Chapter 940 Knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger

at the same time.

High seas, Roman Islands.

Qin Ze, who returned triumphantly from the continent of Salisno with his fleet, has been here for several days. Although the Roman Islands are located in the high seas, they are the transportation hub of the countries on the continent of Leon. There are not only many large trading ports on the island, but also a considerable amount of military supplies are stored. It is also the base station for major powers led by the Sa Ri Kingdom to set sail on long-distance voyages.

But now, except for the people of Yan, all other people in the Roman Islands have evacuated. In fact, they had all left and returned to their respective countries a month and a half ago. The reason for this was that the Yan fleet took over control of the islands from the Sari people.

It is for this reason that, at such an afternoon, Qin Ze can leisurely bask in the sun on the beach on the south shore of the main island.

But in contrast to his leisurely attitude, many fleets under his command are conducting exercises in many waters outside the high seas.

The scope of the exercise is extremely wide, and the number of participating warships has reached an astonishing level. More than 800 large steam ironclad ships are sailing in this vast ocean, and there are countless small and medium-sized ships of various types.

Within the scope of the exercise, the territorial waters of the Kingdom of Sardinia became the main area. In addition to the territorial waters of the Kingdom of Sardinia, in more distant places, the waters of the Kingdom of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of Hungary, warships were also conducting exercises in their territorial waters.

In order to carry out this exercise, Qin Ze began to make preparations after arriving at the Roman Islands from the Salisno continent. It was not until two days ago that he was fully prepared and had the warships distributed in various places arrive at the corresponding sea areas.

Then began this massive naval exercise. All warships participating in the exercise were equipped with sufficient ammunition, so when the exercise officially started in the morning two days ago, the sound of live-fire shooting almost never stopped.

Even though Qin Ze was in the Roman Islands on the high seas at the moment, he could still faintly hear the sound of artillery coming from afar.

The sea breeze was fierce and blew strongly over the sea, causing the waves to roll and fiercely rush towards the shore. Qin Ze, with his upper body naked, slowly opened his eyes in the recliner, stood up, took the Gers wine from the small square table beside him, and took a sip.

The wine, which was warmed by the sun, was a little too cool. Qin Ze touched the tiny bubbles at the corners of his mouth and turned to ask the soldier who was waiting beside him:

"Is there no movement from the Sari Kingdom yet?"

"Your Majesty, no, they have withdrawn all the ships back to the port, and there has been no movement so far," the soldier replied.

Qin Ze nodded slightly, squinting his eyes as he watched the waves rolling in, and said lightly: "He who knows the times is a hero. It seems that the Sarijim understand this truth."

The soldier nodded and said, "Your Majesty, a week before the exercise began, the Kingdom of Seongno sent an envoy to meet with you."

"You have not given an answer. Now the exercise has lasted for two days. All the Shenglu people have retreated to their port. Do you think we need to give them an answer later?"

Qin Ze put his hands behind his back and said slowly, "Of course we need it, but we have to wait until the sea exercise is completely over."

"After the exercises are over in the next few days, I think... except for the Shenglu people, all the countries on the Leon continent will come to us."

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Pulton Inner Harbour, Maritime Administration.

The time had come to 3:30 in the afternoon. In the conference room, Isabella stood in front of the table with her hands crossed, looking calmly at James who was speaking.

James looked angry and was confronting the Royal Fleet Commander Dolphin:

"General Dolphin, what are you talking about!"

"The Yan people are openly carrying out military operations in our territorial waters. If we allow them to continue as you said, it would be a disgrace to us."

"And you have to know that they made such a big scene not only to demonstrate to us, but also to challenge our dignity!"

"In the Kuradi Sea and the Capeon Sea, they are also conducting drills recklessly. The Shenglu people pretend not to know because they have always done so. However, the Grand Duke of Saint-Este has already made a request to us and is just waiting for us to make a response."

"At this time, how can you ask the Yan people to continue the exercise?"

After saying this, Dolphin's face suddenly became ugly. He glanced at Isabella, and soon his eyes fell on James' face, and said:

"In short, I think it is not appropriate to intervene in the middle of their exercise. This will cause the situation to deteriorate and cause unimaginable consequences..."

Having said that, he looked at Eddington who had a stern face.

As soon as he finished speaking, General Egan, who was sitting next to James, said with a sullen face:

"The Yan people launched a military exercise this time without even informing us in advance. Instead, they forcefully expelled all of our fleets and intruded into our territory to conduct exercises without authorization. This is no longer an offense, but a naked provocation."

"Our maritime rights have never been trampled on by other countries like this before. Now the actions of the Yan people are probably known to all the countries on the continent. They are all watching. If we choose to turn a blind eye at this time, then there is no doubt that our influence will inevitably decline."

"And Yan Country... humph, these bastards..."

As soon as Egan finished speaking, James stood up impatiently and looked at Isabella and said:

"Your Majesty, as you can see, we must take action now."

"Since the last naval battle, the attitude of the Shenglu country has changed. And this time the Yan people are showing off their power in our territorial waters. Isn't that..."

Before he could finish his words, Eddington raised his eyebrows and interrupted him coldly, "Sit down and talk, James."

"Also, I must warn you..."

Although he was speaking to James, Eddington's eyes were looking at the army generals at the conference table:

"You think we have to intervene in the middle of the Yan people's exercise to stop it, but for our navy, the risk is extremely high."

"They are conducting live-fire exercises, not just running around in the sea for show."

"The sentry tower observed that several islands were bombarded by their shells. The terrain changed in a few hours. I don't think I need to continue to explain the power of these shells."

"We have already experienced the previous naval battles. A combined fleet of thousands of warships was no match for the Yan people's huge ironclad warships."

At this point, James, who had already sat back in his chair, froze in his expression, and the other army generals also showed strange expressions. Only Isabella, who was sitting still and silent, looked normal and just listened quietly.

Eddington looked around at everyone, then looked at James and said, "You can express your opinions here with confidence only because you are on the shore, and all the battles you fought before were on land."

"And in the sea, if a dozen shells fired by the Yan people hit our large warships, it could cause our warships to sink."

"The people of Shenglu are cunning, so they did nothing at this time. Grand Duke Saint-Este is anxious, but he just asks for our opinions first."

"The rafters on the wall should be sawed off first, don't you understand?"