Magic Industrial Age.

Chapter 543-541: Naval Warfare Resumes (Please Subscribe)
Flower collar,
Inside the Mechanical Mage Tower, in the screening room, Loy sat alone.

The magic mirror has been activated, displaying four images, all of which are panoramic views of the battlefield from above.

On the shimmering silver sea, countless warships and ironclads were locked in a fierce battle.

The roar of artillery fire was incessant, and large-caliber bullets turned into a hail of bullets, sweeping across the area.

The turbulent elements, under the mage's incantation, transformed into various forms of magic, which were scattered everywhere.

Dozens of fighter jets still lurked menacingly in the sky, their bullets whipping through the air like whips, and their shells raining down from the cockpits.

Then, the battle aura of the powerful warriors who had suffered natural disasters was unleashed to its fullest extent, and they unleashed a variety of powerful combat techniques.

So you can see the shattered ships slowly sinking, with countless sailors struggling on the surface.

You can see the ironclad warships rampaging and crashing into each other, engaging in a battle of cannon fire, and relying on their sturdy hulls, crushing other warships into pieces.

Of course, some fourth-tier powerhouses also transformed their battle aura into battle aura slashes, tearing through the air and cleaving the warship in two.

Or it leaves marks on the steel ship.

Furthermore, magicians unleashed seas of fire that scorched the surface of the ocean, or stirred up towering waves that crashed against it, or formed condensed frost that blocked its path, or sent down gales that cut like swords...

Every now and then, gray fog would billow out, engulfing the warships; summoned behemoths would rampage wildly; and the wails of the dead would unleash a storm of death...

The intensity of the battle made the offensive and defensive battles within the demiplane seem rather childish in comparison.

However, Luo Yi was not watching attentively at this moment. Instead, she frequently lowered her gaze and flipped through the various documents in her hands.

The curtains in the screening room were not drawn, and the soft light from the magic crystal lamps made the materials in my hands very clear.

Luo Yi scanned the information quickly, her eyes flashing with blue light as she recorded, filtered, analyzed, and verified the data.

The world is multi-threaded and never changes according to an individual's will.

Therefore, while Luo Yi was busy conquering the demiplane, the war on the Old Continent never stopped.

All of this will be transformed into complex intelligence reports, appearing on the desks of every intelligence organization, some true and some false.

As for how to judge right from wrong, how to distinguish truth from falsehood, and how to filter and discover hidden information, that depends on individual skills.

Luo Yi has Deep Blue's 'data analysis module', which can capture any information that shows even the slightest hint, and can also verify the truth or falsehood of information from the side.

In May of the new Divine Calendar year 316, the Verdun battlefield earned the nickname "meat grinder," with dozens of divisions being deployed there, resulting in a bloodbath and rivers of blood.

If Luo Yi were to describe it, it could be summarized as follows: The Empire has elite snipers and heavy machine gun assault teams, while the Allied Forces have Tier 4 Calamities!
The Empire has heavy field artillery, bombarding relentlessly, while the Allied forces have Tier 4 Scourge!
The Empire has bombers and fighter jets, dominating the skies, while the Allied Forces have Tier 4 Scourge!
The Empire has magic tanks that sweep across the ground battlefield, but the Allied Forces still have Tier 4 Scourge!

When the Allied Forces used all the Tier 4 Cataclysms as expendable resources and threw them into the battlefield, you can imagine how tragic the scene was!

The Empire's advantage in magical weapons was largely wiped out by the Allied Forces' high-end combat capabilities.

Even the magic tanks are quite powerless against the various methods of the Calamity's powerful forces.

The sixty-ton steel monster can mostly remain intact, but the crew inside are like ants, and it wouldn't be too difficult to kill them remotely.

While tank main gun attacks can also threaten natural disasters, as long as one doesn't stand still and fight to the death, one can usually avoid the attack.

However, once you're on the battlefield, you'll get hurt!
You will die too!
Even fourth-order natural disasters are like this.

There are fewer fourth-tier experts on the Empire's side, but by hiding on the sidelines and sacrificing the lives of ordinary soldiers, they can always find an opportunity to strike and kill.

As a result, although the coalition forces managed to block the attack, they suffered a significant number of casualties!
From ordinary soldiers to powerful beings facing natural disasters, they all became numbers on the desks of cabinet ministers.

On several occasions, when things got really heated, even legendary experts joined in for a fight to the death!

However, they often end up outside the plane of existence while fighting, and the outcome of their battles, whether they live or die, is beyond the knowledge of mortals.

Such losses were almost unbearable, even for the well-established Bonaparte Empire.

The other two major powers of the coalition, the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Kingdom of Slavia, had to urgently summon a batch of fourth-order natural disasters and send them over.

Even a fourth-tier natural disaster would fear such a battlefield!

This has sparked considerable doubts and backlash within both countries!
Of course, both emperors were well aware of the importance of this battle.

They completely ignored these dissenting voices; the more enthusiastically they jumped, the faster they suppressed them, and the more powerful members of the family were sent to the battlefield.

If you dare to escape, these two will really dare to confiscate your property and exterminate your entire clan.

On the contrary, if one were to actually fight on the battlefield, there would be immense benefits to being alive, and even death would protect one's family.

Even those powerful beings who face natural disasters are thoroughly subdued.

Of course, the coalition forces weren't the type to just take the beatings without fighting back.

The battlefield at Verdun was too dangerous and intense, prompting them to seek other ways to divert the Empire's attention.

The most important of these was the resurgence of the Battle of Silver Sea.

The combined navy of the Bonaparte Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia, comprising over 150 warships of various sizes, set out on the Silver Sea to challenge the Empire's navy to a decisive battle.

Please note that this time, the Kingdom of Sardinia has also gone all out.

Although they did not have ironclad warships, they managed to assemble a total of thirteen magical warships of various types and put them into battle.

From death ships to ghost ships to skeletal warships to the Black Pearl stormship…

Almost every ship could write a legend, each with its own unique characteristics, yet they were all brought together and thrown into this large-scale naval battle.

Whether it's a coincidence or not, the Empire has launched a total of thirteen ironclad warships.

Moreover, almost every ship undergoes continuous development during its construction, with new technologies being introduced and new solutions being proposed, resulting in different characteristics and appearances.

The largest ironclad warship is even capable of carrying optimized magic-powered flying vehicles for aerial combat at sea and bombing of specific targets.

Don't underestimate this; in fact, this approach of extending naval warfare from the sea to the sky almost represents absolute combat radius and air superiority.

Imagine these magical aircraft freely dropping bombs on warships from mid-air.

Warships generally lacked anti-aircraft capabilities; aside from mounting a few heavy machine guns to fire at the sky, they had virtually no effective countermeasures.

Looking at the Empire's ironclad warships, they were still beyond the range of the cannon fire, completely out of reach. This tactic truly gave them no chance to retaliate; it was pure annihilation.

Of course, if there is a fourth-tier natural disaster on the battlefield, that's a different story.

The problem is, with 150 warships on the allied side, it's impossible to have a Scourge member on every single one.

Even with the deepest foundation, this isn't how you use it!

Moreover, while the natural disasters excel in mobility and attack power, they may not be able to defend against the large area of ​​warships.

On the magic mirror, a scene unfolded before Luo Yi's eyes: a squadron of three fighter jets lured and entangled a powerful being from the Heavenly Calamity Realm.

This created an opportunity, at the cost of two of them breaking apart and crashing in mid-air.

Another team of three fighter jets dropped bombs on the warship, which eventually caused it to explode and be completely destroyed.

Only the fourth-order calamity remained suspended in mid-air, raging in utter helplessness!
But after a short while, he dared not stay in place any longer, because more fighter jets took off, coming to encircle and annihilate him menacingly.

He was also a bachelor; once his fighting spirit dissipated, he plunged directly into the sea and fled.

Besides, although the Empire only had thirteen ironclad warships, it had no shortage of ordinary warships.

All in all, there were seventy or eighty ships of various sizes, totaling one hundred and one warships.

It is worth mentioning that, from the complex information, Roy could also see that the Imperial Navy was also eagerly looking for an opportunity to take the initiative and fight a decisive battle with the Allied Forces.

On the one hand, since the start of this all-out war, the Kingdom of Sardinia has withdrawn a large number of naval warships from the endless ocean to patrol various parts of the Silver Sea.

In a substantial sense, it has already achieved dominance of the oceans and possesses control of the Silver Sea.

Their blockade of the seas caused the Empire considerable distress. Not to mention the immediate threats, it had a significant impact on the Empire's colonial rule in the New World.

Therefore, the Imperial Navy had been planning this for a long time in order to turn the tide of the war.

Secondly, although there were losses in the land wars, there were also many instances where strategic plans were thwarted.

However, you can't deny that, tactically, the Empire consistently pressured the Allied forces, leaving them barely clinging to life and struggling immensely.

what is this?
These are all military achievements!!!

In contrast, the Imperial Navy, at best, managed to remain undefeated at sea and struggle to survive.

Therefore, the Imperial Army's contempt for the Navy was both overt and covert, ingrained in their very being and outwardly expressed!

This fueled the Imperial Navy's desire to prove themselves.

As a result, the two sides almost immediately reached an agreement and launched a large-scale naval battle on the Silver Sea.

Looking away from the documents and into the magic mirror, I saw another warship broken in two and beginning to sink.

Countless sailors jumped into the ocean, struggling like dumplings being dropped into a pot.

But the warship that sank it didn't fare any better. Buzzing fighter jets streaked across the sky, charging towards the warship with a "fight to the death" attitude.

With a deafening roar, a huge hole was blasted into the warship, allowing a large amount of seawater to flood in, and the ship began to list.

Such battle scenes were commonplace in the four flashing screens.

It's easy to imagine that even if they win this battle, they will suffer heavy losses.

However, these are not the biggest headaches for Luo Yi.

What troubles Luo Yi the most is that Silver Sea is already in such a mess that the shipping of Flower Territory will inevitably be greatly affected, and a large amount of cargo will be stranded in Siren Port, which will cause a lot of trouble later.

Despite thinking this, Luo Yi still couldn't find a solution.

With the fighting already this bad, even if he has some influence on both sides, it's impossible for him to restore sea routes with just a word.

After pondering for a moment, Luo Yi could only shake her head, pull her thoughts away, and take out one of the documents from the thick stack of papers.

Besides the Battle of the Silver Sea, the Slavic Empire couldn't resist stirring up trouble again.

Two consecutive wars ended in defeat, and even the loss of territory was a real disgrace, but the Slavs refused to admit defeat.

They formed a new legion, drawing knights into it, along with mage apprentices, and rebuilt the artillery regiment.

Originally, given their speed, they should have needed some time to gel together.

However, with the Verdun battle intensifying, they might not be able to hold back any longer.

From the intelligence shared by the old Freud family, Loy saw the Slavs' plot.

I wonder if the Empire has discovered this?
Will they take precautions?

However, regardless of whether there are any preparations or not, if a two-front war were to occur again, the empire would be in trouble once more.

Shaking his head, Luo Yi stopped worrying about it. He only needed to know these things; he didn't need to pay too much attention to them.

After watching the magic mirror for a while longer and confirming that the battle in the silver sea couldn't possibly end in a short time, he left the screening room.

After visiting Lilia and her son Klein and dealing with a backlog of government affairs, he left Lion Manor and headed straight for the military camp in the east of the city.

Here, he entered the Blood Moon Forest demiplane through a portal.

He was already at the Seventh War Camp. Without further ado, he strode into the operations room.

Before he arrived, the place was already in a chaotic and noisy state.

When he peeked out, he saw a group of high-ranking officers of the Imperial Guards arguing incessantly around the sand table.

After someone saw him, they immediately fell silent. The word spread, and after a short while, everyone quieted down.

Luo Yi continued walking without stopping, reaching the head seat in the operations room.

He looked around, his gaze sweeping across the faces of each general, before finally speaking: "Haven't you reached a conclusion yet?"

"Should we attack this Crimson City, or not?"

(End of this chapter)