cyric's own fleet is left, wouldn't the endless sea belong to Cyric again?

In short, the probability of such a coalition force appearing is really low.

"But we still don't dare to gamble." Bernard scratched his head helplessly and said with a sigh: "Especially, we have lost the present of Bunas."

(End of this chapter)