God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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For Moncombe, the old man Cecissarian had too many halos and titles.

The old man possessed an aura and titles that no normal person could possibly have, such as invincible, undefeated, and victorious.

It's not the boasting or praise of others, but the reputation built on decades of achievements.

Even as they age and their physical abilities decline, they remain an insurmountable mountain for all.

Admittedly, the opponent's body was already old and his life was entering its final glory, but everyone knew that unless there was no other choice, unless there were only defeats on the battlefield, defeating Cecislian on the battlefield was the best option.

For the Han Chinese navy, advancing the naval front and gaining control of the Strait of Malacca were of paramount importance.

This is a crucial factor in whether the Han army's ground forces can advance normally and whether they can guarantee logistics and rear security.

Only when the rear supply lines are no longer threatened and the rear routes are unobstructed will the army be able to act without too many concerns and more effectively exert its own strength.

If the threat persists, the army will ultimately have to devote a large portion of its strength and energy to protecting rear supply lines, thus failing to effectively utilize its capabilities.

On the battlefield, especially in land warfare, every extra bit of strength increases the chance of victory. The more concentrated the forces are, the easier it is to break through the enemy's defenses.

No matter how weak the Kushan Empire was, it was still an empire. Attacks and blows below a certain level were not considered effective war damage to the Kushan Empire, but rather a certain degree of war experience.

Through the trials of war, a nation will only grow stronger until it surpasses a certain peak, after which it will begin to decline due to factors related to its national foundation.

If this route were to be followed, the casualties and costs that the Han army would have to pay would be incalculable.

Or, if the scale becomes too large, the war will stop due to some uncontrollable factors, reducing the possibility and opportunity to continue the war.

Even a powerful empire like the Han Dynasty, under its merit-based system, could not wage war day after day for decades.

Therefore, the duration of the war is also a factor that requires great restraint and consideration.

Naturally, it was impossible for the Han army's naval forces to actually wait for Cecislian to die of illness.

After all, this was not a natural death from old age, but a death due to illness, which is something worth pondering and considering.

If it's a natural death from old age, then naturally even a miracle can't save them, and medicine can't cure them. Everyone has an estimate in their mind, and if all else fails, they just have to endure it for a few more years.

However, if the death is not due to natural causes but rather to illness, the approach to such a judgment would be completely different.

After all, it's an illness. Even the most difficult-to-treat illness has the potential to be cured. Even if there's no direction for treating this disease in the current situation, who would gamble on that possibility? Giving up several years of their life just to gamble on the other person's death from the illness—as a soldier, as an imperial soldier, as an imperial general, who would have such an unrealistic idea and perspective?
Therefore, even knowing that Cecissian was in poor health, the Han Empire's navy was thinking from the perspective of defeating him, considering whether they could eliminate him.

Because eliminating the opponent is the safest and most reassuring way to deal with potential risks.

Even if it meant taking enormous risks, the Han Empire's navy would still do it.

No one knows how much longer Cecislian will live with his illness, or whether it will ever be cured.

Even if he can't be cured, will Cecissian, in the time that follows, set aside his sectarian prejudices and cultivate some extraordinary individuals?
With the personal and dedicated instruction of top experts, as long as they possess sufficient talent, the strength they can demonstrate can easily pose a threat to the Han Empire's navy.

Therefore, the Han army at this time was trying every means and effort to kill Cecislian.

In the absence of an effective way to eliminate Cecislian, they also used various methods to harass him, diverting his attention and forcing him to be busy with war and other matters.

Based on this, they could disrupt Cecilie's rest to recover his health, or use his rest time to find a successor with sufficient talent and cultivate a successor.

Therefore, Zhou Yu, as the commander of the Southern Navy, led the entire Southern Navy fleet to launch repeated offensive harassment campaigns, continuously threatening the Strait of Malacca, and launching ultra-long-range strikes against the Strait of Malacca, etc., just to prevent Cecilia from having any peace in the Strait of Malacca area.

Even if we cannot force Cecissian to command the fleet, we cannot allow too many peaceful days in the Strait of Malacca, keeping the Kushan fleet in this area under some kind of high pressure, thereby creating a different atmosphere that will more or less affect Cecissian.

The Han army couldn't wait a few years, and the navy didn't know how many more years Cecissarian would live. Therefore, the Han Empire's navy's ultimate goal regarding Cecissarian and his fleet was to eliminate and annihilate them, rather than drag them out until they died of old age.

The war preparations made for this purpose were also aimed at making them as complete as possible.

"Although we prepared with the intention of eliminating the enemy, the level of preparation is still quite impressive." Meng Kangbu leaned on the railing of the Qingzhou ship, a Ninghai-class counterpart, looking at the Qingzhou Lu family shipyard in the distance. Even from a great distance, he could see the terrifying steel warships inside the dock, and his admiration was palpable.

In the past, Moncomb would never have even dreamed of the existence of steel warships.

After witnessing the Han army's steel warships with his own eyes, Meng Kangbu felt that warships like the Ninghai and Pinghai were like a dream, and that they were the most powerful warships he had ever seen in his life.

It wasn't until I arrived at Qingzhou Shipyard that I saw the pinnacle of my life.

If Moncomb in the past could regard the Kushan's thousand-sail warships as an invincible opponent, then now, that idea has been completely overturned.

The Thousand Sails Fleet is indeed very powerful, but even if you combined all the funds used to build the entire Thousand Sails Fleet, it would be questionable whether you could even build a single Qinghai ship like the one you're standing on, let alone the behemoth before you.

"Terrifying, isn't it? When I learned that Patriarch Lu was building this thing, I felt the terror too..." Gan Ning, standing next to Meng Kangbu, said with a tone of both pride and感慨 (a mix of emotions, including a sense of awe and reflection). (End of Chapter)