The fall of Yuantu Island was not due to any party taking down the entire Yuantu Island. Instead, he was shot down by the orcs.
After hearing the news, even Lin Tan, who had not changed his mind at all when he originally decided to launch an all-out war with the Florentines, could not help but turn dark. Of course he knew that the orcs suddenly had such a powerful sea power, which was entirely created by the ships he sent out. He could even guess what the orcs had done in the past short period of time. Those goblin city-states in the southern continent that relied on the ocean for food must have suffered.
At the beginning, Lin Tan knew that giving a ship to the orcs was like opening a Pandora's box, and what it would bring would definitely not be happiness or anything like that, but would definitely be a disaster. But he didn't expect that those orcs would move so fast and be so cruel. In just a few months, they managed to take down the goblins in the southern continent, built a huge fleet, and then used these fleets to pierce Lin Tan directly like a sharp knife No, It pierced directly into the heart of the entire Holy Cross Alliance!
There is naturally a reason why the two countries Liverpool and Florence are fighting so hard for Far Island. i There is no way, this place is too important, no matter who wants to develop maritime trade in this area, unless they have the ability to build a machine that can directly cross the north and south shores of the Golden Sea without supplies, and conduct back-and-forth trade exchanges , otherwise, we can only supply supplies on distant islands and then leave.
The orcs' capture of Faraway Island has a greater purpose: they finally no longer have to fight against those tough Meazza people, and continue to fight without mercy on the Wolfblood Fortress that has shed the blood of countless orc predecessors for hundreds of years. Continuing to lose one's life over and over again in a meaningless manner. In the past, sometimes such wars were not only about fighting for land and living space, but also had the purpose of killing people and reducing the population, thereby reducing the pressure on food, drinking water and daily necessities. There is no way, otherwise the barren wilderness cannot support so many orcs, and the orc kings of all generations can only make this decision, otherwise the entire orc tribe will suffer from serious civil strife due to competition for the few resources. In that case, This is the real never-ending future.
After taking the Far Island, and having a large number of sea ships, the orcs will have the ability to open up a second battlefield. Using the Far Island as a central station, they can send the local elite orc army directly through the ocean. , delivered to the hinterland of the Holy Cross Alliance that people have never contacted, and launched an attack on the alliance from two aspects. i Not to mention whether it can completely defeat the Alliance, but how big a blow it can cause to the Holy Cross Alliance, even a three-year-old child can imagine with his feet: the sky is falling.
Yes, this is not alarmist. Just imagine, tens of thousands of orc troops transferred ships from Far Island, landed on large tracts of coastline in the Principality of Liverpool and Florence, and then launched an attack on the two countries. What a terrifying thing it would be!
Carroll Knight and his army have completely lost contact with the Liverpool military headquarters. Although there is no definite news yet, Lin Tan knows that with the Orcs fully controlling Faraway Island, Carol and the First Wing are probably in serious danger. Even those Florentines suffered heavy losses when they were suddenly attacked. If it weren't for the protection of the navy, I'm afraid Miss Luna would have had to face bad luck. But now their situation is not much better. After possessing the technology of the goblins, the red fleet of the orc tribe is not half weaker than the Florentines. Even the goblin warship named "Empire", Its displacement also reaches a full 30,000 tons, which is half a point larger than the Big Mac Bauhinia!
Of course, this does not mean that the orcs are now stronger at sea than the Florentines. Although they are superior to the Florentines in terms of the number, displacement and firepower of battleships. But just like the sailors of the Thorn Fleet won't fight when they get ashore, those orc warriors who are extremely tough will become at a loss when they get on the ship. This kind of battle is actually a half-measure. It was even said that if Miss Luna was given a chance to fight an upright naval battle with the orcs, she would even be sure to repel them. But obviously, they didn't. Those goblins don't know what's going on. Their homeland has been occupied by orcs and the people have been enslaved, but they are helping the orcs so wholeheartedly? You must know that all the sea ships are staffed by goblins in important departments, and the naval advisor of King Kadrak is the former naval commander of the goblin city-state that he captured in the past!
It can only be said that this is a nation that worships the strong Of course, in Lin Tan's mouth, those green-skinned goblins are a bunch of bitches!
But this group of bitches were able to lead a group of landlubber orc warriors and beat the Florence people's battle-hardened ace fleet at sea. They just had to go back to the port of Florence and become turtles. . This was certainly not Miss Luna's intention, but in the battle where Far Island was just attacked, seven warships of the Thorn Fleet were directly sunk, and even the flagship Bauhinia was riddled with holes. It is already very good to be able to start, and combat has basically become a delusion. That raid almost caused the Thorn Fleet to lose half of its combat effectiveness. In this case, if there was a real battle, Luna had to admit that she had no chance of winning against those damn green-skinned goblins.
If you can hide in the port, of course nothing will happen. With the shore defense artillery, those orcs would not be able to defeat the Florentines. But an order from Grand Duke Colin forced her to continue dealing with the orcs at sea. Even when the orcs wanted to get close to the shore, Miss Luna had to cling to them. Otherwise, if the orcs actually land, it will be like letting the tiger out of the cage. Those orc warriors who got off the boat and came ashore will cause irreparable damage to the entire alliance!
Fortunately, there is also the help of the Flag Fleet, which urgently received Lin Tan's order and came to conduct a joint operation with the Thorn Fleet, otherwise Miss Luna would really be powerless.